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Parada-Rojas, C. H., Childs, K. L., Soto, M. F., Salcedo, A., Pecota, K., Yencho, G. C., … Quesada-Ocampo, L. M. (2025, January 14). A reference-quality NLRome for the hexaploid sweetpotato and diploid wild relatives. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.13.632774
Swanckaert, J., Santos, I. G., Chaves, S. F. S., Ssali, R., Mwanga, R. O. M., Azevedo, C. F., … Silva Pereira, G. (2025). Tester selection for combining ability estimation of storage root yield and sweetpotato virus disease in sweetpotato breeding. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88609-w
Fraher, S. P., Watson, M., Nguyen, H., Moore, S., Lewis, R. S., Kudenov, M., … Gorny, A. M. (2024). A Comparison of Three Automated Root-Knot Nematode Egg Counting Approaches Using Machine Learning, Image Analysis, and a Hybrid Model. Plant Disease, 108(9), 2625–2629. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0217-SR
Allan, M. C., Thomas, L. S., Pecota, K. V., Yencho, G. C., & Johanningsmeier, S. D. (2024, November 12). Acrylamide in Fried Sweetpotato: The Relationship with Free Asparagine and Effects of Asparaginase. ACS FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.4c00631
Allan, M. C., Johanningsmeier, S. D., Nakitto, M., Guambe, O., Abugu, M., V. Pecota, K., & Yencho, G. C. (2024). Baked sweetpotato textures and sweetness: An investigation into relationships between physicochemical and cooked attributes. FOOD CHEMISTRY-X, 21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fochx.2023.101072
Fraher, S., Schwarz, T., Heim, C., Gesteira, G. D. S., Mollinari, M., Pereira, G. D. S., … Yencho, G. C. (2024). Discovery of a major QTL for resistance to the guava root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii) in 'Tanzania', an African landrace sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas). THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 137(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-04739-1
Fraher, S., Schwarz, T., Heim, C., Gesteira, G. D. S., Mollinari, M., Pereira, G. D. S., … Yencho, C. (2024, July 24). Discovery of a major QTL for resistance to the guava root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii) in ‘Tanzania’, an African landrace sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas). https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4595748/v1
Duque, L. O., Hoffmann, G., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2024, September 19). Early root architectural traits and their relationship with yield in Ipomoea batatas L. PLANT AND SOIL, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06949-4
Bowers, R. R., Slonecki, T. J., Olukolu, B. A., Yencho, G. C., & Wadl, P. A. (2024). Genome-Wide Association Study of Sweet Potato Storage Root Traits Using GWASpoly, a Gene Dosage-Sensitive Model. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 25(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111727
Agha, H. I., Endelman, J. B., Chitwood-Brown, J., Clough, M., Coombs, J., De Jong, W. S., … Shannon, L. M. (2024). Genotype-by-environment interactions and local adaptation shape selection in the US National Chip Processing Trial. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 137(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-04610-3
Cham, A. K., Adams, A. K., Wadl, P. A., Ojeda-Zacarias, M. del C., Rutter, W. B., Jackson, D. M., … Olukolu, B. A. (2024). Metagenome-enabled models improve genomic predictive ability and identification of herbivory-limiting genes in sweetpotato. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhae135
Adero, J., Wokorach, G., Stomeo, F., Yao, N., Machuka, E., Njuguna, J., … Kitavi, M. (2024). Next Generation Sequencing and Genetic Analyses Reveal Factors Driving Evolution of Sweetpotato Viruses in Uganda. PATHOGENS, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13100833
Liu, H., Hunt, S., Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Mierop, R., Williams, C. M., & Jones, D. S. (2024). Predicting sweetpotato traits using machine learning: Impact of environmental and agronomic factors on shape and size. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.109215
Amankwaah, V. A., Williamson, S., Reynolds, R., Ibrahem, R., Pecota, K. V., Zhang, X., … Yencho, G. C. (2023, July 12). Development of NIRS calibration curves for sugars in baked sweetpotato. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12800
Slonecki, T. J., Rutter, W. B., Olukolu, B. A., Yencho, G. C., Jackson, D. M., & Wadl, P. A. (2023). Genetic diversity, population structure, and selection of breeder germplasm subsets from the USDA sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) collection. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1022555
