
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
08/30/2026
Makaju SO, Hansen JL, Glover K, Papadopoulos YA, Moore VM and Missaoui AM (2026). Forage yield stability of tall fescue genotypes across eight location-year combinations in the United States and Canada. Front. Plant Sci. 17:1870120. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1870120
McKenna TP, Van Der Pol LK, DuBois M, Udawatta RP, Okonkwo KC, Zerega NJC, Vogel L, von Wettberg EJ, Haggerty K, Miller AJ Crews TE. Alfalfa intercrop rarely limits productivity of intermediate wheatgrass across diverse edaphic and climate conditions. Accepted Pending Revisions, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, section Climate-Smart Food Systems
Van Zonneveld M, Castañeda-Alvarez NP, Achigan-Dako EG, Almedkinders C, de Haan S, Hugo W, Otieno G, Ortiz R, Raneri JE, Roa C, Sperling L, Spielman D, von Wettberg EJ. 2026. Improving healthy diets in a changing climate. Policies for mainstreaming the inclusion of neglected ‘opportunity crops’ in seed systems. Food Security. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-026-01661-w
Kaggwa Asiimwe R, Wester E, Streit-Krug A, von Wettberg E. 2025. What Works and for Whom? Mentoring Outcomes and Social Wellbeing in the Biological Sciences. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, Vol. 9, No. 3 doi.org/10.62935/s2405p
von Wettberg EJ3, Banks-Robinson C, Chakraborty D2, Getahun T2, Bakir M, Sassi G, Hart JA, Kretzler B, Layegh-Nikravesh N1, Kantar MB, Chen YH, Tobin D, Kraft J, Khoury CK, and King G. 2025. But does it taste good? A plea to consider the importance of flavor in managing plant genetic resources. Plants People Planet, http://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70016
Hammond-Wagner C, White A, Darby H, Ewing P, Faulkner J, Fisher B, Galford G, Horner C, Jones WD, Neher D, Ritzenthaler C. von Wettberg E, Zeraatpisheh M. 2025 Holistic systems thinking underpins Vermont soil health practitioner’s preferences and beliefs. Soil security 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186.
Campbell Q, Castaneda-Alvarez N, Domingo R, von Wettberg E, Runck B, Nandkangré B, Halpin-McCormick A, Fumia N, Neyhart J, Kilian B, Wambugu P, Nyamongo D, Hübner S, Sitar S, Thompson A, Rieseberg L, Gore MA, Kantar M, 2025. Climate resilience conserved in global germplasm repositories: Picking the most promising parents for agile plant breeding. Nature Climate Change, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02333-x
Zeraatpisheh A. White A, Darby H, Neher DA, Hancock L, Kretzler B, El-Naboulsi N2. Turner HA, von Wettberg E, Galford GL. 2025. Comprehensive Spatial Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Vermont Agricultural Lands: Insights, Uncertainties, and Implications. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, v237: 110727 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.110727
Brefo E1, McGee R, Butnor J, Bakir M, Andrews T, Darby H, Keller S, von Wettberg EJ3. 2025. Assessment of the agronomic potential of dual-use winter hardy peas in Northern New England: cold tolerance and production challenges for harvestable cover cropping peas. Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment. 8(4), e70243. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/agg2.70243
Crawford, R.V., #J.L. Crawford, #J.L. Hansen, L.B. Smart, and *V.M. Moore. 2026. Near infrared spectroscopy predicts crude protein percentage in hemp grain. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 9(1): e70328. doi: 10.1002/agg2.70328.
Jackson, A., J. Holland, V. Moore, S.C. Reberg-Horton, S.B. Mirsky, and R. Leon. 2026. Screening strategies and heritability estimation for allelopathy in cereal rye (Secale cereale L.). Crop Science 66(2): e70275. doi: 10.1002/csc2.70275.
Sabadin, F., A. Loeb, F. Reith, A. Perry, S. Frias, D. Ragland, L. Liu, W. Brooks, R. Thapa, #J. Hansen, C. Pierce, V. Moore, G. Brown-Guedira, I. Ray, M. Gore, K. Robbins, and N. Santantonio. 2026. Insights into biomass accumulation and challenges in grain yield prediction of breeding elite material using UAV-based vegetation indices in soft red winter wheat. The Plant Phenome Journal 9(1): e70074. doi: 10.1002/ppj2.70074.
Wellman, L., G. Bagley, #J. Crawford, H. Darby, N. Doonan, M. Hashemi, I. Krezinski, S. Hirsh, S. Mirsky, V. Moore, B. Scott, A. Siller, H. Tao, M. VanGessel, K. Vollmer, D. Votypka, and J. Wallace. 2026. Sowing date and seeding rate influence cereal rye productivity across the Northeastern US. Agronomy Journal 118(2): e70376. doi: 10.1002/agj2.70376.
Everest, E.F., K.A. Loria, M.R. Ryan, I. Krezinski, H.M. Darby, B. Brockmueller, C.G. Stedden, E.M. Silva, T. Molloy, E.B. Mallory, #J. Crawford, and *V. Moore. 2025. Organic dry bean cultivar evaluation in the Northeast and Upper US Midwest: Opportunities for growers and food systems. Agronomy Journal 117(5): e70195. doi: 10.1002/agj2.70195.
Jackson, A.W., V.M. Moore, C. Reberg-Horton, S.B. Mirsky, and R.G. Leon. 2025. Seed age changes the germination response of weed species to cereal rye allelopathy. Weed Science 73(1): e96. doi: 10.1017/wsc.2025.10062.
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
Moore, V., E. Fratz, D. Baltensperger, S. Ellison, H. Grab, L. Sosnoskie, D. Suchoff, and D. Vergara. 2025. Building a resilient organic hemp industry: survey and focus groups assess research, extension, and education needs. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 8(1). doi: 10.1002/agg2.70018.
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.
Williams, A., Z. Brym, C. Chen, A. Collins, #J. Crawford, H. Darby, J. Dedecker, S. Ellison, J. Fike, K. Gage, D. Gang, J. Griffin, B. Johnson, V. Moore, H Ortmeier-Clarke, S. Podder, M. Richmond, K. Roozeboom, K. Thelen, R. Werle, and R. Pearce. 2025. Comparing Virginia M. Moore Curriculum Vitae May 2026 12 agronomic performance of industrial hemp varieties for suitable production in the United States. Agronomy Journal 117(1). doi: 10.1002/agj2.70006.