Nathalie Boissot

The paper identifies QTLs and Vat homolog alleles associated with resistance to the A. gossypii CUC1 clone in melon using GWAS and pan-genome analyses.

The paper reconstructs NLR regions in melon accessions and uses pan-NLRome GWAS to identify resistance genes against Fusarium wilt and zucchini yellow mosaic virus.

The paper demonstrates Nanopore Adaptive Sampling (NAS) for enriching and reconstructing resistance genes in melon genomes, showing fourfold enrichment and accurate assembly across subspecies.

The paper presents high-quality genome assemblies for five melon accessions using Oxford Nanopore sequencing, highlighting their genomic diversity and utility for research on disease resistance and breeding.

The paper introduces qch_copula, a composite hypothesis testing method for omics data that controls Type I error and detects joint associations, validated on human and plant genetics data.