Steven J. Knapp

The paper identifies and characterizes terpene synthase genes in strawberry, revealing their role in terpene aroma diversity and providing resources for aroma trait improvement.

This study fine-maps the RPc2 resistance locus in strawberries to 546 kb, identifies candidate genes, and reveals the genetic architecture and haplotype distribution of resistance to Phytophthora crown rot.

This paper shows that the PF gene explains only 22% of runnering variation in strawberries and demonstrates that genomic prediction for runnering is feasible.

The paper uses population genomics to analyze Macrophomina spp. isolates, revealing host specialization and meiotic recombination.

This study predicts genomic resistance to gray mold in strawberries, finding heritable but complex traits with moderate genomic selection accuracy.

Trio-binned PacBio HiFi reads plus a 3.6 M-variant recombination map give phase-resolved assemblies of octoploid strawberry 'Royal Royce' and FaRR1, a 786.5 Mb haploid reference with 28 pseudomolecules.

The paper introduces a new genomic relationship matrix that improves genomic heritability estimation and breeding value prediction across populations.

This paper identifies a bias in statistical methods for estimating marker heritability and proposes a bias-corrected approach using average semivariance.

The paper provides highly accurate long-read HiFi sequencing datasets for five complex genomes to evaluate and develop bioinformatic tools.

This study maps subgenome-specific DNA variants in octoploid strawberries, enabling genetic and physical mapping and unifying chromosome nomenclature.

This study identifies and characterizes R-genes in octoploid strawberry and related species, revealing insights into disease resistance genetics and introducing new resources for research.