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Breeding for sustainable oilseed crop yield and quality in a changing climate

Authors: Ziv Attia, Cloe S. Pogoda, Stephan Reinert, Nolan C. Kane, and Brent S. Hulke Publication Date: January 26, 2021 Abstract: As the effects of climate change continue to alter crop-growing conditions year-to-year on both prime and marginal agricultural landscapes, we must consider the effects not only on yield but also on quality. This is […]

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A Greenhouse Method to Evaluate Sunflower Quantitative Resistance to Basal Stalk Rot Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Authors: William Underwood, Christopher G. Misar, Charles Block, Thomas J. Gulya, Zahirul Talukder, Brent S. Hulke, and Samuel G. Markell Publication Date: December 2, 2020 Abstract: Resistance of sunflower to basal stalk rot (BSR) caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is quantitative, controlled by multiple genes contributing small effects. Consequently, artificial inoculation procedures allowing sufficient throughput and

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Genetic loci underlying quantitative resistance to necrotrophic pathogens Sclerotinia and Diaporthe (Phomopsis), and correlated resistance to both pathogens

Authors: Cloe S. Pogoda, Stephan Reinert, Zahirul I. Talukder, Ziv Attia, Erin C. E. Collier-zans, Thomas J. Gulya, Nolan C. Kane, and Brent S. Hulke Publication Date: October 27, 2020 Abstract: Necrotrophic pathogens can avoid or even benefit from plant defenses used against biotrophic pathogens, and thus represent a distinct challenge to plant populations in

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Determination of Virulence Phenotypes of Plasmopara halstedii in the United States

Authors: Michelle A. Gilley, Thomas J. Gulya, Gerald J. Seiler, William Underwood, Brent S. Hulke, Christopher G. Misar, and Samuel G. Markell Publication Date: September 21, 2020 Abstract: Downy mildew, caused by Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. and de Toni, is an economically important disease in cultivated sunflowers, Helianthus annuus L. Resistance genes incorporated into commercial hybrids are used as

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Aberrant regulation of RNA splicing in sunflower hybrids may underlie intrinsic incompatibilities

Authors: Chris C R Smith, Loren H Rieseberg, Brent S Hulke, Nolan C Kane Publication Date: September 8, 2020 Abstract: Alternative spicing is an integral part of gene expression in multicellular organisms that allows for diverse mRNA transcripts and proteins to be produced from a single gene. However, most existing analyses have focused on macro-evolution,

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Mating compatibility and fertility studies in an herbaceous perennial Aster undergoing de novo domestication to enhance agroecosystems

Authors: Stephan Reinert, John H. Price, Brian C. Smart, Cloe S. Pogoda, Nolan C. Kane, David L. Van Tassel & Brent S. Hulke Publication Date: July 20, 2020 Abstract: De novo domestication has received recent attention because of the potential to produce new crop species with additional agroecosystem functions and useful products for climate-resilient agricultural

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Heritable associations with microbial communities are essential for necrotrophic pathogen resistance

Authors: Cloe S. Pogoda, Stephan Reinert, Zahirul I. Talukder, Ziv Attia, Jason A. Corwin, Kennedy L. Money, Erin C.E. Collier-zans, William Underwood, Thomas J. Gulya, C. Alisha Quandt, Nolan C. Kane, Brent S. Hulke Publication Date: July 16, 2020 Abstract: Host-microbe interactions are increasingly recognized as important drivers of organismal health, growth, longevity, and community-scale

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Registration of oilseed sunflower maintainer germplasm HA 489 with resistance to the banded sunflower moth

Adam R. Wronski, Jarrad R. Prasifka, Michael S. Grove, Brady D. Koehler, Christopher G. Misar, William Underwood, Brent S. Hulke Abstract: The banded sunflower moth is one of the most pervasive insect pests of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in North America, in large part due to its ability to overwinter in cold climates. The goal

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Registration of oilseed sunflower maintainer germplasm HA 488, with resistance to the red sunflower seed weevil

Michael G. DeGreef, Jarrad R. Prasifka, Brady D. Koehler, Brent S. Hulke Abstract: Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), as a native crop, has numerous insect pests that cause economic damage to producers in the United States. The red sunflower seed weevil is a notable seed‐infesting insect pest throughout the U.S. sunflower growing region that is controlled

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Gene banks for wild and cultivated sunflower genetic resources

Streten Terzic, Marie-Claude Boniface, Laura Marek, Daniel Alvarez, Karin Baumann, Vera Gavrilova, Maria Joita-Pacureanu, Mulpuri Sujatha, Daniela Valcova, Leonardo Velasco, Brent S Hulke, Siniša Jocic, Nicholas Langlade, Stephane Munos, Loren Rieseberg, Gerald Seiler, Felicity Vear. Abstract: Modern breeding of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), which started 100 years ago, increased the number and the diversity of cultivated

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