Steve McKeand
Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Biltmore Hall (Robertson Wing) 1019
Area(s) of Expertise
Forestry, Forest Genetics
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
Publications
- Pollination Bag Type Has a Significant Impact on Cone Survival in Mass Production of Controlled Pollinated Seeds in Loblolly Pine (2020)
- Fourth cycle breeding and testing strategy for Pinus taeda in the NC State University Cooperative Tree Improvement Program (2019)
- The Evolution of a Seedling Market for Genetically Improved Loblolly Pine in the Southern United States (2019)
- Fusiform rust hazard mapping for loblolly pine in the Southeastern United States using progeny test data (2018)
- Correspondence of loblolly pine response for fusiform rust disease from local and wide-ranging tests in the Southern United States (2017)
- Optimal seed deployment under climate change using spatial models: Application to loblolly pine in the Southeastern US (2017)
- Variation among loblolly pine seed sources across diverse environments in the southeastern United States (2017)
- Genetic variation in response to herbicide and fertilization treatments for growth and form traits in loblolly pine (2016)
- Effects of inbreeding on growth and quality traits in loblolly pine (2015)
- Height-diameter relationships for different genetic planting stock of loblolly pine at age 6 (2015)