Hamid Ashrafi

Bio

Dr. Ashrafi is interested in conventional plant breeding, molecular breeding through marker assisted selection, genetic mapping, QTL analysis, bioinformatics and statistical genomics. As an assistant professor in blueberry breeding, he is passionate to use his expertise to breed for higher quality blueberries.

Publications

• A Blueberry ( Vaccinium L.) Crop Ontology to Enable Standardized Phenotyping for Blueberry Breeding and Research , HORTSCIENCE (2024)
• Application of RAPD and ISSR markers tools for commercial monovarietal Tunisian extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) authenticity and traceability , EURO-MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION (2024)
• Genome-wide association identifies key loci controlling blackberry postharvest quality , FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2023)
• A chromosome-length genome assembly and annotation of blackberry (Rubus argutus, cv. “Hillquist”) , G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics (2022)
• A first complete phylogenomic hypothesis for diploid blueberries (Vaccinium section Cyanococcus) , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY (2022)
• Autopolyploid inheritance and a heterozygous reciprocal translocation shape chromosome genetic behavior in tetraploid blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) , NEW PHYTOLOGIST (2022)
• Identification of late blight resistance quantitative trait loci in Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270441 , PLANT GENOME (2022)
• Nuclear DNA contents and ploidy levels of North American Vaccinium species and interspecific hybrids , SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE (2022)
• RNA-Seq and Gene Regulatory Network Analyses Uncover Candidate Genes in the Early Defense to Two Hemibiotrophic Colletorichum spp. in Strawberry , FRONTIERS IN GENETICS (2022)
• There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies , HORTICULTURE RESEARCH (2022)