Patents from 2025
Blackberry Plant Named ‘A-2718T’, John R. Clark, Margaret Worthington, and Carmen A. Johns
Nectarine Tree Named ‘A-662CN’, John R. Clark, Margaret Worthington, and James N. Moore
Publications from 2024
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) from the USDA-GRIN Germplasm Collection, Ibtisam Alatawi, Haizheng Xiong, Hanan Alkabkabi, Kenani Chiwina, Qing Luo, Kai-Shu Ling, Yuejun Qu, Renjie Du, and Ainong Shi
Evaluation of Fall and Winter Trinexapac-ethyl Applications on Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Green Color, Quality, and Green Cover, J. C. Booth, W. J. Hutchens, S. D. Askew, J. M. Goatley, X. Zhang, and D. S. McCall
Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in USDA Tomato Germplasm at Seedling Stage, Kenani E. Chiwina, Gehendra Bhattarai, Haizheng Xiong, Neelendra K. Joshi, Ryan W. Dickson, Theresa M. Phiri, Ibtisam Alatawi, Yilin Chen, Zachary Stansell, Kai-Shu Ling, and Ainong Shi
Nectarine Tree Named ‘A-783CN’, John R. Clark and Margaret L. Worthington
Quantifying Temperature Effects on Plant Development Rates and Quality of Compact Container-grown Pepper, Ryan W. Dickson, Sonali Padhye, Leala M. Machesney, and Josh Tebow
Quantifying Temperature Effects on Development Rate and Plant Quality of Compact Container-grown Tomato, Morgan Humphrey, Ryan W. Dickson, and Sonali Padhye
Tolerance of Young Blackberries to a Selection of Preemergence Herbicides and Rates, Kayla Knepp, Matthew B. Bertucci, Aaron J. Cato, Amanda L. McWhirt, and Nilda Roma-Burgos
Ability of Genomic Prediction to Bi-Parent-Derived Breeding Population Using Public Data for Soybean Oil and Protein Content, Chenhui Li, Qing Yang, Bingqiang Liu, Xiaolei Shi, Zhi Liu, Chunyan Yang, Tao Wang, Fuming Xiao, Mengchen Zhang, Ainong Shi, and Long Yan
Evaluation of Downy Mildew Resistance in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea), Dotun Olaoye, Gehendra Bhattarai, Chunda Feng, James C. Correll, and Ainong Shi
An Evaluation of Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) Resistance in a Set of Tomato Germplasm from the United States Department of Agriculture, Theresa M. Phiri, Gehendra Bhattarai, Kenani Edward Chiwina, Qiurong Fan, Haizheng Xiong, Ibtisam Alatawi, Ryan Dickson, Neelendra K. Joshi, Alejandro Rojas, Kai-Shu Ling, and Ainong Shi
Twenty-five Years of Award-winning Education Publication Excellence in ASHS Journals, Curt R. Rom
Blackberry Growth Monitoring and Feature Quantification with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Remote Sensing, Akwasi Tagoe, Alexander Silva, Cengiz Koparan, Aurelie Poncet, Dongyi Wang, Donald Johnson, and Margaret Worthington
Evaluation of Industrial Hemp Cultivar and Biochar Rate to Remediate Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soil from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, USA, Dietrich V. Thurston, Kristofor R. Brye, David M. Miller, Philip A. Moore Jr., Donald M. Johnson, and Mike Richardson
Compact Solar-powered Plasma Water Generator: Enhanced Germination of Aged Seed with the Corona Dielectric Barrier Discharger, Yiting Xiao, Yang Tian, Haizheng Xiong, Ainong Shi, and Jun Zhu
Publications from 2023
Skim Resequencing Finely Maps the Downy Mildew Resistance Loci RPF2 and RPF3 in Spinach Cultivars Whale and Lazio, Gehendra Bhattarai, Ainong Shi, Beiquan Mou, and James C. Correll
A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Region Associated with Seed Protein Content in Cowpea, Yilin Chen, Haizheng Xiong, Waltram Ravelombola, Gehendra Bhattarai, Casey Barickman, Ibtisam Alatawi, Theresa Makawa Phiri, Kenani Chiwina, Beiquan Mou, Shyam Tallury, and Ainong Shi
Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction of Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Common Bean Core Collection, Kenani Chiwina, Haizheng Xiong, Gehendra Bhattarai, Ryan Dickson, Theresa Makawa Phiri, Yilin Chen, Ibtisam Alatawi, Derek Dean, Neelendra K. Joshi, Yuyan Chen, Awais Riaz, Paul Gepts, Mark Brick, Patrick Byrne, Howard Schwartz, James B. Ogg, Kristen Otto, Amy Fall, Jeremy Gilbert, and Ainong Shi
Genome-wide Association Identifies Key Loci Controlling Blackberry Postharvest Quality, T. Mason Chizk, John R. Clark, Carmen Johns, Lacy Nelson, Hamid Ashrafi, Rishi Aryal, and Margaret Worthington
ShinyFruit: Interactive Fruit Phenotyping Software and its Application in Blackberry, T. Mason Chizk, Jackie A. Lee, John R. Clark, and Margaret L. Worthington
Blackberry plant named ‘APF-404T’, John R. Clark
Blackberry Plant Named ‘APF-409T’, John R. Clark
Grape plant named ‘Compassion’, John R. Clark
Grape plant named ‘A-1400’, John R. Clark and James N. Moore
Peach Tree Named ‘Whitewater’, John R. Clark and Margaret Worthington
