2023
Siegel, C., M. Aoun, G.L. Windham, W.P. Williams, and R.J. Nelson. 2023. A balancing act: Synthetic oversampling corrects skewed distribution of
aflatoxin in maize and improves prediction of contaminated kernels. Food Control 154, 109953
Wenndt, A., R. Boyles, A. Ackerman, S. Sapkota, A. Repka and R. Nelson. 2023. Host determinants of fungal species composition and symptom
manifestation in the sorghum grain mold complex. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-22-0675-RE
2022
Kolkman, J.M., D.E. Moreta, A. Repka, P. Bradbury, and R.J. Nelson. 2022. Brown midrib mutant and genome‐wide association analysis uncover
lignin genes for disease resistance in maize. The Plant Genome e20278 https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20278
Barrett, C.B., T. Benton, J. Fanzo, M. Herrero, R.J. Nelson, E. Bageant, … and S. Wood. 2022. Socio-technical innovation bundles for agri-food
systems transformation (p. 195). Springer Nature
Freiband, A, K.L. Dickin, M. Glass, M.A. Gore, J. Hinestroza, R. Nelson, V. Platt, A. Sachs, N. Stern and J. Lehmann. 2022. Undisciplining the
university through shared purpose, practice and place. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications 9(172)
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01195-4
Aoun, M., C. S. Siegel, G. Windham, P. Williams, R.J. Nelson. 2022. Application of reflectance spectroscopy to identify maize genotypes and
aflatoxin levels in single kernels. World Mycotoxin Journal 15(4): 327-342
Kolkman, J., D.E. Moreta, A. Repka, P. Bradbury, and R.J. Nelson. 2022. Uncovering the roles of lignin-related genes in disease resistance in
maize using mutant and association analysis. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.08.487682
2021
Stafstrom, W.C., J. Wushensky, J. Fuchs, W. Xu, N. Ezera, and R.J. Nelson. 2021. Validation and application of a low cost sorting device for
fumonisin reduction in maize. Toxins13(9): 652 https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13090652
Stafstrom, W.C., A.J. Wenndt, and R.J. Nelson. 2021. Mycotoxins in food and beverages innovations and advances part 1: Mycotoxin surveillance
for low-resource settings. CRC Press Link to book chapter
Wenndt, A.J., H. Kishan, P. Pingali, and R. Nelson. 2021. Farmer research networks enable community-based mycotoxin management in rural
Indian villages. Agricultural Systems 192(May) 103192 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103192
Barrett, C.B. … R. Nelson, … L.M. Sibanda. 2021. COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation. Environ. Res. Lett
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac25b9
Rogers, A.R., … R. Nelson… J.B. Holland. 2021. The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation
in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 11(2) https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaa050
Phillips, E., P. Turner, N. Kassim, E. Makule, R. Nelson, F. Ngure, L. Smith, and R. Stoltzfus. 2021. Ethical considerations of the trial to establish a
causal linkage between mycotoxin exposure and child stunting. Current Developments in Nutrition 5(2)
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab045_060
Nicklin, C., T. Chancellor, A. Garcia, L. Gohole, B. Haussmann, P. Kaijage, J. Maland Cady, K. Miller, M. Moore, R. Nelson, M. Powers, and B.
Some. 2021. Funder-initiated communities of practice as a means for sharing and creating knowledge in order to strengthen the adaptive
capacity of systems. The Foundation Review 13(1): 70-83
Richardson, M., R. Coe, K. Descheemaeker, K. Wellard, M. Moore, J.M. Maland Cady, P. Gubbels, F. Tchuwa, R. Paz, and R. Nelson. 2021.
Farmer research networks in principle and practice. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 0(0): 1–18
https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1930954
Ngure, F.M., C. Ngure, G. Achieng, F. Munga, Z. Moran, W. Stafstrom, and R.J. Nelson. 2021. Mycotoxins contamination of market maize and
the potential of density sorting in reducing exposure in unregulated food systems in Kenya. World Mycotoxin Journal 14(2): 165-178
https://doi.org/10.3920/WMJ2020.2631
Wenndt, A. J., H.K. Sudini, R. Mehta, P. Pingali, and R. Nelson. 2021. Spatiotemporal assessment of post-harvest mycotoxin contamination in
rural North Indian food systems. Food Control 126(March) 108071 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108071
2020
Wenndt A, Sudini HK, Pingali P, Nelson R. 2020. Exploring aflatoxin contamination and household-level exposure risk in diverse Indian food
systems. PLOS ONE 15(10): e0240565 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240565
Morales, L., A. Repka, K.L. Swarts, W.C. Stafstrom, Y. He, S.M. Sermons, Q. Yang, L.O. Lopez‐Zuniga, E. Rucker, Thomason, E. Wade, R.J.
