Publications
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Acadia University *undergraduate student **graduate student / Dr. Migicovsky's Google Scholar Page
Preprints
DeViller, K.*, Chitwood, D.H., Myles, S., Li, M., and Migicovsky, Z. (Preprint). Differences in apple fruit shape are independent of fruit size. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.01.631017
2025
Greaves, E., Davies, T., Myles, S., and Migicovsky, Z. (2025). Comparing diploid and triploid apples from a diverse collection. Fruit Research 5: e008. https://doi.org/10.48130/frures-0024-0041
2024
Migicovsky, Z., Swift, J. F., Awale, M., Helget, Z., Klein, L. L., Pinkner, L., Woodhouse, K., Cousins, P., Fennell, A. Y., Miller, A. J., and Chitwood, D. H. (2024). Terroir and rootstock effects on leaf shape in California Central Valley vineyards. Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10620
Migicovsky, Z., Swift, J.F., Helget, Z., Klein, L.L., Ly, A., Maimaitiyiming, M., Woodhouse, K., Fennell, A., Kwasniewski, M., Miller, A.J., Chitwood, D.H., and Cousins, P. (2024). Grapevine leaf size influences canopy temperature. OENO One. https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2024.58.2.7735
2023
Swift, J.F., Migicovsky, Z., Trello, G.E., and Miller, A.J. (2023). Grapevine bacterial communities display compartment-specific dynamics over space and time within the Central Valley of California. Environmental Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-023-00539-0
Watts, S., Migicovsky, Z., and Myles, S. (2023). Large-scale apple GWAS reveals NAC18.1 as a master regulator of ripening traits. Fruit Research. https://doi.org/10.48130/FruRes-2023-0032
Soomro, T., Jordan, M., Watts, S., Migicovsky, Z., Forney, C.F., Song, J., and Myles, S. (2023). Genomic insights into apple aroma diversity. Fruit Research. https://doi.org/10.48130/FruRes-2023-0027
Migicovsky, Z., Quigley, M.Y., Mullins, J., Ali, T., Swift, J.T., Agasaveeran, A.R., Dougherty, J.D., Grant, B.M., Korkmaz, I., Malpeddi, M.R., McNihol, E.L., Sharp, A.W., Harris, J.L., Hopkins, D.R., Jordan, L.M., Kwasniewski, M.T., Striegler, R.K., Dowtin, A., Stotts, S., Cousins, P., and Chitwood. D.H. (2023). X-ray imaging of 30 year old wine grape wood reveals cumulative impacts of rootstocks on scion secondary growth and Ravaz index. Horticulture Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac226
Yu, C.H.J., Migicovsky, Z., Song, J., and Rupasinghe, H.P.V. (2023). Polyphenols of apples contribute to in vitro anti-diabetic properties: assessment of Canada’s Apple Biodiversity collection. Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10315
Migicovsky, Z., Forrestel, E., and Warschefsky, E.J. (2023). (Editorial) Fruit in focus: A sampler platter of research. Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10391
2022
Migicovsky, Z., Douglas, G.M., and Myles, S. (2022). Genotyping-by-Sequencing of Canada’s Apple Biodiversity Collection. Frontiers in Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.934712
Harris, Z.N., Pratt, J.E., Bhakta, N., Frawley, E., Klein, L.L., Migicovsky, Z., and Miller, A.J. (2022). Temporal and environmental variation are decoupled in the elemental composition of grafted grapevine leaves. Plant Direct. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.440
Migicovsky, Z., Amyotte, B., Ulrich, J., Smith, T.W., Turner, N.J., Pico, J., Ciotir, C., Sharifi, M., Meldrum, G., Stormes, B., and Moreau, T. (2022). Berries as a case study for crop wild relative conservation, use, and public engagement in Canada. Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10291
Li, M., Frank, M.H., and Migicovsky, Z. (2022). ColourQuant: A High-Throughput Technique to Extract and Quantify Color Phenotypes from Plant Images. In: Lorence, A., Medina Jimenez, K. (eds) High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2539, p 77-85. New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2537-8_9 Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.01652