Mugisa, I., Karungi, J., Musana, P., Odama, R., Anyanga, M. O., Edema, R., … Yada, B. (2023). Heterotic gains, transgressive segregation and fitness cost of sweetpotato weevil resistance expression in a partial diallel cross of sweetpotato. Euphytica, 219(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-023-03225-x
Osaru, F., Karungi, J., Odama, R., Chelangat, D. M., Musana, P., Otema, M. A., … Yada, B. (2023). Identification of the key morphological sweetpotato weevil resistance predictors in Ugandan sweetpotato genotypes using correlation and path‐coefficient analysis. Crop Science, 63(3), 1126–1138. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20915
Amankwaah, V. A. A., Williamson, S., Olukolu, B. A. A., Truong, V.-D., Carey, E., Ssali, R., & Yencho, G. C. (2023, July 27). Interrelations of & alpha;- and & beta;-amylase activity with starch, sugars, and culinary and nutritional quality attributes in sweetpotato storage roots. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12832
Adams, A. K., Kristy, B. D., Gorman, M., Balint-Kurti, P., Yencho, G. C., & Olukolu, B. A. (2023). Qmatey: an automated pipeline for fast exact matching-based alignment and strain-level taxonomic binning and profiling of metagenomes. BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS, 24(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbad351
Duque, L. O., Sanchez, E., Pecota, K., & Yencho, C. (2022). A Win-Win Situation: Performance and Adaptability of Petite Sweetpotato Production in a Temperate Region. HORTICULTURAE, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8020172
Morales, N., Ogbonna, A. C., Ellerbrock, B. J., Bauchet, G. J., Tantikanjana, T., Tecle, I. Y., … Mueller, L. A. (2022). Breedbase: a digital ecosystem for modern plant breeding. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 12(7), jkac078. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac078
Mugisa, I., Karungi, J., Musana, P., Odama, R., Alajo, A., Chelangat, D. M., … Yada, B. (2022). Combining ability and heritability analysis of sweetpotato weevil resistance, root yield, and dry matter content in sweetpotato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.956936
Maren, N. A., Duan, H., Da, K., Yencho, G. C., Ranney, T. G., & Liu, W. (2022). [Review of Genotype-independent plant transformation]. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH, 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac047
Hoopes, G., Meng, X., Hamilton, J. P., Achakkagari, S. R., Guesdes, F. de A. F., Bolger, M. E., … Finkers, R. (2022). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.01.003
Mwanga, R. O. M., Swanckaert, J., da Silva Pereira, G., Andrade, M. I., Makunde, G., Grüneberg, W. J., … Low, J. W. (2021). Breeding Progress for Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc Biofortification, Drought Tolerance, and Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance in Sweetpotato. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.616674
Haque, S., Lobaton, E., Nelson, N., Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Mierop, R., … Williams, C. M. (2021). Computer vision approach to characterize size and shape phenotypes of horticultural crops using high-throughput imagery. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 182, 106011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2021.106011
Oloka, B. M., da Silva Pereira, G., Amankwaah, V. A., Mollinari, M., Pecota, K. V., Yada, B., … Yencho, G. C. (2021). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03797-z
Kudenov, M. W., Scarboro, C. G., Altaqui, A., Boyette, M., Yencho, G. C., & Williams, C. M. (2021). Internal defect scanning of sweetpotatoes using interactance spectroscopy. PLOS ONE, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246872
Park, J., Massa, A. N., Douches, D., Coombs, J., Akdemir, D., Yencho, G. C., … Novy, R. G. (2021). 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). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03265-2
da Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Qu, X., Thill, C., Zeng, Z.-B., Haynes, K., & Yencho, G. C. (2021). Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping for Common Scab Resistance in a Tetraploid Potato Full-Sib Population. Plant Disease, 105(10), 3048–3054. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-20-2270-RE
