Genetics and Genomics Initiative

Mitigating the effect of seasonality on sow reproductive performance using genetic selection

Journal of Animal Science, 94, 14–14.

The use of alternative genomic metrics in swine nucleus herds to manage the diversity of purebred and crossbred animals

Journal of Animal Science, 94, 13–13.

A combined coalescence forward in time simulator software for pedigreed populations undergoing selection for complex traits

Journal of Animal Science, 94, 143–144.

0387 Daily rumination time in Italian Holstein cows: Heritability and correlation with milk production

Journal of Animal Science, 94(suppl_5), 187–188.

A method for the identification of unfavorable haplotypes contained within runs of homozygosity that impact fitness traits and its application to different swine nucleus lines

Journal of Animal Science, 94, 26–27.

Rapid LAMP diagnostics for detection and disease alerts of Phytophthora infestans

PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 106(12), 22–23.

Molecular characterization and genetic diversity of Mycosphaerella fijiensis in Costa Rica using sequence based nuclear markers

PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 106(12), 139–139.

Genetic variation within clonal lineages of Phytophthora infestans revealed through genotyping-by-sequencing, and implications for Late Blight epidemiology

PloS One, 11(11), e0165690.

Cover image courtesy of Pallem Chowdappa, ICAR-CPCRI

Workshop Agenda.

Climate Change, Microbes, and Soil Carbon Cycling

In Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current Research and Future Trends.

Plant and root endophyte assembly history: interactive effects on native and exotic plants

Ecology.

Intraspecific variation in precipitation responses of a widespread C4grass depends on site water limitation

Journal of Plant Ecology.

Historical and current climate drive spatial and temporal patterns in fungal endophyte diversity

Fungal Ecology.

Tree species, spatial heterogeneity, and seasonality drive soil fungal abundance, richness, and composition in Neotropical rainforests

Environmental Microbiology.

Temporal and Spatial Variation of Soil Bacteria Richness, Composition, and Function in a Neotropical Rainforest

PLOS ONE.

Promises and challenges of eco-physiological genomics in the field: tests of drought responses in switchgrass

Plant Physiology.

Historical precipitation predictably alters the shape and magnitude of microbial functional response to soil moisture

Global Change Biology.

Ectomycorrhizal fungi slow soil carbon cycling

Ecology Letters.

Simulating diverse native C4 perennial grasses with varying rainfall

Journal of Arid Environments.

Plant scientists: GM technology is safe

Science, 351(6275), 824–824.