Peter Mitchell Hanson

PETER MITCHELL HANSON

Address:

AVRDC–The World Vegetable Center

P.O. Box 42 Shanhua

Tainan 741 Taiwan

Republic of China

Email :

Tel : 886-6-583-7801 ext. 370

Summary of Experience:

Over thirty years of plant breeding experience, primarily with tomato, common bean and soybean. Most of my work has focused on the problems of tropical crops, especially breeding for disease resistance.

Education:

Ph.D. 1987 University of Illinois - Plant Breeding & Agronomy

M.S. 1984 University of Illinois - Plant Breeding & Agronomy

B.S. 1982 University of Minnesota - Agronomy

B.A. 1978 University of Minnesota - History/Near East & India

Employment-summary:

1993-present: AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center

1990-1992: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropicál (CIAT), Cali, Colombia

1987-1989: Egerton University, Box 536, Njoro Kenya

Employment:

1993–present AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan

2007- present: Global Theme Leader – Breeding

Defined strategic research direction of AVRDC vegetable breeding programs in tropical Asia and Africa. Worked with staff to identify priorities, opportunities and constraints; wrote and reviewed funding proposals and scientific papers for scientific quality; reviewed and monitored annual workplans and mentored staff.

1993- present: Vegetable Breeder (tomato, indigenous vegetables)

Developed tropically-adapted tomato inbred lines for use as cultivars by public and private sectors in Southeast and South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America. Breeding targets included heat tolerance, multiple disease resistance (begomoviruses, bacterial wilt, and late blight), fruit quality and nutrient content. Identified and introgressed alleles from wild tomato species improving disease resistance, nutrient and fruit quality traits. Taught vegetable breeding to private and public sector plant breeders through course and internships. Since 2004, directed the research activities of the Taiwan-based AVRDC indigenous vegetable group, including Malabar spinach (Basella alba), non-heading crucifers, roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) and others.

1990–1992 Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Breeder, CIAT, Colombia

Improvement of large-seeded beans for yield, and disease and insect resistance, and nitrogen-fixation potential. Provision of advanced lines and segregating populations to national programs in East Africa. Research projects on heritability and gene action of biological nitrogen fixation, and disease resistance. Designed a three month training course in bean research methods for African scientists and taught sections on experimental design and statistical software.

1987-1989 Senior Lecturer, Egerton University

7 Member of U.S. government-sponsored project to improve agricultural research and teaching. Taught plant breeding and experimental design courses emphasizing field practicals to undergraduates. Designed IPM guidelines for an insect problem of pyrethrum; collected and evaluated genetic diversity among Kenyan maize landraces.

1982-1987 Research Assistant, Soybean breeding, University of Illinois, USA Involved in all aspects of a commercial scale breeding program designed to develop soybean varieties. With advisor, released two cultivars and two germplasm lines.

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Awards/Honors:

· Outstanding Paper on Plant Genetic Resources, Crop Science Society of America, 1998

· Ingersoll Fellowship, University of Illinois, 1985-86

· Pioneer Fellowship in Plant Breeding, University of Illinois 1986-87

· B.A. conferred summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1978

· Phi Beta Kappa and Gamma Sigma Delta honorary societies

Professional memberships:

Sigma Xi

American Society for Horticultural Science

Publications:

Balatero, C.H., D.M. Hautea, P.M. Hanson, and J.O. Narciso. 2002. Development of molecular markers for marker-assisted breeding for bacterial wilt resistance in tomato. Philippine Agric. Scientist 85:170–181.

Bian, X-Y, M.R. Thomas, M.S. Rasheed, M. Saeed, P. Hanson, P. De Barro and M. A. Rezaian. 2007. A recessive allele (tgr-1) conditioning tomato resistance to geminivirus infection is associated with impaired virus movement. Phytopathology 97: 930–937.

Bradford, K.J., R. Gjuric, A. Ebert, P. Gniffke, P. Hanson, N. Mulcahy, J. van Asbrouck and H. Nonogaki. 2012. Producing and managing high quality seed. APSA Technical Report 2012, No. 1. 13 pp. Asia and Pacific Seed Association, Bangkok Thailand.

Chen, J-T, Hanson, P.M., C.G. Kuo and R.T. Opeña. 2003. Genetic improvement of fresh market tomatoes (Chinese). J. Agric. Assoc. China 4: 83–102.

Chunwongse, J., C. Chunwongse, L. Black, and P. Hanson. 2002. Molecular mapping of the Ph-3 gene for late blight resistance in tomato. J. Hort. Sci.Biotech. 77: 281–286.

