James B Holland

Analysis of Ga2 genome structure and activity reveals widespread distribution of functional alleles in modern maize germplasm

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.

Not so local: the population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte

Tittes, S., Lorant, A., McGinty, S., Holland, J. B., Jesus Sánchez-González, J., Seetharam, A., … Ross-Ibarra, J. (2025, January 8).

Oaxacan Green Dent maize is not from Oaxaca

Crop Science.

The population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte is not locally restricted

ELIFE, 12.

Don't BLUP Twice

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.

Global Genotype by Environment Prediction Competition Reveals That Diverse Modeling Strategies Can Deliver Satisfactory Maize Yield Estimates

Washburn, J. D., Varela, J. I., Xavier, A., Chen, Q., Ertl, D., Gage, J. L., … Leon, N. (2024, September 20).

Global genotype by environment prediction competition reveals that diverse modeling strategies can deliver satisfactory maize yield estimates

Washburn, J. D., Varela, J. I., Xavier, A., Chen, Q., Ertl, D., Gage, J. L., … Leon, N. (2024, December 27). (M. Sillanpää, Ed.). GENETICS, Vol. 12.

Impact of genotype x environment interaction and selection history on genomic prediction in maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.)

Costa, M., Holland, J. B., Leon, N., & Kaeppler, S. M. (2024, October 15). CROP SCIENCE, Vol. 10.

Phenotypic characterization of Southeastern United States open-pollinated maize landraces

Woore, M. S., Flint-Garcia, S. A., & Holland, J. B. (2024, February 15). CROP SCIENCE, Vol. 2.

Prediction of resistance, virulence, and host-by-pathogen interactions using dual-genome prediction models

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 137(8).

2018-2019 field seasons of the Maize Genomes to Fields (G2F) G x E project

BMC GENOMIC DATA, 24(1).

2020-2021 field seasons of Maize GxE project within the Genomes to Fields Initiative

Lima, D. C., Aviles, A. C., Alpers, R. T., Perkins, A., Schoemaker, D. L., Costa, M., … Leon, N. (2023, September 14). BMC RESEARCH NOTES, Vol. 16.

Bearded or smooth? Awns improve yield when wheat experiences heat stress during grain fill

DeWitt, N., Lyerly, J., Guedira, M., Holland, J. B., Ward, B. P., Murphy, J. P., … Brown-Guedira, G. (2023, March 1).

Bearded or smooth? Awns improve yield when wheat experiences heat stress during grain fill in the southeastern United States

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 74(21), 6749–6759.

Characterization of a Host-Specific Toxic Activity Produced by Bipolaris cookei, Causal Agent of Target Leaf Spot of Sorghum

Samira, R., Lopez, L. F. S., Holland, J., & Balint-Kurti, P. J. (2023, January 16). PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Vol. 1.

Characterization of a host-specific toxic activity produced by Bipolaris cookei, causal agent of Target Leaf Spot of Sorghum

Phytopathology®, 113(7), 1301–1306.

Enhancing adaptation of tropical maize to temperate environments using genomic selection

Choquette, N. E., Weldekidan, T., Brewer, J., Davis, S. B., Wisser, R. J., & Holland, J. B. (2023, June 27). (A. Lipka, Ed.). G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, Vol. 6.

Environment-specific selection alters flowering-time plasticity and results in pervasive pleiotropic responses in maize

Choquette, N. E., Holland, J. B., Weldekidan, T., Drouault, J., Leon, N., Flint-Garcia, S., … Wisser, R. J. (2023, February 25). NEW PHYTOLOGIST, Vol. 2.

Genomes to Fields 2022 Maize genotype by Environment Prediction Competition

Lima, D. C., Washburn, J. D., Varela, J. I., Chen, Q., Gage, J. L., Romay, M. C., … Leon, N. (2023, July 17). BMC RESEARCH NOTES, Vol. 16.

Not so local: the population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte

Tittes, S., Lorant, A., McGinty, S., Holland, J. B., Jesus Sánchez-González, J., Seetharam, A., … Ross-Ibarra, J. (2023, November 21).

Variability structure and heritability of germination timing in <i>Capsella bursa-pastoris</i> (L.) Medik. (Shepherd&apos;s purse)

Dobbs, A. M., Sousa-Ortega, C., Holland, J. B., Snyder, L. U., & Leon, R. G. (2023, December 9). WEED RESEARCH, Vol. 12.

Empirical comparison of genomic and phenotypic selection for resistance to Fusarium ear rot and fumonisin contamination in maize

Butoto, E. N., Brewer, J. C., & Holland, J. B. (2022, July 4). THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, Vol. 7.

Environment-specific genomic prediction ability in maize using environmental covariates depends on environmental similarity to training data

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 12(2).

Genomic prediction for the Germplasm Enhancement of Maize project

Rogers, A. R., Bian, Y., Krakowsky, M., Peters, D., Turnbull, C., Nelson, P., & Holland, J. B. (2022, October 24). PLANT GENOME.

Outlook for Implementation of Genomics-Based Selection in Public Cotton Breeding Programs

PLANTS-BASEL, 11(11).

Prediction ability of genome-wide markers in Pinus taeda L. within and between population is affected by relatedness to the training population and trait genetic architecture

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 12(2).