Nelson, and P.J. Balint‐Kurti. 2020. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a large, diverse population of maize near‐isogenic lines.
The Plant Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14787
Kolkman, J.M., J. Strable, K. Harline, D.E. Kroon, T. Wiesner-Hanks, P.J. Bradbury and R.J. Nelson. 2020. Maize nested introgression library
provides evidence for the involvement of liguless1 in resistance to northern leaf blight. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401500
Aoun, M., W. Stafstrom, P. Priest, J. Fuchs, G.L. Windham, W.P. Williams, and R.J. Nelson. 2020. Low-cost grain sorting technologies to reduce
mycotoxin contamination in maize and groundnut. Food Control https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107363
Nelson, R. 2020. International agriculture’s needed shift from energy intensification to agroecological intensification. Food Policy 101815
Phillips, E., F. Ngure, L. Smith, E. Makule, P.C. Turner, R. Nelson, M. Kimanya, R. Stoltzfus and N. Kassim. 2020. Protocol for the trial to establish
a causal link between mycotoxin exposure and child stunting: a cluster randomized trial. BMC Public Health
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08694-6
Nelson, R. 2020. International plant pathology: past and future contributions to global food security. Phytopathology 11(2): 245-253
Ortiz O., Thiele G., Nelson R., Bentley J.W. 2020. Participatory research (PR) at CIP with potato farming systems in the Andes: Evolution and
prospects. In: Campos H., Ortiz O. (eds) The Potato Crop Springer
Barrett, C.B., T.G. Benton, K.A. Cooper, J. Fanzo, R. Gandhi, M. Herreo, S. James, M. Khan, D. Mason-D’Croz, A. Mathys, R.J. Nelson, J. Shen,
P. Thornton, E. Bageant, S. Fan, A.G. Mude, L.M. Sibanda and S. Wood. 2020. Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems. Nat
Sustain 3: 974–976 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00661-8
Barrett, C.B., T. Benton, J. Fanzo, M. Herrero, R.J. Nelson, E. Bageant, E. Buckler, K. Cooper, I. Culotta, S. Fan, R. Gandhi, S. James, M. Kahn,
L. Lawson-Lartego, J. Liu, Q. Marshall, D. Mason-D’Croz, A. Mathys, C. Mathys, V. Mazariegos-Anastassiou, A.B. Miller, K. Misra, A.G. Mude,
J. Shen, L.M. Sibanda, C. Song, R. Steiner, P. Thornton, and S. Wood. 2020. Socio-technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-food Systems
Transformation. Report of the International Expert Panel on Innovations to Build Sustainable, Equitable, Inclusive Food Value
Chains Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Springer Nature
2019
Wiesner-Hanks, T., Wu, H., Stewart, E., DeChant, C., Kaczmar, N., Lipson, H., Gore, M.A., and Nelson, R. J. 2019. Millimeter-level plant disease detection from aerial photographs via deep learning and crowdsourced data. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 (December), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01550
Wu, H., Wiesner-Hanks, T., Stewart, E. L., DeChant, C., Kaczmar, N., Gore, M. A., Nelson, R.J., and Lipson, H. (2019). Autonomous Detection of Plant Disease Symptoms Directly from Aerial Imagery. The Plant Phenome Journal 2(1), 0. https://doi.org/10.2135/tppj2019.03.0006
Falcon, C., S.M. Kaeppler, E.P Spalding, N.D. Miller, N. Haase, N. Al Khalifah, M. Bohn, E.S. Buckler, D.A. Campbell, I. Ciampitti, L. Coffey,
J. Edwards, D. Ertl, S. Flint-Garcia, M.A. Gore, C. Graham, C.N. Hirsch, J.B. Holland, D. Jarquin, J. Knoll, N. Lauter, C.J. Lawrence-Dill, E.C.