Schwarz, T. R., Li, C., Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Heim, C. R., & Davis, E. L. (2021). Screening Sweetpotato Genotypes for Resistance to a North Carolina Isolate of Meloidogyne enterolobii. PLANT DISEASE, 105(4), 1101–1107. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-20-0389-RE
Parada-Rojas, C. H., Pecota, K., Almeyda, C., Yencho, G. C., & Quesada-Ocampo, L. M. (2021). Sweetpotato Root Development Influences Susceptibility to Black Rot Caused by the Fungal Pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata. Phytopathology®, 111(9), 1660–1669. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-20-0541-R
da Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Schumann, M. J., Clough, M. E., Zeng, Z.-B., & Yencho, G. C. (2021). The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in a Solanum tuberosum cv. ‘Atlantic’-derived F1 population. Heredity, 126(5), 817–830. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-021-00416-x
Kuster, R. D., Yencho, G. C., & Olukolu, B. A. (2021). ngsComposer: an automated pipeline for empirically based NGS data quality filtering. BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS, 22(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab092
Zhou, C., Olukolu, B., Gemenet, D. C., Wu, S., Gruneberg, W., Cao, M. D., … Coin, L. J. M. (2020). Assembly of whole-chromosome pseudomolecules for polyploid plant genomes using outbred mapping populations. Nature Genetics, 52(11), 1256–1264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-00717-7
Jacobs, R. L., Adhikari, T. B., Pattison, J., Yencho, G. C., Fernandez, G. E., & Louws, F. J. (2020). Assessing Rate-Reducing Foliar Resistance to Anthracnose Crown Rot and Fruit Rot in Strawberry. Plant Disease, 104(2), 398–407. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-19-0687-RE
Nhanala, S. E. C., & Yencho, G. C. (2020). 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20363
Gemenet, D. C., Kitavi, M. N., David, M., Ndege, D., Ssali, R. T., Swanckaert, J., … Campos, H. (2020). Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] breeding programs. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0232173. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232173
da Silva Pereira, G., Gemenet, D. C., Mollinari, M., Olukolu, B. A., Wood, J. C., Diaz, F., … Zeng, Z.-B. (2020). Multiple QTL Mapping in Autopolyploids: A Random-Effect Model Approach with Application in a Hexaploid Sweetpotato Full-Sib Population. Genetics, 215(3), 579–595. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.120.303080
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). Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae). TAXON, Vol. 69, pp. 1369–1371. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12400
Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Qu, X., Thill, C., Zeng, Z.-B., Haynes, K., & Yencho, G. C. (2020, October 25). Quantitative trait locus mapping for common scab resistance in a tetraploid potato full-sib population. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.24.353557
Gemenet, D. C., Lindqvist-Kreuze, H., De Boeck, B., da Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Zeng, Z.-B., … Campos, H. (2020). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-020-03673-2
Silva Pereira, G., Mollinari, M., Schumann, M. J., Clough, M. E., Zeng, Z.-B., & Yencho, G. C. (2020, August 24). The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in aSolanum tuberosumcv. ‘Atlantic’-derived F1population. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.24.265397
Zuleta-Correa, A., Chinn, M. S., Alfaro-Córdoba, M., Truong, V.-D., Yencho, G. C., & Bruno-Bárcena, J. M. (2020). Use of unconventional mixed Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol solvents for anthocyanin extraction from Purple-Fleshed sweetpotatoes. Food Chemistry, 314, 125959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125959
Musabyemungu, A., Wasswa, P., Alajo, A., Chelagat, D. M., Otema, M. A., Musana, P., … Yada, B. (2019). Adaptability of a U.S. purple-fleshed sweetpotato breeding population in Uganda. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 13(01), 17–25. https://doi.org/10.21475/ajcs.19.13.01.p1023
Gemenet, D. C., Kitavi, M. N., David, M., Ndege, D., Ssali, R. T., Swanckaert, J., … Campos, H. (2019, October 31). Development of diagnostic SNP markers for quality assurance and control in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] breeding programs (Vol. 10). Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1101/826792
Schmitz Carley, C. A., Coombs, J. J., Clough, M. E., De Jong, W. S., Douches, D. S., Haynes, K. G., … Endelman, J. B. (2019). Genetic Covariance of Environments in the Potato National Chip Processing Trial. Crop Science, 59(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2018.05.0314
