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 Quantitative Trait Loci Genes Genotype Phytophthora Infestans Population Fruit Breeding Herbivory Gas Chromatography Solanum Pimpinellifolium Lycopene Genome Solanum Volatile Organic Compounds Fruits Resistance Inbred Lines Genomics Domestication Crops Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (Gcms) Herbivores Gas Chromatography Mass SpectrometryMost Recent Publications
Identification of late blight resistance quantitative trait loci in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270441
Matthew T. Sullenberger, Mengyuan Jia, Sihui Gao, Hamid Ashrafi, Majid R. Foolad, 2022, Plant Genome
Physiological genetic variation in tomato fruit chilling tolerance during postharvest storage
Sivan David, Elena Levin, Elazar Fallik, Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia, Majid R. Foolad, Amnon Lers, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
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
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
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
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
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
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
Detached-leaflet evaluation of tomato germplasm for late blight resistance and its correspondence to field and greenhouse screenings
Majid R. Foolad, Matthew T. Sullenberger, Hamid Ashrafi, 2015, Plant Disease on p. 718-722
Response of accessions within tomato wild species, Solanum pimpinellifolium to late blight
Majid R. Foolad, Matthew T. Sullenberger, Erik W. Ohlson, Beth Krueger Gugino, 2014, Plant Breeding on p. 401-411
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
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