Kyle Linders
Kyle Linders is a Research Technologist I in the Schnable Lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), where he supports field-based research in maize and sorghum genetics. He holds a B.S. in Plant Biology (Biotechnology) and an M.S. in Agronomy (Plant Breeding and Genetics), both from UNL. Kyle has a strong foundation in field research and trait data collection. He brings expertise in protocol development and has implemented quality control procedures to ensure consistent, high-quality datasets are provided for genomic/transcriptomic analyses. His contributions have strengthened multi-environment trials and supported ongoing efforts to identify genetic variants associated with key agronomic traits.
Recent Publications
- (2025) MaizeEar-SAM: Zero-shot maize ear phenotyping. arXiv doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.13399 Preprint
- (2025) Assessing the impact of yield plasticity on hybrid performance in maize. Physiologia Plantarum doi: 10.1111/ppl.70278 bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.01.21.634104
- (2025) Genes and pathways determining flowering time variation in temperate adapted sorghum. The Plant Journal doi: 10.1111/tpj.70250 bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.12.12.628249
- (2025) Off-the-shelf image analysis models outperform human visual assessment in identifying genes controlling seed color variation in sorghum. The Plant Phenome Journal doi: 10.1002/ppj2.70013 bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.07.22.604683
- (2024) Variation in leaf chlorophyll concentration in response to nitrogen application across maize hybrids in contrasting environments. microPublication Biology doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001115