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Dr. Edilberto Diaz Redoña

Dr. Edilberto Diaz Redoña

Title

  • Research Professor

Contact Information

edr127@msstate.edu
Office: 662-686-3284

Overview

Education

  • University of California - Davis, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetics
  • University of California - Davis, Master of Science (MS), Genetics
  • University of the Philippines Los Banos, Master of Science (MS), Agronomy
  • Silliman University, Bachelor of Science (BS), Agronomy

Research/Extension Interests

1. Development of improved long-grain rice varieties for plant type, grain yield potential, disease resistance, grain quality traits and milling yields, and including those with imidazolinone herbicide resistance.
2. Utilizing and researching breeding methods, including molecular breeding.
3. Understanding the genetic basis of key traits in rice.

Publications

Year Publications
2022

Jumaa, S. H., Kakar, N. R., Redona, E. R., Warburton, M. L., Reddy, K. R. 2022. Genetic variability of tropical Indica rice for drought stress tolerance based on morpho-physiological traits. Plants 11:2332.

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2022

Shrestha, S., Sharma, G., Stallworth, S., Redona, E., Tseng, T. 2022. Exploring the Genetic Diversity Among Weedy Rice Accessions Differing in Herbicide Tolerance and Allelopathic Potential. Agriculture 14(1):44.

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2021

Kakar, N., Bheemanahalli, R. R., Jumaa, S. H., Redona, E., Warburton, M., Reddy, K. R. 2021. Assessment of agro-morphological, physiological and yield traits diversity among tropical rice. PeerJ 9:e11752.

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2021

Huang, X., Jang, S., Kim, B., Piao, Z., Redona, E., Koh, H. J. 2021. Evaluating genotype x environment interactions of yield traits and adaptability in rice cultivars grown under temperate, subtropical, and tropical environments. Agriculture 11(6):558.

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2021

Reddy, K. R., Seghal, A., Jumaa, S. H., Bheemanahalli, R., Kakar, N., Redona, E., Wijewardana, C., Alsajri, F. A., Chastain, D., Gao, W., Taduri, S., Lone, A. A. 2021. Morpho-physiological characterization of diverse rice genotypes for seedling stage high- and low-temperature tolerance. Agronomy 11(112).

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2020

Jumaa, S. H., Kakar, N., Redona, E., Lone, A. A., Chastain, D., Gao, W., Warburton, M. L., Reddy, K. R. 2020. Assessing the early-season vigor of a diverse rice population by using morphophysiological traits. SABRAO Journal of Breeding & Genetics 52(3):248- 270.

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2020

Jumaa, S. H., Sehgal, A., Kakar, N., Redona, E., Chastain, D., Gao, W., Warburton, M. L., Reddy, K. R. 2020. Evaluation of rice genotypes for early- and mid-season vigor using morphological and physiological traits. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 64(3):319-345.

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2020

Redona, E., Smith, W., Chaney, B., Lanford, C., Glenn, J., Landford, L., Golden, B., Tradesco, T. 2020. Mississippi Rice Variety Trials, 2019. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, IB548, pp. 22.

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2019

Meng, X., Mujahid , H., Zhang, Y., Peng, X., Redona, E., wang, c., Peng, Z. 2019. Comprehensive Analysis of the Lysine Succinylome and Protein Co-modifications in Developing Rice Seeds. Mol Cell Proteomics. 18(12):2359-2372.

2019

Singh, B., Chastain, D., Jumaa, S., Wijewardana, C., Redona, E., Gao, W., Reddy, K. R. 2019. Projected day/night temperatures specifically limits rubisco activity and electron transport in diverse rice cultivars. Environmental and experimental botany 159:191--199.

2019

Kakar, N., Jumaa, S. H., Redona, E., Reddy, K. R. 2019. Evaluating rice for salinity using pot-culture provides a systematic tolerance assessment at the seedling stage. Rice 12:57.

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2019

Lone, A. A., Jumaa, S. H., Wijewardana, C., Taduri, S., Redona, E., Reddy, K. R. 2019. Drought Stress Tolerance Screening of Elite Rice Genotypes Using Low-Cost Pre-Fabricated Mini-Hoop Modules. Agronomy 9:199.

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2019

Singh, B., Chastain, D. R., Jumaa, S., Wijewardana, C., Redona, E., Gao, W., Reddy, K. R. 2019. Projected day/night temperatures specifically limits rubisco activity and electron transport in diverse rice cultivars. Environmental and Experimental Botany 159:191-199.