Jacobs, R. L., Adhikari, T. B., Pattison, J., Yencho, G. C., Fernandez, G. E., & Louws, F. J. (2019). Inheritance of Resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum in Strawberry. Phytopathology, 109(3), 428–435. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-18-0283-R
Gemenet, D. C., da Silva Pereira, G., De Boeck, B., Wood, J. C., Mollinari, M., Olukolu, B. A., … Buell, C. R. (2019). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03437-7
Mollinari, M., Olukolu, B. A., Pereira, G. da S., Khan, A., Gemenet, D., Yencho, G. C., & Zeng, Z.-B. (2019). Unraveling the Hexaploid Sweetpotato Inheritance Using Ultra-Dense Multilocus Mapping. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 10(1), 281–292. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400620
Mollinari, M., Olukolu, B. A., S. Pereira Guilherme, Khan, A., Gemenet, D., Yencho, C., & Zeng, Z.-B. (2019, July 2). Unraveling the hexaploid sweetpotato inheritance using ultra-dense multilocus mapping (Vol. 7). Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1101/689638
Wadl, P. A., Olukolu, B. A., Branham, S. E., Jarret, R. L., Yencho, G. C., & Jackson, D. M. (2018). Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of the USDA Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) Germplasm Collections Using GBSpoly. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01166
Endelman, J. B., Carley, C. A. S., Bethke, P. C., Coombs, J. J., Clough, M. E., da Silva, W. L., … Yencho, G. C. (2018). Genetic Variance Partitioning and Genome-Wide Prediction with Allele Dosage Information in Autotetraploid Potato. Genetics, 209(1), 77–87. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.300685
Wu, S., Lau, K. H., Cao, Q., Hamilton, J. P., Sun, H., Zhou, C., … Fei, Z. (2018). Genome sequences of two diploid wild relatives of cultivated sweetpotato reveal targets for genetic improvement. Nature Communications, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06983-8
Zhou, C., Duarte, T., Silvestre, R., Rossel, G., Mwanga, R. O. M., Khan, A., … Coin, L. J. M. (2018). Insights into population structure of East African sweetpotato cultivars from hybrid assembly of chloroplast genomes. Gates Open Research, 2, 41. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12856.1
Massa, A. N., Manrique-Carpintero, N. C., Coombs, J., Haynes, K. G., Bethke, P. C., Brandt, T. L., … al. (2018). Linkage analysis and QTL mapping in a tetraploid russet mapping population of potato. BMC Genetics, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-018-0672-1
Truong, V. D., Avula, R. Y., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2018). Sweetpotato Production, Processing, and Nutritional Quality. In M. Siddiq & M. A. Uebersax (Eds.), Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing (2nd ed., pp. 811–838). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119098935.ch35
Sato, A., Truong, V.-D., Johanningsmeier, S. D., Reynolds, R., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2017). Chemical Constituents of Sweetpotato Genotypes in Relation to Textural Characteristics of Processed French Fries. Journal of Food Science, 83(1), 60–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.13978
Yada, B., Brown-Guedira, G., Alajo, A., Ssemakula, G. N., Owusu-Mensah, E., Carey, E. E., … Yencho, G. C. (2017). 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. https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbs.16089
Yada, B., Alajo, A., Ssemakula, G. N., Brown-Guedira, G., Otema, M. A., Stevenson, P. C., … Yencho, G. C. (2017). Identification of simple sequence repeat markers for sweetpotato weevil resistance. Euphytica, 213(6), 129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-017-1917-1
Schumann, M. J., Zeng, Z.-B., Clough, M. E., & Yencho, G. C. (2017). Linkage map construction and QTL analysis for internal heat necrosis in autotetraploid potato. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 130(10), 2045–2056. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-2941-1
Endelman, J. B., Carley, C. A. S., Douches, D. S., Coombs, J. J., Bizimungu, B., De Jong, W. S., … Yencho, G. C. (2017). Pedigree Reconstruction with Genome-Wide Markers in Potato. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 94(2), 184–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-016-9556-y
Anyanga, M. O., Yada, B., Yencho, G. C., Ssemakula, G. N., Alajo, A., Farman, D. I., … Stevenson, P. C. (2017). Segregation of Hydroxycinnamic Acid Esters Mediating Sweetpotato Weevil Resistance in Storage Roots of Sweetpotato. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 1011. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01011