Migicovsky, Z., Swift, J.F., Helget, Z., Klein, L.L., Ly, A., Maimaitiyiming, M., Woodhouse, K., Fennell, A., Kwasniewski, M., Miller, A.J., Cousins, P., and Chitwood, D.H. (2022). Increases in vein length compensate for leaf area lost to lobing in grapevine. American Journal of Botany. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16033 . Featured as a highlight of the July 2022 issue: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16031
Soomro, T., Watts, S., Migicovsky, Z., and Myles, S. (2022). Cider and dessert apples: what’s the difference? Plants People Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10284
Davies, T., Watts, S., McClure, K., Migicovsky, Z., and Myles, S. (2022). Phenotypic divergence between the cultivated apple (Malus domestica) and its primary wild progenitor (Malus sieversii). PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250751
Wright, A.H., Ali, S., Migicovsky, Z., Douglas, G.M., Yurgel, S., Bunbury-Blanchette, A., Franklin, J., Adams, S., and Walker, A.K. (2022). A characterization of a cool climate organic vineyard’s microbiome. Phytobiomes, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-03-21-0019-R
Ulrich, J.C., Moreau, T., Luna-Perez, E., Beckett, K., Simon, L.K., Migicovsky, Z., Diederichsen, A., and Khoury, C.K. (2022). An inventory of crop wild relatives and wild utilized plants in Canada. Crop Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20807
2021
Harris, Z.N., Awale, M., Bhakta, N., Chitwood, D.H., Fennell, A., Frawley, E., Klein, L.L., Kovas, L.G., Kwasniewski, M., Londo, J.P., Ma, Q., Migicovsky, Z., Swift, J.F., and Miller, A.J. (2021). Multi-dimensional leaf phenotypes reflect root system genotype in grafted grapevine over the growing season. GigaScience. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giab087
Watts, S., McElroy, M., Migicovsky, Z., Maassen, H., van Velzen, R., and Myles, S. (2021). Cannabis labeling poorly captures genetic relatedness and is best explained by genetic variation in terpene synthase genes. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01003-y
LaPlante, E.R., Fleming, M.B., Migicovsky, Z., and Weber, M.G. (2021). Genome-wide association study reveals genomic region associated with beneficial mite recruitment phenotypes in the domesticated grapevine (Vitis vinifera). Genes, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12071013
Byers, P.R.M., Evans, R.C., Migicovsky, Z., and Walker, A.K. (2021). Identifying the fungal symbionts of the endangered plant Crocanthemum canadense (Cistaceae) in Nova Scotia. Botany, 99(7), https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2020-0187
Watts, S., Migicovsky, Z., McClure, K., Yu, H.J.C., Amyotte, B., Baker, T., Bowlby, D., Burgher-MacLellan, K., Butler, L., Donald, R., Fan, L., Fillmore, S., Flewelling, J., Gardner, K., Hodges, M., Hughes, T., Jagadeesan, V., Lewis, N., MacDonell, E., MacVicar, L., McElroy, M., Money, D., O’Hara, M., Ong, Q., Campbell Palmer, L., Sawler, J., Vinqvist-Tymchuk, M., Rupasinghe, H.P.V., DeLong, J.M., Forney, C.F., Song, J., and Myles, S. (2021). Quantifying apple diversity: a phenomic characterization of Canada’s Apple Biodiversity Collection. Plants People Planet, 3(6):747-760. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10211
Migicovsky, Z., Yeats, T.H., Watts, S., Song, J., Forney, C.F., Burgher-MacLellan, K., Somers, D.J., Gong, Y., Zhang, Z., Vrebalov, J., van Velzen, R., Giovannoni, J.G., Rose, J.K.C., and Myles, S. (2021). Apple ripening is controlled by a NAC transcription factor. Frontiers in Genetics, 12:671300. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.671300
Migicovsky, Z., Cousins, P., Jordan, L.M., Myles, S., Striegler, R.K., Verdegaal, P., and Chitwood, D.H. (2021). Grapevine rootstocks affect growth-related scion phenotypes. Plant Direct, 5(5):e00324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.324
Chitwood, D.H, Mullins, J., Migicovsky, Z., Frank, M., VanBuren, R., and Londo, J. (2021). Vein-to-blade ratio is an allometric indicator of leaf size and plasticity. American Journal of Botany, 108(4):571-579. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1639
Migicovsky, Z., Gardner, K.M., Richards, C., Chao, C.T., Schwaninger, H.R., Fazio, G., Zhong, G.-Y., and Myles, S. (2021). Genomic consequences of apple improvement. Horticulture Research, 8:9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00441-7
2020
