Research Publications
McCulloch, J., J.A. Grant, Y. Chu , A.A. Sial 2026 . Using a simulation model to assess the significance of temperature and host availability for population dynamics of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) . PLOS One 21(7):e0351723.
Tan, C., N. Gao, Y. Chu , C. Li 2026 . BerryFlowerNet: A custom convolutional neural network for blueberry flower cluster detection and counting with a field phenotyping robot . Agriculture 16:1159.
Walter, E., P.M. Lyrene, and Y. Chu . 2025. Polyploidy induction of wild diploid blueberry V. fuscatum . Horticulturae 11:921.
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.
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.
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.Chu, Y. and P.M. Lyrene. 2025. Artificial induction of polyploidy in blueberry breeding: A review . HortScience 60:100-110.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.
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.