C. Michael (Mike) Deom, is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He is Lead Scientist on PMIL’s Peanut Varietal Development: An Integrated Global Breeding and Genomics Approach to Intensifying Peanut Production and Quality project.
Mike is also a collaborator on PMIL’s Southern Africa Peanut Value Chain. Currently he is coordinating research in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia.
Breeding programs in his project have already resulted in the release of several highly promising cultivars and over a dozen publications including the release of a Groundnut Production Guide for Uganda.