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Wenjing Guan

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2007Rising activity
Plant Disease Management TechniquesPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesBerry genetics and cultivation researchPlant Virus Research StudiesAdvances in Cucurbitaceae Research

Publications

63

Citations

431

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2007

Research summary
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Wenjing Guan's research focuses on vegetable and small fruit crop production, including cultivar evaluation, growing media, pest and disease management, and fruit quality traits in crops such as tomato, melon, cucumber, watermelon, and strawberry. Much of the work is applied horticultural science aimed at improving crop management practices for growers, such as testing mulch colors, irrigation strategies, organic growing media, and pest-resistant cultivars. The lab also uses metabolomic and genetic approaches to understand how growing location and genetics affect fruit flavor and composition.

Vegetable and fruit crop productionCultivar evaluation and breeding traitsPlant pest and disease resistance (nematodes, insects)Metabolomic and genetic profiling of fruit qualityHigh tunnel and plasticulture growing systems

Publication output has grown over the past decade, rising from around 2-4 papers per year in 2017-2019 to a more consistent 5-8 papers per year from 2022-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.6/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 8 publications8232024: 6 publications242025: 8 publications8252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • HortTechnology×10
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University)×8
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System)×5
  • Weed Technology×4
  • Plant Disease×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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