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2019

Jumaa, S. H., Redona, E., Walker, T., Gao, W., Reddy, K. R. 2019. Developing Screening Tools For Early-Season High- And Low-Temperature Stress Tolerance In Rice. SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics 51(1):12-36.

2018

Singh, B., Chastain, D., Jumaa, S., Wijewardana, C., Redona, E., Gao, W., Reddy, K. R. 2018. Projected Day/Night Temperatures Specifically Limits Rubisco activity and Electron Transport in Diverse Rice Cultivars. Environmental and Experimental Botany 159:191-199.

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2018

Collard, B. C., Redona, E., Khan, N. U. 2018. Advancing breeding and genetics research in Asia and Oceania for 50 years through SABRAO. SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics 50(1):1-8.

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2017

Meng, X., Xing, S., Perez, L. M., Peng, X., Zhao, Q., Redona, E., Wang, C., Peng, Z. 2017. Proteome-wide Analysis of Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation in Developing Rice (Oryza sativa) Seeds. Scientific reports 7(1):17486.

2017

Singh, B., Reddy, K. R., Redona, E., Walker, T. W. 2017. Screening of rice cultivars for morpho-physiological responses to early-season soil moisture stress. Rice Science 24:322-335.

2017

Bhupinder, S., Reddy, K. R., Redona, E., Walker, T. W. 2017. Developing a screening tool for osmotic stress tolerance classification of rice cultivars based on in vitro seed germination. Crop Science 57:387-394.

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2016

Li, T., Ali, J., Marcaida, M., Angeles, O., Franje, N., Revilleza, J., Manalo, E., Redona, E., Xu, J., Li, Z. 2016. Combining Limited Multiple Environment Trials Data with Crop Modeling to Identify Widely Adaptable Rice Varieties. PLOS One

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2016

Spindel, J. E., Begum, H., Akdemir, D., Collard, B., Redona, E., Jannink, J., McCouch, S. 2016. Genome-wide prediction models that incorporate de novo GWAS are a powerful new tool for tropical rice improvement. Heredity 116:395–408.

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2016

Baliuag, N. A., Redona, E., Hernandez, J. E., Sta. Cruz, P. C., Ye, C. 2016. Genetic Analysis for Heat Tolerance and Early Morning Flowering Traits at Flowering Stage in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) . Philippine Journal of Crop Science 40(3): 62-72 .

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2015

Ye, C., Tenorio, F. A., Redona, E. D., Morales–Cortezano, P. S., Cabrega, G. A., Jagadish, K. S., Gregorio, G. B. 2015. Fine-mapping and validating qHTSF4. 1 to increase spikelet fertility under heat stress at flowering in rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 128(8):1507–1517.

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2015

Ye, C., Tenorio, F. A., Argayoso, M. A., Laza, M. A., Koh, H., Redona, E. D., Jagadish, K. S., Gregorio, G. B. 2015. Identifying and confirming quantitative trait loci associated with heat tolerance at flowering stage in different rice populations. BMC Genetics 16(1):41.

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2015

Spindel, J., Begum, H., Akdemir, D., Virk, P., Collard, B., Redona, E., Atlin, G., Jannink, J., McCouch, S. R. 2015. Genomic Selection and Association Mapping in rice (Oryza sativa): Effect of trait genetic architecture, training population composition, marker number and statistical model on accuracy of rice genomic selection in elite, tropical rice breeding lines. PLoS Genetics 11(2).

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
2017

Redona, E., Golden, B. R., Dickey, Z., Smith, W., Glenn, J., Lanford, L. 2017. Mississippi Rice Variety Trials 2016.

2016

Redona, E., Golden, B. R., Smith, W., Dickey, z., Corbin, J., langford, S., hollister, G. 2016. Rice on-farm variety trials in Mississippi 2015.

Graduate Students

    Society Memberships

    • Crop Science Society of America
    • Crop Science Society of the Philippines
    • Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture
    • National Research Council of the Philippines
    • Phi Sigma Honor Society
    • Philippine Academy of Young Scientists/Outstanding Young Scientists Inc.
    • Philippine-American Academy for Science and Engineering
    • Society for the Advancement of Breeding Researches in Asia and Oceania
    • The Asia Rice Foundation USA
    • US National Association of Plant Breeders
    • US Rice Technical Working Group