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2024

Journal Article

Satellite-enabled enviromics to enhance crop improvement

Resende, Rafael T., Hickey, Lee, Amaral, Cibele H., Peixoto, Lucas L., Marcatti, Gustavo E. and Xu, Yunbi (2024). Satellite-enabled enviromics to enhance crop improvement. Molecular Plant, 17 (6), 848-866. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2024.04.005

Satellite-enabled enviromics to enhance crop improvement

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2024

Journal Article

Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain

Villiers, Kira, Voss‐Fels, Kai P., Dinglasan, Eric, Jacobs, Bertus, Hickey, Lee and Hayes, Ben J. (2024). Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain. The Plant Genome, 17 (2) e20467, e20467. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.20467

Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain

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2024

Journal Article

Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes

Brunner, Stephanie M., Dinglasan, Eric, Baraibar, Silvina, Alahmad, Samir, Katsikis, Christina, van der Meer, Sarah, Godoy, Jayfred, Moody, David, Smith, Millicent, Hickey, Lee and Robinson, Hannah (2024). Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 137 (6) 120, 120. doi: 10.1007/s00122-024-04612-1

Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes

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2019

Journal Article

Breeding crops to feed 10 billion

Hickey, Lee T., N. Hafeez, Amber, Robinson, Hannah, Jackson, Scott A., Leal-Bertioli, Soraya C. M., Tester, Mark, Gao, Caixia, Godwin, Ian D., Hayes, Ben J. and Wulff, Brande B. H. (2019). Breeding crops to feed 10 billion. Nature Biotechnology, 37 (7), 744-754. doi: 10.1038/s41587-019-0152-9

Breeding crops to feed 10 billion

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2018

Journal Article

Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding

Watson, Amy, Ghosh, Sreya, Williams, Matthew J, Cuddy, William S, Simmonds, James, Rey, María-Dolores, Asyraf Md Hatta, M, Hinchliffe, Alison, Steed, Andrew, Reynolds, Daniel, Adamski, Nikolai M, Breakspear, Andy, Korolev, Andrey, Rayner, Tracey, Dixon, Laura E., Riaz, Adnan, Martin, William, Ryan, Merrill, Edwards, David, Batley, Jacqueline, Raman, Harsh, Carter, Jeremy, Rogers, Christian, Domoney, Claire, Moore, Graham, Harwood, Wendy, Nicholson, Paul, Dieters, Mark J., DeLacy, Ian H. ... Hickey, Lee T. (2018). Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding. Nature Plants, 4 (1), 23-29. doi: 10.1038/s41477-017-0083-8

Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding

2025

Journal Article

Unmanned aerial vehicle phenotyping of agronomic and physiological traits in mungbean

Van Haeften, Shanice, Smith, Daniel, Robinson, Hannah, Dudley, Caitlin, Kang, Yichen, Douglas, Colin A., Hickey, Lee T., Potgieter, Andries, Chapman, Scott and Smith, Millicent R. (2025). Unmanned aerial vehicle phenotyping of agronomic and physiological traits in mungbean. The Plant Phenome Journal, 8 (1) e70016, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/ppj2.70016

Unmanned aerial vehicle phenotyping of agronomic and physiological traits in mungbean

2025

Journal Article

A new climate for genomic and epigenomic innovation in grapevine

Schmidt, Maximilian, Strack, Timo, Andrews, Haylie, Hickey, Lee T., Crisp, Peter A. and Voss-Fels, Kai P. (2025). A new climate for genomic and epigenomic innovation in grapevine. Molecular Horticulture, 5 (1) 44, 44. doi: 10.1186/s43897-025-00171-1

A new climate for genomic and epigenomic innovation in grapevine

2025

Conference Publication

Improving yield predictions in drought-prone environments through trait phenotyping and advanced modelling

Severini, Alan, Cooper, Mark, Hammer, Graeme, Hickey, Lee, Christopher, Jack and Chenu, Karine (2025). Improving yield predictions in drought-prone environments through trait phenotyping and advanced modelling. InterDrought VIII, La Serena, Chile, 17-21 November 2025.

Improving yield predictions in drought-prone environments through trait phenotyping and advanced modelling

2025

Conference Publication

Characterising genotypic stability and environmental responsiveness in Australian chickpea

Van Haeften, Shanice, Hobson, Kristy, Waters, Dominic, Hickey, Lee, Smith, Millicent and Tolhurst, Daniel (2025). Characterising genotypic stability and environmental responsiveness in Australian chickpea. TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11 - 13 November 2025.

Characterising genotypic stability and environmental responsiveness in Australian chickpea

2025

Conference Publication

Phenotyping foundation traits to enhance genomic prediction for wheat yield stability using advanced crop modelling

Severini, Alan, Cooper, Mark, Hammer, Graeme, Hickey, Lee, Christopher, Jack and Chenu, Karine (2025). Phenotyping foundation traits to enhance genomic prediction for wheat yield stability using advanced crop modelling. TropAg, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11-13 November 2025.

