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 Graduate Students
Huck Affiliations
- Plant Biology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Plant Institute
- Center for Biorenewables
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Publication Tags
Lycopersicon Esculentum Tomatoes Quantitative Trait Loci Genes Breeding Phytophthora Infestans Population Fruit Lycopene Solanum Pimpinellifolium Solanum Genotype Inbred Lines Salt Tolerance Genome Alleles Fruits Marker Assisted Selection Crops Herbivory Gas Chromatography Genetic Analysis Volatile Organic Compounds Genetic Markers GenotypingMost Recent Papers
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 Gregory Ali, Edwin George Rajotte, Gary 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
The modern tomato genome and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor revealed through pan-genome analysis
Majid Foolad, 2019, Nature Genetics
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,
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
Genetic characterization of late blight resistance in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270442
Matthew Sullenberger, Majid Foolad, 2018, Adv Studies Biol on p. 13-32
Identification and mapping of late blight resistance quantitative trait loci in tomato accession PI 163245
Erik W. Ohlson, Hamid Ashrafi, Majid R. Foolad, 2018, Plant Genome
Most-Cited Papers
Gene expression profiling of plants under salt stress
A. Jamil, S. Riaz, M. Ashraf, M. R. Foolad, 2011, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences on p. 435-458
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
Drought Tolerance. Roles of Organic Osmolytes, Growth Regulators, and Mineral Nutrients
M. Ashraf, N. A. Akram, F. Al-Qurainy, Majid R. Foolad, 2011, Advances in Agronomy on p. 249-296
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
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
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
Late blight of Tomato
Marcin Nowicki, Elżbieta U. Kozik, Majid R. Foolad, 2013, on p. 241-265
Identification of novel quantitative trait loci for increased lycopene content and other fruit quality traits in a tomato recombinant inbred line population
Hamid Ashrafi, Matthew P. Kinkade, Heather L. Merk, Majid R. Foolad, 2012, Molecular Breeding on p. 549-567