Category I publications

73.*       Moing, A., R.M. Carlson, J.F. Doyle, and T.M. DeJong.  1993.  Evaluation of own-rooted vs. budded prune (Prunus domestica L.) seedling genotypes.  Fruit Varieties Journal 47(1):38-46.

75.*       Doyle, James and Theodore M. DeJong.  1993.  Plum tree called ‘Emperor’, Plant Patent 8,188.  University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Patent Office.

 114.       DeJong, T.M. and J.F. Doyle. 2001. Prune tree named ‘Tulare Giant’. United States Patent, Plant 12,224, Nov. 27, 2001.

 115.       DeJong, T.M. and J.F. Doyle. 2002. Prune tree named ‘Sutter’. United States Patent, Plant 12,398, Feb. 5, 2002.

129.        Doyle, J.F., C.J. DeBuse, and T.M. DeJong. 2005.  Prune tree named ‘D6N-72’.  United States Plant Patent No. PP15, 547.  Feb. 8, 2005.

136.*     DeBuse, C.J., D.V. Shaw, and T.M. DeJong.  2005.  Response to inbreeding of seedling traits in a Prunus domestica L. breeding population.  J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 130:904-911.

178.       Doyle, J.F., C.J. DeBuse, T.M. DeJong. 2012. Varieties. Prune Production Manual, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3507, pp. 75-92

202*      Castro, S.B, C.H. Crisosto and T.M. DeJong, 2016. Variation in fruit constituent sugar concentrations and their stability during processing of selected genotypes in Prunus domestica.  Journal of the American Pomological Society 70: 138-148.

217*     Zhebentyayeva T., V. Shankar, R. Scorza, A. Callahan, M. Ravelonandro, S. Castro, T. DeJong,     C. A. Saski and C. Dardick. 2019. Genetic characterization of worldwide Prunus domestica (plum) germplasm using sequence-based genotyping. Horticulture Research 6:12 DOI 10.1038/s41438-018-0090-6

220*     Fernandez i Marti, A., S. Castro, T.M. DeJong, R.S. Dodd. 2021. Evaluation of the S-locus in          Prunus domestica, characterization, phylogeny and 3D modelling. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251305.          https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251305

Category II publications

36.          DeBuse, C., D.V. Shaw and T. DeJong  2007,  Heritabilities of seedling traits in a Prunus domestica (L.) breeding population.  Acta Horticulturae 734:63-67.

44.          DeBuse C., G. Lopez and T. DeJong.  2010. Using spring weather data to predict harvest date for ‘Improved French’ prune. Acta Hort 874:107-112.

57.          Castro, S., C.J. DeBuse, T.M. DeJong 2013. The University of California Prunus domestica cultivar development program.  Acta Hort. 985:77-82

58.          Scorza, R., A.M. Callahan, C.D. Dardick, C. Srinivasan, T.M. DeJong, A.G. Abbott, and M. Ravelonandro. 2013. Biotechnological advances in the genetic improvement of Prunus domestica. Acta Hort. 985:111-120.

59.          DeBuse, C.J., D.V. Shaw and T.M. DeJong. 2013. Response to inbreeding of early seedling growth and fruit traits in a Prunus domestica L. breeding population. Acta Hort. 985:87-96.

75.       T.M. DeJong, S. Castro and F. Niederholzer. 2017.  Challenges to prune production in increasingly variable Californian weather conditions. Acta Hort 1175:25-28.

81.       Castro, S.B, and T.M. DeJong 2019. Soluble solids assessment of California Prunus domestica germplasm.  Acta Hort. 1260:221-228

82.       Castro, S. and T.M. DeJong. 2021. Developing new prune cultivars for the California dried prune industry. Acta Hort 1322: 13-18

83.       Jarvis-Shean, K., R. Buchner, F. Niederholzer, T.M. DeJong, S. Castro and C. DeBuse. 2021. Field   evaluation of Prunus rootstocks for use in dried prune production Acta Hortic. 1322.

84.       Milliron, L., F. Niederholzer, R. Buchner, J. Connell, A. Fulton, R. Rosecrance, M. Gilles, T.M. DeJong, S. Castro, C. Gilles, C. DeBuse, C. Fleck and D. Wolter. 2021. Field evaluation of rootstocks for ‘Improved French’ prune production in California grower trials. Acta Hort. 1322:125-130