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Torbert R. Rocheford is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with 24 publications in this area. In addition, they have 13 publications related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their specialized subfields of study include Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Plant Science, Biochemistry, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Torbert R. Rocheford include:

  • "The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment," 2021, published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • "Utility of Climatic Information via Combining Ability Models to Improve Genomic Prediction for Yield Within the Genomes to Fields Maize Project," 2021, published in Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Maize genomes to fields (G2F): 2014-2017 field seasons: genotype, phenotype, climatic, soil, and inbred ear image datasets," 2020, published in BMC Research Notes
  • "Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain," 2020, published in The Plant Cell
  • "Dominance Effects and Functional Enrichments Improve Prediction of Agronomic Traits in Hybrid Maize," 2020, published in Genetics

Frequent publication venues for Rocheford include Poultry Science, where they have six publications. Other venues include G3 Genes Genomes Genetics and Crop Science with two publications each, as well as Frontiers in Genetics and BMC Research Notes.

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, indicating a strong network in their field. Frequent coauthors include Edward S. Buckler, Michael A. Gore, James B. Holland, Evan Rocheford, and M. Cinta Romay, with collaboration counts ranging from six to eight publications per coauthor.

Best Publications

  • The Genetic Architecture of Maize Flowering Time

    Edward S. Buckler;Edward S. Buckler;James B. Holland;James B. Holland;Peter J. Bradbury;Peter J. Bradbury;Charlotte B. Acharya

  • Genome-wide association study of leaf architecture in the maize nested association mapping population

    Feng Tian;Peter J Bradbury;Patrick J Brown;Patrick J Brown;Hsiaoyi Hung

  • Molecular Markers Associated with Maize Kernel Oil Concentration in an Illinois High Protein × Illinois Low Protein Cross

    Irwin L. Goldman;Torbert R. Rocheford;John W. Dudley

  • Natural Genetic Variation in Lycopene Epsilon Cyclase Tapped for Maize Biofortification

    Carlos E. Harjes;Torbert R. Rocheford;Ling Bai;Thomas P. Brutnell

  • Rare genetic variation at Zea mays crtRB1 increases β-carotene in maize grain

    Jianbing Yan;Catherine Bermudez Kandianis;Carlos E. Harjes;Ling Bai

  • Dissection of Maize Kernel Composition and Starch Production by Candidate Gene Association

    Larissa M. Wilson;Sherry R. Whitt;Ana M. Ibáñez;Torbert R. Rocheford

  • ramosa2 Encodes a LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY Domain Protein That Determines the Fate of Stem Cells in Branch Meristems of Maize

    Esteban Bortiri;George Chuck;Erik Vollbrecht;Torbert Rocheford

  • The Maize Phytoene Synthase Gene Family: Overlapping Roles for Carotenogenesis in Endosperm, Photomorphogenesis, and Thermal Stress Tolerance

    Faqiang Li;Ratnakar Vallabhaneni;Jane Yu;Torbert Rocheford

  • The genetic architecture of response to long-term artificial selection for oil concentration in the maize kernel.

    Cathy C Laurie;Scott D Chasalow;John R LeDeaux;Robert McCarroll

  • Distinct Genetic Architectures for Male and Female Inflorescence Traits of Maize

    Patrick J. Brown;Patrick J. Brown;Narasimham Upadyayula;Gregory S. Mahone;Feng Tian

  • QTL and candidate genes phytoene synthase and ζ-carotene desaturase associated with the accumulation of carotenoids in maize

    J. C. Wong;R. J. Lambert;E. T. Wurtzel;T. R. Rocheford

  • Quantitative trait loci for flowering, plant and ear height, and kernel traits in maize

    Terry G. Berke;Torbert R. Rocheford

  • A Foundation for Provitamin A Biofortification of Maize: Genome-Wide Association and Genomic Prediction Models of Carotenoid Levels

    Brenda F. Owens;Alexander E. Lipka;Maria Magallanes-Lundback;Tyler Tiede

  • Maize selection passes the century mark: a unique resource for 21st century genomics

    Stephen P Moose;John W Dudley;Torbert R Rocheford

  • Genome-Wide Association Study and Pathway-Level Analysis of Tocochromanol Levels in Maize Grain

    Alexander E Lipka;Michael A Gore;Maria Magallanes-Lundback;Alex Mesberg

  • Combining ability of maize inbreds for carotenoids and tocopherols

    C. O. Egesel;J. C. Wong;R. J. Lambert;T. R. Rocheford

  • Carotenoid diversity in tropical-adapted yellow maize inbred lines

    Abebe Menkir;Weiping Liu;Wendy S. White;Bussie Maziya-Dixon

  • Using molecular markers to identify two major loci controlling carotenoid contents in maize grain

    Subhash Chander;Y. Q. Guo;X. H. Yang;J. Zhang

  • Quantitative trait loci influencing protein and starch concentration in the Illinois Long Term Selection maize strains.

    I L Goldman;T R Rocheford;J W Dudley

  • Major and minor QTL and epistasis contribute to fatty acid compositions and oil concentration in high-oil maize

    Xiaohong Yang;Yuqiu Guo;Jianbing Yan;Jianbing Yan;Jun Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
James B. Holland
James B. Holland North Carolina State University
Sherry Flint-Garcia
Sherry Flint-Garcia United States Department of Agriculture
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University
Martin O Bohn
Martin O Bohn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter J. Bradbury
Peter J. Bradbury United States Department of Agriculture
Aaron J. Lorenz
Aaron J. Lorenz University of Minnesota
Mario G. Ferruzzi
Mario G. Ferruzzi North Carolina State University
Patrick S. Schnable
Patrick S. Schnable Iowa State University
Alexander E. Lipka
Alexander E. Lipka University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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