Craig Yencho

Genetic diversity, population structure, and selection of breeder germplasm subsets from the USDA sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) collection

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 13.

Identification of the key morphological sweetpotato weevil resistance predictors in Ugandan sweetpotato genotypes using correlation and path-coefficient analysis

Osaru, F., Karungi, J., Odama, R., Chelangat, D. M., Musana, P., Otema, M. A., … Yada, B. (2023, March 9). CROP SCIENCE, Vol. 3.

A Win-Win Situation: Performance and Adaptability of Petite Sweetpotato Production in a Temperate Region

HORTICULTURAE, 8(2).

Breedbase: a digital ecosystem for modern plant breeding

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 12(7), jkac078.

Combining ability and heritability analysis of sweetpotato weevil resistance, root yield, and dry matter content in sweetpotato

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 13.

Genotype-independent plant transformation

[Review of ]. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH, 9.

Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity

MOLECULAR PLANT, 15(3), 520–536.

Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5.

Computer vision approach to characterize size and shape phenotypes of horticultural crops using high-throughput imagery

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 182, 106011.

Discovery of a major QTL for root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) resistance in cultivated sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 134(7), 1945–1955.

Internal defect scanning of sweetpotatoes using interactance spectroscopy

PLOS ONE, 16(2).

Linkage and QTL mapping for tuber shape and specific gravity in a tetraploid mapping population of potato representing the russet market class

BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, 21(1).

Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping for Common Scab Resistance in a Tetraploid Potato Full-Sib Population

Plant Disease, 105(10), 3048–3054.

Screening Sweetpotato Genotypes for Resistance to a North Carolina Isolate of Meloidogyne enterolobii

PLANT DISEASE, 105(4), 1101–1107.

Sweetpotato Root Development Influences Susceptibility to Black Rot Caused by the Fungal Pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata

Phytopathology®, 111(9), 1660–1669.

The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in a Solanum tuberosum cv. ‘Atlantic’-derived F1 population

Heredity, 126(5), 817–830.

ngsComposer: an automated pipeline for empirically based NGS data quality filtering

BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS, 22(5).

Assembly of whole-chromosome pseudomolecules for polyploid plant genomes using outbred mapping populations

Nature Genetics, 52(11), 1256–1264.

Assessing Rate-Reducing Foliar Resistance to Anthracnose Crown Rot and Fruit Rot in Strawberry

Plant Disease, 104(2), 398–407.

Assessment of the potential of wild Ipomoea spp. for the improvement of drought tolerance in cultivated sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam

Crop Science, 61(1), 234–249.

Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] breeding programs

PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0232173.

Multiple QTL Mapping in Autopolyploids: A Random-Effect Model Approach with Application in a Hexaploid Sweetpotato Full-Sib Population

Genetics, 215(3), 579–595.

Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae)

Eserman, L. A., Sosef, M. S. M., Simao-Bianchini, R., Utteridge, T. M. A., Barbosa, J. C. J., Buril, M. T., … Simoes, A. R. G. (2020, December). TAXON, Vol. 69, pp. 1369–1371.

Quantitative trait locus mapping for common scab resistance in a tetraploid potato full-sib population

Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Qu, X., Thill, C., Zeng, Z.-B., Haynes, K., & Yencho, G. C. (2020, October 25). (Vol. 10). Vol. 10.

Sequencing depth and genotype quality: accuracy and breeding operation considerations for genomic selection applications in autopolyploid crops

Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133(12), 3345–3363.

The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in a Solanum tuberosum cv. ‘Atlantic’-derived F1 population

Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Schumann, M. J., Clough, M. E., Zeng, Z.-B., & Yencho, G. C. (2020, August 24). (Vol. 8). Vol. 8.

Use of unconventional mixed Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol solvents for anthocyanin extraction from Purple-Fleshed sweetpotatoes

Food Chemistry, 314, 125959.

Adaptability of a U.S. purple-fleshed sweetpotato breeding population in Uganda

Australian Journal of Crop Science, 13(01), 17–25.

Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] breeding programs

Gemenet, D. C., Kitavi, M. N., David, M., Ndege, D., Ssali, R. T., Swanckaert, J., … Campos, H. (2019, October 31). (Vol. 10). Vol. 10.

