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History
- Occidental diffusion of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 500–1300 CE: two routes to Europe (Ann. Bot.)
- Horticulture of the Taj Mahal: Gardens of the Imagination (Chronica vol. 50 no. 3 2010)
- Plant Iconography – A Source of Information for Archaeogenetics (Plant Archaeogenetics. 2010)
- Healing, Health, and Horticulture Workshop (HortScience vol. 45, Nov. 2010)
- Iconography and History of Solanaceae: Antiquity to the 17th Century, Color plate (Hort. Rev. vol. 34)
- Tacuinum Sanitatis: Horticulture and Health in the Late Middle Ages
- The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae Illustrated in Medieval Manuscripts Known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis
- Early History and Iconography of the Solanaceae: 2. Potato (SOL Newsletter, Dec. 2008)
- A History of Grafting
- The Pear in History
- The Origins of Horticultural Technology and Science
- Art as a Source of Information on Horticultural Technology
- Reflections on Linguistics as an Aid to Taxonomical Identification of Ancient Mediterranean Cucurbits: The Piqqus of the Faqqous
- What the Roman Emperor Tiberius Grew in His Greenhouses
- Dioscorides’s Bruonia melaina is Bryonia alba, not Tamus communis, and an Illustration Labeled bruonia melaina in the Codex Vindobonensis is Humulus lupulus not Bryonia dioica
- Iconography of the Solanaceae from Antiquity to the XVIIth Century: a Rich Source of Information on Genetic Diversity and Uses
- History and Iconography of Eggplant
- Horticultural Plant Breeding: Past Accomplishments, Future Directions [Acta Hort. 694]
- Fruits of the Bibles
- The Cucurbits of Mediterranean Antiquity: Identification of Taxa from Ancient Images and Descriptions
- Rubus Iconography: Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Jonah and the "Gourd" at Nineveh: Consequences of a Classic Mistranslation
- Plant Exploration: From Queen Hatshepsut to Sir Joseph Banks
- First Known Image of Cucurbita in Europe, 1503–1508 [Annals of Botany 98: 41–47, 2006]
- Caravaggio's Fruit: A Mirror on Baroque Horticulture [Chronica 44(4)]
- The Cucurbit Images (1515–1518) of the Villa Farnesina, Rome
- Erotic Use of Lagenaria in Renaissance Art
- Early Evidence for the Culinary Use of Squash Flowers in Italy [Chronica 45(2)]
- The First Images of Maize in Europe
- Caravaggio's Fruit
- Herbals: The Connection Between Horticulture and Medicine [HortTechnology April–June 13(2):229–238]
Genetics and Plant Breeding
- The Origins of Fruits, Fruit Growing, and Fruit Breeding [Plant Breed. Rev. 25:255–321]
- The PRI Apple Breeding Program
- Artemisia annua: Botany, Horticulture, Pharmacology [Hort. Rev. 19:319–371]
- Rosaceae: Taxonomy, Economic Importance, Genomics [K.M. Folta, S.E. Gardiner (eds.), Genetics and Genomics of Rosaceae. 2009]
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