08/16/2024

Peer Reviewed Publications

Adeleke, I. A., Kavalappara, S. R., Codod, C. B., Kharel, P., Luckew, A., McGregor, C., Simmons, A. M., Srinivasan, R., & Bag, S. (2024). Evaluation of plant introduction lines of yellow squash (Cucurbita pepo) for resistance against single infection of Cucurbit Chlorotic Yellows Virus and Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus. HortScience, 59(7), 949-956. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17861-24

Alam MS, Khanal C, Roberts J, Rutter W, Wadl PA (2024) Enhancing reniform nematode management in sweetpotato by complementing host-plant resistance with nonfumigant nematicides. Plant Disease 108(7):PDIS-07. doi:10.1094/PDIS-07-23-1412-RE.

Amgain, N. R., Fontanier, C. H., & Martin, D. L. (2023). Evaluation of annual effect of selected cultivation programs for the management of creeping bentgrass putting greens in the transition zone. Crop Science, 63, 1592–1601. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20921.

Amini, Z., H. Salehi., M. Chehrazi, M. Etemadi, and M. Xiang. 2023. miRNAs and their target genes play a critical role in response to heat stress in Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Molecular Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-023-00713-2

Andreason SA, McKenzie-Reynolds P, Whitley KM, Coffey J, Simmons AM, Wadl PA (2024) Tracking sweet potato leaf curl virus through field production: Implications for sustainable sweetpotato production and breeding practices. Plants 13(9):1267.

Awika HO, Ewer J (2022). Modeling the influence of leaf and flower carotenoid, flavonoid and chlorophyll in field cucumber fruit count using machine learning and rank fraction. ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Awika HO, Ewer J, Dreves AJ (2022). Total leaf flavonoid influences the resistance to melonworm in diverse cucumber accessions in the US Virgin Islands. ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Babar, M. A., Khan, N., Blount, A., Barnett, R. D., Harrison, S. A., DeWitt, N., Johnson, J., Mergoum, M., Boyles, R., Murphy, P., Mason, E., Shakiba, E., Ibrahim, A. M. H., Sutton, R., Brown-Guedira, G., Marshall, D., Cowger, C., Baik, B. K., Santantonio, N., … Mailhot, D. (2024). Registration of ‘FL16045-25’: An early-maturing, high-yielding, disease-resistant soft red facultative wheat cultivar for the southern United States. Journal of Plant Registrations, 18, 374–387. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20343

Bagwell JW, Subedi M, Sapkota S, Lopez B, Ghimire B, Chen Z, Buntin GD, Bahri BA, Mergoum M. Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Hessian Fly Resistance in Soft Red Winter Wheat. Genes. 2023 Sep 17;14(9):1812.

Branch, W. D., and T. B. Brenneman. "Registration of ‘Georgia‐23RKN’peanut." 2024. Journal of Plant Registrations 18.2: 285-289.

Brown, J.M., Escalona Weldt, C., Holloway, H.M.P., Tuong, T.D., Patton, A.J., DaCosta, M., Livingston, D.P., Yu, X., and Milla-Lewis, S.R. 2023. A transcriptomic analysis of zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica) provides novel insights into the molecular basis of cold acclimation. Grass Research 3(1).

Cerit, M., Wang, Z., Dogan, M., Yu, S., Valenzuela-Antelo, J.L., Chu, C., ... & Liu, S. 2023. Mapping QTL for yield and its component traits using wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) RIL mapping population from TAM 113× Gallagher. Agronomy, 13, 2402. doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092402

Chandra, A., A. Genovesi, J. Fry, A. Patton, M. Meeks, R. Braun, M. Xiang, M. Chhetri, and M. Kennelly. 2023. ‘DALZ 1701’, a third-generation interspecific zoysiagrass hybrid. Journal of Plant Registrations. 17, 499-511. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20319

Chandra, A., Genovesi, A.D., Meeks, M., Segars, C.A., Eads, J., Hejl, R., Floyd, W., Wherley, B., Straw, C., Bowling, R., Kenworthy, K.E., Schwartz, B.M., Raymer, P., Milla-Lewis, S.R., and Wu, Y. 2023. Registration of ‘DALSA 1618’ St. Augustinegrass. J. Plant Regist. DOI: 10.1002/plr2.20302

Chen YJ, Catto MA, Pandey S, Leal-Bertioli S, Abney M, Hunt BG, Bag S, Culbreath A, Srinivasan R. Characterization of gene expression patterns in response to an orthotospovirus infection between two diploid peanut species and their hybrid. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2023 Nov 13;14:1270531.

