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Max Feldman
Research Geneticist (Plants)
Research Geneticist (Plants)
Education:
B.S. (Biology) University of Arizona
Ph.D (Molecular Plant Sciences) Washington State University
Research Interests:
Measurement, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Plant Pathology, Analytical Chemistry
Aims:
Our job is to develop new more profitable and sustainable potato varieties. A majority of this work is focused on introgression of disease resistance and other beneficial alleles from wild or primitive germplasm and development of specialty potato clones.
Background:
I possess over 15 years of agricultural research experience primarily focused on using forward and reverse genetics to better understand the mechanisms behind plant traits in model systems (Arabidopsis thaliana, Setaria viridis).
Approach:
We combine conventional, molecular, and computer vision measurements with modern genotyping techniques to perform linkage/association mapping within structured genetic populations. The goals of these efforts are to develop molecular markers which can utilized to identify and select for promising clones.
Laboratory Personnel:
Charity Harmon, Biological Science Technician
Mando Pena, Biological Science Technician
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- Adoption of unoccupied aerial systems in agricultural research -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lachowiec, J., Feldman, M.J., Matias, F.I., LeBauer, D., Gregory, A. 2024. Adoption of unoccupied aerial systems in agricultural research. The Plant Phenome Journal. 7(1). Article e20098. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20098.
- A scalable, low-cost phenotyping strategy to assess tuber size, shape, and the colorimetric features of tuber skin and flesh in potato breeding populations -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Feldman, M.J., Park, J.B., Miller, N., Wakholi, C., Greene, K.B., Abbasi, A., Rippner, D.A., Navarre, D.A., Schmitz Carley, C., Shannon, L.M., Novy, R.G. 2024. A scalable, low-cost phenotyping strategy to assess tuber size, shape, and the colorimetric features of tuber skin and flesh in potato breeding populations. The Plant Phenome Journal. 7(1). Article e20099. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20099. - Current challenges and future of agricultural genomes to phenomes in the USA -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tuggle, C.K., Clarke, J.L., Murdoch, B.M., Lyons, E., Scott, N.M., Mckay, S., Lipka, A., Fulton, J., Hess, A., Lubberstedt, T., Fragomeni, B., Rowan, T., Mccarthy, F., Guadagno, C., Goddard, E., Das Choudhury, S., Sheehan, M., Kramer, L., Feldman, M.J., Daigle, C., Steibel, J.P., Benes, B., Murray, S., Riggs, P., Thompson, A., Hagen, D., Thornton-Kurth, K., Van Tassell, C.P., Campbell, J.D., Dorea, J., Chung, H., Dekkers, J.C., Ertl, D., Lawrence-Dill, C.A., Schnable, P.S. 2024. Current challenges and future of agricultural genomes to phenomes in the USA. Genome Biology. 25:8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-023-03155-w. - Improving our understanding of potato mop-top virus in the northwest U.S-(Trade Journal)
Swisher Grimm, K.D., Quick, R.A., Cimrhakl, L.L., Feldman, M.J., Pavek, M. 2024. Improving our understanding of potato mop-top virus in the northwest U.S. Potato Grower. January 2024. - A canister assay for evaluating host status of potato to Meloidogyne chitwoodi -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Soule, M.L., Kitner, M.L., Studebaker, G.W., Feldman, M.J., Sathuvalli, V., Zasada, I.A. 2023. A canister assay for evaluating host status of potato to Meloidogyne chitwoodi. American Journal of Potato Research. 100:479-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-023-09936-0. - A genome wide association study (GWAS) identifies SNPs associated with resistance to Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) and Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in a tetraploid mapping population of potato -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Anglin, N.L., Yellarreddygari, S.K., Gudmestad, N.C., Sathuvalli, V., Brown, C., Feldman, M.J., De Jong, W.S., Douches, D.S., Novy, R.G., Coombs, J.J. 2023. A genome wide association study (GWAS) identifies SNPs associated with resistance to Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) and Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in a tetraploid mapping population of potato. American Journal of Potato Research. 101:1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-023-09933-3. - TubAR: an R package for quantifying tuber shape and skin traits from images -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Miller, M.D., Schmitz-Carley, C.A., Figueroa, R.A., Feldman, M.J., Haagenson, D., Shannon, L.M. 2022. TubAR: an R package for quantifying tuber shape and skin traits from images. American Journal of Potato Research. 100:52-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-022-09894-z. - Understanding Tobacco rattle virus epidemiology in potato through basic and applied assays -(Abstract Only)
