Scholars

overview

My breeding and scientific research, graduate and post-graduate programs relate directly or indirectly to use of naturally occurring germplasm for crop improvement. Elements of the research include wild-species germplasm introgression, chromosome substitution, reproductive and ploidy manipulations, conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization, genetic analysis, marker development (SSRs, SNPs), marker assisted selection, reproductive cytology and genetics, and various types of genome mapping (linkage, BAC physical, and radiation hybrid), sequencing, and their integration for genome sequencing and assembly. Most of my research aims to enhance the germplasm, knowledge, science and technologies for genetic improvement Upland cotton, e.g., economic yield and sustainability; some, however, is devoted to sorghum, especially wide hybridization and germplasm utilization.

education and training

Ph.D. in Plant Breeding & Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1983
M.S. in Plant Breeding & Cytogenetics, Iowa State University - (Ames, Iowa, United States) 1979
B.S. in Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1975

selected publications

Academic Articles178

Bellaloui, N., Saha, S., Tonos, J. L., Scheffler, J. A., Jenkins, J. N., McCarty, J. C., & Stelly, D. M. (2021). Effects of Interspecific Chromosome Substitution in Upland Cotton on Cottonseed Macronutrients. Plants. 10(6), 1158-1158.
Reddy, K. R., Bheemanahalli, R., Saha, S., Singh, K., Lokhande, S. B., Gajanayake, B., ... Stelly, D. M. (2020). High-Temperature and Drought-Resilience Traits among Interspecific Chromosome Substitution Lines for Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton. Plants. 9(12), 1747-1747.
Bellaloui, N., Saha, S., Tonos, J. L., Scheffler, J. A., Jenkins, J. N., McCarty, J. C., & Stelly, D. M. (2020). Effects of Interspecific Chromosome Substitution in Upland Cotton on Cottonseed Micronutrients. Plants. 9(9), 1081.
Saha, S., Bellaloui, N., Jenkins, J. N., McCarty, J. C., & Stelly, D. M. (2020). Effect of chromosome substitutions from Gossypium barbadense L., G. tomentosum Nutt. Ex Seem and G. mustelinum Watt into G. hirsutum L. on cottonseed protein and oil content. Euphytica. 216(7), 118.
Chen, Z. J., Sreedasyam, A., Ando, A., Song, Q., De Santiago, L. M., Hulse-Kemp, A. M., ... Schmutz, J. (2020). Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement. Nat Genet. 52(5), 525-533.

Books1

Pixley, K. V., Falck-Zepeda, J. B., Giller, K. E., Glenna, L. L., Gould, F., Mallory-Smith, C. A., Stelly, D. M., & Stewart, C. N. (2019). Genome Editing, Gene Drives, and Synthetic Biology: Will They Contribute to Disease-Resistant Crops, and Who Will Benefit?. Annual Reviews.

Chapters1

Van Deynze, A., Stoffel, K., Lee, M., Wilkins, T. A., Kozik, A., Cantrell, R. G., ... Stelly, D. M. (2011). Sampling nucleotide diversity in cotton. Plant Physiology. (pp. 1-14).

Conference Papers12

Wang, C., Ulloa, M., Saha, S., Stelly, D. M., Jenkins, J. N., & Roberts, P. A. (2015). Identification and confirmation of root-knot nematode and Fusarium wilt disease resistance traits in cotton substitution lines. PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 105(11), 145-145.
Ueckert, J., Byrne, D. H., Crosby, K., Hodnett, G., & Stelly, D. (2015). THE UTILIZATION OF THE POLYPLOID NATURE OF ROSES. V INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SEED, TRANSPLANT AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS. 1064(1064), 73-78.
Stelly, D. M., Zheng, X., Bell, A. A., Van Deynze, A., Ashrafi, H., & Nichols, R. L. (2012). COTTON IMPROVEMENT BY ALIEN INTROGRESSION OF RENIFROM NEMATODE RESISTANCE FROM GOSSYPIUM LONGICALYX: AN OVERVIEW.. JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY. 44(4), 492-492.
Ueckert, J., Stelly, D., Crosby, K., & Byrne, D. (2012). The Utilization of the Polyploid Nature of Roses. HORTSCIENCE. 47(9), S368-S368.
Bona, C. M., Gould, J., Jr, M., Stelly, D. M., & Louzada, E. S. (2008). Asymmetric hybridization: A tool to be used in Citrus radiation map creation. HORTSCIENCE. 43(4), 1288-1289.