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1301 W. Gregory
Urbana Illinois 61801
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
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Recent Publications
Chagas, J. T. B., Araújo, M. S., Martinez, M., Pavan, J. P. S., Mwadzingeni, L., Mukaro, R., Henderson, A., Mutimaamba, C., Scaboo, A., Leles, E. P., Santos, M. F., Diers, B. W., Goldsmith, P., & Pinheiro, J. B. (2026). Leveraging probabilistic models to enhance soybean cultivar recommendation in Zimbabwe. BMC Plant Biology, 26(1), Article 443. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-026-08253-y
Retore, Y. I., Fregonezi, B. F., Pavan, J. P. S., Chigeza, G., Leles, E. P., Santos, M. F., Goldsmith, P., Diers, B., Araújo, M. D. S., & Pinheiro, J. B. (2026). Boosting soybean adaptation in Africa through multi-trait selection in multi-environment trials. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 26(1), Article e54982618. https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-70332026v26n1a8
Araújo, M. S., Chaves, S., Ferreira, G. N. C., Chigeza, G., Leles, E. P., Santos, M. F., Diers, B. W., Goldsmith, P., & Pinheiro, J. B. (2025). High-resolution soybean trial data supporting the expansion of agriculture in Africa. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 1908. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06190-3
Araújo, M. S., Pavan, J. P. S., Stella, A. A., Fregonezi, B. F., Lima, N. F., Leles, E. P., Santos, M. F., Goldsmith, P., Chigeza, G., Diers, B. W., & Pinheiro, J. B. (2025). Optimizing soybean variety selection for the Pan-African Trial network using factor analytic models and envirotyping. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, Article 1594736. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1594736
Favoretto, V. R., Murithi, H. M., Leles, E. P., da Santos, F. M., Chigeza, G., Goldsmith, P., Coyne, D., & Clough, S. J. (2025). Soybean rust-resistant and tolerant varieties identified through the Pan-African Trial Network. Pest Management Science, 81(6), 2769-2775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8639