Sweet CAP Research

Publications

Aboobucker, S.I., Jubery, T.Z., Frei, U.K., Chen, Y.-R., Foster, T., Ganapathysubramanian, B., and Lübberstedt, T. (2022) Protocols for in vivo doubled haploid (DH) technology in maize breeding: From haploid inducer to haploid genome doubling. Methods Molecular Biology, Plant Gametogenesis, Methods and Protocols (C. Lambing ed.) 2484: 213-235 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2253-7_16

Aboobucker, S.I., Lübberstedt, T. (2023) A genetic mechanism to restore haploid male fertility in Arabidopsis — an alternative to chemical methods. Nature Plants, 9, 205-206. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01335-3

Aboobucker, S.I., Zhou, L., Lübberstedt, T. (2023) Haploid male fertility is restored by mutations in parallel spindle genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Plants, 9, 214-218. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01332-6

Andorf, C., Beavis, W.D., Hufford, M., Smith, S., Suza, W., Wang, K., Woodhouse, M., Yu, J., Lübberstedt, T. (2019) Technological advances in maize breeding: Past, present and future. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132: 817-849. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03306-3

Baseggio, M., Murray, M., Wu, D., Ziegler, G., Kaczmar, N., Chamness, J., Buckler, Hamilton. J.P., Buell, C.R., Vatamaniuk, O.K., Buckler, E.S., Smith, M.E., Baxter, I., Tracy, W.F., and Gore, M.A. (2021). A genome-wide association study reveals an independent genetic basis of zinc and cadmium concentrations in fresh sweet corn kernels. G3 11(8): jkab186. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab186

Block, A.K., Hunter, C.T., Sattler, S.E., Rering, C., McDonald, S., Basset, G.J. and Christensen, S.A. (2019) Fighting on two fronts: Elevated insect resistance in flooded maize. Plant Cell and Environment 43: 223 - 234. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13642

Block, A.K., Mendoza, J., Rowley, A., Stuhl, C., Meagher, R.L. (2020). Approaches for assessing the impact of Zea mays (Poaceae) on the behavior of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Florida Entomologist 103(4):505-513. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.103.00414

Block, A.K., Tang, H.V., Hopkins, D., Mendoza, J.S., Solemslie, R.K., Du Toit, L.J., and Christensen, S.A. (2021). A maize leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase mediates responses to fungal attack. Planta. 254:73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-021-03730-0

Block, A.K., Vaughan, M.M., Schmelz E.A., Christensen S.A. (2019) Biosynthesis and function of terpenoid defense compounds in maize (Zea mays). Planta 249(1):21-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-018-2999-2

Block, A.K., Xin, Z., Christensen, S.A. (2020) The 13-lipoxygenase MSD2 and the ω-3 fatty acid desaturase MSD3 impact Spodoptera frugiperda resistance in Sorghum. Planta 252:62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-020-03475-2

Boehlein, S.K., Shaw, J.R., and Hannah, L.C. (2018) Enhancement of Heat Stability and Kinetic Parameters of the Maize Endosperm ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase by Mutagenesis of Amino Acids in the Small Subunit With High B Factors. Front Plant Sci. 9:1849. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01849

Boerman, N.A., Frei, U.K., Lübberstedt, T. (2020) Impact of spontaneous haploid genome doubling in maize breeding. Plants 9: 369. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9030369

Branch, C.A., and Tracy, W.F. (2023). Divergent selection for timing of vegetative phase change. Crop Science, 63: 2196 - 2204. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21016

Colantonio, V., Ferrão, L.P.V., Tieman, D.M., Bliznyuk, N., Sims, C., Klee, H.J., Munoz, P., and Resende Jr., M.F.R. (2022). Metabolomic selection for enhanced fruit flavor. PNAS 19(7): e2115865119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115865119

Colley, M.C., Dawson, J.C., McCluskey, C., Myers, J.R., Tracy, W.F., and Lammerts van Bueren, E.T. (2021). Exploring the emergence of participatory plant breeding in countries of the Global North - a review. The Journal of Agricultural Science 159(5-6): 320-388. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859621000782

Colley, M.C., Tracy W.F., Lammerts van Bueren, E.T., Diffley, M., and Almekinders, C.J.M. (2022). How the seed of participatory plant breeding found its way in the world through adaptive management. Sustainability, 14(4): 2132. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042132

Costa Almeida, V., Trentin, H.U., Frei, U.K., Lübberstedt, T. (2020) Genomic prediction of maternal haploid induction rate in maize. The Plant Genome 13: e20014. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20014

