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Jeff Dunne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at NC State University, part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. His research focuses on peanut breeding, plant genetics, and precision agriculture technologies. He leads projects on drought tolerance, herbicide resistance, and genomics-assisted breeding strategies. Dunne has developed innovative methods using drones and spectral imaging for disease detection and crop assessment. He collaborates on integrated pest management and crop rotation studies to enhance yield resilience. His work bridges traditional plant breeding with modern genomic tools to accelerate cultivar development.
Key research areas include: improving peanut's resistance to leaf spot diseases, enhancing drought tolerance through genetic analysis, and developing imaging technologies for field phenotyping. He has created the 'Comrade' peanut cultivar and contributed to understanding glufosinate-resistant weed populations in North Carolina.
Recent studies explore the impact of cropping sequences on nematode populations and peanut yields, as well as zinc toxicity thresholds in peanuts. Dunne's team uses UAV-based multispectral imagery to assess crop stress and employs whole-genome sequencing for marker-assisted selection in peanuts.
His research portfolio includes over 50 peer-reviewed articles since 2018, with a focus on plant breeding, genomics, and agronomic challenges in southeastern US crop systems. He advises collaborative projects on sustainable pest management and climate-resilient crop varieties.
