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USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation: Fort Collins, Colorado, US

2000-08 to present | Population Geneticist (Plant Genetic Resources Preservation Research)
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Christopher Richards

Education and qualifications (2)

Duke University: Durham, NC, US

1990-09 to 1996-12 | Ph.D. (Botany/Genetics)
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Christopher Richards

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

1984-09 to 1986-12 | MS (Biology)
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Christopher Richards

Professional activities (2)

The Crop Trust: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2021 to present | Chair, Genesys Scientific Advisory Committee
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Christopher Richards

Colorado State University: Fort Collins, Colorado, US

2001-01 to present | Affilate Faculty (Department of Biology)
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Christopher Richards

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Virtual Reciprocal Garden Assessment of Germination Syndromes for Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius and Elymus multisetus

Rangeland Ecology & Management
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2024.04.013
Contributors: Stuart P. Hardegree; Christopher M. Richards; Roger L. Sheley; Patrick A. Reeves; Thomas A. Jones; Christina T. Walters; Merilynn C. Schantz; Gerald N. Flerchinger
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Oil and seed yields affected by sowing dates and irrigation regimes applied in growth phenological stages of safflower

Crop Science
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20797
Contributors: Saiedeh Gholami Baseri; Tooraj Honar; Bahram Heidari; Maryam Salami; Christopher M. Richards
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A pan-genome data structure induced by pooled sequencing facilitates variant mining in heterogeneous germplasm

Molecular Breeding
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-022-01308-6
Contributors: Patrick A. Reeves; Christopher M. Richards
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A power analysis for detecting aging of dry-stored soybean seeds: Germination versus RNA integrity assessments

Crop Science
2022-07-22 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Meta-QTL for morphological traits and pharmaceutical alkaloids in periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus (L.) ‘G. Don’)

2022-07-01 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Bacterial endophytes as indicators of susceptibility to Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS) disease in Beta vulgaris L.

Scientific Reports
2022-06-23 | Journal issue or edition
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Christopher Richards

Assessing the potential of native ecotypes of Poa pratensis L. for forage yield and phytochemical compositions under water deficit conditions

Scientific Reports
2022-01-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05024-1
Contributors: Nikwan Shariatipour; Bahram Heidari; Zahra Shams; Christopher Richards
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Genomics of Plant Gene Banks: Prospects for Managing and Delivering Diversity in the Digital Age

2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/13836_2021_95
Contributors: Chris Richards
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Genomic consequences of apple improvement

Horticulture Research
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00441-7
Contributors: Zoë Migicovsky; Kyle M. Gardner; Christopher Richards; C. Thomas Chao; Heidi R. Schwaninger; Gennaro Fazio; Gan-Yuan Zhong; Sean Myles
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Development of an SNP Assay for Marker-Assisted Selection of Soil-Borne Rhizoctonia Solani AG-2-2-IIIB Resistance in Sugar Beet

Biology
2021-12-27 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Envisaging an Effective Global Long-Term Agrobiodiversity Conservation System That Promotes and Facilitates Use

Plants
2021-12-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/plants10122764
Contributors: Charlotte Lusty; Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton; Luigi Guarino; Chris Richards; Nelissa Jamora; Geoffrey Hawtin
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Integrating Genomic and Phenomic Approaches to Support Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use

Plants
2021-10-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/plants10112260
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Christopher Richards
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Comparative Genomic Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated With Micronutrient Contents, Grain Quality, and Agronomic Traits in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Frontiers in Plant Science
2021-10-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.709817
Part of ISSN: 1664-462X
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Christopher Richards

Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity

New Phytologist
2021-09-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17733
Part of ISSN: 0028-646X
Part of ISSN: 1469-8137
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Christopher Richards

Analysis of genetic diversity in a collection of Plantago species: application of ISSR markers

Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
2021-07-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12892-021-00107-3
Part of ISSN: 1975-9479
Part of ISSN: 2005-8276
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Christopher Richards

Meta-analysis of QTLome for grain zinc and iron contents in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Euphytica
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-021-02818-8
Part of ISSN: 0014-2336
Part of ISSN: 1573-5060
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Christopher Richards
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Clonal Diversity, Cultivar Traits, Geographic Dispersal, and the Ethnotaxonomy of Cultivated Qat (Catha edulis, Celastraceae)

Economic Botany
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-020-09501-4
Part of ISSN: 0013-0001
Contributors: Luke R. Tembrock; Mark P. Simmons; Christopher M. Richards; Patrick A. Reeves; Ann Reilley; Manuel A. Curto; Harald Meimberg; Grace Ngugi; Sebsebe Demissew; Abdul Wali Al-Khulaidi et al.
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Mobilizing Crop Biodiversity

Molecular Plant
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.08.011
Part of ISSN: 1674-2052
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Christopher Richards

Bioinformatic Extraction of Functional Genetic Diversity from Heterogeneous Germplasm Collections for Crop Improvement

Agronomy
2020-04-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10040593
Contributors: Patrick A. Reeves; Hannah M. Tetreault; Christopher M. Richards
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Genetic diversity and biogeographic determinants of population structure in Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Ktze

