Recent Publications
Our team members have published numerous studies and articles about a variety of important plant science and conservation topics, ranging from the role of botanic gardens in addressing plant blindness, to supporting food security in the face of climate change through work with crop wild relatives.
- Ramirez-Villegas J, Khoury CK, Achicanoy H, Diaz MV, Mendez A, Sosa CC, Kehel Z, Guarino L, Abberton M, Aunario J, Al Awar B, Alarcon JC, Amri A, Anglin NL, Azevedo V, Aziz K, Capilit GL, Chavez O, Chebotarov D, Costich DE, Debouck DG, Ellis D, Falalou H, Fiu A, Ghanem ME, Giovannini P, Goungoulou AJ, Gueye B, Ibn El Hobyb A, Jamnadass R, Jones CS, Kpeki B, Lee J-S, McNally KL, Muchugi A, Ndjiondjop M-N, Oyatomi O, Payne T, Ramachandran S, Rossel G, Roux N, Ruas M, Sansaloni C, Sardos J, Setiyono TD, Tchamba M, van den Houwe I, Velazquez JA, Venuprasad R, Wenzl P, Yazbek M, and Zavala C (2022) State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of twenty-five major crops. Nature Plants 8: 491–499. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01144-8.
- Gómez-Godínez LJ, Calvillo Aguilar FF, Ponce de León AV, Khoury CK, and Diaz MV (2022) “Herramientas informáticas para el estudio de los recursos genéticos” In: Anaya ER, Ed., La conservación de Recursos Genéticos a 10 años de la creación del Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos de México (INIFAP, México), pp. 164-190.
- Fumia N, Pironon S, Rubinoff D, Khoury CK, Gore MA, and Kantar MB (2022) Wild relatives of potato may bolster its adaptation to new niches under future climate scenarios. Food and Energy Security 11(2): e360. doi: 10.1002/fes3.360.
- Fumia N, Rubinoff D, Zenil-Ferguson R, Khoury CK, Pironon S, Gore MA, and Kantar MB (2022) Interactions between breeding system and ploidy affect niche breadth in Solanum. Royal Society Open Science 9(1): 211862. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211862.
- MacQueen AH, Khoury CK, Miklas P, McClean PE, Osorno JM, Runck BC, White JW, Kantar M, and Ewing PM (2021) Local to continent-scale variation in fitness and heritability in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Crop Science 62(2): 767-779. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20694.
- von Wettberg E and Khoury CK (2021) Biodiversity data: The importance of access and the challenges regarding benefit sharing. Plants, People, Planet 4(1): 2-4. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10241.
- Chaplin-Kramer R, Brauman KA, Cavender-Bares J, Díaz S, Duarte GT, Enquist BJ, Garibaldi LA, Geldmann J, Halpern BS, Hertel TW, Khoury CK, Krieger JM, Lavorel S, Mueller T, Neugarten RA, Pinto-Ledezma J, Polasky S, Purvis A, Reyes-García V, Roehrdanz PR, Shannon LJ, Shaw MR, Strassburg BBN, Tylianakis JM, Verburg PH, Visconti P, and Zafra-Calvo N (2021) Conservation needs to integrate knowledge across scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 118–119. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01605-x.
- Khoury CK, Brush S, Costich DE, Curry HA, de Haan S, Engels J, Guarino L, Hoban S, Mercer KL, Miller A, Nabhan GP, Perales HR, Richards C, Riggins C, and Thormann I (2021) Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity. Tansley review. New Phytologist 233(1): 84-118. doi: 10.1111/nph.17733.
- Argumedo A, Song Y, Khoury CK, Hunter D, Dempewolf H, Guarino L, and de Haan S (2021) Biocultural diversity for food system transformation under global environmental change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 685299. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.685299.
- Novy, A. and T. Moreau. 2019. Crop Science Special Issue: Connecting Agriculture, Public Gardens and Science. Crop Science 59:2300–2301.
- Khoury, CK, Y. Kisel,…and A. Novy. 2019. Science-graphic art partnerships to increase research impact. Communications Biology 2:295.
- Krishnan, S., T. Moreau, J. Kuehny, A. Novy, S.L. Greene, and CK Khoury. 2019. Resetting the table for people and plants: Botanic gardens and research organizations collaborate to address food and agricultural plant blindness. Plants People Planet 1:157–163.
- Kramer, A.T., B. Crane,…A. Novy, et. al. 2019. Sourcing native plants to support ecosystem function in different planting contexts. Restoration Ecology 23:470-476.
- Tomaszewski, M., M. Dein, A. Novy, et al. 2019. Quantitation and seasonal Variation of Key Odorants in Propolis. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 67:1495-1503.
- Moreau, T., and A. Novy. 2018. “Public Education and Outreach Opportunities for Crop Wild Relatives in North America”. In: Greene SL, Williams KA, Khoury CK, Kantar MB, and Marek LF, eds., North American Crop Wild Relatives: Conservation and use. Springer.
- Novy, A., H. Shimizu and P. Raven. 2017. The earth is a garden and we’re all its gardeners. (W.J. Kress and J.K. Stine, Eds.) in Living in the Anthropocene: Humanity in the Age of Humans, pp. 95-98. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington.
- Krishnan, S. and A. Novy. 2016. The Role of Botanic Gardens in the Twenty-First Century. CAB Reviews 11(23).
- Miller, A., A. Novy, et al. 2015. Expanding the role of botanical gardens in the future of food. Nature Plants 1: 15078.
- Mims, R., A. Novy, and J. Willmott. 2014. Limiting pest problems through sustainable landscape and garden design and maintenance at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Outlooks on Pest Management 25: 320-324.