Publications
Book Chapter
Cooper, Mark, Messina, Carlos D., Tang, Tom, Gho, Carla, Powell, Owen M., Podlich, Dean W., Technow, Frank and Hammer, Graeme L. (2023). Predicting Genotype × Environment × Management (G × E × M) interactions for the design of crop improvement strategies: integrating breeder, agronomist, and farmer perspectives. Plant breeding reviews. (pp. 467-585) edited by Irwin Goldman. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781119874157.ch8
Journal Articles
Garba, Ismail I., Fernandez, Javier A., Chen, Qiaomin, Gho, Carla, deVoil, Peter, Cooper, Mark and Chapman, Scott C. (2025). Integrating yield gap analysis to capture genotype by environment by management interactions for Australian broadacre sorghum cropping systems. Field Crops Research, 326 109858, 109858. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2025.109858
Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeffrey E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Flounders, Jillian Wicher and Brummer, E. Charles (2025). Transgene effects vary among maize populations with implications for improving quantitative traits. Crop Science, 65 (1) e21408. doi: 10.1002/csc2.21408
Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeffrey E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Flounders, Jillian Wicher and Brummer, E. Charles (2024). Methods for evaluating effects of transgenes for quantitative traits. Crop Science, 64 (1), 141-148. doi: 10.1002/csc2.21141
Messina, Carlos D., Gho, Carla, Hammer, Graeme L., Tang, Tom and Cooper, Mark (2023). Two decades of harnessing standing genetic variation for physiological traits to improve drought tolerance in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74 (16), 4847-4861. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad231
Cooper, Mark, Powell, Owen, Gho Brito, Carla, Tang, Tom and Messina, Carlos (2023). Extending the breeder’s equation to take aim at the target population of environments. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 1129591, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1129591
Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeff E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Flounders, Jillian Wicher and Brummer, E Charles (2023). Transgene by germplasm interactions can impact transgene evaluation. Crop Science, 63 (4), 1988-1997. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20939
Messina, Carlos D., Rotundo, Jose, Hammer, Graeme L., Gho, Carla, Reyes, Andres, Fang, Yinan, van Oosterom, Erik, Borras, Lucas and Cooper, Mark (2022). Radiation use efficiency increased over a century of maize (Zea mays L.) breeding in the US corn belt. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73 (16), 5503-5513. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac212
Messina, Carlos, McDonald, Dan, Poffenbarger, Hanna, Clark, Randy, Salinas, Andrea, Fang, Yinan, Gho, Carla, Tang, Tom, Graham, Geoff, Hammer, Graeme and Cooper, Mark (2021). Reproductive resilience but not root architecture underpins yield improvement under drought in maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Experimental Botany, 72 (14), 5235-5245. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab231
Cooper, M., Powell, O., Voss-Fels, K. P., Messina, C. D., Gho, C., Podlich, D. W., Technow, F., Chapman, S. C., Beveridge, C. A., Ortiz-Barrientos, D. and Hammer, G. L. (2021). Modelling selection response in plant breeding programs using crop models as mechanistic gene-to-phenotype (CGM-G2P) multi-trait link functions. in silico Plants, 3 (1) diaa016, 1-21. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diaa016
Cooper, Mark, Tang, Tom, Gho, Carla, Hart, Tim, Hammer, Graeme and Messina, Carlos (2020). Integrating genetic gain and gap analysis to predict improvements in crop productivity. Crop Science, 60 (2) csc2.20109, 582-604. doi: 10.1002/csc2.20109
