Efombagan, I.B., Motamayor, J.C., Sounigo, O., Eskes, A.B., Nyasse, S., Cilas, C., Schnell Ii, R.J., Manzanares-Dauleux, M., Kolesnikova-Allen, M. 2008. Genetic diversity and structure of farm and genebank accessions of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) in Cameroon revealed by microsatellite markers. Tree Genetics & Genomics. DOI 10.1007/s11295-008-0155-z
Kuhn, D.N., Meerow, A.W., Borrone, J.W., Motamayor, J.C., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2008. Sscp markers provide a useful alternative to microsatellites in genotyping and estimating genetic diversity in populations and germplasm collections of specialty crops. Plant and Animal Genome Conference.
Brown, J.S., Sautter, R.T., Tondo, C.T., Borrone, J.W., Kuhn, D.N., Motamayor, J.C., Schnell II, R.J. 2008. A composite linkage map from the combination of three crosses made from commercial clones of cacao, T. cacao L.. Tropical Plant Biology. DOI 10.1007/s12042-008-9011-4
Johnson, E.S., Bekele, F.L., Zhang, D., Schnell Ii, R.J., Meinhardt, L.W. 2008. On the ancestry of the ics clones of trinidad and tobago. Plant and Animal Genome VX Conference Abstracts.Poster Presentation at the PAG XVI Conference, San Diego, CA. January 12-16, Abstr. P121, p. 149.
Schnell Ii, R.J., Kuhn, D.N., Brown, J.S., Tondo, C.T., Motamayor, J.C. 2007. Development of marker assisted selection program for cacao. Journal of Phytopathology. 97(12):1664-1669.
Borrone, J.W., Olano, C.T., Kuhn, D.N., Brown, J.S., Violi, H., Ploetz, R., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. An estimation of outcrossing in Florida avocado (Persea americana Mill.) using microsatellite markers. Botanical Society of America Proceedings.
Mauro Herrera, M., Meerow, A.W., Borrone, J.W., Kuhn, D.N., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. Usefulness of WRKY gene-derived markers for assessing genetic diversity of Florida coconut cultivars. Scientia Horticultureae. 115:19-26.
Borrone, J.W., Meerow, A.W., Kuhn, D.N., Whitlock, B.A., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. The potential of the WRKY gene family for phylogenetic reconstruction: an example from the Malvaceae.. Annals Of Botany.
Tondo, C.T., Borrone, J.W., Kuhn, D.N., Brown, J.S., Violi, H.A., Ploetz, R., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. Development of Mapping Populations for Avocado. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 120:26-29
Borrone, J.W., Meerow, A.W., Kuhn, D.N., Whitlock, B.A., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. The potential of the WRKY gene family for phylogenetic reconstruction: an example from the Malvaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44:1141-1154.
Ayala Silva, T., Schnell Ii, R.J., Meerow, A.W., Gordon, G.G. 2007. Performance of five cooking banana accessions at the National Germplasm Repository under limestone soil conditions. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 120:1-3
Brown, J.S., Phillips-Mora, W., Power, E.J., Krol, C.A., Cervantesmartinez, C., Motamayor, J., Schnell II, R.J. 2007. Mapping QTL for resistance to frosty pod and black pod diseases, and for horticultural traits in Theobroma cacao L.. Crop Science. 47:1851-1858.
Opoku, S.Y., Bhattacharjee, R., Kolesnikova-Allen, M., Motamayor, J.C., Schnell Ii, R.J., Ingelbrecht, I., Enu-Kwesi, L., Adu-Ampomah, Y. 2007. Genetic diversity in cocoa (Theobroma cacao, L.) germplasm collection from Ghana. Journal of Crop Improvement. Vol. 20(1/2) (#39/40)p.73-87.
Borrone, J.W., Violi, H.A., Ploetz, R., Schnell II, R.J. 2007. The development of microsatellite markers for persea americana (avocado). Florida State Horticulture Society. 119:38-40.
Violi, H.A., Borrone, J.W., Ploetz, R., Olano, C.T., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. Development of Phytophthora root rot-resistant avocado rootstocks for the Caribbean.. Florida State Horticulture Society and Citrus Industry. 119:41-44
Kuhn, D.N., Macarthur, H.C., Borrone, J.W., Schnell Ii, R.J., Brown, J.S., Johnson, E., Phillips-Mora, W. 2006. Development of molecular genetic markers from a cDNA subtraction library of Frosty Pod inoculated cacao. Proceedings of the XVth International Cacao Conference.
Borrone, J.W., Schnell II, R.J., Violi, H.A., Ploetz, R. 2007. Seventy microsatellite markers from Persea americana Miller (avocado) expressed sequence tags. Molecular Ecology.7:439-444.
Johnson, E.S., Mora, A., Schnell Ii, R.J. Field guide efficacy in the identification of reallocated clonally propagated accessions of cacao (theobroma cacao l.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 54:1301-1313.
