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Yves  Emendack    Research Plant Physiologist /ARSUserFiles/30960510/YE.jpg
 Yves Emendack Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research  Research Plant PhysiologistYves.Emendack@ars.usda.gov Phone: (806) 749-5560  Fax: (806) 723-5272 3810 4TH STREET  LUBBOCK , TX 79415
 Dr. Emendack is a research crop physiologist at the Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research Unit in USDA-ARS Lubbock. His field of expertise is on agro-morphological and physiological characterization of traits for the enhancement of abiotic stress tolerance in crops. He received his Ph.D. and MS degrees in crop physiology from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Dr. Emendack is originally from Cameroon where he obtained his bachelor degree in Biochemistry with minor in medical laboratory technologies.
 **Yves Emendack: Journal Articles**  Hoffmann-Bahnsen, R., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Heintz, V., Herzog, H., and Diepenbrock. W.Strategien der Dürrestress-Vermeidung bei Rispenhirse (Panicum miliaceum). Ges. Pflanzenbauwiss. 18:242-249. 2006.  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Herzog, H., Goetz, K-P, and Malinowski, D.P. Mid-season drought effects on yield and water relation characteristics of Millet *(Panicum miliaceum)*and Sorghum [*Sorghum bicolor*(L.) Moench]. Austr. J. Crop Sci. 5(11):1486-1492. 2011.  Malinowski, D.P., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Pitta, D., Pinchak, W.E., and Min, B.R.Effect of N fertilization on diurnal phenolic concentration and foam strength in forage of hard red wheat (*Triticum aestivum*) Cv. Cutter. Crop and Past. Sci. 62:656-665. 2011.  Malinowski, D.P., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, and Singh, D. Yellow Jacket seed coating improves establishment of “Prosper” summer-dormant tall fescue. Online. Forage and Grazinglands; doi:10.1094/FG-2012-1113-01-RS. 2012.  Teboh, J.M., Tubaña, B.S., Udeigwe, T.K., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, and Lofton, J. Applicability of ground-based remote sensors for crop N management in Sub Saharan Africa. J. Agric. Sci. 4(3):175-188. 2012.  Mirik M, **Emendack Y.Y.**, Attia A, Chaudhuri S, Roy M, Backoulou GF, and Cui S. Detecting musk thistle (*Carduus nutans*) infestation using a target recognition algorithm. Advances in Remote Sensing 3:95-105. 2014.  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Malinowski, D.P., Burke, J.J., Burow, G.B., and Xin, Z. Morpho-physiological characterization of cold and pre-flowering drought stress tolerance in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) inbreds. Amer. J. of Exp. Agric. 4(12):1500-1516. 2014.  Chopra, R., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Xin, Z., and Burke, J.J. Transcriptome profiling and validation of gene based single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in sorghum genotypes with contrasting responses to cold stress. Online. BMC Genomics 16:1040. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2268-8. 2015.  Hayes, C.M., Brock, D.W., Thakran, M., Burow, G.B., Xin, Z., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Burke, J.J., Rooney, W.L., and Mullet, J.E. Discovery of a Dhurrin QTL in Sorghum: Co-localization of Dhurrin Biosynthesis and a novel stay-green QTL. Crop Sci. 56: 104-112. 2016.  Jiao, Y., Burke, J.J., Chopra, R., Burow, G.B., Chen, J., Wang, J., Hayes, C.M., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Ware, D., and Xin, Z. A Sorghum Mutant Resource as an Efficient Platform for Gene Discovery in Grasses. The Plant Cell 28:1551-1562. 2016.  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Hayes, C.M., Chopra, R., *Sanchez, J.*, Burow, G.B., Xin, Z., and Burke, J.J. Early seedling growth characteristics relates to staygreen trait and dhurrin levels in sorghum. Crop Sci. 57:1-12. 2016.  Xin, Z., Chen, J., Jiao, Y., Gladman, N., Hayes, C.M., Burow, G.B., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, and Burke, J.J. Registration of BTx623ms8-a new and easily identifiable nuclear male sterile mutant in sorghum. J. Plant Reg. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.09.0063crgs. 2017.  **Emendack Y.Y.**, Burke, J.J.,*Sanchez, J*, Echevarria, H.L., Hayes, C.M. Agro-morphological characterization of diverse sorghum lines for pre-and post-flowering drought tolerance. Austr. J. Crop Sci. 12(01):135-150. 