Chen YJ, Pandey S, Catto M, Leal-Bertioli S, Abney MR, Bag S, Hopkins M, Culbreath A, Srinivasan R. Evaluation of wild peanut species and their allotetraploids for resistance against thrips and thrips-transmitted tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV). Pathogens. 2023 Aug 28;12(9):1102.

Cuevas, HE, Knoll, JE, Prom, LK, Stutts, LR, Vermerris, W. 2023. Genetic diversity, population structure and anthracnose resistance response in a novel sweet sorghum diversity panel. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. DOI=10.3389/fpls.2023.1249555

Culbreath J, Wram C, Khanal C, Bechtel T, Wadl PA, Mueller J, Rutter WB (2023) A community-level sampling method for detection of Meloidogyne enterolobii and other root-knot nematodes in sweetpotato storage roots. Crop Protection 174:106401. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106401.

Dilovan K. Yahya, Matthew W. Blair, Aron M. Felts, Ahmad N. Aziz. 2024. Individual Microspore Genotyping in Sorghum (S. bicolor) Cultivars Using a KASP Panel of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers. Annals of Plant Sciences.13(3): 6199-6211, ISSN 2287-688X. https://annalsofplantsciences.com/index.php/aps/article/view/1129.

ElDoliefy, A.E.A., Anderson, J.A., Glover, K.D. et al. Mapping of main and hidden epistatic QTL effects in spring wheat population using medium parental FHB resistance. Discov. Plants 1, 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-024-00001-6

Ganaparthi VR, Rennberger G, Wechter P, Levi A, Branham SE (2023) Genome-wide association mapping and genomic prediction of Fusarium wilt race 2 resistance in the USDA Citrullus amarus collection. Plant Disease 107(12):3836-42. doi:10.1094/PDIS-02-23-0400-RE

Ganaparthi VR, Wechter P, Levi A, Branham SE (2024) Mapping and validation of Fusarium wilt race 2 resistance QTL from Citrullus amarus line USVL246-FR2. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 137(4):91. doi:10.1007/s00122-024-04595-z.

Garcia C, Pauli D, Plecki C, Alnasser H, Rozzi B, Calleja S, Arnold AE. The root-endophytic microbiome shifts under drought in high-performing sorghum. Phytobiomes Journal. 2024 Mar 1(ja).

Gouveia, B., Chandra, A., Schwartz, B.M., Kenworthy, K.E., Raymer, P.L., Wu, Y., and Milla-Lewis, S.R. 2024. Warm-season turfgrass species genotype-by-environment interaction for turfgrass quality under drought. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 210(1), e12681.

Holbrook, C.C., Ozias-Akins, P., Chu, Y., Brenneman, T.M., Culbreath, A.K. 2024. Registration of ‘TifNV-HG’ peanut. Journal of Plant Registrations 17, 512-516. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20295

Hui Zhang, Lisa dean, Ming li Wang, Phat Dang, Marshall Lamb, and Charles Chen. 2023. GWAS with principal component analysis identifies QTLs associated with main peanut flavor related traits. Front. In Plant Science. 14: 1204415. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1204415

Joseph, Samuel S., Thomas W. Zimmerman, Daryl A. Richard, Jr. and Theran Blackwood. 2023. Influence of Sweetpotato Cutting Length and In-row Spacing on Production AgriFest Bulletin 2023. Pages 25-26.