De la Fuente, G.N., Frei, U.K., Trampe, B., Ren, J., Bohn, M., Yana, N., Verzegnazzi, A., Murray, S.C., Lübberstedt, T. (2020) A diallel analysis of a maize donor population response to in vivo maternal haploid induction. II: Haploid male fertility. Crop Science, 60: 873 - 882. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20021

Dermail, A., Lübberstedt, T., Chankaew, S., Suwarno, W.B., Lertrat, K., Ruanjaichon, V., and Suriharn, K. (2023). Combining ability of tropical x temperate maize inducers for haploid induction rate, R1-nj seed set, and agronomic traits. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1154905. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1154905

Dong, D., Nagasubramanian, K., Wang, R., Frei, U.K., Jubery, T.Z., Lübberstedt, T., and Ganapathysubramanian, B. (2023). Self-supervised maize kernel classification and segmentation for embryo identification. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1108355. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1108355

Finegan, C., Boehlein, S.K., Leach, K.A., Madrid, G., Hannah, C.L., Koch, K.E., Tracy, W.E., and Resende Jr., M.F.R. (2022). Genetic perturbation of the starch biosynthesis in maize endosperm reveals sugar-responsive gene networks. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:800326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.800326

Gillmor C.S., Settles A.M., Lukowitz W. (2020) Genetic screens to target embryo and endosperm pathways in Arabidopsis and maize. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2122:3-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0342-0_1

Gonzalez, J., Ghosh, N., Colantonio, V., Pereira, F.C., Pinto Jr., R., Leach, K., Resende Jr., M.F.R. (2022) EarCV: An open-source, computer vision package for maize ear phenotyping. The Plant Phenome Journal, 5: e20055. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20055

Gustin, J.L., Frei, U.K., Baier, J., Armstrong, P., Lübberstedt, T., and Settles, A.M. (2020). Classification approaches for sorting maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) haploids using single-kernel near-infrared spectroscopy. Plant Breed. 139: 11031112. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12857

Hacisalihoglu, G., Freeman, J., Armstrong, P.R., Seabourn, B.W., Porter, L.D., Settles, A.M., and Gustin, J.L. (2020). Protein, weight, and oil determination by single-seed near-infrared spectroscopy for selection of seed quality and yield traits in pea (Pisum sativum). J. Science Food Agriculture. 100: 3488-3498. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10389

Hacisalihoglu, G., Beisel, N.S., and Settles, A.M. (2020). Characterization of pea seed mineral nutritional value within a diverse collection of pea (Pisum sativum) genotypes. PLOS ONE, 16(11), e0259565. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259565

Hislop, L., Stephanie, E., Flannery, P.J., Baseggio, M., Gore, M.A., and Tracy, W.F. (2021). Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Resistance in the Wisconsin Sweet Corn Diversity. Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science. 146(6):435444. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05097-21

Hu, Y., Colantonio, V., Müller, B.S.F., Leach, K.A., Nanni, A., Finegan, C., Wang, B., Baseggio, M., Newton, C.J., Juhl, E.M., Hislop, L., Gonzalez, J.M., Rios, E.F., Hannah, L.C., Swarts, K., Gore, M.A., Hennen-Bierwagen, T.A., Myers, A.M., Settles., A.M., Tracy, W.F., and Resende Jr., M.F.R. (2021). Genome assembly and population genomic analysis provide insights into the evolution of modern sweet corn. Nature Communications 12: 1227. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21380-4

Ivancic, K., Locatelli, A., Tracy, W.F., and Picasso, V. (2021). Kernza intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) response to a range of vernalization conditions. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 101(5): 770-773. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2020-0251

Jafarikouhinin N., Sinclairn T.R., and Resende Jr., M.F.R. (2022). Comparison of water flow capacity in leaves among sweet corn genotypes as basis for plant transpiration rate sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit. Crop Science 62:906-912. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20711

JafarikouhininN., Sinclairn, T.R., and Resende Jr., M.F.R. (2021). Limited-transpiration rate and plant conductance in a diverse sweet corn population. Crop Science 63:374-381. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20664

Liu, R., Boehlein, S.K., Tracy, W.F., Resende Jr., M.F.R., and Hudalla, G.A. (2020) Characterizing the physical properties and cell compatibility of phytoglycogen extracted from different sweet corn varieties. Molecules, 25(3): 637. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25030637

McCluskey, C. and Tracy, W.F. (2021). Engaging farmer stakeholders: maize producers’ perceptions and strategies for managing on-farm genetic diversity in the Upper Midwest. Sustainability 13(16):8843. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168843

