Genetics and Genomics Initiative

Turfgrass breeding at NCSU: Year 1.9

Milla-Lewis, S. R. (2010, December). Invited presentation presented at the N.C. Sod Producers Association Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Transferring informative cereal SSRs to warm-season turfgrasses for germplasm characterization and evaluation

Kimball, J. A., Zuleta, M. C., & Milla-Lewis, S. R. (2010, October). Presented at the Proceedings of the American Agronomy International Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) marker variability among Arachis species

Proceedings of the American Peanut Research and Education Society, 42, 53.

Characterization and evaluation of warm-season turfgrass germplasm using simple sequence repeats (SSRs) transferred from cereal crops

Presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders, Johnston, IA.

Assessment of genetic diversity in zoysiagrass germplasm using AFLP markers

Kimball, J. A., Zuleta, M. C., Kenworthy, K. E., Lehman, V. G., & Milla-Lewis, S. R. (2010, October). Presented at the Proceedings of the American Agronomy International Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Assessment of genetic diversity changes in U.S. runner-type peanut cultivars released between 1943 and 2009 using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers

Proceedings of the American Peanut Research and Education Society, 42, 21.

Assessing genetic diversity in centipedegrass germplasm with sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers

Milla-Lewis, S. R., Harris, K. R., Zuleta, M. C., Schwartz, B. M., & Hanna, W. W. (2010, January). Presented at the Proceedings of the XVIII Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA.

Registration of ‘Bailey’ peanut

J. Plant Reg., 5(1), 27–39.

Genetic gain for pod yield in the North Carolina State University peanut breeding project

Proceedings of the American Peanut Research and Education Society, 42, 79–80.

Genetic gain for flavor in the North Carolina State University peanut breeding project

Proceedings of the American Peanut Research and Education Society, 42, 90–91.

Vegetative propagation of bottle brush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) and Florida flame azalea (Rhododendron austrinum) by mound layering

Proceedings of the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference, 55th Annual Report, 55, 302–306.

Vegetative propagation of Oconee azalea (Rhododendron flammeum) by stem cuttings and mound layering

Journal of Environmental Horticulture, 28(2), 69–73.

Storm warning: Reinventing flowering quince

Nursery Notes, 44(3), 36–37.

Response of Miscanthus ×giganteus to phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizer on low phosphorus soils in North Carolina

Haines, S. A., Gehl, R. J., Ranney, T. G., & Havlin, J. L. (2010, January). Poster presented at the Soil Science Society of North Carolina 53rd Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

Progress developing non-invasive nursery crops

Proceedings of the Combined International Plant Propagators’ Society, 60, 422–423.

Optimizing in vitro growth conditions for Magnolia 'Ann'

Proceedings of the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference, 55th Annual Report, 55, 30–35.

In vitro shoot regeneration and polyploidy induction of Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum Improved’

In vitro shoot regeneration and polyploidy induction of Rhododendron ‘Fragrantissimum Improved.’ HortScience, 45(4), 801–804.

Breeding new plants for modern landscapes

Proceedings of the Combined International Plant Propagators’ Society, 60, 518–520.

A few new plants

Nursery Notes, 44(6), 13–17.

The phylogenetic origins of natural killer receptors and recognition: relationships, possibilities, and realities

Immunogenetics, 63(3), 123–141.