Publications


Zhou Y., S. Srinivasan, S.V. Mirnezami, A. Kusmec, Q. Fu, L. Attigala, M.G. Salas Fernandez, B. Ganapathysubramanian, and P.S. Schnable. (2018). Genome-wide association study for sorghum panicle architecture using semi-automated, high-throughput feature extraction from RGB images. Plant Physiology (in press).

Bao Y., L. Tang, M. Breitzman, M.G. Salas Fernandez M.G., and P.S. Schnable. (2018). In-field robotic phenotyping of sorghum plant architecture using stereo vision. J. Field Robotics (in press) https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21830.

Ortiz, D., A. Litvin, and M.G. Salas Fernandez. (2018). A low-cost automated irrigation system for precise high-throughput phenotyping in drought stress studies. PLoS ONE 13 (6): e0198546.

Mantilla Perez, M.B. and M.G. Salas Fernandez. (2017). Differential manipulation of leaf angle throughout the canopy: current status and prospects. (Darwin Reviews). J. Exp. Bot. 68 (21-22): 5699-5717. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx378.

Roby, M., M.G. Salas Fernandez, E.A. Heaton, F. Miguez, and A. VanLoocke. (2017). Biomass sorghum and maize have similar water-use efficiency under non-drought conditions in the rain-fed Midwest U.S. Agriculural and Forest Meteorology Journal 247: 434-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.08.019.

Ortiz, D., J. Hu and M.G. Salas Fernandez. (2017). Genetic architecture of photosynthesis in Sorghum bicolor under non-stress and cold stress conditions. J. Exp. Bot. 68(16):4545-4557. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx276.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., Y. Bao, L. Tang, P.S. Schnable. (2017). A high-throughput field-based phenotyping technology for tall biomass crops. Plant Physiology 174 (4): 2008-2022. DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00707.

Zhao, J., M.B. Mantilla Perez, J. Hu, and M.G. Salas Fernandez. (2016). Genome-wide association study for nine plant architecture traits in Sorghum bicolor. The Plant Genome 9 (2): 1-14. doi:10.3835/plantgenome2015.06.0044.

Li, L., W. Zheng, Y. Zhu, H. Ye, B. Tang, Z.W. Arendsee, D. Jones, R. Li, D. Ortiz, X. Zhao, C. Du, D. Nettleton, M.P. Scott, M.G. Salas-Fernandez, Y. Yin, and E.S. Wurtele. (2015). QQS orphan gene regulates carbon and nitrogen partitioning across species via NF-YC interactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112(47):14734-14739.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., K. Strand, M. Hamblin, M. Westgate, E. Heaton, and S. Kresovich. (2015). Genetic analysis and phenotypic characterization of leaf photosynthetic capacity in a sorghum diversity panel. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 62:939-950.

Matilla Perez, M.B., J. Zhao, Y. Yin, J. Hu, and M.G. Salas Fernandez. (2014). Association mapping of brassinosteroid candidate genes and plant architecture in a diverse panel of Sorghum bicolor. Theor. Appl. Genet. 127(12):2645-2662.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., G. Schoenbaum, and S. Goggi. (2014). Novel germplasm and screening methods for early cold tolerance in sorghum. Crop Sci. 54(6):2631-2638.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., J. Okeno, E. Mutegi, A. Fessehaie, and S. Chalfant. (2014). Assessment of genetic diversity among sorghum landraces and their wild/weedy relatives in western Kenya using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Conserv. Genet. 15:1269-1280.

Salas Fernandez, M.G. (2011). Sorghum: an alternative biomass feedstock for ethanol production in the Midwest. Aspects of Applied Biology 112: 93-98. Biomass and Energy Crops IV Conference. Urbana/Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Yan, J., Bermudez Kandianis, C., Harjes, C.E., Bai, L., Kim, E., Yang, X., Skinner, D., Fu, Z., Mitchell, S., Qing, L., Salas Fernandez, M.G., Zaharieva, M., Babu, R., Fu, Y., Palacios, N., Li, J., Dellapenna, D., Brutnell, T., Buckler, E.S., Warburton, M.L., Rocheford, T. (2010). Rare Genetic Variation at CrtR-B1 Increases β-carotene in Maize Grain. Nature Genetics 42(4): 322-327.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., P.W. Becraft, Y. Yin and T. Lübberstedt. (2009). From dwarves to giants: plant height manipulation for biomass yield. Trends Plant Sci. 14 (8): 454-461.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., I. Kapran, S. Souley, M. Abdou, I. H. Maiga, C. Acharya, M. T. Hamblin, and S. Kresovich. (2009). Collection and characterization of yellow endosperm sorghums from West Africa for biofortification. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 56: 991-1000.

Salas Fernandez, M.G., M.T. Hamblin, L. Li, W.L. Rooney, M.R. Tuinstra, and S. Kresovich. 2008. QTL analysis of endosperm color and carotenoid content in sorghum grain. Crop Sci. 48:1732-1743.

Hamblin, M.T., M.G. Salas Fernandez, M.R. Tuinstra, W.L. Rooney, and S. Kresovich 2007. Sequence variation at candidate loci in the starch metabolism pathway in Sorghum bicolor: prospects for linkage disequilibrium mapping. The Plant Genome S2: S125-S134.

Hamblin, M.T., M.G. Salas Fernandez, A.M. Casa, S.E. Mitchell, A.H. Paterson, and S. Kresovich. 2005. Equilibrium processes cannot explain high levels of short- and medium-range linkage disequilibrium in the domesticated grass Sorghum bicolor. Genetics 171: 1247-1256.

