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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Chen-Xuan Yang, Shui-Yin Liu, Nyree JC Zerega, Gregory W Stull, Elliot M Gardner, Qin Tian, Wei Gu, Qing Lu, Ryan A Folk, Heather R Kates, Robert P Guralnick, Douglas E Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Yue-Hua Wang, Ting-Shuang Yi. 2023. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Morus (Moraceae). Agronomy 13(8): DOI:10.3390/agronomy13082021

 

Gardner, E.M., S. Bruun-Lund, M.A. Niissalo, B,Chantarasuwan, W.L. Clement, C. Geri, R.D. Harrison, A.L. Hipp, M. Holvoet, G. Khew, F, Kjellberg, S. Liao, L.C. Pederneiras, Y-Q. Peng, J.T. Pereira, Q. Phillips, A.S.A. Puad, J-Y. Rasplus, J. Sang, S. Schou, E. Velautham, G.D. Weiblen, N.J.C. Zerega, Q. Zhang, Z. Zhang. C. Baraloto, N. Rønsted. 2023. Echoes of ancient introgression punctuate stable genomic lineages in the evolution of figs. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2222035120

 

Audi, L., G. Shallow, E. Robertson, D. Bobo, D. Ragone, E.M. Gardner, B. Dussoruth, J. Wajer, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2023 Linking breadfruit cultivar names across the globe connects histories after 230 years of separation. Current Biology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.001

Selected Press:

Chamberlain, L.A, T. Aguayo, N.J.C. Zerega, R. Dybzinksi, and L. Egerton-Warburton. 2022. Rapid improvement in soil health following the conversion of abandoned farm fields to annual or perennial agroecosystems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6:1010298. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1010298 

 

Chuang C-R, Hsieh C-L, Chang C-S, Wang C-M, Tandang DN, Gardner EM,  Audi L, Zerega NJCZ, Chung, K-F. 2022. Amis Pacilo and Yami Cipoho are not the same as the Pacific breadfruit starch crop—Target enrichment phylogenomics of a long-misidentified Artocarpusspecies sheds light on the northward Austronesian migration from the Philippines to Taiwan. PLoS ONE 17(9): https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272680

 

Yang L, Zerega NJC, Montgomery A, Horton DE. 2022. Potential of breadfruit cultivation to contribute to climate-resilient low latitude food systems. PLOS Clim 1(8): e0000062. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000062

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Gardner, E.M.,S.A. Puad, J.T. Pereira, L. Pokorny, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2022. Engagement with indigenous knowledge improves our understanding of biodiversity and promotes the conservation of both. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.062

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Iwanycki Ahlstrand Natalie, et al, N.J.C. Zerega, Rønsted, N. 2022. Travel tales of a worldwide weed: genomic signature of Plantago major reveal distinct genotypic groups with links to colonial trade routes. Frontiers in Plant Science 13 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.838166

 

Gardner, E.M., T. Jimbo, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2022. Artocarpus buyangensis, a new species from New Guinea. Systematic Botany 47(2): 452-456 https://doi.org/10.1600/036364422X16512564801542

 

Lindsay, D.J. et al., and N.J.C. Zerega, R.-L. Zhu, K.B.H. Er. 2022. Flora of Singapore: Checklist and bibliography. The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 74: 2383-5812. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/research/publications/gardens’-bulletin-singapore/listing-of-publications

 

Marion Suiseeya, K. M., G. O’Connell, E. Leoso, S.B.N. DeFoe, A. Anderson, M. Bang, P. Beckman, A. Boyer, J. Dunn, J. Gilbert, J. Hester, D.E. Horton, D.B. Jennings, P. Kebec, N. Loeb, P. Loew, W.M. Miller, K. Moffit, A.I. Packman, M.W. Price, B. Redbird, J. Rogers, R. Sankaran, J. Schwoch, P. Silas, W. Twardowski, N.J.C. Zerega. 2022. Waking from Paralysis – Revitalizing Conceptions of Climate Knowledge and Justice for More Effective Climate Action. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162221095495

 

Gardner, E.M. and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021. Taxonomic updates to Artocarpus subgenus Artocarpus (Moraceae)and allied taxa with a particular focus on the species native to Singapore. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 73(2): 309-374.

 

Gardner, E.M., M. Garner, R. Cowan, S. Dodsworth, N. Epitawalage, O. Maurin, D. Arifiani, S. Sahromi, W.J. Baker, F. Forest, N.J.C. Zerega, A.K. Monro, A.L. Hipp. 2021. Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae). Taxon. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12526

 

Gardner, E.M., L. Audi, Q. Zhang, H. Sauquet, A.K. Monro, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021. Phylogenomics of Brosimum Sw. (Moraceae) and allied genera, including a revised subgeneric system. Taxon. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12503 

 

Gardner, E.M., D. Arifiani, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021. Artocarpus bergii (Moraceae), a new species in the breadfruit clade from the Moluccas. Systematic Botany 46(1) (2021). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16128061189387  

 

