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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.


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


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


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

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


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


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.


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.


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


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.



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