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Zhongjie Ji

University of Nebraska–LincolnORCID 0009-0006-1448-305XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:plant (other)· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 22, 2026

A breeder in the sky: scoring flowering with fewer flights

Zhongjie Ji, Aaron J. DeSalvio, Alper Adak…·James C. Schnable

This paper introduces a regression-based framework to predict flowering time from sparse UAV observations, reducing the need for repeated data collection.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.19.752900

plant (other)imaging

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Plant BiologyGenome ResearchPeer-reviewedJul 14, 2026

A sequence-based classifier distinguishes phenotype-associated genes from other gene models in plants

Nikee Shrestha, Zhongjie Ji, Xiuru Dai…·James C. Schnable

The paper develops a sequence-based classifier to identify phenotype-associated genes in plants, validated across maize, rice, and arabidopsis.

DOI 10.1101/gr.281802.125

plant (other)DNA methylation

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