Carolina Ballen-Taborda
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, PeeDee Research and Education Center
Office: 2200 Pocket Rd, Florence, SC 29506
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Email: acballe@clemson.edu
Educational Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
University of Georgia 2019
B.S. Biology
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2009
Profile
I am originally from Bogotá, Colombia. I received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and my PhD in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics from the University of Georgia (UGA). My dissertation research focused on peanut genetics and breeding. In June 2021, I joined Clemson University as a postdoc in the Plant and Environment Sciences Department. My research focuses on the optimization of genomic prediction models, and the identification of promising parental combinations through progeny simulations and subsequent validation in the field. All of this to support wheat cultivar and sorghum hybrid development within the Small Grains Breeding Program lead by Dr. Richard Boyles.
Research Interests
Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics.
Data analysis.
Publications
Ballén-Taborda C, Lyerly J, Smith J, Howell K, Brown-Guedira G, DeWitt N, Babar MdA, Harrison SA, Mason RE, Mergoum M, Murphy JP, Sutton R, Griffey CA, Boyles ER (Submitted to TAG) Identifying superior parental combinations through simulation of progeny performance in winter wheat. In preparation.
Boyles RE et al. (Submitted to Plant Breeding). Review: Approaching 25 years of progress toward Fusarium Head Blight resistance in southern soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L)
Kumar N, Boatwright JL, Brenton ZW, Sapkota S, Ballén-Taborda C, Myers MT, Cox A, Jordan K, Kresovich S, Boyles RE (2023) Development and characterization of a structured sorghum multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population for capturing diversity among seed parent gene pool. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics
Ballén-Taborda C, Lyerly J, Smith J, Howell K, Brown-Guedira G, Babar MA, Harrison SA, Mason RE, Mergoum M, Murphy JP, Sutton R, Griffey CA, Boyles RE (2022) Utilizing genomics and historical data to optimize gene pools for new breeding programs: A case study in winter wheat. Frontiers in Genetics 13
Ballén-Taborda C, Chu Y, Ozias-Akins P, Holbrook CC, Timper P, Jackson SA, Bertioli DJ, Leal-Bertioli SCM (Submitted to Frontiers) Development and genetic characterization of peanut advanced backcrossed lines that incorporate root-knot nematode resistance from Arachis stenosperma
Korani W, O’Connor D, Chu Y, Chavarro C, Ballen C, Guo B, Ozias-Akins P, Wright GC, Clevenger J (2021a) De novo QTL-seq Identifies Loci Linked to Blanchability in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and Refines Previously Identified QTL with Low Coverage Sequence. Agronomy 11:2201
Bertioli DJ, Clevenger J, Godoy IJ, Stalker HT, Wood S, Santos JF, Ballén-Taborda C, Abernathy B, Azevedo V, Campbell J, Chavarro C, Chu Y, Farmer AD, Fonceka D, Gao D, Grimwood J, Halpin N, Korani W, Michelotto MD, Ozias-Akins P, Vaughn J, Youngblood R, Moretzsohn MC, Wright GC, Jackson SA, Cannon SB, Scheffler BE, Leal-Bertioli SCM (2021b) Legacy genetics of Arachis cardenasii in the peanut crop shows the profound benefits of international seed exchange. PNAS 118:e2104899118
