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Khlestkina Elena Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Research topics:
- Cereals genomics, genetic diversity, DNA-markers, gene mapping, QTL, and expression analysis
Publications in journals: - Khlestkina E.K., Varshney R.K., Röder M.S., Graner A., Börner A. (2006) A comparative assessment of genetic diversity in cultivated barley collected in different decades of the last century in Austria, Albania and India by using genomic and genic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Plant Genetic Resources 4: 125-133
- Khlestkina E.K., Pshenichnikova T.A., Röder M.S., Arbuzova V.S., Salina E.A. Börner A. (2006) Comparative mapping of genes for glume colouration and pubescence in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 113: 801-807
- Khlestkina E.K., Röder M.S., Grausgruber H., Börner A. (2006) A DNA fingerprinting-based taxonomic allocation of Kamut wheat. Plant Genetic Resources 4: 172-180.
- Scherban A.B., Khlestkina E.K., Sergeeva E.M., Salina E.A. (2007). Studies on genome changes at the early stages of allopolyploid Aegilops longissima x Triticum urartu formation. Russ. J. of Genetics 43: 963-970.
- Khlestkina E.K., Röder M.S., Unger O., Meinel A., Börner A. (2007) More precise map position and origin of a durable non-specific adult plant disease resistance against stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis) in wheat. Euphytica. 153: 1-10.
- Iqbal N., Eticha F., Khlestkina E.K., Weidner A., Röder M.S., Börner A. (2007) The use of SSR markers to identify and map alien segments carrying genes for effective resistance to leaf rust in bread wheat. Plant Genetic Resources 5: 100-103
- Varshney R.K., Beier U., Khlestkina E.K., Korzun V., Röder M.S., Graner A., Börner A. (2007) "Single nucleotide polymorphisms in rye (Secale cereale L.): discovery, frequency and applications for genome mapping and diversity studies". Theor. Appl. Genet. 114: 1105-1116.
Current project witih EWAC
Detection of earliness and grain protein content QTLs on chromosome 7BS of wheat (Andreas Borner, IPK-Gatersleben, Germany; Aurel Giura, NARDI, Fundulea, Romania)


Kobiljski Borislav Biogranum, Novi Sad, SERBIA
Korzun Viktor KWS LOCHOW GMBH , Einbeck, GERMANY
Kowalczyk Krysztof Institute of Genetics and Plant Breeding Agricultural University, Lubin, POLAND
Kubalakova Marie Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, CZECH REPUBLIC
Landjeva Svetlana Institute of Genetics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BULGARIA
Lapochkina Inna Agriculture Research Institute of Non-Chernozem Zone, Moscow region,RUSSIA
Research topics:
-introgression genes of resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust from Aegilops L. species to T.aestivum
-identification of a high-pairing line of common wheat with genes from Ae. speltoides Tausch
-study of inheritance of genes of resistance to diseases (leaf rust, powdery mildew) and morphological and biochemical traits introgressed into common wheat from Aegilops speltoides
Publications - N.R. Gajnullin, I.F. Lapochkina, A.I. Zhemcuzhina, M.I. Kiseleva, T.M. Kolomiets, E.D., Kovalenko. Phytopathological and molecular genetic identification of leaf rust resistance genes in common wheat accessions with alien genetic material.//Russ. J. of Genetics, 2007, v.43, n.8, pp.875-881
- Pshenichnikova T.A., I.F. Lapochkina, L.V. Shchukina L.V. The inheritance of morphological traits introgressed into common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from Aegilops speltoides Tausch. // Genetic Resources and Crop evolution.-2007, 54:287-293.
- Hsam S.L.K., Lapochkina I. F., Zeller F.J. Chromosomal location of genes for resistance to powdery mildew in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell). 8. Gene Pm32 in a wheat-Aegilops speltoides translocation line. //Euphytica.- 2003, v.133. - p.367-370.
- Lapochkina I.F., Iordanskaya I.V., Yatchevskaya G.L., Zhemchuzhina A.I., Kovalenko E.D., Solomatin D.A., Kolomiets T.M. Identification of alien genetic material and genes of resistance to leaf rust in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) stocks. // Proceedings of Tenth Int. Wheat Genetics Symp.-2003.-v.3.-p.1190-1192.
- Lapochkina I.F., Vlasova E.V., Yatchevskaya G.L. Reconstruction of common wheat genome by Aegilops speltoides Tausch. genome.//Abstracts of the 11th EWAC conference dedicated to the memory of O.I. Maystrenko 24-28, July, 2000, Novosibirsk, Russia.-p.43-44.
- Lapochkina I.F. Interaction of soft wheat Triticum aestivum L. gene ph1b with the Aegilops speltoides Tausch. genotype.// Rus. J. of Genetics, 1995, v.31,n.4, pp.438-440.

