Sorghum Breeding and Genetics

Publications

Please refer to my google scholar profile.

Projects

Historical Yield Trials and Crop Modeling

• Historical Multi-Environmental Trials & Hybrid Grain Sorghum Performance from 1970-2021 in Texas

Sorgoleone Secretion

• Combining Abilities and Quantitative Inheritance of Sorgoleone Exudation in Sorghum Bicolor
• Genome-Wide Association Mapping and Genomic Prediction of Sorgoleone Exudation in the Texas A&M Hybrid Sorghum Breeding Program

Genomic and Enviromic prediction modeling of hybrid performance

• Comparisons of statistical approaches for genomic prediction
• Modeling agronomic and grain quality traits

• Modeling inbred phenotypic data as a covariate for hybrid genomic prediction

• Evaluating & Predicting Performance of Hybrids in Texas A&M Grain Sorghum Breeding Program:

Presentations

• Leon, F., Fonseca, J., Klein, P. E., Klein, R. R., & Rooney, W. L. Developing Genomic Prediction Models for Grain Sorghum Hybrids in Central and South Texas. Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (2024), Oklahoma City, OK.

• Leon, F., Fonseca, J., Klein, P. E., Klein, R. R., & Rooney, W. L. Developing Genomic Prediction Models for Grain Sorghum Hybrids in Central and South Texas. ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings (2023) St. Louis, MO.

• Leon, F., Fonseca, J., Klein, P. E., Klein, R. R., & Rooney, W. L. Developing Genomic Prediction for Grain Sorghum Hybrids via a Partial Factorial Mating Design. Global Sorghum Conference (2023) Montpellier, France.

• Leon, F., Harvey, L, & Rooney, W. L. (2023) Historical Multi-Environmental Trials Reveal Elite Grain Sorghum Hybrid Trends from 1970-2021 in Texas. SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conferenece (2022) San Juan, PR.

• Leon, F., Harvey, L, & Rooney, W. L. (2023) Historical Multi-Environmental Trials Reveal Elite Grain Sorghum Hybrid Trends from 1970-2021 in Texas. Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (2022), Dallas, TX.

• Leon, F., Fonseca, J., Klein, P. E., Klein, R. R., & Rooney, W. L. Generating Grain Sorghum Genomic Estimated Breeding Values for Yield from a Partial Factorial Mating Design. National MANRRS Career Fair and Training Conference (2020), Three Minute Thesis - Master’s Division (1st Place).

• Leon, F., Fonseca, J., Klein, P. E., Klein, R. R., & Rooney, W. L. Developing Genomic Predictions for Grain Sorghum Hybrid Performance Using a Partial Factorial Mating Design. ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings (2020) VIRTUAL, Phoenix, AZ. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/128193