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Ask me about: Plant breeding and quantitative genetics, greenhouse facilities operation and management, breeding and agronomic technology
Nathan is a PhD plant breeder and quantitative geneticist who conducts applied research into tropical and subtropical crop species. He manages current breeding programs in public-private partnerships and cooperates with additional HARC staff in experimental trialing and analysis. Nathan maintains a working collaborative relationship with the World Vegetable Center (Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan) where his primary role is assisting with selection of accessions from vegetable core collections through genomics, phenomics, and genotype-by-environment interactions.
Before leading crop improvement at HARC, Nathan worked across the agriculture and horticulture industries throughout California. He has experience assisting with fruit orchard management as a fourth generation California farmer; crop consulting in dozens of specialty row crops in the Central Coast of California in fertility management, irrigation, soil, integrated pest management, and best practices; and managing a 1-acre Cannabis greenhouse production facility in San Diego.
Before leading crop improvement at HARC, Nathan worked across the agriculture and horticulture industries throughout California. He has experience assisting with fruit orchard management as a fourth generation California farmer; crop consulting in dozens of specialty row crops in the Central Coast of California in fertility management, irrigation, soil, integrated pest management, and best practices; and managing a 1-acre Cannabis greenhouse production facility in San Diego.
Selected Publications
Fumia, N., Zenil‐Ferguson, R., Wolfe, M., & Kantar, M. (2024). Simulated exploration of parameter space and resource allocation for strategic creation of neo‐domestication breeding programs. Crop Science.
Pratt, R., Kantar, M. B., Fumia, N., & Nankar, A. N. (2024). From wild to mild and back again: envisioning a new model of crop improvement strategies. Frontiers in Horticulture, 3, 1409398.
Fumia, N., Nair, R., Lin, Y. P., Lee, C. R., Chen, H. W., von Wettberg, E. B., Kantar, M. ,Schafleitner, R. (2023). Leveraging genomics and phenomics to accelerate improvement in mungbean: A case study in how to go from GWAS to selection. The Plant Phenome Journal, 6(1), e20088.
Jungers, J, Ewing, PM, Runck, B, Maaz, T, Carlson, C, Neyhart, J, Fumia, N, Bajgain, P, Subedi, S, Sharma, S, Senay, S, Hunter, M, Cureton, C, Gutknecht, J, Kantar, M. (2023). Adapting perennial grain and oilseed crops for climate resiliency. Crop Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20972.
Fumia, N., Kantar, MB, Lin, YP, Schafleitner, R, Lefebvre, V, Paran, I, Börner, A, Diez, MJ, Prohens, J, Bovy, A, Boyaci, F, Pasev, G, Tripodi, P, Barchi, L, Giuliano, G, Barchenger, DW. (2023). Exploration of high-throughput data for heat tolerance selection in Capsicum annuum. The Plant Phenome, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20071.
Fumia, N., Pironon, S., Rubinoff, D., Khoury, C. K., Gore, M. A., & Kantar, M. B. (2022). Wild relatives of potato may bolster its adaptation to new niches under future climate scenarios. Food and Energy Security, https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.360.
Fumia, N., Rubinoff, D., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Khoury, C.K., Pironon, S., Gore, M.A., Kantar, M.B. (2022). Interactions between breeding system and ploidy affect niche breadth in Solanum. R. Soc. Open Sci. 9: 211862. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211862.
Del Valle-Echevarria, A., Fumia, N., Gore, M. A., & Kantar, M. (2021). Accelerating Crop Domestication in the Era of Gene Editing. Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 45, 185.
Pironon, S., Borrell, J.S., Ondo, I., Douglas, R., Phillips, C., Khoury, C.K., Kantar, M.B., Fumia, N., Soto Gomez, M., Viruel, J., Govaerts, R., Forest, F., Antonelli, A. (2020). Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity. Plants, 9, 1128.
Pratt, R., Kantar, M. B., Fumia, N., & Nankar, A. N. (2024). From wild to mild and back again: envisioning a new model of crop improvement strategies. Frontiers in Horticulture, 3, 1409398.
Fumia, N., Nair, R., Lin, Y. P., Lee, C. R., Chen, H. W., von Wettberg, E. B., Kantar, M. ,Schafleitner, R. (2023). Leveraging genomics and phenomics to accelerate improvement in mungbean: A case study in how to go from GWAS to selection. The Plant Phenome Journal, 6(1), e20088.
Jungers, J, Ewing, PM, Runck, B, Maaz, T, Carlson, C, Neyhart, J, Fumia, N, Bajgain, P, Subedi, S, Sharma, S, Senay, S, Hunter, M, Cureton, C, Gutknecht, J, Kantar, M. (2023). Adapting perennial grain and oilseed crops for climate resiliency. Crop Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20972.
Fumia, N., Kantar, MB, Lin, YP, Schafleitner, R, Lefebvre, V, Paran, I, Börner, A, Diez, MJ, Prohens, J, Bovy, A, Boyaci, F, Pasev, G, Tripodi, P, Barchi, L, Giuliano, G, Barchenger, DW. (2023). Exploration of high-throughput data for heat tolerance selection in Capsicum annuum. The Plant Phenome, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20071.
Fumia, N., Pironon, S., Rubinoff, D., Khoury, C. K., Gore, M. A., & Kantar, M. B. (2022). Wild relatives of potato may bolster its adaptation to new niches under future climate scenarios. Food and Energy Security, https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.360.
Fumia, N., Rubinoff, D., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Khoury, C.K., Pironon, S., Gore, M.A., Kantar, M.B. (2022). Interactions between breeding system and ploidy affect niche breadth in Solanum. R. Soc. Open Sci. 9: 211862. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211862.
Del Valle-Echevarria, A., Fumia, N., Gore, M. A., & Kantar, M. (2021). Accelerating Crop Domestication in the Era of Gene Editing. Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 45, 185.
Pironon, S., Borrell, J.S., Ondo, I., Douglas, R., Phillips, C., Khoury, C.K., Kantar, M.B., Fumia, N., Soto Gomez, M., Viruel, J., Govaerts, R., Forest, F., Antonelli, A. (2020). Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity. Plants, 9, 1128.