2018.  Burke, J.J., **Emendack**, **Y.**, Chen, J., and Hayes, C.M. Genetic diversity in the environmental conditioning of two sorghum (*Sorghum bicolor*L.) hybrids. Amer. J. Plant Sci. 9:817-831. 2018.  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Burke, J.J., Laza, H.E., *Sanchez, J*., and Hayes, C.M. Abiotic stress effects on sorghum leaf dhurrin and soluble sugar contents throughout plant development. Crop Sci. 58:1706-1716. 2018.  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Burke, J.J., Bean, S.R., Wilson, J., Hayes, C.M., and Laza, H.EComposition, functional components and physical characteristics of grain from staygreen and senescent sorghum lines grown under variable water availability. Cereal Chem. 2018;00:1-12. 2018.  Burke, J.J., **Emendack**, **Y.**, Hayes, C.M., Xin, Z., and Burow, G.B. Registration of four postflowering drought-tolerant grain sorghum lines with early-season cold tolerance. J. Plant Reg. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.12.0086crg. 2018.  Hayes, C.M., Armstrong, J.S., Limaje, A., **Emendack**, **Y.**, and Burke, J.J. Registration of R.LBK1 and R.LBK2 sorghum germplasm with tolerance to the sugarcane aphids [*Melanaphis sacchari*(Zehntner)].(Accepted by J. Plant Reg. on August 12, 2018.).  **Y.Y.**The influence of drought on the CO2/H2O gas exchange on three *Panicum miliaceum*genotypes**.**Humboldt Univ. Berlin, Germany. 2001. (Thesis).  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Herzog, H., and Hoffmann-Bahnsen, R. Drought performance of some sorghum and millet genotypes. Proc. Deutscher Tropentag. Rural poverty reduction through research for development and transformation*.*Humboldt University Berlin. ISBN: 3-57481-09-031. p. 384. 2004. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings).  **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Herzog, H., Hoffmann-Bahnsen, R. Drought performance of millet (*Panicum miliaceum*) and grain sorghum [*Sorghum bicolor*(L.) Moench]. Proc. Deutsche Tropentag 2005: The Global Food and Product Chain-Dynamics, Innovations, Conflicts, Strategies. University of Hohenheim Stuttgart. Book of abstracts, ISBN: 3-00-017063-4. p.256. 2005. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings). **** **Emendack, Y.Y.**, and Herzog, H. Mid-season Drought effect on yield, evapotranspiration efficiency, water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination of proso millet and grain sorghum. Proc. Deutsche Tropentag 2006:Prosperity and Poverty in a globalized world. Universität Bonn. Book of abstracts, ISBN: 3-937941-08-8. 286. 2006. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings). **** **Emendack Y.Y.**Drought performance of millet (*Panicum miliaceum*) and sorghum [*Sorghum bicolor* (Moench)]. Humboldt Univ. Berlin, Germany. 2007. (Dissertation). **** Malinowski, D.P., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, Pitta, D., Pinchak, W.E., and Min, BR.Effect of N Fertilization on Diurnal Phenolic Concentration and Foam Strength in Forage of Hard Red Wheat (*Triticum aestivum*) Cv. Cutter. ASA, CSSA, SSSA 2010 International Annual meetings, Long Beach, California. 2010. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings). **** Malinowski, D.P., Pinchak, W.E., **Emendack**, **Y.**, Wiiddup, K., and Stratton, T. Breeding of summer-dormant cool-season grasses for the Southern Great Plains. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA. 2010. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings). **** Malinowski, D.P., **Emendack, Y.Y.**, and Singh, D. Effects of irrigation, seed coating, and seeding rate on seedling establishment and aboveground biomass productivity of “Prosper” summer-dormant tall fescue. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International meetings, San Antonio, Texas. 2011. (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings).   Xin Z., Jiao Y., Chen J., Burow G.B., Gladman, N., **Emendack Y.Y.**, Ware D., and Burke J.J. A sorghum yield enhancement Gene Multi-seeded 3(MSC3). Invention Disclosure 199.16. 2016.  Xin, Z., Jiao, Y., Burow, G.B., Chen, J., Hayes, C.M., **Emendack**, **Y.**, Ware, D., and Burke, J.J. Pedigreed Mutant Library- A Unique Resource for Sorghum Improvement and Genomics. In Sorghum: State of the Art and Future Perspectives Agro Monogr 58. doi:10.2134/agronmonogr58.2014.0057. 2017. (Book Chapter).
