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Ambrose Mike Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich UK
Aydin Nevzat Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute, Samsun, TURKEY
Research topics:
- breeding of bread wheat for Black Sea Region in Turkey
- development of bread wheat mapping population
Publications in journals: - MUT, Z., N. AYDIN, H.O. BAYRAMODLU ve H. ÖZCAN. 2007. Investigation of Yield and Primary Quality Characteristics Some Bread Wheat Genotypes. J. of Fac. of Agric. OMU 22(2) 193-201.
- AYDIN N., S. GÖKMEN, A. YILDIRIM, A. ÖZ, G. FIGLIUOLO and H. BUDAK. 2007. Estimating Genetic Variation among Dent Corn Inbred Lines and Topcrosses Using Multivariate Analysis. Journal of Applied Biological Sciences. 1 (2) 63-70.
- AYDIN N., S. GÖKMEN, A. YILDIRIM. 2007. Determination of Combining Ability of Inbred Corn Lines in terms of Grain Yield and Some other Characteristics by Topcrossing Method. Ankara University, Journal of Agricultural Science 13 (2) 120-127.
- MUT, Z., N. AYDIN, H. ÖZCAN ve H.O. BAYRAMODLU. 2005. Determination of Yield and some Quality Traits of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in the Middle Black Sea Region. Journal of The Agricultural Faculty of Gaziosmanpasa University 22 (2): 85-94.
- AYDIN, N., H.O. BAYRAMODLU, Z. MUT, H. ÖZCAN. 2005. Determination of Yield and Quality Characters of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars and Lines under Black Sea Conditions of Turkey. Ankara University Journal of Agricultural Science 11(3) 257-262.
- AYDIN, N., S. GÖKMEN. 2005. Choosing of Tester in Maize Breeding. Hasad, Number:245, 92-95.
- AYDIN, N., S. GÖKMEN, A. YILDIRIM. 2005. An Approach for Development of Source Population in Hybrid Corn Improvement using Topcrossing Method. Journal of The Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University Volume18, Number:2, 185-190.
- AYDIN, N., Z. MUT, H. O. BAYRAMODLU, H. ÖZCAN. 2005. Determination of Yield and Some Quality Traits of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in Samsun and Amasya Conditions. J. of Fac. of Agric. OMU. 20(2):45-51.
- ÖZCAN, H., N. AYDIN, H.O. BAYRAMODLU. 2005. Yield Stability and Correlations among the Stability Parameters in Wheat. Ankara University, Journal of Agricultural Science 11:1 21-25.
Publications in congress: - AYDIN, N., H. ÖZCAN, H.O. BAYRAMODLU. 2005. Wheat Breeding Research in Black Sea Region. Turkey VI. Field Crops Congress 5-9 September 2005, Antalya, (Oral Presentation) Volume II Page 719-722.
- ÜSTÜN, A., N. AYDIN, H. OLGUN, M. HAKAN, A. EREN, M. BABAODLU, H. ASLAN. 2003. Determination of Some Soybean Cultivars Similarity by Discriminant and Cluster Analyses and Stability of Cultivars. Page 131-140. Turkey 5. Field Crops Congress, 13-17 October 2003, Diyarbakýr.


