Publications

(publications listed by theme; for publications listed in chronological order)

Updated November 12, 2008

Primary papers

Domestication

2008 Kwak M, Kami J, Gepts P. The putative Mesoamerican domestication center of Phaseolus vulgaris is located in the Lerma-Santiago Basin of Mexico. Crop Sci, in press.

1995 Kami J, Becerra Velásquez V, Debouck DG, Gepts P. Identification of presumed ancestral DNA sequences of phaseolin in Phaseolus vulgaris. Proc Nat Acad Sci 92: 1101-1104. Pdf version (© 1995 National Academies of Sciences).

Gene flow

2008 Piñeyro-Nelson A, van Heerwaarden J, Perales H, Serratos J, Rangel A, Hufford, M, Gepts P, Garay-Arroyo A, Rivera-Bustamante R, Alvarez-Buylla E. Transgenes in Mexican maize: molecular evidence and methodological considerations for GMO detection in landrace populations. Molec Ecol, in press

2008 Pasquet R, Peltier A, Hufford M, Oudin E, Saulnier J, Paul L, Knudsen J, Herren H, Gepts P. Long-distance pollen flow assessment through evaluation of pollinator foraging range suggests transgene escape distances. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 105:13456-13461 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806040105 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2008 The National Academy of Sciences of the USA)

2008 Marvier M, Carrière Y, Ellstrand N, Gepts P, Kareiva P, Rosi-Marshall E, Tabaschnik BE, Wolfenbarger LL Harvesting data from genetically engineered crops. Science 320:452-453 Pdf version (© 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science)

2007 Martínez-Castillo J, Zizumbo-Villareal D, Gepts P, Colunga-García-Marín P. Gene flow and genetic structure in the wild–weedy–domesticated complex of
Phaseolus lunatus L. in its Mesoamerican center of domestication and diversity. Crop Sci. 47:58–66 DOI 10.2135/cropsci2006.04.0241 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2007 Springer Verlag)

2007 Papa R, Bellucci E, Rossi M, Leonardi S, Rau D, Gepts P, Nanni L. Attene G. Tagging the signatures of domestication in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) by means of pooled DNA samples. Ann. Bot Published online August 1, 2007: doi:10.1093/aob/mcm151 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2007 The Authors)

2006 Feleke, Y., R.S. Pasquet and P. Gepts (2006) Development of PCR-based chloroplast DNA markers that characterize domesticated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata var. unguiculata) and highlight its crop-weed complex. Plant Systematics and Evolution 262: 75–87 DOI 10.1007/s00606-006-0475-0 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2006 Springer Verlag).

2005 Papa R, Acosta J, Delgado-Salinas A, Gepts P. A genome-wide analysis of differentiation between wild and domesticated Phaseolus vulgaris from Mesoamerica. Theor Appl Genet 111: 1147-1158. DOI 10.1007/s00122-005-0045-9 Abstract and References / Pdf version (© 2005 Springer Verlag).

2005 Payró de la Cruz E, Gepts P, Colunga García-Marín P, Zizumbo Villareal D. Spatial distribution of genetic diversity in wild populations of Phaseolus vulgaris L. from Guanajuato and Michoacán, México. Genet Res Crop Evol 52: 589–599. Pdf version (© 2005 Springer Verlag).

2005 Cleveland DA, Soleri D, Aragón Cuevas F, Crossa J, Gepts P. Detecting (trans)gene flow to landraces in centers of crop origin: lessons from the case of maize in Mexico. Environmental Biosafety Research 4: 197–208 Abstract / Pdf version (© ISBR, EDP Sciences, 2006).

2003 Papa R, Gepts P. Asymmetry of gene flow and differential geographical structure of molecular diversity in wild and domesticated common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from Mesoamerica. Theor. Appl. Genet. 106:239250 [DOI 10.1007/s00122-002-1085-z] Abstract / Pdf version (© 2003 Springer Verlag).