 Publications(Clicking on the reprint iconReprint Icon  will take you to the publication reprint.)Yield prediction in a peanut breeding program using remote sensing data and machine learning algorithms-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Pugh, N.A., Young, A.C., Oijha, M., Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J., Xin, Z., Puppala, N. 2024. Yield prediction in a peanut breeding program using remote sensing data and machine learning algorithms. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1339864.Evaluation of diverse sorghum for leaf dhurrin content and post-anthesis (stay-green) drought tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J., Burke, J.J., Pugh, N.A., Xin, Z., Rooney, W.L. 2023. Evaluation of diverse sorghum for leaf dhurrin content and post-anthesis (stay-green) drought tolerance. Crops. 3(3):241-250. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops3030022.Impact of in-season split application of nitrogen on intra-panicle grain dynamics, grain quality and vegetative indices that govern nitrogen use efficiency in sorghum-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Ostmeyer, T.J., Somayanda, I.S., Bean, S.R., Dhillon, R., Hayes, C.M., Ritchie, G., Asebedo, A.R., Emendack, Y., Jagadish, K.S. 2023. Impact of in-season split application of nitrogen on intra-panicle grain dynamics, grain quality and vegetative indices that govern nitrogen use efficiency in sorghum. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200325.Leaf structural traits mediating pre-existing physical innate resistance to sorghum aphid in sorghum under uninfested conditions-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Triplett, E., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Longing, S., Monclova, C., Simpson, C., Laza, H. 2023. Leaf structural traits mediating pre-existing physical innate resistance to sorghum aphid in sorghum under uninfested conditions. Planta. 258. Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04194-0.Elevated [CO2] enhanced soil respiration and amf abundance in a semiarid peanut agroecosystem-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Laza, H., Acosta Martinez, V., Cano, A., Baker, J.T., Mahan, J.R., Gitz, D.C., Emendack, Y., Slaughter, L., Lascano, R.J., Tissue, D., Payton, P.R. 2023. Elevated [CO2] enhanced soil respiration and AMF abundance in a semiarid peanut agroecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108592.Land degradation–desertification in relation to farming
practices in India: an overview of current practices and
agro-policy perspectives-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Chaudhuri, S., Roy, M., McDonald, L., Emendack, Y. 2023. Land degradation–desertification in relation to farming practices in India: An overview of current practices and agro-policy perspectives. Sustainability. 15(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086383.Transforming grain sorghum's climatic yield potential and grain quality through trait-based ideotype breeding-(Abstract Only) Emendack, Y., Hayes, C.M., Bean, S.R., Jagadish, K.S., Laza, H.E., Rooney, W., Felderhoff, T., Caragea, D., Pugh, N.A. 2023. Transforming grain sorghum's climatic yield potential and grain quality through trait-based ideotype breeding. Global Sorghum Conference: Sorghum in the 21st Century.Assessment of photoperiod sensitivity and the effect of sowing date on dry-season sorghum cultivars in Southern Chad-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Sawadogo, N., Ramadjita, T., Laza, H. 2023. Assessment of photoperiod sensitivity and the effect of sowing date on dry-season sorghum cultivars in Southern Chad. Agronomy Journal. 13(932). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030932.Comparative assessment of grain quality in tannin versus non-tannin sorghums in the sorghum association panel-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Somayanda, I.S., Bean, S.R., Ioerger, B.P., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Jagadish, K.S. 2023. Comparative assessment of grain quality in tannin versus non-tannin sorghums in the sorghum association panel. Cereal Chemistry. 