Debbie Wong

TL;DR: The developed array and cluster identification algorithms provide an opportunity to infer detailed haplotype structure in polyploid wheat and will serve as an invaluable resource for diversity studies and investigating the genetic basis of trait variation in wheat.

TL;DR: It is shown that selection likely acts on distinct targets or multiple functionally equivalent alleles in different portions of the geographic range of wheat, suggesting either weak selection pressure or temporal variation in the targets of directional selection during breeding probably associated with changing agricultural practices or environmental conditions.

TL;DR: The results suggest that duplicated homoeologous genes are under purifying selection, and it is hypothesized that allopolyploidy may have increased the likelihood of beneficial allele recovery by broadening the set of possible selection targets.

TL;DR: A versatile target-capture method is applied to detect genome-wide polymorphisms in 174 flowering time-related genes, chosen based on prior knowledge from barley, rice, and Arabidopsis thaliana, to provide researchers and breeders a comprehensive molecular toolkit for the selection of phenology-related traits in barley.

TL;DR: Using NIR and NMR predictions of quality traits overcomes a major barrier for the application of genomic selection to accelerate improvement in grain end-use quality traits of wheat.