Lee, A. Lorenz, J. Lynch, S. Murray, R.J. Nelson, M. Romay, T. Rocheford, P. Schnable, B. Scully, M. Smith, N. Springer, M.R. Tuinstra,
R. Walton, T. Weldekidan, R. Wisser, W. Xu, and N. de Leon. 2019. Relative utility of agronomic, phenological, and morphological traits for
assessing genotype-by-environment interaction in maize inbreds. Crop Sci 2020:1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20035
Kolkman, J.M., J. Strable, K. Harline, D.E. Kroon, T. Wiesner-Hanks, P.J. Bradbury and R.J. Nelson. 2019. Maize nested introgression library provides evidence for the involvement of liguless1 in resistance to northern leaf blight. Doi: https:/doi.org/10.1101/818518. On BioRxiv: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/818518v1
Stewart, E. L., Wiesner-Hanks, T., Kaczmar, N., DeChant, C., Wu, H., Lipson, H., Nelson, R.J. and Gore, M. A. 2019. Quantitative Phenotyping of Northern Leaf Blight in UAV Images Using Deep Learning. Remote Sensing, 11(19), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192209
Bullock, D., A. Mangeni, T. Wiesner-Hanks, C. DeChant, E. Stewart, N. Kaczmar, R.J. Nelson, M.A. Gore, and H. Lipson. 2019. Automated crabgrass detection in aerial imagery with context. arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.00652
Doblas- Ibáñez, P., Deng, K., Vasquez, M. F., Giese, L., Cobine, P. A., Kolkman, J. M., King, H., Jamann, T.M., Balint-Kurti, P., De la Fuent, L., Mackey, D., Nelson, R.J., and Smith, L. G. 2019. Dominant, heritable resistance to Stewart’s wilt in maize is associated with an enhanced vascular defense response to infection with Pantoea stewartii. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 32(12), 1581–1597. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-19-0129-R
Morales, L., C.T. Zila, D.E. Moreta, M.M. Arbelaez, P.G. Balint-Kurti, J.B. Holland and R.J. Nelson. 2019. Diverse mechanisms of resistance to Fusarium verticillioides infection and fumonisin contamination in four maize recombinant inbred line families. Toxins 11(2), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020086
Ortiz, O., R. Nelson, M. Olanya, G. Thiele, R. Orrego, W. Pradel, R. Kakehunzire, G. Woldegiorgis, J. Gabriel, J. Vallejo, and X. Kaiyun. 2019. Human and technical dimensions of potato IPM using farmer field schools: CIP and partners’ experience with potato late blight management. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 10 (1): 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz002
Lopez-Zuniga, L.O., P. Wolters, S. Davis, T. Weldekidan, J. Kolkman, R. Nelson, K. Hooda, E. Rucker, W. Thomason, R. Wisser and P. Balint-Kurti. 2019. Using maize chromosome segment substitution line populations for the identification of loci associated with multiple disease resistance. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9 (1): 189-201; https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200866
Mutiga, S., N. Chepkwony, O. A. Hoekenga, S.A. Flint-Garcia and R.J. Nelson. 2019. The role of ear environment in post-harvest susceptibility of maize to toxigenic Aspergillus flavus. Plant Breeding 138(1): 38-50. DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12672
Klessig, D.F., M. Manohar, S. Baby, A. Koch, W. Danquah, B. Wiseborn, E. Luna, H.-J. Park, J.M. Kolkman, B.G. Turgeon, and R. Nelson. 2019. Nematode ascaroside enhances resistance in a broad spectrum of plant–pathogen systems. Journal of Phytopathology 167 (5): 265-272.
2018
Minker, Katharine R; M. L. Biedrzycki; A. Kolagunda; S. Rhein; F. J. Perina; S. S. Jacobs; M. Moore; T. M. Jamann; Q.Yang; R. Nelson; 2018. Semiautomated confocal imaging of fungal pathogenesis on plants: Microscopic analysis of macroscopic specimens. Microscopy Research and Technique 81 (2): 141- 152.
Al Khalifah, N., D. A. Campbell, C. M. Falcon, J. M. Gardiner, N. D. Miller, M. C. Romay, R. Walls, R. Walton, C-T. Yeh, M. Bohn and R. Nelson. 2018. Maize Genomes to Fields: 2014 and 2015 field season genotype, phenotype, environment, and inbred ear image datasets. BioMed Central, BMC research notes 11 (1): 452.
