Publications
This section includes my scholarly and professional outputs, organized into the following categories: peer-reviewed publications, extension and outreach articles, dissertation and thesis work, grant proposals, and applications and websites.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Magby, J.T., P.H. McCord, and M.D. Whiting. (2026) Seasonal inversion of cold hardiness reveals developmental-state restructuring across endodormancy and bud break in Prunus avium floral buds. (Manuscript in preparation).
Jenderek, M.M., Yeater, K.M., Ambruzs, B.D., and Magby, J.T. (2022). Pretreatment Prunus avium (L) L. dormant buds increased viability after cryogenic storage, Cryobiology. doi:10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.03.001
Volk, G. M., McCardle, K., Serin, J., Magby, J.T., and R. Mazur. (2021). Genetic fingerprinting identifies apple fruit cultivars in historic orchards on public lands. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10722-021-01175-8
Volk, G. M., Magby, J.T., Henk, A., Miller, S., and Mazur, R. (2020). Genetic data inform Yosemite National Park apple orchard management guidelines. Plants, People, Planet. 2020;00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10152
Magby, J.T., Volk, G.M., and Miller, S.L. (2019). Heritage Apple Cultivars Grown in Homesteads, Nurseries and Orchards in Wyoming. J. Amer. Pom. Soc. 73(2):95-101 http://www.pubhort.org/aps/73/v73_n2_a2.htm
Magby, J.T., Volk, G.M., Henk, A.D., and Miller, S.L. (2019). Identification of Historic Homestead and Orchard Apple Cultivars in Wyoming. HortScience. 54(1):8-16.-https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13436-18
EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
Magby, J.T. (2026). A Web-Based Decision-Support Tool for Sweet Cherry Floral Dormancy,
Relative Water Content, and Cold Hardiness. Fruit Matters Newsletter, Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension.https://treefruit.wsu.edu/article/a-web-based-decision-support-tool-for-sweet-cherry-floral-dormancy-relative-water-content-and-cold-hardiness/#:~:text=Low%20Temperature%20Exotherm%20Ratios%20(LTER,to%20assist%20in%20seasonal%20interpretation.
Magby, J.T., McCord, P., and Whiting, M.D. (2025). Understanding Spring Frost Risk Using Historical Temperature Trends and Critical Thresholds in Sweet Cherry. Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension – Fruit Matters (Prepared).
Magby, J.T., and Whiting, M.D. (2023). Current State of Hardiness Levels. Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension: Sweet Cherry Cold Hardiness. February 20, 2023.
Magby, J.T. (2022). WSU-OSU Cherry Cold Hardiness Observations. December 21, 2022. https://weather.wsu.edu/
Magby, J.T., and Whiting, M.D. (2022). Current State of Hardiness Levels. Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension: Sweet Cherry Cold Hardiness. February 22, March 9, December 21.
Magby, J.T., and Miller, S.L. (2019). Wyoming Apple Project. Old trees meeting new technology. Barnyards & Backyards: Rural Living in Wyoming. Winter Edition: 8-11 https://www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/magazine/
Miller, S.L., Magby, J.T. and Volk, G.M. (2018). Using Molecular Methods to Identify Historic Apple Cultivars in 100-Year-Old Orchards in Wyoming. Wyoming Agriculture Field Station: 2018 Field Days Bulletin. ShREC Long reports:168-169. http://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/publications/field-days-bulletin/2018-field-days-bulletin.pdf
DISSERTATION AND THESIS
Magby J. T. (2025). Integrating genomic, transcriptomic and physiological insights to untangle cold tolerance, dormancy and flowering times in sweet cherry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7273/000007414
Magby J. T. (2018). History and Identification of Historic Homestead and Orchard Apple Cultivars in Wyoming. Univ. of Wyoming, Department of Botany. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing: 1-204.https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.uwyo.edu/docview/2182751090?accountid=14793
GRANT PROPOSALS
Washington State University Cougar Cage Competition, 2022 – Principal Author; advanced to presentation stage. Project: Cold Hardiness Service Center for Specialty Crop Growers. Investigators: Dr. Matthew Whiting (PI), Dr. Per McCord (Co-PI), and Jonathan Magby (Co-PI)
Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) – Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, 2023 – Principal Author (submitted under PI Dr. Matthew Whiting, WSU). Project: Cold Hardiness Service Center for Specialty Crop Growers Investigators: Dr. Matthew Whiting (PI), Dr. Per McCord (Co-PI), and Jonathan Magby (author).
APPLICATIONS & WEBSITES
Magby, J.T. (2026). LTER–Sweet Cherry Model v1 (Shiny App). A decision-support tool for predicting floral dormancy (LTER), relative water content (RWC), and cold hardiness (LT, LT10, LT50) in sweet cherry. https://phenostate.shinyapps.io/LTER_Sweet_Cherry_Model_v1/
Magby, J.T., and Miller, S.L. (2018). Wyoming Apple Project Website. Website development and curation for the Wyoming Apple Project. https://wyomingappleproject.wixsite.com/wyomingappleproject