James Myers’s research interests focus on vegetable breeding for the Pacific Northwest, with an emphasis on developing cultivars adapted to the region’s unique growing environments. His work spans snap beans, snap peas, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits for both processing and fresh-market systems, and centers on crop adaptation to organic production, enhanced human nutrition, improved flavor and quality, and resistance to major regional pathogens. The program integrates traditional plant breeding with genomics and bioinformatics tools and includes the development of high-anthocyanin tomato cultivars.
