Aberdeen, Idaho
October 1, 2004
Ed Souza, professor of plant
breeding and genetics in the
University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the Crop Science
Society of America (CCSA).
Souza, based at the University
of Idaho's Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, directs
the UI's wheat breeding and genetics research program in
southern Idaho. He conducts research on wheat improvement
and management-including a new class of U.S. hard white
wheat-and has released 19 spring and winter wheat cultivars
since joining the UI faculty in 1988. Among his recent
accomplishments are developing a waxy wheat and a low phytic
acid wheat.
Currently a technical editor
for the society's Crop Science journal, Souza is active in
both the Western Wheat Workers group and the Pacific
Northwest Wheat Quality Council.
He earned his bachelor's
degree in plant science from the University of California,
Davis, and his master's and Ph.D. degrees in plant breeding
and biometry from Cornell University.
Souza credits Mary Guttieri,
his wife and professional partner, with much of the success
of the UI wheat breeding program. Guttieri, who holds a
master's degree in organic chemistry from UC-Berkeley, has
co-authored 20 publications on cereal chemistry and genetics
and more than $1 million in grants.
Fellow is the highest
recognition bestowed by the CCSA. Each year, no more than
0.3 percent of the organization's active and emeritus
members may be elected to Fellow.
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