Loren Stephens

Loren Stephens

Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
127 Horticulture Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1100

Phone: 515-294-1917
Fax: 515-294-0730
Email: lcs@iastate.edu
Website: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~lcs/homepage.html

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1982
  • Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1974
  • Bachelor of Science, University of Iowa, 1971

Awards/Special Recognition

  • BPI News Publications Committee Appreciation Award, 1979
  • American Society of Horticultural Science Alex Laurie Award, 1977

Research Focus

Dr. Stephens' research program examines ways of using plant tissue culture methods and plant genetics for improvement and propagation of selected horticultural crops, with emphasis on ornamentals.

Teaching/Advising Responsibilities

Dr. Stephens' teaching responsibilities are Plant Propagation (Hort 322); Greenhouse Crop Production I (co-taught) (Hort 434); Greenhouse Crop Production II (co-taught) (Hort 435); Plant Tissue Culture (Hort 423); Plant Tissue Culture (Hort 523).

Selected Publications

  • Stephens LC. 2009. Ethidium bromide-induced mutations from inflorescence cultures of indiangrass. HortSci 44:1215-1218.
  • Stephens LC. 2008. Self-incompatibility in Echinacea purpurea. HortSci 43:1350-1354.
  • Stephens LC. 2009. 'Bantam' and 'Redspike' indiangrass. HortSci 45:in press.
  • Stephens LC, Fei S-Z, Xiong Y, Hodges CF. 2006. Plants regenerated from embryo cultures of an apomictic clone of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L. ‘Baron’) are not apomictic in origin. Euphytica 147:383-388.
  • Stephens LC. 2006. Chapter 7: Ageratum, Ageratum houstonianum. In: Flower Breeding and Genetics: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities for the 21st Century. Editor NO Anderson, pp. 219-223. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. .
  • Liu T-HA, Stephens LC, Hannapel DJ. 2001. Transgenic Solanum brevidens. In: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 48:359-371. Editor: YPS Bajaj, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York. .
  • Hodges CF, Stephens LC, Campbell DA. 1999. Ethylene and ethane production from Poa pratensis callus and from leaf blades of regenerated and seed-derived plants inoculated with Bipolaris sorokiniana. J Plant Physiol 154/1:113-118.
  • Stephens LC. 1998. Pollen fertility among BC2 offspring of Impatiens interspecific hybrids of New Guinea and Indonesian ancestry. Euphytica 103:219-222.
  • Stephens LC. 1998. Formation of unreduced pollen by an Impatiens hawkeri x platypetala interspecific hybrid. Hereditas 128:251-255.

Research