100(3):663-674. https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.10643.Registration of sorghum [sorghum bicolor (l.) moench] backcross-nested association mapping (bc-nam) populations in BTx623 and RTx436 backgrounds-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Patil, N., Hoffmann, L., Perumal, R., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Boyles, R., Dalberg, J., Klein, R.R., Klein, P., Rooney, W. 2024. Registration of sorghum [sorghum bicolor (l.) moench] backcross-nested association mapping (bc-nam) populations in BTx623 and RTx436 backgrounds. Journal of Plant Registrations. 18(1):204-219. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20286.Registration of two novel grain sorghum nuclear male sterile mutants: BTx623ms9-1 and BTx623ms9-3-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Chen, J., Laza, H., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Burke, J.J., Emendack, Y., Xin, Z. 2022. Registration of two novel grain sorghum nuclear male sterile mutants: BTx623ms9-1 and BTx623ms9-3. Journal of Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20251.Registration of 3 new bmr12 sorghum mutants from ems-induced btx623 mutation-(Germplasm Registration) Emendack, Y., Xin, Z., Hayes, C.M., Burow, G.B., Sattler, S.E., Bean, S.R., Smolensky, D. 2022. Registration of 3 new bmr12 sorghum mutants from ems-induced btx623 mutation. Journal of Plant Registrations. 16(2):453-458. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20219.SorghumBase: a web-based portal for sorghum genetic information and community advancement-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Gladman, N., Olson, A., Wei, S., Chogule, K., Lu, Z., Tello0ruiz, M., Meijs, I., Van Buren, P., Jiao, Y., Wang, B., Kumar, V., Kumari, S., Zhang, L., Burke, J.J., Chen, J., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Xin, Z., Ware, D. 2022. SorghumBase: a web-based portal for sorghum genetic information and community advancement. Planta. 255:35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-03821-6.Elevated [CO2]-induced changes prevented peanut plants from photosynthetic acclimation to water deficit-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Echevarria Laza, H.J., Baker, J.T., Yates, C.E., Mahan, J.R., Burow, M., Puppala, N., Gitz, D.C., Emendack, Y., Layland, N.L., Ritchie, G., Chen, J., Rowland, D., Payton, P.R. 2021. Elevated [CO2]-induced changes prevented peanut plants from photosynthetic acclimation to water deficit. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 308-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108599.Enhanced sink capacity inbred lines of sorghum for genetic dissection of source-sink dynamics-(Abstract Only) Burow, G.B., Xin, Z., Chen, J., Hayes, C.M., Payton, P.R. 2021. Enhanced sink capacity inbred lines of sorghum for genetic dissection of source-sink dynamics [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. 2021 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 7-10, 2021 Salt Lake City, Utah.Seed germination dynamics in silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.) and implications for effective weed management-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Turner, N.J., Sanchez, J., Vavra, C., Dhaliwal, L.K., Emendack, Y., Coldren, C., Shim, R.B. 2021. Seed germination dynamics in silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.) and implications for effective weed management. Weed Biology and Management. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/wbm.12233.Coping behaviors and the concept of time poverty: a review of perceived social and health outcomes of food insecurity on women and children-(Literature Review) Chaudhuri, S., Roy, M., McDonald, L., Emendack, Y. 2021. Coping behaviors and the concept of time poverty: a review of perceived social and health outcomes of food insecurity on women and children. Food Security Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01171-x.Seed-to-seed early-season cold resiliency in sorghum-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J., Hayes, C.M., Nesbitt, M.E., Laza, H., Burke, J.J. 2021. Seed-to-seed early-season cold resiliency in sorghum. Nature Scientific Reports. 11. Article 7801. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87450-1.Characterization of semi-arid Chadian sweet sorghum accessions as potential sources for sugar and ethanol production-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Gapili, N., Emendack, Y., Baloua, N., Vom Brocke, K., Hassan, M., Sawadogo, N., Amos, D., Reoungal, D., Giles, T., Laza, H. 2020. Characterization of semi-arid Chadian sweet sorghum accessions as potential sources for sugar and ethanol production. Nature Scientific Reports. 10, Article 14947.Reflections on farmers’ social networks: A means for sustainable agricultural development?-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Chaudhuri, S., Roy, M., McDonald, L. 2020. Reflections on farmers’ social networks: A means for sustainable agricultural development? Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00762-6.Variability of early-season cold resiliency in Sorghum: Seed-to-Seed agro-morphological characterization-(Other) Emendack, Y. 2020. Variability of early-season cold resiliency in Sorghum: Seed-to-Seed agro-morphological characterization. Lecture. online.Optimizing dryland crop management to regional climate. Part II: U.S. Southern High Plains sorghum production-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Mauget, S.A., Kothari, K., Leiker, G.R., Emendack, Y., Xin, Z., Hayes, C.M., Ale, S., Baumhardt, R.L. 2020. Optimizing dryland crop management to regional climate. Part II: U.S. Southern High Plains sorghum production. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 3:119. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00119.Assessment of agro-morphological variability of dry-season sorghum cultivars in Chad as novel sources of drought tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Naoura, G., Nerbewende, S., Atchozou, E., Emendack, Y., Hassan, M., Echevarria Laza, H.J., Tabo, R. 2019. Assessment of agro-morphological variability of dry-season sorghum cultivars in Chad as novel sources of drought tolerance. Nature Scientific Reports. 9:19581. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56192-6.Pedigreed mutant library as an efficient resource to discover targets for genome editing-(Abstract Only) Xin, Z., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Chen, J., Ware, D. 2020. Pedigreed mutant library as an efficient resource to discover targets for genome editing. Plant and Animal Genome Conference. PE0768.Physiological Characterization of Maize Inbred Lines under Heat Stress Conditions-(Abstract Only) Echevarria Laza, H.J., Payton, P.R., Mahan, J.S., Emendack, Y., Chen, J. 2019. Physiological Characterization of Maize Inbred Lines under Heat Stress Conditions. CSA News. Oral Presentation. https://scholars.ttu.edu/en/activities/physiological-characterization-of-maize-inbred-lines-under-heat-sIncreased soil respiration and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under elevated [CO2] and soil water deficit in a peanut agroecosystem-(Abstract Only) Echevarria Laza, H.J., Cano, A., Cotton, J.E., Slaughter, L., Baker, J.T., Lascano, R.J., Emendack, Y., Chen, J., Acosta Martinez, V., Payton, P.R. 2019. Increased soil respiration and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under elevated [CO2] and soil water deficit in a peanut agroecosystem. Plant Biology. Presentation.EMS-induced mutant library as a tool for fast trait discovery-(Abstract Only) Xin, Z., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Chen, J., Ware, D. 2019. EMS-induced mutant library as a tool for fast trait discovery. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019am/meetingapp.cgi/Person/368671. online.Characterizing the variability of cold resiliency in grain sorghum-(Abstract Only) Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J., Hayes, C.M., Echevarria Laza, H.J., Hughes, H.J., Burow, G.B., Burke, J.J., Xin, Z. 2019. Characterizing the variability of cold resiliency in grain sorghum. Plant Biology Annual Meeting. 