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PUBLICATIONS

Tilhou, N., Kucek, L.K., Moore, V., Hanson, S., Reberg‐Horton, S.C., et al. 2025. Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) germplasm contains a cryptic second species (Vicia varia Host). Crop Science. doi: DOI: 10.1002/csc2.21455.

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Tilhou, N., L.K. Kucek, V. Moore, S. Hanson, S.C. Reberg-Horton, et al. 2024. Seed size has a major impact on fall seedling vigor in the cover crop hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth). Crop Science 65(1): e21439. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.21439.

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Tilhou, N., L. Kissing Kucek, B. Carr, J. Douglas, J. Englert, et al. 2024. Pooled DNA sequencing in hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) reveals QTL for seed dormancy but not pod dehiscence. Front. Plant Sci. 15. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1384596.

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Kucek, L.K., K. Muller, L.B. Martins, V.M. Moore, C. Reberg-Horton, et al. 2024. Genetic and environmental drivers of legume cover crop performance: Hairy vetch. Crop Science 64(6): 3052–3072. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.21318.

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Rebong, D., Henriquez Inoa, S., Moore, V., Reberg-Horton, S., Mirsky, S., Murphy, J., & Leon, R. 2023. Breeding allelopathy in cereal rye for weed suppression. Weed Science, 1-11. DOI:10.1017/wsc.2023.64

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Ali, S., L. Kissing Kucek, H. Riday, N. Krom, S. Krogman, K. Cooper, L. Jacobs, P. Mehta, M. Trammell, S. Bhamidimarri, T. Butler, M.C. Saha, M.J. Monteros. 2023. Transcript Profiling of Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) identified interesting genes for seed qualities. The Plant Genome, 16(2). DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20330

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Fuller, T., L.M. Koch, L. Kissing Kucek, S. Ali, H. Mangelson, T. Hernandez, T. P.L. Smith, D.M. Bickhart, H. Riday, M.L. Sullivan. 2023. A reference assembly for the legume cover crop, hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth). GigaByte. 2023:gigabyte98. DOI: 10.46471/gigabyte.98 

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Moore, V., T. Peters, B. Schlautman, C. Brummer. 2023. Toward plant breeding for multicrop systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(14). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2205792119

 

Poffenbarger, H., M. Castellano, D. Egli, A. Jaconi, V. Moore. 2023. Contributions of plant breeding to soil carbon storage: Retrospect and prospects. Crop Science, 63:990-1018. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20920

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Tilhou, N., L. Kissing Kucek, B. Carr, A. Marion, J. Douglas, J. Englert, S. Ali, J. Raasch, S. Bhamidimarri, S. Mirsky, M.J. Monteros, S. Krogman. 2023. Genome-wide association mapping in hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) discovers a large effect locus controlling seed dormancy. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1282187

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Muller, K. et al. 2021. Estimating agronomically relevant symbiotic nitrogen fixation in green manure breeding programs. Crop Science 61(5): 3314-3330. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20517

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Bastos Martins, Lais. Roderick M. Rejesus, Chris Reberg-Horton, Robert L. Myers. Understanding the market for cover crop seeds in the United States: Background and potential policy directions. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Sep 2021, 76 (5) 83A-88A; DOI: 10.2489/jswc.2021.0820A

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Vann, R.A.*, S.C. Reberg-Horton, M.S. Castillo, J.P. Murphy, L.B. Martins, S.B. Mirsky, U.K. Saha, and R.J. McGee. 2020. Differences among eighteen winter pea genotypes for forage and cover crop use in the Southeast USA. Crop Science, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20355

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Moore, Virginia; Davis, Brian; Poskaitis, Megan; Maul, Jude E.; Kissing Kucek, Lisa; Mirsky, Steven. 2020. "Phenotypic and Nodule Microbial Diversity among Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.) Accessions" Agronomy 10, no. 9: 1434. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091434