Salas, M.G., S. H. Park, M. Srivatanakul, and R.H. Smith. 2001. Temperature influence on stable T-DNA integration in plant cells. Plant Cell Rep. 20:701-705.

Srivatanakul, M., S.H. Park, M.G. Salas, and R.H. Smith. 2001. Transformation parameters enhancing T-DNA expression in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus). J. Plant Physiol. 158:255-260.

Park, S.H., B.M. Lee, M.G. Salas, M. Srivatanakul, and R.H. Smith. 2000. Shorter T-DNA or additional virulence genes improve Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:1015-1020.

Srivatanakul, M., S.H. Park, J.R. Sanders, M.G. Salas, and R.H. Smith. 2000. Multiple shoot regeneration of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) from a shoot apex culture system. Plant Cell Reports 19:1165-1170.

Srivatanakul, M., S.H. Park, M.G. Salas, and R.H. Smith. 2000. Additional virulence genes influence transgene expression: transgene copy number, integration pattern and expression. J. Plant Physiol. 157:685-690.

Zapata, C., M. Srivatanakul, S.H. Park, B.M. Lee, M.G. Salas, and R.H. Smith. 1999. Improvements in shoot apex regeneration of two fiber crops: cotton and kenaf. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 56: 185-191.


Abstracts and Proceedings

Salas Fernandez M.G., Bao Y., Tang L., Schnable P. 2016. A field-based high-throughput phenotyping platform to discover the genetic architecture of sorghum biomass yield components over time. XXIV Plant and Animal Genome conference, San Diego, CA. Abstract W856.

Yin B., Tang L., Schnable P.S., Salas Fernandez M.G. 2015. GPU-based parallelization of a sub-pixel high-resolution stereo matching algorithm for high-throughput biomass sorghum phenotyping. 2015 ASABE Annual International Meeting. 152188089.(doi:10.13031/aim.20152188089.

Roby M., Salas Fernandez M.G., Heaton E., Miguez F., VanLoocke A. 2015. Comparing the water-use efficiency of maize and biomass sorghum graown in the rain-fed, Midwestern US. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Ortiz D., and Salas Fernandez M.G. 2015. Photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf temperature variation in sorghum under drought. 2015 Sorghum Improvement Conference for North America. Manhattan, KS.

Salas Fernandez M.G. 2014. Genetic characterization of sorghum biomass yield components over time using field-based high-throughput phenotyping technology. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual meeting, Long Beach, CA. Abstract ID 86748.

Roby M., Salas Fernandez M.G., VanLoocke A. 2014. A comparison of water use and water-use efficiency of maize and biomass sorghum in the rain-fed, Midwestern US. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. Abstract H23H-0968.

Ortiz D., Salas Fernandez M.G. 2014. Photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence variation in sorghum under drought. 4th Annual National Association of Plant Breeders Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Abstract 46.

Salas Fernandez M.G. 2013. Discovering the genetic architecture of biomass yield components to design a high-yielding biomass sorghum for biofuel production. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual meeting, Tampa, FL. Abstract 367-32.

Mantilla Perez M.B., Zhao J., Yin Y., Salas Fernandez M.G. 2013. Association mapping for plant architecture traits related to brassinosteroids in a diverse Sorghum bicolor collection. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. Abstract 100-8.

Ortiz D., Salas Fernandez M.G. 2013. Variability in fluorescence and photosynthesis of sorghum genotypes to cold and drought stress. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. Abstract 100-49.

Ortiz D., Salas Fernandez M.G.. 2013. Genotypic variability in fluorescence response to cold and drought stress in sorghum. The 16th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, St. Louis, MO. Abstract 29.

Strand, K., M. Westgate, E. Heaton, and M.G. Salas Fernandez. 2012. Association Mapping of Carotenoid Candidate Genes with Photosynthesis and Photoprotection in Sorghum. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, California, USA. Abstract P0372.

Strand, K., M. Westgate, E. Heaton, and M.G. Salas Fernandez. 2011. The effect of carotenoid genes on photosynthesis and photoprotection in sorghum as assessed by Linkage Disequilibrium mapping. American Seed Trade Association. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Strand, K, M. Westgate, E. Heaton and M.G. Salas-Fernandez. 2010. Association mapping of carotenoid candidate genes and CO2 assimilation in sorghum. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual meeting, Long Beach, California, USA. Abstract 187-9.

Salas, M.G., M. Hamblin, L. Li, W.L. Rooney, M. Tuinstra, and S. Kresovich. 2007. QTL analysis for color and carotenoid content in yellow endosperm sorghums: a putative food source of provitamin A and other beneficial nutrients. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Abstract 729.

Srivatanakul, M., S.H. Park, J.R. Sanders, M.G. Salas, and R.H. Smith. 1999. Additional copies of virG and virE in Agrobacterium tumefaciens may enhance the efficiency of transformation. The Congress on In Vitro Biology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Abstract P-1078.

Salas, M.G., S.H. Park, and R.H. Smith. 1999. Temperature effects in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency. The Congress on In Vitro Biology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Abstract P-1077.

Smith, R.H., C. Zapata, S.H. Park, M. Srivatanakul, B.M. Lee, M.G. Salas. 1998. Plant transformation using Agrobacterium and the shoot apex. American Society of Agronomy. USA. Abstract Z03-003.

Bruno de Daverio, M., M.G. Salas, L. Abriata de Campora, M. Bustos Tarelli. 1997. Anatomical and morphological characteristics of Ocimmum basilicum under different environmental conditions. Second International Congress of Aromatic Plants, Mendoza, Argentina. Abstract 244.