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Shahryar F Kianian    Research Leader /ARSUserFiles/50620500/image_SK.jpg
 Contact: (612) 624-4155 shahryar.kianian@usda.gov
 **Education:** Ph.D., Genetics, University of California-Davis, 1990 B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California-Irvine, 1984
 **Molecular Analysis of Plant-Pathogen Interaction in Cereal Crops** Wheat, barley, and oat are major cereal crops that account for most of the food directly consumed by humans. We use wild relatives and elite cultivars of these crops to increase genetic variability, analyze the genetic/molecular basis of host resistance, and incorporate new traits to improve on existing germplasm. In addition to meiotic recombination, we use radiation induced chromosomal breaks to map and clone genes present on various chromosomes and or genomes. Moreover, we analyze the cytoplasmic genomes (those present in the mitochondria and chloroplast) and their contribution to improving biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. We have accumulated a large collection of wheat alloplasmic lines (lines carrying alien cytoplasm) that are being characterized for their effect on disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, plant growth, vigor and other developmental traits at the genomics level.
 Publications(Clicking on the reprint iconReprint Icon  will take you to the publication reprint.)A high-resolution haplotype pangenome uncovers somatic hybridization, recombination and intercontinental migration in oat crown rust-(Rapid Release Publication)Detection of oat crown rust disease in Taiwan (2019-2021)-(Rapid Release Publication)Registration of CDL-111 and CDL-167 oat germplasm lines with pyramided adult plant crown rust resistance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Nazareno, E.S., Caspers, R.A., Caffe, M., Smith, K., Kianian, S. 2024. Registration of CDL-111 and CDL-167 oat germplasm lines with pyramided adult plant crown rust resistance. Journal of Plant Registrations. 18(2):410-414. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20372.Virulence patterns of oat crown rust in Australia - season 2022-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Henningsen, E.C., Lewis, D., Nguyen, D.T., Sperschneider, J., Kianian, S., Stone, E., Dodds, P.N., Figueroa, M. 2024. Virulence patterns of oat crown rust in Australia - season 2022. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-23-1973-SC.Genotypic and resistance profile of two oat crown rust differential sets urge standardisation-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Nguyen, D.T., Henningsen, E.C., Lewis, D., Mago, R., Mcneil, M., Suchecki, R., Boden, S., Sperschneider, J., Kianian, S., Dodds, P.N., Figueroa, M. 2023. Genotypic and resistance profile of two oat crown rust differential sets urge standardisation. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0353-R.Does vromindolines influence the stability of oat-based beverage?-(Abstract Only)Genome-enabled analysis of population dynamics and virulence associated loci in the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Hewitt, T., Henningsen, E.C., Pereira, D., Mcelroy, K., Nazareno, E.S., Dugyala, S., Nguyen-Phuc, H., Li, F., Miller, M.E., Visser, B., Pretorius, Z., Boshoff, W., Sperschneider, J., Stuckenbrock, E., Kianian, S., Dodds, P.N., Figueroa, M. 2024. Genome-enabled analysis of population dynamics and virulence associated loci in the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 37(3):290-303. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-09-23-0126-FI.Three decades of rust surveys in the United States reveal drastic virulence changes in oat crown rust-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Moreau, E.L., Riddle, J.M., Nazareno, E.S., Kianian, S. 2024. Three decades of rust surveys in the United States reveal drastic virulence changes in oat crown rust. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-23-1956-RE.A geminivirus crosses monocot dicot boundary and enables genome editing-(Peer Reviewed Journal)Sequencing 4.3 million mutations in wheat promoters to understand and modify gene expression-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Zhang, J., Xiong, H., Burguener, G.F., Woods, D.P., Liu, Q., Debernardi, J.M., Akhunova, A., Garland Campbell, K.A., Kianian, S., Brown Guedira, G.L., Pozniak, C., Faris, J.D., Akhunov, E., Dubcovsky, J. 2023. Sequencing 4.3 million mutations in wheat promoters to understand and modify gene expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 120(38) e2306494120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306494120.Evaluation of stem rust disease in wheat fields by drone hyperspectral imaging-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Abdulridha, J., Min, A., Rouse, M.N., Kianian, S., Isler, V., Yang, C. 2023. Evaluation of stem rust disease in wheat fields by drone hyperspectral imaging. Sensors. 