Mark Clough

Area(s) of Expertise

Research responsibilities in potato breeding and genetics. Research emphasis is on developing high quality potatoes adapted to North Carolina growing conditions.

Publications

• Genotype-by-environment interactions and local adaptation shape selection in the US National Chip Processing Trial , THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS (2024)
• Selection for high levels of resistance to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) using non-transgenic foliar delivery , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2021)
• The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in a Solanum tuberosum cv. ‘Atlantic’-derived F1 population , Heredity (2021)
• Genetic Covariance of Environments in the Potato National Chip Processing Trial , Crop Science (2018)
• Linkage map construction and QTL analysis for internal heat necrosis in autotetraploid potato , Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2017)
• Peter Wilcox: a New Purple-Skin, Yellow-Flesh Fresh Market Potato Cultivar with Moderate Resistance to Powdery Scab , American Journal of Potato Research (2015)
• Elkton: A New Potato Variety with Resistance to Internal Heat Necrosis and Hollow Heart and Suitable for Chipping Directly from the Field in the Southern United States , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH (2013)
• Early generation selection at multiple locations may identify potato parents that produce more widely adapted progeny , EUPHYTICA (2012)
• Genetic Variation for Potato Tuber Micronutrient Content and Implications for Biofortification of Potatoes to Reduce Micronutrient Malnutrition , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POTATO RESEARCH (2012)
• Linkage Mapping and QTL Analysis of Agronomic Traits in Tetraploid Potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp tuberosum) , CROP SCIENCE (2011)