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Leaf photosynthesis traits and associations with biomass and drought tolerance in amphidiploid and ancestral wheat genotypes (2023)
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Mahmood, Y. A., DeSilva, J., King, I. P., King, J., & Foulkes, M. J. (2023). Leaf photosynthesis traits and associations with biomass and drought tolerance in amphidiploid and ancestral wheat genotypes. European Journal of Agronomy, 147, Article 126846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126846

Future progress in wheat grain yield will depend on increasing photosynthesis capacity and biomass. Wheat wild relatives represent sources of novel genetic variation for photosynthesis traits. Our objective was to quantify variation in leaf photosynt... Read More about Leaf photosynthesis traits and associations with biomass and drought tolerance in amphidiploid and ancestral wheat genotypes.

The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro release of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides varies across six varieties of wheat (2022)
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Dale, T., Bedford, M. R., King, J., Tucker, G. A., Brameld, J. M., & Parr, T. (2023). The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro release of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides varies across six varieties of wheat. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 295, Article 115526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2022.115526

Wheat is a widely used cereal grain for pig and poultry feeds globally. Despite this, there are noticeable differences in its nutritive value, potentially due to varying characteristics like inherent non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) content and compos... Read More about The effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the in vitro release of xylooligosaccharides and monosaccharides varies across six varieties of wheat.

Assessing the potential of using the Langdon 5D(5B) substitution line for the introgression of Aegilops tauschii into durum wheat (2022)
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Othmeni, M., Grewal, S., Walker, J., Yang, C., King, I. P., & King, J. (2022). Assessing the potential of using the Langdon 5D(5B) substitution line for the introgression of Aegilops tauschii into durum wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 927728. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.927728

Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome donor of hexaploid wheat, provides a source of genetic variation that could be used for tetraploid (durum) wheat improvement. In addition to the genes for wheat quality on the D-genome, which differentiate between brea... Read More about Assessing the potential of using the Langdon 5D(5B) substitution line for the introgression of Aegilops tauschii into durum wheat.

Introgression of the Triticum timopheevii Genome Into Wheat Detected by Chromosome-Specific Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR Markers (2022)
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King, J., Grewal, S., Othmeni, M., Coombes, B., Yang, C., Walter, N., …King, I. (2022). Introgression of the Triticum timopheevii Genome Into Wheat Detected by Chromosome-Specific Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR Markers. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 919519. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.919519

Triticum timopheevii (2n = 28, AtAtGG) is a tetraploid wild relative species with great potential to increase the genetic diversity of hexaploid wheat Triticum aestivum (2n = 42, AABBDD) for various important agronomic traits. A breeding scheme that... Read More about Introgression of the Triticum timopheevii Genome Into Wheat Detected by Chromosome-Specific Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR Markers.

Identifying variation for N-use efficiency and associated traits in amphidiploids derived from hybrids of bread wheat and the genera Aegilops, Secale, Thinopyrum and Triticum (2022)
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Nehe, A., King, J., King, I. P., Murchie, E. H., & Foulkes, M. J. (2022). Identifying variation for N-use efficiency and associated traits in amphidiploids derived from hybrids of bread wheat and the genera Aegilops, Secale, Thinopyrum and Triticum. PLoS ONE, 17(4 April), Article e0266924. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266924

Future genetic progress in wheat grain yield will depend on increasing biomass and this must be achieved without commensurate increases in nitrogen (N) fertilizer inputs to minimize environmental impacts. In recent decades there has been a loss of ge... Read More about Identifying variation for N-use efficiency and associated traits in amphidiploids derived from hybrids of bread wheat and the genera Aegilops, Secale, Thinopyrum and Triticum.

Chromosome-specific KASP markers for detecting Amblyopyrum muticum segments in wheat introgression lines (2022)
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Grewal, S., Coombes, B., Joynson, R., Hall, A., Fellers, J., Yang, C. Y., …King, J. (2022). Chromosome-specific KASP markers for detecting Amblyopyrum muticum segments in wheat introgression lines. Plant Genome, The, 15(1), Article e20193. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20193

Many wild-relative species are being used in prebreeding programs to increase the genetic diversity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genotyping tools such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based arrays and molecular markers have been widely use... Read More about Chromosome-specific KASP markers for detecting Amblyopyrum muticum segments in wheat introgression lines.

