Luis Duque
Assistant Research Professor of Storage Root Physiology
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Early root phenotyping in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) uncovers insights into root system architecture variability
Luis Duque, biorxiv
Yield and Quality of Sweetpotato Grown under Protected Culture Systems
Luis Duque, National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group Annual Meeting Technical Program
Choice under Stress: the fate of storage root development under reduced phosphorus availability
Luis Duque, National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group Annual Meeting Technical Program
Early root architectural traits and their relationship with yield in Ipomoea batatas L
Luis O. Duque, Gabriella Hoffmann, Kenneth V. Pecota, G. Craig Yencho, 2024, Plant and Soil
Early root phenotyping in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) uncovers insights into root system architecture variability
Luis O. Duque, 2023, PeerJ
A Win–Win Situation: Performance and Adaptability of Petite Sweetpotato Production in a Temperate Region
Luis O. Duque, Elsa Sánchez, Kenneth Pecota, Craig Yencho, 2022, Horticulturae
Creating a Virtual International Research Experience
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Julio V. Urbina, Alfonso Mejia, Alfonso I. Mejía, Luis O. Duque, Diego Riaño-Jiménez, Diego Riaño-Jimenez, D Riaño, Jose Ricardo Cure, R Cure, Victor Ramos, Carlos Martel, Jose Fuentes, Victor H. González, V Gonzalez, 2022, American Entomologist on p. 24-27
The Rise of the Sweet Potato
Thomas Butzler, Luis Duque, 2021,
Performance of sweetpotato varieties grown using black plastic mulch in pennsylvania
Luis O. Duque, 2020, HortTechnology on p. 797-802
Keeping it green: The rise of the sweet potato
T Butzler, Luis Duque, 2020,
Most-Cited Papers
Root branching and nutrient efficiency: Status and way forward in root and tuber crops
Luis O. Duque, Arthur Villordon, 2019, Frontiers in Plant Science
Partitioning index and non-structural carbohydrate dynamics among contrasting cassava genotypes under early terminal water stress
Luis O. Duque, Tim L. Setter, 2019, Environmental and Experimental Botany on p. 24-35
A Win–Win Situation: Performance and Adaptability of Petite Sweetpotato Production in a Temperate Region
Luis O. Duque, Elsa Sánchez, Kenneth Pecota, Craig Yencho, 2022, Horticulturae
Performance of sweetpotato varieties grown using black plastic mulch in pennsylvania
Luis O. Duque, 2020, HortTechnology on p. 797-802
Early root phenotyping in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) uncovers insights into root system architecture variability
Luis O. Duque, 2023, PeerJ
Creating a Virtual International Research Experience
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Julio V. Urbina, Alfonso Mejia, Alfonso I. Mejía, Luis O. Duque, Diego Riaño-Jiménez, Diego Riaño-Jimenez, D Riaño, Jose Ricardo Cure, R Cure, Victor Ramos, Carlos Martel, Jose Fuentes, Victor H. González, V Gonzalez, 2022, American Entomologist on p. 24-27
Early root architectural traits and their relationship with yield in Ipomoea batatas L
Luis O. Duque, Gabriella Hoffmann, Kenneth V. Pecota, G. Craig Yencho, 2024, Plant and Soil
Keeping it green: The rise of the sweet potato
T Butzler, Luis Duque, 2020,
Sweet Potatoes in PA & The NE: Challenges & Opportunities
Luis Duque, 2017,
Yield Response of Four Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) Clones to In-Row Spacing and Length of Growing Season
Jonathan Schultheis, Luis Duque, 2017,
News Articles Featuring Luis Duque
Dec 19, 2024
Pollinators most vulnerable to rising global temperatures are flies, study shows
New research led by Penn State scientists suggests flies are increasingly at risk due to rising global temperatures.
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Oct 04, 2024
12 Penn State faculty receive U.S. Fulbright Scholar Awards for 2024-25 year
Twelve Penn State faculty members received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. An additional four faculty members have been named Fulbright Specialist Award recipients.
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Jul 19, 2023
Crop physiologist to study phosphorus availability and storage root growth
A researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a multi-university team in a study focused on the anatomical, physiological and genetic factors underlying phosphorus-stress-induced reprogramming of storage root architecture.
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