Videos

Jujube Basics and Cultivar Performance in NM

Grafting Jujube Trees

NMSU Extension Publications

• Guide H-337: Jujube Training and Pruning Basics

• Guide H-330: Jujube: Chinese Date in New Mexico

• Guide H-335: Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) Grafting

• Guide H-340: Jujube Cultivars in New Mexico

• Jujube Genotyping with Cultivars from New Mexico and Kentucky in 2019 (PDF)

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Biosynthesis of 14-Membered Cyclopeptide Alkaloids Via Non-Heme-Iron- and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxidative Decarboxylation - Hungerford, J., Mydy, L., Wang, X., Mendoza-Perez, L., Ousley, D., Shafiq, K., McDonough, K., Li, W., May, G., Chigumba, D., Yao, S., Kersten, R. 2026. Journal of American Chemical Society, 148, 7, 7983–8001.

• Fruit and Seed Metabolomic Profiles Provide Insights Into the Utilization of Sour Jujube Germplasm - Sapkota, D., Holguin, F. O., Salmasi, S. Z., Yao, S. 2025. Journal of American Society for Horticultural Sciences, 150(6), 316-327.

• Jujube Cultivar Description (PDF)

• Jujube Cultivar Genotyping with SNP markers - Dikshya Sapkota, Dapeng Zhang, Sunchung Park, Lyndel W. Meinhardt, Dennis N. Lozada, Robert Steiner, and Shengrui Yao.

• Convergent Evolution of Plant Prickles By Repeated Gene Co-Option Over Deep Time - James W. Satterlee, David Alonso, Pietro Gramazio, Katharine M. Jenike, Jia He, Andrea Arrones, Gloria Villanueva, Mariola Plazas, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Matthias Benoit, Iacopo Gentile, Anat Hendelman, Hagai Shohat, Blaine Fitzgerald, Gina M. Robitaille, Yumi Green, Kerry Swartwood, Michael J. Passalacqua, Edeline Gagnon, Rebecca Hilgenhof, Trevis D. Huggins, Georgia C. Eizenga, Amit Gur, Twan Rutten, Nils Stein, Shengrui Yao, Adrien Poncet, Clement Bellot, Amy Frary, Sandra Knapp, Mohammed Bendahmane, Tiina Särkinen, Jesse Gillis, Joyce Van Eck, Michael C. Schatz, Yuval Eshed, Jaime Prohens, Santiago Vilanova, Zachary B. Lippman*.

• Jujube Fruit Metabolomic Profiles Reveal Cultivar Differences and Function as Cultivar Fingerprints - Shengrui Yao 1,2*, Dikshya Sapkota 1, Jordan A. Hungerford 3 and Roland D. Kersten 3.

• Genotyping of Jujube (Ziziphus spp.) Germplasm In New Mexico and Southwestern Texas - Dikshya Sapkota 1, Dapeng Zhang 2, Sunchung Park 2, Lyndel W. Meinhardt 2 and Shengrui Yao 1,3,*.

• Dynamics of Nutrients In Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) at Different Maturity Stages, Cultivars, and Locations In the Southwest United States

• Preservation of Phenols, Antioxidant Activity, and Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate In Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Fruits with Different Drying Methods - Govinda Sapkota 1, Efren Delgado 2 , Dawn VanLeeuwen 3, F. Omar Holguin 1, Nancy Flores 4 and Shengrui Yao 1,5,*

• Early Performance of Jujube Fresh Eating Cultivars In the Southwestern United States - Yao, S., R. Heyduck, and S. Guldan. 2019. HortScience 54:1941-1946.

• Ornamental Jujube Cultivar Evaluation In the Southwestern United States - Yao, S. and R. Heyduck. 2018. HortTechnology 28:557-561.

• Past, Present, and Future of Jujubes—Chinese Dates In the United States - Yao, S. 2013. HortScience 48:672-680.

• Jujube, An Alternative Fruit Crop In the Southwestern United States - Yao, S. 2016. HortScience 51:1329-1332.

• Jujube Phenology, Pollen Germination and Two Unique Germplasm Resources In New Mexico - Yao, S. 2018.HortScience 53:23-27.

• Jujube Cultivar Vitamin C Profile and Nutrient Dynamics During Maturation - Huang, J.*, Heyduck, R., Richins, R., VanLeeuwen, D., O'Connell, M. A., Yao, S. 2017. ≈HortScience 52:859-867.

• Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Flowering and Fruiting In the Southwestern United States - Yao, S., J. Huang and R. Heyduck. 2015. HortScience 50: 839-846.

• Unique Fruit Development of Ornamental ‘Teapot’ Jujube - Yao, S. 2013. HortTechnology 23:364-368.

• Low Temperature Is Critical In Jujube Grafting Success In Frost-Prone Northern New Mexico - Yao, S. 2022. HortTechnology. 33:28-31.

• Shape Influence On Consumers' Willingness to Purchase Dried Jujube Fruit - Hayes, T. E., Robinson, C., Acharya, R., Flores, N., and Yao, S. (2020). Western Economics Forum, 18(2):141-151.