Faculty
Anthony E. Hall
Professor of Plant Physiology (Ph.D., 1970, University of California, Davis)
-Emeritus-
Research Area:
My research program uses plant physiology and genetics to enhance understanding of plant adaptation to stressful environments and develop improved cultivars and management methods.
Awards:
Recipient, 2001 USDA Secretary’ Honor’s Award
Recipient, Chair’s Award for Scientific Excellence (Board for International Food and Agriculture Development, 2000
Award of Merit, Distinguished Achievement in Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta, June 16, 1999
Fellow, Crop Science Society of America, November 9, 1993 Fellow, American Society of Agronomy, November 10, 1993
Publications:
Ismail, A. M., A. E. Hall, and T. J. Close. 1999.
Purification and partial characterization of a dehydrin involved in chilling tolerance during seedling emergence of cowpea. Plant Physiol. 120: 237-244.
Ismail, A. M., A. E. Hall, and T. J. Close. 1999. Allelic variation of a dehydrin gene co-segregates with chilling tolerance during seedling emergence. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 96: 13566-13570.
Ismail, A. and A. E. Hall. 1999. Reproductive-stage heat tolerance, leaf membrane thermostability and plant morphology in cowpea. Crop Sci. 39: 1762-1768.
Ehlers, J. D., W. C. Matthews, Jr., A. E. Hall, and P. A. Roberts. 2000. Inheritance of a broad-based form of root-knot nematode resistance in cowpea. Crop Sci. 40: 611-618.
Ismail, A. M., A. E. Hall, and J. D. Ehlers. 2000. Delayed-leaf-senescence and heat-tolerance traits mainly are independently expressed in cowpea. Crop Sci. 40(4): 1049-1055.
Ismail, A. M. and A. E. Hall. 2000. Semidwarf and standard-height cowpea responses to row spacing in different environments. Crop Sci. 40(6): 1618-1623.