Balint Andras Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvasar, HUNGARY
Research topics:
- study of the physiology and genetics of drought tolerance in barley and wheat
- mapping of loci affecting abiotic stress tolerance in wheat and barley
- mapping of loci affecting micronutrient contents in grains
Publications
- Bálint, A. F., Szira, F., Röder, M. S., Galiba, G., Börner, A. (2009) Mapping of loci affecting copper tolerance in wheat - the possible impact of the vernalization gene Vrn-A1. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 65: 369-375 (IF: 3.164)
- F. Szira, Bálint, A. F., Börner, A., Galiba, G. (2008) Evaluation of drought-related traits and screening methods at different developmental stages in spring barley. J Agron Crop Sci. 194(5): 334-342 (IF: 1.515)
- Bálint, A. F., Szira, F., Börner, A., Galiba, G. (2008) Segregation- and association based mapping of loci influencing osmotic tolerance in barley. Acta Biologica Szegediensis 52(1): 101-102.
- Szira, F., Bálint, A. F., Vágújfalvi, A., Galiba, G. (2008) Are Cbf genes involved in copper tolerance? Acta Biologica Szegediensis 52(1): 205-207.
- Bálint, A. F., Röder, M. S., Hell, R., Galiba, G., Börner, A. (2007) Mapping of QTLs affecting copper tolerance and the Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn contents in the shoots of wheat seedlings. Biol. Plantarum. 51(1): 129-134 (IF: 1.259)
- Bálint, A. F., Kovács, G., Börner, A., Galiba, G., Sutka, J. (2003) Substitution analysis of seedling stage copper tolerance in wheat. Acta Agron Hun 51: 397-404
- Bálint A. F., Kovács G., Sutka J. (2003) Comparative studies on the seedling copper tolerance of various hexaploid wheat varieties and of spelt in soil with a high copper content and in hydroponic culture. Acta Agron Hun 51: 199-203.
- Bálint, A.F., Kovács, G., Sutka, J. (2002) Copper tolerance of Aegilops, Triticum, Secale and triticale seedlings and copper and iron content in their shoots. Acta Biol Szeged 46 (3-4): 77-78.
- Tari I., Szalai G., Lőrincz Zs., Bálint A. (2002) Changes in thiol content in roots of wheat cultivars exposed to copper stress. Biol. Plantarum 45(2): 255-260, IF: 0.583)
- Bálint A. F., Kovács G., Erdei L., Sutka J. (2001) Comparison of the Cu, Zn, Fe, Ca and Mg contents of the grains of wild, ancient and cultivated wheat species. Cereal Res. Commun. 29: 375-382. (IF: 0.294)
- Bálint A. F., Kovács G., Sutka J. (2000) Origin and taxonomy of wheat in the light of recent research. Acta Agron Hung 48: 301-313.

Bănică Constantina National Agricultural Research and Development Institute Fundulea, Funduela, ROMANIA
Research topics:
- Wheat cytogenetics and development of wheat cytogenetic stocks (i.e. synthetic amphyploids and derivatives; doubled haploid mapping populations).
- Selection of introgression lines carrying useful alien gene (s).
- Distinguishing of alien introgressed chromosome segments by using cytogenetics techniques.
- Study the osmoregulative capacity of some Romanian winter wheat, durum wheat by using pollen grain expression. Search for osmotic adjustment allelic variation in 7B and 7D chromosomes and on homoelogous chromosomes of wheat related ancestors.
Publications
- Giura A., Bănică C., 2004. Relationship between immature embryos rescue time and in vitro haploid plant regeneration in common wheat. Scientific research, VIII, Biotechnology and biodiversity, USAMVB - Ed. Agroprint, Timişoara,
- Bănică C., 2007. Preliminary results regarding genotypic differences in osmoregulation, in winter wheat, expressed in pollen grain. Romanian Agricultural Research, 2007
- Giura, A., Banica, C., 2007. Wheat precise genetic stocks development by using Zea system. Proc. of 14th EWAC Conference
- Banica, C , Giura A., Ciuca M. 2007. Pollen grain expression of osmotic adjustment in Romanian winter wheat. Proc. of 14th EWAC- Conference

Blanco Antonio Faculty of Agricultural Sciences University of Bari, Bari, ITALY
Börner Andreas IPK Gatersleben, GERMANY
Head Management and Evaluation Genebank Department
Andreas Börner received his PhD in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics from the Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg in 1988. He joined the Genebank of the Leibnitz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) as its deputy head in 1997. Since 2005 he has served as the head of Program Management and Evaluation, which is responsible for the long term maintenance of the IPK Genebank collection of cultivated plants and their wild relatives. The Genebank is a major player in the global ex situ plant conservation effort, and its collection is among the top four such worldwide facilities, housing a wide spectrum of accessions representing most of the temperate crop species. In addition to his responsibility for the optimization of the management of the collection, he runs an active research program focused on the development of a comprehensive phenotypic (phenomic) and genetic description of materials related to the major temperate cereal crops.