Generation of Doubled Haploid Wheat-Triticum urartu Introgression Lines and Their Characterisation Using Chromosome-Specific KASP Markers (2021)
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Grewal, S., Guwela, V., Newell, C., Yang, C. Y., Ashling, S., Scholefield, D., …King, J. (2021). Generation of Doubled Haploid Wheat-Triticum urartu Introgression Lines and Their Characterisation Using Chromosome-Specific KASP Markers. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, Article 643636. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.643636

Wheat is one of the most important food and protein sources in the world and although, in recent years wheat breeders have achieved yield gains, they are not sufficient to meet the demands of an ever-growing population. Development of high yielding w... Read More about Generation of Doubled Haploid Wheat-Triticum urartu Introgression Lines and Their Characterisation Using Chromosome-Specific KASP Markers.

The role of gene flow and chromosomal instability in shaping the bread wheat genome (2021)
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Przewieslik-Allen, A. M., Wilkinson, P. A., Burridge, A. J., Winfield, M. O., Dai, X., Beaumont, M., …Edwards, K. J. (2021). The role of gene flow and chromosomal instability in shaping the bread wheat genome. Nature Plants, 7, 172-183. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00845-2

© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the world’s most important crops; however, a low level of genetic diversity within commercial breeding accessions can significantly l... Read More about The role of gene flow and chromosomal instability in shaping the bread wheat genome.

Compositional, thermal and water sorption properties of wheat flour: comparing wild-relatives v/s elite wheat varieties used in current plant breeding (2021)
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Agarwal, D., MacNaughtan, W., King, J., & Foster, T. J. (2021). Compositional, thermal and water sorption properties of wheat flour: comparing wild-relatives v/s elite wheat varieties used in current plant breeding. Food and Function, 12(2), 781-790. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0fo02223c

Plant breeders are focused on creating new varieties of wheat with enhanced yield potential without affecting the quality of wheat for food. In this study, four cultivated varieties of wheat, Triticium asetivum and two wild relatives of wheat; Tritic... Read More about Compositional, thermal and water sorption properties of wheat flour: comparing wild-relatives v/s elite wheat varieties used in current plant breeding.

Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent (2020)
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McAusland, L., Vialet‐Chabrand, S., Jauregui, I., Burridge, A., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Fryer, M. J., …Murchie, E. H. (2020). Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent. New Phytologist, 228(6), 1767-1780. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16832

©2020 The Authors. New Phytologist ©2020 New Phytologist Trust The wild relatives of modern wheat represent an underutilized source of genetic and phenotypic diversity and are of interest in breeding owing to their wide adaptation to diverse environm... Read More about Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent.

Novel sources of variation in grain Zinc (Zn) concentration in bread wheat germplasm derived from Watkins landraces (2020)
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Khokhar, J. S., King, J., King, I. P., Young, S. D., Foulkes, M. J., De Silva, J., …Broadley, M. R. (2020). Novel sources of variation in grain Zinc (Zn) concentration in bread wheat germplasm derived from Watkins landraces. PLoS ONE, 15(2), Article e0229107. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229107

A diverse panel of 245 wheat genotypes, derived from crosses between landraces from the Watkins collection representing global diversity in the early 20th century and the modern wheat cultivar Paragon, was grown at two field sites in the UK in 2015-1... Read More about Novel sources of variation in grain Zinc (Zn) concentration in bread wheat germplasm derived from Watkins landraces.

Resistance to wheat rusts identified in wheat/Amblyopyrum muticum chromosome introgressions (2020)
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Fellers, J. P., Matthews, A., Fritz, A. K., Rouse, M. N., Grewal, S., Hubbart‐Edwards, S., …King, J. (2020). Resistance to wheat rusts identified in wheat/Amblyopyrum muticum chromosome introgressions. Crop Science, 60(4), 1957-1964. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20120

© 2020 The Authors. Crop Science © 2020 Crop Science Society of America Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) rusts are a worldwide production problem. Plant breeders have used genetic resistance to combat these fungi. However, single-gene resistance is rapid... Read More about Resistance to wheat rusts identified in wheat/Amblyopyrum muticum chromosome introgressions.

The use of pentaploid crosses for the introgression of Amblyopyrum muticum and D-genome chromosome segments into durum wheat (2019)
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Othmeni, M., Grewal, S., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Yang, C., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, J. (2019). The use of pentaploid crosses for the introgression of Amblyopyrum muticum and D-genome chromosome segments into durum wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, Article 1110. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01110

The wild relatives of wheat provide an important source of genetic variation for wheat improvement. Much of the work in the past aimed at transferring genetic variation from wild relatives into wheat has relied on the exploitation of the ph1b mutant,... Read More about The use of pentaploid crosses for the introgression of Amblyopyrum muticum and D-genome chromosome segments into durum wheat.