Genetic Covariance of Environments in the Potato National Chip Processing Trial

Crop Science, 59(1), 107.

Inheritance of Resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum in Strawberry

Phytopathology, 109(3), 428–435.

Quantitative trait loci and differential gene expression analyses reveal the genetic basis for negatively associated β-carotene and starch content in hexaploid sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]

Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133(1), 23–36.

Unraveling the Hexaploid Sweetpotato Inheritance Using Ultra-Dense Multilocus Mapping

G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 10(1), 281–292.

Unraveling the hexaploid sweetpotato inheritance using ultra-dense multilocus mapping

Mollinari, M., Olukolu, B. A., S. Pereira Guilherme, Khan, A., Gemenet, D., Yencho, C., & Zeng, Z.-B. (2019, July 2). (Vol. 7). Vol. 7.

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the USDA Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) Germplasm Collections Using GBSpoly

Frontiers in Plant Science, 9.

Genetic Variance Partitioning and Genome-Wide Prediction with Allele Dosage Information in Autotetraploid Potato

Genetics, 209(1), 77–87.

Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement

Nature Communications, 9(1).

Insights into population structure of East African sweetpotato cultivars from hybrid assembly of chloroplast genomes

Gates Open Research, 2, 41.

Linkage analysis and QTL mapping in a tetraploid russet mapping population of potato

BMC Genetics, 19(1).

Sweetpotato Production, Processing, and Nutritional Quality

In M. Siddiq & M. A. Uebersax (Eds.), Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing (2nd ed., pp. 811–838).

Chemical Constituents of Sweetpotato Genotypes in Relation to Textural Characteristics of Processed French Fries

Journal of Food Science, 83(1), 60–73.

Genetic analysis and association of simple sequence repeat markers with storage root yield, dry matter, starch and β-carotene content in sweetpotato

Breeding Science, 67(2), 140–150.

Identification of simple sequence repeat markers for sweetpotato weevil resistance

Euphytica, 213(6), 129.

Linkage map construction and QTL analysis for internal heat necrosis in autotetraploid potato

Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 130(10), 2045–2056.

Pedigree Reconstruction with Genome-Wide Markers in Potato

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 94(2), 184–190.

Segregation of Hydroxycinnamic Acid Esters Mediating Sweetpotato Weevil Resistance in Storage Roots of Sweetpotato

Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1011.

Selection of simple sequence repeat markers associated with inheritance of sweetpotato virus disease resistance in sweetpotato

Crop Science, 57(3), 1421–1430.

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

Genetic Improvement of Tropical Crops, pp. 181–218.

'NASPOT 12 O' and 'NASPOT 13 O' Sweetpotato

HORTSCIENCE, 51(3), 291–295.

Development and Validation of a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Method for the Prediction of Acrylamide Content in French-Fried Potato

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 64(8), 1850–1860.

Potential yields of industrial sweetpotatoes using cut seed pieces planted at various dates

Acta Horticulturae, 1118(1118), 79–88.

Advances in sweetpotato breeding from 1992 to 2012.

In Potato and sweetpotato in Africa: transforming the value chains for food and nutrition security (pp. 3–68).

Combining ability of sweetpotato germplasm for yield, dry matter content, and anthocyanin production

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 140(3), 272–279.

Conventional breeding, marker-assisted selection, genomic selection and inbreeding in clonally propagated crops: a case study for cassava

Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 128(9), 1647–1667.

Distributions, ex situ conservation priorities, and genetic resource potential of crop wild relatives of sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., I. series Batatas]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 6.

Peter Wilcox: a New Purple-Skin, Yellow-Flesh Fresh Market Potato Cultivar with Moderate Resistance to Powdery Scab

American Journal of Potato Research, 92(5), 573–581.

Screening sweetpotato genotypes for tolerance to drought stress

FIELD CROPS RESEARCH, 171, 11–22.

Simple Sequence Repeat Marker Analysis of Genetic Diversity among Progeny of a Biparental Mapping Population of Sweetpotato

HortScience, 50(8), 1143–1147.

The carbohydrate yield of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) grown from slips and root pieces in North Carolina

HortScience, 50(11), 1610–1617.

Combining ability and heterosis for yield and drought tolerance traits under managed drought stress in sweetpotato

Euphytica, 201(3), 423–440.