Colvin, J., N. Nagaraju, C. Moreno-Leguizamon, R.M. Govindappa, T.B. Manjunatha, S.A. Padmaja, N. Joshi, P.M. Hanson, S.E. Seal, and V.Muniyappa. 2012. Socio-economic and scientific impact created by whitefly-transmitted plant virus disease resistant tomato varieties in southern India. J. Integrative Agric. 11: 337-345.

Dagnoko, S., P. Hanson, Fufa, F. and I.A. Kollo. 2011. Preliminary performance of tomato breeding lines for yield, fruit quality, and resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease. Proc. First All-Africa Horticultural Congress (J. Wesonga and R. Kahane eds.) Acta Hort. 911: 455-468

Daunay, M.C., H. Laterrot, J.W. Scott, P. Hanson and J-F Wang. 2010. Tomato resistance to bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum E.F. Smith: ancestry and peculiarities. Rpt. Tomato Genetics Coop. 60: 6–40.

de la Peña, R.C., A.W. Ebert, P.A. Gniffke, P. Hanson and R.C. Symonds. 2011. Genetic adjustment to changing climates: vegetables. Pp. 396–410 in: Crop Adaptation to Climate Change. S.S. Yadav, R.J. Redden, J.L. Hatfield, H. Lotze-Campen, A.E. Hall, eds. Wiley-Blackwell

Engle, L.E., S. Shanmugasundaram and P. Hanson. 2003. Evaluation and utilization of vegetable genetic resources for the tropics. Acta Hort. 623: 263–274.

Fufa, F., P. Hanson, S. Dagnoko and M. Dhaliwal. 2011. AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center tomato breeding in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from the past, present work, and future prospects. Proc. First All-Africa Horticultural Congress (J. Wesonga and R. Kahane eds.) Acta Hort. 911: 87-98.

Garcia, B.E., E. Graham, K.S. Jensen, P. Hanson, L. Mejia and D.P. Maxwell. 2007. Co-dominant SCAR marker for detection of the begomovirus-resistance Ty2 locus derived from Solanum habrochaites in tomato germplasm. Rpt. Tomato Genetics Coop. 57:21–24.

Graham, E., T.C. Wang and P. Hanson. 2005. Preliminary evaluation of LA1777 introgression lines for early blight resistance. Rpt. Tomato Genetics Coop. 55:15–18.

Green, S.K., and P. Hanson. 1996. A new source of PVY resistance. Rpt. Tomato Genetics Coop. 47:38.

Grimsley, N and P. Hanson. 1996. Genetics of plant resistance to bacterial wilt: round table report. Pages 263–266 in: Bacterial Wilt Disease P. Prior, C.Allen, and J. Elphinstone, eds. Springer-Verlag Berlin.

Hanson, P., C-W Tan, F-I Ho, S-F Lu, D. Ledesma and J-F wang. 2013. Evaluation of near-isogenic tomato lines with and without the bacterial wilt resistance allele, Bwr-12. Rpt. Tomato Genetics Coop. 63: 15–21.

Hanson, P.M., R-Y. Yang, L-C. Chang, L. Ledesma and D. Ledesma. 2011. Carotenoids, ascorbic acid, minerals, and total glucosinolates in choysum (Brassica rapa cvg. parachinensis) and kailaan (B. oleraceae Alboglabra Group) as affected by variety and wet and dry season production. J Food Comp Analysis 24: 950–962.

Hanson, P.M., R. Y. Yang, L.C. Chang, L. Ledesma and D. Ledesma. 2009. Contents of carotenoids, ascorbic acid, minerals and total glucosinolates in leafy brassica pakchoi (Brassica rapa L. chinensis Group) as affected by season and variety. J. Sci. Food Agric. 89: 906–914.

Hanson, P.M., Sitathani, A.T. Sadashiva, R-Y. Yang, E. Graham and D. Ledesma. 2007. Performance of Solanum habrochaites LA1777 introgression line hybrids for marketable fruit yield in Asia. Euphytica 158: 168–178.

Hanson, P.M., R.Y. Yang, J. Wu, J.T. Chen, D. Ledesma, S.C.S. Tsou and T.C. Lee. 2004. Variation for antioxidant activity and antioxidants in tomato. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129: 704–711.

Hanson, P.M., R.Y. Yang, S. Lin, S.C.S. Tsou, T.C. Lee, J. Wu, J. Shieh, P. Gniffke and D. Ledesma. 2004. Variation for antioxidant activity and antioxidants in a subset of AVRDC- the World Vegetable Center Capsicum core collection. Plant Genetic Resources Characterization and Utilization 2: 153–166.

