Publications

+ denotes student author

Ambachew DA+, Asfaw A, Blair MW* (2023).  Genetic variability for root traits in a panel of Andean common beans grown under with and without Aluminum stress conditions. MDPI –.Agronomy, 13(3), 619; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030619

Blair MW, Londoño JM+, Buitrago A+, Wu X+, Brenner D (2023) Differentiation of Andean and Mesoamerican accessions in a proposed core collection of grain amaranths.  Front. Plant Sci., 22 March 2023; Sec. Crop and Product Physiology. v.14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1144681

Christian J+, Hui D, Kaur N+, Kieffer C+, Moghaddam S+, Touray A, Borlay J, Blair MW, Mentreddy SR, Tegegne F, Illukpitya P (in press) Effects of Variety and Planting Density on Mung Bean EcoPhysiology and Yield in the Southeastern US.  Agricultural Science

Islam ASMF, Limpot N, Blair MW (submitted) Zinc concentration in the grain of a world-wide mung bean (Vigna radiata) core collection as compared to other minerals.  MDPI – AGriculture, special issue Biofortification  

Blair MW*,  Miller, M.C. II*, Yahaya, D., Wu, X.   (2022) Allele Mining in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Sub-species and close relatives.   In  C. Kole (Ed.) Allele Mining in Pulses.  Springer Inc.

Blair MW* , Thapa R, Edwards M, Damba Y, Wu X, Hickok D, Mackasmiel L, Cortes AJ (2022) Use of Genomics and Phenomics for Diversity Assessment and Implications for Breeding of Grain Amaranths in Americas.  Chapter.  In  M. Farooq (ed.) 'Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food’. Elsevier Press Inc.

Campuzano LF, Bejarano D, Castillo J, Torres DR, Cortes Aj,  Blair MW*  ( 2002) SNP Genotyping for Purity Assessment of a Forage Oat (Avena sativa L.) Variety from Colombia . MDPI -Agronomy 2022 July 20, 12, 1710.  https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12071710

Campuzano LF, Blair MW (2022) Breeding strategies for Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora) as a new crop in colombia.  MDPI: Agriculture 2022, 12(10), 1576;  https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12101576

Cortes AJ, Luis Felipe Lopez, Blair MW (2022) Genome–Environment Associations, an Innovative Tool for Studying Heritable Evolutionary Adaptation in Orphan Crops and Wild Relatives.  Frontiers in Genetics – Section on Evolutionary and Population Genetics. 13:910386.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.910386

Dharajiya DT, Trivedi GT, Thakkar NJ, Pachchigar KP, Teli B, Tiwari KK, Blair MW* (2022) Genomics-Assisted Design of Biotic Stress Resistant Vegetable Amaranths.  In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Vegetable Crops. Springer Publishing Inc.,. ISBN-13: 15 July 2022:   9783030977849. Pp. 437

Mahesha HS. Keerthi MC, Shivakumar KV, Bhargavi HA, Saini RP, Manjunatha L, Hickok D,  Blair MW* (2022). Development of Biotic Stress Resistant Cowpea. pp 213–251  In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Pulse Crops. Springer, Cham.  19 March 2022  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91043-3_4

Peláez D, Aguilar PA, Mercado M, López-Hernández F, Guzmán M, Burbano-Erazo E, Denning-James K, Medina CI,  Blair MW, De Vega JJ, Cortés AJ* (2022) Genotype Selection, and Seed Uniformity and Multiplication to Ensure Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris  L.) var. Liborino MDPI – Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2285;  https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102285

Pratap A, Kumar S, Polowick PL,  Blair MW, Baum M (2022) Editorial :  Accelerating Genetic Gains in Pulses. Division Plant Breeding, Frontiers in Plant Science 13:879377.   https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.879377

Veeranagappa P,  Blair MW*, B.Manu B, Hickok D, Prasad G, Naveena NL, Manjunath L, Tripathi K (2022) Advanced Breeding Strategies for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cowpea.  pp 115–144.  In Chitta Kole (ed) Genomic Designing of Abiotic Stress Resistance Pulse Crops. Springer Publishing Inc., Cham. 24 March 2022:  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91039-6_4  

Wu X, Cortes AJ,  Blair MW* (2022) Genetic differentiation of grain, fodder and pod vegetable type cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata  L.) identified through genotyping-by-sequencing.  Molecular Horticulture. 28 March 2022  https://molhort.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s43897-022-00028-x  

Blair MW*, Li H, Nekkalapudi L+, Becerra VM, Paredes M (in press)  Nutraceutical characterization and genomics of nutritional traits for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) chapter 3.  C. Kole (Ed) Nutraceutagenomics. Compendium of Crop Genome Designing for Nutraceuticals books.  Springer.

