Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Dr Daniel Edge-Garza

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Apple Genomics
Centre for Animal Science
S610, Level 6, Hartley Teakle building 83, UQ St Lucia campus
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Researcher biography

Dr Daniel Edge-Garza is a horticulture and crop geneticist at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests are to develop and translate tools using genome-wide DNA information for breeders and growers to make meaningful decisions. Daniel's PhD awarded by the University of Queensland in 2024 focused on identifying global G x E patterns to assist with improved germplasm-environment matching for commercial deployment. Before joining QAAFI, he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences in 2005 and Master's Degree in Biotechnology in 2009 both at California State University, Fresno. From 2008, he worked as a faculty associate in research for tree fruit breeding at Washington State University becoming recognized worldwide for his efforts to streamline the deployment of DNA tests for pome and stone fruit breeding programs. He has also collaborated with the Genome Database for Rosaceae since 2018 to curate genomics data and train breeders on how to upload and access their data on the Breeding Information Management System.

Publications

Journal Articles (7)
Conference Papers (5)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Edge-Garza, Daniel A., Villamil-Castro, Miguel, Main, Dorrie and Hardner, Craig (2021). Correction of database SNP accession numbers misassigned to SNPs of the 8K IRSC apple SNP array. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 17 (2) 17, 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s11295-021-01500-3
Ru, Sushan, Hardner, Craig, Evans, Kate, Main, Dorrie, Carter, Patrick A., Harshman, Julia, Sandefur, Paul, Edge-Garza, Daniel and Peace, Cameron (2021). Empirical evaluation of multi-trait DNA testing in an apple seedling population. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 17 (1) 13. doi: 10.1007/s11295-021-01494-y
Jung, Sook, Lee, Taein, Gasic, Ksenija, Campbell, B. Todd, Yu, Jing, Humann, Jodi, Ru, Sushan, Edge-Garza, Daniel, Hough, Heidi and Main, Dorrie (2021). The Breeding Information Management System (BIMS): an online resource for crop breeding. Database, 2021 baab054. doi: 10.1093/database/baab054
Vanderzande, Stijn, Piaskowski, Julia L., Luo, Feixiong, Edge Garza, Daniel A., Klipfel, Jack, Schaller, Alexander, Martin, Sam and Peace, Cameron (2018). Crossing the finish line: how to develop diagnostic DNA tests as breeding tools after QTL discovery. Journal of Horticulture, 05 (01). doi: 10.4172/2376-0354.1000228
Vanderzande, Stijn, Hias, Niek, Edge-Garza, Daniel, Costes, Evelyne, Davey, Mark W. and Keulemans, Johan (2016). Sylleptic branching in winter-headed apple (Malus x domestica) trees: accession-dependent responses and their relationships with other tree architectural characteristics. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 12 (5) 87. doi: 10.1007/s11295-016-1046-3
Edge-Garza, Daniel A., Luby, James J. and Peace, Cameron (2015). Decision support for cost-efficient and logistically feasible marker-assisted seedling selection in fruit breeding. Molecular Breeding, 35 (12) 223, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s11032-015-0409-z
Edge-Garza, Daniel A., Rowland, Terrence V., Haendiges, Stacey and Peace, Cameron (2014). A high-throughput and cost-efficient DNA extraction protocol for the tree fruit crops of apple, sweet cherry, and peach relying on silica beads during tissue sampling. Molecular Breeding, 34 (4), 2225-2228. doi: 10.1007/s11032-014-0160-x

Conference Papers

Edge-Garza, D., Evans, K., Ross, E. M., Jung, S., Main, D. and Hardner, C. (2023). A strategy for aggregating multi-source historical phenotypic and genotypic data sets containing homonyms for global genomic prediction in apple (Malus domestica). XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Breeding and Effective Use of Biotechnology and Molecular Tools in Horticultural Crops, Angers, France, 14-20 August 2022. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2023.1362.17
Main, Dorrie, Jung, Sook, Peace, Cameron, Bassil, Nahla, Hardner, Craig M., McFerson, James R., Iezzoni, Amy F., Lee, Taein, Cheng, Chun-Huai, Hough, Heidi, Luby, James J., Gasic, Ksenija, Humann, Jodi L., Edge-Garza, Daniel, Zurn, Jason, DeVetter, Lisa Wasko, Evans, Kate, Sebolt, Audrey, Vanderzande, Stijn and Coe, Michael (2019). Data Access and Use: From Rosbreed Data Management to Genomic Prediction. Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), Las Vegas, NV United States, 22-25 July 2019. Alexandria, VA United States: American Society for Horticultural Science.
Edge-Garza, D. A., Peace, C. P. and Zhu, Yanmin (2010). Enabling marker-assisted seedling selection in the Washington apple breeding program. International Symposium on Molecular Markers in Horticulture, Corvallis, OR USA, Unknown. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2010.859.44
Haldar, S., Haendiges, S., Edge-Garza, D. A., Oraguzie, N. C., Olmstead, J., Peace, C. P. and Iezzoni, A. (2010). Applying genetic markers for self-compatibility in the WSU sweet cherry breeding program. International Symposium on Molecular Markers in Horticulture, Corvallis, OR, United States, 2010. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2010.859.45
Edge-Garza, D. A., Peace, C. P. and Zhu, Yanmin (2010). Enabling marker-assisted seedling selection in the Washington apple breeding program. International Symposium on Molecular Markers in Horticulture, Corvallis, OR, United States, 29 July - 1 August, 2009. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science.

Thesis

Edge-Garza, Daniel (2024). Global genomic prediction in apple. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7d769b6

Areas of research

Centre for Horticultural Science