
NE2210: Improving Forage and Bioenergy Crops for Better Adaptation, Resilience, and Nutritive Value
(Multistate Research Project)
Status: Active
SAES-422 Reports
07/18/2023
von Wettberg EJ, Brefo E, Hart J, Kretzler B. Disease issues for grain legumes in Northeastern North America. Invited chapter in Next Generation Breeding approaches for designing disease resistant legumes crops. Eds. U. Jha, Sharma K, Nayyer H, von Wettberg EJ and KHM Siddique. Invited submission, In Press.
Laverick M, von Wettberg EJ, An ethnobotanical review of tuberous legumes as viable crops in Vermont. Invited chapter in Crop Wild Relatives for Legumes crops. Eds. U. Jha, Sharma K, Nayyer H, von Wettberg EJ and KHM Siddique. Invited submission, In Press.
Khan MK, Pandey A, Athar T, Hamurcu M, Gezgin S, Sassi G2, Kahraman. A, von Wettberg EJ. 2022. Current trends in genetic enhancement of legumes in the genomics era for a sustainable future. In: Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification. Academic Press, Elsevier. p533-552. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323857970000276
Delaney-Studer S, von Wettberg EJ, Towards the next angiosperm revolution: agroecological food production as a driver for biological diversity. Elementa, special topic on “'New Pathways to Sustainability in Agroecological Systems” In Press
Renzi JP, Brus J, Coyne C, Berger J, von Wettberg EJ, Nelson M, Ureta S, Hernández F, Smýkal P. 2022. How could the use of crop wild relatives in breeding increase the adaptation of crops to marginal environments? Frontiers in Plant Science. V13 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.886162
08/19/2024
Mastreta A, Tobin D, Bellon M, von Wettberg EJ, Cibrian A., Wegier A, Monroy-Sais A, Galvez-Reyes N, Ruiz-Arocho J, Chen YF. 2024. Human management of ongoing evolutionary processes in agroecosystems, Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10521
Marques, E., Bueno E., Kerwein L, and von Wettberg E. (2024). Improving rotational partners: Intraspecies variation for pea cover cropping traits. Agrosystems, Geosciences, and Environment. 7. e20490. DOI: 10.1002/agg2.20490
Delaney-Studer S, von Wettberg EJ, Towards the next angiosperm revolution: agroecological food production as a driver for biological diversity. 2023 Elementa, special topic on “'New Pathways to Sustainability in Agroecological Systems” https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/ article/11/1/00134/197385/Toward-the-next-angiosperm-revolution
08/01/2025
Kissing Kucek, L., K. Muller, L.B. Martins, V. Moore, S.C. Reberg-Horton, S.B. Mirsky, J. Englert, L. Drinkwater, J.L. Douglas, S. Seehaver, T. Butler, M. Ryan, A. Casey, K.M. Clark, N.J. Ehlke, J.R. Hendrickson, J.A. Guretzky, H. Johnson, D.W. Archer, R.J. McGee, S. Ali, A. Bartow, V. Bullard, A. Burke, R. Barrett, C. Berneau, B. Carr, R. Crawford, K. Griffin, E. Henriquez Inoa, H. Hillhouse, M. Humphrey, M. Smither-Kopperl, S. Krogman, S. Lee, A. Marion, N. McGhee, I. Silvernail, P. Thevar, S. Wayman, N. Wiering, D. Wiggans, and H. Riday. 2024. Genetic and Environmental Drivers of Legume Cover Crop Performance: Hairy vetch. Crop Science 64(6): 3052-3072. doi: 10.1002/csc2.21318
Medina, C.A., D. Zhao, M. Lin, M. Sapkota, A.M. Sandercock, C.T. Beil, M.J. Sheehan, B.M. Irish, L.X. Yu, H. Poudel, A. Claessens, V. Moore, J. Crawford, J. Hansen, D. Viands, M.D. Peel, N. Tilhou, H. Riday, E.C. Brummer, and Z. Xu. 2025. Pre-breeding in alfalfa germplasm develops highly differentiated populations, as revealed by genome-wide microhaplotype markers. Scientific Reports 15(1): 1253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84262-x.
Solihu Kayode Sakariyahu, Tim McDowell, Justin Renaud, Yousef Papadopoulos, Kathleen Glover, Rebecca Brown, Michael D. Peel, Heathcliffe Riday, Susanne Kohalmi, Abdelali Hannoufa. 2025. Profiling environmental and seasonal variations in condensed tannins and metabolites of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) cultivars. Genes, in review.
Thapa, R., S. Hanson, J. Hua, and V.M. Moore. 2025. Breeding for cold tolerance in common annual legume cover crops. Crop Science 65(3). doi: 10.1002/csc2.70059
Tilhou, N., L. Kissing Kucek, V. Moore, S. Hanson, S.C. Reberg-Horton, M. Ryan, N.J. Ehlke, A. Bartow, B. Carr, J. Douglas, J. Englert, J. Raasch, A. Woodard, J. Crawford, R. Crawford, S. Ali, S. Bhamidimarri, S.B. Mirsky, M. Monteros, G. Moore, A. Gamble, N. Rajan, S. Narayanan, E. Haramoto, N. Basinger, V. Sykes, A. McWhirt, M. Reiter, and H. Riday. 2025. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) germplasm contains a cryptic second species (Vicia varia Host). Crop Science 65(1). doi: 10.1002/csc2.21455
Tilhou, N., L. Kissing Kucek, V. Moore, S. Hanson, S.C. Reberg-Horton, M.R. Ryan, N. Ehlke, A. Bartow, B. Carr, J. Douglas, J. Englert, J. Crawford, R. Crawford, S. Ali, S. Bhamidimarri, S. Mirsky, M.J. Monteros, R. Hayes, and H. Riday. 2024. Seed size has a major impact on fall seedling vigor in the cover crop hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth). Crop Science 65(1). doi: 10.1002/csc2.21439