2002 Coulibaly S, Pasquet RS, Papa R, Gepts P. AFLP Analysis of the phenetic organization and genetic diversity of Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. reveals extensive gene flow between wild and domesticated types. Theor. Appl. Genet. 104: 358-366. [DOI 10.1007/s001220100740] Abstract / Pdf version (© 2002 Springer Verlag).

1995 Paredes OM, Gepts P. Extensive introgression of Middle American germplasm into Chilean common bean cultivars. Genet Res Crop Evol 42: 29-41.

1994 Acosta J, Gepts P, Debouck DG. Observations on wild and weedy accessions of common bean in Oaxaca, Mexico. Annu Rept Bean Improv Coop 37: 137-138. Pdf version . National Agricultural Library Digital Repository .

Genetic diversity & botanical explorations

2007 Chambers KJ, Brush SB, Grote M, Gepts P Describing maize (Zea mays L.) landrace persistence in the Bajío of Mexico: A survey of 1940s and 1950s collection locations. Econ Bot 61:60-72 Pdf version (© 2007 Society for Economic Botany)

2006 Martínez-Castillo J, Zizumbo-Villarreal J, Gepts P, Delgado-Valerio P, and Colunga-GarcíaMarín P. Structure and genetic diversity of wild populations of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Crop Sci 2006 46: 1071-1080 doi:10.2135/cropsci2005.05-0081. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2005 Crop Science Society of America).

2005 Zizumbo-Villarreal D, Colunga-GarcíaMarín P, Payró de la Cruz E, Delgado-Valerio P, Gepts P. Population structure and evolutionary dynamics of wildweedydomesticated complexes of common bean in a Mesoamerican region. Crop Sci 45:1073-1083. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2005 Crop Science Society of America).

2005 González-Mejía A, Wong A, Delgado-Salinas A, Papa R, Gepts P. Assessment of Inter Simple Sequence Repeat Markers to differentiate sympatric wild and domesticated populations of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Crop Sci 45:606615. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2005 Crop Science Society of America).

2004 Pallottini L, Garcia E, Kami J, Barcaccia G, Gepts P. The genetic anatomy of a patented yellow bean. Crop Sci. 44: 968-977. Abstract Pdf version (© 2004 Crop Science Society of America).

Check also a pdf version of a poster on this very topic, presented at the Bean Improvement Cooperative Biennial Meeting, Sacramento, October 27-29, 2003 and the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Denver, November 2-5, 2003.

For the current status of the Enola patent, see update of the ETC Group: http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=529

2004 Ba FS, Pasquet RS, Gepts P. Genetic diversity in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] as revealed by RAPD markers. Genet Res Crop Evol 51: 539-550. Abstract Pdf version (© 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers).

2002 Lee SC, Gepts PL, Whitaker JR. Protein structures of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) alpha-amylase inhibitors. J. Agric. & Food Chem. 50: 6618-6627. [DOI 10.1021/jf020189t S0021-8561(02)00189-9] Abstract / Pdf version (© 2002 American Chemical Society).

1996 Freyre R, Ríos R, Guzmán L, Debouck DG, Gepts P. Ecogeographic distribution of Phaseolus spp. (Fabaceae) in Bolivia. Econ. Bot. 50: 195-215.

1994 Becerra Velásquez VL, Gepts P. RFLP diversity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Genome 37: 256-263.

1994 Llaca V, Delgado Salinas A, Gepts P. Chloroplast DNA as an evolutionary marker in the Phaseolus vulgaris complex. Theor Appl Genet 88: 646-652.

1994 Sonnante G, Stockton T, Nodari RO, Becerra Velásquez VL, Gepts P. Evolution of genetic diversity during the domestication of common-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Theor Appl Genet 89: 629-635.

1993 Debouck DG, Toro O, Paredes OM, Johnson WC, Gepts P. Genetic diversity and ecological distribution of Phaseolus vulgaris in northwestern South America. Econ Bot 47: 408-423.

1992 Koinange EMK, Gepts P. Hybrid weakness in wild Phaseolus vulgaris L. J Hered 83: 135-139.

1992 Panella L, Gepts P. Genetic relationships within Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. based on isozyme analyses. Genet Res Crop Evol 39: 71-88.