Messina, Carlos D., Hammer, Graeme L., McLean, Greg, Cooper, Mark, Oosterom, Erik J. van, Tardieu, Francois, Chapman, Scott C., Doherty, Alastair and Gho, Carla (2019). On the dynamic determinants of reproductive failure under drought in maize. In Silico Plants, 1 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diz003
Fox, Tim, DeBruin, Jason, Haug Collet, Kristin, Trimnell, Mary, Clapp, Joshua, Leonard, April, Li, Bailin, Scolaro, Eric, Collinson, Sarah, Glassman, Kimberly, Miller, Michael, Schussler, Jeff, Dolan, Dennis, Liu, Lu, Gho, Carla, Albertsen, Marc, Loussaert, Dale and Shen, Bo (2017). A single point mutation in Ms44 results in dominant male sterility and improves nitrogen use efficiency in maize. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 15 (8), 942-952. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12689
Cooper, Mark, Technow, Frank, Messina, Carlos, Gho, Carla and Totir, L. Radu (2016). Use of crop growth models with whole-genome prediction: application to a maize multienvironment trial. Crop Science, 56 (5), 2141-2156. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2015.08.0512
Messina, Carlos D., Sinclair, Thomas R., Hammer, Graeme L., Curan, Dian, Thompson, Jason, Oler, Zac, Gho, Carla and Cooper, Mark (2015). Limited-transpiration trait may increase maize drought tolerance in the US corn belt. Agronomy Journal, 107 (6), 1978-1986. doi: 10.2134/agronj15.0016
Conference Papers
Fernandez, J. A., Gho, C., Smith, D., Zheng, B. and Chapman, S.C. (2024). Assessing crop water use in wheat and sorghum National Variety Trials in Australia. 21st Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, Albany, WA, Australia, 21-24 October 2024. Australian Society of Agronomy.
Fernandez, Javier A., Garba, Ismail, Hu, Pengcheng, Segura Pinzon, Camilo, Arief, Vivi, Gho, Carla, Ramakers, Jip, Hemerik, Jesse, Zheng, Bangyou, van Eeuwijk, Fred and Chapman, Scott C. (2023). Environment characterisation of sorghum GxE in Australia: Integrating APSIM and satellite imagery in NVT case study. AuSoRGM, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, 8-9 August 2023.
Javier A. Fernandez, Hu, Pengcheng, Chen, Zhi, Gho Brito, Carla, Segura Pinzon, Camilo, Chen, Qiaomin, Smith, Daniel, Arief, Vivi, Zheng, Bangyou, Potgieter, Andries, Zhao, Yan, Ramakers, Jip, Hemerik, Jesse, van Eeuwijk, Fred and Chapman, Scott C. (2023). Environment characterisation of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) crops using climate, satellite imagery, and crop simulation modelling in Australia. Global Sorghum Conference, Montpellier, France, 5-9 June 2023.
Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Leafgren, Roger, Tang, Tom and Messina, Carlos (2014). Breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids for the US corn-belt: discovery to product. 4th InterDrought Conference, Perth, Australia, 2-6 September 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru064
Data Collections
Chapman, Scott, Gho Brito, Carla and Fernandez, Javier (2023). INVITA Canopy temperature data set. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ef6a465
Chapman, Scott, Gho Brito, Carla and Fernandez, Javier (2023). INVITA Plot photo data set. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f5e1414
Chapman, Scott, Gho Brito, Carla and Fernandez, Javier (2023). INVITA Satellite data set. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1c8d86a
Chapman, Scott and Gho Brito, Carla (2023). INVITA UAV data set. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7b400d9
Preprints
Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeffrey E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Wicher Flounders, Jillian and Brummer, E. Charles (2022). Methods for evaluating effects of transgenes for quantitative traits. doi: 10.1101/2022.10.22.513367
Linares, Julien F., Coles, Nathan D., Mo, Hua, Habben, Jeff E., Humbert, Sabrina, Messina, Carlos, Tang, Tom, Cooper, Mark, Gho, Carla, Carrasco, Ricardo, Carter, Javier, Wicher Flounders, Jillian and Brummer, E. Charles (2022). Transgene by Germplasm Interactions Can Impact Transgene Evaluation. doi: 10.1101/2022.10.22.513364