Development of a New A –Genome-Specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Marker Set for the Molecular Characterization of Wheat– Introgression Lines (2019)
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Cseh, A., Megyeri, M., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Yang, C., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S. S., …Grewal, S. (2019). Development of a New A –Genome-Specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Marker Set for the Molecular Characterization of Wheat– Introgression Lines. Plant Genome, The, 12(3), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3835/plantgenome2018.12.0098

© 2019 The Author(s). Cultivated einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum, 2n = 2x = 14, AmAm) and its wild relative T. monococcum subsp. aegilopoides are important sources of economically useful genes that can be exploited for wheat (... Read More about Development of a New A –Genome-Specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Marker Set for the Molecular Characterization of Wheat– Introgression Lines.

Development and characterisation of interspecific hybrid lines with genome-wide introgressions from Triticum timopheevii in a hexaploid wheat background (2019)
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Devi, U., Grewal, S., Yang, C., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, J. (2019). Development and characterisation of interspecific hybrid lines with genome-wide introgressions from Triticum timopheevii in a hexaploid wheat background. BMC Plant Biology, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1785-z

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Triticum timopheevii (2n = 4x = 28; AtAtGG), is an important source for new genetic variation for wheat improvement with genes for potential disease resistance and salt tolerance. By generating a range of interspecif... Read More about Development and characterisation of interspecific hybrid lines with genome-wide introgressions from Triticum timopheevii in a hexaploid wheat background.

Development and validation of an exome-based SNP marker set for identification of the St, Jr and Jvs genomes of Thinopyrym intermedium in a wheat background (2019)
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Cseh, A., Yang, C., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S. S., Burridge, A. J., …Grewal, S. (2019). Development and validation of an exome-based SNP marker set for identification of the St, Jr and Jvs genomes of Thinopyrym intermedium in a wheat background. TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132(5), 1555–1570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03300-9

Thinopyrum intermedium (2n = 6x = 42, StJrJvs) is one of the most promising reservoirs of useful genes including tolerance to abiotic stresses, perenniality and disease resistance not available in the cultivated bread wheat. The transfer of genetic d... Read More about Development and validation of an exome-based SNP marker set for identification of the St, Jr and Jvs genomes of Thinopyrym intermedium in a wheat background.

Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) (2019)
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Przewieslik-Allen, A. M., Burridge, A. J., Wilkinson, P. A., Winfield, M. O., Shaw, D. S., McAusland, L., …Barker, G. L. (2019). Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, Article 1993. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01993

The genus Aegilops contains a diverse collection of wild species exhibiting variation in geographical distribution, ecological adaptation, ploidy and genome organization. Aegilops is the most closely related genus to Triticum which includes cultivate... Read More about Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).

An investigation of genotype-phenotype association in a festulolium forage grass population containing genome-spanning Festuca pratensis chromosome segments in a Lolium perenne background (2018)
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Harper, J., Gasior, D., Mathews, R., Thomas, A., Evans, C., King, J., …Armstead, I. (2018). An investigation of genotype-phenotype association in a festulolium forage grass population containing genome-spanning Festuca pratensis chromosome segments in a Lolium perenne background. PLoS ONE, 13(11), Article e0207412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207412

Alien chromosome introgression is used for the transfer of beneficial traits in plant breeding. For temperate forage grasses, much of the work in this context has focused on species within the ryegrasses (Lolium spp.) and the closely related fescues... Read More about An investigation of genotype-phenotype association in a festulolium forage grass population containing genome-spanning Festuca pratensis chromosome segments in a Lolium perenne background.

Detection of T. urartu introgressions in wheat and development of a panel of interspecific introgression lines (2018)
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Grewal, S., Edwards, S. H., Yang, C., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., Burridge, A., …King, J. (2018). Detection of T. urartu introgressions in wheat and development of a panel of interspecific introgression lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01565

Tritcum urartu (2n = 2x = 14, AuAu), the A genome donor of wheat, is an important source for new genetic variation for wheat improvement due to its high photosynthetic rate and disease resistance. By facilitating the generation of genome-wide introgr... Read More about Detection of T. urartu introgressions in wheat and development of a panel of interspecific introgression lines.

Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes (2017)
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King, J., Grewal, S., Yang, C., Hubbart Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, I. P. (2018). Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes. Annals of Botany, 121(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx149

• Background and Aims Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has been through a severe genetic bottleneck as a result of its evolution and domestication. It is therefore essential that new sources of genetic variation are generated and utilized. This study... Read More about Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes.