Sweetpotato

Advancing our Knowledge of Sweetpotato Resistance: From X-ray Computed Tomography Phenotyping to the NLRome.

Persistence and re-emergence of fungal pathogens threatens the sweetpotato industry in North Carolina, which accounts for 60% of domestic supply and 80% of international exports. *Ceratocystis fimbriata,* a devastating soilborne pathogen and causal …

NLR diversity in sweetpotato relatives

We used an *in silico* approach to examine diversity and phylogenetic placement of sweetpotato diploid wild relative NLRs

Effector repertoire

Our efforts to identify the core effector repertoire of *Ceratocystis fimbriata*

Renseq on hexaploid sweetpotato

Check out how we plan to use RenSeq to reveal the complete sweetpotato NLR catalog

X-ray CT scan of Sweetpotatoes

A exploration of inoculated sweetpotato inner cores using X-ray CT scans

Age related resistance in Sweetpotato

We discovered that early developing storage roots are more susceptible to black rot