Plant breeding is my passion

My involvement at TAMU Potato Breeding can be accesssed via Potato Breeding.

I am focusing on implementing molecular markers and tools to improve the breeding efficiency of potatoes. There is an urgent need to speed up the genetic improvement in potatoes because conventional cultivar development often takes a long period (more than 10 years).

Publications

In peer-reviewed journals

  • 2024 Gautam S., Pandey, J., Scheuring, D.C., Koym, J.W., & Vales, M.I. Genetic basis of potato tuber defects and identification of heat-tolerant clones. Plants https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050616
  • 2023 Pandey, J., Gautam S., Scheuring, D.C., Koym, J.W., & Vales, M.I. Variation and genetic basis of mineral content in potato tubers and prospects for genomic selection. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1301297
  • 2023 Pandey, J., Thompson, D., Joshi, M., Scheuring, D.C., Koym, J.W., Joshi V., & Vales, M.I. Genetic architecture of tuber-bound free amino acids in potato and effect of growing environment on the amino acid content. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40880-5
  • 2023 Pandey, J., Scheuring, D. C., Koym, J. W., Endelman, J. B., & Vales, M. I. Genomic selection and genome-wide association studies in tetraploid chipping potatoes. The Plant Genome, 16(1), e20297. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20297
  • 2022 Pandey, J., Scheuring, D.C., Koym, J.W., & Vales, M.I. Genomic regions associated with tuber traits in tetraploid potatoes and identification of superior clones for breeding purposes. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.952263
  • 2021 Pandey, J., Scheuring, D.C., Koym, J.W., Coombs, J., Novy, R.G., Thompson, A.L., Holm, D.G., Douches, D.S., Miller, J.C., & Vales, M.I. Genetic diversity and population structure of advanced clones selected over forty years by a potato breeding program in the USA. Scientific Reports 11, 8344 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87284-x

Non-Refereed publications

  • Koym, J.W., Scheuring, D.C., Pandey, J., Gautam, S., Miller, J.C. & Vales, M.I. (2018) Texas potato breeding report 2018. The Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, 295p. https://potato.tamu.edu/reports/
  • Koym, J.W., Scheuring, D.C., Pandey, J., Gautam, S., Miller, J.C. & Vales, M.I. (2019) Texas potato breeding report 2019. The Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, 201p. https://potato.tamu.edu/reports/
  • Koym, J.W., Scheuring, D.C., Pandey, J., Gautam, S., & Vales, M.I. (2020) 2020 Field Day Handbook. The Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, 158p. https://potato.tamu.edu/reports/

Education

  • 2017-2021: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
  • 2015-2017: M.S., University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas
  • 2009-2013: B.S. Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Teaching Experience

College Level

  • 2017, 2018 & 2020: Lecture Teaching Assistant (TA) Horticulture Science and Practices
  • 2018 Fall - 2020 Spring: Lab Teaching Assistant Horticulture Science and Practices

Highschool level

  • 2013 -2015: Instructor Plant Science Training Program, Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training, Nepal

Honors and awards

  • 2023: The Award of Excellence for Postdoc. Research, Hort. Department, Texas A&M University
  • 2021: Borlaug Scholar, National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB)
  • 2020: Potato Leadership, Education and Advancement Scholarship, National Potato Council
  • 2017: Excellence Fellowship, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Council Texas A&M University

Contact Me

Address

2133 TAMU, Department of Horticultural Sciences
College Station, TX 77843-2133

Email

email1: yourjeewan [at] gmail [dot] com
email2: yourjeewan [at] tamu [dot] edu [dot] com