The Poland Lab is an international research team based at Kansas State University that focuses on wheat genetics and germplasm improvement.
Genetic Diversity
Wild Relative Genomics
Wheat Genomics
Advanced Wheat Breeding
High-Throughput Phenotyping
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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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
Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, published 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
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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Reference genome anchoring of high density markers for association mapping and genomic prediction in European winter wheat
Frontiers in Plant Science
Improving grain yield, stress resilience and quality of bread wheat using large-scale genomics
Nature Genetics
Production of a complete set of wheat–barley group-7 chromosome recombinants with increased grain β-glucan content
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
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