Maimaitiyiming, M., Maimaitijang, M., Sidike, P., Sagan, V., Migicovsky, Z., Chitwood, D.H., Cousins, P., Dokoozlian, N., Miller, A.J., and Kwasniewski, M. (2020). Modeling early indicators of grapevine physiology using hyperspectral imaging and partial least squares regression (PLSR). IGARSS 2020-2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. pp. 1117-1120. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323679
Bryson, A.E. Brown, M.W., Mullins, J., Dong, W., Bahmani, K., Bornowski, N., Chi, C., Engelgau, P., Gettings, B., Gomezcano, F., Gregory, L.M., Haber, A.C., Hoh, D., Jennings, E.E., Ji, Z., Kaur, P., Raju, S.K.K., Long, Y., Lotreck, S.G., Mathieu, D.T., Ranaweera, T., Ritter, E.J., Sadohara, R., Shrote, R.Z., Smith, K.E., Teresi, S.J., Venegas, J., Wang, H., Wilson, M.L., Tarrant, A.R., Frank., M.H., Migicovsky, Z., Kumar, J., VanBuren, R., Londo, J.P., and Chitwood, D.H. (2020). Composite modeling of leaf shape across shoots discriminates Vitis species better than individual leaves. Applications in Plant Sciences, 8(12):e11404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11404
d'Entremont, T. W., Migicovsky, Z., López‐Gutiérrez, J. C., and Walker, A. K. (2020). Saltmarsh rhizosphere fungal communities vary by sediment type and dominant plant species cover in Nova Scotia, Canada. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 13(4), 458-463.
2019
Migicovsky, Z., Warschefsky, E., Klein, L.L., Miller, A.J. (2019). Using living germplasm collections to characterize, improve, and conserve woody perennials. Crop Science, 59:6. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2019.05.0353
McClure, K.A., Gong, Y., Song, J., Vingqst-Tymchuk, M., Campbell Palmer, L., Fan, L., Burger-MacLellan, K., Zhang, Z., Celton, J.-M., Forney, C.F., Migicovsky, Z., and Myles, S. (2019). Genome-wide association studies in apple reveal loci of large effect controlling apple polyphenols. Horticulture Research, 6:107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0190-y
Larsen, B., Migicovsky, Z., Jeppesen, A.A., Gardner, K., Toldam-Anderson, T.B., Myles, S., Ørgaard, M., Petersen, M.A., and Pedersen, C. (2019). Genome-wide association studies in apple reveal loci for aroma volatiles, sugar composition and harvest date. The Plant Genome, 12:170104. https://doi.org/10.3835/plantgenome2018.12.0104
Schier, H.E., Eliot, K., Herron, S.A., Landfried, L.K., Migicovsky, Z., Rubin, M.J., and Miller, A.J. (2019). Comparative analysis of perennial and annual Phaseolus seed nutrient concentrations. Sustainability, 11(10):2787. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11102787
Migicovsky, Z., Harris, Z.N., Klein, L.L., Li, M., McDermaid, A., Chitwood, D.H., Fennell, A., Kovacs, L.G., Kwasniewski, M., Londo, J.P., Ma, Q., and Miller, A.J. (2019). Rootstock effects on scion phenotypes in a ‘Chambourcin’ experimental vineyard. Horticulture Research, 6:64. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0146-2
Peace, C.P., Bianco, L., Troggio, M., van de Weg, E., Cornille, A., Durel, C.E., Myles, S., Migicovsky, Z., Schaffer, R., Costes, E., Fazio, G., Yamane, H., van Nocker, S., Gottschalk, C., Costa, F., Changé, D., Zhang, X., Patocchi, A., Gardiner, S., Hardner, C., Kumar, S., Laurens, F., Bucher, E., Main, D., Jung, S., and Vanderzande, S. (2019). Apple whole genome sequences: recent advances and new prospects. Horticulture Research, 6:59. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0141-7
2018
Larsen, B., Gardner, K., Pedersen, C., Ørgaard, M., Migicovsky, Z., Myles, S., Toldam-Andersen, T.B. (2018). Population structure, relatedness and ploidy levels in an apple gene bank revealed through genotyping-by-sequencing. PLOS ONE, 13:8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201889
Li, M., An, H., Angelovici, R., Bagaza, C., Batushansky, A., Clark, L., Coneva, V., Donoghue, M., Edwards, E., Fajardo, D., Fang, H., Frank, M., Gallaher, T., Gebken, S., Hill, T., Jansky, S., Kaur, B., Klahs, P., Klein, L.L., Kuraparthy, V., Londo, J., Migicovsky, Z., Miller, A., Mohn, R., Myles, S., Otoni, W., Pires, J.C., Riffer, E., Schmerler, S., Spriggs, E., Topp, C., Van Deynze, A., Zhang, K., Zhu, L., Zink, B.M., and Chitwood, D.H. (2018). Topological data analysis as a morphometric method: using persistent homology to demarcate a leaf morphospace. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:553. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00553
