Peer Reviewed Publications (last five years):

Sim, S-C.; Van Deynze, A.; Stoffel, K.; Douches, D.S.; Zarka, D. Ganal, M.W.; Chetelat, R.T; Hutton, S.F.; Scott, J.W.; Gardner, R.G., Panthee, D.R; Mutschelr, M.; Myers, J.R.; Francis, D.M. 2012. High-Density SNP Genotyping of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Reveals Patterns of Genetic Variation Due to Breeding. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45520. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045520

Sim, S.C.; Surstewitz, G.; Plieske, J.; Ganal, M.W.; Van Deynze, A.; Stoffel, K.; Hamilton, J.; Buell, C.R.; Zarka, D.; Douches, D.S.; Francis, D.M.. 2012.  Development of a large SNP genotyping array and generation of high-density genetic maps in tomato.  PLoS ONE 7(7): e40563.

Hamilton, J. P.; Sim, S. C.; Stoffel, K.; Van Deynze, A.; Buell, C. R.; Francis, D. M. 2012. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Discovery in Cultivated Tomato via Sequencing by Synthesis. The Plant Genome. 5: 17-29.

Bohn T, Blackwood M, Francis D, Tian Q, Schwartz SJ, Clinton SK., 2012. Bioavailability of Phytochemical Constituents From a Novel Soy Fortified Lycopene Rich Tomato Juice Developed for Targeted Cancer Prevention Trials. Nutr Cancer. [Epub ahead of print]

Pei C, Wang H, Zhang J, Wang Y, Francis DM, Yang W., 2012. Fine mapping and analysis of a candidate gene in tomato accession PI128216 conferring hypersensitive resistance to bacterial spot race T3.  Theor Appl Genet. [Epub ahead of print]  http://www.springerlink.com/content/t6401p88174334x3/

Rubio-Diaz D, Francis D, Rodriguez-Saona L. 2011. External calibration models for the measurement of tomato carotenoids by infrared spectroscopy. J. Food Compos. Anal. 24(1):121-126.

Baldo, A.M., Francis, D., Caramante, M., Robertson, L.D., Labate, J.A. 2011. AlleleCoder: a PERL script for coding codominant polymorphism data for PCA analysis. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization. 10: 1-3.

Zale, P. J., D. K. Struve, P. Jourdan, and D. M. Francis.  2011.  Rapid Assessment of Genetic Variation for Morphological Traits in Sweetbay Magnolia Using a Container Production System  J. Amer. Soc. Hrot. Sci. 136 (2) 135-144

Wang H, Hutton SF, Robbins MD, Sim SC, Scott JW, Yang W, Jones JB, Francis DM., 2011. Molecular mapping of hypersensitive resistance from tomato 'Hawaii 7981' to Xanthomonas perforans race T3. Phytopathology. 101(10):1217-1223.

Galmés J, Conesa MÀ, Ochogavía JM, Perdomo JA, Francis DM, Ribas-Carbó M, Savé R, Flexas J, Medrano H, Cifre J. 2011. Physiological and morphological adaptations in relation to water use efficiency in Mediterranean accessions of Solanum lycopersicum.  Plant Cell Environ. 34(2):245-260.

Rodríguez, GR, Muños, S., Anderson, C.,  Sim, S-C., Michel, A., Causse, M., McSpadden, G., Francis, D. and van der Knaap, E.  2011.  Distribution of SUN, OVATE, LC, and FAS in the tomato germplasm and the relationship to fruit shape diversity.  Plant Physiology 156: 275-285.

Robbins, M.D., Sim, S-C., Yang, W., Van Deynze, A., van der Knaap, E., Joobeur, T., and Francis, D.M. 2011. Mapping and linkage disequilibrium analysis with a genome-wide collection of SNPs that detect polymorphism in cultivated tomato.  Journal of Experimental Botany.  62(6):1831-1845.

Sim, S-C., Robbins, M.D., Van Deynze, A., Michel, A.P., and Francis, D.M. 2011.  Population structure and genetic differentiation associated with breeding history and selection in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.).  Heredity (Edinb). 106 (6):927-935

Tan H.L., Thomas-Ahner J.M., Grainger E.M., Wan L., Francis D.M., Schwartz S.J., Erdman J. W. Jr, Clinton S.K. 2010. Tomato-based food products for prostate cancer prevention: what have we learned?  Cancer Metastasis Rev. 29(3):553-568.

Robbins, M.D., Masud, M.A.T., Panthee, D.P., Gardner, R.G., Francis, D.M., Stevens, M.R.  2010.  Marker-assisted Selection for Coupling Phase Resistance to Tomato spotted wilt virus and Phytophthora infestans (Late Blight) in Tomato. Hortscience 45(10):1424–1428.