Morales, L., Marino, T.P., Wendt, A.J., Fouts, J.Q., Holland, J.B., and Nelson, R.J. 2018. Dissecting symptomatology and fumonisin contamination produced by Fusarium verticillioides in maize ears. Phytopathology, 5 Nov 2018, DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-05-18-0167-R
Wiesner-Hanks, T., Stewart, E. L., Kaczmar, N., DeChant, C., Wu, H., Nelson, R. J., Lipson, H., and Gore, M. A. 2018. Image set for deep learning: field images of maize annotated with disease symptoms. BMC Research Notes In Press doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3548-6
Mideros, S.X., Chung, C.-L., Wiesner-Hanks, T., Poland, J., Wu, D., Fialko, A.A., Turgeon, G., Nelson, R., 2018. Determinants of virulence and in-vitro development colocalize on a genetic map of Setosphaeria turcica. Phytopathology. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-01-17-0021-R
2017
Nelson, R.J., T. Wiesner-Hanks, R. Wisser, and P. Balint-Kurti. 2017. Navigating complexity to breed disease-resistant crops. Nature Reviews Genetics 19:21-33.
Mideros, X.M., C.L. Chung, T. Wiesner-Hanks, J.A. Poland, D. Wu, A.A. Fialko, B.G. Turgeon, and R.J. Nelson. 2017. Determinants of virulence and in vitro development colocalize on a genetic map of Setosphaeria turcica. Phytopathology 108(2):254-263.
Yang, Q., Y. He, M. Kabahuma, T. Chaya, A. Kelly, E. Borrego, Y. Bian, F. El Kasmi, L. Yang, P. Teixeira, J. Kolkman, R. Nelson, M. Kolomiets, J. Dangl, R. Wisser, J. Caplan, X. Li, N. Lauter, and P. Balint-Kurti. 2017. A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens. Nature Genetics 49(9): 1364-1372.
DeChant, C., T. Wiesner-Hanks, S. Chen, E.L. Stewart, J. Yosinski, M.A. Gore, R.J. Nelson, and H. Lipson. Automated identification of northern leaf blight-infected maize plants from field imagery using deep learning. Phytopathology 107(11):1426-1432.
Smith, L., M.N.N. Mbuya, A.J. Predergast, P.C. Turner, S. Ruboko, J.H. Humphrey, R.J. Nelson, A. Chigumira, G. Kembo, and R.J. Stolzfus. 2017. Determinants of recent aflatoxin exposure among pregnant women in rural Zimbabwe. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 61(9): 1601049.
Stasiewicz, M., T.D.O. Falade, M. Mutuma, S.K. Mutiga, J.J.W. Harvey, G. Fox, T.C. Pearson, J.W. Muthomi, and R.J. Nelson. 2017. Multi-spectral kernel sorting to reduce aflatoxins and fumonisins in Kenyan maize. Food Control 78:203-214.
Mutiga, S., L. Morales, S. Angwenyi, J. Wainaina, J. Harvey, B. Das, and R.J. Nelson. 2017. Association between agronomic traits and aflatoxin accumulation in diverse maize lines grown under two soil nitrogen levels in Eastern Kenya. Field Crops Research 205:124-134.
2016
Smith, L.E., M. Stasiewicz, R. Hestrin, L. Morales, S. Mutiga, and R.J. Nelson. 2016. Examining environmental drivers of spatial variability in aflatoxin accumulation in Kenyan maize: Potential utility in risk prediction models. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 16(3):11086-11105.
Wiesner-Hanks, T.E. and R.J. Nelson. 2016. Multiple disease resistance in plants. Annual Review of Phytopathology 54:229-252.
Jamann, T.M., X. Luo, L. Morales, J.M. Kolkman, C.L. Chung, and R.J. Nelson. 2016. A remorin gene is implicated in quantitative disease resistance in maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 129(3):591-602.
2015
Mutiga, S. K., V. Hoffmann, J.W. Harvey, M.G. Milgroom., and R.J. Nelson. 2015. Assessment of aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of maize in western Kenya. Phytopathology 105(9):1250-1261.
Benson, J.M., J.A. Poland, B.M. Benson, E.L. Stromberg, and R.J. Nelson. 2015. Resistance to gray leaf spot of maize: genetic architecture and mechanisms elucidated through nested association mapping and near-isogenic line analysis. PLoS Genetics. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005045
2014
Nelson, R. and R. Coe. 2014. Transforming research and development practice to support agroecological intensification of smallholder farming. Journal of International Affairs 67(2):107–127.
