Virginia Walbot (born 1946) is an American agriculturalist and botanist who is a professor[1] in the Department of Biology at Stanford University.
She investigates maize development with a focus on factors involved in male sterility.
[2] Walbot first began working with corn when she used to help grow and sell it on her family's farm in Southern California.
[clarification needed] That is when Walbot began visiting McClintock's lab in Cold Spring Harbor and became devoted to studying maize development and reproduction.
Later Walbot returned to Stanford as a professor in the Department of Biology.