Vasu Kuraparthy
Overall goal of our program is broadening the genetic base of crop plants through conservation, efficient utilization of biodiversity using genetic and genomic tools and understand the genetic basis of fundamental biological processes in plant biology that will lead to profitable and sustainable crop production. Primary focus of our research is on cotton genetics and breeding with the goal of developing germplasm, genetic stocks, mapping and genomic resources for enhancing the cotton productivity through improved genetics and breeding information and technologies.
Current research activities include:
- Breeding for improved crop yield and quality
- Breeding for disease and insect resistance
- Application of molecular markers in crop breeding
- Mutation breeding
- Breeding for hybrid vigor
- Gene mapping & cloning
- Utilization of exotic germplasm
- Molecular cytogenetics
- Polyploidy
Publications
- A genome-wide association study uncovers consistent quantitative trait loci for resistance to Verticillium wilt and Fusarium wilt race 4 in the US Upland cotton, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS (2020)
- High-density linkage map construction and QTL analyses for fiber quality, yield and morphological traits using CottonSNP63K array in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), BMC GENOMICS (2019)
- Rapid Isolation of Loss-of-Function Mutations for Dominant Traits: A Case Study Using Photoperiod Sensitivity Trait in Pima Cotton, CROP SCIENCE (2019)
- Registration of Four Germplasm Lines of Upland Cotton with High Fiber Quality, JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS (2019)
- Registration of Four Germplasm Lines of Upland Cotton with High Lint Yield, JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS (2019)
- Screening Germplasm and Quantification of Components Contributing to Thrips Resistance in Cotton, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY (2018)
- Topological data analysis as a morphometric method: Using persistent homology to demarcate a leaf morphospace, Frontiers in Plant Science (2018)
- Genetic diversity and population structure in the landrace accessions of Gossypium hirsutum, Crop Science (2017)
- Modifications to a LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY1 gene are responsible for the major leaf shapes of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2017)
- Major leaf shape genes, laciniate in diploid cotton and okra in polyploid upland cotton, map to an orthologous genomic region, Crop Science (2016)