Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

The paper analyzes microstructural traits of caryopsis in common wheat varieties, identifying correlations and morphotypes related to protein content and endosperm structure.

This study identifies natural alleles of LEAFY and WAPO1 that interact to regulate spikelet number per spike in wheat, suggesting a genetic combination for improving grain yield.

The paper analyzes the global evolution of the effector gene AvrStb6 in Zymoseptoria tritici, showing diversification, loss, and virulence gains linked to host resistance deployment.

The paper clones the stripe rust resistance gene Yr9 from triticale, showing it confers resistance in wheat but loses effectiveness under field conditions due to pathogen evolution.

The paper analyzes wheat germplasm to identify introgression segments and provides evidence for inter-homoeolog chromosomal recombination.

This study traces the genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome by analyzing ancestral haplotypes from Ae. tauschii and hexaploid wheat, revealing its evolutionary origins and contributions from multiple lineages.

This study presents a high-quality genome assembly of Ae. umbellulata and resequencing data revealing structural variations, evolutionary sub-populations, and new resistance gene haplotypes useful for wheat improvement.

This study evaluates the impact of two QTLs on wheat yield traits at the plot level, finding significant yield increases from QFFE.perg-5A and environment-dependent effects from QFEm.perg-3A.

The paper analyzes the genetic composition and history of the bread wheat D genome using a pangenome of its donor species, revealing contributions from discrete subpopulations of Aegilops tauschii.

The paper establishes the OzWheat genome-to-phenome platform to integrate wheat genomes and phenomes, identifying candidate genes and gene-environment interactions for trait improvement.

This paper identifies and validates the Rpt5 gene in barley, which encodes a receptor-like protein providing broad resistance to net form net blotch caused by Pyrenophora teres f. teres.

The paper identifies QTLs regulating homoeolog expression bias in wheat and shows intra-subgenome regulation causes expression imbalance and functional differences among homoeologs.

This study identifies novel genetic loci associated with dormancy in barley and links hypoxia sensitivity to dormancy regulation.

This study identifies TaNADPO as a key gene for wheat resistance to Bipolaris sorokiniana through GWAS, RNA sequencing, and transgenic experiments.

This study examines the relationship between seminal root angle and root system architecture in durum wheat, showing distinct RSA patterns in wide and narrow genotypes at later growth stages.

The paper identifies a single hybrid susceptibility locus in barley for a pathogen, mapped to a pentatricopeptide repeat-containing protein gene.

This study identifies novel regulators of starch and seed storage protein biosynthesis in wheat endosperm, revealing their role in grain yield and quality through epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms.

This study clones two genes, CNL and NL, underlying Yr84-mediated stripe rust resistance in wheat, revealing their coordinated function as sensor and helper NLRs.

This study investigates the trade-off between grain weight and grain number in wheat by engineering genes and analyzing four wheat genotypes under field conditions.

This study uses spatial transcriptomics to identify gene regulation patterns in wheat grain development, revealing key genes like TaABI3-3B that influence grain size and quality.

The paper identifies 16 wheat mutants with enhanced resistance to stripe rust and other fungal pathogens through forward genetic screening and maps their mutations to a long-read genome.

This study shows that reducing TaGS3 gene copies in wheat decreases grain size and weight in a non-additive, dosage-dependent manner, suggesting potential for improving grain yield through gene editing.

This study presents a chromosome-scale genome assembly of Triticum timopheevii using PacBio HiFi and Hi-C data, revealing genomic features and relationships between wheat genomes.

This paper presents an experimental approach to study multi-species interactions in the Fusarium-Head Blight complex in wheat, showing that Zymoseptoria tritici affects wheat's response to F. graminearum and that Fusarium species composition influences disease outcomes in a genotype-specific manner.

The paper develops a high-density SNP genotyping array for wheat using whole genome skim sequencing and a novel optimization approach, showing improved performance in GWAS and CNV analysis.

This study identifies climate-adaptive alleles from Aegilops tauschii that improve wheat performance under drought stress using genome-wide environmental scans and introgression lines.

The paper develops a bulk phenotyping method to estimate virulence frequency in Zymoseptoria tritici populations using checkerboard microcanopies of wheat NILs and validates it with synthetic populations.

This study develops a method to clone genes for wheat yield traits by sequencing RIL populations, identifying and validating 11 candidate genes from 77 QTLs.

The paper identifies SSR markers associated with corn aphid resistance in wheat using genetic analysis across multiple genotypes and seasons.