Majid Foolad
Professor of Plant Genetics
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217 Tyson
University Park, PA - mrf5@psu.edu
- 814-865-5408
Research Summary
Genetic characterization of resistance/tolerance to biotic/abiotic stresses, and genes/QTLs contributing to tomato fruit quality. Investigation of genes/QTLs for directed crop improvement and germplasm enhancement. Tomato cultivar development & release.
Huck Affiliations
- Plant Biology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Plant Institute
- Center for Biorenewables
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Publication Tags
Lycopersicon Esculentum Tomatoes Genes Quantitative Trait Loci Breeding Population Genotype Phytophthora Infestans Fruit Herbivory Solanum Pimpinellifolium Lycopene Volatile Organic Compounds Solanum Genome Resistance Salt Tolerance Marker Assisted Selection Genomics Domestication Plant Breeding Fruits Genetic Markers Crops Inbred LinesMost Recent Papers
Genomics and Marker-Assisted Improvement of Vegetable Crops
Ivan Simko, Mengyuan Jia, Jelli Venkatesh, Byoung Cheorl Kang, Yiqun Weng, Gianni Barcaccia, Sergio Lanteri, Gehendra Bhattarai, Majid R. Foolad, 2021, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences on p. 303-365
Genetic analysis of late blight resistance in a new RIL population of tomato derived from LB-resistant Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270443
Mengyuan Jia, Majid R. Foolad, 2020, Plant Breeding on p. 651-659
Induced Plant Defenses Against Herbivory in Cultivated and Wild Tomato
Sulav Paudel, Po An Lin, Majid R. Foolad, Jared G. Ali, Edwin G. Rajotte, Gary W. Felton, 2019, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 693-707
The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor
Lei Gao, Itay Gonda, Honghe Sun, Qiyue Ma, Kan Bao, Denise M. Tieman, Elizabeth A. Burzynski-Chang, Tara L. Fish, Kaitlin A. Stromberg, Gavin L. Sacks, Theodore W. Thannhauser, Majid R. Foolad, Maria Jose Diez, Jose Blanca, Joaquin Canizares, Yimin Xu, Esther van der Knaap, Sanwen Huang, Harry J. Klee, James J. Giovannoni, Zhangjun Fei, 2019, Nature Genetics on p. 1044-1051
Sequencing-based bin map construction of a tomato mapping population, facilitating high-resolution quantitative trait loci detection
Itay Gonda, Hamid Ashrafi, David A. Lyon, Susan R. Strickler, Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp, Qiyue Ma, Honghe Sun, Kevin Stoffel, Adrian F. Powell, Stephanie Futrell, Theodore W. Thannhauser, Zhangjun Fei, Allen E. Van Deynze, Lukas A. Mueller, James J. Giovannoni, Majid R. Foolad, 2019, Plant Genome
Genetic analysis of late blight resistance in a new RIL population of tomato derived from LB-resistant Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270443
Majid Foolad, 2019,
The modern tomato genome and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor revealed through pan-genome analysis
Majid Foolad, 2019, Nature Genetics
HS-SPME-GC-MS analyses of volatiles in plant populations-quantitating compound × individual matrix effects
Elizabeth A. Burzynski-Chang, Imelda Ryona, Bruce I. Reisch, Itay Gonda, Majid R. Foolad, James J. Giovannoni, Gavin L. Sacks, 2018, Molecules
Genetic analysis of late blight resistance in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270441
Matthew T. Sullenberger, Mengyuan Jia, Sihui Gao, Majid R. Foolad, 2018, Plant Breeding on p. 89-96
Quantifying compound × individual matrix effects in HS-SPME-GC-MS of plant populations
2018, Molecules on p. 23
Most-Cited Papers
The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor
Lei Gao, Itay Gonda, Honghe Sun, Qiyue Ma, Kan Bao, Denise M. Tieman, Elizabeth A. Burzynski-Chang, Tara L. Fish, Kaitlin A. Stromberg, Gavin L. Sacks, Theodore W. Thannhauser, Majid R. Foolad, Maria Jose Diez, Jose Blanca, Joaquin Canizares, Yimin Xu, Esther van der Knaap, Sanwen Huang, Harry J. Klee, James J. Giovannoni, Zhangjun Fei, 2019, Nature Genetics on p. 1044-1051
Potato and tomato late blight caused by phytophthora infestans
Marcin Nowicki, Majid R. Foolad, Marzena Nowakowska, Elzbieta U. Kozik, 2012, Plant Disease on p. 4-17
Crop breeding for salt tolerance in the era of molecular markers and marker-assisted selection
Muhammad Ashraf, Majid R. Foolad, 2013, Plant Breeding on p. 10-20
Marker-Assisted Selection in Tomato Breeding
Majid R. Foolad, Dilip R. Panthee, 2012, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences on p. 93-123
Selective genotyping to identify late blight resistance genes in an accession of the tomato wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium
Heather L. Merk, Hamid Ashrafi, Majid R. Foolad, 2012, Euphytica on p. 63-75
Validation and fine mapping of lyc12.1, a QTL for increased tomato fruit lycopene content
Matthew P. Kinkade, Majid R. Foolad, 2013, Theoretical And Applied Genetics on p. 2163-2175
Induced Plant Defenses Against Herbivory in Cultivated and Wild Tomato
Sulav Paudel, Po An Lin, Majid R. Foolad, Jared G. Ali, Edwin G. Rajotte, Gary W. Felton, 2019, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 693-707
Late blight of Tomato
Marcin Nowicki, Elżbieta U. Kozik, Majid R. Foolad, 2013, on p. 241-265
Sequencing-based bin map construction of a tomato mapping population, facilitating high-resolution quantitative trait loci detection
Itay Gonda, Hamid Ashrafi, David A. Lyon, Susan R. Strickler, Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp, Qiyue Ma, Honghe Sun, Kevin Stoffel, Adrian F. Powell, Stephanie Futrell, Theodore W. Thannhauser, Zhangjun Fei, Allen E. Van Deynze, Lukas A. Mueller, James J. Giovannoni, Majid R. Foolad, 2019, Plant Genome
Marker-assisted selection in plant breeding for salinity tolerance
M. Ashraf, N. A. Akram, Mehboob-Ur-Rahman, M. R. Foolad, 2012, on p. 305-333