McElroy, M.S., Navarro, A.J.R., Mustiga, G., Stack, C., Gezan, S., Penha, G., Sarabia, W., Saquicela, D., Sotomayor, I., Douglas, G. M., Migicovsky, Z., Amores, F., Tarqui, O., Myles, S., Motamayor, J.C. (2018). Prediction of Cacao (Theobroma cacao) Resistance to Moniliophthora spp. Diseases via Genome-Wide Association Analysis and Genomic Selection. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:343. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00343
Migicovsky, Z., Li, M., Chitwood, D.H., and Myles, S. (2018). Morphometrics reveals complex and heritable apple leaf shapes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:2185. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.02185
2017
Migicovsky, Z., Sawler, J., Gardner, K.M., Aradhya, M.K., Prins, B.H., Schwaninger, H.R., Bustamante, C.D., Buckler, E.S., Zhong, G.-Y., Brown, P.J., and Myles, S. (2017). Patterns of genomic and phenomic diversity in wine and table grapes. Horticulture Research, 4:17035. https://doi.org/10.1038/hortres.2017.35
Money, D., Migicovsky, Z., Gardner, K., and Myles, S. (2017). LinkImputeR: user-guided genotype calling and imputation for non-model organisms. BMC Genomics, 18:523. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3873-5
Migicovsky, Z., and Myles, S. Exploiting wild relatives for genomics-assisted breeding of perennial crops. (2017). Frontiers in Plant Science, 8:460. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00460
2016
Migicovsky, Z., Sawler, J., Money, D., Eibach, R., Miller, A.J., Luby, J.J., Jamieson, A.R., Velasco, D., von Kintzel, S., Warner, J., Wührer, W., Brown, P.J., and Myles, S. (2016). Genomic ancestry estimation quantifies use of wild species in grape breeding. BMC Genomics, 17:478. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2834-8
Migicovsky, Z., Gardner, K.M., Money, D., Sawler, J., Bloom, J.S., Moffett, P., Chao, C.T., Schwaninger, H., Fazio, G., Zhong, G.-Y., and Myles, S. (2016). Genome to phenome mapping in apple using historical data. The Plant Genome, 9:2. https://doi.org/10.3835/plantgenome2015.11.0113
2015
Money, D., Gardner, K., Migicovsky, Z, Schwaninger, H., Zhong, G-Y., and Myles, S. (2015). LinkImpute: fast and accurate genotype imputation for non-model organisms. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 5(11):2383-90. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.115.021667
Migicovsky, Z., and Kovalchuk, I. (2015). Transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic response to cold in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2014.09.001
2014
Migicovsky, Z., and Kovalchuk, I. (2014). Transgenerational changes in plant physiology and in transposon expression in response to UV-C stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signaling & Behaviour, 9(11):e976490. https://doi.org/10.4161/15592324.2014.976490
Migicovsky, Z., Yao, Y. and Kovalchuk, I. (2014). Transgenerational phenotypic and epigenetic changes in response to heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signaling & Behaviour, 9(1):e27971. https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.27971
2013
Migicovsky, Z. and Kovalchuk, I. (2013). Changes to DNA methylation and homologous recombination frequency in the progeny of stressed plants. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 91(1):1-5. https://doi.org/10.1139/bcb-2012-0046
2012
Migicovsky, Z., and Kovalchuk, I. (2012). Epigenetic modifications during angiosperm gametogenesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 3:20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2012.00020
2011
Reza Rahavi, M., Migicovsky, Z., Titov, V., and Kovalchuk, I. (2011). Transgenerational adaptation to heavy metal salts in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2:91. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2011.00091
Migicovsky, Z. and Kovalchuk, I. (2011). Epigenetic memory in mammals. Frontiers in Genetics, 2:28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2011.00028