Hanson, P.M., R-Y. Yang, S.C.S. Tsou, D. Ledesma, L. Engle and T-C. Lee. 2006. Diversity in eggplant (Solanum melongena) for superoxide scavenging activity, total phenolics, and ascorbic acid. J. Food Comp Analysis 19: 594–600.

Hanson, P., K. Weinberger, T. Kalb and J-f Wang. 2003. AVRDC and the private seed industry: a growing partnership in tomato and pepper breeding. Asian Seed and Planting Material 10: 4–8.

Hanson, P., S.K. Green and G. Kuo. 2006. Ty-2, a gene on chromosome 11 conditioning geminivirus resistance in tomato. Rpt. Tomato Genetics Coop. 56: 17–18.

Hanson, P.M., J.T. Chen, and G. Kuo. 2002. Gene action and heritability of high temperature fruit set in tomato line CL5915. HortScience 37: 172–175.

Hanson, P., J.T. Chen, C.G. Kuo, R. Morris, and R.T. Opeña. 2001. Suggested cultural practices for tomato. International Cooperators’ Guide, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taiwan.

Hanson, P. and J-t Chen. 1998. Institute enjoys close ties with private sector. Asian Seed and Planting Material 5: 4–5.

Hanson, P.M., and C.D. Nickell. 1986. Inheritance of metribuzin sensitivity in the soybean cultivar, 'Altona'. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 13:111–115.

Hanson, P.M., C.D. Nickell, L.E. Gray, and S.A. Sebastian. 1988. Identification of two dominant alleles conditioning brown stem rot resistance in soybeans. Crop Science 28:41–43.

Hanson, P.M., and Lane Smith II. 1992. Field evaluation of Kenyan open pollinated maize populations for reaction to rust. Tropical Agriculture 69: 137–140.

Hanson, P.M. and Lane Smith II. 1992. Economics of chemical and manual weed control of hybrid maize in the Kenya highlands. Tropical Pest Management 38: 210–213.

Hanson, P.M. and M.A. Pastor-Corrales. 1993. Heritability and sources of resistance to Ascochyta blight in common bean. Plant Disease 77:711–714.

Hanson, P.M., J.F. Wang, O. Licardo, Hanudin, S.Y. Mah, G.L. Hartman, Y.C. Lin, and J.T. Chen. 1996. Variable reaction of tomato lines to bacterial wilt evaluated at several locations in Southeast Asia. Hort Science 31:143–146.

Hanson, P.M., O. Licardo, Hanudin, J.F. Wang, and J.T. Chen. 1998. Diallel analysis of bacterial wilt resistances in tomato derived from different sources. Plant Disease 82:74–78.

Hanson, P.M., D. Bernacchi, S. Green, S.D. Tanksley, V. Muniyappa, A. Padmaja, H.M. Chen, G. Kuo, and J.T. Chen. 2000. Mapping a wild tomato introgression associated with tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistance in a cultivated tomato line. J. Amer. Soc Hort. Sci: 125:15–20.

Ji, Y., J.W. Scott, P. Hanson, E. Graham and D. Maxwell. 2007. Sources of resistance, inheritance, and location of genetic loci conferring resistance to members of the tomato-infecting begomoviruses. Pages 343–266 in: Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease. H. Czosnek, ed. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

Juroszek, P., De. Ledesma, C.H. Ma, R.Y. Yang, H.M. Lumpkin, C.C. Lin, H.H. Tsai, D.L. Wu, P. M. Hanson and M.C. Palada. 2008. Plant vigour and yields of organically and conventionally grown tomato crops in Taiwan. Acta Hort. 767: 257–266.

Kadirvel, P., R. de la Peña, R. Schafleitner, S. Huang, S. Geethanjali, L. Kenyon, W. Tsai and P. Hanson. 2013. Mapping of QTL’s in tomato line FLA456 associated with resistance to a virus causing tomato yellow leaf curl disease. Euphytica 190: 297–308.

Maruthi, M.N., V. Muniyappa, S.K. Green, J. Colvin and P. Hanson. 2003. Resistance of tomato and sweet-pepper genotypes to tomato leaf curl virus Bangalore virus and its vector Bemisia tabaci. Intl. J. Pest Mgt. 49: 297–303.

Muniyappa, V., A.S. Padmaja, H.M. Venkatesh, A. Sharma, S. Chandrashekar, R.S. Kulkarni, P.M. Hanson, J.T. Chen, S.K. Green, and J. Colvin. 2002. Tomato leaf curl virus resistant tomato lines TLB111, TLB130, TLB182. HortScience: 37: 603–606.

