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melinda yerka

Melinda Yerka

Associate Professor

Summary

Genetics and physiology of evolved herbicide resistance in weeds. Crop-to-weed gene flow and development of reproductive barriers to gene flow. Sorghum germplasm development and trait characterization.

Education

B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

Publications

Bulletins

2022

Bull Ecol Soc Am 103(2):e01961

Holmes, K. H., J. L. Lindquist, R. Rebarber, R. Werle, M. Yerka, and B. Tenhumberg.

Fact Sheets

2024

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology

Evanega, S., Brown, Z., Bubeck, D., Falck-Zapeda, J., Chou, F., Graham, N., Karavolais, N., Tripathi, L., and Yerka, M.

The paper discusses the advancements and potential of genome editing in agriculture, how genome editing tools are being applied and regulated, benefits for producers and consumers, and recommendations...

2021

推荐杏吧原创, FS-21-09

Walia, M., Yerka, M., Washington-Allen, R., Andrade-Rodriguez, M., and McCuin, G.

This fact sheet aims to educate it's readers on sorghum as an alternative crop for Nevada, varieties of sorghum, and key considerations for the production of sorghum crops....

Journals

2024

Allele Mining for Genomic Designing of Cereal Crops | Vol. 1

Boyles, R. E., Rhodes, D. H., Yerka, M. K., Hayes, C. M., Brenton, Z. W., Behnke, M.-F., Emendack, Y. & Sanchez, J.

This chapter focuses on the success stories in sorghum that have identified functional alleles for major effect genes, but also details the opportunities that exist for allele mining in the era of...

2021

PLOS ONE, 16(3).

Baggett, J. P., Tillett, R. L., Cooper, E. A., & Yerka, M. K.

2021

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 32(1)

Holmes, K. H., Lindquist, J. L., Rebarber, R., Werle, R., Yerka, M., & Tenhumberg, B.

2020

Pest Management Science, Volume76, Issue1, Pages 150-160

C. Wilson, H. Takano. C. Van Horn, M. Yerka, P. Westra, D. Stoltenberg

2019

Plant Direct, 2019-07-02

Hurst, P., Liang, Z., Smith, C., Kadam, D., Yerka, M. K., Sigmon, B., Rodriguez, O., Schnable, J.

2017

Weed Science. Volume 65, Issue 1, pp. 164-176

Werle, R., Begcy, K., Yerka, M. K., Dweikat, I., Jhala, A., Mower, J., Lindquist, J.

Distribution of herbicide resistant shattercane and johnsongrass populations across Nebraska and Kansas.

2016

Agronomy Journal. 108:321-328.

Werle, R., A. J. Jhala, M. K. Yerka, and J. L. Lindquist.

Evaluation of interallelic waxy, heterowaxy, and wild-type grain sorghum hybrids.

2016

Crop Science. 56:1-9.

Yerka, M. K., J. J. Toy, D. L. Funnell-Harris, S. E. Sattler, and J. F. Pedersen.

Crop Science 55:681-687.

2015

Yield and forage value of a dual-purpose bmr-12 sorghum hybrid.

Yerka, M. K., A. Watson, J. J. Toy, G. Erickson, J. F. Pedersen, and R. Mitchell.

Registration of A/BN641 and RN642 waxy grain sorghum genetic stocks.

2015

Journal of Plant Registrations. 9:258-261.

Yerka, M. K., J. J. Toy, D. L. Funnell-Harris, S. E. Sattler, and J. F. Pedersen.

Registration of N619 to N640 grain sorghum lines with waxy or wild-type endosperm.

2015

Journal of Plant Registrations. 9:244-248.

Yerka, M. K., J. J. Toy, D. L. Funnell-Harris, S. E. Sattler, and J. F. Pedersen.

Reduced translocation is associated with common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) tolerance to glyphosate.

2013

Weed Science. 61:353-360.

Yerka, M., A. Wiersma, B. Lindenmayer, P. Westra, W. Johnson, N. de Leon, and D. Stoltenberg.

Pollen-mediated gene flow in common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album).

2012

Weed Science. 60:600-606.

Yerka, M. K., N. de Leon, and D. E. Stoltenberg.

Corn morphology, mass, and grain yield as affected by early-season red:far-red light environments.

2010

Crop Science. 50:273-280.

Markham, M. Y. and D. E. Stoltenberg.

Red:far-red light effects on corn growth and productivity in field environments.

2009

Weed Science. 57:208-215.

Markham, M. Y. and D. E. Stoltenberg.

Technical Publication

Large-Seeded Sorghums for Dairy Nutrition

2023

arpasca.net

Melinda K. Yerka and Jackie Atim