Swisher Grimm, K.D., Feldman, M.J. 2022. Understanding Tobacco rattle virus epidemiology in potato through basic and applied assays. Meeting Abstract. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-112-8-S2.22. - Bison-Fly: An open-source UAV pipeline for plant breeding data collection -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Matias, F.I., Green, A., Lachowiec, J., LeBauer, D.S., Feldman, M.J. 2022. Bison-Fly: An open-source UAV pipeline for plant breeding data collection. The Plant Phenome Journal. 5(1). Article e20048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20048. - Vanguard Russet: A fresh market potato cultivar with medium-early maturity and long dormancy -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Vales, I., Scheuring, D., Koym, J., Holm, D., Essah, S., Wilson, R., Sidhu, J., Jayanti, S., Novy, R.G., Whitworth, J.L., Stark, J., Spear, R., Sathuvalli, V., Shock, C., Charlton, B., Yilma, S., Knowles, N., Pavek, M., Brown, C., Navarre, D.A., Feldman, M.J., Long, C., Miller, C. 2022. Vanguard Russet: A fresh market potato cultivar with medium-early maturity and long dormancy. American Journal of Potato Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-022-09877-0. - Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hoopes, G., Meng, X., Hamilton, J.P., Achakkagari, S.R., De Alves Freitas Guesdes, F., Bolger, M.E., Coombs, J.J., Esselink, D., Kaiser, N.R., Kodde, L., Kyriakidou, M., Lavrijssen, B., van Lieshout, N., Shereda, R., Tuttle, H.K., Vaillancourt, B., Wood, J.C., de Boer, J.M., Bornowski, N., Bourke, P., Douches, D., van Eck, H.J., Ellis, D., Feldman, M.J., Gardner, K.M., Hopman, J.C., Jiang, J., De Jong, W.S., Kuhl, J.C., Novy, R.G., Oome, S., Sathuvalli, V., Tan, E.H., Ursum, R.A., Vales, M.I., Vining, K., Visser, R.G., Vossen, J., Yencho, C., Anglin, N.L., Bachem, C.W., Endelman, J.B., Shannon, L.M., Stromvik, M.V., Tai, H.H., Usadel, B., Buell, C.R., Finkers, R. 2022. Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity. Molecular Plant. 15(3):520-536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.01.003. - Correlation and co-localization of QTL for stomatal density and canopy temperature under drought stress in Setaria -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Parthiban, P.T., Darshi, B., Paul, R.E., Feldman, M.J., Baxter, I., Xi, D., Freyfogle, L., Leaky, A.D. 2021. Correlation and co-localization of QTL for stomatal density and canopy temperature under drought stress in Setaria. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab166. - Identifying resistance to the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) in potato germplasm: review update -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rondon, S., Feldman, M.J., Thompson, A., Thompson, I., Oppedisano, T., Shrestha, G. 2021. Identifying resistance to the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) in potato germplasm: review update. Frontiers in Agronomy. 3. Article 642189. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2021.642189. - Evaluation of the possible contribution of phenylpropanoids to potato discoloration -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lin, S., Hninsi, M., Feldman, M.J., Navarre, D.A. 2021. Evaluation of the possible contribution of phenylpropanoids to potato discoloration. American Journal of Potato Research. 98:130-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-021-09824-5. - Effect of foliar application of 2,4-D and calcium on four red-skinned potato cultivars -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Qin, R., Moparthi, S., Feldman, M.J., Charlton, B.A., Sathuvalli, V. 2020. Effect of foliar application of 2,4-D and calcium on four red-skinned potato cultivars. Agronomy Journal. 113(1):88-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20444. - The Setaria viridis genome and diversity panel enables discovery of a novel domestication gene. -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Huang, P., Jenkins, J., Grimwood, J., Barry, K., Healey, A., Mamidi, S., Avinash, S., Shu, S., Feldman, M.J., Wu, J., Yu, Y., Chen, C., Johnson, J., Rokhsar, D., Baxter, I., Schmutz, J., Brutnell, T., Kellogg, E. 2020. The Setaria viridis genome and diversity panel enables discovery of a novel domestication gene.. Nature Biotechnology. 38:1203-1210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0681-2. - Elimination of tobacco rattle virus from viruliferous paratrichodours allius in greenhouse pot experiments through cultivation of Castle Russet -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Quick, R.A., Cimrhakl, L., Moitahedi, H., Sathuvalli, V., Feldman, M.J., Brown, C. 2020. Elimination of tobacco rattle virus from viruliferous paratrichodours allius in greenhouse pot experiments through cultivation of Castle Russet. Journal of Nematology. 52:1-10. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-011. - A genetic link between leaf carbon istope composition and whole-plant water use efficiency in the C4 grass setaria -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ellsworth, P.Z., Feldman, M.J., Baxter, I.R., Cousins, A.B. 2020. A genetic link between leaf carbon istope composition and whole-plant water use efficiency in the C4 grass setaria. Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14696. - A genetic link between leaf carbon isotope composition and whole-plant water use efficiency in the C4 grass setaria -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ellsworth, P.Z., Feldman, M.J., Baxter, I.R., Cousins, A.B. 2020. A genetic link between leaf carbon isotope composition and whole-plant water use efficiency in the C4 grass setaria. Plant Journal. 102(6):1234-1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14696.
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