Michael A. Hardigan

This study identifies a genomic region on chromosome Ra03 associated with primocane-fruiting in tetraploid blackberries and develops diagnostic markers for breeding.

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

This paper identifies the genetic region controlling prickle-free canes in tetraploid blackberries using GWAS and develops diagnostic markers for breeding.

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 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.