Brian Smart

Accelerating Silphium domestication: an opportunity to develop new crop ideotypes and breeding strategies informed by multiple disciplines

peer-reviewed journal publication, Silphium /

David Van Tassel, Kenneth Albrecht, James Bever, Arvid Boe, Yaniv Brandvain, Timothy Crews, Markus Gansberger, Pedro Gerstberg, Luciana Gonzalez-paleo, Brent Hulke, Nolan Kane, Paul Johnson, Valentin Picasso Risso, Elena Pestsova, Jarrad Prasifka, Damian Ravetta, Brandon Schlautman, Craig Sheaffer, Kevin Smith, Pablo Speranza, Kathryn Turner, Alejandra Vilela, Philippe Von Gehren, Christian Weaver Abstract: Silphium perfoliatum L. […]

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Development and dissection of diagnostic SNP markers for the downy mildew resistance genes PlArg and Pl8 and maker-assisted gene pyramiding in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

peer-reviewed journal publication, Sunflower /

Lili Qi, Zahirul Talukder, Brent Hulke, Michael Foley Abstract: Downy mildew, which is caused by fungus Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berlese & de Toni, is one of the most important diseases that affect sunflower production globally. Two downy mildew resistance genes, PlArg and Pl8, were discovered in the late 1980s. Over two decades, PlArg is still

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Relative susceptibility of sunflower maintainer lines and resistance sources to natural infestations of the banded sunflower moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

peer-reviewed journal publication, Sunflower /

Jarrad Prasifka, Brent Hulke Abstract: The banded sunflower moth, Cochylis hospes Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a significant seed-feeding pest of sunflowers in North America. Though some wild Helianthus spp., interspecific crosses, and H. annuus cultivars (that precede hybrid sunflower breeding) have low susceptibility to banded sunflower moth, no apparent effort has been made to evaluate

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PhD Student Visit

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Last week, our PhD student Cloe Pogoda visited our lab up in Fargo, ND.  She is being co-advised by Nolan Kane at CU-Boulder and Brent Hulke at our lab.  Cloe is pursuing her PhD in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) department at Colorado, and is interested in using genomic tools to address a

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A pipeline strategy for grain crop domestication

peer-reviewed journal publication /

Le Dehaan, David Van Tassel, Jim Anderson, Sean Asselin, Greg Baute, Doug Cattani, Steven Culman, Kevin Dorn, Brent Hulke, Michael Kantar, Steven Larson, David Marks, Allison Miller, Jesse Poland, Damian Ravetta, Emily Rude, Matthew Ryan, Donald Wyse, Xiaofei Zhang Abstract:  In recent decades, in the interest of diversifying the global food system, improving human nutrition,

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RHA 476 Release

Releases, Sunflower /

Our lab is proud to release a new sunflower line, RHA 476.  It has the potential to be the best line available in western Canada.  Check out the release below, along with the performance data table at the bottom: USDA has been working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on development and evaluation of sunflower lines

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