Brown James Disease and Stress Biology Dept, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Budak Hikmet Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Sabanci University, Istanbul, TURKEY
Research topics:
- Analysis of biotic and abiotic stress response mechanisms of important genes and manipulate these genes in plant system employing genomics and informatics tools.
- A better understanding of gene transmission and silencing.
Publications
- Budak H., Z. Kasap, R.C. Shearman, I. Dweikat, U. Sezerman, and A. Mahmood (2006). Molecular characterization of cDNA encoding resistance gene like sequences in Buchloe dactyloides.MolecularBiotechnology 34:293-301.
- Budak H., S. Su, and N. Ergen (2006). Revealing constitutively-expressed resistance genes in Agrostis species using PCR-based motif directed RNA fingerprinting. Genetical Research: 88:165-175.
- Distelfeld A., I. Cakmak, Peleg Z, Ozturk, L., Yazici MA., Budak H., Saranga, Y., and Fahima T (2007). Multiple QTL effects of wheat Gpc-B1 locus on grain protein content and micronutrient concentrations. Physiol Plantarum: 129:635-643.
- Ergen, N., Dinler G., Shearman RC, and Budak H. (2007). Identifying cloning and structural analysis of differentially expressed genes upon Puccinia infection of Festuca rubra var. rubra Gene: 393:145-152.
- Isik Z, Parmaksiz I, Coruh C, Su S., Cebeci O, Beecher B., and Budak H. (2007). Organellar genome analysis of rye (Secela cereale) representing a diverse geographic region. Genome : 50:724-734.


Ceoloni Carla University of Tuscia, Viterbo, ITALY
Ciuca Matilda National Agricultural Research and Development Institute Fundulea, Funduela, ROMANIA
Research topics:
- markers assisted selection in wheat and barley
- study of osmotic adjustment in wheat - identification of SSR marker linked to or gene
- study of common bunt disease resistance genes-molecular markers linked to Bt 11, Bt 12, Bt 13 genes
Publications
-Alexandrina Mihailescu, Matilda Ciuca and Aurel Giura: Preliminary assays for the presence of Ryd 2 resistance gene to BYDV in some inter-specific triploid hybrids (barley DH lines x H.bulbosum 4x) and parental genotypes.14th International EWAC Conference. 06-10 May 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.
-Matilda Ciuca, Fraga Oncica, Monica Iuoras, Mariana Ittu, Nicolae N. Saulescu: Use of DNA markers in breeding for bunt resistance at the National Agricultural Research and Development Institute Fundulea, Romania. Abstract. Czech Journal of plant breeding-Proceedings XV-th Biennial Workshop on the Smut Fungi. June 11-14, 2006, Prague, Vol. 42, pg. 78. ISSN 1212-1975.
-M. Iuoras, L. Nicolae, S. Istrate, M. Ciuca, N.N. Saulescu. The introgression's identification from rye in wheat genome, through SSR markers. Congress- FESPB- Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology-Lyon -Franţa (17-21 iulie-2006) Poster-Proceedings-Abstract.
-Matilda CIUCA. Detection of QTLs linked to Fusarium Head Blight resistance in Romanian wheat. Romanian Agricultural Research, nr. 23/2006, pg. 7-12. ISSN 1222-4227