1.Increased soil respiration and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under elevated [CO2] and soil sater deficit in a peanut agroecosystem-(Abstract Only) Echevarria Laza, H.J., Cano, A., Cotton, J.E., Slaughter, L., Baker, J.T., Lascano, R.J., Emendack, Y., Acosta Martinez, V., Payton, P.R. 2019. Increased soil respiration and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under elevated [CO2] and soil sater deficit in a peanut agroecosystem. Plant Biology. Presentation.Characterizing the variability of cold resiliency in grain sorghum-(Abstract Only) Emendack, Y., Sanchez, J., Hayes, C.M., Echevarria Laza, H.J., Hughes, H.J., Burow, G.B., Burke, J.J., Xin, Z. 2019. Characterizing the variability of cold resiliency in grain sorghum. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. online. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/121832.Registration of five post-flowering drought tolerant grain sorghum lines with early season cold tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Burke, J., Emendack, Y., Hayes, C.M., Xin, Z., Burow, G.B. 2019. Registration of five post-flowering drought tolerant grain sorghum lines with early season cold tolerance. Journal of Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2019.02.0010crg.Registration of R.LBK1 and R.LBK2 sorghum germplasm with resistance to the sugarcane aphid [Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)]-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hayes, C.M., Armstrong, J.S., Limaje, A., Emendack, Y., Bean, S.R., Wilson, J.D., Xin, Z. 2018. Registration of R.LBK1 and R.LBK2 sorghum germplasm with resistance to the sugarcane aphid [Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)]. Journal of Plant Registrations. 13:91-95 (2019).Composition, functional components, and physical characteristics of grain from staygreen and senescent sorghum lines grown under variable water availability-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J., Bean, S.R., Wilson, J.D., Hayes, C.M., Laza, H. 2018. Composition, functional components, and physical characteristics of grain from staygreen and senescent sorghum lines grown under variable water availability. Cereal Chemistry. 2018:1-12.Abiotic stress affects on sorghum leaf dhurrin and soluble sugar contents throughout plant development-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J., Echevarria Laza, H., Sanchez, J., Hayes, C.M. 2018. Abiotic stress affects on sorghum leaf dhurrin and soluble sugar contents throughout plant development. Crop Science. 58:1706-1716. doi:10.2135/cropsci2018.01.0059.Registration of four post-flowering drought tolerant grain sorghum lines with early season cold tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Burke, J.J., Emendack, Y., Hayes, C.M., Xin, Z., Burow, G.B. 2018. Registration of four post-flowering drought tolerant grain sorghum lines with early season cold tolerance. Journal of Plant Registrations. doi:10.3198/jpr2017.12.0086crg.Genetic diversity in the environmental conditioning of two sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) hybrids-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Burke, J.J., Emendack, Y., Hayes, C.M., Chen, J. 2018. Genetic diversity in the environmental conditioning of two sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) hybrids. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 9:817-831.Integrated translational genomics and molecular breeding:  key to accelerating genetic gain in sorghum-(Abstract Only) Burow, G.B., Xin, Z., Hayes, C.M., Burke, J.J., Emendack, Y. 2018. Integrated translational genomics and molecular breeding:  key to accelerating genetic gain in sorghum [abstract]. Sorghum in the 21st Century. Paper No. 001.Early planting and cold resiliency in sorghum seed-to-seed-(Abstract Only) Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J., Sanchez, J., Echevarria Laza, H.J., Hayes, C.M., Burow, G.B., Xin, Z. 2018. Early planting and cold resiliency in sorghum seed-to-seed [abstract]. Food, Feed and Fuel in a rapidly changing world. Paper No.  001.Sequenced sorghum mutant library- an efficient platform for discovery of causal gene mutations-(Abstract Only) Jiao, Y., Burke, J.J., Chuang, K.J., Burow, P.D., Chen, J., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Ware, D., Xin, Z. 2017. Sequenced sorghum mutant library- an efficient platform for discovery of causal gene mutations [abstract]. Meeting Abstract. Paper No. 001.Registration of BTx623ms8 - a new and easily