Conservation Genetics
2020-04-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-019-01242-9
Contributors: Valderês Aparecida de Sousa; Patrick A. Reeves; Ann Reilley; Ananda Virginia de Aguiar; Valdir Marcos Stefenon; Christopher M. Richards
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Germination Syndromes and Their Relevance to Rangeland Seeding Strategies in the Intermountain Western United States

Rangeland Ecology & Management
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2019.11.004
Part of ISSN: 1550-7424
Contributors: Stuart P. Hardegree; Roger L. Sheley; Jeremy J. James; Patrick A. Reeves; Christopher M. Richards; Christina T. Walters; Chad S. Boyd; Corey A. Moffet; Gerald N. Flerchinger
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The future of legume genetic data resources: Challenges, opportunities, and priorities

Legume Science
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/leg3.16
Part of ISSN: 2639-6181
Part of ISSN: 2639-6181
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Christopher Richards

A high-quality apple genome assembly reveals the association of a retrotransposon and red fruit colour

Nature Communications
2019-04-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09518-x
Contributors: Liyi Zhang; Jiang Hu; Xiaolei Han; Jingjing Li; Yuan Gao; Christopher M. Richards; Caixia Zhang; Yi Tian; Guiming Liu; Hera Gul et al.
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Chloroplast sequence data differentiate Maleae, and specifically Pyrus, species in the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2019-01-31 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Assessing genetic diversity of wild southeastern North American Vaccinium species using microsatellite markers

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2018 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Changes in barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare) genetic diversity and structure in Jordan over a period of 31 years

Plant Genetic Resources
2018 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Diversity from genes to ecosystems: A unifying framework to study variation across biological metrics and scales

Evolutionary Applications
2018 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Exploring the fate of mRNA in aging Seeds: Protection, Destruction, or Slow Decay?

Journal of experimental botany
2018 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Hydrothermal Germination Models: Assessment of the Wet-Thermal Approximation of Potential Field Response

Crop Science
2018 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Biases induced by using geography and environment to guide ex situ conservation

Conservation Genetics
2018-12-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-018-1098-z
Contributors: Patrick A. Reeves; Christopher M. Richards
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Molecular Evidence for Two Domestication Events in the Pea Crop

Genes
2018-11-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/genes9110535
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Christopher Richards

Molecular Evidence for Two Domestication Events in the Pea Crop

Genes
2018-11-06 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Analysis of karyotype, chromosome characteristics, variation in mucilage content and grain yield traits in Plantago ovata and P. psyllium species

Industrial Crops and Products
2018-11-01 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Author Correction: Genomic diversity and macroecology of the crop wild relatives of domesticated pea

Scientific Reports
2018-08-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30987-5
Contributors: Petr Smýkal; Iveta Hradilová; Oldřich Trněný; Jan Brus; Abhishek Rathore; Michael Bariotakis; Roma Rani Das; Debjyoti Bhattacharyya; Christopher Richards; Clarice J. Coyne et al.
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Decline in RNA integrity of dry-stored soybean seeds correlates with loss of germination potential

Journal of experimental botany
2017 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Phylogeography of the wild and cultivated stimulant plant qat (Catha edulis, Celastraceae) in areas of historical cultivation

American journal of botany
2017 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Probabilistic viability calculations for cryopreserving vegetatively propagated collections in genebanks

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2017 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Seeds capture the diversity of genetic resource collections of Malus sieversii maintained in an orchard

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2017 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Targeted next-generation sequencing identification of mutations in disease resistance gene analogs (RGAs) in wild and cultivated beets

Genes
2017 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Genomic diversity and macroecology of the crop wild relatives of domesticated pea

Scientific Reports
2017-12-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17623-4
Contributors: Petr Smýkal; Iveta Hradilová; Oldřich Trněný; Jan Brus; Abhishek Rathore; Michael Bariotakis; Roma Rani Das; Debjyoti Bhattacharyya; Christopher Richards; Clarice J. Coyne et al.
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Capturing haplotypes in germplasm core collections using bioinformatics

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2017-12-01 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Conservation priorities for tree crop wild relatives in the United States)

Symposium Proceedings
2016 | Conference paper
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Christopher Richards

Geography of genetic structure in barley wild relative Hordeum vulgare subsp. Spontaneum in Jordan

PloS one
2016 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Population and Ecological Genetics in Restoration Ecology

Foundations of Restoration Ecology
2016 | Book chapter
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Christopher Richards

Effect of error and missing data on population structure inference using microsatellite data

2016-10-13 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/080630
Contributors: Patrick A. Reeves; Cheryl L. Bowker; Christa E. Fettig; Luke R. Tembrock; Christopher M. Richards
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Geography of Genetic Structure in Barley Wild Relative Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum in Jordan

PLoS ONE
2016-08-11 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Chloroplast heterogeneity and historical admixture within the genus Malus

American journal of botany
2015 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Developing quantitative seed sampling protocols using simulations: A reply to comments from Guja et al. and Guerrant et al.

Biological Conservation
2015 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Genetic diversity of Malus cultivars and wild relatives in the Chinese National Repository of Apple Germplasm Resources

Tree Genetics & Genomes
2015 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards

Three types of rescue can avert extinction in a changing environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2015 | Journal article
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Christopher Richards
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