Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2021-2022 (Year 3)

Montanari S, Thomson S, Cordiner S, Günther CS, Miller P, Deng CH, McGhie T, Knäbel M, Foster T, Turner J, Chagné D and Espley R. (2022) High-density linkage map construction in an autotetraploid blueberry population and detection of quantitative trait loci for anthocyanin content. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13:965397. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.965397

Dare AP, Günther CS, Grey AC, Guo G, Demarais NJ, Cordiner S, McGhie TK, Boldingh H, Hunt M, Deng C, Karppinen K, Jaakola L and Espley RV. (2022). Resolving the developmental distribution patterns of polyphenols and related primary metabolites in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) fruit. Food Chemistry 374, 131703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131703

Lafferty DJ, Espley RV, Deng CH, Günther CS, Plunkett B, Turner JL, Jaakola L, Karppinen K, Allan AC and Albert NW. (2022). Hierarchical regulation of MYBPA1 by anthocyanin- and proanthocyanidin-related MYB proteins is conserved in Vaccinium species. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73, 1344-1356. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab460

Lafferty DJ, Espley RV, Deng CH, Dare AP, Günther CS, Jaakola L, Karppinen K, Boase MR, Wang L, Luo H, Allan AC and Albert NW. 2022. The coordinated action of MYB activators and repressors controls proanthocyanidin and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Vaccinium. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13:910155. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.910155 

Samkumar A, Karppinen K, McGhie TK, Espley RV, Martinussen I, Jaakola L. 2022. Flavonoid biosynthesis is differentially altered in detached and attached ripening bilberries in response to spectral light quality. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2529. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.969934 

Günther CS, Plunkett BJ, Cooney J, Jensen D, Trower T, Elborough C, Nguyen HM, Deng C, Lafferty DJ, Albert NW, Dare AP and Espley RV. 2022. Biotic stress-induced and ripening-related anthocyanin biosynthesis are regulated by alternate phytohormone signals in blueberries. Environmental and Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105065

Edger PP, Iorizzo M, Bassil NV, Benevenuto J, Ferrão LFV, Giongo L, Hummer K, Lawas LMF, Leisner CP, Li C, Munoz PR, Ashrafi H, Atucha A, Babiker EM, Canales E, Chagné D, DeVetter L, Ehlenfeldt M, Espley RV, Gallardo K, Günther CS, Hardigan M, Hulse-Kemp AM, Jacobs M, Lila MA, Luby C, Main D, Mengist MF, Owens GL, Perkins-Veazie P, Polashock J, Pottorff M, Rowland LJ, Sims CA, Song G, Spencer J, Vorsa N, Yocca AE and Zalapa J. 2022. There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies. Horticulture Research 9, 10.1093/hr/uhac083. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac083

Ni X, Takeda F, Jiang H, Yang WQ, Saito S and Li C. 2022. A deep learning-based web application for segmentation and quantification of blueberry internal bruising. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 201:107200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2022.107200

Alan E, Yocca, Patrick P. Edger PP. 2022. Current status and future perspectives on the evolution of cis-regulatory elements in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 65: 102139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102139

Teresi SJ, Teresi MB and Edger PP. 2022. TE Density: a tool to investigate the biology of transposable elements. Mobile DNA. 13, 11 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00264-4

Mengist MF, Bostan H, De Paola D, Teresi SJ, Platts AE, Cremona G,Xinpeng Q, Mackey T, Bassil NV, Ashrafi H, Giongo L, Jibran R, Chagné D, Bianco L, Lila MA, Rowland LJ, Iovene M, Edger PP and Iorizzo M. 2022. Autopolyploid inheritance and a heterozygous reciprocal translocation shape chromosome genetic behavior in tetraploid blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). New Phytologist, in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18428

Fong SK, Kawash J, Wang Y, Johnson-Cicalese J, Polashock J, Vorsa N. 2021. A low malic acid trait in cranberry fruit: genetics, molecular mapping and interaction with a citric acid locus. Tree Genetics & Genomes 17:4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-020-01482-8

Ma X, Gallardo RK, Canales E, Atucha A, Zalapa J and Iorizzo M. 2022. “Consumers’ discount for added sugars: An application to cranberry products under different nutrition-related information treatments. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Trandel M, H Oh, Johanningsmeier S, Iorizzo M and Perkins-Veazie P. Cell wall polysaccharide linkage assembly in blueberry peel and pulp reveals hemicelluloses specifically associated with the ‘Indigocrisp’ cultivar. Frontier in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030553

2020-2021 (Year 2)

Diaz-Garcia1 L, Garcia-Ortega LF, Rodríguez MG, Delaye L, Iorizzo M and Zalapa J. 2021. Chromosome-level genome assembly of the American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) and its wild relative Vaccinium microcarpum. Frontiers in Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.633310

Diaz-Garcia L, Covarrubias-Pazaran G, Johnson-Cicalese J, Vorsa N, Zalapa J. 2020. Genotyping-by-sequencing identifies historical breeding stages of the recently domesticated American cranberry. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11:607770. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.607770

Fong SK, Kawash J, Wang Y. et al. 2021. A low malic acid trait in cranberry fruit: genetics, molecular mapping, and interaction with a citric acid locus. Tree Genetics & Genomes 17, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-020-01482-8

Kawash J, Colt K, Hartwick NT, Abramson BW, Vorsa N, Polashock JJ, Michael TP. 2021. Contrasting a reference cranberry genome to a crop wild relative provides insights into adaptation, domestication, and breeding. bioRxiv 2021.06.27.450096. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.27.450096