Olukolu, B.A, G.-F. Wang, V. Vontimitta, S. Marla, J. Ji, E. Gachomo, K. Chu, A. Negeri, J. Benson, R. Nelson, P. Bradbury, D. Nielsen, J.B. Holland, P.J. Balint-Kurti, and G. Johal. 2014. A genome-wide association study of the maize hypersensitive defense response identifies genes that cluster in related pathways. PLoS Genetics 10(8):e1004562.
Jamann, T.M., J.A. Poland, J.M. Kolkman, L.G. Smith, and R.J. Nelson. 2014 Unraveling genomic complexity at a quantitative disease resistance locus in maize. Genetics 198:333-344.
Mutiga, S.K., V. Were, V. Hoffmann, J.W. Harvey, M.G. Milgroom, and R.J. Nelson. 2014. Extent and drivers of mycotoxin contamination: inferences from a survey of Kenyan maize mills. Phytopathology 104:1221-1231.
Mideros, S.X., M.L. Warburton, T.M. Jamann, G.L. Windham, W.P. Williams, and R.J. Nelson. 2014. Quantitative trait loci influencing mycotoxin contamination of maize: Analysis by linkage mapping, characterization of near-isogenic lines, and meta-analysis. Crop Science 54:127-142.
2013
Harvey, J., B. Gnonlonfin, M. Fletcher, G. Fox, S. Trowell, A. Berna, R. Nelson, and R. Darnell. 2013. Aflatoxins: Finding solutions for food safety. IFPRI Focus 20, Brief 19.
Nelson, R. and R. Coe. 2013. Agroecological Intensification of Smallholder Farming. In The Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics and Society. R Herring, Ed.
2012
Jamann, T., Nelson, R., and P. Balint-Kurti. 2013. The Genetic Basis of Disease Resistance in Maize. In Genomics Applications in Plant Breeding. R. Tuberosa and R. Varshney, Eds.
Mideros, S.X., G.L. Windham, W. P. Williams, and R.J. Nelson. 2012. Tissue-specific components of resistance to Aspergillus ear rot of maize. Phytopathology 201:787-793.
Chia JM, Song C, Bradbury PJ, Costich D, de Leon N, Doebley J, Elshire RJ, Gaut B, Geller L, Glaubitz JC, Gore M, Guill KE, Holland J, Hufford MB, Lai J, Li M, Liu X, Lu Y, McCombie R, Nelson R, Poland J, Prasanna BM, Pyhäjärvi T, Rong T, Sekhon RS, Sun Q, Tenaillon MI, Tian F, Wang J, Xu X, Zhang Z, Kaeppler SM, Ross-Ibarra J, McMullen MD, Buckler ES, Zhang G, Xu Y, and D. Ware. 2012. Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux. Nature Genetics 44:803-807.
2011
Wisser, R.J., J.M. Kolkman, M.E. Patzoldt, J.B. Holland, J. Yu, M. Krakowsky, R.J. Nelson, and P.J. Balint-Kurti. 2011. Multivariate analysis of maize disease resistances suggests a pleiotropic genetic basis and implicates a GST gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108(18):7339-7344.
Poland, J.A., P.J. Bradbury, E.S. Buckler, and R.J. Nelson. 2011. Genome-wide nested association mapping of quantitative resistance to northern leaf blight in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108(17):6893-6898.
Chung, C.-L., J. Poland, K. Kump, J. Benson, J. Longfellow, E. Walsh, P. Balint-Kurti, and R.J. Nelson. 2011. Targeted discovery of quantitative trait loci for resistance to northern leaf blight and other diseases of maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 123:307-326.
Poland, J.A. and R.J. Nelson. 2011. In the eye of the beholder: the effect of rater variability and different rating scales on QTL mapping. Phytopathology 101:290-298.
2010
Chung, Chia-Lin, Joy M. Longfellow, Ellie K. Walsh, George Van Esbroeck, Peter Balint-Kurti, and Rebecca J. Nelson. 2010. Resistance loci affecting distinct stages of fungal pathogenesis: use of introgression lines for QTL mapping and characterization in the maize-Setosphaeria turcica pathosystem. BMC Plant Biology 10:103-127.
