Derek Michael Wright
Scientific Publications
Scientific publications I have been involved in while working/studying at University of Regina, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (University of Giessen) & the University of Saskatchewan.
Full List
(2025) Disecting lentil crop growth across multi-environment trials using unoccupied aerial vehicles and genome-wide association studies. The Plant Phenome Journal. 8(1): e70040. doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.70040
(2025) Breeding potential of cultivated lentil for increased protein and amino acid concentrations in the Northern Great Plains. Crop Science. 65(3): e70085. doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70085
(2024) Grazing preferences of three species of amoebae on cyanobacteria and green algae. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. e13018: 1-14. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.13018
(2023) Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals the Importance of Glycosylated Flavones in Patterned Lentil Seed Coats. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(7): 3541–3549. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07844
(2022) Focusing the GWAS Lens on days to flower using latent variable phenotypes derived from global multi-environment trials. The Plant Genome. e20269. doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20269
(2021) Strategic Identification of New Genetic Diversity to Expand Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Production (Using Nepal as an Example). Agronomy. 11(10): 1933. doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11101933
(2021) Understanding photothermal interactions can help expand production range and increase genetic diversity of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Plants, People, Planet. 3(2): 171-181. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10158
(2020) Genomic selection for lentil breeding: Empirical evidence. The Plant Genome. 13(e20002): 1-15. doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20002
(2015) Influence of heterozygosity on nitrogen use efficiency in hybrid and purebred lines of Brassica napus (L.). University of Giessen. MSc. Thesis.
Main Publications
2025 - LDP GWAS UAV
Disecting lentil crop growth across multi-environment trials using unoccupied aerial vehicles and genome-wide association studies. The Plant Phenome Journal. (2025) 8(1): e70040. doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.70040
Derek M Wright, Sandesh Neupane, Steve Shirtlife, Tania Gioia, Giuseppina Logozzo, Stefania Marzario, Karsten M.E. Nielsen & Kirstin E Bett
2025 - LDP GWAS Protein
Breeding potential of cultivated lentil for increased protein and amino acid concentrations in the Northern Great Plains. Crop Science. (2025) 65(3): e70085. doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70085
Derek M. Wright, Jiayi Hang, James D. House & Kirstin E. Bett
- Crop Science. (2025) 65(3): e70085.
- Github Repository
- R Script (HTML)
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- All Figures (pdf)
A follow up to:
Prediction of protein and amino acid contents in whole and ground lentils using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. LWT. (2022) 165: 113669. doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113669
Jiayi Hang, Da Shi, Jason Neufeld, Kirstin E. Bett & James D. House
2022 LDP GWAS Phenology
Focusing the GWAS Lens on days to flower using latent variable phenotypes derived from global multi-environment trials. The Plant Genome. (2022) 16(1): e20269. doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20269
Sandesh Neupane, Derek M. Wright, Raul O. Martinez, Jakob Butler, Jim L. Weller, Kirstin E. Bett
2021 - LDP Nepal Phenology
Strategic Identification of New Genetic Diversity to Expand Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Production (Using Nepal as an Example). Agronomy. (2021) 11(10): 1933. doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11101933
Sandesh Neupane, Rajeev Dhakal, Derek M. Wright, Deny K. Shrestha, Bishnu Dhakal & Kirstin E. Bett
2020 - LDP Phenology
Understanding photothermal interactions can help expand production range and increase genetic diversity of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Plants, People, Planet. (2021) 3(2): 171-181. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10158
Derek M. Wright, Sandesh Neupane, Taryn Heidecker, Teketel A. Haile, Crystal Chan, Clarice J. Coyne, Rebecca J. McGee, Sripada Udupa, Fatima Henkrar, Eleonora Barilli, Diego Rubiales, Tania Gioia, Giuseppina Logozzo, Stefania Marzario, Reena Mehra, Ashutosh Sarker, Rajeev Dhakal, Babul Anwar, Debashish Sarker, Albert Vandenberg & Kirstin E. Bett
News Articles
Associated Publications
2024 - Algae Grazers
Grazing preferences of three species of amoebae on cyanobacteria and green algae. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. (2024) e13018: 1-14. doi.org/10.1111/jeu.13018
Harold G. Weger, April K. Polasek, Derek M. Wright, Arun Damodaran, John Stavrinides
2023 Lentil Flavones
Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals the Importance of Glycosylated Flavones in Patterned Lentil Seed Coats. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. (2023) 71(7): 3541–3549. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07844
Fatma M. Elessawy, Derek M. Wright, Albert Vandenberg, Anas El-Aneed & Randy W. Purves.
2020 Genomic Selection in Lentil
Genomic selection for lentil breeding: Empirical evidence. The Plant Genome. (2020) 13(e20002): 1-15. doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20002
Teketel A. Haile, Taryn Heidecker, Derek M. Wright, Sandesh Neupane, Larissa Ramsay, Albert Vandenberg & Kirstin E. Bett.
MSc
2015 - NEU in Canola
Influence of heterozygosity on nitrogen use efficiency in hybrid and purebred lines of Brassica napus (L.). University of Giessen. (2015) MSc. Thesis.
Derek M. Wright.
derekmichaelwright.github.io/dblogr/