Johnson, E.S., Aime, M.C., Crozier, J., Flood, J., Schnell Ii, R.J. A new morpho-type of phytophthora palmivora on cacao in central america. Proceedings of the International Cocoa Producer's Conference.pp. 31-39.
Borrone, J.W., Schnell Ii, R.J., Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D.N. 2007. Microsatellite-containing expressed sequence tags for genetic mapping and genotyping Theobroma cacao. Proceedings of the XVth International Cacao Conference.
Schnell II, R.J., Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D.N., Cervantesmartinez, C., Borrone, J.W., Olano, C.T., Motamayor, J.C., Phillips, W., Johnson, E., Monteverde-Penso, E.J., Amores, F., Lopes, U. 2007. Current challenges of tropical tree crop improvement: integrating genomics into an applied cacao breeding program. Acta Horticulturae: Proc IS on biotechnology of temperate fruit crops and tropical species. 738:p129-144.
Johnson, E., Phillips, W., Bekele, F., Zhang, D., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2007. Field guide to the uf clones of costa rica. Proceedings of the International Cocoa Producer's Conference. San Jose, Costa Rica Oct 9-14. Vol. I: 641-646.
Mauro Herrera, M., Meerow, A.W., Borrone, J.W., Kuhn, D.N., Schnell Ii, R.J. 2006. Ten informative markers developed from wrky loci in coconut (cocos nucifera). Molecular Ecology Notes. 6:904-906.
Brown, J.S., Schnell II, R.J., Power, E.J., Douglas, S.L., David N. Kuhn. 2007. Analysis of clonal germplasm from five saccharum species: s. barberi, s. robustum, s. officinarum, sl. sinense and s. spontaneum. A study of inter- and intraspecies relationships using microsatellite markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.54:627-648.
Kuhn, D.N., Narasimhan, G., Nakamura, K., Brown, J.S., Schnell II, R.J., Meerow, A.W. 2006. Identification of cacao tir-nbs-lrr resistance gene analogs and their use as genetic markers. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science.131(6):806-813.
Ming, R., P. H. Moore, K. K. Wu, A. D¿Hont, J. C. Glaszmann, T. L. Tew, T. E. Mirkov, J. da Silva, J. Jifon, M. Rai, R. J. Schnell, S. M. Brumbley, P. Lakshmanan, J. C. Comstock, A. H. Paterson Sugarcane Improvement through Breeding and Biotechnology. In (J Janick ed.) Plant Breeding Reviews vol 27: 15-118. 2006.
Cervantes-Martinez, C., Phillips-Mora, W., Brown, J.S., Motamayor, J.C., Takrama, J.F., Schnell II, R.J. 2006. Combining ability for disease resistance, yield, and horticultural traits for cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) clones. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 131(2):231-241.
Cervantes-Martinez, C., Brown, J.S., Motamayor, J.C., Zhang, D., Schnell II, R.J. 2006. A computer simulation study on the number of loci and trees required to estimate genetic variability in cacao (Thebromoa cacao L.). Tree Genetics & Genomics.
Schnell II, R.J., Brown, J.S., Olano, C.T., Meerow, A.W., Campbell, R.J., Kuhn, D.N. 2006. Mango genetic diversity analysis and pedigree inferences for florida cultivars using microsatellite markers. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 131(2):214-224.
Meerow, A.W., Francisco-Ortega, J., Kuhn, D.N., Schnell II, R.J. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography within the Eurasian clade of Amaryllidaceae based on plastid ndhF and nrDNA its sequences: lineage sorting in a reticulate area. Systematic Botany. 31(1):42-60
Ayala-Silva, T., Schnell II, R.J., Meerow, A.W., Winterstein, M.C., Cervantes-Martinez, C., Brown, J.S. 2005. Determination of color and fruit traits of half-sib families of mango (Mangifera indica L.). Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 118:253-257.
Monteverde-Penso, E.J., Phillips, W., Machado, R., Brown, J.S., Schnell II, R.J., Motamayor, J.C. 2005. Can we select for shorter cacao plants?. Ingenic Newsletter. 10:16-19.
Takrama, J.F., Cervantes-Martinez, C.T., Phillips-Mora, W., Brown, J.S., Motamayor, J., Schnell II, R.J. 2005. Determination of off-types in a cacao breeding program using microsatellites. Ingenic Newsletter. 10:2-8.
Schnell II, R.J., Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D.N., Cervantes-Martinez, C.T., Olano, C.T., Motamayor, J. 2005. Why would be breed cacao in Florida?. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 118:189-191.
Schnell II, R.J., Olano, C.T., Quintanilla, W.E., Meerow, A.W. Isolation and characterization of 15 microsatellite loci from mango (Mangifera India L.) and cross-species amplification in closely related taxa. Molecular Ecology Notes. 5:625-627.
Puche, H., Schnell Ii, R.J., Weissling, T., Epsky, N.D., Heath, R.R. 2004. Effect of Sugarcane Varieties and Male Pheromone Patches on the Mobility of the Silky Cane Weevil (Coleoptera:Curculionidae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Ayala Silva, T., Schnell II, R.J., Meerow, A.W., Goenaga, R.J., Zee, F.T. 2004. Current Status of the Subtropical and Tropical Germplasm Repositories of the National Plant Germplasm System. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 117:182-187.
