Factor 1 - Research Assignment Position 1M1566 vice Williams RL positionA. Assigned ResponsibilityThe incumbent is Supervisory Research Geneticist and Research Leader of the Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit, Crop Science Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, Mississippi. The Unit conducts research on host plant resistance to disease and insect pests of corn in support of ARS National Program 301--Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetic Improvement. As Research Leader of the unit, incumbent is responsible fundholder for all projects, provides primary supervision for unit scientists, and secondary supervision for other lab personnel. Finally, the incumbent will develop a vision (in collaboration with National Program Staff and the Area Office) for how the unit