Moore, V.A., and Tracy, W.F. (2019). Recurrent full-sib family selection for husk extension in sweet corn. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 144(1):63-69. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS04559-18

Perez, V.E., Dai, R., Block, A.K., and Kim, J. (2021). Metabolite analysis of Arabidopsis CYP79A2 overexpression lines reveals turnover of benzyl glucosinolate and an additive effect of different aldoximes on phenylpropanoid repression. Plant Signaling and Behavior 16(11):e1966586. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2021.1966586

Perez,V.E., Dai, R., Bing Bai, B., Tomiczek, B., Askey, B., Zhang, Y., Ding, Y., Grenning, A., Block, A.K., and Kim, J. (2021) Aldoximes are precursors of auxins in Arabidopsis and maize. New Phytologist 231: 1449-1461. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17447

Qu, Y., Wu, P., Ren, J., Liu, Z., Tang, J., Lübberstedt, T., Li, H., and Chen, S. (2020) Mapping of QTL for kernel abortion caused by in vivo haploid induction in maize (Zea mays L.). PloS One 15: e0228411. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228411

Ren, J., Boerman, N.A., Liu, R., Wu, P., Trampe, B., Vanous, K., Frei, U.K., Chen, S., and Lubberstedt, T. (2020). Mapping of QTL and identification of candidate genes conferring spontaneous haploid genome doubling in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Science 293:110337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110337

Revilla, P., Anibas, C.M., and Tracy, W.F. (2021). Sweet Corn research around the world 2015 - 2020. Agronomy 2021, 11, 534. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11030534

Ribeiro, C., Hennen-Bierwagen, T.A., Myers, A.M., Cline, K., and Settles, A. M. (2020) Engineering 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase improves grain yield in heat-stressed maize. PNAS 117(52): 33177-33185. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010179117

Santos, I.G., Verzegnazzi, A.L., Edwards, J., Frei, U.K., Boerman, N., Zuffo, L.T., Pires, L.P.M., de La Fuente, G.N., and Lübberstedt, T. (2022) Usefulness of temperate-adapted maize lines developed by doubled haploid and single-seed descent methods. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 135: 1829-1841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04075-2

Settles A.M. (2020) EMS mutagenesis of maize pollen. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2122:25-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0342-0_3

Solemslie, R., du Toit, L.J., Tracy, W.F., and Stearns, T. (2021). Evaluation of steam treatments for Fusarium spp. and other fungi on sweet corn seed, 2020. Plant Disease Management Reports 15:CF017. https://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/volume15/abstracts/CF017.asp

Tang, H.V., Berryman, D.L., Mendoza, J., Yactayo-Chang, J.P., Li, Q.B., Christensen, S.A., Hunter, C.T., Best, N., Soubeyrand, E., Akhtar, T.A., Basset, G.J., Block, A.K. (2022). Dedicated farnesyl diphosphate synthases circumvent isoprenoid-derived growth-defense tradeoffs in Zea mays. Plant Journal.112:207-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15941

Trampe, B., Batiru, G., Pereira, A.S., G., Frei, U.K., Lübberstedt, T. (2022) QTL mapping of inducibility using genotype by sequencing in maize. Plants 11(7): 878. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070878

Trampe, B., Goncalves dos Santos, I., Frei, U.K., Ren, J., Chen, S., and Lübberstedt, T. (2020) QTL mapping of spontaneous haploid genome doubling using genotyping-by-sequencing in maize (Zea mays L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133: 2131-2140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-020-03585-1

Trentin, H.U., Batiru, G., Frei, U.K., Dutta, S., and Lübberstedt, T. (2022) Investigating the effect of the interaction of maize inducer and donor backgrounds on haploid induction rates. Plants 11(12):1527. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121527

Trentin, H.U., Frei, U.K., Lübberstedt, T. (2020) Breeding maize maternal haploid inducers. Plants 9: 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050614

Trentin, H.U., Krause, M.D., Zunjare, R.U., Costa Almeida, V., Peterlini, E., Rotarenco, V., Frei, U.K., Beavis, W.D., and Lübberstedt, T. (2023) Genetic basis of maize maternal haploid induction beyond MATRILINEAL and ZmDMP U.S. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1218042. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1218042

Trentin, H.U., Yavuz, R., Dermail, A., Frei, U.K., Dutta, S., and Lübberstedt, T. (2023). A comparison between inbred and hybrid maize haploid inducers. Plants 12:1095. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051095

