Firstname: C. Surname: Spillane Email: Institute: Genetics & Biotechnology Laboratory, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Aras de Brun, Galway, Ireland Homepage:
Combining ability and heterosis for endosperm carotenoids and agronomic traits in tropical maize , Azmach, G . , Gedil, M. , Spillane, C. and Menkir, A. , in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 12, number -: 674089, pages 1-13, ISSN 1664-462X, 2021. [DOI]
Identification of candidate flowering and sex genes in white Guinea yam (D. rotundata Poir.) by SuperSAGE transcriptome profiling , Girma Tessema, G. , Natsume, S. , Carluccio, A. , Takagi, Hiroki , Matsumura, H. , Uemura, A. , Muranaka, S. , Takagi, Hiroko , Stavolone, L. , Gedil, M. , Spillane, C. , Terauchi, R. and Tamiru, M. , in: PloS ONE, volume 14, number 9: e0216912, pages 1-18, ISSN 1932-6203, 2019. [DOI]
Genetic loci controlling carotenoid biosynthesis in diverse tropical maize lines , Azmach, G . , Menkir, A. , Spillane, C. and Gedil, M. , in: G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, volume 8, pages 1049-1065, ISSN 2160-1836, 2018. [DOI]
The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation , Kitavi, M. , Downing, T. , Lorenzen, J. , Karamura, D. , Onyango, M.* , Nyine, M. , Ferguson, M. and Spillane, C. , in: Theoretical and Applied Genetics, pages 1-15, ISSN 0040-5752, 2016. [DOI]
DNA barcoding of the main cultivated yams and selected wild species in the genus Dioscorea , Girma Tessema, G. , Spillane, C. and Gedil, M. , in: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, volume 54, number 3, pages 228-237, ISSN 1674-4918, 2016. [DOI]
Morphological, SSR and ploidy analysis of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions for utilization of aerial tubers as planting materials , Girma Tessema, G. , Gedil, M. and Spillane, C. , in: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, pages 1-15, ISSN 0925-9864, 2015. [DOI]
Next-generation sequencing based genotyping, cytometry and phenotyping for understanding diversity and evolution of guinea yams , Girma Tessema, G. , Hyma, K. E. , Asiedu, R. , Mitchell, S. E. , Gedil, M. and Spillane, C. , in: Theoretical and Applied Genetics, volume 127, pages 1783-1794, ISSN 0040-5752, 2014. [DOI]
Molecular tools for marker-assisted breeding of high pro-vitamin A maize: poster abstract presented at Plant and Animal Genome XXII, Jan 10-15, San Diego CA, USA , Azmach, G. , Gedil, M. , Menkir, A. and Spillane, C. , Poster abstract presented at Plant and Animal Genome XXII, Jan 10-15, San Diego CA, USA, 2014.
Molecular Tools for Marker-assisted breeding of high provitamin-A maize , Azmach, G. , Gedil, M. , Menkir, A. and Spillane, C. , Plant and Animal Genome XXII, 2014.
Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines , Azmach, G. , Gedil, M. , Menkir, A. and Spillane, C. , in: BMC Plant Biology, volume 13, number 227, pages 1-16, ISSN 1471-2229, 2013. [DOI]