Korani W, O’Connor D, Chu Y, Chavarro C, Ballen C, Ozias-Akins P, Wright GC, Clevenger J (2021) Accurate analysis of short read sequencing in complex genomes: A case study using QTL-seq to target blanchability in peanut (Arachis hypogaea). bioRxiv:2021.2003.2013.435236
de Blas FJ, Bruno CI, Arias RS, Ballén-Taborda C, Mamani E, Oddino C, Rosso M, Costero BP, Bressano M, Soave JH, Soave SJ, Buteler MI, Seijo JG, Massa AN (2021) Genetic mapping and QTL analysis for peanut smut resistance. BMC plant biology 21:312
Bertioli D, Gao D, Ballen-Taborda C, et al. Registration of GA-BatSten1 and GA-MagSten1, two induced allotetraploids derived from peanut wild relatives with superior resistance to leaf spots, rust and root-knot nematode. J. Plant Regist. 2021;1–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20133
Ballén-Taborda C, Chu Y, Ozias-Akins P, Timper P, Jackson SA, Bertioli DJ, Leal-Bertioli SCM (2021). Validation of resistance to root-knot nematode incorporated in peanut from the wild relative Arachis stenosperma. Agronomy Journal. 2021; 1-10
Ballén-Taborda C, Chu Y, Ozias-Akins P, Timper P, Holbrook CC, Jackson SA, Bertioli DJ, Leal-Bertioli SCM (2019) A new source of root-knot nematode resistance from Arachis stenosperma incorporated into allotetraploid peanut (Arachis hypogaea). Sci Rep 9:17702
Bertioli DJ, Jenkins J, Clevenger J, Dudchenko O, Gao D, Seijo G, Leal-Bertioli SCM, Ren L, Farmer AD, Pandey MK, Samoluk SS, Abernathy B, Agarwal G, Ballén-Taborda C, Cameron C, Campbell J, Chavarro C, Chitikineni A, Chu Y, Dash S, El Baidouri M, Guo B, Huang W, Kim KD, Korani W, Lanciano S, Lui CG, Mirouze M, Moretzsohn MC, Pham M, Shin JH, Shirasawa K, Sinharoy S, Sreedasyam A, Weeks NT, Zhang X, Zheng Z, Sun Z, Froenicke L, Aiden EL, Michelmore R, Varshney RK, Holbrook CC, Cannon EKS, Scheffler BE, Grimwood J, Ozias-Akins P, Cannon SB, Jackson SA, Schmutz J (2019) The genome sequence of peanut (Arachis hypogaea), a segmental allotetraploid. Nat Genet 51:877-884
Carbajal EM, Zuleta MC, Swayzer L, Schwartz BM, Chavarro MC, Ballen-Taborda AC, Milla-Lewis SR (2019) Development of colchicine-induced tetraploid St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) lines. Plant Breed 0:1-9
Leal-Bertioli SCM, Moretzsohn MC, Roberts PA, Ballén-Taborda C, Borba TCO, Valdisser PA, Vianello RP, Araújo ACG, Guimarães PM, Bertioli DJ (2016) Genetic mapping of resistance to Meloidogyne arenaria in Arachis stenosperma: A new source of nematode resistance for peanut. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 6:377-390
Duitama J, Silva A, Sanabria Y, Cruz DF, Quintero C, Ballen C, Lorieux M, Scheffler B, Farmer A, Torres E, Oard J, Tohme J (2015) Whole genome sequencing of elite rice cultivars as a comprehensive information resource for marker assisted selection. PLoS One 10:e0124617
Leal-Bertioli SC, Cavalcante U, Gouvea EG, Ballen-Taborda C, Shirasawa K, Guimaraes PM, Jackson SA, Bertioli DJ, Moretzsohn MC (2015) Identification of QTLs for Rust Resistance in the Peanut Wild Species Arachis magna and the Development of KASP Markers for Marker-Assisted Selection. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 5:1403-1413
Fory PA, Triplett L, Ballen C, Abello JF, Duitama J, Aricapa MG, Prado GA, Correa F, Hamilton J, Leach JE, Tohme J, Mosquera GM (2014) Comparative analysis of two emerging rice seed bacterial pathogens. Phytopathology 104:436-444
Ballen-Taborda C, Plata G, Ayling S, Rodriguez-Zapata F, Becerra Lopez-Lavalle LA, Duitama J, Tohme J (2013) Identification of Cassava MicroRNAs under Abiotic Stress. Int J Genomics 2013:857986
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