Hutton S.F., Scott J.W., Yang W., Sim S.C., Francis D.M., Jones JB.  2010.  Identification of QTL associated with resistance to bacterial spot race T4 in tomato. Theor Appl Genet. 121(7):1275-1287.

Wang Y., Chen J., Francis D.M., Shen H., Wu T., Yang W. 2010.  Discovery of intron polymorphisms in cultivated tomato using both tomato and Arabidopsis genomic information.  Theor Appl Genet. 121(7):1199-1207

Rodríguez GR, Moyseenko JB, Robbins MD, Huarachi Morejón N, Francis DM, van der Knaap E.  2010. Tomato Analyzer: A Useful Software Application to Collect Accurate and Detailed Morphological and Colorimetric Data from Two-dimensional Objects. J. Vis. Exp. (JoVE). 37.

Rubio-Diaz, D.E., De Nardo, T., Santos, A., de Jesus, S., Francis, D. and Rodriguez-Saonaa, L.E. 2010. Profiling of nutritionally important carotenoids from genetically-diverse tomatoes by infrared spectroscopy.  Food Chemistry 120 (1), Pages 282-289.

Rubio-Diaz D.E., A. Santos, D. M. Francis, L. E. Rodriguez-Saona. 2010. Carotenoid stability during production and storage of tomato juice made from tomatoes with diverse pigment profiles measured by infrared spectroscopy. J Agric Food Chem. 58(15):8692-868.

Gupta R., V. M. Balasubramaniam , S. J. Schwartz ., and D. M. Francis. 2010. Storage stability of lycopene in tomato juice subjected to combined pressure-heat treatments.  J Agric Food Chem. 58(14):8305-8313.

Bai S, Willard B, Chapin LJ, Kinter MT, Francis DM, Stead AD, Jones ML. 2010. Proteomic analysis of pollination-induced corolla senescence in petunia. J Exp Bot. 61(4):1089-109.

De Nardo T, Shiroma-Kian C, Halim Y, Francis D, Rodriguez-Saona LE.  2009.  Rapid and simultaneous determination of lycopene and beta-carotene contents in tomato juice by infrared spectroscopy.  J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Feb 25;57(4):1105-12.

Sim S. C., Robbins M. D., Chilcott C., Zhu ., Francis D. M. 2009. Oligonucleotide array discovery of polymorphisms in cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) reveals patterns of SNP variation associated with breeding. BMC Genomics. 10:466.

Robbins M.D., Darrigues A., Sim S.C., Masud M.A., Francis D.M.  2009.  Characterization of hypersensitive resistance to bacterial spot race T3 (Xanthomonas perforans) from tomato accession PI 128216. Phytopathology. 99(9):1037-1044.

Darrigues, A., J. Hall, N. Dujmovic, S. Gray, E. van der Knaap, and D. M. Francis. 2008a.  Tomato Analyzer – Color Test: a new tool for efficient digital phenotyping.  J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133(4):579–586.

Darrigues, A., S. Schwartz, D. M. Francis.  2008b. Optimizing sampling of tomato fruit for carotenoid content with application to assessing the impact of ripening disorders.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56: 483–487.

Bentley, S.D., C. Corton, A. Barron, L. Clark, J. Doggett, B. Harris, D. Ormond, M.A. Quail, S.E. Brown, D. Knudson, D. Francis, J. Parkhill, C. Ishimaru.  2008. Genome of the actinomycete plant pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies sepedonicus suggests recent niche adaptation.  J. Bact. 190:2150-2160.

Van Deynze, A., K. Stoffel, C. R. Buell, A. Kozik, J. Liu, E. van der Knaap, D. M. Francis.  2007.  Diversity in conserved genes in tomato.  BMC Genomics 8:465.

Clivati McIntyre, A., T. K. Hartz, C. Gunter, D. M. Francis. 2007.  Fertility influence of the U.S. Midwestern soils on Yellow Shoulder Disorder in processing tomatoes.  HortScience 42: 1468-1472.

Unlu, N. Z., T. Bohn, D. Francis, S. J. Clinton, S. J. Schwartz. 2007.  Carotenoid Absorption in Humans Consuming Pasta Sauces Obtained from Tangerine or High-B-Carotene Varieties of Tomatoes.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55(4):1597-1603.

Unlu, N. Z., Bohn, T., Francis, D. M., Nagaraja, H. N., Clinton, S. K., and Schwartz, S. J. 2007. Lycopene from heat-induced cis-isomer-rich tomato sauce is more bioavailable than from all-trans-rich tomato sauce in human subjects. Br. J. Nutr. 98: 140-146 .

Variety Release (selected)

Francis, D. M.  2008.  Ohio 2641 Processing tomato inbred parent.
Francis, D. M. and Miller, S.A. 2005. Ohio 9834 and Ohio 9816 Processing tomato inbred parents.
Francis, D. M. 2002.   Ohio ‘OX 325’ processing tomato.