Yada, B., Alajo, A., Ssemakula, G. N., Mwanga, R. O. M., Brown-Guedira, G., & Yencho, G. C. (2017). Selection of simple sequence repeat markers associated with inheritance of sweetpotato virus disease resistance in sweetpotato. Crop Science, 57(3), 1421–1430. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2016.08.0695
Mwanga, R. O. M., Andrade, M. I., Carey, E. E., Low, J. W., Yencho, G. C., & Grüneberg, W. J. (2017). Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.). Genetic Improvement of Tropical Crops, pp. 181–218. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59819-2_6
Mwanga, R. O. M., Kyalo, G., Ssemakula, G. N., Niringiye, C., Yada, B., Otema, M. A., … Yencho, G. C. (2016). 'NASPOT 12 O' and 'NASPOT 13 O' Sweetpotato. HORTSCIENCE, 51(3), 291–295. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.51.3.291
Adedipe, O. E., Johanningsmeier, S. D., Truong, V.-D., & Yencho, G. C. (2016). 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. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04733
Schultheis, J. R., George, N. A., Pecota, K. V., Thompson, W. B., & Yencho, G. C. (2016). Potential yields of industrial sweetpotatoes using cut seed pieces planted at various dates. Acta Horticulturae, 1118(1118), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2016.1118.12
Grüneberg, W. J., Ma, D., Mwanga, R. O. M., Carey, E. E., Huamani, K., Diaz, F., … Chiona, M. (et al). (2015). 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). https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780644202.0003
Todd, S. M., Truong, V. D., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2015). 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. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS.140.3.272
Ceballos, H., Kawuki, R. S., Gracen, V. E., Yencho, G. C., & Hershey, C. H. (2015). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-015-2555-4
Khoury, C. K., Heider, B., Castañeda-Ãlvarez, N. P., Achicanoy, H. A., Sosa, C. C., Miller, R. E., … Struik, P. C. (2015). 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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00251
Haynes, K. G., Yencho, G. C., Clough, M. E., Henninger, M. R., Qu, X. S., Christ, B. J., … Sieczka, J. B. (2015). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-015-9470-8
Kivuva, B. M., Githiri, S. M., Yencho, G. C., & Sibiya, J. (2015). Screening sweetpotato genotypes for tolerance to drought stress. FIELD CROPS RESEARCH, 171, 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2014.10.018
Yada, B., Brown-Guedira, G., Alajo, A., Ssemakula, G. N., Mwanga, R. O. M., & Yencho, G. C. (2015). Simple Sequence Repeat Marker Analysis of Genetic Diversity among Progeny of a Biparental Mapping Population of Sweetpotato. HortScience, 50(8), 1143–1147. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.50.8.1143
George, N. A., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2015). The carbohydrate yield of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) grown from slips and root pieces in North Carolina. HortScience, 50(11), 1610–1617.
Musembi, K. B., Githiri, S. M., Yencho, G. C., & Sibiya, J. (2014). Combining ability and heterosis for yield and drought tolerance traits under managed drought stress in sweetpotato. Euphytica, 201(3), 423–440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-014-1230-1
Haynes, K. G., Gergela, D. M., Qu, X. S., Peck, M. W., Yencho, G. C., Clough, M. E., … Hutchinson, C. M. (2014). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-013-9347-7
Kivuva, B. M., Githiri, S. M., Githiri, S. M., Yencho, G. C., Yencho, G. C., Sibiya, J., & Sibiya, J. (2014). Genotype X Environment Interaction for Storage Root Yield in Sweetpotato Under Managed Drought Stress Conditions. Journal of Agricultural Science, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v6n10p41
Grace, M. H., Yousef, G. G., Gustafson, S. J., Truong, V.-D., Yencho, G. C., & Lila, M. A. (2014). Phytochemical changes in phenolics, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, and carotenoids associated with sweetpotato storage and impacts on bioactive properties. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 145, 717–724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.08.107
George, N. A., Shankle, M., Main, J., Pecota, K. V., Arellano, C., & Yencho, G. C. (2014). Sweetpotato grown from root pieces displays a significant genotype x environment interaction and yield instability. HortScience, 49(8), 984–990.
