Publications

2026

Cocozza A., Venezia A., di Cesare C., Fernie A.R., Alseekh S., Tripodi P. (2026)

Dissecting the genetic architecture and plasticity of the fruit primary metabolome in a Solanum habrochaites introgression library under contrasting nutrient regimes.

Journal of Plant Physiology. 325: 154848. (IF 4.8)

Kuhalskaya A., Li X., Lee J., Gonda I., von Steimker J., Bulut M., Karakas E., Fisher J., Krämer K., Rosental L., Wijesingha Ahchige M., Garbowicz K., Klemmer A., Ruß A.K., Donath A., Cuadros-Inostroza A., Boerjan W., Tieman D.M., Zamir D., Klee H.J., Alseekh S. (2026)

Genetic architecture of the tomato fruit lipidome.

PNAS Nexus. 5(1): pgaf401. (IF 3.8)

Li X., Tieman D.M., Huang Y., Ferrao L.V., Sapkota M., Lang Z., Kuhalskaya A., Hao R., Liu P., Chen J., Alseekh S., Resende M.F.R., Knaap E., Yin X., Klee H.J. (2026)

The genetic architecture of tomato flavor variation through crop domestication and improvement.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(34): e2610136123. (IF 9.5)

Rai A., Vatov E., Georgieva A.W., Bogdanova S., Wittenberg M., Anachkov N., Tripodi P., Todorova V., Tringovska I., Ganeva D., Petrov V., Gechev T., Alseekh S. (2026)

Integrated genome-wide association and QTL mapping elucidate the genetic basis of fruit yield and quality traits in pepper under water stress.

Journal of Experimental Botany. erag385. (IF 6.5)

von Steimker J., Rey E.L., Stanschewski C., Wendenburg R., Klemmer A., Macho M., Thirumalaikumar V.P., Saber N.O., Skirycz A., Fernie A.R., Tester M., Alseekh S. (2026)

Multi-tissue metabolic GWAS and drought-responsive multi-omics reveal the genetic basis of the quinoa metabolome.

Advanced Science. e76426. (IF 14.1)

von Steimker J., Macho M., Wendenburg R., Lee J., Zemach I., Xu Y., Fröhlich A., Sampathkumar A., Zamir D., Fei Z., Giovannoni J.J., Fernie A.R., Alseekh S. (2026)

Natural variation in SlGRF10 reveals a role in regulating tomato fruit weight.

Plant Physiology. 201(3): kiag465. (IF 8.2)

2025

Steimker J., Wendenburg R., Klemmer A., Rosaria M., Fernie A.R., Alseekh S., Tripodi P. (2025)

Genome-wide association analysis and linkage mapping decipher the genetic control of primary metabolites and quality traits in Capsicum

. The Plant Journal. 122(6): e70300. (IF 5.7)

Tiozon R.N., Pasion-Uy E., Alseekh S., Sartagoda K.J.D., Gempesaw S., Tolentino J.H.G.,Fernie A.R., Sreenivasulu N. (2025)

Lipidomics-based association study reveals genomic signatures of anti-cancer qualities of pigmented rice sprouts.

Frontiers in Plant Science. 16: 1533442. (IF 5.9)

2024

Steimker J., Tripodi P., Wendenburg R., Tringovska I., Nankar A., Stoeva V., Pasev G., Klemmer A., Todorova V., Bulut M., Tikunov Y., Bovy A., Gechev T., Kostova D., Fernie A.R., Alseekh S. (2024)

The genetic architecture of the pepper metabolome and the biosynthesis of its signature capsianoside metabolites.

Current Biology. 34(18): 4209-4223.e3. (IF 8.1)

Wijesingha Ahchige M., Fisher J., Sokolowska E., Lyall R., Illing N., Skirycz A., Zamir D., Alseekh S., Fernie A.R. (2024)

The variegated canalized-1 tomato mutant is linked to photosystem assembly.

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 23: 3967-3988. (IF 4.5)

2023

Alseekh S., Karakas E., Zhu F., Wijesingha Ahchige M., Fernie A.R. (2023)

Plant biochemical genetics in the multiomics era.

Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(15): 4293–4307. (IF 7.298)

Bulut M., Nunes-Nesi A., Fernie A.R., Alseekh S. (2023)

Characterization of PetM cytochrome b6f subunit 7 domain-containing protein in tomato.

Horticulture Research. 10(12): uhad224. (IF 7.291)