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Blueberry Breeding

Research Publications

Blueberry-related Publications (since hiring in 2022)

  1. Walter, E., P.M. Lyrene, and Y. Chu. 2025. Polyploidy induction of wild diploid blueberry V. fuscatum. Horticulturae 11:921.
  2. Abdolshahi, R., C. Hardner, D. Main, S. Jung, Y. Chu, and S. Ru (2025) Pedigree analysis of rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum Aiton) indicates limited genetic diversity. HortScience 60:1260-1267.
  3. Borghi, M., L.W. DeVetter, P.P. Edger, M. Gutensohn, E. Grotewold, R. Sagili, K.K. Graham, M.A. Body, C. Li, S.P. Galinato, A. Melathopoulos, J.H. Cane, P. Sandefur, A.D. Luz, R.N. Schaeffer, C. Rering, S. Jadhav, Y. Chu, and D.H. Chitwood. 2025. Enhancing entomophilous pollination for sustainable crop production. The Plant Journal 122:e70234.
  4. Chu, Y., J. Clevenger, K. Lee, J. Zhang, and L. Changying. 2025. Genetic breeding to improve freeze tolerance in blueberries, a review. Horticulturae 11:614.
  5. Chu, Y. and P.M. Lyrene. 2025. Artificial induction of polyploidy in blueberry breeding: A review. HortScience 60:100-110.
  6. Walter, E., A. Biswal, P. Ozias-Akins, and Y. Chu. 2025. Leaf organogenesis improves recovery of solid polyploid shoots from chimeric southern highbush blueberry. BioTech 14:48.
  7. Zhang, J., J. Maleski, H. Ashrafi, J.A. Spencer, and Y. Chu. 2024. Open-source high-throughput phenotyping for blueberry yield and maturity prediction across environments: neural network model and labeled dataset for breeders. Horticulturae 10:1332.

Peanut-related Publications (since hiring in 2022)

  1. Chu, Y., J. Knoll, Y. Guo, C. Holbrook, and P. Ozias‐Akins. 2025. Registration of two peanut mutants TifGP‐8 and TifGP‐9 with reduced expression of peanut allergens Ara h 1.02 and Ara h 2.02. Journal of Plant Registrations 19:e70012.
  2. Conde, S., J.-F. Rami, D.K. Okello, A. Sambou, A. Muitia, R. Oteng-Frimpong, L. Makweti, D. Sako, I. Faye, J. Chintu, A.M. Coulibaly, A. Miningou, J.Y. Asibou, E.M. Banla, M. Seye, Y.R. Djiboune, H.-A. Tossim, S.N. Sylla, D. Hoisington, J. Clevenger, Y. Chu, S.P. Tallury, P. Ozias-Akins, and D. Fonceka. 2024. The groundnut improvement network for Africa (GINA) germplasm collection: A unique genetic resource for breeding and gene discovery. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 14:jkad244.
  3. Conner, J.A., L.A. Guimaraes, Z. Zhang, K. Marasigan, Y. Chu, W. Korani, and P. Ozias‐Akins. 2024. Multiplexed silencing of 2S albumin genes in peanut. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22:2438.
  4. Gangurde, S.S., E. Thompson, S. Yaduru, H. Wang, J.C. Fountain, Y. Chu, P. Ozias-Akins, T.G. Isleib, C. Holbrook, and B. Dutta. 2024. Linkage mapping and genome-Wide association study identified two peanut late leaf spot resistance loci, PLLSR-1 and PLLSR-2, using nested association mapping. Phytopathology 114:1346-1355.
  5. Gimode, D., Y. Chu, C.C. Holbrook, D. Fonceka, W. Porter, I. Dobreva, B. Teare, H. Ruiz-Guzman, D. Hays, and P. Ozias-Akins. 2023. High-throughput canopy and below ground phenotyping of a set of peanut CSSLs detects lines with increased pod weight and foliar disease tolerance. Agronomy 13:1223.
  6. Gimode, D., J. Wallace, C.C. Holbrook, T. Isleib, Y. Chu, S. Virk, W. Porter, and P. Ozias-Akins. 2024. Genomic selection as an approach to select for reduced aflatoxin contamination in peanut under terminal drought stress. Peanut Science 51:18-31.
  7. Grabowski, P.P., P. Dang, J.J. Jenkins, A. Sreedasyam, J. Webber, M. Lamb, Q. Zhang, A. Sanz-Saez, Y. Feng, V. Bunting, J. Talag, J. Clevenger, P. Ozias-Akins, C. Holbrook, Y. Chu, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, C. Chen, and J.T. Lovell. 2024. Relics of interspecific hybridization retained in the genome of a drought-adapted peanut cultivar. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 14:jkae208.
  8. Holbrook, C.C., J. Clevenger, P. Ozias‐Akins, Y. Chu, and T.B. Brenneman. 2024. Registration of ‘TifJumbo’peanut. Journal of Plant Registrations 18:279-284.
  9. Holbrook, C.C., P. Ozias-Akins, Y. Chu, T.B. Brenneman, and A.K. Culbreath. 2023. Registration of ‘TifNV-HG’ peanut. Journal of Plant Registrations 17:512-516.
  10. Tsai, Y.-C., T.B. Brenneman, C.C. Holbrook, Y. Chu, P. Ozias-Akins, D.J. Bertioli, and S.C. Leal-Bertioli. 2023. Development of a greenhouse method to evaluate the peanut resistance to Athelia rolfsii. PhytoFrontiers 3:490-496.
  11. Wang, F., H. Miao, S. Zhang, X. Hu, Y. Chu, W. Yang, H. Wang, J. Wang, S. Shan, and J. Chen. 2024. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis reveals hub genes regulating response to salt stress in peanut. BMC Plant Biology 24:425.
  12. Wang, X., C.Y. Chen, P. Dang, J. Carter, S. Zhao, M.C. Lamb, Y. Chu, C. Holbrook, P. Ozias‐Akins, and T.G. Isleib. 2023. Variabilities in symbiotic nitrogen fixation and carbon isotope discrimination among peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes under drought stress. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 209:228-241.
  13. Zhang, S.-Z., Y. Chu, S. Xu, S. Wang, C. Fu, and J. Chen. 2023a. A stable and major QTL region on chromosome 2 conditions pod shape in cultivated peanut (Arachis hyopgaea L.). Journal of Integrative Agriculture 22:2323-2334.
  14. Zhang, S.-Z., Y. Chu, W. Zhong, and J. Chen. 2023b. Identification of QTLs for plant height and branching related traits in cultivated peanut. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 24:2511-2524.
  15. Zhang, S.-Z., X. Hu, F. Wang, H. Miao, Y. Chu, W. Yang, F. Cui, S. Xu, J. Guo, H. Yu, K. Zhou, and J. Chen. 2023c. Genetic dissection of additive and epistatic quantitative trait loci controlling pod number per plant in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Euphytica 219:31.
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