Selected Publications
Olukolu BA, Bian Y, De Vries B, Tracy WF, Wisser RJ, Holland J, Balint-Kurti P (2016) The genetics of leaf flecking in maize and its relationship to plant defense and disease resistance. Plant Physiol. 172(3):1787-1803.
Olukolu BA, Tracy W, Wisser RJ, De Vries B, Balint-Kurti PJ (2016) A genome-wide association study for partial resistance to maize common rust. Phytopathology. 106(7):745-51.
Margaret S, Zhebentyayeva T, Olukolu BA, Fang G-C, Nelson D, Carlson JE, Abbott AG (2015) Substantial genome synteny preservation among woody angiosperm species: comparative genomics of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) and plant reference genomes. BMC Genomics. 16:744.
Wang GF, He Y, Strauch R, Olukolu BA, Nielsen D, Li X, Balint-Kurti PJ (2015) Maize Homologs of HCT, a Key Enzyme in Lignin Biosynthesis, Bind the NLR Rp1 Proteins to Modulate the Defense Response. Plant Physiology. 169 (3): 2230-2243.
Samayoa LF, Malvar RA, Olukuolu BA, Holland JB, Butrón A (2014) Genome-wide association study reveal a set of genes associated with resistance to the Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides L.) in a maize diversity panel. BMC Plant Biol. 15:35.
Olukolu BA*, Wang GF*, Vontimitta V*, Venkata BP, Marla S, Ji J, Gachomo E, Chu K, Negeri A, Benson J, Nelson R, Bradbury P, Nielsen D, Holland JB, Balint-Kurti PJ, Johal G (2014) A Genome-Wide Association Study of the Maize Hypersensitive Defense Response Identifies Genes that Cluster in Related Pathways. PLoS Genetics. 10(8):e1004562.
Olukolu BA*, Negeri A*, Dhawan R, Venkata BP, Sharma P, Garg A, Gachomo E, Marla S, Chu K, Hasan A, Ji J, Chintamanani S, Green J, Shyu CR, Wisser RJ, Holland JB, Johal G, Balint-Kurti P (2013) A Connected Set of Genes Associated with Programmed Cell Death Implicated in Controlling the Hypersensitive Response in Maize. Genetics. 193:609–620.
Kubisiak TL, Nelson CD, Staton ME, Zhebentyayeva T, Smith C, Olukolu BA, Fang G-C, Hebard FV, Anagnostakis S, Wheeler N, Sisco PH, Abbott AG, Sederoff RR (2013) A transcriptome-based genetic map of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) and identification of regions of segmental homology with peach (Prunus persica). Tree Genetics & Genomes. 9:557-571.
Fang G-C, Blackmon BP, Staton ME, Nelson CD, Kubisiak TL, Olukolu BA, Henry D, Zhebentyayeva T, Saski CA, Cheng C-H, Monsanto M, Ficklin S, Atkins M, Georgi LL, Barakat A, Wheeler N, Carlson JE, Sederoff R, Abbott AG (2013) A physical map of the Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) genome and its integration with the genetic map. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 9:525-537.
Olukolu BA, Mayes S, Stadler F, Ng NQ, Fawole I, Dominique D, Azam-Ali SN, Abbott AG, Kole C (2012) Genetic diversity in Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) as revealed by phenotypic descriptors and DArT marker analysis. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 59(3):347-358.
Olukolu BA, Trainin T, Fan S, Kole C, Bielenberg DG, Reighard GL, Abbott AG, Holland D (2009) Genetic linkage mapping for molecular dissection of chilling requirement and budbreak in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.). Genome. 52(10):819-828