Current Projects

Classes

• History of Horticulture
• Tropical Horticulture

  Papers

  Art

  • Horticulture and Art (Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Vol. 3, 2014)
  • Juan Sánchez Cotán: Mustical Artist of Horticulture (Chronica vol. 49, no. 4, 2009)
  • Juan Sánchez Cotán: El pintor místico de la Horticultura (Chronica vol. 49, no. 4, 2009)
  • The First Images of Maize in Europe (Maydica 50:71-80, 2005)
  • Caravaggio's Fruit: A Mirror on Baroque Horticulture (Chronica vol. 44, no. 4, 2004)
  • Caravaggio's Fruit

    History

    • A Jewish History of Purdue 1921-1940
    • Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov: Plant Geographer, Geneticist, Martyr of Science (HortScience vol. 50 p. 772-776)
    • Molecular-genetic Extensions of Vavilov’s Predictions (HortScience vol. 50 p. 777-779)
    • Vavilovian Centers of Plant Diversity: Implications and Impacts (HortScience vol. 50 p. 780-783)
    • In the Footsteps of Vavilov: Plant Diversity Then and Now (HortScience vol. 50 p. 784-788)
    • Luther Burbank: Plant Breeder, Horticulturalist, American Hero (HortScience vol. 50 p. 151-212)
    • The Extraordinary Lives of Lorenzo Da Ponte & Nathaniel Wallich: Religious Identity in the Age of Enlightenment (Wild River Review, July 2013)
    • The Intersection of Religion and Horticulture (The Basics of Human Civilization: Food, Agriculture, and Humanity, 2013)
    • Plant Iconography and Art: Source of Information on Horticultural Technology (UASVM Horticulture, 67(1)/2010)
    • The Founding and Founders of the Royal Horticultural Society (Chronica vol. 48 no. 1, 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
    • Horticultural Plant Breeding: Past Accomplishments, Future Directions (Acta Hort. 694)
    • Fruits of the Bibles
    • Plant Exploration: From Queen Hatshepsut to Sir Joseph Banks
    • Proceedings of the Workshop: History of the Organic Movement (HortTechnology vol. 2 no. 2 1992)

      Old World History

      • Agriculture: Origins of Agriculture in Egypt (Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures 2014)
      • Horticulture of the Taj Mahal: Gardens of the Imagination (Chronica vol. 50 no. 3 2010)
      • Ancient Egyptian Agriculture and the Origins of Horticulture (Acta Hort. No. 582, 2002)

      New World History

      • Identification of New World aquatic invertebrate illustrations in The Drake Manuscript (Journal of Natural History 2014)
      • Contributions of Indigenous Americans to Horticulture: Introduction to the Workshop [HortScience 48(4) 2013]
      • Development of New World Crops by Indigenous Americans [HortScience 48(4) 2013]
      • Manna in Winter: Indigenous Americans, Huckleberries, and Blueberries [HortScience 48(4) 2013]
        
      • The Chilean Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis): Over 1000 Years of Domestication [HortScience 48(4) 2013]
      • Nomenclature and Iconography of Common Milkweed (Chronica vol. 53, no. 2, 2013)
      • Hawaiian Horticulture Workshop 2011 (HortScience vol. 47, no. 10, 2012)
      • Revelations from Histoire Naturelle des Indes known as The Drake Manuscript: Horticulture and History (Chronica vol. 52, 2012)
      • New World Crops: Iconography and History (Acta Hort 916, 2011)

      Plant and Animal Iconography

      • Identification of New World aquatic invertebrate illustrations in The Drake Manuscript (Journal of Natural History 2014)
      • Is Jean Bourdichon the Designer of the Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestries? (Chronica vol. 54, no. 3, 2014)
      • The Fruits and Nuts of the Unicorn Tapestries (Chronica vol. 54, no. 1, 2014)
      • The Curcubits and Nightshades of Renaissance England: John Gerard and William Shakespeare (Hort. Rev. vol. 40, 2012)
      • Fruits and Nuts of the Villa Farnesina (Arnoldia vol. 70, no. 2, 2012)
      • Carrot: History and Iconography (Chronica vol. 51, no. 2, 2011)
      • Plant Iconography – A Source of Information for Archaeogenetics (Plant Archaeogenetics 2010)
      • Tacuinum Sanitatis: Horticulture and Health in the Late Middle Ages (Chronica vol. 49, no. 3, 2009)
      • The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae Illustrated in Medieval Manuscripts Known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis (Annals of Botany 103:1187-1203, 2009)
      • Rubus Iconography: Antiquity to the Renaissance