Gardner, E.M. and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Taxonomic updates to Artocarpus subgenus Pseudojaca (Moraceae), with a particular focuson the taxa in Singapore. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 72(2): 173-213. doi: 10.26492/gbs72(2).2020-06

 

Gardner, E.M., N.J.C. Zerega, A.K. Monro. 2020. (2757) Proposal to reject the name Antiarideae (Moraceae). Taxon 69(4):827-828. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12304  

 

Gardner, E.M., M.G. Johnson, J.T. Pereira, A.S.A. Puad, D. Arifiani, Sahromi, N.J. Wickett, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2021. Paralogs and off-target sequences improve phylogenetic resolution in a densely-sampled study of the breadfruit genus (Artocarpus, Moraceae). Systematic Biology syaa073, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa073

 

Gardner, E.M. and N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Proposal to reject the name Radermachia rotunda (Artocarpus rotundus) (Moraceae) (2788). Taxon 69(4): 827-828. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12402

Dickinson, L., H. Noble H, E.M. Gardner, A.S.A. Puad, W.N.F.W. Zakaria, Zerega N.J.C. 2020. Genetic diversity and structure of the critically endangered Artocarpus annulatus, a crop wild relative of jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) PeerJ 8:e9897 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9897

Gardner, E.M., A. Chaveerach, R. Sudmoon, N.J.C. Zerega. 2020. Two new species of Artocarpus (Moraceae) from Thailand and Vietnam. Phytotaxa Vol. 453, No. 3.

 

Gardner, E.M., M. Garner, R. Cowan, S. Dodsworth, N. Epitawalage, O. Maurin, D. Arifiani, S. Sahromi, W.J. Baker, F. Forest, N.J.C. Zerega, A.K. Monro, A.L. Hipp. 2020. Repeated parallel losses of inflexed stamens in Moraceae: phylogenomics and generic revision of the tribe Moreae and the reinstatement of the tribe Olmedieae (Moraceae). doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.030452

 

Zerega, N.J.C., E.M. Gardner, W. Zakaria & A.S.A. Puad. 2019. Artocarpus annulatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species2019: e.T86528602A86528612. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T86528602A86528612.en

 

Zhang, Q., E.M Gardner, N.J.C. Zerega, and H. Sauquet. 2019. Long-distance dispersal shaped the diversity of tribe Dorstenieae (Moraceae). Available at BioRxiv  https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/531855v1

 

Witherup, C.E., M.I. Zuberi, S. Hossain, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2019. Genetic Diversity of Bangladeshi Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) over Time and Across Seedling Sources. Journal of Economic Botany https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-019-09452-5

 

Zerega, N.J.C and E.M. Gardner. 2019. Delimitation of the new tribe Parartocarpeae (Moraceae) is supported by a 333-gene phylogeny and resolves tribal level Moraceae taxonomy. Phytotaxa 388 (4): 253–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.388.4.1

 

Lincoln, N.K., D. Ragone, N.J.C Zerega, L. Nkrumah-Roberts, M. Merlin, and A.M. Jones. 2019. Grow Us Our Daily Bread: A Review of Breadfruit Cultivation in Traditional and Contemporary Systems. Horticultural Review 46: 299 – 384.

 

Laricchia, K.M., M. Johnson, N.J.C. Zerega, and N.J. Wickett. 2018. A transcriptome screen for positive selection in domesticated breadfruit and its wild relatives (Artocarpus spp.). American Journal of Botany. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1095 

 

Wang, M.M.H., E.M. Gardner, A.R. Milan, Salma, C.M. Yee, R. Chung, L.S. Leong, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2018. Origin and diversity of an underutilized fruit tree crop, Artocarpus integer (Moraceae). American Journal of Botany. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1094 

 

Gardner, E.M. R. Gagne, P.E. Kendra, W.S. Montgomery, R.A. Raguso, T.T. McNeil and N.J.C. Zerega. 2018. A flower in fruit’s clothing: Pollination of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus, Moraceae) by a new species of gall midge, Clinodiplosis ultracrepidata sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). International Journal of Plant Sciences. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/697115

 

Kates, H.R., M.G. Johnson, E.M. Gardner, N.J.C. Zerega, and N.J. Wickett. 2018. Allele phasing has minimal impact on phylogenetic reconstruction from targeted nuclear gene sequences in a case study of Artocarpus (Moraceae). American Journal of Botany https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajb2.1068

 

Gardner, E.M., P. Sarraf, and N.J.C. Zerega. Phylogeny and biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit. 2017. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.021 

 

Briscoe, L.R.E., N.J.C. Zerega, H.T. Lumbsch, M. Stech, E. Kraichak, M.J. von Konrat, J.J. Engel, and N. Wickett. 2017. Molecular, morphological, and biogeographic perspectives on the classification of Acrobolboideae (Acrobolbaceae, Marchantiophyta). Phytotaxa 319 (1): 056–070. http://mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.319.1.2/12195

 

Williams, E.W., E.M. Gardner, R. Harris III, A. Chaveerach, J.T. Pereira, and N.J.C. Zerega. 2017. Out of Borneo: Biogeography, phylogeny, and divergence date estimates of Artocarpus (Moraceae). Annals of Botany 119(4):611-627. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw249

 

Zerega, N.J.C. and D. Ragone. 2016. Toward a global view of breadfruit genetic diversity. Tropical Agriculture: 77-91, Special Issue: 2nd International Breadfruit Conference.

