Daniel C. Ilut

The paper identifies eleven biosynthetic genes explaining most of the natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain through QTL analysis and expression correlation.

This paper introduces a sorghum Practical Haplotype Graph (PHG) that enables accurate SNP calling and imputation from low-coverage sequencing data, improving genomic prediction accuracy and reducing genotyping costs.

This paper characterizes the genetic diversity of guayule germplasm, identifies interspecific hybrids, and highlights novel genetic resources from Big Bend National Park for rubber production improvement.

Primers anchored in conserved repeat sequence amplify thousands of maize middle-repetitive loci at once, with markers called from the low-copy sequence between copies for under $5 per sample.