Marie A. Jasieniuk

Assistant Professor Department of Vegetable Crops Weed Science Program University of California Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 530-752-8166 Fax: 530-752-4604 Email:

Education

Ph.D., McGill University, Ecology and Evolution, 1985
M.Sc., University of Saskatchewan, Plant Ecology, 1979
B.Sc., University of Saskatchewan, Biology, 1974

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, 2002-present
Associate Editor, Weed Science, 2002-present
Research Associate, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1996-2002
Contract Research, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, 1995
Research Associate, Monsanto Canada, Winnipeg, 1994-1995
Research Associate, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1990-1994
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Western Ontario, London, 1989-1990
Postdoctoral Fellow, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Regina, 1986-1988

Research

My research program focuses on the ecological genetics and evolution of agricultural weeds and invasive plants of natural systems. In particular, I am interested in integrating molecular, spatial, and demographic studies to address questions concerning the genetics of exotic plant invasions and the adaptive evolution of cropland weeds and invasive plants to novel management practices and/or environmental conditions. Current studies focus on: (1) implications of hybridization between introduced and native or crop species for the evolution of invasiveness, (2) importance of interpopulation gene flow during early founding events on metapopulation establishment and persistence, and (3) population genetics and evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds.

Selected References

Kern, A. J., T. M. Myers, M. Jasieniuk, B. E. Murray, B. D. Maxwell, and W. E. Dyer. 2002. Two recessive gene inheritance for triallate resistance in Avena fatua L. J. Hered. 93:48-50.

Jasieniuk, M. and B. D. Maxwell. 2001. Plant diversity: new insights from molecular biology and genomics technologies. Weed Sci. 49:257-265.

Jasieniuk, M., B. D. Maxwell, R. L. Anderson, J. O. Evans, D. J. Lyon, S. D. Miller, D. W. Morishita, A. G. Ogg, Jr., S. Seefeldt, P. W. Stahlman, F. E. Northam, P.Westra, Z. Kebede, G. A. Wicks. 2001. Evaluation of models predicting winter wheat yield as a function of winter wheat and jointed goatgrass densities. Weed Sci. 49:48-60.

Jasieniuk, M., B. D. Maxwell, R. L. Anderson, J. O. Evans, D. J. Lyon, S. D. Miller, D. W. Morishita, A. G. Ogg, Jr., S. Seefeldt, P. W. Stahlman, F. E. Northam, P. Westra, Z. Kebede, and G. A. Wicks. 1999. Site-to-site and year-to-year variation in Triticum aestivum - Aegilops cylindrica interference relationships. Weed Sci. 47:529-537.

Benham, J., J.-U. Jeung, M. Jasieniuk, V. Kanazin, and T. Blake. 1999. Genographer: a graphical tool for automated fluorescent AFLP and microsatellite analysis. J. Agr. Genomics 4:399.

Jasieniuk, M., Brûlé-Babel, A. L., and I. N. Morrison. 1996. The evolution and genetics of herbicide resistance in weeds. Weed Sci. 44:176-193.

Jasieniuk, M. 1995. Constraints on the evolution of glyphosate resistance in weeds. Resistant Pest Management 7:31-32.

Jasieniuk, M., I. N. Morrison, and A. L. Brûlé-Babel. 1995. Inheritance of dicamba resistance in wild mustard (Brassica kaber). Weed Sci. 43:192-195.

Jasieniuk, M. and B. D. Maxwell. 1994. Population genetics and the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds. Phytoprotection 75 (Suppl.):25-35.

Jasieniuk, M., Brûlé-Babel, A. L., and I. N. Morrison. 1994. Inheritance of trifluralin resistance in green foxtail (Setaria viridis). Weed Sci. 42:123-127.

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