Susan R. Strickler

This study shows compost improves tomato drought resilience by enhancing water retention and modulating root gene expression through its microbial community.

The paper isolates and characterizes compost-derived bacteria, identifies a candidate bioinoculant, and shows its effects on tomato physiology and leaf metabolism.

The paper identifies and validates defense-related proteins in Solanaceae species using phylogenomics, structural modeling, and machine learning, revealing lineage-specific adaptations in immune responses.

This study repairs a harmful mutation in a tomato gene using base editing, resulting in plants with compact growth and earlier fruit yield.

The paper analyzes the genome and population genomics of Coffea arabica to reveal its diversification history and breeding-related genetic changes.

This paper presents a chromosome-scale genome assembly for Solanum lycopersicoides and maps introgression lines to support genetic studies of traits in tomato.

metaPathwayMap predicts metabolic pathway neighborhoods from untargeted metabolomics peaks using structural class predictions, enhancing pathway understanding in model and non-model species.

The paper presents a high-quality genome of Solanum pimpinellifolium and identifies structural variants that underlie important tomato breeding traits.

This study identifies rapid gene and metabolite changes in maize leaves after caterpillar feeding, showing early defense responses and the role of benzoxazinoids and jasmonic acid pathways.