Jo D Heuschele

Jo D Heuschele is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Agronomy and Plant Genetics department at the University of Minnesota. Their research focuses on plant genetics, crop breeding, and structural engineering applications in agriculture, particularly for crops like alfalfa, oats, and aquatic plants such as Potamogeton crispus.

Research interests include:

• Improving lodging resistance and structural stability in crops
• Winter survival mechanisms in forage crops
• Protein stabilization and postharvest processing in alfalfa
• Machine learning applications for genetic marker discovery

Recent publications highlight interdisciplinary work combining agronomy, plant physiology, and computational methods. They have contributed to studies on invasive species like Japanese knotweed and sustainable crop management practices.