Elkton: A New Potato Variety with Resistance to Internal Heat Necrosis and Hollow Heart and Suitable for Chipping Directly from the Field in the Southern United States

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 91(3), 269–276.

Genotype X Environment Interaction for Storage Root Yield in Sweetpotato Under Managed Drought Stress Conditions

Journal of Agricultural Science, 6(10).

Phytochemical changes in phenolics, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, and carotenoids associated with sweetpotato storage and impacts on bioactive properties

FOOD CHEMISTRY, 145, 717–724.

Sweetpotato grown from root pieces displays a significant genotype x environment interaction and yield instability

HortScience, 49(8), 984–990.

Hydrolysis and fermentation of sweetpotatoes for production of fermentable sugars and ethanol

INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 42, 527–537.

Methodology for Inoculating Sweetpotato Virus Disease: Discovery of Tip Dieback, and Plant Recovery and Reversion in Different Clones

PLANT DISEASE, 97(1), 30–36.

RAPD Markers Linked to Late Blight Resistance in Tomato

Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, 14(1), 1–14.

Early generation selection at multiple locations may identify potato parents that produce more widely adapted progeny

EUPHYTICA, 186(2), 573–583.

Genetic Variation for Potato Tuber Micronutrient Content and Implications for Biofortification of Potatoes to Reduce Micronutrient Malnutrition

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 89(3), 192–198.

Pressurized liquid extraction and quantification of anthocyanins in purple-fleshed sweet potato genotypes

JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS, 26(1-2), 96–103.

'NASPOT 11', a Sweetpotato Cultivar Bred by a Participatory Plant-breeding Approach in Uganda

Mwanga, R. O. M., Niringiye, C., Alajo, A., Kigozi, B., Namukula, J., Mpembe, I., … Yencho, G. C. (2011, February). HORTSCIENCE, Vol. 46, pp. 317–321.

Identification of quantitative trait loci for dry-matter, starch, and beta-carotene content in sweetpotato

MOLECULAR BREEDING, 28(2), 201–216.

Linkage Mapping and QTL Analysis of Agronomic Traits in Tetraploid Potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp tuberosum)

CROP SCIENCE, 51(2), 771–785.

QTL mapping of internal heat necrosis in tetraploid potato

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 122(1), 129–142.

Root Piece Planting in Sweetpotato-A Synthesis of Previous Research and Directions for the Future

[Review of ]. HORTTECHNOLOGY, 21(6), 703–711.

Starch Self-Processing in Transgenic Sweet Potato Roots Expressing a Hyperthermophilic alpha-Amylase

BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS, 27(2), 351–359.

Sweetpotatoes

Truong, V. D., Avula, R. Y., Pecota, K., & Yencho, C. G. (2011, March). Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing, pp. 717–737.

An Interactive Online Database for Potato Varieties Evaluated in the Eastern United States

HORTTECHNOLOGY, 20(1), 250–256.

'NASPOT 7', 'NASPOT 8', 'NASPOT 9 O', 'NASPOT 10 O', and 'Dimbuka-Bukulula' Sweetpotato

Mwanga, R. O. M., Odongo, B., Niringiye, C., Alajo, A., Kigozi, B., Makumbi, R., … Yencho, C. G. (2009, June). HORTSCIENCE, Vol. 44, pp. 828–832.

Characterization of Anthocyanins and Anthocyanidins in Purple-Fleshed Sweetpotatoes by HPLC-DAD/ESI-MS/MS

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58(1), 404–410.

Plant cell calcium-rich environment enhances thermostability of recombinantly produced α-amylase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritime

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 104(5), 947–956.

Rapid shoot regeneration in industrial 'high starch' sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) genotypes

PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE, 97(1), 109–117.

'Covington' sweetpotato

Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Schultheis, J. R., VanEsbroeck, Z.-P., Holmes, G. J., Little, B. E., … Truong, V.-D. (2008, October). HORTSCIENCE, Vol. 43, pp. 1911–1914.

Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci and Inheritance of Root-knot Nematode Resistance in Sweetpotato

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 133(6), 844–851.

Development of a genetic linkage map and identification of homologous linkage groups in sweetpotato using multiple-dose AFLP markers

MOLECULAR BREEDING, 21(4), 511–532.

