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Charles A. Maynard
Professor

216 Marshall Hall
1 Forestry Dr.
Syracuse, New York 13210

Phone: (315) 470-6560
Email: cmaynard@syr.edu

• Gene Glossary

Highest Education

Ph.D., Iowa State University (Forest Biology and Wood Science), 1980.

Areas of Study

Forest genetics, Tree improvement, Plant tissue culture and transformation.

Courses Taught

BTC 426/EFB 626: Plant Tissue Culture Methods, an upper division/graduate course that introduces plant tissue culture as a foundation for biotechnology research and as a propagation method. This course emphazises laboratory instrumentation (microbalances, pH meter, autoclave, laminar-flow hood, stereomicroscope and other common pieces of tissue culture laboratory equipment) and basic aseptic techniques for establishing cell cultures, producing transgenic cell lines, and regenerating whole plants. As a semester- long project, students will research, design, and implement a micropropagation system for a plant species if their own choosing.

FOR 481: Introduction to Arboriculture, a relatively new course that is required for the Urban Forestry Minor. Although intended for students interested in professional arboriculture, students in Landscape Archatecture,  Forest Health, and even Biotechnology majors have taken and enjoyed the courese.  Intro. to Arboriculture is about trees in close association with people and the built environments they create. We start with some plant physiology, covering in some detail plant mineral nutrition and the various environmental cues that plants use to predict and respond to changing seasons. We then turn to more applied topics like tree planting, pruning, climbing,  and above all, safety.   

Most Recent Publications

D’Aminco, T. Horton, C. Maynard, and W. Powell. 2011. Assessing ectomycorrhizal associations and transgene expression in transgenic Castanea dentata. (Extended abstract for the IUFRO meeting in 2011) BioMed Central (BMC) Proceedings 2011, 5(Suppl 7):O54.

Zhang, B., A. Newhouse, L. McGuigan, C. Maynard, and W. Powell. 2011. Agrobacterium-mediated co-transformation of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) somatic embryos with a wheat oxalate oxidase gene. (Extended abstract for the IUFRO meeting in 2011) BioMed Central (BMC) Proceedings 2011, 5(Suppl 7):O43.

Cameron, K.D., I. S. Phillips, R. F. Kopp, T. A. Volk, C. A. Maynard, L. P. Abrahamson, and L. B. Smart. (2008). Quantitative Genetics of Traits Indicative of Biomass Production and Heterosis in 34 Full-sib F1 Salix eriocephala Families. Bioenergy Research (Bioenerg. Res. 1:80–90.

Maynard, C.A., Powell, W.A., Polin-McGuigan, L.D., Viéitez, A.M., Ballester, A., Corredoira, E., Merkle, S.A. and Andrade, G.M. 2008. Chestnut. Chapter 5 In: Kole, C. and Hall, T.C. (eds.) A Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants. Volume 9. Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 169-192.

Newhouse, A.E., N.S. Kaczmar, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. 2008. American Elm. Chapter 8 In: Kole, C. and Hall, T.C. (eds.) A Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants. Volume 9. Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 241-262.

Newhouse, A.E., F. Schrodt, H. Liang, C.A. Maynard, W.A. Powell. 2007. Transgenic American Elm Shows Reduced Dutch Elm Disease Symptoms and Normal Mycorrhizal Colonization. Plant Cell Reports 26:977-987.

Powell, W. A., P. Morley, M. King and C. A. Maynard. 2007. Small stem chestnut blight resistance assay. Journal of The American Chestnut Foundation 21(2): 34-38.

Maynard, C.A., Polin, L. D., LaPierre, S., Rothrock, R.E. and Powell, W.A. (2006) American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.). In: Wang, K. (ed.) Agrobacterium Protocols, 2nd Edition. Humana Press. pp. 239-251.

Newhouse, A., F. Schrodt, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. (2006). Transforming American elm with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide for resistance to Dutch-elm disease. Pages 99-112 In: K. Wang Ed. Agrobacterium Protocols, 2nd Edition. Humana Press.

Powell, W. A., Maynard, C. A., Boyle, B. and Seguin, A. (2006) Fungal and bacterial resistance in transgenic trees. Pages 236-252 (Chapter 11) In: Fladung, M. and Ewald, D. (Eds.) Transgenic Trees, Springer.