1992 Stockton T, Sonnante G, Gepts P. Detection of minisatellite sequences in Phaseolus vulgaris. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 10: 47-59.

1991 Llaca V, Gepts P. Studies on Phaseolus inter- and intraspecific evolution using cpDNA as a molecular marker. Annu Rept Bean Improv Coop 34: 145-146.

1991 Singh SP, Gepts P, Debouck DG. Races of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L., Fabaceae). Econ Bot 45: 379-396. A photo of seeds from the 6 races described in this article, courtesy of S. Singh, CIAT, Cali, Colombia

1991 Singh SP, Gutiérrez JA, Molina A, Urrea C, Gepts P. Genetic diversity in cultivated common bean: II. Marker-based analysis of morphological and agronomic traits. Crop Sci 31: 23- 29.

1991 Singh SP, Nodari R, Gepts P. Genetic diversity in cultivated common bean. I. Allozymes. Crop Sci 31: 19-23.

1990 Koenig R, Singh SP, Gepts P. Novel phaseolin types in wild and cultivated common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae). Econ Bot 44: 50-60.

1989 Gepts P, Clegg MT. Genetic diversity in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R.Br.) at the DNA sequence level. J Hered 80: 203-208.

1989 Koenig R, Gepts P. Allozyme diversity in wild Phaseolus vulgaris: further evidence for two major centers of diversity. Theor Appl Genet 78: 809-817. Abstract / Pdf version (© 1989 Springer Verlag).

1989 Schinkel C, Gepts P. Allozyme variability in the tepary bean, Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray. Plant Breed 102: 182-195.

1988 Gepts P, Bliss FA. Dissemination pathways of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae) deduced from phaseolin electrophoretic variability. II. Europe and Africa. Econ Bot 42: 86-104.

1988 Gepts P, Kmiecik K, Pereira P, Bliss FA. Dissemination pathways of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae) deduced from phaseolin electrophoretic variability. I. The Americas. Econ Bot 42: 73-85.

1988 Schinkel C, Gepts P. Phaseolin diversity in the tepary bean, Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray. Plant Breed 101: 292-301.

1986 Gepts P, Bliss FA. Phaseolin variability among wild and cultivated common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) from Colombia. Econ Bot 40: 469-478.

1986 Gepts P, Osborn TC, Rashka K, Bliss FA. Phaseolin-protein variability in wild forms and landraces of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): evidence for multiple centers of domestication. Econ Bot 40: 451-468.

1986 Osborn TC, Blake T, Gepts P, Bliss FA. Bean arcelin. 2. Genetic variation, inheritance and linkage relationships of a novel seed protein of Phaseolus vulgaris. Theor Appl Genet 71:847-855.

1985 Gepts P, Bliss FA. F1 hybrid weakness in the common bean: differential geographic origin suggests two gene pools in cultivated bean germplasm. J Hered 76: 447-450.

Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution

2004 Mkandawire ABC, Mabagala RB, Guzman P, Gepts P, Gilbertson RL. Genetic diversity and pathogenic variation of common blight bacteria (Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli and X. campestris pv. phaseoli var. fuscans) suggests pathogen coevolution with the common bean. Phytopathology 94: 593-603. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2004 The American Phytopathological Society).

2000 Geffroy V, Sévignac M, De Oliveira JCF, Fouilloux G, Skroch P, Thoquet P, Gepts P, Langin T, and Dron M. 2000. Inheritance ofpartial resistance against Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Phaseolus vulgaris and co-localization of quantitative trait loci with genesinvolved in specific resistance. Mol. Plant-Microbe Inter. 13: 287-296. Pdf version (© 2000 The American Phytopathological Society).

1999 Geffroy V, Sicard D, de Oliveira JCF, Sevignac M, Cohen S, Gepts P, Neema C, Langin T, Dron M. Identification of an ancestral resistance gene cluster involved in the coevolution process between Phaseolus vulgaris and its fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Mol. Plant-Microbe Inter. 12: 774-784. Pdf version (© 1999 The American Phytopathological Society).

1998 Guzmán P, Gepts P, Temple S, Mkandawire ABC, Gilbertson RL. Detection and differentiation of Phaeoisariopsis griseola isolates with the polymerase chain reaction and group-specific primers. Plant Dis. 83:37-42. Pdf version (© 1998 The American Phytopathological Society).

1995 Guzmán P, Gilbertson RL, Nodari RL, Johnson WC, Temple S, Mandala D, Mkandawire ABC, Gepts P. Characterization of Phaeoisariopsis griseola isolates by random amplified polymorphic DNA markers suggests pathogen coevolution with Phaseolus vulgaris. Phytopathology 85: 600-607.

Genetics, Mapping, and QTLs

2008 Kwak M, Velasco D, Gepts P. Mapping homologous sequences for determinacy and photoperiod sensitivity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). J Hered 99: 283-291 doi:10.1093/jhered/esn005 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2008 American Genetics Association)

2007 Grisi MCdM, Vianello Brondani RP, Gepts P, Blair MW, Arraes Pereira P (2007) Genetic mapping of a new set of microsatellite markers in a reference common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) population BAT93 x Jalo EEP558. Genet Molec Res 6:691-706 (full-text, HTML version) (© 2007 by FUNPEC-RP)

2004 Seo Y.-S., Gepts P, Gilbertson RL. Genetics of resistance to the geminivirus, Bean dwarf mosaic virus, and the role of the hypersensitive response in common bean. Theor Appl Genet 108: 786-793. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2004 Springer Verlag).

2003 Blair, M.W., F. Pedraza, H.F. Buendía, E. Gaitán-Solís, S.E. Beebe, P. Gepts, and J. Tohme. Development of a genome-wide anchored microsatellite map for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Theor Appl Genet 107:1362 - 1374. Abstract / Pdf version © 2003 Springer Verlag).

2002 McClean PE, Lee R, Otto C, Gepts P, Bassett MJ. STS and RAPD mapping of genes controlling seed coat color and patterning in common bean. J. Hered 93: 148-152. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2002 The American Genetic Association).

2002 Johnson WC, Gepts P. The role of epistasis in controlling seed yield and other agronomic traits in an Andean x Mesoamerican cross of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) . Euphytica 125: 69-79 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers).

2002 Ouédraogo JT, Gowda BS, Jean M, Close TJ, Ehlers JD, Hall AE, Gillaspie AG, Roberts PA, Ismail AM, Bruening G, Gepts P, Timko MP, Belzile FJ. Construction of an improved genetic linkage map of cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) combining AFLP, RFLP and RAPD markers. Génome 45: 175-188 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2002 NRC Canada).

2001 Miklas PE, Johnson WC, Delorme R, Gepts P. 2001. Identification of QTL conditioning physiological resistance and avoidance to white mold in dry bean G 122 (PI 163120). Crop Sci. 41:309-315 Abstract / Pdf version (© 2001 Crop Science Society of America).

2000 Yu K, Park SJ, Poysa V, Gepts P. Integration of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers into a molecular linkage map of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). J Hered 91: 429-434. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2000 The American Genetic Association).

1999 Johnson WC, Gepts P. Segregation for performance in recombinant inbred populations resulting from inter-gene pool crosses ofcommon bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Euphytica 106:45-56. Abstract / Pdf version (© 1999 Kluwer Academic Publishers).

1998 Tsai SM, Nodari RO, Moon DH, Camargo LEA, Vencovsky R, Gepts P. QTL mapping for nodule number and common bacterial blight in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Soil 204:135-145. Abstract / Pdf version (© 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers).

1998 Freyre R, Skroch P, Geffroy V, Adam-Blondon A-F, Shirmohamadali A, Johnson W, Llaca V, Nodari R, Pereira P, Tsai S-M, TohmeJ, Dron M, Nienhuis J, Vallejos CE, Gepts P. Towards an integrated linkage map of common bean. 4. Development of a core map and alignment of RFLP maps. Theor Appl Genet 97: 847-856. Abstract / Pdf version (© 1998 Springer Verlag).