Using Post-season Tissue Nitrogen Concentrations to Predict Adequacy of In-season Nitrogen Management, Kyle Hoegenauer, Trenton Roberts, Carrie Ortel, Jarrod Hardke, Mike Richardson, and Mike Daniels
Evaluating Species-Specific Replenishment Solution Effects on Plant Growth and Root Zone Nutrients with Hydroponic Arugula (Eruca sativa L.) and Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), Lauren L. Houston, Ryan W. Dickson, Matthew B. Bertucci, and Trenton L. Roberts
Influence of Cover Crops on Soybean Yield and Partial Returns as an Alternative to Double-crop Soybean in Arkansas, Drew Kirkpatrick, Trenton L. Roberts, Kris Brye, and Jeremy Ross
Determining Cardinal Temperatures for Eight Cover Crop Species, Mila V. Pessotto, Trenton Roberts, Matthew B. Bertucci, Caio dos Santos, Jeremy Ross, and Mary C. Savin
Genetic Architecture of Salt Tolerance in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) at Seedling Stage Using a Whole Genome Resequencing Approach, Waltram Ravelombola, Lindgi Dong, Thomas Casey Barickman, Haizheng Xiong, Aurora Manley, John Cason, Hanh Pham, Bazgha Zia, Beiquan Mou, and Ainong Shi
A Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Fiber and Sucrose Contents in a Mapping Population of LCP 85-384 Sugarcane, Haizheng Xiong, Yilin Chen, Yong-Bao Pan, and Ainong Shi
A Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Phakopsora pachyrhizi Resistance in Soybean, Haizheng Xiong, Yilin Chen, Yong-Bao Pan, Jinshe Wang, Weiguo Lu, and Ainong Shi
Publications from 2022
Mapping and Selection of Downy Mildew Resistance in Spinach cv. Whale by Low Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing, Gehendra Bhattarai, Dotun Olaoye, Beiquan Mou, James C. Correll, and Ainong Shi
Resequencing Worldwide Spinach Germplasm for Identification of Field Resistance QTLs to Downy Mildew and Assessment of Genomic Selection Methods, Gehendra Bhattarai, Ainong Shi, Beiquan Mou, and James C. Correll
Genetic Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Muscadine Grapes (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.), Kenneth Buck and Margaret Worthington
Blackberry Plant Named ‘APF-268’, John R. Clark
Peach tree named ‘A-858P’, John R. Clark
Grape Plant Named ‘Dazzle’, John R. Clark, Renee T. Threlfall, James N. Moore, and Justin R. Morris
Grape Plant Named ‘Indulgence’, John R. Clark, Renee T. Threlfall, James N. Moore, and Justin R. Morris
Evaluation of Peat Blended with Pine Wood Components for Effects on Substrate Physical Properties, Nitrogen Immobilization, and Growth of Petunia (Petunia x hybrida Vilm.-Andr.), Ryan W. Dickson, Kalyn M. Helms, Brian E. Jackson, Leala M. Machesney, and Jung Ae Lee
Genetic Dissection of Nitrogen Induced Changes in the Shoot and Root Biomass of Spinach, Vijay Joshi, Ainong Shi, Amit Kumar Mishra, Haramrit Gill, and James DiPiazza
Transpiration Responses of Herbicide-Resistant and -Susceptible Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri (S.) Wats.) to Progressively Drying Soil, Koffi Badou Jeremie Kouame, Mary Savin, Gulab Rangani, Thomas R. Butts, Matthew B. Bertucci, and Nilda Roma-Burgos
Identification of Candidate Genes and Genomic Selection for Seed Protein in Soybean Breeding Pipeline, Jun Qin, Fengmin Wang, Qingsong Zhao, Ainong Shi, Tiantian Zhao, Qijian Song, Waltram Ravelombola, Hongzhou An, Long Yan, Chunyan Yang, and Mengchen Zhang
Genetic Architecture of Salt Tolerance in a Multi-Parent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC) Cowpea Population, Waltram Ravelombola, Ainong Shi, Boa-Lam Huynh, Jun Qin, Haizheng Xiong, Aurora Manley, Lingdi Dong, Dotun Olaoye, Gehendra Bhattarai, Bazgha Zia, Huda Alshaya, and Ibtisam Alatawi
Genome-wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction of White Rust Resistance in USDA GRIN Spinach Germplasm, Ainong Shi, Gehendra Bhattarai, Haizheng Xiong, Carlos A. Avila, Chunda Feng, Bo Liu, Vijay Joshi, Larry Stein, Beiquan Mou, Lindsey J. du Toit, and James C. Corell
Glutathione S-Transferase: A Candidate Gene for Berry Color in Muscadine Grapes (Vitis rotundifolia), Aruna Varanasi, Margaret Worthington, Lacy Nelson, Autumn Brown, Thomas Mason Chizk, Renee Threlfall, Luke Howard, Patrick Conner, Rosa Figueroa-Balderas, Melanie Massonnet, Dario Cantu, and John R. Clark
Population Structure and Genetic Diversity Analysis in Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) and Six Related Saccharum Species, Haizheng Xiong, Yilin Chen, San-Ji Gao, Yong-Bao Pan, and Ainong Shi
Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Bacterial Wilt Resistance in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Core Collection, Bazgha Zia, Ainong Shi, Dotun Olaoye, Haizheng Xiong, Waltram Ravelombola, Paul Gepts, Howard F. Schwartz, Mark A. Brick, Kristen Otto, Barry Ogg, and Senyu Chen
