sjknapp@ucdavis.edu
BS in Plant Science; University of Nevada, Reno
MS in Plant Science; University of Nevada, Reno
PhD in Agronomy and Plant Breeding; University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Dr. Knapp is the Director of the Strawberry Breeding Program. His research focuses on breeding, genetics and genomics, cultivar development and deployment, understanding and identifying genetic factors underlying economically important phenotypes (e.g., disease resistance, yield, daylight sensitivity, and fruit quality), marker-assisted selection and genomic selection, and conserving and utilizing genetic diversity.