1998 Geffroy V, Creusot F, Falquet J, Sévignac M, Adam-Blondon A-F , Gepts P, Dron M. A family of LRR sequences at the Co-2 locus for anthracnose resistance in Phaseolus vulgaris and its potential use in marker-assisted selection. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96: 494-502. Abstract / Pdf version (© 1998 Springer Verlag).

1997 Menéndez CM, Hall AE, Gepts P. A genetic linkage map of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) developed from a cross between two inbred, domesticated lines. Theor Appl. Genet. 95:1210-1217. Abstract / Pdf version (© 1997 Springer Verlag).

1996 Johnson WC, Menéndez C, Nodari R, Koinange EMK, Magnusson S, Singh SP, Gepts P. Association of a seed weight factor with the phaseolin seed storage protein locus across genotypes, environments, and genomes in Phaseolus-Vigna spp.: Sax (1923) revisited. J. Agric Genomics 2 (previously J. Quant Trait Loci): sax.htm .

1995 Paredes OM, Gepts P. Segregation and recombination in inter-gene pool crosses of Phaseolus vulgaris L. J. Hered. 86:98-106.

1994 Shonnard GC, Gepts P. Genetics of heat tolerance during reproductive development in common bean. Crop Sci 34: 1168-1175.

1994 Stockton T, Gepts P. Identification of DNA probes that reveal polymorphisms among closely related Phaseolus vulgaris lines. Euphytica 76: 177-183.

1993 Frediani M, Bernardi R, Gepts P, Cionini PG. Localizzazione cromosomica di gruppi di concatenazione genetica in Phaseolus [Chromosomal location of linkage groups in Phaseolus]. Abstract, Proc. XXXVII Annual Meeting, SIGA (Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics), Orvieto, 11-14 October, 1993.

1993 Nodari RO, Tsai SM, Guzmán P, Gilbertson RL, Gepts P. Towards an integrated linkage map of common bean. 3. Mapping genetic factors controlling host-bacteria interactions. Genetics 134: 341-350.

1993 Nodari RO, Tsai SM, Gilbertson RL, Gepts P. Towards an integrated linkage map of common bean. II. Development of an RFLP-based linkage map. Theor Appl Genet 85: 513-520.

1992 Nodari RO, Koinange EMK, Kelly JD, Gepts P. Towards an integrated linkage map of common bean. I. Development of genomic DNA probes and levels of restriction fragment length polymorphism. Theor Appl Genet 84: 186-192.

1991 Garrido B, Nodari R, Debouck DG, Gepts P. Uni-2, a dominant mutation affecting leaf development in Phaseolus vulgaris. J Hered82: 181-183.

1990 Gepts P, Singh S, Nodari R, Garrido B, Koinange E. Towards an integrated linkage map of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). J Cell Biochem Suppl. 14E: 281.

1989 Arndt GC, Gepts P. Segregation and linkage for morphological and biochemical markers in a wide cross in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Annu Rept Bean Improv Coop 32: 68-69.

1989 Koenig R, Gepts P. Segregation and linkage of genes for seed proteins, isozymes, and morphological traits in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris ). J Hered 80: 455-459.

1984 Gepts P, Bliss FA. Enhanced available methionine concentration associated with higher phaseolin levels in common bean seeds.Theor Appl Genet 69: 47-53.

Genomics

2008 Gepts P, Aragão F, de Barros E, Blair MW, Brondani R, Broughton W, Galasso I, Hernández G, Kami J, Lariguet P, McClean P, Melotto M, Miklas P, Pauls P., Pedrosa-Harand A, Porch T, Sánchez F, Sparvoli F, Yu K. Genomics of Phaseolus beans, a major source of dietary protein and micronutrients in the tropics. In: Moore P, Ming R (eds), Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants, Springer: pp. 113-143 Pdf version (© 2008 Springer)

2006 Kami J, Poncet V, Geffroy V, Gepts P. Development of four phylogenetically-arrayed BAC libraries and sequence of the APA locus in Phaseolus vulgaris. Theor Appl Genet 112: 987 - 998. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-0201-2 Abstract and References / Pdf version (© 2006 Springer Verlag).

1996 Llaca V, Gepts P. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis analysis of the phaseolin locus region in Phaseolus vulgaris. Genome 39: 722-729.

1994 Kami JA, Gepts P. Phaseolin nucleotide sequence diversity in Phaseolus. I. Intraspecific diversity in Phaseolus vulgaris. Genome 37: 751-757.

Breeding

2007 Acosta-Gallegos JA, Kelly JD, Gepts P. Pre-breeding and genetic diversity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Proc. International Plant Breeding Symposium, Ciudad de México. Crop Sci 48: in press. Abstract / Pdf version (© 2007 Crop Science Society of America)

1997 Johnson WC, Guzmán P, Mandala D, Mkandawire ABC, Temple S, Gilbertson RL, and Gepts P. Molecular tagging of the bc-3 gene for introgression into Andean common bean. Crop Sci. 37: 248-254.

1995 Singh SP, Molina A, Gepts P. Potential of wild common bean for seed yield improvement of cultivars in the tropics. Can. J. Plant Sci. 75: 807-813.

Chemical control

1978 Meeus P, Fraselle J, Gepts P, Froidmont F. 1978. Essais de lutte chimique contre la rynchosporiose (Rhynchosporium secalis (Oud.) Davis) de l'escourgeon. Parasitica 34:35-48.

Plant Virology

1977 Kummert J, Gepts P, Angarita-Zerda A. Comparison between the RNAs of three tymoviruses as studied by competitive molecular hybridization. Parasitica 33:147-154.

1977 Gepts P, Angarita A, Kummert J. Labeling of the replicative forms of three tymoviruses. Parasitica 33:95-102.

Reviews, chapters

Domestication

2005 Gepts P. Plant and animal domestication as human-made evolution. In: Cracraft J and Bybee RW (eds), Evolutionary science and society: educating a new generation. Proceedings of the BSCS, AIBS Symposium November 2004, NABT Convention, Chicago, IL. Published by BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO: pp. 180-186 Pdf version (© 2005 by BSCS).

2004 Poncet V, Robert T, Sarr A, Gepts P. Qualitative trait location analyses of the domestication syndrome and domestication process. In: Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, R. Goodman, General Editor. Dekker, New York. / Introduction / Pdf version (© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.).

2003 Gepts P. Ten thousand years of crop evolution. In: M. Chrispeels and D. Sadava (eds.), Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology (2nd ed.). Bartlett and Jones, Sudbury, MA; Chapter 13: pp. 328-359 ( see publisher's web page on this textbook ).

2002 Gepts P, Papa, R (November 2002) Evolution during domestication. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: Nature Publishing Group. [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003071] Pdf version (© 2002 Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Nature Publishing Group) http://www.els.net/ (need institutional or personal subscription to access ELS site).

2001 Gepts P. Origins of plant agriculture and major crop plants. In: Our Fragile World, forerunner volumes to the Encyclopedia of Life-Supporting Systems, MK Tolba (ed.), EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK. Vol. 1, pp. 629-637.

1999 Gepts P. What can molecular markers tell us about the process of domestication in common bean? In: Damania A, Valkoun J, Willcox G, Qualset CO (eds.), Proc. Symp. on the Origins of agriculture and the domestication of crop plants, May 10-14, 1997, Aleppo, Syria: pp. 198-209 HTML version Book web site © 1998 International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

1993 Gepts P. The use of molecular and biochemical markers in crop evolution studies. Evol Biol 27: 51-94.

Genetic resources, genetic diversity, gene flow, and intellectual property rights in crops

2006 Gepts P. Plant genetic resources conservation and utilization: the accomplishments and future of a societal insurance policy. Crop Science 46:2278–2292.DOI:10.2135/cropsci2006.03.0169gas Abstract / Pdf version (© 2006 Crop Science Society of America).

2005 Gepts P. Introduction of transgenic crops in centers of origin and domestication. In: Daniel Lee Kleinman, Abby J. Kinchy, and Jo Handelsman, eds. Controversies in Science & Technology: From Maize to Menopause. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press. Pdf version (© 2005 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System ).

2004 Papa R, Gepts P. Asymmetric gene flow and introgression between domesticated and wild populations. In: H.C.M. den Nijs, D. Bartsch, J. Sweet (eds.), Introgression from Genetically Modified Plants into Wild Relatives, Proc. Conf. on Genetically Modified Plants into Wild Relatives and its Consequences, 21-24 January, 2003, Amsterdam. CABI, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: Publisher's web page .

2004 Papa R, Gepts P. Gene flow between crops and their wild progenitors. In: Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, R. Goodman, General Editor. Dekker, New York. / Introduction / Pdf version (© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.).

2001 Spillane C, Gepts P. Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop gene pools. In: Cooper HD, Spillane C, Hodgkin T (eds), Broadening the genetic base of crop production. CABI, Wallingford, Oxon, UK: pp. 25-70. Pdf version (© 2001 FAO and IPGRI).

2000 Gepts P. A phylogenetic and genomic analysis of crop germplasm: a necessary condition for its rational conservation and use. In: J. P. Gustafson (ed.), Proc. Stadler Genetics Symposium, June 8-10, 1998, Columbia, MO. Plenum, pp. 163-181.

1999 Gepts P, Papa R, Coulibaly S, González Mejía A, Pasquet R. 1999. Wild legume diversity and domestication - insights from molecular methods. In: D. Vaughan (ed.), Wild legumes, Proc. 7th MAFF International Workshop on Genetic Resources. National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Japan: pp. 19-31.

1999 Gepts P, Papa R, González Mejía A, Acosta Gallegos J, Delgado Salinas A. Human effects on Phaseolus vulgaris adaptation before, during and after domestication. In: Plant Evolution in Man-made Habitats, Proceedings of the VIIth Symposium of theInternational Organization of Plant Biosystematics, LWD van Raamsdonk & JCM den Nijs (eds). Hugo de Vries Laboratory, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, pp. 161-181.

1995 Gepts P. Genetic markers and core collections. In: Hodgkin T, Brown AHD, van Hintum ThJL, Morales EAV (eds), Core collections of plant genetic resources. Wiley, New York: pp. 127-146.

1992 Gepts P, Llaca V, Nodari RO, Panella L. Analysis of seed proteins, isozymes, and RFLPs for genetic and evolutionary studies in Phaseolus. In: Linskens H-F, Jackson JF (eds.), Modern methods of plant analysis (New Series): Seed analysis. Springer, Berlin: pp.63-93.

1991 Gepts P. Biotechnology sheds light on bean domestication in Latin America. Diversity 7: 49-50.

1991 Gepts P, Debouck DG. Origin, domestication, and evolution of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. In: Voysest O, Van Schoonhoven A (eds.), Common beans: research for crop improvement. CAB, Oxon, UK: pp. 7-53.

1990 Gepts P. Genetic diversity of seed storage proteins in plants. In: Brown AHD, Clegg MT, Kahler AL, Weir BS (eds.), Plant population genetics, breeding, and genetic resources. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA: pp. 64-82.

1990 Gepts P. Biochemical evidence bearing on the domestication of Phaseolus beans. Econ Bot 44(3S): 28-38.

1989 Singh SP, Debouck DG, Gepts P. Races of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. In: Beebe S (ed.), Current topics in breeding of common bean, Proc. Intern. Bean Breed. Workshop. CIAT, Cali, Colombia: pp. 75-89.

1988 Delgado Salinas A, Bonet A, Gepts P. The wild relative of Phaseolus vulgaris in Middle America. In: Gepts P (ed.), Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. Kluwer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: pp. 163-184.

1988 Gepts P. Phaseolin as an evolutionary marker. In: Gepts P (ed.), Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. Kluwer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: pp. 215-241.