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Kissing Kucek, L.; Azevedo, M.D.; Eagen, S.S.; Ehlke, N.J.; Hayes, R.J.; Mirsky, S.B.; Reberg-Horton, C.; Ryan, M.R.; Wayman, S.; Wiering, N.P.; Riday, H. 2020. "Seed Dormancy in Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) Is Influenced by Genotype and Environment" Agronomy 10, no. 11:1804. 
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10111804

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Moore VM, Mirsky SB. Cover crop biomass production across establishment methods in mid-Atlantic corn. Agronomy Journal. 2020;112:4765–4774. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20414

 

Sandra Wayman, Lisa Kissing Kucek, Virginia Moore, Lais Bastos Martins, Matt Ryan. 2020. Breeding Legume Cover Crops. What's Cropping Up Blog, Cornell Field Crops. 
http://blogs.cornell.edu/whatscroppingup/2020/11/19/breeding-legume-cover-crops/

 

Moore VM, Maul JE, Wilson D, et al. Registration of ‘Purple Bounty’ and ‘Purple Prosperity’ hairy vetch. J. Plant Regist. 2020;14:340–346. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20044

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Regional Cover Crop Technical Notes (2020)
nrcs.usda.gov/plant-materials/cover-crop-performance-and-adaptation-trials%20Cool%20Season%20Cover%20Crop%20Adaptation%20Trials

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Kissing Kucek L, Riday H, Rufener BP, Burke AN, Eagen SS, Ehlke N, Krogman S, Mirsky SB, Reberg-Horton C, Ryan MR, Wayman S and Wiering NP (2020) Pod Dehiscence in Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa Roth). Front. Plant Sci. 11:82. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00082

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Wiering, N.P., Ehlke, N.J. and Sheaffer, C.C. (2019), Lidar and RGB Image Analysis to Predict Hairy Vetch Biomass in Breeding Nurseries. Plant Phenome J., 2: 1-8 190003. doi:10.2135/tppj2019.02.0003

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Vann, R.A., S.C. Reberg-Horton, M.S. Castillo, R.J. McGee, and S.B. Mirsky*. 2019. Winter Pea, crimson clover, and hairy vetch planted in mixture with small grains in the Southeast USA. Agron. J., 111:1-10. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.03.0202

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Kucek, L.K., Riday, H., Ehlke, N., Reberg‐Horton, C., Maul, J., Mirsky, S.B., Pelzer, C.J., Poskaitis, M., Ryan, M.R., Seehaver, S., Wayman, S. and Wiering, N. (2019), Environmental Influences on the Relationship between Fall and Spring Vigor in Hairy Vetch. Crop Science, 59: 2443-2454. doi:10.2135/cropsci2018.09.0569

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Wiering, N.P., Flavin, C., Sheaffer, C.C., Heineck, G.C., Sadok, W. and Ehlke, N.J. (2018), Winter Hardiness and Freezing Tolerance in a Hairy Vetch Collection. Crop Science, 58: 1594-1604. doi:10.2135/cropsci2017.12.0748

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Saha, U.*, R.A. Vann, S.C. Reberg-Horton, M.S. Castillo, S.B. Mirsky, R.J. McGee, and L. Sonon. 2018. Near-infrared spectroscopic models for analysis of winter pea (Pisum sativum L.) quality constituents. J. Sci. Food Agri. 98:4253-4267. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8947

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Heathcliffe Riday, Lisa Kissing Kucek, Lori Bocher, USDA Dairy Forage Research Center; Ken Albrecht, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Improving Legumes for Pasture, Cover Crops, Living Mulch & Green Manure https://www.midwestforage.org/pdf/1112.pdf.pdf

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Wayman, S., Kissing Kucek, L., Mirsky, S., Ackroyd, V., Cordeau, S., & Ryan, M. (2017). Organic and conventional farmers differ in their perspectives on cover crop use and breeding. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 32(4), 376-385. doi:10.1017/S1742170516000338

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