        Plant Iconography: Solanaceae

        • Petites et Grandes Histoires de L’aubergine (Histoire de plantes - Jardins de France 637 - Septembre-Octobre 2015)
        • Early History and Iconography of the Solanceae: 3. Tomato (Sol Newsletter vol. 34, Oct. 2012)
        • Iconography and History of Solanaceae: Antiquity to the 17th Century, Color plate (Hort. Rev. vol. 34)
        • Early History and Iconography of the Solanaceae: 2. Potato (SOL Newsletter, Dec. 2008)
        • 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

          Plant Iconography: Cucurbitaceae

          • Medieval iconography of watermelons in Mediterranean Europe [Annals of Botany 112, 2013]
          • Medieval herbal iconography and lexicography of Cucumis (cucumber and melon, Cucurbitaceae) in the Occident, 1300–1458 (Annals of Botany 108, 2011)
          • Occidental diffusion of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 500–1300 CE: two routes to Europe (Ann. Bot.)
          • 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
          • The Cucurbits of Mediterranean Antiquity: Identification of Taxa from Ancient Images and Descriptions
          • Jonah and the "Gourd" at Nineveh: Consequences of a Classic Mistranslation
          • First Known Image of Cucurbita in Europe, 1503–1508 [Annals of Botany 98: 41–47, 2006]
          • 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)]

            Herbals

            • A Database for Three Dioscoridean Illustrated Herbals [HortScience 49(7)977-979, 2014]
            • Synteny of Images in Three Illustrated Dioscoridean Herbals: Juliana Anicia Codex, Codex Neapolitanus, and Morgan 652 (Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 41(2):1-7, 2013)
            • Ancient Greek illustrated Dioscoridean herbals: Origins and impact of the Juliana Anicia Codex and the Codex Neopolitanus (Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 40(1):9-17, 2012)
            • The 1500th Anniversary (512-2012) of the Juliana Anicia Codex: An Illustrated Dioscoridean Recension (Chronica vol. 52, no. 3, 2012)
            • Healing, Health, and Horticulture Workshop (HortScience vol. 45, Nov. 2010)
            • 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 (Cucurbitaceae 2008)
            • Herbals: The Connection Between Horticulture and Medicine [HortTechnology April–June 13(2):229–238]

              Horticulture

              • Scholarship and Literature in Horticulture (Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Vol. 3, 2014)
              • Giant Pumpkins: Genetic and Cultural Breakthroughs (Chronica vol 48 no. 3, 2008)
              • New Record for Giant Pumpkin, 2010 (Chronica)
              • Gilding the Lilies: Rainbow Roses and Confetti Poinsettias (Chronica vol. 48 no. 1, 2008)
              • CropMAP: A Location-specific Resource for Crops in the United States [HortTech 23(2)]

                Genetics and Plant Breeding

                • Juliet^TM Apple Grown For Organic Production in France (Journal of the American Pomological Society 69(3) 2015)
                • The ASHS Outstanding Fruit Cultivar Award: A 25-year Retrospective [HortScience vol. 48(1) 2013]
                • Fruit Breeding: Past, Present, and Future (Fruiticultura October 22-26, 2012)
                • 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]

                  Loquat

                  • Postharvest physiology and technology of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) fruit (Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Jan. 2014)
                  • Breeding Loquat [Plant Breed. Rev. 37:259–296]
                  • Loquat: An Ancient Fruit Crop with a Promising Future [Chronica 47(2) 2007]
                  • Loquat: Botany and Horticulture [Hort. Rev. 23: 233–276, 1999]

                     

                    Voynich

                    • Were Juan Gerson the Illustrator and Gaspar de Torres the Author of the Voynich Codex? (Not Bot Horti Agrobo, 2017, 45(2):343-352)
                    • Identification of Phytomorphs in the Voynich Codex (Hort. Rev. vol. 44, 2017)

                     

