Paul Gepts

This study examines how genotype and environment affect seed coat patterns and nutritional content in common bean, finding significant environmental impacts on macronutrients and associations between seed coat pigmentation and mineral concentrations.

This study identifies three QTLs conferring resistance to root-knot nematodes in lima beans, with two affecting both nematode species and one specific to M. incognita.

The paper evaluates genotypic and phenotypic traits of lima bean accessions across environments to support breeding, identifying genomic associations and establishing a core collection.

The paper describes drone-based phenotyping methods and educational resources for high-throughput plant trait analysis using drone imagery.

This study identifies a domestication-related mutation in PvMYB26 in common bean, linking it to reduced pod shattering and suggesting West-Central Mexico as the domestication origin.

This study identifies QTL for pod quality and yield traits in snap bean using a RIL population, finding 44 QTL across chromosomes with some novel and overlapping with previous studies.

This study evaluates simulated digestion models to assess bioaccessible nutrient levels in common bean, finding dynamic models outperform static ones in predicting nutrient release.

The study shows that inbreeding depression reduces fitness in wild maize populations, with larger, less disturbed populations showing higher genetic diversity and better fitness traits.

The paper traces the evolutionary history of European common beans, showing Andean origins and adaptive introgression shaping their genomic diversity.

This study uses landscape genomics to identify genes associated with environmental adaptation in wild common bean across its geographic range.

The paper identifies genetic regions controlling pod dehiscence in common bean, linking a specific mutation to reduced dehiscence and adaptation to arid environments.