Internal heat necrosis of potato - A review

[Review of ]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 85(1), 69–76.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Bewitched Purple'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Green Yellow'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sweetpotato plant named 'Covington'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Antioxidant activities, phenolic and beta-carotene contents of sweet potato genotypes with varying flesh colours

FOOD CHEMISTRY, 103(3), 829–838.

Investigating parentage and hybridity of three azaleodendrons using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis

HortScience, 42(3), 740–743.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Red'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Temperature effect on skin adhesion, cell wall enzyme activity, lignin content, anthocyanins, growth parameters, and periderm histochemistry of sweetpotato

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 132(5), 729–738.

4x-2x potato clones with resistance or susceptibility to internal heat necrosis differ in tuber mineral status

CROP SCIENCE, 46(4), 1471–1478.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Light Green'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Purple'

Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Skin adhesion in sweetpotato and its lack of relationship to polygalacturonase and pectinmethylesterase during storage

POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, 32(2), 183–192.

Cultivar decline in sweetpotato: I. Impact of micropropagation on yield, storage root quality, and virus incidence in 'Beauregard'

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 128(6), 846–855.

Cultivar decline in sweetpotato: II. Impact of virus infection on yield and storage root quality in 'Beauregard' and 'Hernandez'

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 128(6), 856–863.

Release of six sweetpotato cultivars ('NASPOT 1' to 'NASPOT 6') in Uganda

HortScience, 38(3), 475–476.

Stability of Internal Heat Necrosis and Specific Gravity in Tetraploid × Diploid Potatoes

Crop Science, 43(3), 790.

Stability of Internal Heat Necrosis and Specific Gravity in Tetraploid × Diploid Potatoes

Crop Science, 43(3), 790.

Diallel analysis of sweetpotatoes for resistance to sweetpotato virus disease

EUPHYTICA, 128(2), 237–248.

Efficient Evaluation of Resistance to Three Root-knot Nematode Species in Selected Sweetpotato Cultivars

HortScience, 37(2), 390–392.

Grower-participatory sweetpotato breeding efforts in North Carolina

Proceedings of the first international conference on sweetpotato food and health: Lima, Peru 26-29 July, 2001, 583(583), 69–76.

Host Reactions of Sweetpotato Genotypes to Root-knot Nematodes and Variation in Virulence of Meloidogyne incognita Populations

HortScience, 37(7), 1112–1116.

NATURE OF RESISTANCE OF SWEETPOTATO TO SWEETPOTATO VIRUS DISEASE

Acta Horticulturae, 8(583), 113–119.

Resistance to Sweetpotato Chlorotic Stunt Virus and Sweetpotato Feathery Mottle Virus Is Mediated by Two Separate Recessive Genes in Sweetpotato

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 127(5), 798–806.

Sweetpotato Genomics at North Carolina State University

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SWEETPOTATO: FOOD AND HEALTH FOR THE FUTURE, Vol. 8, pp. 51–60.

Amey: A multipurpose, russet-skinned potato cultivar for the eastern United States

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 78(3), 175–181.

Applications of tagging and mapping insect resistance loci in plants

[Review of ]. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY, 45(1), 393–422.

Evaluation of Sweetpotato Cultivars to Root-knot Nematodes

HortScience, 35(4), 569E–569d.

Segregation of leptine glycoalkaloids and resistance to Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)) in F2 Solanum tuberosum (4x) x S-chacoense (4x) potato progenies

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 77(3), 167–178.

Carolina Ruby sweetpotato

HortScience, 34(1), 155–156.

Quantitative trait loci for polyamine content in an RFLP-mapped potato population and their relationship to tuberization

Physiologia Plantarum, 106(2), 210–218.

QTL mapping of foliar glycoalkaloid aglycones in Solanum tuberosum x S-berthaultii potato progenies: quantitative variation and plant secondary metabolism

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 97(4), 563–574.

Análisis de poblaciones de Tagosodes orizicolus (Muir) vector del virus de la hoja blanca en zonas arroceras de Colombia

Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 23(2), 165–169.

Molecular markers locate genes for resistance to the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, in hybrid Solanum tuberosum x S. berthaultii potato progenies

Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata, 81(2), 141–154.

Glandular trichomes of Solanum berthaultii alter host preference of the Colorado potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata, 70(3), 217–225.