Leigha Fullerton Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Wisconsin, United States

• Managing and coordinating experiments for carrot and table beet breeding advancements in both the greenhouse and the field, including trial design, trait evaluation, crop maintenance, pollination strategy, and harvest.
• Collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data for target traits in root vegetable breeding nurseries and hybrid trials.
• Developing new strategies and equipment for enhancing small-scale hybrid seed production for the root vegetable breeding program.
• Collaborating in breeding and product advancement decisions for carrot, table beet, and Swiss chard.
• Providing technical expertise to production teams and clients through trial visits.
• Leading tissue sampling and phenotypic data collection for marker projects and genetic purity assessment.

Janesville, Wisconsin, United States

• Flying drones as a licensed pilot and processing flight data for remote phenotyping operations on corn and soy.
• Collecting and conducting quality checks on various field data for corn and soy.
• Scouting fields throughout the growing season for disease or experimental variation.
• Mapping experimental fields using various software.
• Leading and training crews of 10+ seasonal employees in corn pollination.
• Operating silage choppers and collecting corresponding silage field data.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

• Enhancing potato breeding efforts by collecting data on tuber and true seed production.
• Overseeing a greenhouse room by irrigating, staking, pruning, transplanting plants, and scouting for disease presence.
• Assisting with image analysis using RStudio.

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States

• Assisting with sweet corn breeding evaluations and scoring silk development. Pollinating, harvesting, and collecting data on sweet corn for breeding and yield trials.
• Planting fields using planting machine equipment.
• Supervising and training groups of seasonal employees through various tasks.
• Maintaining general order of research sites by irrigating greenhouses, operating autoclaves, weeding, and troubleshooting lab equipment.

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

• Executing and evaluating a marker project for breeding virus resistance in summer squash, including sowing, inoculating, transplanting, tissue sampling, data collection, phenotyping, and data analysis.
• Regularly rating 300+ plants in the field for virus symptoms.
• Formatting data and attending meetings for data evaluation.
• Supporting the plant pathology department by preparing inoculum and chemical solutions, completing inoculations, and organizing pathogen collections.

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States