Saving Genetic Diversity in Seed Banks

Holland, J. (2022, August 11).

The History of Maize

Holland, J. (2022, August 11).

A conserved genetic architecture among populations of the maize progenitor, teosinte, was radically altered by domestication

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118(43).

Characterizing the oligogenic architecture of plant growth phenotypes informs genomic selection approaches in a common wheat population

BMC GENOMICS, 22(1).

Domestication Reshaped the Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression in a Maize Landrace Compared to its Wild Relative, Teosinte

Domestication reshaped the genetic basis of inbreeding depression in a Maize landrace compared to its wild relative, Teosinte. BioRxiv, Vol. 9.

Domestication reshaped the genetic basis of inbreeding depression in a maize landrace compared to its wild relative, teosinte

PLOS GENETICS, 17(12).

Drought resilience in CIMMYT maize lines adapted to Africa resulting from transpiration sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit and soil drying

Chiango, H., Jafarikouhini, N., Pradhan, D., Figueiredo, A., Silva, J., Sinclair, T. R., & Holland, J. (2021, August 5). JOURNAL OF CROP IMPROVEMENT, Vol. 8.

Effects of artificial inoculation on trait correlations with resistance to Fusarium ear rot and fumonisin contamination in maize

Butoto, E. N., Marino, T. P., & Holland, J. B. (2021, June 18). CROP SCIENCE, Vol. 5.

Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain

PLANT CELL, 33(4), 882–900.

Not so local: the population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte

Tittes, S., Lorant, A., McGinty, S., Holland, J. B., Jesus Sánchez-González, J., Seetharam, A., … Ross-Ibarra, J. (2021, September 10).

Registration of tropical populations of maize selected in parallel for early flowering time across the United States

Weldekidan, T., Manching, H., Choquette, N., Leon, N., Flint-Garcia, S., Holland, J., … Wisser, R. J. (2021, October 13). JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS, Vol. 10.

The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 11(2).

The potential to breed a low-protein maize for protein-restricted diets

Woore, M. S., Flint-Garcia, S. A., & Holland, J. B. (2021, September 19). CROP SCIENCE, Vol. 61.

Utility of Climatic Information via Combining Ability Models to Improve Genomic Prediction for Yield Within the Genomes to Fields Maize Project

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 11.

A Genome-Wide Association Study To Understand the Effect of Fusarium verticillioides Infection on Seedlings of a Maize Diversity Panel

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 10(5), 1685–1696.

Association mapping and genomic prediction for ear rot disease caused by Fusarium verticillioides in a tropical maize germplasm

CROP SCIENCE, 60(6), 2867–2881.

Dominance Effects and Functional Enrichments Improve Prediction of Agronomic Traits in Hybrid Maize

GENETICS, 215(1), 215–230.

Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation for carotenoid levels in maize grain

Diepenbrock, C. H., Ilut, D. C., Magallanes-Lundback, M., Kandianis, C. B., Lipka, A. E., Bradbury, P. J., … DellaPenna, D. (2020, July 15). (Vol. 7). Vol. 7.

Genetic variation for plant growth traits in a common wheat population is dominated by known variants and novel QTL

DeWitt, N., Guedira, M., Lauer, E., Murphy, J. P., Marshall, D., Mergoum, M., … Brown-Guedira, G. (2020, December 16).

Genetic variation for response to mixed triazole and strobilurin application in diverse maize

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 3(1).

Genome-wide association analysis of the strength of the MAMP-elicited defense response and resistance to target leaf spot in sorghum

Scientific Reports, 10(1).

Genomic prediction for resistance to Fusarium ear rot and fumonisin contamination in maize

CROP SCIENCE, 60(4), 1863–1875.

Heterosis of leaf and rhizosphere microbiomes in field‐grown maize

New Phytologist, 228(3), 1055–1069.

Maize genomes to fields (G2F): 2014-2017 field seasons: Genotype, phenotype, climatic, soil, and inbred ear image datasets

BMC Research Notes, 13(1).

Relative utility of agronomic, phenological, and morphological traits for assessing genotype-by-environment interaction in maize inbreds

Crop Science, 60(1), 62–81.

The genetic architecture of the maize progenitor, teosinte, and how it was altered during maize domestication

PLOS GENETICS, 16(5).

A Genome Wide Association Study Reveals Markers and Genes Associated with Resistance to Fusarium verticillioides Infection of Seedlings in a Maize Diversity Panel

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 9(2), 571–579.

Diverse Components of Resistance to Fusarium verticillioides Infection and Fumonisin Contamination in Four Maize Recombinant Inbred Families

TOXINS, 11(2).

Genomic-Wide Association Study of Popping Expansion in Tropical Popcorn and Field Corn Germplasm

CROP SCIENCE, 59(5), 2007–2019.

Optimal Designs for Genomic Selection in Hybrid Crops

MOLECULAR PLANT, 12(3), 390–401.

The Genomic Basis for Short-Term Evolution of Environmental Adaptation in Maize

GENETICS, 213(4), 1479–1494.

The genetic architecture of teosinte catalyzed and constrained maize domestication

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 116(12), 5643–5652.

Training population selection and use of fixed effects to optimize genomic predictions in a historical USA winter wheat panel

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 132(4), 1247–1261.