Vanous, K., Jubery, T.Z., Frei, U.K., Ganapathysubramanian, B., and Lubberstedt, T. (2019). Utilization of reduced haploid vigor for phenomic discrimination of haploid and diploid maize seedlings. The Plant Phenotype Journal. 2:1. https://doi.org/10.2135/tppj2018.10.0008

Vanous, K., Lübberstedt, T., Ibrahim, R., Frei, U.K. (2020) MYO, a candidate gene for haploid induction in maize causes male sterility. Plants 9:773; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9060773

Verzegnazzi, A., Goncalves, I., Frei, U.K., Krause, M., Hufford, M., Frei, U., Campbell, J., Almeida, V., Tonello Zuffo, L., Boerman, N., Lübberstedt, T. (2021) Major locus for spontaneous haploid genome doubling detected by a case-control GWAS in exotic maize germplasm. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 134: 1423-1434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03780-8

Yactayo-Chang, J.P, Tang, H.V., Mendoza, J., Christensen, S.A., and Block, A.K. (2020) Plant defense chemicals against insect pests. Agronomy 10(8):1156. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10081156

Yactayo-Chang, J.P., and Block, AK. (2023) The impact of climate change on maize chemical defenses. Biochemical Journal, 480(16):1285-1298. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20220444

Yactayo-Chang, J.P., Boehlein, S., Beiriger, R.L., Resende Jr., M.F.R., Bruton, R.G., Alborn, H.T., Romero, M., Tracey, W.F., and Block A.K. (2022). The impact of post-harvest storage on sweet corn aroma. Phytochemistry Letters, 52:33-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2022.09.001

Yactayo-Chang, J.P., Hunter, C.T., Alborn, H.T., Christensen, S.A., and Block, A.K. (2022). Production of the green leaf volatile (Z)-3-hexenal by a Zea mays hydroperoxide lyase. Plants, 11(17):2201. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172201

Yactayo-Chang, J.P., Mendoza, J., Willms, S.D., Rering, C.C., Beck, J.J., and Block, A.K. (2021) Zea mays volatiles that influence oviposition and feeding behaviors of Spodoptera frugiperda. Journal of Chemical Ecology 47:799-809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01302-w

Yang, J., Qu, Y., Chen, Q., Tang, J., Lubberstedt, T., Li, H., and Liu, Z. (2019) Genetic dissection of haploid male fertility in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Breeding. 138: 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12688

Zhang J., Wu S., Boehlein S.K., McCarty D.R., Song, G., Walley, J.W., Myers A., and Settles A.M. (2019) Maize defective kernel5 is a bacterial TamB homolog required for chloroplast envelope biogenesis. Journal of Cell Biology 218(8): 2638-2658. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201807166

Zystro, J., Peters, T., Miller, K., and Tracy, W.F. (2021). Classical and genomic prediction of synthetic open-pollinated sweet corn performance in organic environments. Crop Science. 61 (5):3382-3391. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20531

Zystro, J., Peters, T., Miller, K., and Tracy, W.F. (2021). Inbred and hybrid sweetcorn genotype performance in diverse organic environments. Crop Science 61 (4): 2280-2293. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20457

Presentations and Outreach

Presentations at the International Sweet Corn Development Association 2021:

Block, Anna. Farnesyl diphosphate synthases in corn and the balance between growth and defense. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Branch, Carl. A Variation in Carotenoid Levels Between sugary1 and se1 Inbreds. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Dao, Linda. Phenotyping for Cold Tolerance in Sweet Corn Seedlings. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Foster, Tyler. Prospects of utilizing the R-nj marker for haploid selection in sweetcorn. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Finegan, Christina. Genomic selection in the sweet corn breeding program. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Gonzalez, Juan. Dissecting Genetic Architecture of Leaf Blight Resistance with Computer Vision and Quantitative Genetics. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021.
Gustin, Jeff. Rapid estimation of sweet corn pericarp thickness using single kernel NIRS. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Hislop, Lily. Genetic association study of kernel carbohydrates in the Wisconsin Sweet Corn Diversity Panel. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.
Parkinson, Auden E. sh2-i/sh2-r su1/su1 Hybrids: Harvest Window & Shelf Life Inbreds. International Sweet Corn Development Association. December 2021. Oral presentation.

