Burkhard Steuernagel

Sep 26, 2024 | nature.com | Marielle Vigouroux |Pirita Paajanen |Jiří Macas |Burkhard Steuernagel |Cathie Martin

AbstractGrasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is an underutilised but promising legume crop with tolerance to a wide range of abiotic and biotic stress factors, and potential for climate-resilient agriculture. Despite a long history and wide geographical distribution of cultivation, only limited breeding resources are available. This paper reports a 5.96 Gbp genome assembly of grasspea genotype LS007, of which 5.03 Gbp is scaffolded into 7 pseudo-chromosomes.

Jun 17, 2024 | nature.com | Shifeng Cheng |Cong Feng |Luzie U. Wingen |Mei Jiang |Xiaoming Wang |Tom O’Hara | +22 more

AbstractHarnessing genetic diversity in major staple crops through the development of new breeding capabilities is essential to ensure food security1. Here we examined the genetic and phenotypic diversity of the A. E. Watkins landrace collection2 of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum), a major global cereal, by whole-genome re-sequencing of 827 Watkins landraces and 208 modern cultivars and in-depth field evaluation spanning a decade.

Nov 14, 2023 | nature.com | Jianping Zhang |Shisheng Chen |Burkhard Steuernagel |Tim Hewitt |Hongna Li |Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti | +5 more

AbstractMost rust resistance genes thus far isolated from wheat have a very limited number of functional alleles. Here, we report the isolation of most of the alleles at wheat stem rust resistance gene locus SR9. The seven previously reported resistance alleles (Sr9a, Sr9b, Sr9d, Sr9e, Sr9f, Sr9g, and Sr9h) are characterised using a synergistic strategy. Loss-of-function mutants and/or transgenic complementation are used to confirm Sr9b, two haplotypes of Sr9e (Sr9e_h1 and Sr9e_h2), Sr9g, and Sr9h.

Sep 6, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Catherine N Jacott |Henk-jan Schoonbeek |Burkhard Steuernagel |Gurpinder Singh Sidhu

AbstractCrops are affected by several pathogens, but these are rarely studied in parallel to identify common and unique genetic factors controlling diseases.

Aug 4, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Burkhard Steuernagel |Rachel Kirby |Catherine N Jacott |Henk-jan Schoonbeek

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