Chung, C., Jamann, J., Longfellow, J., and Nelson, R. 2010. Characterization and fine-mapping of a resistance locus for northern leaf blight in maize bin 8.06. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 121(2):205-227.
Nelson, R.J. 2010. Pest Management, Farmer Incomes and Health Risks in SSA: Pesticides, Host Plant Resistance and Other Measures. In The African Food System and its Interaction with Human Health and Nutrition: Research and Policy Priorities, P. Pinstrup-Andersen, Ed. Cornell University Press: New York. Pages 109-127.
Mideros, S. X., G.L. Windham, W.P. Williams, and R.J. Nelson. Aspergillus flavus biomass in maize estimated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction is strongly correlated with aflatoxin concentration. Plant Disease 93:1163-1170.
2009
Garrett, K. A., L. N. Zúñiga, E. Roncal, G. A. Forbes, C. C. Mundt, Z. Su, and R. J. Nelson. 2009. Intraspecific functional diversity in hosts and its effect on disease risk across a climatic gradient. Ecological Applications 19:1868-1883.
Poland, J., P.J. Balint-Kurti, R.J. Wisser, R.C. Pratt and R.J. Nelson. 2009. Shades of gray: The world of quantitative disease resistance. Trends in Plant Science 14:21-29.
2008
Ortiz, O., Frias, G., Ho, R., Cisneros, H., Nelson, R. Castillo, R., Orrego, R., Pradel, W., Alcazar, J., and Bazan, M. 2008. Organizational learning through participatory research: CIP and CARE in Peru. Agriculture and Human Values 25:419-431.
Wisser, R.J., Murray, S.C., J.M. Kolkman, H. Ceballos and R.J. Nelson. 2008. Selection mapping of loci for quantitative disease resistance in a diverse maize population. Genetics 180:583-599.
2007
Wulff, E.G., W. Perez, R.J. Nelson, M. Bonierbale, J.A. Landeo and J.A. Forbes. 2007. Identification of stable resistance to Phytophthora infestans in potato genotypes evaluated in field experiments in Peru. Experimental Agriculture 43:1-11.
2006
Nicklin, C., M. Rivera and R.J. Nelson. 2006. Realizing the potential of an Andean legume: roles of market-led and research-led innovations. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 4(1):61-78.
Wisser, R.J., Balint-Kurti, P.J., and R.J. Nelson. 2006. The genetic architecture of disease resistance in maize: a synthesis of published studies. Phytopathology 96(2):120-129.
2005
Wisser, R.J., Qi, S., Kresovich, S., and R.J. Nelson. 2005. Identification and characterization of regions of the rice genome associated with broad-spectrum, quantitative disease resistance. Genetics 169:2277-2293.
Andrade-Piedra, J., R. Hijmans, G. Forbes, W.E. Fry and R.J. Nelson. 2005. Simulation of potato late blight in the Andes. 1: Modification and parameterization of the LATEBLIGHT model. Phytopathology 95(10):1191-1199.
Garry, G., A. Salas, G. Forbes, W. Perez, M. Santa Cruz, and R.J. Nelson. 2005. Host specialization not detected among isolates of the EC-1 lineage of Phytophthora infestans attacking wild and cultivated potatoes in Peru. European Journal of Plant Pathology 113(1):71-81.
2004
Ortiz, O., Garrett, K. A., Heath, J. J., Orrego, R., and Nelson, R. J. 2004. Management of potato late blight in the Peruvian highlands: Evaluating the benefits of Farmer Field Schools and Farmer Participatory Research. Plant Disease 88:15-44.
Naylor, R.L., W. P. Falcon, R.M. Goodman, M.M. Jahn, T. Sengooba, H. Tefera, and R.J. Nelson. 2004. Biotechnology in the Developing World: A Case for Increased Investments in Orphan Crops. Food Policy 29(1):15-44.
R.J. Nelson, R.L. Naylor, M.M. Jahn. 2004. The role of genomics research in improvement of “orphan” crops. Crop Science 44:1901-1904.
Trognitz, F.C., P.M. Manosalva, D.O. Niño-Liu, Ma. del R. Herrera, M. Ghislain, B.R. Trognitz and R.J. Nelson. 2002. Plant defense genes associated with quantitative resistance to potato late blight in Solanum phureja x dihaploid S. tuberosum hybrids. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 15(6):587-597.