Jessica Elaine Rutkoski

Assistant Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Crop Sciences

Department of Crop Sciences

Jessica Elaine Rutkoski is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural, Consumer And Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

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Jessica Elaine Rutkoski

UIUC

Assistant Professor

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genetics genetic variation genomics plant breeding quantitative genetics molecular breeding agricultural biotechnology agronomy crop improvement agricultural economics genome biology population genetics biostatistics statistical genetics plant genetics plant biotechnology crop protection molecular plant pathology plant genomics precision breeding applied genetics genomic selection biology plant science crop science plant pathology precision agriculture heredity plant disease crop yields sustainable agriculture yield prediction genetic gain remote sensing production research population genomics fusarium head blight evolutionary applications genetic programming phenomics genotype-phenotype association grain yield stem rust resistance mycotoxin research fungal pathogens plant-pathogen interactions crop growth modeling precision farming smart agriculture crop production bayes b rust resistance forensic genetics molecular ecology genetic resources agricultural cybernetics agricultural machinery agricultural engineering climate resilience computational genomics genome analysis approximate bayesian computation genetic diversity hyperspectral imaging reflectance modeling optical remote sensing genetic basis accurate imputation imputation methods mean imputation powdery mildew fungi wheat yield potential disease impact canopy temperature secondary traits new technologies wheat breeding small grains

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Field Trial Analyses of Wheat and Cassava Benefit From Spatial Correction. (2025)

Tesfahun Alemu SetotawChristine NyagaDavid WaringJianli ChenChiedozie EgesiKatherine FrelsLucia GutierrezJinha JungMichael KanaabiMargaret KrauseEsten MasonMohsen MohammadiEder OliveiraEric OlsonJessica RutkoskiNicholas SantantonioClay SnellerMark SorrellsLukas MuellerJean-Luc Jannink

production researchbiostatisticsagricultural sciencesagricultural economicssustainable agriculturecrop sciencecassava benefitfield cropsfield trial analysesspatial correctionland useprecision agricultureagronomy

Genetic Gain Due to 21 Years of Winter Wheat Breeding at the University of Illinois. Crop Science (2025)

Lucas Berger MunaroFrederic L. KolbJessica E. Rutkoski

crop improvementgenetic trendsillinois wheatgenetic gainagricultural economicscrop scienceplant breedingagricultural biotechnologyquantitative geneticsgeneticspopulation geneticscrop yieldsagronomygenetic variation

Comparative Review of Fusarium Graminearum Infection in Maize and Wheat: Similarities in Resistance Mechanisms and Future Directions. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2024)

Sarah LippsMartin BohnJessica RutkoskiCarolyn Butts-WilmsmeyerSantiago MiderosTiffany Jamann

plant diseaseplant pathologyfusarium head blightgeneticsmolecular plant pathologymycotoxin researchbiologypathogensfungal geneticsplant-pathogen interactionsfusarium graminearummolecular plant-microbe interactionsinduced resistancefungusmicrobiologyresistance mechanismsplant immunitymicrobial pathogenesisfungal pathogensplant pathogen effector

Implementing Multi‐Trait Genomic Selection to Improve Grain Milling Quality in Oats ( Avena Sativa L.). The Plant Genome (2024)

Anup DhakalJesse PolandLaxman AdhikariEthan FarynaJason FiedlerJessica E. RutkoskiJuan David Arbelaez

mtgs modelcrop improvementgrain qualityagricultural economicskernel morphometric traitsgenomicstest weightplant breedingagricultural biotechnologymolecular breedingquantitative geneticsgeneticspopulation geneticsagronomygenetic variation

A Neural Network for Phenotyping Fusarium ‐Damaged Kernels (Fdks) in Wheat and Its Impact on Genomic Selection Accuracy. The Plant Phenome Journal (2023)

Junzhe WuArlyn AckermanRupesh GaireGirish ChowdharyJessica Rutkoski

biostatisticscrop improvementneural networkplant diseasemolecular plant pathologymycotoxin researchbroad sense heritabilityplant geneticscrop sciencegenomicsbotanyplant breedingapplied geneticsquantitative geneticsplant pathologycrop protectiongs accuracygenetics

Breeding Methods: Line Development. Springer eBooks (2022)

Jessica E. RutkoskiMargaret R. KrauseMark E. Sorrells

reproductive biologyanimal breedingmolecular breedingquantitative geneticsgeneticsline developmentprecision breedinggenetic variation

Breeding Methods: Population Improvement and Selection Methods. Springer eBooks (2022)

Jessica E. RutkoskiMargaret R. KrauseMark E. Sorrells

evolutionary applicationsbreeding behaviorpopulation improvementpopulation geneticsprecision breedinggenetics

Multi‐Trait Genomic Selection Can Increase Selection Accuracy for Deoxynivalenol Accumulation Resulting From Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat. The Plant Genome (2022)

Rupesh GaireMarcio Pais de ArrudaMohsen MohammadiGina Brown‐GuediraFrederic L. KolbJessica Rutkoski

plant geneticsplant breedingagricultural biotechnologyapplied geneticsmolecular breedingplant pathologymtgp modelsfusarium head blightgeneticsdataset consistingmolecular plant pathologygenomicsgenetic variationquantitative geneticscrop protectionplant scienceagronomygenome biologybiostatisticscrop improvement

New Cycle, Same Old Mistakes? Overlapping vs. Discrete Generations in Long-Term Recurrent Selection. BMC Genomics (2022)

Marlee R. LabrooJessica E. Rutkoski

evolutionary applicationsmolecular breedingnew cyclepopulation geneticsgeneticsgenomicsgenetic variationrecurrent selectionlong termadaptationnatural selectionquantitative geneticsprecision breedinggenome biologystatistical geneticsbiostatisticspopulation genomicsevolutionary biologyheredity

Role of the Genomics–Phenomics–Agronomy Paradigm in Plant Breeding. Plant breeding reviews (2022)

Chunpeng James ChenJessica RutkoskiJames C. SchnableSeth C. MurrayLizhi WangXiuliang JinBenjamin StichJose CrossaBen J. HayesZhiwu Zhang

agronomy traitsplant geneticssustainable developmentplant genomicsgenomicsgenome biologymachine learningbiologyagricultural biotechnologymolecular breedingquantitative geneticsgeneticsphenomicsplant biotechnologygenetic variation