Comstock, J.C., Miller, J.D., Schnell II, R.J., Ayala Silva, T. 2005. Sugarcane yellow leaf virus in the world collection of sugarcane and related grasses at Miami, Florida. Proceedings International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 25:691-693.
Brown, J.S., Schnell II, R.J., Motamayor, J.C., Lopes, U., Kuhn, D.N. 2005. Resistance gene mapping for witches' broom disease in Theobroma cacao L. in an f2 population using ssr markers and candidate genes. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 130(3):366-373.
Suarez, I.E., Schnell II, R.J., Kuhn, D.N., Litz, R.E. 2005. Avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBVd) is persistent in embyogenic cultures derived from the nucellus of an ASBVd-infected tree. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 111:317-326.
Ploetz, R.C., Schnell II, R.J., Ying, Z., Zheng, Q., Olano, C.T., Johnson, E. 2005. Analysis of molecular diversity in Crinipellis perniciosa with AFLP markers. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 111/4, pp. 317-326.
Kuhn, D.N., Schnell II, R.J. 2005. Use of capillary array electrophoresis single strand conformational polymorphism analysis to estimate genetic diversity of candidate genes in germplasm collections. Methods in Enzymology. 395:238-258.
Schnell II, R.J., Olano, C.T., Brown, J.S., Meerow, A.W., Meneres, T., Nagai, C., Motamayor, J.C. 2005. Retrospective determination of the parental population of superior Theobroma cacao L. seedlings and association of microsatellite alleles with productivity. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 130(2):181-190.
Pan, Y.B., Tew, T.L., Schnell, R.J., Viator, R.P., Veremis, J.C., Richard Jr, E.P., Grisham, M.P., White, W.H. 2004. Microsatellite DNA Marker-Assisted Selection of Saccharum Spontaneum Cytoplasm-Derived Germplasm. Proceedings of International Symposium on Sustainable Sugarcane and Sugar Production. p. 483-489.
Schnell II, R.J., Heath, M., Johnson, E.S., Brown, J.S., Olano, C.T., Motamayor, J. 2004. Frequency of off-type progeny among the original ICS1 x SCA6 reciprocal families made for selection for disease resistance in Trinidad. Ingenic Newsletter. 9:34-39.
Castle, W.S., Schnell II, R.J., Crane, J.H., Grosser, J.W., Gmitter, F.G., Ayala Silva, T., Bowman, K.D. 2004. Evaluation of new citrus rootstocks for 'Bearss' lime production in southern Florida. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 117:174-181.
Puche, H., Weissling, T., Schnell II, R.J., Epsky, N.D., Heath, R.R. 2004. Mobility of the Silky Cane Weevil (Coleopetera:Curculiondae) in a Screen Enclosure. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting.
Borrone, J.W., Schnell II, R.J., Kuhn, D.N. 2004. Isolation, characterization and development of WRKY genes as useful genetic markers in Theobroma cacao. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 1090: 495-507.
Schnell II, R.J. 2004. Germplasm and genome resources in theobroma cacao: current challenges of tropical tree crop breeding. American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting.
Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D., Wisser, R.J., Power, E.J., Schnell II, R.J. 2004. Determination and relative quantification of sources of variation in a replicated microarray experiment using resistance gene homologue sequences. Biotechniques.
Schnell II, R.J., Brown, J.S., Olano, C.T., Power, E.J., Krol, C.A., Kuhn, D.N., Motamayor, J. 2003. Evaluation of avocado germplasm using microsatellite markers. American Society for Horticultural Science.
Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D., Motamayor, J.C., Borrone, J., Lopes, U., Schnell II, R.J. 2003. A preliminary genomic map based on SSR markers, Resistance Gene Homologues, and Stress-related WRKY genes in an F2 population of T. cacao L. Proceedings of the International Cocoa Producer's Conference.
Suarez, I.E., Schnell II, R.J., Kuhn, D.N., Litz, R.E. 2004. Micrografting of ASBVd-infected Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Plants. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 80:179-185.
Pan, Y., Miller, J.D., Schnell Ii, R.J., Richard Jr, E.P., Wei, Q. 2003. Application of microsatellite and RAPD fingerprints in the Florida sugarcane variety program [abstract]. Plant and Animal Genome Abstract XI Abstract Book. W 189. p. 43
Olano, C.T., Schnell II, R.J., Kuhn, D.N. 2002. Current status of ASBVd infection among avocado accessions in the national germplasm collection. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society. 115: 280-282.
Meerow, A.W., Wisser, R.J., Brown, J.S., Kuhn, D.N., Schnell II, R.J., Broschat, T.K. 2002. Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure within Florida coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) germplasm using microsatellite DNA, with special emphasis on the Fiji Dwarf cultivar. Horticultural International Congress Proceedings.