Plant and Soil Sciences
Todd W. Pfeiffer
Faculty
University of Kentucky, PSS 
Plant Science Building
1405 Veterans Drive (Office:105)
Lexington, KY 40546-0312
(859) 218-0709
(859) 257-2185
tpfeiffe@uky.edu
Speciality
Plant breeding and genetics
Education
B.S. University of Kentucky - Agronomy
M.S. University of Wisconsin - Agronomy
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics
Soybean breeding (oil composition, drought tolerance, edamame, virus resistance including transgenics) and sweet sorghum breeding (earliness, disease resistance, hybrids), role of recombination in creating valuable plant breedig populations
This person page last updated on 2011-07-19
Research/Teaching Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Pfeiffer, T.W., M.J. Bitzer, J.J. Toy, and J.F. Pedersen. 2010. Heterosis in sweet sorghum and selection of a new sweet sorghum hybrid for use in syrup production in Appalachia. Crop Science 50(5):1788-1794. Published online: doi: 10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0475. Li, D., and T.W. Pfeiffer. 2009. Three cycles of recurrent selection for altered recombination frequency in maize. Crop Science 49:473-482. Authors in PSS Dept.: Todd W. Pfeiffer Dandan Li
Li, D., T.W. Pfeiffer, and P.L. Cornelius. 2008. Soybean QTL for yield and yield components associated with Glycine soja alleles. Crop Science 48:571-581. Authors in PSS Dept.: Todd W. Pfeiffer Paul Cornelius Dandan Li
Kumudini S., L. Grabau, T. Pfeiffer and C. Steele
2005. Management and production potential of value-added soybean cultivars in south-central USA.
Agronomy Journal 97:904-909.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Todd W. Pfeiffer Colleen Steele Larry Grabau Saratha Kumudini
Gu, H., Clark, A.J., De Sa, P.B., Pfeiffer, T.W., Tolin, S., and Ghabrial, S.A. 2002. Diversity among isolates of Bean pod mottle virus Phytopathology. 92, 446-452 Authors in PSS Dept.: Todd W. Pfeiffer Anthony Clark
College Numbered Extension Publications
PR-505 2004 Kentucky Soybean Performance Tests PDF: 1.3 mb 55 pages
PR-519 2005 Kentucky Soybean Performance Tests PDF: 1.1 mb 97 pages
PR-536 2006 Kentucky Soybean Performance Tests PDF: 1.2 mb 93 pages
PR-553 2007 Kentucky Soybean Performance Tests PDF: 800 kb 34 pages
PR-570 2008 Kentucky Soybean Performance Tests PDF: 1.2 mb 86 pages