                    Viewpoints

                    • The Human Connection to Horticulture (Humanity in Humans, by Humans and for Humans in Securing Food for All, 2015)
                    • Ethics and Horticulture (The Basics of Human Civilization: Food, Agriculture, and Humanity, vol. III. 2014)
                    • The Intersection of Religion and Horticulture (The Basics of Human Civilization: Food, Agriculture, and Humanity, vol. 1. 2013)
                    • The Sociology of Authorship Sequence [Chronica 51(3)]
                    • Demonization of Science, Sanctification of Poverty [Chronica 50(4)]
                    • How a Lack of Research Affects Us All
                    • The Tyranny of the Impact Factor
                    • Pear in History
                    • Street Money: Distribution and Analysis [AJN Second Series 16-17 (2004-2005) p. 259-267]
                    • Consumer evaluation and quality measurement of fresh-cut slices of ‘Fuji’, ‘Golden Delicious’, ‘GoldRush’, and ‘Granny Smith’ apples
                    • On Tampering with Nature
                    • Horticulture and Human Culture

                      Citations and Dedications

                      • A Life in Horticulture and Plant Breeding: The Extraordinary Contributions of Jules Janick (Plant Breeding Rev. 41:291-360. 2018)
                      • Dedication: Jules Janick (Hort. Rev. 45:xii-xvi)
                      • Jules Janick: Spotlight on Honored Members [Chronica 57(1)]
                      • Jules Janick: Dedication (Novel Postharvest Treatments of Fresh Produce. 2017. CRC Press)
                      • A lasting legacy – Horticultural Reviews and Plant Breeding Reviews [Chronica 56(4)]

                      Presentations

                      • Loquat Improvement
                      • Tropical Beverage Crops
                      • The Voynich Manuscript as a MesoAmerican Herbal
                      • Deciphering The Voynich Manuscript: Plants as the Rosetta Stone
                      • Cucumbers in Art
                      • Important World Cultivars of Loquat
                      • Contributions of Luther Burbank: Plant Breeding Artist and Legend
                      • Unicorns: Tapestries, Mysteries, History, Horticulture
                      • Iconographie du Moyen Âge à la Renaissance: Contribution à l’Histoire des plantes (Solanacées, cucurbitacées)
                      • Ancient Egyptian Agriculture and the Origins of Horticulture
                      • Development of New World Crops by Indigenous Americans
                      • Purdue’s Scab Resistant Apple Breeding Program: Elite Apples
                      • Revelations from the Drake Manuscript: Horticulture & History
                      • Ancient Greek Illustrated Herbals: Origin, Import, and Relation of the Juliana Anicia Codex and the Codex Neopolitanus
                      • UREMG & Viçosa 1963–1965
                      • PRI Apple Breeders: Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois
                      • Fruit Breeding: Past, Present, and Future
                      • The Taj Mahal: Gardens of the Imagination
                      • New World Crops: Iconography and History
                      • Predictions for Loquat Improvements in the Next Decade
                      • Fruits & Nuts: Origins, History, Iconography
                      • The Pear: History and Future
                      • What the Roman Emperor Tiberius Grew in his Greenhouse
                      • Art as a Source of Information on Horticultural Technology
                      • Jonah and the “Gourd” at Nineveh
                      • Iconography of Solanaceae: Antiquity to the 17th Century
                      • Apricot Iconography
                      • Horticulture and Health: Ancient and Medieval Views
                      • Horticulture and Culture of Pre-Columbian America
                      • Plant Exploration: From Queen Hatshepsut to Sir Joseph Banks
                      • Fruits of the Bibles
                      • History of Herbals
                      • Cupid and Psyche
                      • The Fruits of Caravaggio
                      • Origin of Fruits and Fruit Breeding
                      • Horticulture, Horticultural Science & 100 Years of ASHS
                      • Introducing Adagio: A Slow-bolting Arugula

                        Other Websites

                      • Herbal Images: Synteny of Images in Three Illustrated Dioscoridean Herbals
                      • Plant Image
                      • Festoons in the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche painted by Giovanni di Udine
                      • Birds in the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche
                      • Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne
                      • PRI Apple Disease Resistant Apple Breeding Program
                      • Hoosier Botanicals^TM
                      • Hoosier Fresh^TM

                        Cultivar Releases

                        • WineCrisp apple
                        • 'Adagio': A Slow-Bolting Arugula
                        • Green Jade pear
                        • Ambrosia pear

                        A Career in Horticulture

                        Luther Burbank: Plant Breeder, Horticulturist, American Hero [HortScience Vol. 50(2) 2015]

                        Caravaggio's Models

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