Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

  • Rani R and Sideman R. 2026. Effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) on cluster and fruit quality in ‘Concord Seedless’ table grape. HortTechnology, in press.
  • Liu B and Sideman R. 2026. First report of Stemphylium leaf spot of spinach caused by Stemphylium vesicarium in New Hampshire. Plant Disease 243. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-25-2052-PDN
  • Simko I, Bullo M, Cantu S, Peng H, Sideman R, Hayes R, Subbarao K. 2025. Integrated path modeling and QTL mapping identify maturity, stem strength, and cell wall composition as key factors in lettuce resistance to Sclerotinia minor. Scientific Reports 15, Article Number: 19824.
  • Sideman RG, Orde KM, and G Hamilton. 2025. Cultivar and training system impact cold-climate seedless table grape performance in Northeastern USA. HortScience 60(3):278-286. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI18272-24
  • Hodgdon EA, Conner DS, McDermott LG, Pritts MP, Handley DT, Orde KM and RG Sideman. 2024. A current view on strawberry production practices and trends in the Northeastern United States and Canada. HortTechnology 34(5):574-584. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05457-24
  • Fils Pierre J, Jacobsen KL, Wszelaki A, Butler D, Velandia M, Woods T, Sideman R, Grossman J, Coolong T, Hoskins B, da Silva ALBR, Ginakes P, Kleinhenz M, Zhao X, Rivard C,and Rudolph RE. 2024. Sustaining soil health in high tunnels: A paradigm shift toward soil-centered management. HortTechnology 34(5):594-603. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05460-24
  • Sideman RG, H Bryant and O Saunders. 2024. Yields, postharvest storage, and response to pruning of eggplant cultivars grown in high tunnels in New Hampshire. HortTechnology 34(3):331-338. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05404-24
  • Sideman RG, C Roman and E Hodgdon. 2023. Brussels Sprout (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera) cultivar performance and response to apical meristem removal. HortTechnology 33(2):193-202. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05170-22
  • Harris Cypher A, C Roman, G Higgins, S Scheufele, A Legrand, A Wallingford and RG Sideman. 2023. A field survey of Syrphidae species and adult densities on annual flowering plants in the northeastern United States. Environmental Entomology, nvad016. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad016
  • Sideman RG. 2022. Brussels sprout, pp. 968-969, in Mou, B. Vegetable cultivar descriptions for North America List 28, HortScience 57(8):949-1040. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.57.8.949
  • Orde KM, R Marini, K Demchak and RG Sideman. 2021. ‘Albion’ strawberry responds to mulch treatments and low tunnels covered with photoselective films. HortScience, 56(9):1005-1014. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15886-21
  • Orde KM and RG Sideman. 2021. Winter survival and second-year spring yields of day-neutral strawberry in the Northeast are influenced by cultivar and the presence of low tunnels.  HortTechnology 31(1):77-88. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04734-20
  • Sideman RG. 2020. Colored pepper yields from cultivars grown in high tunnels in Northern New England. HortTechnology 30(3):456-462.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04577-20
  • Ogden AB, RG Sideman, and JB Loy. 2019. A single dominant gene, Ef, confers early flowering in acorn squash (C. pepo subsp. ovifera). Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 42:30-36.
  • Orde KM and RG Sideman. 2019. Low tunnel and cultivar effects on day-neutral strawberry yield and characteristics in New Hampshire. HortTechnology 29(6): 795-810.
  • Orde K, C Eaton, and RG Sideman. 2018. Yield and soluble solids content of winter-grown spinach in unheated high tunnels in New England. HortScience 53:638-645.
  • Hodgdon E, ND Warren, RG Smith, and RG Sideman. 2016. Multi-functional assessment of cover crops for a short-season northern winter niche: in-season and carryover effects on productivity in weed suppression. Agronomy Journal 108(4):1624-1635.
  • Loy JB, J Bonina-Noseworthy, J Curran-Celentano, RG Sideman, and D Kopsell. 2016. Carotenoid concentration and composition in winter squash: Variability associated with different cultigens, harvest dates, and storage times. HortScience 51(5):472-480.
  • Yoong F-Y, LK O’Brien, MJ Truco, H Huo, RG Sideman, R Hayes, RW Michelmore, and KJ Bradford. 2016. Genetic variation for lettuce seed germination thermotolerance is associated with temperature-sensitive regulation of ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR1 (ERF1). Plant Physiology 170(1):472-488.
  • Hodgdon E, JB Noseworthy, and RG Sideman. 2015. ‘Rambling Rose’: A pink-fruited cherry tomato for hanging basket production. HortScience 50(8):1255-1256.