Giongo L, Matteo A, Pottorff M, Mainland M, Perkins-Veazie P and Iorizzo M. 2021. Comparative multi-parameters approach to dissect texture subcomponents of blueberry at harvest and postharvest. Postharvest Biology and Technology, Volume 183, 111696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111696

Jung S, Lee T, Gasic K, Campbell BT, Yu J, Humann J, Ru S, Edge-Garza D, Hough H and Main D. 2021. The Breeding Information Management System (BIMS): an online resource for crop breeding. Database, Volume 2021, 2021, baab054. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab054

Jung S, Cheng CH, Buble K, Lee T, Humann J, Yu J, Crabb J, Hough H and Main D. 2021. Tripal MegaSearch: a tool for interactive and customizable query and download of big data. Database, Volume 2021, 2021, baab023. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab023

Karppinen K, Lafferty DJ, Albert NW, Mikkola N, McGhie T, Allan AC, Afzal BM, Häggman H, Espley RV and Jaakola L. 2021. MYBA and MYBPA transcription factors co-regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis in blue-coloured berries. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17669

Mengist MF, Bostan H, Young E, Kay K, Ashrafi H, Gillitt N, Ballington J, Ferruzzi MG, M.A. Lila MA and Iorizzo M. 2021. High density linkage map construction and identification of loci regulating fruit quality traits in blueberry. Horticulture Research, 8, 169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-021-00605-z

Samkumar A, Jones D, Karppinen K, Dare AP, Sipari N, Espley RV, Martinussen I and Jaakola L. 2021. Red and blue light treatments of ripening bilberry fruits reveal differences in signalling through abscisic acid-regulated anthocyanin biosynthesis. Plant, Cell & Environment, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14158

Staton M, Cannon E, Sanderson LA, Wegrzyn J, Anderson T, Buehler S, Cobo-Simón I, Faaberg K, Grau E, Guignon V and Gunoskey J. 2021. Tripal, a community update after 10 years of supporting open source, standards-based genetic, genomic and breeding databases. Briefings in Bioinformatics, bbab238. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab238

Wu C, Deng C, Hilario E, Albert NW, Lafferty D, Grierson ERP, Plunkett BJ, Elborough C, Saei A, Günther CS, Ireland H, Yocca A, Edger PP, Jaakola L, Karppinen K, Grande A, Kylli R, Lehtol VP, Allan AC, Espley RV, Chagné D. 2021. A chromosome‐scale assembly of the bilberry genome identifies a complex locus controlling berry anthocyanin composition. Molecular Ecology Resources, https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13467

Xueping N, Changying L, Huanyun J and Takeda F. 2021. Three-dimensional photogrammetric reconstruction and deep learning instance segmentation to extract berry fruit harvestability traits. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 171: 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.11.010 

Yocca, AE, Edger, PP. 2021. Machine learning approaches to identify core and dispensable genes in pangenomes. Plant Genome, e20135. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20135

2019-2020 (Year 1)

Diaz-Garcia L, Garcia-Ortega LF, González-Rodríguez M, Iorizzo M and Zalapa J (2021) Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) and Its Wild Relative Vaccinium microcarpum. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:137. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.633310

Farneti B, Emanuelli F, Giongo L, Toivonen P, Iorizzo M, Folta KM and Finn CE. 2020. Editorial: Interdisciplinary approaches to improve quality of soft fruit berries. Frontiers in Plant Science, section Crop and Product Physiology, 11:592222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.592222. 

Mengist MF, Grace MH, Xiong J, Kay CD, Bassil N, Hummer K, Ferruzzi MG, Lila MA and Iorizzo M. 2020. Diversity in metabolites and fruit quality traits in blueberry enables ploidy and species differentiation and establishes a strategy for future genetic studies. Frontier in Plant Science, 11:370. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00370.  

Kay Fong S, Kawash J, Wang Y, Johnson-Cicalese J, Polaschock J and Vorsa N. 2020. A low citric trait in cranberry: genetic and molecular mapping of a locus impacting fruit acidity. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 16:42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-020-01432-4.  

Kay Fong S, Kawash J, Wang Y, Johnson-Cicalese J, Polaschock J and N. Vorsa (2020). A low malic acid trait in cranberry fruit: genetics, molecular mapping and interaction with a citric acid locus. Tree Genetics & Genomes

Diaz-Garcia L, Rodriguez-Bonilla L, Phillips M, Lopez-Hernandez A, Grygleski E, Atucha A and Zalapa J. 2019. Comprehensive analysis of the internal structure and firmness in American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon L.) fruit. PlosOne, 14(9): e0222451. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222451.  

Günther CS, Dare AP, McGhie TK, Deng C, Lafferty DJ, Plunkett BJ, Grierson ERP, Turner J L, Jaakola L, Albert NW and Espley RV. 2020. Spatiotemporal modulation of flavonoid metabolism in blueberries. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.545. https://doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00545 

Vorsa N and Zalapa J. 2019. Domestication, genetics, and genomics of the American cranberry. Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 43:279-310. 
    

Trade Magazine Articles

Eddy D. Research Team Seeks to Boost Berry Quality, Jan. 3, 2019. Growing Produce magazine. 

Giongo L and Iorizzo M. Sinergie di ricerca per l’industria di mirtillo gigante e cranberry. Rivista di Frutticoltura e Ortofrutticoltura. Vol. 2 (2020), 2-4. 

Giongo L, Ajelli M, Iorizzo M. La texture di mirtillo: saperla misurare è un primo passo per fare qualità. Dossier September 2022 Rivista di Frutticoltura

Eddy D, Iorizzo M. Nationwide project going in search of better berries. Growing Produce, Jan 18, 2022. https://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/nationwide-project-going-in-search-of-better-berries/