Nair, R.M., R. Schafleitner, L. Kenyon, R. Srinivasan, W. Easdown, A.W. Ebert, and P. Hanson. Genetic improvement of mungbean. 2012. SABRO J Breeding and Genetics 44: 177–190.

Nickell, C.D., S.A. Sebastian, P.M. Hanson, D.J. Thomas, and L.E. Gray. 1987. Registration of Chamberlain soybean. Crop Science 27:611.

Nickell, C.D., D. J. Thomas, L.E.Gray, and P.M. Hanson. 1989. Registration of Burlison soybean. Crop Science 30:232.

Nickell, C.D., P.M.Hanson, L.E.Gray, D.J. Thomas, and D.B. Willmot. 1989. Registration of LN86-1595 and LN86-1947 soybean germplasm lines resistant to brown stem rot. Crop Science 30: 241.

Ojiewo, C., I.S. Swai, M. O. Olouch, D. Silué, R. Nono-Womdim, P. Hanson, L. Black and T.C. Wang. 2010. Development and release of late blight resistant tomato varieties

‘Meru’ and ‘Kiboko’. International J Vegetable Sci 16: 134-147.

Ojiewo, C., I.S. Swai, M. O. Olouch, D. Silué, R. Nono-Womdim, P. Hanson, L. Black and T.C. Wang. 2011. Participatory cultivar evaluation, selection, and release of late blight resistant tomato cultivars in Tanzania. Proc. First All-Africa Horticultural Congress (J. Wesonga and R. Kahane eds.) Acta Hort. 911: 199-205.

Onozato A., K. Nakamura, H. Ito, C.-W. Tan, S.-F Lu and P. Hanson. 2013. Breeding processing tomato hybrids tolerant to tomato yellow leaf curl disease in Chinese Taipei. Acta Hort. 971: 107-110.

Opeña, R.T., J.T. Chen, T. Kalb, and P. Hanson. 2001. Hybrid seed production in tomato. International Cooperators’ Guide, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taiwan.

Opeña, R.T., J.T. Chen, T. Kalb, and P. Hanson. 2001. Seed production of open-pollinated tomato lines. International Cooperators’ Guide, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taiwan.

Scott, J.W., J.-F. Wang and P.M. Hanson. 2005. Breeding tomatoes for resistance to bacterial wilt, a Global view. Acta Hort. 695: 161–172.

Smith, L.M., and P.M. Hanson. 1991. Yield reduction in pyrethrum caused by Thrips nigropilosis Uzel. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Tropical Agriculture 68: 235–238.

Talekar, N.S., R.T. Opeña and P. Hanson. 2006. Helicoverpa armigera management: a review of AVRDC’s research on host plant resistance. Crop Protection 25:461–467.

Trong, H.T.H., E. Graham, E. Esch, J-F Wang and P. Hanson. 2010. Distribution of DArT markers in a genetic linkage of tomato. Korean J Hort Sci. Tech. 28: 664–671.

Villand, J., P. Skroch, T. Lai, P. Hanson, C.G. Kuo, and J. Nienhuis. 1998. Genetic variation among tomato accessions from primary and secondary centers of diversity. Crop Sci. 38:1339–1347.

Wang, J.F., P. Hanson, and J.A. Barnes. 1998. Worldwide evaluation of an international set of resistance sources to bacterial wilt in tomato. Pages 269–275 in: Bacterial Wilt Disease P. Prior, C.Allen, and J. Elphinstone, eds. Springer-Verlag Berlin.

Wang, T.C., L.L. Black, W.H. Hsieh, and P.M. Hanson. 1995. Inheritance of black leaf mold resistance in tomato. Euphytica 86: 111–115.

Weinberger, K., A. Kumar, J.-F Wang, P. Hanson. 2008. Impact of adoption of tomato varieties resistant to bacterial wilt and tomato leaf curl virus on crop management practices and farm livelihoods. Asian Seed and Planting Material 15: 25–27.

Yang, R.Y. and P.M. Hanson. 2009. Improved food availability for food and nutrition security in Asia Pacific region. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 18: 633–637.

Yang, RY, Tsou, S. C..S, Lee, T.C., Wu, W-J, Hanson, P., Kuo, G., Engle, L.E. and Lai, P-Y. 2006. Distribution of 127 edible plant species for antioxidant activities by two assays. J. Sci. Food and Agric. 86: 2395–2403.