Le Gouis Jacques INRA, Estrees-Mons, FRANCE
Research topics:
-[abiotic stress] genetics of the tolerance to nitrogen deficiency
-[grain quality] genetics of grain proteins content taking into account the negative relationship to yield
Publications - Hanocq E, Laperche A, Jaminon O, Lainé A-L, Le Gouis J (2007) Most significant genome regions involved in the control of earliness traits in Bread Wheat, as revealed by QTL meta-analysis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114:569-584
- Hirel B, Le Gouis J, Bernard M, Perez P, Falque M, Quétier F, Rogowsky P, Murigneux A, Charcosset A (2007) Genomics and Plant Breeding: Maize and Wheat. In: Morot-Gaudry J-F, Lea P, Briat J-F (eds) Functional Plant Genomics. Sience Publishers, pp 615-634
- Hirel B, Le Gouis J, Ney B, Gallais A (2007) The challenge of improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants: towards a more central role for genetic variability and quantitative genetics within integrated approaches. Journal of Experimental Botany 58:2369-2387
- Kichey T, Fontaine J-X, Heumez E, Dubois F, Hirel B, Le Gouis J (2006) Genetic variability for post-anthesis nitrogen metabolism in winter wheat varieties grown under limiting and non limiting nitrogen conditions .Eucarpia Cereal section Meeting, Lleida, Spain
- Kichey T, Heumez E, Pocholle D, Pageau K, Vanacker H, Dubois F, Le Gouis J, Hirel B (2006) Combined agronomic and physiological aspects of nitrogen managment in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Dynamics and integrated views highligting the central role of the enzyme glutamine synthetase. New Phytologist 169:265-278
- Kichey T, Hirel B, Heumez E, Dubois F, Le Gouis J (2007) In wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), post-anthesis nitrogen uptake and remobilisation to the grain correlate with agronomic traits and nitrogen physiological markers. Field Crops Research 102:22-32
- Laperche A, Brancourt-Hulmel M, Heumez E, Gardet O, Hanocq E, Devienne-Barret F, Le Gouis J (2007) Using genotype x nitrogen interaction variables to evaluate the QTL involved in wheat tolerance to nitrogen constraints. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 115:399-415
- Laperche A, Brancourt-Hulmel M, Heumez E, Gardet O, Le Gouis J (2006) Estimation of genetic parameters of a DH wheat population grown at different N stress levels characterized with probe genotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 112:797-807
- Laperche A, Devienne-Barret F, Maury O, Le Gouis J, Ney B (2006) A simplified conceptual model of carbon and nitrogen functionning for QTL analysis of winter wheat adaptation to nitrogen deficiency. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 113:1131-1146
Research programms
*BBSRC-INRA NUE traits : Identification of traits and genetic markers to reduce the nitrogen requirement and improve the grain protein concentration of winter wheat. University of Nottigham, John Innes Center, Rothamsted Research, INRA
*ANR-Génoplante ProtNblé : Genetic analysis under N limiting conditions of the stability of yield and grain protein content of durum and bread wheat. INRA, Arvalis-Institut-du-Végétal, Biogemma http://www.genoplante.com/