Duvernay, W. H., Chinn, M. S., & Yencho, G. C. (2013). Hydrolysis and fermentation of sweetpotatoes for production of fermentable sugars and ethanol. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 42, 527–537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.06.028
Mwanga, R. O. M., Yencho, G. C., Gibson, R. W., & Moyer, J. W. (2013). Methodology for Inoculating Sweetpotato Virus Disease: Discovery of Tip Dieback, and Plant Recovery and Reversion in Different Clones. PLANT DISEASE, 97(1), 30–36. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-12-11-1072-re
Joshi, B. K., Panthee, D. R., Louws, F. J., Yencho, G. C., Sosinski, B., & Arellano, C. (2013). RAPD Markers Linked to Late Blight Resistance in Tomato. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, 14(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3126/njst.v14i1.8871
Haynes, K. G., Gergela, D. M., Hutchinson, C. M., Yencho, G. C., Clough, M. E., Henninger, M. R., … al. (2012). Early generation selection at multiple locations may identify potato parents that produce more widely adapted progeny. EUPHYTICA, 186(2), 573–583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-012-0685-1
Haynes, K. G., Yencho, G. C., Clough, M. E., Henninger, M. R., & Sterrett, S. B. (2012). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-012-9242-7
Truong, V. D., Hu, Z., Thompson, R. L., Yencho, G. C., & Pecota, K. V. (2012). Pressurized liquid extraction and quantification of anthocyanins in purple-fleshed sweet potato genotypes. JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS, 26(1-2), 96–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2012.03.006
Mwanga, R. O. M., Niringiye, C., Alajo, A., Kigozi, B., Namukula, J., Mpembe, I., … Yencho, G. C. (2011, February). 'NASPOT 11', a Sweetpotato Cultivar Bred by a Participatory Plant-breeding Approach in Uganda. HORTSCIENCE, Vol. 46, pp. 317–321. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.46.2.317
Cervantes-Flores, J. C., Sosinski, B., Pecota, K. V., Mwanga, R. O. M., Catignani, G. L., Truong, V. D., … Yencho, G. C. (2011). Identification of quantitative trait loci for dry-matter, starch, and beta-carotene content in sweetpotato. MOLECULAR BREEDING, 28(2), 201–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-010-9474-5
McCord, P. H., Sosinski, B. R., Haynes, K. G., Clough, M. E., & Yencho, G. C. (2011). Linkage Mapping and QTL Analysis of Agronomic Traits in Tetraploid Potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp tuberosum). CROP SCIENCE, 51(2), 771–785. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2010.02.0108
McCord, P. H., Sosinski, B. R., Haynes, K. G., Clough, M. E., & Yencho, G. C. (2011). QTL mapping of internal heat necrosis in tetraploid potato. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 122(1), 129–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-010-1429-z
George, N. A., Pecota, K. V., Bowen, B. D., Schultheis, J. K., & Yencho, G. C. (2011). [Review of Root Piece Planting in Sweetpotato-A Synthesis of Previous Research and Directions for the Future]. HORTTECHNOLOGY, 21(6), 703–711. https://doi.org/10.21273/horttech.21.6.703
Santa-Maria, M. C., Yencho, C. G., Haigler, C. H., Thompson, W. F., Kelly, R. M., & Sosinski, B. (2011). Starch Self-Processing in Transgenic Sweet Potato Roots Expressing a Hyperthermophilic alpha-Amylase. BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS, 27(2), 351–359. https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.573
Truong, V. D., Avula, R. Y., Pecota, K., & Yencho, C. G. (2011, March). Sweetpotatoes. Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing, pp. 717–737. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470958346.ch36
Clough, M. E., Yencho, G. C., Christ, B., DeJong, W., Halseth, D., Haynes, K., … Veilleux, R. E. (2010). An Interactive Online Database for Potato Varieties Evaluated in the Eastern United States. HORTTECHNOLOGY, 20(1), 250–256. https://doi.org/10.21273/horttech.20.1.250
Mwanga, R. O. M., Odongo, B., Niringiye, C., Alajo, A., Kigozi, B., Makumbi, R., … Yencho, C. G. (2009, June). 'NASPOT 7', 'NASPOT 8', 'NASPOT 9 O', 'NASPOT 10 O', and 'Dimbuka-Bukulula' Sweetpotato. HORTSCIENCE, Vol. 44, pp. 828–832. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.44.3.828
