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Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia

Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
8289
World Ranking
17276
National Ranking
102

Overview

Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with additional significant work in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The subfields in which they focus include Plant Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects related to genetics and plant biology. These include Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing, Plant Pathogens and Resistance Mechanisms, Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, and Nematode Management and Characterization Studies.

Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia has contributed articles to multiple scientific journals and conferences, frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Research Square. Their publication record includes the following recent papers:

  • AGHmatrix: genetic relationship matrices in R, 2023, Bioinformatics
  • Improving yield and fruit quality traits in sweet passion fruit: Evidence for genotype by environment interaction and selection of promising genotypes, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • High-Resolution Linkage Map With Allele Dosage Allows the Identification of Regions Governing Complex Traits and Apospory in Guinea Grass (Megathyrsus maximus), 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Boosting predictive ability of tropical maize hybrids via genotype-by-environment interaction under multivariate GBLUP models, 2020, Crop Science
  • Leveraging probability concepts for cultivar recommendation in multi-environment trials, 2022, Theoretical and Applied Genetics

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Anete Pereira de Souza, Guilherme da Silva Pereira, Rodrigo Gazaffi, Rodrigo R. Amadeu, and Willian Giordani.

Best Publications

  • OneMap: software for genetic mapping in outcrossing species

    G. R. A. Margarido;A. P. Souza;Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia

  • Linking rhizosphere microbiome composition of wild and domesticated Phaseolus vulgaris to genotypic and root phenotypic traits.

    Juan E. Pérez-Jaramillo;Víctor J. Carrión;Mirte Bosse;Luiz F.V. Ferrão

  • Comparison of RAPD, RFLP, AFLP and SSR markers for diversity studies in tropical maize inbred lines

    Antonio A. F. Garcia;Luciana L. Benchimol;Antônia M. M. Barbosa;Isaias O. Geraldi

  • Analysis of genetic similarity detected by AFLP and coefficient of parentage among genotypes of sugar cane ( Saccharum spp.).

    M. L. A. Lima;A. A. F. Garcia;K. M. Oliveira;S. Matsuoka

  • Comparison of similarity coefficients used for cluster analysis with dominant markers in maize (Zea mays L)

    Andréia da Silva Meyer;Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia;Anete Pereira de Souza;Cláudio Lopes de Souza Jr.

  • AGHmatrix: R Package to Construct Relationship Matrices for Autotetraploid and Diploid Species: A Blueberry Example

    Rodrigo R. Amadeu;Catherine Cellon;James W. Olmstead;Antonio A. F. Garcia

  • Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and The Genetic Basis of Heterosis in Maize and Rice

    Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia;Shengchu Wang;Albrecht E Melchinger;Zhao-Bang Zeng

  • Development of an integrated genetic map of a sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) commercial cross, based on a maximum-likelihood approach for estimation of linkage and linkage phases

    A. A. F. Garcia;E. A. Kido;A. N. Meza;H. M. B. Souza

  • Survey in the sugarcane expressed sequence tag database (SUCEST) for simple sequence repeats

    Luciana Rossini Pinto;Karine Miranda Oliveira;Eugênio César Ulian;Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia

  • Genotyping Polyploids from Messy Sequencing Data.

    David Gerard;Luis Felipe Ventorim Ferrão;Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia;Matthew Stephens

  • SNP genotyping allows an in-depth characterisation of the genome of sugarcane and other complex autopolyploids

    Antonio A. F. Garcia;Marcelo Mollinari;Thiago G. Marconi;Thiago G. Marconi;Oliver R. Serang

  • De Novo Assembly and Transcriptome Analysis of Contrasting Sugarcane Varieties

    Claudio Benicio Cardoso-Silva;Estela Araujo Costa;Melina Cristina Mancini;Thiago Willian Almeida Balsalobre

  • Duplicate and conquer: multiple homologs of PHOSPHORUS-STARVATION TOLERANCE1 enhance phosphorus acquisition and sorghum performance on low-phosphorus soils.

    Barbara Hufnagel;Sylvia M. de Sousa;Lidianne Assis;Claudia T. Guimaraes

  • Sugarcane improvement: how far can we go?

    Maximiller Dal-Bianco;Monalisa Sampaio Carneiro;Carlos Takeshi Hotta;Roberto Giacomini Chapola

  • Building the sugarcane genome for biotechnology and identifying evolutionary trends

    Nathalia de Setta;Nathalia de Setta;Cláudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello;Cushla Jane Metcalfe;Guilherme Marcelo Queiroga Cruz

  • Genetic diversity in tropical maize inbred lines: heterotic group assignment and hybrid performance determined by RFLP markers.

    L. L. Benchimol;C. L. de Souza;A. A. F. Garcia;P. M. S. Kono

  • Efficient Exact Maximum a Posteriori Computation for Bayesian SNP Genotyping in Polyploids

    Oliver R Serang;Oliver R Serang;Marcelo Mollinari;Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia

  • Studying the genetic basis of drought tolerance in sorghum by managed stress trials and adjustments for phenological and plant height differences

    P. K. Sabadin;M. Malosetti;M. P. Boer;F. D. Tardin

  • Characterization of novel sugarcane expressed sequence tag microsatellites and their comparison with genomic SSRs

    L. R. Pinto;K. M. Oliveira;T. Marconi;A. A. F. Garcia

  • Characterization of new polymorphic functional markers for sugarcane

    K. M. Oliveira;L. R. Pinto;T. G. Marconi;M. Mollinari

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Lucia Carneiro Vieira
Maria Lucia Carneiro Vieira Universidade de São Paulo
Marie-Anne Van Sluys
Marie-Anne Van Sluys Universidade de São Paulo
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho Universidade de São Paulo
Matthew Stephens
Matthew Stephens University of Chicago
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Robert J Henry
Robert J Henry University of Queensland
Antonio Figueira
Antonio Figueira Universidade de São Paulo
Hélène Bergès
Hélène Bergès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Zhao-Bang Zeng
Zhao-Bang Zeng North Carolina State University
Rafael Vasconcelos Ribeiro
Rafael Vasconcelos Ribeiro State University of Campinas

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