The Poland Lab is an international research team based at Kansas State University that focuses on wheat genetics and germplasm improvement.
Wheat Genetics & Germplasm Improvement
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Genomics will improve wheat yield and resilience
Capstone publication of the first five years of collaboration through our USAID Feed the Future project. These results will speed up global efforts to breed more productive & climate-resilient varieties of bread wheat.
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The Curiosity of Collections: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at What’s in the Drawers, Cabinets and Refrigerators of K-State Collections and Why It’ s Important
On the north side of campus, a refrigerated storage room contains wheat seed that helped grow ingredients for your morning toast.
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USAID Extends Innovation and Research Partnerships
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today the extension of two research partnerships, totaling $17 million, with Kansas State University that are helping to combat global hunger.
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Wheat code finally cracked; wheat genome sequence will bring stronger varieties to farmers
Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, published today in the international journal Science a detailed description of the complete genome of bread wheat, the world's most widely-cultivated crop.
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New genomic tool searches wheat’s wild past to improve crops of the future
A new genetic directory launched today will enable researchers and breeders to scan the genomes of wild relatives of modern wheat to find disease-fighting properties lost to domestication.
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Drones help Kansas State researchers stay on top of wheat improvement MANHATTAN, Kan. – It may be approaching winter in Kansas, but the field work on wheat genetics is going full steam for wheat scientist Jesse Poland.
It may be approaching winter in Kansas, but the field work on wheat genetics is going full steam for wheat scientist Jesse Poland.
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Feeding a hungry world: How Kansas State University is improving global agricultural production
The world’s population is expected to grow from 7.5 billion people today to nearly 10 billion by the year 2050. Experts predict that the world’s farmers will have to produce as much food in the next 35 years as they have in the entire history of the world to feed everyone.
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Nearly $1 million grant to help university researchers develop prediction models for determining best new winter wheat varieties
A nationally funded project by Kansas State University wheat researchers could help determine more quickly which new candidate varieties of wheat will produce superior yields and baking quality.
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Kansas State University researchers identify gene to resist wheat streak mosaic virus
Kansas State University researchers have identified a gene that will provide resistance to the wheat streak mosaic virus, a disease that is currently causing economic losses in Kansas fields.
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Researcher, doctoral student receive federal fellowships to study grain crops, dairy production strategies
Two agriculture researchers at Kansas State University have received federal fellowships totaling $246,660 to study issues that affect local and worldwide food systems.
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In-silico detection of aneuploidy and chromosomal deletions in wheat using genotyping-by-sequencing
Plant Methods
Enhancing crop domestication through genomic selection, a case study of intermediate wheatgrass
Frontiers in Plant Science
Incorporating genome-wide association mapping results into genomic prediction models for grain yield and yield stability in CIMMYT spring bread wheat
Frontiers in Plant Science
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