Truong, V.-D., Deighton, N., Thompson, R. T., McFeeters, R. F., Dean, L. O., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2009). 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. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf902799a
Santa-Maria, M. C., Chou, C.-J., Yencho, G. C., Haigler, C. H., Thompson, W. F., Kelly, R. M., & Sosinski, B. (2009). 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.22468
Santa-Maria, M., Pecota, K. V., Yencho, C. G., Allen, G., & Sosinski, B. (2009). Rapid shoot regeneration in industrial 'high starch' sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) genotypes. PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE, 97(1), 109–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-009-9504-3
Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Schultheis, J. R., VanEsbroeck, Z.-P., Holmes, G. J., Little, B. E., … Truong, V.-D. (2008, October). 'Covington' sweetpotato. HORTSCIENCE, Vol. 43, pp. 1911–1914. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.43.6.1911
Cervantes-Flores, J. C., Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Sosinski, B., & Mwanga, R. O. M. (2008). 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. https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.133.6.844
Cervantes-Flores, J. C., Yencho, G. C., Kriegner, A., Pecota, K. V., Faulk, M. A., Mwanga, R. O. M., & Sosinski, B. R. (2008). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-007-9150-6
Yencho, G. C., McCord, P. H., Haynes, K. G., & Sterrett, S. B. R. (2008). [Review of Internal heat necrosis of potato - A review]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 85(1), 69–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-008-9008-4
Yencho, G., & Pecota, K. (2008). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Bewitched Purple'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Yencho, G., & Pecota, K. (2008). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Green Yellow'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K., & Hancock, C. N. (2008). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K., & Hancock, C. N. (2008). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Teow, C. C., Truong, V.-D., McFeeters, R. F., Thompson, R. L., Pecota, K. V., & Yencho, G. C. (2007). Antioxidant activities, phenolic and beta-carotene contents of sweet potato genotypes with varying flesh colours. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 103(3), 829–838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.09.033
Contreras, R. N., Ranney, T. G., Milla-Lewis, S. R., & Yencho, G. C. (2007). Investigating parentage and hybridity of three azaleodendrons using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. HortScience, 42(3), 740–743. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.42.3.740
Pecota, K., Yencho, G. C., & Hancock, C. N., Jr. (2007). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Red'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Villavicencio, L. E., Blankenship, S. M., Yencho, G. C., Thomas, J. F., & Raper, C. D. (2007). 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.
Sterrett, S. B., Haynes, K. G., Yencho, G. C., Henninger, M. R., & Vinyard, B. T. (2006). 4x-2x potato clones with resistance or susceptibility to internal heat necrosis differ in tuber mineral status. CROP SCIENCE, 46(4), 1471–1478. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2005.06-0093
Yencho, G. C., & Pecota, K. (2006). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Pecota, K., Yencho, G., & Pierce, C. (2004). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Light Green'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Pecota, K., Yencho, G. C., & Pierce, C. (2004). Ornamental sweetpotato plant named 'Sweet Caroline Purple'. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Villavicencio, L. E., Blankenship, S. M., & Yencho, G. C. (2004). Skin adhesion in sweetpotato and its lack of relationship to polygalacturonase and pectinmethylesterase during storage. POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, 32(2), 183–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2003.10.007
Bryan, A. D., Pesic-Vanesbroeck, Z., Schultheis, J. R., Pecota, K. V., Swallow, W. H., & Yencho, G. C. (2003). 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.
