Steve McKeand
Professor Emeritus
Bio
Education
B.S. Purdue University (Forest Production) (1976)
M.S. Purdue University (Forest Genetics) (1978)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (Forest Genetics) (1983)
Research Interests
Support of the breeding program of the Tree Improvement Program, with primary responsibility in the breeding, testing, and selection phases of the program. Specific research interests include: genetic effects on nutritional and ecophysiological processes in forest trees, genetic and environmental control of wood properties, biotechnology/breeding interface, propagation effects on forest trees, seed orchard management, and genotype by environment interactions.
Courses
FOR 725 – Forest Genetics (formerly FOR 611)
FOR 727 – Tree Improvement Research Techniques
FOR 411 – Forest Tree Genetics and Biology
Area(s) of Expertise
Forestry, Forest Genetics
Publications
- Age Affects Genetic Gain Estimates in Pinus taeda L. Progeny Tests , SILVAE GENETICA (2024)
- Stem Defect Rates and Ice Storm Damage for Families of Pinus taeda from Coastal and Piedmont Provenances Planted on a North Carolina Piedmont Site , FOREST SCIENCE (2024)
- Performance Based on Measurements from Individual-Tree Progeny Tests Strongly Predicts Early Stand Yield in Loblolly Pine , FOREST SCIENCE (2023)
- Long-term evaluation of intra- and inter-provenance hybrids of loblolly pine in the Piedmont region of the southeastern United States , FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2022)
- Pollination Bag Type Affects Ovule Development and Seed Yields in Pinus taeda L. , FOREST SCIENCE (2022)
- Genetic Variation and the Effect of Herbicide and Fertilization Treatments on Wood Quality Traits in Loblolly Pine , FOREST SCIENCE (2021)
- Provenance and Family Variation in Biomass Potential of Loblolly Pine in the Piedmont of North Carolina , FOREST SCIENCE (2021)
- Economic Significance of Continued Improvement of Loblolly Pine Genetics and Its Efficient Deployment to Landowners in the Southern United States , Journal of Forestry (2020)
- Genetic Parameters and Genotype-by-Environment Interactions in Regional Progeny Tests of Pinus taeda L. in the Southern USA , FOREST SCIENCE (2020)
- Modeling Self-Thinning Patterns in Loblolly Pine with Provenance and Family Effects , FOREST SCIENCE (2020)