Phenotyping foundation traits to enhance genomic prediction for wheat yield stability using advanced crop modelling

2025

Conference Publication

Haplotype stacking unlocks the potential of arid-adapted germplasm for higher yield

Papin, Victor, Barmukh, Rutwik, Dinglasan, Eric G., Shaffer, Will, Smith, Millicent, Hayes, Ben J., Hamwieh, Aladdin, Instanbuli, Tawffiq, Maalouf, Fouad, Aklinade, Oluwaseun J., Varshney, Rajeev K. and Hickey, Lee T. (2025). Haplotype stacking unlocks the potential of arid-adapted germplasm for higher yield. 5th TropAg Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11 - 13 November 2025.

Haplotype stacking unlocks the potential of arid-adapted germplasm for higher yield

2025

Journal Article

Time to flowering and flowering duration in mungbean are unrelated physiological traits with independent genetic controls

Dudley, Caitlin, Van Haeften, Shanice, Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Hickey, Lee T., Robinson, Hannah, Beveridge, Christine, Udvardi, Michael, Noble, Thomas, Massel, Karen, Dun, Elizabeth A. and Smith, Millicent R. (2025). Time to flowering and flowering duration in mungbean are unrelated physiological traits with independent genetic controls. Journal Of Experimental Botany, 76 (18) eraf222, 5528-5541. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf222

Time to flowering and flowering duration in mungbean are unrelated physiological traits with independent genetic controls

2025

Journal Article

Phenotyping the hidden half: combining UAV phenotyping and machine learning to predict barley root traits in the field

Alahmad, Samir, Smith, Daniel, Katsikis, Christina, Aldiss, Zachary, Brunner, Stephanie M., Meer, Sarah V., Meijer, Lotus, Heidariask, Bita, Chenu, Karine, Chapman, Scott, Potgieter, Andries B., Wasson, Anton, Baraibar, Silvina, Godoy, Jayfred, Moody, David, Robinson, Hannah and Hickey, Lee T. (2025). Phenotyping the hidden half: combining UAV phenotyping and machine learning to predict barley root traits in the field. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76 (17) eraf268, 5161-5178. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf268

Phenotyping the hidden half: combining UAV phenotyping and machine learning to predict barley root traits in the field

2025

Other Outputs

Mungbean wheat farming systems dataset

Hickey, Lee, Smith, Millicent and Van Haeften, Shanice (2025). Mungbean wheat farming systems dataset. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/cee8b66

Mungbean wheat farming systems dataset

2025

Journal Article

CEPR1 function across plant lineages: peptide hormone recognition by cereal crop orthologs and developmental roles in barley

Taylor, Katia, Dixon, Richard, Taleski, Michael, Hintzsche, Jessica, Aldiss, Zachary, Massel, Karen, Robinson, Hannah, Gagliardini, Valeria, Grossniklaus, Ueli, Godwin, Ian, Hickey, Lee and Djordjevic, Michael Anthony (2025). CEPR1 function across plant lineages: peptide hormone recognition by cereal crop orthologs and developmental roles in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76 (20), 5861-5876. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf316

CEPR1 function across plant lineages: peptide hormone recognition by cereal crop orthologs and developmental roles in barley

2025

Journal Article

Haplotype stacking to improve stability of stripe rust resistance in wheat

Tong, Jingyang, Tarekegn, Zerihun T., Jambuthenne, Dilani, Robinson, Hannah, Pandit, Madhav, Villiers, Kira, Periyannan, Sambasivam, Hickey, Lee, Dinglasan, Eric and Hayes, Ben J. (2025). Haplotype stacking to improve stability of stripe rust resistance in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138 (11) 267, 267-11. doi: 10.1007/s00122-025-05045-0

Haplotype stacking to improve stability of stripe rust resistance in wheat

2025

Conference Publication

Characterising genotypic stability and environmental responsiveness in Australian chickpea

Van Haeften, Shanice, Hobson, Kristy, Waters, Dominic, Hickey, Lee, Smith, Millicent and Tolhurst, Daniel (2025). Characterising genotypic stability and environmental responsiveness in Australian chickpea. 19th Meeting of the Eucarpia Biometrics in Plant Breeding 2025, Edinburgh, Scotland, 17 - 19 September 2025.

Characterising genotypic stability and environmental responsiveness in Australian chickpea

2025

Journal Article

Co-designing biology and technology unlocks automated plant breeding

Lam, Yasmine T. D. and Hickey, Lee (2025). Co-designing biology and technology unlocks automated plant breeding. Nature Plants, 11 (10), 1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41477-025-02117-3

Co-designing biology and technology unlocks automated plant breeding

2025

Other Outputs

Local genomic estimates provide a powerful framework for haplotype discovery

Shaffer, Will, Papin, Victor, Yadav, Seema, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Hickey, Lee T., Hayes, Ben J. and Dinglasan, Eric G. (2025). Local genomic estimates provide a powerful framework for haplotype discovery. doi: 10.1101/2025.08.28.672830

Local genomic estimates provide a powerful framework for haplotype discovery

2025

Journal Article

Optimising parent selection in plant breeding: comparing metaheuristic algorithms for genotype building

Yadav, S., Dillon, S., McNeil, M., Dinglasan, E., Mago, R., Dodds, P., Hickey, L. and Hayes, B. J. (2025). Optimising parent selection in plant breeding: comparing metaheuristic algorithms for genotype building. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138 (9) 242, 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s00122-025-05028-1

Optimising parent selection in plant breeding: comparing metaheuristic algorithms for genotype building