Recent Research Publications
2026
Gill H, Zhen S, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2026. UV-B Irradiation induces the biosynthesis of anthocyanidin-3-O-glucosides in a rose exhibiting the flower color transition phenotype. J. Amer. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 151:262-234. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASHS05578-25
2025
Gill H, Lau J, Whiteley L, Fu Q, Byrne DH, Klein PE, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2025. Genetic Determinants of the flower color transition trait in autotetraploid rose populations. Sci. Hortic. 353:114490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114490
Rawandoozi ZJ, Hochhaus T, Rawandoozi MY, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2025. Determining the genetic basis of hip set in diploid roses. Curr. Plant Biol. 44:100558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2025.100558
Mutethia R, Hosain S, Herath V, Ong K, Riera-Lizarazu O, Byrne D, Kolomiets MV, Berg-Falloure KM, Floyd J, and Verchot J. 2025. Distinct gene reprogramming in rosetted and symptomless shoots from the same mature rose plants infected with rose rosette virus. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16:1635660. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1635660
Taniguti CH, Lau J, Hochhaus T, Lopez Arias DC, Hokanson SC, Zlesak DC, Byrne DH, Klein PE, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2025. Exploring chromosomal variations in garden roses: Insights from high-density SNP array data and a new tool, Qploidy. Plant Genome. 18(2):e70044. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.70044
2024
Rawandoozi ZJ, Barocco A, Rawandoozi MY, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2024. Genetic dissection of stem and leaf rachis prickles in diploid rose using a pedigree-based QTL analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15:1356750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1356750
Adak A, Murray SC, Varela JI, Infante V, Wilker J, Calderón CI, Subramanian N, de Leon N, Yu J, Stull MA, Brun M, Hill J, Johnson CD, Riera-Lizarazu O, Rooney WL, and Zhang H. 2024. Photoperiod associated late flowering reaction norm: Dissecting loci and genomic-enviromic associated prediction in maize. Field Crops Research. 311:109380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109380
2023
Hochhaus T, Lau J, Taniguti CH, Young EL, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2023. Meta-Analysis of Rose Rosette Disease-Resistant Quantitative Trait Loci and a Search for Candidate Genes. Pathogens. 12(4):575. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12040575
Kajla A, Schoen A, Paulson C, Yadav IS, Neelam K, Riera-Lizarazu O, Leonard J; Gill BS; Venglat P, Datla R, Poland J, Coleman G, Rawat N, and Tiwari V. 2023. Physical mapping of the wheat genes in low-recombination regions: radiation hybrid mapping of the C-locus. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136:159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04403-0
Lau J, Gill H, Taniguti CH, Young EL, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2023. QTL discovery for resistance to black spot and cercospora leaf spot, and defoliation in two interconnected F1 bi-parental tetraploid garden rose populations. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14:1209445. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1209445
Rawandoozi ZJ, Young EL, Kang S, Yan M, Noyan S, Fu Q, Hochhaus T, Rawandoozi MY, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2023. Pedigree-based analysis in multi-parental diploid rose populations reveals QTLs for cercospora leaf spot disease resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13:1082461. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1082461
Rawandoozi ZJ, Young EL, Liang S, Wu X, Fu Q, Hochhaus T, Yan M, Rawandoozi MY, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2023. Pedigree-based QTL analysis of flower size traits in two multi-parental diploid rose populations. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14:1226713. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1226713
Taniguti CH, Taniguti LM, Amadeu RR, Lau J, de Siqueira Gesteira G, de Paula Oliveira T, Ferreira GC, da Silva Pereira G, Byrne D, Mollinari M, Riera-Lizarazu O, and Garcia AAF. 2023. Developing best practices for genotyping-by-sequencing analysis in the construction of linkage maps. GigaScience. 12:giad092. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad092
Windham MT, Evans T, Collins S, Lake JA, Lau J, Riera-Lizarazu O, and Byrne DH. 2023. Field Resistance to Rose Rosette Disease as Determined by Multi-Year Evaluations in Tennessee and Delaware. Pathogens. 12(3):439. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12030439
Rawandoozi Z, Young EL, Liang S, Wu X, Fu Q, Hochhaus T, Yan M, Rawandoozi MY, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2023. Pedigree-based QTL analysis of flower size traits in two multi-parental diploid rose populations. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14:1226713. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1226713
2022
Crozier D, Riera-Lizarazu O, and Rooney WL. 2022. Application of X-Ray computed tomography to analyze the structure of sorghum grain. Plant Methods. 18:3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-022-00837-7
Lau J, Young EL, Collins S, Windham MT, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2022. Rose Rosette Disease Resistance Loci Detected in Two Interconnected Tetraploid Garden Rose Populations. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13:916231. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.916231
Rawandoozi ZJ, Young EL, Yan M, Noyan S, Fu Q, Hochhaus T, Rawandoozi MY, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2022. QTL mapping and characterization of black spot disease resistance using two multi-parental diploid rose populations. Horticulture Research. 9:uhac183. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac183
Taniguti CH, de Siqueira Gesteira G, Lau J, da Silva Pereira G, Zeng Z-B, Byrne D, Riera-Lizarazu O, and Mollinari M. 2022. VIEWpoly: a visualization tool to integrate and explore results of polyploid genetic analysis. The Journal of Open Source Software. 7(74):4242. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04242
Young EL, Lau J, Bentley NB, Rawandoozi Z, Collins S, Windham MT, Klein PE, Byrne DH, and Riera-Lizarazu O. 2022. Identification of QTLs for Reduced Susceptibility to Rose Rosette Disease in Diploid Roses. Pathogens. 11(6):660. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060660
2021
Mahlandt A, Rawat N, Leonard J, Venglat P, Datla R, Meier N, Gill BS, Riera-Lizarazu O, Coleman G, Murphy AS, and Tiwari VK. 2021. High-resolution mapping of the Mov-1 locus in wheat by combining radiation hybrid (RH) and recombination-based mapping approaches. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 134:2303–2314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03827-w
