Research Summary
Genetic bases of plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses and genetic controls of fruit nutritional quality. Of particular interest are resistance to the diseases early blight and late blight and improved fruit quality in tomato.
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Recent Publications
Physiological genetic variation in tomato fruit chilling tolerance during postharvest storage
David, S., Levin, E., Fallik, E., Alkalai-Tuvia, S., Foolad, M. R. & Lers, A., Sep 8 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 991983.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identification of late blight resistance quantitative trait loci in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270441
Sullenberger, M. T., Jia, M., Gao, S., Ashrafi, H. & Foolad, M. R., Dec 2022, In: Plant Genome. 15, 4, e20251.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genomics and Marker-Assisted Improvement of Vegetable Crops
Simko, I., Jia, M., Venkatesh, J., Kang, B. C., Weng, Y., Barcaccia, G., Lanteri, S., Bhattarai, G. & Foolad, M. R., 2021, In: Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 40, 4, p. 303-365 63 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic analysis of late blight resistance in a new RIL population of tomato derived from LB-resistant Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270443
Jia, M. & Foolad, M. R., Jun 1 2020, In: Plant Breeding. 139, 3, p. 651-659 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor
Gao, L., Gonda, I., Sun, H., Ma, Q., Bao, K., Tieman, D. M., Burzynski-Chang, E. A., Fish, T. L., Stromberg, K. A., Sacks, G. L., Thannhauser, T. W., Foolad, M. R., Diez, M. J., Blanca, J., Canizares, J., Xu, Y., van der Knaap, E., Huang, S., Klee, H. J., Giovannoni, J. J., & 1 others, Jun 1 2019, In: Nature Genetics. 51, 6, p. 1044-1051 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sequencing-based bin map construction of a tomato mapping population, facilitating high-resolution quantitative trait loci detection
Gonda, I., Ashrafi, H., Lyon, D. A., Strickler, S. R., Hulse-Kemp, A. M., Ma, Q., Sun, H., Stoffel, K., Powell, A. F., Futrell, S., Thannhauser, T. W., Fei, Z., Van Deynze, A. E., Mueller, L. A., Giovannoni, J. J. & Foolad, M. R., Mar 2019, In: Plant Genome. 12, 1, 180010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Induced Plant Defenses Against Herbivory in Cultivated and Wild Tomato
Paudel, S., Lin, P. A., Foolad, M. R., Ali, J. G., Rajotte, E. G. & Felton, G. W., Aug 15 2019, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 45, 8, p. 693-707 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
HS-SPME-GC-MS analyses of volatiles in plant populations-quantitating compound × individual matrix effects
Burzynski-Chang, E. A., Ryona, I., Reisch, B. I., Gonda, I., Foolad, M. R., Giovannoni, J. J. & Sacks, G. L., Sep 23 2018, In: Molecules. 23, 10, 2436.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identification and mapping of late blight resistance quantitative trait loci in tomato accession PI 163245
Ohlson, E. W., Ashrafi, H. & Foolad, M. R., 2018, In: Plant Genome. 11, 180007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic analysis of late blight resistance in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270441: Heritability and response to selection
Sullenberger, M. T., Jia, M., Gao, S. & Foolad, M. R., Feb 1 2018, In: Plant Breeding. 137, 1, p. 89-96 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic analysis of resistance to tomato late blight in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 163245
Ohlson, E. W. & Foolad, M. R., Jun 1 2016, In: Plant Breeding. 135, 3, p. 391-398 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Detached-leaflet evaluation of tomato germplasm for late blight resistance and its correspondence to field and greenhouse screenings
Foolad, M. R., Sullenberger, M. T. & Ashrafi, H., May 1 2015, In: Plant disease. 99, 5, p. 718-722 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heritability of late blight resistance in tomato conferred by Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 224710
Ohlson, E. W. & Foolad, M. R., Aug 1 2015, In: Plant Breeding. 134, 4, p. 461-467 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Response of accessions within tomato wild species, Solanum pimpinellifolium to late blight
Foolad, M. R., Sullenberger, M. T., Ohlson, E. W. & Gugino, B. K., Jun 2014, In: Plant Breeding. 133, 3, p. 401-411 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Crop breeding for salt tolerance in the era of molecular markers and marker-assisted selection
Ashraf, M. & Foolad, M. R., Feb 2013, In: Plant Breeding. 132, 1, p. 10-20 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review