Steve McKeand
Professor Emeritus
Biltmore Hall (Robertson Wing) 1019
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
- Economic Significance of Continued Improvement of Loblolly Pine Genetics and Its Efficient Deployment to Landowners in the Southern United States , JOURNAL OF FORESTRY (2021)
- Genetic Parameters and Genotype-by-Environment Interactions in Regional Progeny Tests of Pinus taeda L. in the Southern USA , FOREST SCIENCE (2021)
- 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)
- Modeling Self-Thinning Patterns in Loblolly Pine with Provenance and Family Effects , FOREST SCIENCE (2020)
- Pollination Bag Type Has a Significant Impact on Cone Survival in Mass Production of Controlled Pollinated Seeds in Loblolly Pine , Forest Science (2020)
- Fourth cycle breeding and testing strategy for Pinus taeda in the NC State University Cooperative Tree Improvement Program , TREE GENETICS & GENOMES (2019)
- The Evolution of a Seedling Market for Genetically Improved Loblolly Pine in the Southern United States , JOURNAL OF FORESTRY (2019)
- Fusiform rust hazard mapping for loblolly pine in the Southeastern United States using progeny test data , Journal of Forestry (2018)
- Correspondence of loblolly pine response for fusiform rust disease from local and wide-ranging tests in the Southern United States , Forest Science (2017)