Research Project: Enhancement of Sorghum Genetic Diversity for Disease Resistance and Key Agronomic Traits

Location: Tropical Crops and Germplasm Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

The Sigatoka disease complex caused by Pseudocercospora spp. and other fungal pathogens associated with Musa spp. in Puerto Rico - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Aviles-Noriega, A., Serrato Diaz, L.M., Giraldo-Zapata, M.C., Cuevas, H.E., Rivera-Vargas, L.I. 2024. The Sigatoka disease complex caused by Pseudocercospora spp. and other fungal pathogens associated with Musa spp. in Puerto Rico. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-23-0433-RE.

Genetic diversity, population structure and anthracnose resistance response in a novel sweet sorghum diversity panel - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Knoll, J.E., Prom, L.K., Stutts, L.R., Vermerris, W. 2023. Genetic diversity, population structure and anthracnose resistance response in a novel sweet sorghum diversity panel. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. Article 1249555. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1249555.

A sorghum F-box protein induces an oxidative burst in the defense against Colletotrichum sublineola - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Wolf, E., Vela, S., Cuevas, H.E., Vermerris, W. 2024. A sorghum F-box protein induces an oxidative burst in the defense against Colletotrichum sublineola. Phytopathology. PHYTO-06-23-0184-R. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-23-0184-R.

Assessment of grain protein in tropical sorghum accessions from the NPGS germplasm collection - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Peiris, K.H., Bean, S.R. 2023. Assessment of grain protein in tropical sorghum accessions from the NPGS germplasm collection. Agronomy. 13, 1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051330.

Molecular characterization of the mode of action of three anthracnose resistance genes in Sorghum bicolor - (Abstract Only)
Vermerris, W., Wolf, E., Vela, S., Stutts, L., Cuevas, H.E. 2024. Molecular characterization of the mode of action of three anthracnose resistance genes in Sorghum bicolor. Meeting Abstract. Abstract.

Exploiting genetic diversity to achieve sustainable Sorghum Anthracnose disease management - (Abstract Only)
Cuevas, H.E., Vermerris, W., Knoll, J.E., Prom, L.K., Wallace, J.E. 2024. Exploiting genetic diversity to achieve sustainable Sorghum Anthracnose disease management. Meeting Abstract. Abstract.

Genetic diversity, population structure and anthracnose resistance response in a novel sweet sorghum diversity panel - (Abstract Only)
Cuevas, H.E., Vermerris, W., Knoll, J.E., Prom, L.K. 2023. Genetic diversity, population structure and anthracnose resistance response in a novel sweet sorghum diversity panel. Plant and Animal Genome Conference. 01/13-18/2023.

Germplasm resources for allele mining in sorghum - (Book / Chapter)
Cuevas, H.E., Vermerris, W., Xin, Z. 2024. Germplasm resources for allele mining in sorghum. Allele Mining for Crop Genomic Designing. pp 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003385004-9.

Genetic mapping of sugarcane aphid resistance in sorghum line SC112-14 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Knoll, J.E., Harris-Shultz, K.R., Punnuri, S. 2022. Genetic mapping of sugarcane aphid resistance in sorghum line SC112-14. Crop Science. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20818.

Linkage map construction using limited parental genotypic information - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Vermerris, W. 2022. Linkage map construction using limited parental genotypic information. Euphytica. 218, 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-022-03005-z.

The inheritance of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineola) resistance response in sorghum differential lines QL3 and IS18760 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Cruet-Burgos, C.M., Prom, L.K., Knoll, J.E., Stutts, L.R., Vermerris, W. 2021. The inheritance of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineola) resistance response in sorghum differential lines QL3 and IS18760. Scientific Reports. 11. Article 20525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99994-3.

Genomic dissection of anthracnose resistance response in the sorghum nested association mapping populations - (Abstract Only)
Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K., Knoll, J.E., Wallace, J., Vermerris, W., Stutts, L. 2021. Genomic dissection of anthracnose resistance response in the sorghum nested association mapping populations. Genomics. Abstract.

Genome-wide association analysis of anthracnose resistance response in the NPGS sweet sorghum collection - (Abstract Only)
Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K., Knoll, J.E., Wallace, J., Vermerris, W. 2020. Genome-wide association analysis of anthracnose resistance response in the NPGS sweet sorghum collection. Genomic Sciences Program Annual Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting. Abstract.

Genomic dissection of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) resistance response in sorghum differential line SC112-14 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cruet-Burgos, C.M., Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K., Knoll, J.E., Stutts, L., Vermerris, W. 2020. Genomic dissection of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) resistance response in sorghum differential line SC112-14. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 10(4): 1403-1412. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401121.

Evaluation of genetic diversity, agronomic traits, and anthracnose resistance in the NPGS Sudan sorghum core collection - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K. 2020. Evaluation of genetic diversity, agronomic traits, and anthracnose resistance in the NPGS Sudan sorghum core collection. BMC Genomics. 21, 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6489-0.

Genome-wide association mapping of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) resistance in NPGS Ethiopian sorghum germplasm - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K., Cruet-Burgos, C. 2019. Genome-wide association mapping of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) resistance in NPGS Ethiopian sorghum germplasm. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 9(9): 2879-2885. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400350.

Genome-wide association mapping of grain mold resistance in the U.S. sorghum association panel - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Fermin-Perez, R.A., Prom, L.K., Cooper, E., Bean, S.R., Rooney, W.L. 2019. Genome-wide association mapping of grain mold resistance in the U.S. sorghum association panel. The Plant Genome. 12:180070.

Anthracnose resistant response of the USDA-NPGS sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.)] germplasm collection - (Abstract Only)
Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K., Knoll, J.E., Vermerris, W. 2019. Anthracnose resistant response of the USDA-NPGS sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.)] germplasm collection. Meeting Abstract. Abstract.

Genome-wide association mapping of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolun) resistance in the U.S. sorghum association panel - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cuevas, H.E., Prom, L.K., Copper, E.A., Knoll, J.E., Ni, X. 2018. Genome-wide association mapping of anthracnose (Collectotrichum sublineolun) resistance in the U.S. sorghum association panel. The Plant Genome. 11:170099.