Kavalappara, S.R., Bag, S., Luckew, A., McGregor, C.E. (2023) Small RNA Profiling of Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus from Susceptible and Tolerant Squash (Cucurbita pepo) Lines. Viruses, 15(3):788. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030788

Kavalappara, S.R., Bag, S., Luckew, A., McGregor, C.E., Culbreath, A.K., Simmons, A.M. (2024) Evaluation of Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) Genotypes for Resistance to Cucurbit Chlorotic Yellows Virus. Horticulturae, 10(3):264. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10030264

Kenworthy, K.E, Quesenberry, K., Aldrich, K., Buhlman, J., Rios, E.F., Unruh, J.B.,  Harmon, P. F., Dale, A., Milla-Lewis, S.R., Schwartz, B.M., Raymer, P.G., Chandra, A., Wu, Y., Zhang, J., Wherley, B.G., Martin, D.L., Moss, J.Q., Fontanier, C., Miller, G.L. 2023 Registration of 'FSA1602' St. Augustinegrass. J Plant Regist. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20341

Knoll, J. E., Uchimiya, M., Hayes, C. M., Punnuri, S. M., Harris-Shultz, K. R., & Smith, J. S. (2023). Registration of three sweet sorghum lines with high tolerance to sorghum aphid (Melanaphis sorghi). Journal of Plant Registrations, 17, 551–560. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20310

Kumar N, Boatwright JL, Boyles R, Brenton ZW, Kresovich S (2024) Identification of pleiotropic loci mediating structural and non-structural carbohydrate accumulation within the sorghum bioenergy association panel using high-throughput markers. Front Plant Sci 15:1356619. doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1356619

Kumar N, Boatwright JL, Sapkota S, Brenton ZW, Ballén-Taborda C, Myers MT, Cox WA, Jordan KE, Kresovich S and Boyles R (2023) Discovering useful genetic variation in the seed parent gene pool for sorghum improvement. Front Genet 14:1221148. doi:10.3389/fgene.2023.1221148.

Leal-Bertioli SCM, de Blas FJ, Chavarro MC, Simpson CE, Valls JFM, Tallury SP, Moretzsohn MC, Custodio AR, Stalker HT, Seijo G, Bertioli DJ. 2024. An analysis of the relationships of the wild peanut species in the taxonomic section Arachis using high-density single nucleotide polymorphisms – a resource for botanical classification, crop improvement and germplasm management. American Journal of Botany. 2024;111:e16357. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16357

Luckew, A., Meru, G., Wang, Y., Mwatuwa, R., Paret, M., Carvalho, R., Kalischuk, M., Ribeiro da Silva, A. L. B., Candian, J., Dutta, B., Srinivasan, R., Kavalappara, S. R., RRD, N. C. K., Bag, S., and McGregor, C. (2022). Field Evaluation of Cucurbita Germplasm for Resistance to Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses. HortScience, 57(2), 337-344. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16197-21.

Manley, A., C. B. Adams, J. Cason, C. Ruhl, M. Brown, H. Pham, W. Ravelombola, C. Trostle 2024.  Evaluating USDA guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) germplasm for seed protein content. Euphytica. 220 (112):   Evaluating USDA guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] germplasm for seed protein content | Euphytica (springer.com)

Manley, A., C. Adams, W. Ravelombola, C. Trostle, J. Cason, H. Pham, R. Shrestha, S. Malani 2023. Evaluating USDA guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] genotypes for Alternaria leaf blight resistance under field conditions. Euphytica 219 (56): 2-8. Evaluating USDA guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] genotypes for Alternaria leaf blight resistance under field conditions (researchgate.net).

Patil NY, Hoffmann Jr L, Winans N, Perumal R, Hayes C, Emendack Y, Boyles R, Dahlberg J, Klein RR, Klein PE, Rooney WL (2024) Registration of sorghum backcross‐nested association mapping (BC‐NAM) families in a BTx623 or RTx436 background. J Plant Registr 18:204-219. doi:10.1002/plr2.20286.