Chebotar Sabina South Plant Biotechnology Center of UAAS, Odessa, UKRAINE
Research topics:
- wheat genetic diversity, DNA-markers, study of genes controlling growth habit and frost tolerance
- study of relationship between vernalization and frost tolerance
Publications
- Börner A., Chebotar S.V., Korzun V. (2000) Molecular characterization of the genetic integrity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm after longterm maintenance. Theor. Appl. Genet. 100: 494 - 497
- Chebotar S.V., Röder M., Korzun V., Börner A. (2002) Genetic integrity of ex-situ genebank collections. Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters. 7: 437 - 444.
- Chebotar S.V., Röder M., Börner A., Sivolap Yu.M. (2002) Characterisation of Ukrainian bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm by using microsatellite markers. Bulletin of the State Nikitsky Botanical Gardens. 85: 8 - 11
- Chebotar S.V., Röder M., Korzun V., Saal B., Weber W.E., Börner A. (2003) Molecular studies on genetic integrity of open pollinating species rye (Secale cereale L.) after long term genebank maintenance. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107:1469 - 1476.
- Chebotar S.V., Börner A., Sivolap Yu.M. (2006). Analysis of dwarfing genes in genotypes of bread wheat varieties of Ukraine. Cytology and Genetics. Vol. 40. No 4: 12 - 23.
- Fayt V.I., Chebotar S.V., Mokanu N.V., Pilipenko M.V. (2007) Effects of the alleles of the Rht8 gene on the agricultural traits of bread winter wheat under conditions of the steppe region of the Southern Ukraine. Cytology and Genetics. Vol. 41. No 2 : 91-97.
- Petrova I.V., Chebotar S.V., Rybalka A.I., Sivolap Yu.M. (2007) Identification of Wx-genotypes among winter bread wheat varieties. Cytology and Genetics. Vol. 41. No 6: 11-17.
- Petrova I.V., Chebotar S.V., Rybalka A.I., Sivolap Yu.M. (2007) The application of marker assisted selection for waxy genotypes identification in wheat breeding program. In book: Achievements and problems of genetics, selection and biotechnology. Vol. 1, Kiev, LOGOS. P. 162 - 164. (In Rus.).
- Polishchuk A.M., Chebotar S.V., Kozub N.A., Sozinov I.A., Sivolap Yu.M. (2007) Analysis of near-isogenic lines of bread wheat by using allele-specific primers to Gli-loci. In book: Achievements and problems of genetics, selection and biotechnology. Vol. 1, Kiev, LOGOS. P. 165 - 167. (In Rus.).
- Chebotar S.V., Fayt V.I., Börner A. (2008) Pyramiding of the dwarfing genes in the winter bread wheat varieties from the South of Ukraine. European Wheat Aneuploid Co-operative Newsletter 2008. P. 64 - 68.


Dolezel Jaroslav lnstitute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, CZECH REPUBLIC
Dreiseitl Antonin Agricultural Research Institute , Kromeriz, CZECH REPUBLIC

Foulkes John Dept of Agriculture and Horticulture,University of Nottingham, UK
Fowler Brian University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CANADA

Galiba Gabor Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvasar, HUNGARY
Gennaro Andrea Department of Agrobiology and Agrochemestry, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, ITALY
Research topics:
- Isolation and characterization of candidate genes for Lr19 and Yp
- Mapping and of the Lr19 and Yp genes on chromosome 7Ag
- Chromosome engineering in durum wheat
Publications
- Gennaro A., Forte P, Carozza R, Savo Sardaro M.L, Ferri D, Bitti A, Borrelli G.M, Degidio M.G, Ceoloni C. (2008). Pyramiding different alien chromosome segments in durum wheat: feasibility and breeding potential. Israel journal of plant sciences. ISSN: 0792-9978. in press.
- Gennaro A., Ceoloni C. Identification of candidate genes for traits of relevant breeding value transferred from a wild relative to wheat. In: Proceedings of the 51st Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics Annual Congress. 51st Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics Annual Congress. 23/26 September, 2007. ISBN/ISSN: 978-88-900622-7-8. Oral Communication .PDF file).
- Ceoloni C., Gennaro A., Forte P., Giorgi D., Carozza C., Savo-Sardaro L. Fine wheat-alien chromosome manipulations: engineered durum wheats with single and multiple introgressions enhancing the crop value. In: Proc. Aaronsohn-ITMI International Conference, Tiberias, Israel - 16-20 April, 2007: Abstract J1
- Gennaro A., Koebner R.M.D., Ceoloni C. Isolation and full-length sequencing of a Lr19 candidate gene exploiting durum wheat - Thinopyrum ponticum recombinant lines. In: Proc. Aaronsohn-ITMI International Conference, Tiberias, Israel - 16-20 April, 2007: Abstract P5
- Ceoloni C., Forte P., Gennaro A., Micali S. Carozza R. and Bitti A. (2005) Recent developments in durum wheat chromosome engineering. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 109: 328-344.
Projects within EWAC cooperation
* Identification of candidate genes for the Lr19 and Yp genes transferred from a wild relative to wheat.
* Pyramiding different alien chromosome segments in durum wheat

Giura Aurel Research Institue for Cereals & Industrial Crops,Fundulea, ROMANIA

Hernandez Pilar IAS (CSIC), Cordoba, SPAIN

Jahier Joseph INRA, UMR APBV, Le Rheu, FRANCE
Jouve Nicolas Dept of Cell Biology and Genetics, Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, SPAIN