Leverington Michelle Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Martin Antonio Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Córdoba, SPAIN
Research topics:
- the development and application of biotechnologies for plant breeding, particularly interespecific hybridization, genetics maps and doubled haploid methods.
Publications - Atienza, S.G., Martín, A.C. and Martín, A. 2007. Introgression of wheat chromosome 2D or 5D into tritordeum leads to free-threshing habit. Genome 50: 994-1000
- Atienza, S.G., Martin, A.C., Ramirez, M.C., Martin, A., Ballesteros, J. 2007. Effects of Hordeum chilense cytoplasm on agronomic traits in common wheat. Plant Breeding 126: 5-8
Projects within EWAC
* Using Hordeum chilense for wheat breeding
* Development of introgression lines of Triticum urartu in durum wheat.


Miazga Danuta Institute of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Lublin, POLAND
Molnar-Lang Marta Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, HUNGARY
Research topics:
Transfer of alien genes into cultivated wheat from related species (barley, rye, Aegilops, Agropyron) using classical genetic methods, wheat cytogenetics; molecular cytogenetics.
Publications
- D. Nagy, E., Molnár-Láng, M., Linc, G., Láng, L. 2002. Identification of wheat-barley translocations by sequential GISH and two-colour FISH in combination with the use of genetically mapped barley SSR markers. Genome, 45: 1238 - 1247. IF.: 1.815
- Molnár-Láng, M., Novotny, C., Linc, G., D. Nagy, E. 2005. Changes in the meiotic pairing behaviour of a winter wheat-winter barley hybrid maintained for a long term in tissue culture, and tracing the barley chromatin in the progenies using GISH and SSR markers. Plant Breeding, 124: 247-252. IF.: 0.941
- Schneider, A., Linc, G., Molnár, I., Molnár-Láng, M. 2005. Molecular cytogenetic characterization of Aegilops biuncialis and its use for the identification of five derived wheat/Aegilops biuncialis disomic addition lines. Genome, 48: 1070-1082. IF.: 2.100
- D. Nagy, E., Molnár, I., Schneider, A., Kovács, G., Molnár-Láng, M. 2006. Characterisation of chromosome-specific S-SAP markers and their use to study genetic diversity in Aegilops species. Genome, 49: 289-296. IF.: 1.972
- Suchánková, P., Kubaláková, M., Kovářová, P., Bartoš, J., Číhalíková, J., Molnár-Láng, M., Endo, T.R., Dolezel, J. 2006. Dissection of the nuclear genome of barley by chromosome flow sorting. Theor. Appl. Genet., 113: 651-659. IF.: 2.715
- Molnár, I., Linc, G., Dulai, S., Nagy, E. D., Molnár-Láng, M. 2007. Ability of chromosome 4H to compensate for 4D in response to drought stress in a newly developed and identified wheat-barley 4H(4D) disomic substitution line. Plant Breeding, 12: 369-374. IF.: 0.954
- Szakács, É., Molnár-Láng, M. 2007. Development and molecular cytogenetic identification of new winter wheat/winter barley (Martonvásári 9 kr1/Igri) disomic addition lines. Genome, 50: 43-50. IF.: 1.972
- Sepsi, A., Molnár, I., Szalay, D., Molnár-Láng, M. 2008. Characterization of a leaf rust resistant whea-Thinopyrum ponticum partial amphiploid BE-1 using sequential multicolor GISH and FISH. Theor. Appl. Genet., IF.:2.715


