Summary:

Thursday 2nd October

Professor Klaus Pillen presents on improving stress tolerance in barley using wild barley alleles.

The F25 mapping population consists of 25 wild barley accessions and is utilized for genetic studies.

Research focuses on molecular breeding, genomics, and the interaction of wild barley with microbiota.

Studies demonstrate the impact of specific genes on plant development and yield under various stress conditions.

Current research includes exploring allelic diversity in wild barley to enhance crop resilience and performance.

Klaus Pillen presented findings on structural variants in 25 barley accessions, highlighting core, shell, and cloud genes.

The wild barley population shows significant genetic diversity impacting plant development and stress tolerance traits.

Approximately 37% of annotated genes exhibit structural variants, with 340,000 accession-specific variants identified.

Collaboration opportunities exist for further research utilizing wild barley’s genetic resources and traits.

Speakers bio:

Since 2008, Klaus Pillen acts as Full Professor of Plant Breeding at the Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany. Pillen’s major research interests are molecular breeding and genomics of barley & wheat. This includes quantitative trait locus (QTL) studies with advanced backcross QTL populations in wheat and barley, introgression line studies in barley, nested association mapping (NAM) studies in barley and multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) studies in wheat.