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2025

Journal Article

Ensemble AnalySis with Interpretable Genomic Prediction (EasiGP): Computational tool for interpreting ensembles of genomic prediction models

Tomura, Shunichiro, Wilkinson, Melanie J., Powell, Owen and Cooper, Mark (2025). Ensemble AnalySis with Interpretable Genomic Prediction (EasiGP): Computational tool for interpreting ensembles of genomic prediction models. The Plant Genome, 18 (4) e70138, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.70138

Ensemble AnalySis with Interpretable Genomic Prediction (EasiGP): Computational tool for interpreting ensembles of genomic prediction models

2025

Journal Article

The Big BIT maize experiment: A large multi-location, multi-year, multi-tester, multi-population predictive breeding validation study

Jines, Michael, Chandler, Michael, Podlich, Dean, Baumgarten, Andrew, Wright, Deanne, Jacobson, Amy, Zhao, Honghua, Gogerty, Jared, Regennitter, Matthew, Hung, Hsiao-Yi, McDowell, Riley, Tang, Tom, Diepenbrock, Christine, Helmi, Hoda, Messina, Carlos, Ross, Andrew, Henke, Gary, Spangler, Lindsay, Caldwell, Matthew, Stirling, Leah, Reyes, Andres, Gho, Carla, Cooper, Mark, Arbuckle, John, Smalley, Matthew, Milach, Sandra, Graham, Geoff and Totir, Liviu Radu (2025). The Big BIT maize experiment: A large multi-location, multi-year, multi-tester, multi-population predictive breeding validation study. The Plant Genome, 18 (4) e70117, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.70117

The Big BIT maize experiment: A large multi-location, multi-year, multi-tester, multi-population predictive breeding validation study

2025

Journal Article

Understanding rates of genetic gain in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in the United States

Singh, J., Merchant, A., Mayor, L., Mbaye, M., Gho, C., Cooper, M. and Messina, C. D. (2025). Understanding rates of genetic gain in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in the United States. The Plant Genome, 18 (3) e70122. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.70122

Understanding rates of genetic gain in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in the United States

2025

Journal Article

Back to the future 2: the implications of germplasm structure on the balance between short and long-term genetic gain in a changing target population of environments

Technow, Frank, Podlich, Dean and Cooper, Mark (2025). Back to the future 2: the implications of germplasm structure on the balance between short and long-term genetic gain in a changing target population of environments. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.01.673542

Back to the future 2: the implications of germplasm structure on the balance between short and long-term genetic gain in a changing target population of environments

2025

Journal Article

Envirotyping facilitates understanding of genotype × environment interactions and highlights the potential of stay-green traits in wheat

Amin, Asad, Christopher, Jack, Cooper, Mark, Collins, Brian, Voss-Fels, Kai, Hickey, Lee and Chenu, Karine (2025). Envirotyping facilitates understanding of genotype × environment interactions and highlights the potential of stay-green traits in wheat. Field Crops Research, 331 109940, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2025.109940

Envirotyping facilitates understanding of genotype × environment interactions and highlights the potential of stay-green traits in wheat

2025

Journal Article

Breeding perspectives on tackling trait genome-to-phenome (G2P) dimensionality using ensemble-based genomic prediction

Cooper, Mark, Tomura, Shunichiro, Wilkinson, Melanie J., Powell, Owen and Messina, Carlos D. (2025). Breeding perspectives on tackling trait genome-to-phenome (G2P) dimensionality using ensemble-based genomic prediction. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138 (7) 172, 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s00122-025-04960-6

Breeding perspectives on tackling trait genome-to-phenome (G2P) dimensionality using ensemble-based genomic prediction

2025

Journal Article

Toward a general framework for AI-enabled prediction in crop improvement

Messina, Carlos, Garcia-Abadillo, Julian, Powell, Owen, Tomura, Shunichiro, Zare, Alina, Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar and Cooper, Mark (2025). Toward a general framework for AI-enabled prediction in crop improvement. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138 (7) 151, 151-7. doi: 10.1007/s00122-025-04928-6

Toward a general framework for AI-enabled prediction in crop improvement

2025

Journal Article

Integrating yield gap analysis to capture genotype by environment by management interactions for Australian broadacre sorghum cropping systems

Garba, Ismail I., Fernandez, Javier A., Chen, Qiaomin, Gho, Carla, deVoil, Peter, Cooper, Mark and Chapman, Scott C. (2025). Integrating yield gap analysis to capture genotype by environment by management interactions for Australian broadacre sorghum cropping systems. Field Crops Research, 326 109858, 109858. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2025.109858

Integrating yield gap analysis to capture genotype by environment by management interactions for Australian broadacre sorghum cropping systems

2025

Journal Article

Improved Genomic Prediction Performance with Ensembles of Diverse Models

Tomura, Shunichiro, Wilkinson, Melanie J., Cooper, Mark and Powell, Owen (2025). Improved Genomic Prediction Performance with Ensembles of Diverse Models. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 15 (5) jkaf048, 1-15. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf048

