Michael Benjamin Kantar

This study analyzes genetic diversity in Dioscorea yams to identify strategies for climate-resilient breeding and highlights accessions at risk of maladaptation under future climate scenarios.

This study examines how environmental factors and barley genetics influence rhizosphere microbiome structure across different locations.

The paper uses an individual-based model to predict the extinction risk of the Mount Graham Red Squirrel under climate change scenarios, finding a 45-62% extinction probability by 2100.

This paper develops a framework combining genomic prediction and a large language model to select climate-resilient pepper cultivars from germplasm collections.

This study analyzes North American feral Cannabis populations to identify adaptive responses to climate and genetic variation, revealing significant climatic adaptation and potential for climate-resilient breeding.

This study uses Environmental Genomic Selection to analyze Cannabis sativa populations, identifying genetic factors linked to environmental adaptation and informing climate-resilient breeding strategies.

This study compares root system architecture between soybean breeding lines and diverse landraces across developmental stages and soil environments, finding smaller root systems but greater plasticity in diversity lines.

This paper applies environmental genomic selection to barley landraces to identify key parents for breeding adapted to specific environments.

This study identifies genetic variants linked to heat tolerance in cowpea using envGWAS and allele frequency outlier analysis across 580 accessions, highlighting the association between high temperature and low precipitation traits.

This study models past and future distribution shifts of Cannabis sativa under different climate scenarios, identifying key environmental variables and predicting significant habitat loss by 2050.

This study identifies genetic markers in barley associated with rhizosphere microbial communities and agronomic traits, showing environmental effects on microbial recruitment and crop performance.

The paper identifies adaptive haplotype blocks in wild barley linked to drought and heat response genes, enriched for transposable elements, and predicts maladaptive risk due to climate change.

The paper assesses the sufficiency of genetic diversity in sorghum germplasm repositories for climate adaptation by evaluating geographic distribution and genomic resilience scores.

The paper examines genetic structure in Cannabis sativa across nine collections, finding inconsistent clustering and greater diversity in modern cultivars compared to landraces.

This study develops a genomic resource for Macadamia tetraphylla and examines its hybridization with cultivated Macadamia integrifolia in Hawaiian breeding lines and a remnant orchard.

The paper identifies fifteen priority loci associated with abiotic stress tolerance in chile peppers using environmental association analysis and outlier detection.