 

Gardner, E.M., M.G. Johnson, D. Ragone, N.J. Wickett, & N.J.C. Zerega. 2016. Low-coverage, whole-genome sequencing of Artocarpus camansi (Moraceae) for phylogenetic marker development and gene discovery. Applications in Plant Sciences, 4(7), apps.1600017. http://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600017

 

Johnson, M.G., E.M. Gardner, Y. Liu, R. Medina, B. Goffinet, A.J., N.J.C. Zerega, and N.J. Wickett. 2016. HybPiper: Extracting coding sequence and introns for phylogenetics from high-throughput sequencing reads using target enrichment.Applications in Plant Sciences, 4(7), apps.1600016. http://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1600016

 

Gardner, E.M., Laricchia, K.M., Murphy, M., Ragone, D., Scheffler, B.E., Simpson, S., Williams, E.W., Zerega, N.J.C. 2015. Primer Note: Chloroplast microsatellite markers for Artocarpus (Moraceae) developed from transcriptome sequences. Applications in Plant Sciences 3(9): http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1500049.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., T. Wiesner-Hanks, D. Ragone, B. Irish, B. Scheffler, S. Simpson, and F. Zee. 2015. Diversity of the Breadfruit Complex (Artocarpus, Moraceae): Genetic Characterization of Critical Germplasm. Tree Genetics and Genomes.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11295-014-0824-z

 

Witherup, C, D. Ragone, T. Wiesner-Hanks, B. Irish, B. Scheffler, S. Simpson, F. Zee, M. I. Zuberi, N.J.C. Zerega. 2013. Development of microsatellite loci in Artocarpus altilis (Moraceae) and cross-amplification in congeneric species.Applications in Plant Science 1(7): 1200423. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3732/apps.1200423#.UhOtVmR4bfg

 

Misiewicz, T. and N.C. Zerega. 2012. Phylogeny, Biogeography and Character Evolution of Dorstenia (Moraceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 69(3): 413-440.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., M.N. Nur Supardi, and T.J. Motley. 2010. Phylogeny and recircumscription of Artocarpeae (Moraceae) with a focus on Artocarpus. Systematic Botany 35 (4): 766 – 783

 

Khan, R., N.J.C. Zerega, S. Hossain, and M.I. Zuberi. 2010. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) Diversity in Bangladesh: Land Use and Artificial Selection. Economic Botany 64(2): 124-136.

 

Rønsted, N., G.D. Weiblen, W.L. Clement, N.J.C. Zerega, and V. Savolainen. 2008. Reconstructing the phylogeny of figs (Ficus, Moraceae) to reveal the history of the fig pollination mutualism. Symbiosis 45: 45-56

 

Zerega, N.J.C., D. Ragone, and T.J. Motley. 2005. Systematics and species limits and a taxonomic treatment of breadfruit (Artocarpus, Moraceae). Systematic Botany 30(3): 603-615.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., W.L. Clement, S.L. Datwyler, and G.D. Weiblen. 2005. Biogeography and divergence times in the mulberry family based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 402-416.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., Mound, L.A. , and G.D. Weiblen. 2004. Pollination in the New Guinea endemic Antiaropsis decipiens (Moraceae) is mediated by a new species of thrips, Thrips antiaropsidis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 165(6): 1017-1026.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., D. Ragone, and T.J. Motley. 2004. Complex origins of breadfruit: Implications for human migrations in Oceania. American Journal of Botany 91(5): 760-766.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., S. Mori, C. Lindqvist, Q. Zheng, and T.J. Motley. 2002. Using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) to identify black cohosh (Actaea racemosa). Economic Botany 56(2): 154-164.

 

Bultman, T.L. and N.J. Conard. 1998. Effects of endophytic fungus, nutrient level, and plant damage on performance of Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environmental Entomology 27(3): 631-635.

 

Books and Book Chapters

Zerega, N.J.C. 2014. Origins and Development of Breadfruit, in C. Smith (ed.). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology: Pp. 1006-1009. New York: Springer.

 

Zerega, N.J.C., D. Ragone, and T.J. Motley. 2005. Breadfruit Origins, Diversity, and Human-faciliated Distribution. Pp. 213-238 in T.J. Motley, N.J.C. Zerega, and H.B. Cross [eds.], Darwin ‘s Harvest: New Approaches to the Origins, Evolution, and Conservation of Crops. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA.

 

Motley, T.J., N.J.C. Zerega , and H.B. Cross. 2005. Darwin ‘s Harvest: New Approaches to the Origins, Evolution, and Conservation of Crops. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA .