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Erik Burchard

Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory

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Research Focus:genome assembly· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1

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Alex HarkessiD· 3 shared Christopher GottschalkiD· 3 shared Alan E. YoccaiD· 2 shared Ben N. MansfeldiD· 2 shared Benjamin L. GutierreziD· 2 shared Shujun OuiD· 2 shared Steve van NockeriD· 2 shared Cheryl Vann· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Development of Rosaceae Crop-Specific Nanopore Models for Community Use Through the Genome Database for Rosaceae

Christopher Gottschalk, Erik Burchard, Lauren Whitt, Cheryl Vann, Chris Dardick, Sook Jung, Doreen Main, Jessica Marie Waite, Loren A. Honaas, Alex Harkess

The paper develops crop-specific Nanopore basecalling models for Rosaceae species to improve sequencing quality and enables community use of these models.

Journal of Experimental Horticulture · Sep 24, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Genome of the North American wild apple species Malus angustifolia

Ben N. Mansfeld, Shujun Ou, Erik Burchard, Alan E. Yocca, Alex Harkess, Benjamin L. Gutierrez, Steve van Nocker, Lisa Tang, Christopher Gottschalk

The paper reports the genome assembly and annotation of Malus angustifolia, identifies SNPs and structural variants, and explores phylogenetic relationships with Eurasian Malus species.

bioRxiv · Nov 16, 2023 · PreprintGenomics

A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus.

Ben N. Mansfeld, Alan E. Yocca, Shujun Ou, Alex Harkess, Erik Burchard, Benjamin L. Gutierrez, Steve van Nocker, Christopher Gottschalk

This paper presents a high-quality, haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Malus fusca and identifies structural variants and a fire blight resistance locus.

bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2023 · PreprintGenomics