Proano Cuenca, F., C. Garzon, Y.Q. Wu, S. Marek, N. Walker. 2023. Draft genome sequences of eleven isolates of Ophiosphaerella spp., the causal agents of several turfgrass diseases including spring dead spot of bermudagrass and necrotic ring spot of Kentucky bluegrass. PhytoFrontiers. 

Rockstad, G.B., Austin, R.E., Tome Gouveia, B., Carbajal, E.M., and Milla-Lewis, S.R. 2023. Assessing unmanned aerial vehicle-based imagery for breeding applications in St. Augustinegrass under drought and non-drought conditions. Crop Science https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21128

Serba, D., Y.Q. Wu, R. Hejl, C. Williams, and K. Bronson. 2023. Spectral reflectance estimated genetic variation in hybrid turf bermudagrass. Grass Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48130/GR-2023-0022

Singh, L., McCurdy, J. D., Baldwin, B. S., Dong, H. 2023. Genetic diversity of bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing. Front. Plant Sci. Vol 14 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1155721

Singh, L., Y.Q. Wu, J.D. McCurdy, B.R. Stewart, M.L. Warburton, B.S. Baldwin, and H.X. Dong. 2023. Genetic diversity and population structure of bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14:1155721. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1155721 

Somashekhar M. Punnuri, Addissu G. Ayele, Karen R. Harris-Shultz, Joseph E. Knoll, Alisa W. Coffin, Haile K. Tadesse, J. Scott Armstrong, Trahmad K. Wiggins, Hanxia Li, Scott Sattler, Jason G. Wallace. 2022. Genome-wide association mapping of resistance to the sorghum aphid in Sorghum bicolor. Genomics 114, Issue 4

Subedi, M., Bagwell, J. W., Ghimire, B., Lopez, B., Sapkota, S., Babar, M. A, & Mergoum, M. (2024). identifying genomic regions associated with key agro-morphological traits in soft red winter wheat using genome-wide association study. Crop Science, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21261

Tsai YC, Brenneman T, Holbrook CC, Chu Y, Ozias-Akins P, Bertioli D. Leal-Bertioli SCM. 2023. Development of a greenhouse method to evaluate peanut resistance to Athelia rolfsii. Phytofrontiers doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-06-22-0069-TA.

Viteri, D. M., & Linares-Ramírez, A. M. (2024). Registration of indeterminate and photoperiod-insensitive IIPG-7 and IIPG-11 pigeonpea germplasm. Journal of Plant Registrations, 18, 426–435. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20375

Viteri, D. M., Linares-Ramírez, A. M., & Shi, A. (2024). Genome-wide association study reveals a QTL region for ashy stem blight resistance in PRA154 Andean common bean. Plant Disease, 108, 407–415. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-23-1275-RE.

Waldo BD, Branham SE, Levi A, Wechter WP, Rutter WB (2023) Distinct genomic loci underlie quantitative resistance to Meloidogyne enterolobii galling and reproduction in Citrullus amarus. Plant Disease 107(7):2126-2132. doi:10.1094/PDIS-09-22-2228-RE

Woli, P., G.R. Smith, C.R. Long, and F.M. Rouquette, Jr. 2023. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation effects on cowpea and winter wheat yields in the semi-arid region of the southern US. Agric. Sci. 14:154-175.

Woli, P., G.R. Smith, C.R. Long, J. Rudd, Q. Xue, and F.M. Rouquette, Jr. 2023. Exploring the Potential of Cowpea-Wheat Double Cropping in the Semi-Arid Region of the Southern United States Using the DSSAT Crop Model. Agric. Sci. 14. https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2023.141004.

Xiang, M.Y., S.H. Yu, L. Gopinath, H. Salehi, J. Moss, and Y.Q. Wu. 2023. Raising mowing height improves freeze tolerance of putting green type bermudagrass. HortScience. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17351-23

Yu, S., C.H. Fontanier, D.L. Martin, J.Q. Moss, C.L. Goad, Y.Q. Wu. 2023. Effect of antecedent drought stress on spring green-up in turf-type bermudagrass. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. 6:e20353. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20353

Yu, S., C.H. Fontanier, D.L. Martin, J.Q. Moss, and Y.Q. Wu. 2023. Advanced turf-type bermudagrass experimental genotypes show marked variation in drought response. HortScience. 58(6): 600-607.

