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  1. Human management of ongoing evolutionary processes in agroecosystems

    Article • Plants People Planet, June 2024, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  2. Improving rotational partners: Intraspecies variation for pea cover cropping traits

    Article • Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment, March 2024, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  3. Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum)

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  4. Leveraging genomics and phenomics to accelerate improvement in mungbean: A case study in how to go from GWAS to selection

    Article • The Plant Phenome Journal, December 2023, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  5. Genomic-Mediated Breeding Strategies for Global Warming in Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.)

    Article • Agriculture, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  6. A Commemorative Issue in Honor of 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Gregor Johann Mendel: The Genius of Genetics

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Petr Smykal, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  7. Hiding in plain sight: Genome-wide recombination and a dynamic accessory genome drive diversity in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Douglas Cook, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  8. Climate Shapes Mungbean's Spread Across Asia

    Article • eLife, May 2023, eLife

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  9. Historical Routes for Diversification of Domesticated Chickpea Inferred from Landrace Genomics

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Professor Travis Longcore

  10. The genetic composition of hybridMangifera

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  11. Huge broad-bean genome could improve yields of an underused crop

    Article • Nature, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  12. Distribution and genetic diversity of South FloridaTephrosiashed light on past cultural use

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  13. Toward the next angiosperm revolution: Agroecological food production as a driver for biological diversity

    Article • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, January 2023, University of California Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  14. Diseases in Legume Crops

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  15. Modeling of Flowering Time in Vigna radiata with Artificial Image Objects, Convolutional Neural Network and Random Forest

    Article • Plants, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  16. Legume Pangenome: Status and Scope for Crop Improvement

    Article • Plants, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  17. Distinct selection signatures during domestication and improvement in crops: a tale of two genes in mungbean

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  18. Improving Rotational Partners: intraspecies variation for pea cover cropping traits

    Article • August 2022, Research Square

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  19. An evolutionary look into the history of lentil reveals unexpected diversity

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, August 2022, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  20. Ensuring Global Food Security by Improving Protein Content in Major Grain Legumes Using Breeding and ‘Omics’ Tools

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  21. Environment as a limiting factor of the historical global spread of mungbean

    Article • April 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  22. Endangered Wild Crop Relatives of the Fertile Crescent

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Petr Smykal, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  23. Current trends in genetic enhancement of legumes in the genomics era for a sustainable future

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  24. Biodiversity data: The importance of access and the challenges regarding benefit sharing

    Article • Plants People Planet, December 2021, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  25. Modeling of Flowering Time in Vigna radiata with Approximate Bayesian Computation

    Article • Agronomy, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  26. Simulation Model for Time to Flowering with Climatic and Genetic Inputs for Wild Chickpea

    Article • Agronomy, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  27. Decreased coevolutionary potential and increased symbiont fecundity during the biological invasion of a legume‐rhizobium mutualism

    Article • Evolution, February 2021, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  28. Historical trade routes for diversification of domesticated chickpea inferred from landrace genomics

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Travis Longcore, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  29. Corrigendum: Editorial: Wild Plants as Source of New Crops

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2021, Frontiers

    Prof. Petr Smykal, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  30. Wild Plants as Source of New Crops

    Article • January 2021, Frontiers

    Prof. Petr Smykal, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  31. Screening of heat‐tolerant Ethiopian chickpea accessions: Assessment of phenological and agromorphological traits and genomic relationships

    Article • Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  32. Forecasting the Timing of Floral Initiation in Wild Chickpeas under Climate Change

    Article • BIOPHYSICS, January 2021, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  33. Dynamical climatic model for time to flowering in Vigna radiata

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  34. Editorial: Wild Plants as Source of New Crops

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2020, Frontiers

    Prof. Petr Smykal, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  35. Defining and improving the rotational and intercropping value of a crop using a plant–soil feedbacks approach

    Article • Crop Science, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  36. Genomic Analysis of Vavilov’s Historic Chickpea Landraces Reveals Footprints of Environmental and Human Selection

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  37. Legume Genetics and Biology: From Mendel’s Pea to Legume Genomics

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Prof. Petr Smykal

  38. Access to crop digital information and the sharing of benefits derived from its use: Background and perspectives

    Article • Plants People Planet, April 2020, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  39. Potential and limits of exploitation of crop wild relatives for pea, lentil, and chickpea improvement

    Article • Legume Science, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Prof. Petr Smykal