1988 Gepts P. A Middle American and and Andean gene pool. In: Gepts P (ed.), Genetic resources of Phaseolus beans. Kluwer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands: pp. 375-390.

1987 Gepts P. Characterizing plant phenology. In: Wisiol K, Hesketh J (eds.), Plant growth modeling for resource management. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL: pp. 3-24.

Genetics, mapping, and QTLs

2003 Kelly JD, Gepts P, Miklas PN, and Coyne DP. Tagging and mapping of genes and QTL and molecular marker-assisted selection for traits of economic importance in bean and cowpea. Field Crops Res. 82, 135154. [doi:10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00034-0] Abstract, References, Tables 1 and 2, Fig. 1 Pdf version (© 2003 Elsevier Science).

1999 Gepts P. Development of an integrated linkage map. In: Singh SP (ed) Common bean improvement for the twenty-first century. Kluwer, Dordrecht: pp. 53-91, pp. 389-400.

1993 Gepts P. Linkage map of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). In: O'Brien SJ (ed.), Genetic Maps. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY: pp. 6.101-6.109.

1993 Gepts P, Nodari R, Tsai R, Koinange EMK, Llaca V, Gilbertson R, Guzmán P. Linkage mapping in common bean. Annu Rept Bean Improv Coop 36: xxiv-xxxviii. Linkage map from this paper . National Agricultural Library Digital Repository . Pdf version .

1988 Gepts P. Provisional linkage map of common bean. Annu Rept Bean Improv Coop 31: 20-25. National Agricultural Library Digital Repository . Pdf version

1981 Gepts P. Hibridaciones interespecíficas para el mejoramiento de Phaseolus vulgaris. Internal seminar, SE-10-81, 17 p. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia.

Genomics

2005 Gepts P, Beavis WD, Brummer EC, Shoemaker RC, Stalker HT, Weeden NF, Young ND. Legumes as a model plant family. Genomics for food and feed. Report of the Cross-legume Advances Through Genomics conference. Plant Phys 137, 1228-1235. Full text version / Pdf version (© 2004 American Society of Plant Biologists)

2004 McClean P, Gepts P, Kami J. Genomics and genetic diversity in common bean. In: Wilson RF, Stalker HT, Brummer EC (eds.), Legume crop genomics. AOCS Press, Champaign, IL: pp. 60-82. Publisher's web page Pdf version (© 2004 AOCS Press)

2003 Broughton WJ, Hernández G, Blair M, Beebe S, Gepts P, Vanderleyden J. Beans (Phaseolus spp.) - Model food legumes. Plant Soil 252: 55-128. Abstract Pdf version ( © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers)

Plant breeding

Genetic engineering or GMOs

2004 Andow, D.A., H. Daniell, P. Gepts, K.R. Lamkey, E. Nafziger, and D. Strayer. A growing concern: Protecting the food supply in an era of pharmaceutical and industrial crops. Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA. UCS web page on this report Pdf version of this report

2004 Berthaud J, Gepts P. Assessment of effects on genetic diversity. In: Maize and biodiversity: the effects of transgenic maize in Mexico. Part of a background volume to a Report from the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Executive summary (in pdf format) Pdf version of the chapter (after review). Other chapters in this volume. Report of the commission (including reactions of the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.A).

2004 Snow AA, Andow DA, Gepts P, Hallerman EM, Power A, Tiedje JM, Wolfenbarger LL. Genetically engineered organisms and the environment: Current status and recommendations. Ecological Society of America (ESA) Position Paper Submitted to the ESA Governing Board November 21, 2003. Accepted by the ESA Governing Board February 26, 2004. Web version. Also published in Ecol. Applic. 15: 377404 (2005). Pdf version (© 2005 Ecological Society of America).

2003 Gepts P, Papa R. Possible effects of (trans)gene flow from crops on the genetic diversity from landraces and wild relatives. Env Biosafety Res 2: 89-103. [DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2003009] Abstract Pdf version (© ISBR, EDP Sciences).