Improved Genomic Prediction Performance with Ensembles of Diverse Models

2025

Journal Article

Transgene effects vary among maize populations with implications for improving quantitative traits

Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeffrey E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Flounders, Jillian Wicher and Brummer, E. Charles (2025). Transgene effects vary among maize populations with implications for improving quantitative traits. Crop Science, 65 (1) e21408. doi: 10.1002/csc2.21408

Transgene effects vary among maize populations with implications for improving quantitative traits

2024

Journal Article

Contrasting leaf‐scale photosynthetic low‐light response and its temperature dependency are key to differences in crop‐scale radiation use efficiency

Wu, Alex, Truong, Sandra Huynh, McCormick, Ryan, van Oosterom, Erik J., Messina, Carlos D., Cooper, Mark and Hammer, Graeme L. (2024). Contrasting leaf‐scale photosynthetic low‐light response and its temperature dependency are key to differences in crop‐scale radiation use efficiency. New Phytologist, 241 (6), 2435-2447. doi: 10.1111/nph.19537

Contrasting leaf‐scale photosynthetic low‐light response and its temperature dependency are key to differences in crop‐scale radiation use efficiency

2024

Journal Article

Methods for evaluating effects of transgenes for quantitative traits

Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeffrey E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Flounders, Jillian Wicher and Brummer, E. Charles (2024). Methods for evaluating effects of transgenes for quantitative traits. Crop Science, 64 (1), 141-148. doi: 10.1002/csc2.21141

Methods for evaluating effects of transgenes for quantitative traits

2023

Journal Article

Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it

Khaipho-Burch, Merritt, Cooper, Mark, Crossa, Jose, de Leon, Natalia, Holland, James, Lewis, Ramsey, McCouch, Susan, Murray, Seth C., Rabbi, Ismail, Ronald, Pamela, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Weigel, Detlef and Buckler, Edward S. (2023). Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it. Nature, 621 (7979), 470-473. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02895-w

Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it

2023

Journal Article

Two decades of harnessing standing genetic variation for physiological traits to improve drought tolerance in maize

Messina, Carlos D., Gho, Carla, Hammer, Graeme L., Tang, Tom and Cooper, Mark (2023). Two decades of harnessing standing genetic variation for physiological traits to improve drought tolerance in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74 (16), 4847-4861. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad231

Two decades of harnessing standing genetic variation for physiological traits to improve drought tolerance in maize

2023

Journal Article

Inclusive collaboration across plant physiology and genomics: Now is the time!

Interdisciplinary Plant Science Consortium and Cooper, Mark (2023). Inclusive collaboration across plant physiology and genomics: Now is the time!. Plant Direct, 7 (5) e493. doi: 10.1002/pld3.493

Inclusive collaboration across plant physiology and genomics: Now is the time!

2023

Journal Article

Extending the breeder’s equation to take aim at the target population of environments

Cooper, Mark, Powell, Owen, Gho Brito, Carla, Tang, Tom and Messina, Carlos (2023). Extending the breeder’s equation to take aim at the target population of environments. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 1129591, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1129591

Extending the breeder’s equation to take aim at the target population of environments

2023

Journal Article

Transgene by germplasm interactions can impact transgene evaluation

Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeff E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Flounders, Jillian Wicher and Brummer, E Charles (2023). Transgene by germplasm interactions can impact transgene evaluation. Crop Science, 63 (4), 1988-1997. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20939

Transgene by germplasm interactions can impact transgene evaluation

2023

Journal Article

Retrospective study in US commercial sorghum breeding: I. Genetic gain in relation to relative maturity

Mayor, L., Demarco, P., Lira, S., Fang, Y., Abadie, T., Gambin, B., Hammer, G., Ciampitti, I., Cooper, M. and Messina, C. (2023). Retrospective study in US commercial sorghum breeding: I. Genetic gain in relation to relative maturity. Crop Science, 63 (2), 501-510. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20897

Retrospective study in US commercial sorghum breeding: I. Genetic gain in relation to relative maturity

2023

Journal Article

Breeding crops for drought-affected environments and improved climate resilience

Cooper, Mark and Messina, Carlos D. (2023). Breeding crops for drought-affected environments and improved climate resilience. The Plant Cell, 35 (1), 162-186. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac321

Breeding crops for drought-affected environments and improved climate resilience

2022

Journal Article

Global wheat production could benefit from closing the genetic yield gap

Senapati, Nimai, Semenov, Mikhail A., Halford, Nigel G., Hawkesford, Malcolm J., Asseng, Senthold, Cooper, Mark, Ewert, Frank, van Ittersum, Martin K., Martre, Pierre, Olesen, Jørgen E., Reynolds, Matthew, Rötter, Reimund P. and Webber, Heidi (2022). Global wheat production could benefit from closing the genetic yield gap. Nature Food, 3 (7), 532-541. doi: 10.1038/s43016-022-00540-9

Global wheat production could benefit from closing the genetic yield gap