Associate Professor, Project Director, Molecular Cotton Breeding Laboratory, Tifton
Ph.D. (1998) Plant Breeding and Genetics, North Dakota State University

Phone: 229-391-2683
Email: pwchee@arches.uga.edu

Research in the Chee Lab

Welcome to the Molecular Cotton Breeding Lab. We conduct research on the genetic improvement of cotton focusing on the utilization of classical breeding techniques as well as new DNA markers and gene transformation technology to develop improved cotton germplasm. We are part of the Crop and Soil Sciences Department at the University of Georgia and located at the UGA Tifton Campus.

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Selected Publications

Alan R. Gingle, Hongyu Yang, Peng W. Chee, O. Lloyd May, Junkang Rong, Daryl T. Bowman, Edward L. Lubbers, J. LaDon Day, and Andrew H. Paterson. 2006. An Integrated Web Resource for Cotton. Crop Science 46:1998–2007.

Xinlian Shen, Guillermo Van Becelacre, Pawan Kumar, Richard F. Davis, O. Lloyd May, Peng Chee. 2006.QTL mapping for resistance to root-knot nematodes in the M-120 RNR Upland cotton line (Gossypium hirsutum L.) of the Auburn 623 RNR source. Theoretical Applied Genetics DOI 10.1007/s00122-006-0401-4.

Pawan Kumar; Andrew H. Paterson; and Peng W. Chee 2006. Predicting Intron Sites by Aligning Cotton ESTs with Arabidopsis Genomic DNA Journal of Cotton Science 10:29–38.

Ulloa M, Brubaker C, Chee P (2006) Cotton. In: Kole C (ed) Genome Mapping & Molecular Breeding. Vol. 7: Technical Crops. Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York, Tokyo (in press)

Desai, A., P. Chee, J. Rong, L. May, and A.H. Patterson. 2006. Chromosome structural changes in diploid and tetraploid A genomes of Gossypium. Genome 49: 336–345

Chee, P., X. Draye, C.X. Jiang, L. Decanini, T.A. Delmonte, R. Bredhauer, C.W. Smith, and A.H. Paterson. 2005. Molecular dissection of interspecific variation between Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense (cotton) by a backcross-self approach: I. Fiber elongation. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111:757-763.

Draye, X., P. Chee, C.X. Jiang, L. Decanini, T.A. Delmonte, R. Bredhauer, C.W. Smith, and A.H. Paterson. 2005. Molecular dissection of interspecific variation between Gossypium hirsutum and G-barbadense (cotton) by a backcross-self approach: II. Fiber fineness. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111:764-771.

Chee, P.W., X. Draye, C.X. Jiang, L. Decanini, T.A. Delmonte, R. Bredhauer, C.W. Smith, and A.H. Paterson. 2005. Molecular dissection of phenotypic variation between Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense (cotton) by a backcross-self approach: III. Fiber length. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111:772-781.

Rong, J.K., G.J. Pierce, V.N. Waghmare, C.A.J. Rogers, A. Desai, P.W. Chee, O.L. May, J.R. Gannaway, J.F. Wendel, T.A. Wilkins, and A.H. Paterson. 2005. Genetic mapping and comparative analysis of seven mutants related to seed fiber development in cotton. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111:1137-1146.

Guillermo Van Becelaere, Edward L. Lubbers, Andrew H. Paterson and Peng W. Chee, 2005 Pedigree- vs. DNA Marker-Based Genetic Similarity Estimates in Cotton. Crop Sci 45:2281-2287.

Sakhanokho, H.F., P. Ozias-Akins, O.L. May and P.W. Chee. 2005. Putrescine enhances somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in upland cotton. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 81:91-92.

Junkang Rong, Colette Abbey, John E. Bowers, Curt L. Brubaker, Charlene Chang, Peng W. Chee, Terrye A. Delmonte, Xiaoling Ding, Juan J. Garza, Barry S. Marler, Chan-hwa Park, Gary J. Pierce, Katy M. Rainey, Vipin K. Rastogi, Stefan R. Schulze, Norma L. Trolinder, Jonathan F. Wendel, Thea A. Wilkins, T. Dawn Williams-Coplin, Rod A. Wing, Robert J. Wright, Xinping Zhao, Linghua Zhu and Andrew H. Paterson 2004. A 3347-Locus Genetic Recombination Map of Sequence-Tagged Sites Reveals Features of Genome Organization, Transmission and Evolution of Cotton (Gossypium). Genetics 166: 389-417. [HTML Abstract] -

Chee PW, Rong JK, Williams-Coplin D, Schulze SR, Paterson AH. 2004. EST derived PCR-based markers for functional gene homologues in cotton. Genome 47: 449-462.

May, O.L., P.W. Chee, and H. Sakhanokho. 2004. Registration of GA98033 upland cotton germplasm line. Crop Sci. 44:2278-2279.

Paterson, A.H., R.K. Boman, S.M. Brown, P.W. Chee, J.R. Gannaway, A.R. Gingle, O.L. May, and C.W. Smith. 2004. Reducing the genetic vulnerability of cotton. Crop Sci. 44:1900-1901.

Sakhanokho, H.F., P. Ozias-Akins, O.L. May and P.W. Chee. 2004. Induction of somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in select Georgia and Pee Dee Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lines. Crop Sci. 44:2199-2205.

Sakhanokho, H.F., A. Zipf, K. Rajaksekaran, S. Saha, G.C. Sharma, and P.W. Chee. 2003. Somatic embryo initiation and germination in diploid cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.) In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Plant 40:177-181.

Sakhanokho, H., and Chee P.W. 2002. The current status of gene transformation in cotton. SAAS Bull. Biochem. Biotechn. 15:34-46.

Chee, P.W., E.M. Elias, J.A. Anderson, and S.F. Kianian. 2001. Evulation of a high grain protein locus from Triticum dicoccoides in an adapted durum wheat background. Crop Sci. 41:295-301.

Jiang, C. -X., P.W. Chee, X. Draye, P.L. Morrell, C.W. Smith, and A.H. Paterson. 2000. Multi-locus interactions restrict gene introgression in interspecific populations of polyploid Gossypium (cotton). Evolution 54:798-814.