Bryan, A. D., Schultheis, J. R., Pesic-Vanesbroeck, Z., & Yencho, G. C. (2003). 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.
Mwanga, R. O. M., Odongo, B., Turyamureeba, G., Alajo, A., Yencho, G. C., Gibson, R. W., … Carey, E. E. (2003). Release of six sweetpotato cultivars ('NASPOT 1' to 'NASPOT 6') in Uganda. HortScience, 38(3), 475–476.
Sterrett, S. B., Henninger, M. R., Yencho, G. C., Lu, W., Vinyard, B. T., & Haynes, K. G. (2003). Stability of Internal Heat Necrosis and Specific Gravity in Tetraploid × Diploid Potatoes. Crop Science, 43(3), 790. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2003.7900
Sterrett, S. B., Henninger, M. R., Yencho, G. C., Lu, W., Vinyard, B. T., & Haynes, K. G. (2003). Stability of Internal Heat Necrosis and Specific Gravity in Tetraploid × Diploid Potatoes. Crop Science, 43(3), 790. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2003.0790
Mwanga, R. O. M., Yencho, C. G. C., & Moyer, J. W. (2002). Diallel analysis of sweetpotatoes for resistance to sweetpotato virus disease. EUPHYTICA, 128(2), 237–248. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020828421757
Cervantes-Flores, J. C., Yencho, G. C., & Davis, E. L. (2002). Efficient Evaluation of Resistance to Three Root-knot Nematode Species in Selected Sweetpotato Cultivars. HortScience, 37(2), 390–392. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.37.2.390
Yencho, G. C., Pecota, K. V., Schultheis, J. R., & Sosinski, B. R. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2002.583.6
Cervantes-Flores, J. C., Yencho, G. C., & Davis, E. L. (2002). Host Reactions of Sweetpotato Genotypes to Root-knot Nematodes and Variation in Virulence of Meloidogyne incognita Populations. HortScience, 37(7), 1112–1116. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.37.7.1112
Mwanga, R. O. M., Moyer, J. W., Zhang, D. P., Carey, E. E., & Yencho, G. C. (2002). NATURE OF RESISTANCE OF SWEETPOTATO TO SWEETPOTATO VIRUS DISEASE. Acta Horticulturae, 8(583), 113–119. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2002.583.12
Mwanga, R. O. M., Kriegner, A., Cervantes-Flores, J. C., Zhang, D. P., Moyer, J. W., & Yencho, G. C. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.127.5.798
Sosinski, B., He, L., Cervantes-Flores, J., Pokrzywa, R. M., Bruckner, A., & Yencho, G. C. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2002.583.4
Haynes, K. G., Porter, G. A., Christ, B. J., Goth, R. W., DeLong, K. O., Halseth, D. E., … Webb, R. E. (2001). Amey: A multipurpose, russet-skinned potato cultivar for the eastern United States. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH, 78(3), 175–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02883542
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Yencho, G. C., Kowalski, S. P., Kennedy, G. G., & Sanford, L. L. (2000). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853941
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Davies, P. J., Simko, I., Mueller, S. M., Yencho, G. C., Lewis, C., McMurry, S., … Ewing, E. E. (1999). Quantitative trait loci for polyamine content in an RFLP-mapped potato population and their relationship to tuberization. Physiologia Plantarum, 106(2), 210–218. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.106210.x
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Yencho, G. C., Renwick, J. A. A., Steffens, J. C., & Tingey, W. M. (1994). Leaf surface extracts ofSolanum berthaultii hawkes deter colorado potato beetle feeding. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 20(5), 991–1007. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02059737
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Yencho, G. C., Getzin, L. W., & Lono, G. E. (1986). Economic Injury Level, Action Threshold, and a Yield-loss Model for the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Homoptera: Aphididae), on Green Peas, Pisum sativum. Journal of Economic Entomology, 79(6), 1681–1687. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/79.6.1681