Shelby Ellison

About

Shelby Ellison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her credentials include a Ph.D. Her research focuses on alternative crop genetics, contributing to the development and understanding of diverse agricultural options. As part of the Ellison Lab, she is involved in research and extension activities related to alternative crops, including Wisconsin hemp by hand. Her work aims to advance knowledge in plant genetics and support sustainable agricultural practices.

Research topics

• Botany
• Biology
• Horticulture
• Genetics
• Biochemistry
• Chemistry
• Food science

Selected publications

• Population genomics identifies genetic signatures of carrot domestication and improvement and uncovers the origin of high-carotenoid orange carrots

  Nature Plants · 2023 · 60 citations

  Here an improved carrot reference genome and resequencing of 630 carrot accessions were used to investigate carrot domestication and improvement. The study demonstrated that carrot was domesticated during the Early Middle Ages in the region spanning western Asia to central Asia, and orange carrot was selected during the Renaissance period, probably in western Europe. A progressive reduction of genetic diversity accompanied this process. Genes controlling circadian clock/flowering and carotenoid…

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• The influence of the Or and Carotene Hydroxylase genes on carotenoid accumulation in orange carrots [Daucus carota (L.)]

  Theoretical and Applied Genetics · 2021 · 27 citations

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• Pennycress domestication and improvement efforts

  Crop Science · 2024-01-23 · 18 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract Pennycress ( Thlaspi arvense L.) is a winter annual weed species that is distributed globally in temperate regions. The possibility of pennycress inclusion in the corn–soybean cropping system in the midwestern United States has garnered increasing attention from farmers. Growing pennycress offers environmental benefits—reducing soil erosion and nitrate leaching, improving water quality, early‐season pollinator food, and economic benefits—higher seed oil percentage, increased net profit,…

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• Different Fertility Approaches in Organic Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Production Alter Floral Biomass Yield but Not CBD:THC Ratio

  Sustainability · 2022-05-20 · 14 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding

  Industrial hemp is once again legal in the United States but agronomic practices are not well characterized, especially for organic production systems. Many producers are concerned that while increased fertility may increase biomass yield it will also disproportionally increase that rate of total tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) accumulation, making their crop more likely to be noncompliant at harvest. We measured the effect of four organic fertility treatments: (1) no fertility (NA); (2) manure-based…

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• CarrotOmics: a genetics and comparative genomics database for carrot (<i>Daucus carota</i>)

  Database · 2022-01-01 · 11 citations

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  CarrotOmics (https://carrotomics.org/) is a comprehensive database for carrot (Daucus carota L.) breeding and research. CarrotOmics was developed using resources available at the MainLab Bioinformatics core (https://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/) and is implemented using Tripal with Drupal modules. The database delivers access to download or visualize the carrot reference genome with gene predictions, gene annotations and sequence assembly. Other genomic resources include information for 11 224 genetic m…

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Recent grants

• NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2012

  NSF · $197k · 2012–2015

Frequent coauthors

• Philipp W. Simon

  68 shared

• Douglas Senalik

  51 shared

• Massimo Iorizzo

  29 shared

• Pablo F. Cavagnaro

  19 shared

• David M. Spooner

  University of Georgia

  19 shared

• Julie C. Dawson

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  10 shared

• K. Corak

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  8 shared

• Kevin Coe

  8 shared

Labs

• Ellison LabPI

  Alternative Crop Genetics

Education

• PhD/Genetics, Plant Sciences

  University of California Davis

  2012

• BS, Genetics

  University of Wisconsin Madison

  2006

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