Presentations at the Maize Genetics Conference 2022:

Anadaisy, Juan, Gabriela madrid, Nadia Mourad-silva, Igor-Ferreira Coelho, Yu-ru chen, Linda, Lubberstedt, carl branch, hope, dawei, tianxiao, Aguirre, Anadaisy. Adapting corn to heat stress via carbohydrate metabolism modification. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation
Branch, Carl. The sugary enhancer1 (se1) allele is associated with significant decreases in the amount of lutein, zeaxanthin, and tocotrienols in yellow (Y1) sugary1 (su1) kernels. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Branch, Carl. A Divergent Selection for Timing of Vegetative Phase Change in Maize. Crop Science Society of America Conference. November 2021.
Chen, Yu-Ru. Advances in maternal haploid inducer development in maize. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Chen, Yu-Ru. Advances in maternal haploid inducer development in maize. National Association of Plant Breeders 2022. Poster presentation.
Dao, Linda. Phenotyping for cold tolerance in sweet corn seedling emergence. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Dai, Dawei. Paternal imprinting of dosage-effect defective1 contributes to seed weight xenia in maize. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Ferreira Coelho, Igor. Evaluating the implementation of double haploid technology and genomic selection into a sweet corn breeding pipeline. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Gonzalez, Juan. Computer vision for high-throughput quantitative genetics for disease resistance in sweet corn. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Hersh, Hope. Engineered 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in amyloplasts assessed in field corn hybrids for mitigation of grain yield loss under heat stress. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Lubberstedt, Thomas. Spontaneous haploid genome doubling (SHGD) mechanism to accelerate crop breeding. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Madrid, Gabriela. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals tissue localization of the trehalose-6-phosphate pathway in maize leaves. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Mourad-Silva, Nadia. A new sorbitol dehydrogenase mutant in maize. Maize Genetics Conference 2022. Poster presentation.
Yang, Tianxiao. The maize rough endosperm6 (rgh6) mutant encodes a predicted Dead-box RNA helicase.

Presentations at the University of Florida Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Workshop 2022:

Hersh, Hope. Engineered 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in amyloplasts assessed in field corn hybrids for mitigation of grain yield loss under heat stress. UF Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program Workshop 2022. Oral presentation.
Yang, Tianxiao. The maize rough endopserm6 (rgh6) mutant encodes a predicted dead-box RNA helicase. UF Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program Workshop 2022. Oral presentation.

Other poster presentations:

Branch, Carl. A Divergent Selection for Timing of Vegetative Phase Change in Maize. Crop Science Society of America Conference. November 2021.
Chen, Yu-Ru. Advances in maternal haploid inducer development in maize. National Association of Plant Breeders 2022. Poster presentation.

Seminars given:

Block, Anna. Seminar on careers at USDA to three classes of high school students in the AgriScience career magnet program at Santa Fe High School, Alachua, FL.Tracy, W.F. Wisconsin Sweet Corn Impact Report NC-7. Ames, Iowa 26 August 2022.
Chen, Yu-Ru. The performance and genomic selection in maternal haploid inducer DH population. Spring 2022 Plant Breeding seminar series at ISU. Thomas Lübberstedt: Recent Advances in Maize Doubled Haploid (DH) Technology. Texas A & M Plant Breeding Symposium Hybrid Horizons 2022. College Station, TX.
Frei, Ursula. Recent progress in maize haploid inducer development. Spring 2022 Plant Breeding seminar series at ISU.
Lübberstedt, Thomas. Recent Advances in Maize Doubled Haploid (DH) Technology. XXVth EUCARPIA Maize and Sorghum Conference-Current Challenges and New Methods for Maize and Sorghum Breeding. Belgrade, Serbia (May 30-June 2, 2022)
Resende, M.F. Population Genetics and GWAS in Sweet Corn. Plant and Animal Genome, January, 2022
Resende Jr., M.F. Sweet corn genomics. American Society of Horticultural Sciences, Denver 2021.
Resende, M.F. Improving our understanding of maize starch synthesis using synthetic biology and a yeast system. International Sweet Corn Development Association. Chicago, December 2021.
Tracy, W.F. The Creative Power of Selection. Belgrade, Serbia. 30 May 2022.
Tracy, W.F. Update on Sweet Cap, Sweet corn coordinated Ag project. MidWest Food Products Association. Wisconsin. November 2021.
Tracy, W.F. Wisconsin Sweet Corn Update. Vegetable Breeding Institute Cornell University. August 2021.

Outreach:

DH workshop organized by Ursula Frei, August 4-5, 2022 (https://www.doubledhaploid.biotech.iastate.edu/files/inline-files/DH-Workshop-2022_0.pdf) Field presentation of DH program during upcoming National Association of Plant Breeders meeting at ISU (August 8-11, 2022)

The Sweet CAP 2022 - 2026 project is funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) award number 2022-51181-38333.
The Sweet CAP 2018 - 2023 project was funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) award number 2018-51181-28419.