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Research Interests
I’m an Assistant Professor of Horticultural Crop Breeding for Nutrition in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentucky. My research group—The Sapkota Lab—is dedicated to blending the best of traditional plant breeding with the latest innovations in molecular biology, genomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, machine learning, and AI. Our mission is to develop improved horticultural crop varieties that are not only high-yielding and disease-resistant but also packed with better flavor and enhanced nutritional value—helping to meet the evolving needs of Kentucky growers and consumers while contributing to food security on a global scale.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University Of Georgia
2023
Keywords
- S Agriculture (General)
- Plant Breeding
- Genetics
- Genomics
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A major and stable QTL confers impatiens necrotic spot virus resistance in lettuce cv. Eruption
Nayak, S., Richardson, K. L., Eriksen, R. L., Hasegawa, D. K., Wintermantel, W. M., Sapkota, M., Tang, X., Chen, S., Lin, M., Zhao, D., Beil, C. T., Sheehan, M. J. & Simko, I., Dec 2025, In: Theoretical And Applied Genetics. 138, 12, 312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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BIGapp: A user-friendly genomic tool kit identified quantitative trait loci for creeping rootedness in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Sandercock, A. M., Peel, M. D., Taniguti, C. H., Chinchilla-Vargas, J., Chen, S., Sapkota, M., Lin, M., Zhao, D., Ackerman, A. J., Basnet, B. R., Beil, C. T. & Sheehan, M. J., Sep 2025, In: Plant Genome. 18, 3, e70067.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correction to: Pre-breeding in alfalfa germplasm develops highly differentiated populations, as revealed by genome-wide microhaplotype markers (Scientific Reports, (2025), 15, 1, (1253), 10.1038/s41598-024-84262-x)
Medina, C. A., Zhao, D., Lin, M., Sapkota, M., Sandercock, A. M., Beil, C. T., Sheehan, M. J., Irish, B. M., Yu, L. X., Poudel, H., Claessens, A., Moore, V., Crawford, J., Hansen, J., Viands, D., Peel, M. D., Tilhou, N., Riday, H., Brummer, E. C. & Xu, Z., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 12001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Deciphering resistance to Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) using Genome-Wide Association Studies
Topcu, Y., Yildiz, K., Kayikci, H. C., Aydin, S., Feng, Q. & Sapkota, M., Feb 1 2025, In: Scientia Horticulturae. 341, 113968.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome-Wide Association and Genomic Prediction of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Biomass Yield Under Drought Stress
Medina, C. A., Hansen, J., Crawford, J., Viands, D., Sapkota, M., Xu, Z., Peel, M. D. & Yu, L. X., Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26, 2, 608.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations