Faculty

David Huff

Professor of Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics

210 ASI
University Park, PA

Email drh15@psu.edu
Phone 814-863-9805

Overview

Population genetics. Plant evolution and ecology. Crop improvement. Physiological tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress.

Areas of Expertise

Poa Annua Keyphrases
Poa Annua Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Annual Bluegrass Keyphrases
Buffalograss Keyphrases
RAPD Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Genetic Divergence Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Keyphrases
Cultivar Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Poa trivialis and population genomics reveal widespread gene flow in a cool-season grass seed production system
Caio A.C.G. Brunharo, Christopher W. Benson, David R. Huff, Jesse R. Lasky, Mar 2024, In: Plant Direct
Date: Mar 2024

The genome of Salmacisia buchloëana, the parasitic puppet master pulling strings of sexual phenotypic monstrosities in buffalograss
Christopher W. Benson, Matthew R. Sheltra, David R. Huff, Feb 2024, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Date: Feb 2024

Correction
Christopher W. Benson, Matthew R. Sheltra, Peter J. Maughan, Eric N. Jellen, Matthew D. Robbins, B. Shaun Bushman, Eric L. Patterson, Nathan D. Hall, David R. Huf, Dec 2023, In: BMC genomics
Date: Dec 2023

Homoeologous evolution of the allotetraploid genome of Poa annua L.
Christopher W. Benson, Matthew R. Sheltra, Peter J. Maughan, Eric N. Jellen, Matthew D. Robbins, B. Shaun Bushman, Eric L. Patterson, Nathan D. Hall, David R. Huff, Dec 2023, In: BMC genomics
Date: Dec 2023

Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly and Annotation of Allotetraploid Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua L.)
Matthew D. Robbins, B. Shaun Bushman, David R. Huff, Christopher W. Benson, Scott E. Warnke, Chase A. Maughan, Eric N. Jellen, Paul G. Johnson, Peter J. Maughan, Jan 1 2023, In: Genome biology and evolution
Date: Jan 1 2023

Global DNA methylation predicts epigenetic reprogramming and transgenerational plasticity in Poa annua L
Christopher W. Benson, Qing Mao, David R. Huff, 2020, In: Crop Science
Date: 2020

Development of ent-kaurene oxidase-based conserved intron spanning primers for species identification in the genus poa (poaceae; bluegrass)
Jonathan M. LaMantia, Ambika Chandra, David R. Huff, 2018, In: Agronomy
Date: 2018

Characterizing small RNA profiles in allotetraploid poa annua L. And its diploid parents
Qing Mao, David R. Huff, Jul 1 2017, In: Crop Science
Date: Jul 1 2017

Draft Genome sequence of Salmacisia buchloëana (Basidiomycota), which induces hermaphroditism in dioecious buffalograss
David R. Huff, Tom Hsiang, Ambika Chandra, Yu Zhang, 2017, In: Genome Announcements
Date: 2017

Cool-season grasses
Stacy A. Bonos, David R. Huff, Oct 26 2015, In: Turfgrass
Date: Oct 26 2015

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RAPD variation within and among natural populations of outcrossing buffalograss [Buchloë dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.]
David Robert Huff, R. Peakall, P. E. Smouse, Sep 1 1993, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Citations: 750

Evolutionary implications of allozyme and RAPD variation in diploid populations of dioecious buffalograss Buchloë dactyloides
R. PEAKALL, P. E. SMOUSE, D. R. HUFF, Apr 1995, In: Molecular ecology
Citations: 352

Endophyte-mediated suppression of dollar spot disease in fine fescues
Bruce B. Clarke, James F. White, Richard H. Hurley, Mónica S. Torres, S. Sun, David R. Huff, Aug 2006, In: Plant disease
Citations: 142

RAPD characterization of heterogeneous perennial ryegrass cultivars
David R. Huff, 1997, In: Crop Science
Citations: 132

RAPD-PCR analysis of genetic variation among isolates of Alternaria solani and Alternaria alternata from potato and tomato
Tiffany L. Weir, David R. Huff, Barbara J. Christ, C. Peter Romaine, 1998, In: Mycologia
Citations: 84

Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) variation among native little bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash] populations from sites of high and low fertility in forest and grassland biomes
D. R. Huff, J. A. Quinn, B. Higgins, A. J. Palazzo, 1998, In: Molecular ecology
Citations: 67

Determining genetic origins of aberrant progeny from facultative apomictic Kentucky bluegrass using a combination of flow cytometry and silver-stained RAPD markers
David R. Huff, Janice M. Bara, Oct 1993, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics: International Journal of Plant Breeding Research
Citations: 64

Cool-season grasses
Stacy A. Bonos, David R. Huff, Oct 26 2015, In: Turfgrass
Citations: 44

The evolutionary origin of Poa annua L
Qing Mao, David R. Huff, Jul 2012, In: Crop Science
Citations: 44

Genetic variation within and among white clover populations from managed permanent pastures of the northeastern USA
David L. Gustine, David R. Huff, Jan 1 1999, In: Crop Science
Citations: 43

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Centers & Institutes

Plant Institute

Doctoral candidate Chris Benson (top), David Huff, professor of turfgrass breeding and genetics (middle) and doctoral candidate Matt Sheltra preparing to plant an experiment on a Poa annua green at the Joseph E. Valentine Turfgrass Research Center at Penn State, University Park. IMAGE: PETE LANDSCHOOT

April 19, 2021

Plant Biology Students Help Solve Mystery of Turfgrass "Memory"

April 19, 2021

David Huff

Overview

Areas of Expertise

Plant Biology Students Help Solve Mystery of Turfgrass "Memory"

Penn State study: Poa annua remembers being mowed

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