identifiable nuclear male sterile mutant in sorghum-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Xin, Z., Chen, J., Jiao, Y., Gladman, N., Hayes, C.M., Burow, G.B., Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J. 2018. Registration of BTx623ms8 - a new and easily identifiable nuclear male sterile mutant in sorghum. Journal of Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2017.09.0063crgs.Agro-morphological characterization of diverse sorghum lines for pre-and postflowering drought tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J., Sanchez, J., Echevarria Laza, H., Hayes, C.M. 2018. Agro-morphological characterization of diverse sorghum lines for pre-and postflowering drought tolerance. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 12(01):135-150.Seedling growth characteristics relates to the staygreen trait and dhurrin levels in sorghum-(Proceedings) Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J., Sanchez, J., Chopra, R., Hayes, C.M., Xin, Z., Burow, P.D. 2017. Seedling growth characteristics relates to the staygreen trait and dhurrin levels in sorghum. Meeting Proceedings. p.14.Genome-wide annotation of mutations in a phenotyped mutant library provides an efficient platform for discovery of casual gene mutations-(Abstract Only) Jiao, Y., Burke, J.J., Chopra, R., Burow, G.B., Chen, J., Wang, J., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Ware, D., Xin, Z. 2016. Genome-wide annotation of mutations in a phenotyped mutant library provides an efficient platform for discovery of casual gene mutations [abstract]. January 8-14, 2016, San Diego, CA. Paper No. W852-112.Cold tolerance in juvenile sorghum is associated with root traits and is influenced by accumulation of soluble sugars-(Abstract Only) Chopra, R., Burow, G.B., Sanchez, J., Hughes, H.J., Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J. 2016. Cold tolerance in juvenile sorghum is associated with root traits and is influenced by accumulation of soluble sugars [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. 45(2):56.Marker-assisted backcross approach for important agronomic traits of sorghum-(Abstract Only) Chopra, R., Burow, G.B., Hughes, H.J., Burke, J.J., Xin, Z., Emendack, Y., Hayes, C.M. 2016. Marker-assisted backcross approach for important agronomic traits of sorghum [abstract]. 2016 Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America. p. 38.Early seedling growth characteristics relates to the stay-green traits and dhurrin levels in sorghum-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Emendack, Y., Chopra, R., Hayes, C.M., Sanchez, J., Burow, G.B., Xin, Z., Burke, J.J. 2016. Early seedling growth characteristics relates to the stay-green traits and dhurrin levels in sorghum. Crop Science. 57:1-12.A sorghum mutant resource as an efficient platform for gene discovery in grasses-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Jiao, Y., Burke, J.J., Chopra, R., Burow, G.B., Chen, J., Wang, B., Hayes, C.M., Emendack, Y., Ware, D., Xin, Z. 2016. A sorghum mutant resource as an efficient platform for gene discovery in grasses. The Plant Cell. 28:1551-1562.Dhurrin content relates to sorghum [sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] seedling growth in marginal soils-(Abstract Only) Emendack, Y., Burke, J.J., Xin, Z., Burow, G.B., Hayes, C.M., Chen, J., Chopra, R. 2016. Dhurrin content relates to sorghum [sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] seedling growth in marginal soils [abstract]. Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists. Paper No. 33.
 ProjectsDevelopment of Climate Resilient Germplasm and Management Tools for Sustainable Row Crop ProductionIn-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:443543Genetic Improvement of Sorghum Traits that Advance Agricultural Productivity and Climate ResilienceIn-House Appropriated (D)Accession Number:444559Improving Sustainability of Low-input Cropping SystemsNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:438752Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Grain and Forage SorghumNon-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)Accession Number:439598
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