Blair MW*, Miller, M.C. II+, Yahaya, D+, Hickok D+, Wu, X+  (in press) Allele Mining in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Sub-species and close relatives.  In C. Kole (Ed.)Allele Mining in Pulses.  Springer Inc.

Blair MW*, Thapa R+, Edwards M+, Damba Y+, Wu X+, Hickok D+, Mackasmiel L, Cortes AJ (2022) Use of Genomics and Phenomics for Diversity Assessment and Implications for Breeding of Grain Amaranths in Americas.  Chapter. In M. Farooq & Kadambot H.M. Siddique (eds.) 'Neglected and Underutilized Crops: Future Smart Food’. Elsevier Press Inc. , Nov 15, 2022

Dharajiya DT, Trivedi GT, Thakkar NJ, Pachchigar KP, Teli B, Tiwari KK, Blair MW* (2022) Genomics-Assisted Design of Biotic Stress Resistant Vegetable Amaranths.  In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Vegetable Crops. Springer Publishing Inc.,. ISBN-13: 15 July 2022:   9783030977849. Pp. 437

Mahesha HS. Keerthi MC, Shivakumar KV, Bhargavi HA, Saini RP, Manjunatha L, Hickok D+, Blair MW* (2022). Development of Biotic Stress Resistant Cowpea. pp 213–251  In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomic Design Biotic Stress Resistant Pulse Crops. Springer, Cham.  19 March 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91043-3_4

Veeranagappa P, Blair MW*, B.Manu B, Hickok D+, Prasad G, Naveena NL, Manjunath L, Tripathi K (2022) Advanced Breeding Strategies for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cowpea.  pp 115–144.  In Chitta Kole (ed) Genomic Designing of Abiotic Stress Resistance Pulse Crops. Springer Publishing Inc., Cham. 24 March 2022: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91039-6_4  

 

Recipe Book – Cowpea :  in preparation;  Zabaleta T, Payne M, Oates V, Adams Z, Blair MW*

Checa OE, Rodriguez M, Wu X,  Blair MW*  (2020) Use of an abbreviated method of backcrossing to introduce the afila gene into trellised garden pea (Pisum sativum) varieties.  Agronomy MDPI

Rodriguez NC, Demissie DA, Melgarejo LM,  Blair MW* (2020)  Morphological and Agronomic Variability among Accessions of Purple Passion Fruit, Passiflora edulis f. edulis, Grown across Different Elevations.  HortScience. 

Rodriquez NC, Melgarejo LM,  Blair MW* (2020) Seed structural variability and germination capacity in Passiflora edulis Sims f. edulis.  Frontiers in Plant Science - Plant Breeding

Tamayo-Vélez A, Santana-Fonseca GE,  Blair MW  (2020) Evaluación agronomica de frijoles bio-fortificados en finca de agricultores de Antioquia.  Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín 73(2): 9143-9149. https://doi.org/10.15446/rfnam.v73n2.75588

Wu X, Islam ASM F, Limpot N, Cortes AJ, Mackasmiel L, Mierzwa J, Cortés AJ,  Blair MW* (2020).   Genome-wide SNP identification and association mapping for seed mineral concentration in Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.)  In Special Issue :  (eds. P Symkal and E Von Wettburg "Healthy Food Development through Genetic Changes during Crop Domestication“ Frontiers in Genetics

Assefa T, Rubyogo JC, Mahama AA, Cannon EKS, Brown AV, Rao IM,  Blair MW, Cannon SB (2019) A Review of Breeding and Genomics Resources for Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  Molecular Breeding 39:20.

