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ARS Home Northeast Area Kearneysville, West Virginia Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection People & Locations







Christopher  Gottschalk
                        Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection

                        




                        
                        Research Geneticist
                        Phone: (304) 725-3451
                         ext. 264
                        
                        Fax: (304) 728-2340(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsSuperior Fruit Tree Cultivars for Orchard Resilience, Sustainability, and Consumer Appeal
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 443967Germplasm Evaluation for Fruit Quality and Post-Harvest Traits
                                                    Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (T)Accession Number: 442669**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mansfeld, B., Yocca, A., Ou, S., Harkness, A., Burchard, E.A., Gutierrez, B.L., Van Nocker, S., Gottschalk, C.C. 2023. A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus. The Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16433.A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus
                                                        

- (Pre-print Publication)Mansfeld, B., Yocca, A., Ou, S., Harkness, A., Burchard, E.A., Gutierrez, B.L., Van Nocker, S., Gottschalk, C.C. 2023. A haplotype resolved chromosome-scale assembly of North American wild apple Malus fusca and comparative genomics of the fire blight Mfu10 locus. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.22.533842.Conservation and divergence of expression of GA2-oxidase homeologs in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zhang, S., Gottschalk, C.C., Van Nocker, S. 2023. Conservation and divergence of expression of GA2-oxidase homeologs in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh) . Frontiers in Plant Science. 14:1117069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1117069.Progress on the molecular characterization of the USDA National Pear Collection
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bassil, N.V., King, R., Nyberg, A.M., Zurn, J., Clare, S.J., Reinhold Aboosaie, L.A., Postman, J., Gilmore, B., Flores, G.N., Volk, G.M., Jenderek, M.M., Montanari, S., Chagne, D., Bus, V., Brewer, L., Dardick, C.D., Gottschalk, C.C., Durel, C., Denance, C. 2023. Progress on the molecular characterization of the USDA National Pear Collection. Acta Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1384.36.‘Bell’ pear
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bell, R., Schuup, J., Dardick, C.D., Demuth, M.A., Gottschalk, C.C. 2023. ‘Bell’ pear. HortScience. 58(8):832-835. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17113-23.Malus species with diverse bloom times exhibit variable rates of floral development
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Goeckeritz, C., Gottschalk, C.C., Hollender, C., Van Nocker, S. 2023. Malus species with diverse bloom times exhibit variable rates of floral development. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 148:2. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05236-22.Improved genome assembly resource of the plant pathogen Fusarium avenaceum
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Gottschalk, C.C., Evans, B.E., Collum, T.D. 2023. Improved genome assembly resource of the plant pathogen Fusarium avenaceum. American Phytopathological Society. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-10-22-0117-A.First report of Fusarium avenaceum causing postharvest decay of European pear in mid-atlantic United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Collum, T.D., Evans, B.E., Gottschalk, C.C. 2023. First report of Fusarium avenaceum causing postharvest decay of European pear in mid-atlantic United States. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-22-1784-PDN.Meta-analysis of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) fruit and juice quality traits for potential use in hard cider production
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Gottschalk, C.C., Vanderweide, J., Van Nocker, S. 2022. Meta-analysis of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) fruit and juice quality traits for potential use in hard cider production. Plants, People, Planet. 3.10262. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10262.Notice to fruit growers and nursery growers of release of the pear tree 'Bell'

- (Other)Conservation and characterization of the USDA national pear collection

- (Abstract Only)Bassil, N.V., Reinhold Aboosaie, L.A., Zurn, J., Postman, J., Gilmore, B.S., Flores, G.N., Nyberg, A.M., King, R., Driskill, M., Olson, J.E., Volk, G.M., Jenderek, M.M., Montanari, S., Chagne, D., Bus, V., Brewer, L., Dardick, C.D., Gottschalk, C.C., Durel, C., Denance, C. 2022. Conservation and characterization of the USDA national pear collection. Acta Horticulturae.


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