Torbert Rocheford

Purdue University West Lafayette — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

48h-index11.1kcitations141works1.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals(67), Genetics and Plant Breeding(47), Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress(43), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology(32), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(16)

Publications141 total

Parental intake of high-carotenoid orange corn diet alleviated glucocorticoid and fear response but not growth in F1 Pekin ducks
Poultry Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
High-carotenoid orange corn diet altered serotonin and dopamine activity in the brain while heat stress altered total antioxidant capacity in a sex dependent manner in Pekin ducks
Poultry Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Orange corn diet decreased serum corticosterone and improved gait, egg production, egg quality and fertility of breeder Pekin ducks exposed to heat stress
Poultry Science·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Erratum to: Relative utility of agronomic, phenological, and morphological traits for assessing genotype‐by‐environment interaction in maize inbreds
Crop Science·2022Open Access
Research Note: Orange corn altered the cecal microbiome in laying hens
Poultry Science·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Assessment of carotenoid degradation of grits from orange corn packaged in high barrier thermosealed pouches
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Applied Research Note: “The impact of orange corn in laying hen diets on yolk pigmentation and xanthophyll carotenoid concentrations on a percent inclusion rate basis”
The Journal of Applied Poultry Research·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Biofortified orange corn increases xanthophyll density and yolk pigmentation in egg yolks from laying hens
Poultry Science·2021· 44 citedOpen Access
Utility of Climatic Information via Combining Ability Models to Improve Genomic Prediction for Yield Within the Genomes to Fields Maize Project
Frontiers in Genetics·2021· 90 citedOpen Access
High-resolution genome-wide association study pinpoints metal transporter and chelator genes involved in the genetic control of element levels in maize grain
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2021· 38 citedOpen Access
Orange corn diets associated with lower severity of footpad dermatitis in broilers
Poultry Science·2021· 17 citedOpen Access
The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2021· 99 citedOpen Access
Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation in carotenoid levels in maize grain
The Plant Cell·2020· 45 citedOpen Access
Storage of biofortified maize in Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags reduces disulfide linkage-driven decrease in porridge viscosity
LWT·2020· 5 cited
Eleven biosynthetic genes explain the majority of natural variation for carotenoid levels in maize grain
2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Dominance Effects and Functional Enrichments Improve Prediction of Agronomic Traits in Hybrid Maize
Genetics·2020· 45 citedOpen Access
Maize genomes to fields (G2F): 2014–2017 field seasons: genotype, phenotype, climatic, soil, and inbred ear image datasets
BMC Research Notes·2020· 74 citedOpen Access
Food biofortification : reaping the benefits of science to overcome hidden hunger
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2020· 14 citedOpen Access
Relative utility of agronomic, phenological, and morphological traits for assessing genotype‐by‐environment interaction in maize inbreds
Crop Science·2020· 28 citedOpen Access
Steeping of Biofortified Orange Maize Genotypes for Ogi Production Modifies Pasting Properties and Carotenoid Stability
Agronomy·2019· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Edward S. Buckler(15), James B. Holland(8), Sherry Flint-García(8), J. W. Dudley(7), Michael A. Gore(7), Martin Bohn(7), M. Cinta Romay(5), Catherine B. Kandianis(5), Jeffrey Wong(5), Peter J. Bradbury(4), Narasimham Upadyayula(4), Michael D. McMullen(4), Jianbing Yan(4), Dean DellaPenna(4), Alexander E. Lipka(4), Stephen P. Moose(4), R. J. Lambert(4), Aaron J. Lorenz(4), Shawn M. Kaeppler(4), Jode W. Edwards(4)