Hacisalihoglu G,  Blair MW  (2019) What we know about zinc in soils and plants for improving global food production security.  In Special Issue :  (eds.) Z Rengel Achieving Sustainable Crop Nutrition Chp16 - Micronutrients: advances in understanding zinc cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimising zinc use efficiency in crop production. Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Rodríguez NC, Melgarejo LM,  Blair MW* (2019) Purple Passion Fruit, Passiflora edulis f. Edulis, Variability for Photosynthetic and Physiological Adaptation in Contrasting Environments. Agronomy 9(5), 231; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9050231

Thapa R,  Blair MW* (2019) Morphological Assessment of Cultivated and Wild Progenitor Grain Amaranth Diversity.  In Special Issue :  (eds.) P Symkal and E Von Wettburg "Healthy Food Development through Genetic Changes during Crop Domestication.  Agronomy 8(11), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8110272

Yahaya D*, Denwar N,  Blair MW*  (2019) Effects of Moisture Deficit on the Yield of Cowpea Genotypes in the Guinea Savannah of Northern Ghana.  Agricultural Sciences 10, 577-595. https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2019.104046

Yahaya D*, Denwar N, Mohammed M,  Blair MW*  (2019) Screening of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) Genotypes for Enhanced N2 Fixation and Water Use Efficiency under Field Conditions in Ghana.  American Journal of Plant Sciences 10:4.

Wu J, Wang LF, Fu J, Chen J, Zhang J, Zhang SL, Wei SH, Tang YS, Zhu J, Lei L, Chen ML, Geng Q, Liu CL, Wu L, Li XM, Wang X, Wang Z, Wang Q, Xing S, Zhang H,  Blair MW*, Wang S* (2019) Resequencing of 683 common bean genotypes identifies yield component trait associations across a north-south cline.  Nature Genetics.

Blair MW*, Cortés AJ, Farmer A, R. Wei H, Ambachew D, Penmetsa V, Carrasquillo N, Assefa T, Cannon S.  (2018)  Uneven recombination rate and linkage disequilibrium across a reference SNP map for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).  PLoS ONE 13(3): e0189597. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189597.

Cortés AJ, Hurtado P,  Blair MW, Chacón-Sánchez MI (2018) Does the genomic landscape of species divergence in Phaseolus; beans coerce parallel signatures of adaptation and domestication? Frontiers in Plant Science.  http://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01816

Cortés AJ, Hurtado P,  Blair MW, Chacón-Sánchez MI (2018) Genome Diversity Reveals the Genomic Consequences of Speciation, Adaptation and Domestication in Common and Lima Phaseolus Beans. Bean Genome Diversity Reveals the Genomic Consequences of Speciation, Adaptation, and Domestication.  Chapter.  In Genetic Diversity in Plant Species – Characterization and Conservation  Ed.. M.A. El-Esawi.  https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80512

Cortés AJ,  Blair MW* (2018)  Naturally Available Genetic Adaptation in Common Bean and Its Response to Climate Change” In Chapter 3 Climate Resilient Agriculture - Strategies and Perspectives, ed. Strategies and Perspectives, Ed. A. Shanker; CoEd; C. Shanker and Ch. Srinivasarao. InTech Publishing DOI: 978-953-51-3896-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72380

Cortés AJ,  Blair MW* (2018) Genotyping by Sequencing and Genome-Environment association in wild common bean predict widespread divergent adaptation to drought.  Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 128.

Islam ASM F,  Blair MW* (2018) Molecular characterization of mung bean germplasm from the USDA core collection using newly developed KASP based SNP markers.  Crop Science 58:1–12; https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2018.01.0044

Izquierdo P, Astudillo P,  Blair  MW, Iqbal AM, Raatz B, Cichy KA (2018) Meta-QTL analysis of seed iron and zinc concentration in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  Theoretical and Applied Genetics DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-018-3104-8

Makoudi B, Kabbadj A, Mouradi M, Amenc L, Domergue O,  Blair MW, Drevon JJ, Ghoulam J (2018) Phosphorus deficiency increases nodule phytase activity of faba bean–rhizobia symbiosis. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 40:63.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-018-2619-6

Torche Y,  Blair MW, Chougui Saida C (2018) Biochemical, physiological and phenological genetic analysis in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under salt stress.  Annals of Agricultural Sciences 63 (2018) 153–161.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aoas.2018.10.002

Asfaw A, Ambachew D, Shah T,  Blair MW  (2017). Trait associations in diversity panels of the two common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) gene pools grown under well-watered and water-stress conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 733.

Bassi D., Briñez B, Santa Rosa J, Rodrigues Oblessuc P, Panhoca de Almeida C, Nucci SM, da Silva LC, Chioratto AF, Pereira Vianello R, Aranha Camargo LE,  Blair MW, Benchimol-Reis LL (2017) Linkage and mapping of quantitative trait loci associated with angular leaf spot and powdery mildew resistance in common beans.  Genetics and Molecular Biology  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2015-0314

Briñez B, Perseguini JM, Santa Rosa J, Bassi D, Ribeiro Gonçalves JG, Almeida C, de Carvalho Paulino JF,  Blair MW, Chioratto AF, Carbonell SAM, Valdisser PAMR, Pereira Vianello R, Benchimol-Reis LL (2017) Mapping QTLs for drought tolerance in a SEA 5 x AND 277 common bean cross with SSRs and SNP markers. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 40, 4, 813-823

Cortés AJ,  Blair MW* (2017) Lessons from Common Bean on how wild relatives and landraces can make tropical crops more resistant to climate change.  In. O. Grillo (Ed).  Rediscovery of Landraces as a Resource for the Future,  InTech.  ISBN 978-953-51-5806-6 

Cortés AJ,  Blair MW* (2017) Naturally Available Genetic Adaptation in Common Bean and Its Response to Climate Change.  InTech.

Teshale A,  Cannon S, Wu XJ,  Blair MW, Otyama P, Alemahayu F (2017)  Improving adaptation to drought stress in white pea bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L): genotypic effects on grain yield, yield components and pod harvest index.  Plant Breeding 136 (4): 548–561.  

Xue RF, Wu J, Chen J, Wu J, Ge W, Wang L, Wang S*,  Blair MW* (2017)  Characterization and Hairy Root Transgene Expression of a Secretory Peroxidase (PvPOX1) from Common Bean Infected by Fusarium wilt.   Plant Science 260: 1-7.

Wu X,  Blair MW* (2017)  Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS) Polymorphism Diversity in Grain Amaranths and Relatives.  Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1960; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01960

Wu X, Li N, Zhang XY, Hao JJ,  Blair MW* (2017) Genetic diversity and population structure of global and Chinese Pisum core collections.  Crop Science, 57:1–11

Zhu J, Wu J, Wang L,  Blair MW*, Wang SM* (2017) Novel Alleles for Black and Gray Seed Color Genes in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  Crop Science 2017 57:1603-1610 

Blair MW*, Wu J, Wang SM (2016)  Editorial:  Food Legume Diversity and Legume Research Policies.  Crop Journal 4: 339 – 343.

Blair MW*, Wu X, Bhandari D, Zhang X, Hao J (2016) Role of legumes for and as horticultural crops in sustainable agriculture.  Chapter 9 (Ed.)  D. Nandwani Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Series No. 9, ISBN 978-3-319-26801-9 ISBN 978-3-319-26803-3 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26803-3 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

Blair MW*, Wu X, Bhandari D, Astudillo C (2016) Inheritance of ICP-detected nutrient accumulation in the whole seed of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris  L.).  Frontiers in Plant Science (Special Issue on Plant Nutrition) 7: 219.  Published online 2016 Mar 8. doi:  10.3389/fpls.2016.00219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00219

Blair MW*, Lorigados Miranda S (2016) Diversity of common bean landraces, breeding lines and varieties from Cuba.  Crop Science 56:322-330
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2015.04.0213

Darkwa K, Ambachew D, Mohammed H, Asfaw A,  Blair MW* (2016) Evaluation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris  L.) genotypes for drought stress adaptation in Ethiopia. Crop Journal 4:367–376.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2016.06.007

Fisseha Z, Tesfaye K, Dagne K,  Blair MW, Harvey J, Kyallo M, Gepts P (2016) Genetic diversity and population structure of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris  L) germplasm of Ethiopia as revealed by microsatellite markers.  African Journal of Biotechnology. Vol. 15(52), pp. 2824-2847.  DOI: 10.5897/AJB2016.15464
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB2016.15464

Mayor-Duran VM, Raatz B,  Blair MW  (2016) Developing drought tolerant common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris  L.) from inter genepool crosses with genotypes from different origins (Andean and Mesoamerican). Acta Agronomica 65(4): 1-15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15446/acag.v65n4.48680

Parikh L, Mmbaga MT, Kodati S,  Blair MW, Hui D, Meru G (2016) Broad-sense heritability and genetic gain for powdery mildew resistance in multiple pseudocross pseudo-F2 populations of flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida  L.). Scientia Horticulturae 12/2016; 213. DOI:10.1016/j.scienta.2016.09.038
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2016.09.038

Zhu J, Wu J, Wang L,  Blair MW, Zhu Z, Wang S  (2016) QTL Analysis and Gene Candidates for Common Bacterial Blight Resistance from a Chinese Common Bean, Longyundou 5. Crop Journal 4: 344 – 352.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2016.06.009

Ambachew D, Mekbib F, Asfaw A, Beebe SE  Blair MW* (2015)  Trait relations in common bean genotypes grown under managed-stress for drought and field infestation of bean fly.  The Crop Journal 3: 305 – 316
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2015.01.006

Blair MW* (2013) Breeding approaches to increasing nutrient use efficiency: Examples from Common Beans. In Z. Rengel (ed.) Improving Water- and Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Food Production Systems. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, Chp. 11.
DOI: 10.1002/9781118517994

Blair MW* , Cortés A, Penmetsa RV, Carrasquilla-Garcia N, Farmer A, Cook D (2013) Development of high throughput SNP markers for parental polymorphism screening and diversity analysis in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Theoretical Applied Genetics (in press)
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1999-z

Blair MW*, Díaz LM, Acosta Gallegos JA (2013) Diversity of the Mexican Core Collection of Common Bean Landraces. Crop Science (in press)
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12099

Blair MW*, Hurtado N, (2013) EST-SSR markers from five sequenced cDNA libraries in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) comparing three bioinformatic algorithms.   Molecular Ecology Resources 13: 688–695

Cortés AJ, Monserrate FA, Ramírez-Villegas J, Madriñán S, Blair MW* (2013) Drought Tolerance in Wild Plant Populations: The Case of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). PLoS ONE 8(4): e62898
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062898

Garzón LN, Oliveros OO, Rosen B, Ligarreto GA, Cook DR, Blair MW* (2013) Isolation and characterization of NBS resistance gene homologues in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Phytopathology 103(2):156-68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-07-12-0180-R

Ramaekers L, Galeano CH, Garzón N, Vanderleyden J, Blair MW* (2013) Identifying quantitative trait loci for symbiotic nitrogen fixation capacity and related traits in common bean. Molecular Breeding 31:163–180
Link to page: https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201400066288

Sharma PN, Díaz LM, Blair MW (2013) Genetic diversity of Indian common beans elucidated with two germplasm collections and by morphological and microsatellite markers. Plant Genetic Resources 1–10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262112000469 [Opens in a new window]

Asfaw AA, Almekinders C, Blair MW, Struick PC (2012) Participatory approach in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding for drought tolerance for Southern Ethiopia. Plant Breeding 131:125-134
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01921.x

Asfaw A, Blair MW* (2012) Quantitative trait loci for rooting pattern traits of common beans grown under drought stress versus non-stress conditions. Molecular Breeding 30 (2): 681-695
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9654-y

Asfaw A, Blair MW*, Struick P (2012) Multi-environment quantitative trait locus analyses for photosynthate acquisition, accumulation and remobilization traits in a common bean. G3: Genetics, Genomics and Genomes 2:579-595
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.002303

Avila T, Blair MW*, Reyes X, Bertin P (2012) Genetic diversity of bean (Phaseolus) landraces and wild relatives from the primary centre of origin of the Southern Andes. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization 10:83-92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262112000020 [Opens in a new window]

Blair MW*, Galeano CH, Tovar E, Muñoz-Torres MC, Velasco A, Beebe SE, Rao IM (2012) Development of a Mesoamerican intra-genepool genetic map for QTL detection in a drought tolerant x susceptible common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cross. Molecular Breeding 29:71–88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-010-9527-9

Blair MW*, Herrera AL, Sandoval TA, Caldas GV, Fileppi M, Sparvoli F (2012) Inheritance of seed phytate and phosphorus levels in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and association with newly-mapped candidate genes for the phytic acid pathway. Molecular Breeding 30: 1265-1277.
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-012-9713-z

Blair MW*, Hurtado N, Sharma P (2012) Analysis and mapping of gene-derived simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Molecular Ecology Resources 12(4):661-668.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-135

Blair MW*, Izquierdo P (2012) Use of the advanced backcross-QTL method to transfer seed mineral accumulation nutrition traits from wild to Andean cultivated common beans. Theoretical Applied Genetics
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1891-x

Blair MW*, Pantoja W, Muñoz LC (2012) First use of microsatellite markers in a large collection of cultivated and wild accessions of tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray). Theoretical Applied Genetics 125 (6):1137-1147
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1900-0

Blair MW*, Soler A, Cortés AJ (2012) Diversification and Population Structure in Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). PLOS One 7 (11) e49488.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049488

Briñez B, Blair MW. Killian A, Chiorrato A, Carbonel S, Benchimol L (2012) Development of a DART platform for the evaluation of genetic diversity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Molecular Breeding 30: 181-193
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS09096

Checa OE, Blair MW* (2012) Inheritance of yield related traits in climbing beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L). Crop Science 52:1–16
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.07.0368

Cortés AJ*, Chavarro M, Madriñan S, This D, Blair MW* (2012)Molecular ecology and selection of drought related Asr gene polymorphisms in wild and cultivated common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). BMC Genetics 13:58
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-58

Cortés AJ, This D, Chavarro MC, Madriñan S, Blair MW* (2012)Nucleotide diversity patterns at the drought related DREB encoding genes in wild and cultivated common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Theoretical Applied Genetics 125 (5): 1069-1085
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1896-5

Dwivedi SL, Sahrawat KL, Rai KN, Blair MW, Andersson M, Pfieffer W(2012) Nutritionally enhanced staple food crops. Plant Breeding Reviews 34: 169-262
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02187

Galeano CH*, Cortés AJ, Fernández AC, Soler A, Franco-Herrera N, Makunde G, Vanderleyden J*, Blair MW* (2012) Gene-based single nucleotide polymorphism markers for genetic and association mapping in common bean. BMC Genetics 13:
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-48

Blair MW*, Astudillo C, Rengifo J, Beebe SE, Graham R (2011) QTL for seed iron and zinc concentrations in a recombinant inbred line population of Andean common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Theoretical Applied Genetics 122:511-523
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1371-0

Blair MW*, Díaz LM, Gil-Langarica H, Mayek Perez N, Acosta JA (2011) Genetic relatedness of Mexican common bean varieties revealed by microsatellite markers. Crop Science 51:2655–2667
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2011.01.0030

Blair MW*, Fernandez AC, Ishitani M, Moreta D, Seki M, Ayling S, Shinosaki S (2011) Construction and EST sequencing of a full-length, drought stress cDNA library for the Andean common bean genotype G19833. BMC Plant Biology 11:171
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-171

Blair MW*, Fernandez AC, Pedraza F, Muñoz-Torres MC, Kapu Sella N, K Brown, Lynch JP   (2011) Parallel sequencing of ESTs from two cDNA libraries for high and low phosphorus adaptation in common beans. The Plant Genome 4(3):1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3835/plantgenome2011.02.0093

Blair MW*, Hurtado N, Chavarro MC, Muñoz Torres MC, Tomkins J, Wing R (2011) Gene-based SSR markers for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) derived from root and leaf tissue ESTs: an integration of the BMc series. BMC Plant Biology 11:50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-11-50

Cortés A, Chavarro C, Blair MW* (2011) SNP marker diversity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Theoretical Applied Genetics 123: 827-845
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1630-8

Díaz LM, Buendía HF, Duque MC, Blair MW* (2011) Genetic diversity of Colombian landraces of common bean as detected through the use of silver-stained and fluorescently labeled microsatellites. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization 9(1); 86–96
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262110000420 [Opens in a new window]

Galeano CH*, Fernandez AC, Franco-Herrera N, Cichy KA, McClean PE, Vanderleyden J, Blair MW* (2011) Saturation of a unified intra- and inter-genepool common bean consensus linkage map in common bean for fine-mapping and synteny analysis. PLOSOne 6(12): e28135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028135

Miklas PN, Fourie D, Trapp J, Larsen RC, Chavarro C, Blair MW, Gepts P (2011) Genetic Characterization and Molecular Mapping Pse-2 Gene for Resistance to Halo Blight in Common Bean. Crop Science 51:2439–2448
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2011.01.0046

Soule M, Porter G, Medina J, Santana G, Blair MW, Miklas PN (2011) Comparative QTL Map for White Mold Resistance in Common Bean, and Characterization of Partial Resistance in Dry Bean Lines VA19 and I9365-31 Crop Science 51:123-139
Link to page: PDF
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2010.06.0356

Tako E, Blair MW, Glahn RP (2011) Biofortified red mottled beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in a maize and bean diet provide more bioavailable iron than standard red mottled beans: Studies in poultry (Gallus gallus) and an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 model. Nutrition Journal 10:113
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-10-113