  • Sideman RG. 2015. Performance of sweetpotato cultivars grown using biodegradable black plastic mulch in New Hampshire. HortTechnology 25(3):412-416.
  • Warren N, RG Sideman and RG Smith. 2015. Performance of high tunnel tomato cultivars in Northern New England. HortTechnology 25(1):139-146.
  • Warren N, RG Smith, and RG Sideman. 2015. Effects of living mulch and fertilizer on the performance of broccoli in plasticulture. HortScience 50(2):218-224.
  • Sideman RG, A Brown, R Hazzard and H Bryant. 2014. Production of bulbing onion overwintered in NH with protection by low tunnels. HortTechnology 24(6):655-662.
  • Simko I, RJ Hayes, CT Bull, B Mou, Y Luo, MA Trent, AJ Atallah, EJ Ryder, and RG Sideman. 2014. Characterization and performance of sixteen new inbred lines of lettuce. HortScience 49(5):679-687.
  • Simko I, G Rauscher, RG Sideman, JD McCreight and RJ Hayes. 2014. Evaluation and QTL mapping of resistance to powdery mildew in lettuce. Plant Pathology 63: 344-353.
  • Martin CM and Sideman RG. 2012. Survival and yields of fall-planted winter sprouting broccoli grown in high tunnels for spring harvest in the Northeastern United States. HortTechnology 22(3): 345-352.
  • Simko I, Hayes RJ, Subbarao KV and Sideman RG. 2010. SM09A and SM09B: Romaine lettuce breeding lines with resistance to dieback and improved shelf-life. HortScience 45(4):1-3.
  • Takeda F, Demchak K, Warmund MR, Handley DT, Grube R, and Feldhake C 2008. Rowcovers improve winter survival and production of Western trailing ‘Siskiyou’ blackberry in the Eastern United States. HortTechnology 18(4):575-582.
  • Hayes, RJ, Vallad GE, Qin Q-M, Grube RC and Subbarao KV 2007. Variation for resistance to Verticillium wilt in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Plant Disease 91:439-445.
  • Vallad GE, Qin Q-M, Grube RC, Hayes RJ and Subbarao KV 2006. Characterization of race-specific interactions among isolates of Verticillium dahliae pathogenic on lettuce. Phytopathology 96:1380-1387.
  • Grube RC and Ochoa OE 2005. Comparative genetic analysis of field resistance to downy mildew in the lettuce cultivars ‘Iceberg’ and ‘Grand Rapids’. Euphytica 142(3):205-215.
  • Grube RC, Wintermantel WM, Hand P, Aburomia R, Pink DAC, and Ryder EJ 2005. Genetic analysis and mapping of resistance to lettuce dieback, a soilborne disease caused by tombusviruses. Theor Appl Genet 110 (2):259-268.
  • Grube RC and Ryder EJ 2004. Identification of germplasm with genetic resistance to drop caused by Sclerotinia minor. JASHS 129 (1):70-76.
  • Grube RC and Ryder EJ 2003. Romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) breeding lines with resistance to lettuce dieback. HortScience 38 (4):627-628.
  • Grube RC, Brennan EB, and Ryder EJ 2002. Characterization of a lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) mutant, weary, that exhibits reduced gravitropic response in hypocotyls and inflorescences. Journal of Experimental Botany 54 (385):1259-1268
  • Ben-Chaim A, Grube RC, Lapidot M, Jahn MK and Paran I 2001. Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with tolerance to cucumber mosaic virus in Capsicum annuum Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:1213-1220.
  • Ben-Chaim A, Paran I, Grube RC, Jahn MK., van Wijk R., and Peleman J 2001. QTL mapping of fruit-related traits in pepper (Capsicum annuum). Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:1016-1028.
  • Grube RC, Radwanski ER and Jahn MK 2000. Comparative genetics of disease resistance within the Solanaceae. Genetics 155:873-887.
  • Grube RC, Blauth JR, Arnedo MA and Jahn MK 2000. Identification of a dominant potyvirus resistance gene cluster in Capsicum, Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:852-859.
  • Grube RC, Zhang Y, Murphy JF, Loaiza-Figueroa F, Lackney VK, Provvidenti R and Jahn MK 2000. New source of resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in Capsicum frutescens. Plant Disease 84(8):885-891.
  • Jahn MK, Paran I, Hoffmann K, Radwanski ER, Livingstone KD, Grube RC, Afergoot E, Lapidot M, and Moyer J 2000. Genetic mapping of the Tsw locus for resistance to the tospovirus tomato spotted wilt virus in Capsicum spp. and its relationship to the Sw-5 gene for resistance to the same pathogen in tomato. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 13 (6): 673-682.

Guides and other publications

  • Strawberry Production Guide for the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada, 2nd Edition. 2023. Sideman RG and K Orde, technical editors. D Handley and M Pritts, contributing editors. 196 pgs. https://scholars.unh.edu/extension/1670/
  • Hochmuth, G and RG Sideman. 2022. Knott’s Handbook for Vegetable Growers, 6th Edition. Wiley Press. 623 pgs.

Research Reports

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