Moore Graham Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Nicholson Paul Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Research topics:
- study of genetics of resistance of wheat to Fusarium head blight (FHB) and eyespot
- mapping of FHB QTL and eyespot resistance in wheat
- studying interactions between disease resistance and height genes (Rht and other)
Publications
- Draeger, R., N. Gosman, A. Steed, E. Chandler, M. Thomsett, Srinivasachary, J. Schondelmaier, H. Buerstmayr, M. Lemmens, M. Schmolke, A. Mesterhazy, and P. Nicholson, 2007: Identification of QTLs for resistance to Fusarium head blight, DON accumulation and associated traits in the winter wheat variety Arina. Theor. Appl. Genet. 115, 617-625
- Lucyshyn, D Busch, BL Abolmaali, S Steiner, B Chandler, E Sanjarian, F Mousavi, A Nicholson, P Buerstmayr, H Adam, G (2007) . Cloning and characterization of the ribosomal protein L3 (RPL3) gene family from Triticum aestivum. Molecular Gentetics and Genomics 277: 507-517
- Gosman, N Bayles, R Jennings, P Kirby, J Nicholson, P (2007) . Evaluation and characterization of resistance to fusarium head blight caused by Fusarium culmorum in UK winter wheat cultivars. Plant Pathology 56: 264-276
- Brennan, JM. Leonard, G. Fagan, B. Cooke, BM Ritieni, A Ferracane, R .Nicholson, P Simpson, D Thomsett, M Doohan, FM (2007) . Comparison of commercial European wheat cultivars to Fusarium infection of head and seedling tissue. Plant Pathology 56: 55-64.
- Steed, A; Chandler, E; Thomsett, M; Gosman, N; Faure, S; Nicholson, P (2005) . Identification of type I resistance to Fusarium head blight controlled by a major gene located on chromosome 4A of Triticum macha. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 111: 521-529.

Orford Simon Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Pankova Katerina Crop Research Institute, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Pestsova Elena IPK Gatersleben, GERMANY
Pshenichnikova Tatyana Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA

Salina Elena Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA
Sayers Liz Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Simeone Rosanna Dept of Environmental and Agro-Forestry Biology and Chemistry, Bari, ITALY,
Simmonds James Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Snape John Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Vankova Radomira Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

Watanabe Nobuyoshi Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences Gifu University,1-1 Yanagido, JAPAN
Research topics:
- Mapping of domestication-related mutant genes in wheat
- Development of near-isogenic lines in wheat
Publications
- Kosuge, K., Watanabe, N., Kuboyama, T., Melnik, V.M., Yanchenko, V.I., Rosova, M.A., Goncharov, N.P. 2007. Cytological and microsatellite mapping of mutant genes for spherical grain and compact spikes in durum wheat. Euphytica doi: 10.1007/s10681-007-9488-1 (Published online)
- Watanabe, N., Takesada, N., Fujii, Y., Martinek, P., 2006. Cytological and microsatellite mapping of the gene for brittle rachis in a Triticum aestivum-Aegilops tauschii introgression line. Euphytica 151:63-69.
- Watanabe, N., Akond, A.S.M.G.M., Nachit, M. M., 2006. Genetic mapping of the gene affecting polyphenol oxidase activity in tetraploid durum wheat. J. Appl. Genet. 47: 201-205.
- Watanabe, N., Y. Fujii, Kato, N., Ban, T., Martinek, P., 2006. Microsatellite mapping of the genes for brittle rachis on homoeologous group 3 chromosomes in tetraploid and hexaploid wheats.. J. Appl. Genet. 47: 93-98.
- Watanabe, N., Takesada, N., Shibata, Y., Ban, T., 2005. Genetic mapping of the genes for glaucous leaf and tough rachis in Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome progenitor of wheat. Euphytica 144: 119-123.
- Watanabe, N., Takesada, N., Fujii, Y., Martinek, P.: Comparative mapping of the genes for brittle rachis in Triticum and Aegilops. Czech. J. Genet. & Plant Breed. 41: 39-44.
- Watanabe, N., Nakayama, A., Ban, T.,2004. Cytological and microsatellite mapping of the gene for liguleless phenotype in durum wheat. Euphytica 140: 163-170.


Weidner Annette IPK Gatersleben, GERMANY
Wingen Luzie Crop Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK