Invited Presenter
Vijay Tiwari
1. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Corresponding Author: Vijay Tiwari, vktiwari@umd.edu
Tiwari, Vijay
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease that affects wheat and other small
grain crops. The most sustainable way to improve wheat is through genetic
resistance to FHB. Achieving genetic improvement requires ongoing discovery and
the incorporation of valuable genes and alleles into breeding programs. It is
essential to identify and deploy both typical and atypical resistance genes,
along with mutants of susceptibility genes, to develop long-term,
broad-spectrum resistance against FHB. We are utilizing sequence-indexed
association panels, mutant populations, and established resistance genetic
stocks to focus on discovering useful genes and rapidly deploying these genes
and alleles through breeding assistance to increase wheat's resistance to FHB.
By integrating gene discovery with genomics-assisted tools and an efficient
development pipeline, we aim to develop and release resilient wheat cultivars.
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