#TeamWheatInnovation
Goal: From Lab bench to bountiful harvest
In past researchers have mainly focused on answering biological questions by studying a single gene or few genes and have been pretty successful, however, now we understand that biological organization and processes are much more complex and require a holistic approach. Our believes of simple linear relationship between a gene and phenotype is no longer sufficient. The role of environments (rest of the genome + unknown) in phenotype needs to be accounted and the genetic code has to be linked to physiological outcomes for quantum crop improvement. A "Holisto-Scope" is needed…………
Main focus:
Wheat breeding, genetics, applied genomics
Developing cultivars with improved winter hardiness and drought tolerance
Discovering new genetic variation in wheat (Mutations, wild relatives)
Current interests include:
Gene discovery in wheat using TILLING and next generation sequencing
Mapping of genes and QTls for disease resistance.
Genomics for sustainable crop improvement
UPDATE (08/6/2021)
Check out our recent work
Sidhu JS, Singh D, Gill HS, Brar NK, Qiu Y, Halder J, Al Tameemi R, Turnipseed B, Sehgal SK* (2020) Genome-wide association study uncovers novel genomic regions associated with coleoptile length in hard winter wheat. Front. Genet. 10:1345
Halder J, Zhang J, Ali S, Sidhu JS, Gill HS, Talukdar S, Kleinjan J, Turnipseed B, Sehgal SK* (2019) Mining and genomic characterization of resistance to tan spot, Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB), and Fusarium head blight in Watkins core collection of wheat landraces. BMC Plant Biology 19:480
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