  40. 6. Genomic Approaches to Understanding Adaptation

    Article • December 2019, University of California Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  41. Functional Dissection of the Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Stay-Green Phenotype Associated with Molecular Variation at an Ortholog of Mendel’s I Gene for Cotyledon Color: Implications for Crop Production and Carotenoid Biofortification

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  42. Tracking microhabitat temperature variation with iB utton data loggers

    Article • Applications in Plant Sciences, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  43. Collections of Mungbean [Vigna radiata) (L.) R. Wilczek] and urdbean [V. mungo (L.) Hepper] in Vavilov Institute (VIR): traits diversity and trends in the breeding process over the last 100 years

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  44. Genetic diversity of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae) from the USDA germplasm collection

    Article • BMC Research Notes, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  45. Non-linear regression models for time to flowering in wild chickpea combine genetic and climatic factors

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  46. Population genomic analysis of mango ( Mangifera indica ) suggests a complex history of domestication

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  47. Rapid establishment of a flowering cline in Medicago polymorpha after invasion of North America

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2018, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  48. Pod Shattering: A Homologous Series of Variation Underlying Domestication and an Avenue for Crop Improvement

    Article • Agronomy, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  49. Exploring genetic diversity of the coding regions of the lentil genome

    Article • Applications in Plant Sciences, July 2018, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  50. The Impact of Genetic Changes during Crop Domestication

    Article • Agronomy, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Prof. Petr Smykal

  51. Pod Shattering: A Homologous Series of Variation Underlying Domestication and an Avenue for Crop Improvement

    Article • June 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  52. Crop domestication: anthropogenic effects on insect–plant interactions in agroecosystems

    Article • Current Opinion in Insect Science, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  53. The Impact of Genetic Changes during Crop Domestication on Healthy Food Development

    Article • Agronomy, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Prof. Petr Smykal

  54. Using wild relatives of chickpea to make the crop more resilient against climate change impacts

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2018, Nature

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  55. Linking soils to place for forensic applications

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr DeEtta Kay Mills, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  56. The impact of salinity on mycorrhizal colonization of a rare legume, Galactia smallii, in South Florida pine rocklands

    Article • BMC Research Notes, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  57. Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Genetic Correlation with Climatic Variation in Chickpea ( ) Landraces from Pakistan

    Article • The Plant Genome, January 2018, Crop Science Society of America

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  58. Genomic Signature of Adaptive Divergence despite Strong Nonadaptive Forces on Edaphic Islands: A Case Study of Primulina juliae

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, December 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  59. Agro-morphological traits of Cicer reticulatum Ladizinsky in comparison to C. echinospermum P.H. Davis in terms of potential to improve cultivated chickpea (C. arietinum L.)

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  60. The complete chloroplast genome of Primulina and two novel strategies for development of high polymorphic loci for population genetic and phylogenetic studies

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  61. Diversity of chickpeas in the Russian Genbank gives insight into adaptation to farming and climates

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Nature

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  62. Variation in vitamin and nutrient level in several wild mangoes at different levels of ripeness

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  63. Whole-genome resequencing of 292 pigeonpea accessions identifies genomic regions associated with domestication and agronomic traits

    Article • Nature Genetics, May 2017, Nature

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  64. Nature’s potato chip: The role of salty fungi in a changing world

    Article • American Journal of Botany, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  65. Eco-geographic distribution of Cicer isauricum P.H. Davis and threats to the species

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Prof. Petr Smykal

  66. Germplasm Characterization and Trait Discovery

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  67. Distinct Subgroups of Are Associated with Hybrid Sterility and Breakdown in Interspecific Crosses with Cultivated Chickpea

    Article • Crop Science, January 2017, Crop Science Society of America

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  68. A Minimally Invasive, Automated Procedure for DNA Extraction from Epidermal Peels of Succulent Cacti (Cactaceae)

    Article • Haseltonia, December 2016, Cactus and Succulent Society of America

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  69. The use of extrafloral nectar in pest management: overcoming context dependence

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, September 2016, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  70. Diagnosis of biotic stresses of Cicer isauricum P.H. Davis based on molecular and morphological data

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  71. Local adaptation or foreign advantage? Effective use of a single-test site common garden to evaluate adaptation across ecological scales

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2016, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  72. Multiple post-domestication origins ofkabulichickpea through allelic variation in a diversification-associated transcription factor

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2016, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  73. Rootstocks: Diversity, Domestication, and Impacts on Shoot Phenotypes

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  74. Salinity Adaptation and the Contribution of Parental Environmental Effects in Medicago truncatula

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2016, PLOS

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  75. Genetic evaluation of a reintroduction of Sargent's Cherry Palm,Pseudophoenix sargentii1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, January 2015, Torrey Botanical Society

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  76. We describe\ an experiment examining the evolution of aluminum tolerance in sweet vernal grass

    Article • Molecular Ecology, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Wendy H Vance, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  77. Back to the wilds: Tapping evolutionary adaptations for resilient crops through systematic hybridization with crop wild relatives

    Article • American Journal of Botany, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  78. Exploring Germplasm Diversity to Understand the Domestication Process in Cicer spp. Using SNP and DArT Markers

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2014, PLOS

    Manish Roorkiwal, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  79. Population differentiation for germination and early seedling root growth traits under saline conditions in the annual legume Medicago truncatula (Fabaceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 2014, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  80. Population genetics of the Federally Threatened Miccosukee gooseberry (Ribes echinellum), an endemic North American species

    Article • Conservation Genetics, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nora H Oleas, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  81. Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Cajanus spp. Illustrated from Genome-Wide SNPs

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  82. The ecological genomic basis of salinity adaptation in Tunisian Medicago truncatula

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  83. More cells, bigger cells or simply reorganization? Alternative mechanisms leading to changed internode architecture under contrasting stress regimes

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2013, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  84. Parental environments and interactions with conspecifics alter salinity tolerance of offspring in the annualMedicago truncatula

    Article • Journal of Ecology, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  85. Genetic Patterns of Domestication in Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) and Wild Cajanus Relatives

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2012, PLOS

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  86. Early Developmental Responses to Seedling Environment Modulate Later Plasticity to Light Spectral Quality

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2012, PLOS

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  87. Microbially Mediated Plant Functional Traits

    Article • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, December 2011, Annual Reviews

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  88. Testing mechanisms and context dependence of costs of plastic shade avoidance responses in Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae)

    Article • American Journal of Botany, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  89. Sinking ships: conservation options for endemic taxa threatened by sea level rise

    Article • Climatic Change, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  90. Genomic Approaches to Understanding Adaptation

    Article • February 2011, University of California Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  91. Conclusions about Niche Expansion in Introduced Impatiens walleriana Populations Depend on Method of Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2010, PLOS

    Dan Warren, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  92. Sweet Drinks Are Made of This: Conservation Genetics of an Endemic Palm Species from the Dominican Republic

    Article • Journal of Heredity, December 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  93. Nutrient enrichment enhances hidden differences in phenotype to drive a cryptic plant invasion

    Article • Oikos, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  94. Adapting genomics to study the evolution and ecology of agricultural systems

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  95. Population resequencing reveals local adaptation of Arabidopsis lyrata to serpentine soils

    Article • Nature Genetics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elizabeth Charlotte Bourne, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  96. “Serpentinomics”—An Emerging New Field of Study

    Article • Northeastern Naturalist, June 2009, Humboldt Field Research Institute

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  97. Interactive Effects of Spectral Shading and Mechanical Stress on the Expression and Costs of Shade Avoidance

    Article • The American Naturalist, February 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  98. Genomic Analysis of Differentiation between Soil Types Reveals Candidate Genes for Local Adaptation in Arabidopsis lyrata

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2008, PLOS

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  99. Native and Introduced Jewelweeds of the Northeast

    Article • Northeastern Naturalist, June 2008, Humboldt Field Research Institute

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  100. PARTITIONING ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIATION ACROSS A PATCHY LANDSCAPE: SHADE AVOIDANCE TRAITS INIMPATIENS CAPENSIS

    Article • Evolution, March 2008, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  101. Population differentiation and genetic variation inform translocation decisions for Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae, a rare New England grassland perennial

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  102. Physiological mechanism of population differentiation in shade-avoidance responses between woodland and clearing genotypes of Impatiens capensis

    Article • American Journal of Botany, May 2005, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  103. Frequency and Microenvironmental Pattern of Selection on Plastic Shade‐Avoidance Traits in a Natural Population ofImpatiens capensis

    Article • The American Naturalist, April 2004, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  104. Effects of distance to crop rows and to conspecific neighbours on the size of Brassica napus and Veronica persica weeds

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  105. Dispersal biology of Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae (Asteraceae), a rare New England grassland perennial

    Article • American Journal of Botany, August 2003, Wiley

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  106. A novel social polymorphism in a primitively eusocial bee

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2003, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Eric von Wettberg

  107. Nutrient heterogeneity does not affect size symmetry of competition among wheat plants

    Article • Plant Ecology, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eric von Wettberg