Other Publications

Ahmad Naseer Aziz. 2024. Perspective advancements in plant science through segregating sorghum gametophyte developmental stages. Iris Online Journal of Sciences. OJS.MS.ID.000508. Online: https://irispublishers.com/iojs/volume1-issue2.php.

Alam T, Anco D, Rustgi S (2023) Breeding peanut for reduced allergen content. CU Land-Grant Press 1183.

Delfin, M. 2023. Title: Flavonoids, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity in leaves and calyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa and petals of H. rosa-sinensis. Poster presentation at the 14^th University of Guam Conference on Island Sustainability, Tumon, GU (April 12, 2023)

Desamito, C. 2023. “Improving hot pepper production for increased value-added products in Guam.” Oral presentation at the Micronesian Chefs Association (MCA) meeting, Tumon, GU (April 13, 2023) and at the American Chef Federation (ACF) meeting, Tumon, GU (April 27, 2023).

Marutani, M., Desamito, C., Salas, S. 2023. Seed production system expands public access to heirloom vegetables. Western Pacific Tropical Research Center 2022 Impact Report, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Mangilao, GU.

Valsala Sankarapillai, L., Reddy, K. R., & Bheemanahalli, R. (2023). Resilience of Sorghum to Abiotic Stressors during the Early Vegetative Stage. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. (Poster).

Vega-Martinez, A. & J. P. Morales-Payan. 2024. Comparative characterization of avocado accessions at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Lajas, Puerto Rico. Abstracts of the 42nd meeting of the Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Meeting (PRISM), 42:56. (University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla Campus. April 20, 2024).

Venegas Hidalgo, B. E. & J. P. Morales-Payan. 2024. Morphological fruit and tree attributes of breadfruit accessions from the germplasm collection of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Isabela, Puerto Rico. Abstracts of the 42nd meeting of the Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Meeting (PRISM), 42:60.(University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla Campus. April 20, 2024).

Yu, S., Schoonmaker, A.N., Yan, L., Hulse-Kemp, A.M., Fontanier, C.H., Martin, D.L., Moss, J.Q., Wu, Y.Q. 2023. How does African bermudagrass do in winter? Golf Course Management. https://www.gcmonline.com/research/news/african-bermudagrass-winter-resistance?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=general&_zs=D2EEN1&_zl=18R57

Germplasm Releases

Milla-Lewis, S.R. (2023) Zoysiagrass plant named ‘XZ 14069’. United States Patent Application No. 18/445,332 filed on July 13, 2023. XZ 14069 (commercial name LOBO™) zoysiagrass, 2021.

Milla-Lewis, S.R. (2023) St. Augustinegrass plant named ‘XSA 11377’. United States Patent Application No. 18/445,230 filed on June 6, 2023. XSA 11377 (commercial name SOLA™) St. Augustinegrass, 2021.

Viteri, D. M., Linares-Ramírez, A. M., & Vázquez, R. (2024). Release of UPR-Mp-37 and UPR-Mp-48 white common bean germplasm with improved resistance to ashy stem blight. Journal of Plant Registrations, 18, 142–148. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20330

Wu, Yanqi, Dennis Martin, Justin Q. Moss, Charles Fontanier. 2023. Bermudagrass cultivar ‘OKC1876’. US Plant Patent 35,548 P2. 8 pages. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/PP35548

Wu, Yanqi, Dennis Martin, Justin Q. Moss, Nathan Walker, and Charles Fontanier. 2023. Bermudagrass cultivar ‘OKC3920’. US Plant Patent 35,539 P2. 4 pages. https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/PP35539

Cultivar and Germplasm Releases from UGA Breeding Programs in 2023-2024.