Kate Evans

Professor in the Department of Horticulture

WSU faculty member since 2008

Areas of Interest:

• Pome fruit breeding – apples and pears, scions and rootstocks.
• Pome fruit genomics – development of molecular maps and markers for pre-selection in breeding progenies

Education and Work History:

• Senior Research Leader at East Malling Research, UK (1992-2008)
• PhD – Durham University. The effects of foreign genes in transgenic Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
• B.Sc. (Hons) – First class Genetics/Plant Biology, Leeds University

Publications:

• Research Summary
• Refereed Publications
• Other Publications

Service:

• Faculty Senator
• Secretary of the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee
• Co-host of the 2015 Annual National Association of Plant Breeders Meeting (Pullman, WA)

Office: WSU-TFREC
WSU Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center
1100 N. Western Ave.
Wenatchee, WA 98801-1230

Phone: 509-293-8760
Fax: 509-662-8714
E-mail for Kate