Chairperson and Professor, Forest Genetics
PhD, Genetics, 1981, The Ohio State University;
MS, Forest Genetics, 1977, The Ohio State University;
BS, 1977, The Ohio State University
Contact Information
109 Natural Resources
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
Phone: (517) 355-0093
Fax: (517) 432-1143
Email: keathley@msu.edu
Courses Taught
- Tenets of Forestry (FOR 201)
Research Interests
The development and incorporation of tissue culture and molecular genetics techniques into breeding systems, including biochemical factors that affect root morphogenesis in conifers and restriction analysis of organelle DNA in Picea to study inheritance and population structure.
Programs and Grants
- Genetic structure and adaptation of natural populations of spruce (USDA Competitive Grants Program for Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources).
- Isolation of decay resistance genes from black locust (USDA Eastern Hardwoods Utilization Program).
- Enhancing public awareness and practice of forest stewardship in Michigan (State of Michigan's Forest Stewardship Program).
Selected Publications
Keathley, D.E. 1993. Biological enhancement of Christmas tree production in Michigan, Michigan Christmas Tree Journal 36:38-40.
Han, K.H., D. E. Keathley, and M. P. Gordon, 1993. Cambial tissue culture and subsequent shoot regeneration from mature black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.). Plant Cell Reports. 12:185-188.
Han, K.H., D. E. Keathley, J. M. Davis, and M. P. Gordon, 1993. Regeneration of a transgenic woody legume (Robinia pseudoacacia L. black locust) and morphological alterations induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes- mediated transformation. Plant Science. 88:149-157.
Stine, M., A. J. David, and D. E. Keathley. 1992. Inheritance of plactids and mitochondria in spruce. The Plant Genetics News Letter, Vol. 8, No. 1:2-4.
Stine, M., and D. E. Keathley. 1991. Paternal inheritance of Plastids in Engelmann spruce X blue spruce hybrids. Journal of Heredity. 81:443-446
Davis, J. M., and D. E. Keathley. 1991. Micropropagation of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia C.). Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Y.P.S. Gajaj (ed.). Vol. 18. Berlin: Springer Verlag.