A5064599891- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Plant and animal studies
- Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
University of Florida
2018-2024
Florida Museum of Natural History
2023-2024
Universidade Federal de Goiás
2018-2019
Estimation of allele dosage, using genomic data, in autopolyploids is challenging and current methods often result the misclassification genotypes. Some progress has been made when SNP arrays, but major challenge next generation sequencing data. Here we compare use read depth as continuous parameterization with ploidy parameterizations context selection (GS). Additionally, different sources information to build relationship matrices were compared. A real breeding population autotetraploid...
Polyploidization is an ancient and recurrent process in plant evolution, impacting the diversification of natural populations breeding strategies. occurs many important crops; however, its effects on inheritance agronomic traits are still poorly understood compared with diploid species. Higher levels allelic dosage or more complex interactions between alleles could affect phenotype expression. Hence, present study aimed to dissect genetic basis fruit-related autotetraploid blueberries...
Alfalfa is planted in more than 30 million hectares worldwide, but despite its popularity temperate regions, it not widely grown subtropical agroecosystems. It critical to improve alfalfa for such considering current predictions of global warming and the increasing demands animal-based products. In this study, we examined diversity present germplasm reported genetic parameters forage production. An initial screening was performed from 2014 2016, evaluating 121 populations different origins....
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Abstract Blueberry ( Vaccinium spp.) is an important autopolyploid crop with significant benefits for human health. Apart from its genetic complexity, the feasibility of genomic prediction has been proven blueberry, enabling a reduction in breeding cycle time and increasing gain. However, as other polyploid crops, sequencing costs still hinder implementation genome-based methods blueberry. This motivated us to evaluate effect training population sizes composition, well impact marker density...
Abstract Genomic selection (GS) has proven to be an effective method increase genetic gain rates and accelerate breeding cycles in many crop species. However, its implementation requires large investments phenotype of the training population for routine genotyping. Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) is one major cultivated forage legumes, showing high‐quality nutritional value. usually carried out by phenotypic recurrent commonly done at family level. The application GS alfalfa could simplified...
Varroa destructor is a major threat for apiculture worldwide. A successful approach to control this parasite must include the application of effective treatments at correct time. To understand effect that treatment timing has on populations different seasons, we conducted an experiment using dataset comprising two separate field trials over multiple years, both containing four apiary sites composed 20 honey bee colonies across area representative north central Florida environments. Before...
Wild germplasm can be classified as the raw material essential for crop improvement. Introgression of wild is normally used in breeding to increase quality or resilience evolving biotic and abiotic threats. Here, we explore potential introgressing Vaccinium elliottii into commercial blueberry germplasm. a diploid species endemic southeastern United States that possesses highly desirable economically important traits such as: short bloom ripe period, adaptation upland sandy soils, disease...
Electrical transmission rights-of-way are ubiquitous and critical infrastructure across the landscape. Active vegetation management of these rights-of-way, a necessity to deliver electricity more safely, maintains landscape features as stages early successional habitat, rarity in many regions, making areas viable movement corridors for taxa. The goals this study were (i) evaluate effects different electrical practices on flowering plant flower-visiting insect diversity parameters (ii)...
Discovery and analysis of genetic variants underlying agriculturally important traits are key to molecular breeding crops. Reduced representation approaches have provided cost-efficient genotyping using next-generation sequencing. However, accurate genotype calling from sequencing data is challenging, particularly in polyploid species due their genome complexity. Recently developed Bayesian statistical methods implemented available software packages, polyRAD, EBG, updog, incorporate error...
ABSTRACT Estimation of allele dosage in autopolyploids is challenging and current methods often result the misclassification genotypes. Here we propose compare use next generation sequencing read depth as continuous parameterization for autotetraploid genomic prediction breeding values, using blueberry ( Vaccinium corybosum spp.) a model. Additionally, investigated influence different sources information to build relationship matrices phenotype prediction; no relationship, pedigree,...
In this paper, we propose and describe a new approach, named BarcodingGO, to teach environmental DNA bioinformatics concepts undergraduate or graduate students in molecular biology-related fields. The learning pipeline proposed here aims solve simulated monitoring problem, which biodiversity survey of particular region is needed assess the impact an disaster. Biological surveys, context studies, are performed by analyzing released organisms living specific environment. We scenario quick...
Abstract Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum and hybrids) is a specialty crop, with expanding production consumption worldwide. The blueberry breeding program at the University of Florida (UF) has greatly contributed to expansion areas by developing low-chilling cultivars better adapted subtropical Mediterranean climates globe. historically focused on phenotypic recurrent selection. As an autopolyploid, outcrossing, perennial, long juvenile phase blueberry’s cycles are costly time-consuming,...
Abstract Many commercially important plants are autopolyploid. As a result of the multiple chromosome sets in their genomes, higher orders allele interactions can occur, implying different degrees dominance. In contrast with diploids, dominance effects be heritable polyploids, potentially having impact on prediction genetic values. this study, we investigated role additive and genotypic values for complex traits autotetraploid species context genomic selection. model species, used data from...
Wild germplasm can be classified as the raw material essential for crop improvement. Introgression of wild is normally used in breeding to increase quality or resilience evolving biotic and abiotic threats. Here, we explore potential introgressing Vaccinium elliottii into commercial blueberry germplasm. a diploid species endemic southeastern United States that possesses highly desirable economically important traits such as: short bloom ripe period, adaptation upland sandy soils, disease...
Abstract Context Electrical transmission rights-of-way (ROW) are ubiquitous and critical infrastructure across the landscape. Active vegetation management of these ROW, a necessity to deliver electricity more safely, maintains landscape features as stages early successional habitat, rarity in many regions, making areas viable movement corridors for taxa. Objectives The goals this study were (i) evaluate effects different practices on flowering plant flower-visiting insect diversity (ii)...
Os elementos transponíveis são segmentos genômicos móveis cujas alterações podem ser transferidas para as futuras gerações, constituindo uma rica fonte de variação genética. Eles responsáveis pela ocorrência mutações em vários genes, muitas delas envolvidas com a domesticação diversas plantas. Na videira (Vitis vinifera L.), principais características da síndrome incluem o surgimento do hermafroditismo, aumento teor açúcar e cor das bagas. De acordo tais é apresentada caracterização...