23(8). Article 4154. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084154.Drone hyperspectral imaging accurately predicts wheat stem rust disease severity-(Abstract Only) Abdulridha, J., Min, A., Rouse, M.N., Kianian, S., Isler, V., Yang, C. 2023. Drone hyperspectral imaging accurately predicts wheat stem rust disease severity [abstract]. Unpublished.Genetic and physical mapping of oat adult plant resistance loci against Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Nazareno, E., Fiedler, J.D., Naakorkoi, A., Miller, M., Figueroa, M., Kianian, S. 2023. Genetic and physical mapping of oat adult plant resistance loci against Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-10-22-0395-r.Comparison of meiotic transcriptomes of three maize inbreds with different origins reveals differences in cell cycle and recombination-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Garcia, N., Yin, L., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Milsted, C., Kianian, P.A., Kianian, S., Pawlowski, W.P., Chen, C. 2022. Comparison of meiotic transcriptomes of three maize inbreds with different origins reveals differences in cell cycle and recombination. BMC Genomics. 23:702. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08922-w.Comparison of meiotic transcriptomes of three maize inbreds with different origins reveals differences in cell cycle and recombination-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Gracia, N., Yin, L., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Milsted, C., Kianian, P.M., Kianian, S., Pawlowski, W.P., Chen, C. 2022. Comparison of meiotic transcriptomes of three maize inbreds with different origins reveals differences in cell cycle and recombination. BMC Genomics. 23. Article 702. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08922-w.Archetypes of inflorescence: Genome-wide association networks of panicle morphometric, growth, and disease variables in a multiparent oat population-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Carlson, C.H., Fiedler, J.D., Naraghi, S., Nazareno, E., Ardayfio, N., Mcmullen, M., Kianian, S. 2022. Archetypes of inflorescence: Genome-wide association networks of panicle morphometric, growth, and disease variables in a multiparent oat population. Genetics.  https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyac128.A chromosome-level, fully phased genome asssembly of the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: A resource to enable comparative genomics in cereal rusts-(Pre-print Publication) Henningsen, E.C., Hewitt, T., Dugyala, S., Nazareno, E., Gilbert, E., Li, F., Kianian, S., Steffenson, B.J., Dodds, P.N., Sperschneider, J., Figueroa, M. 2022. A chromosome-level, fully phased genome asssembly of the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: A resource to enable comparative genomics in cereal rusts. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 12(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac149.A chromosome-level, fully phased genome asssembly of the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: a resource to enable comparative genomics in cereal rusts-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Henningsen, E.C., Hewitt, T., Dugyala, S., Nazareno, E., Gilbert, E., Li, F., Kianian, S., Steffenson, B.J., Dodds, P.N., Sperschneider, J., Figueroa, M. 2022. A chromosome-level, fully phased genome asssembly of the oat crown rust fungus Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: a resource to enable comparative genomics in cereal rusts. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 12(8). Article jkac149. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkac149.A reference-anchored oat linkage map reveals quantitative trait loci conferring adult plant resistance to crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Nazareno, E.S., Fiedler, J.D., Miller, M.E., Figueroa, M., Kianian, S. 2022. A reference-anchored oat linkage map reveals quantitative trait loci conferring adult plant resistance to crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04128-6.Genome-wide investigation of maize RAD51 binding affinity through phage display-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Milsted, C., Dai, B., Garcia, N., Yin, L., He, Y., Kianian, S., Pawlowski, W., Chen, C. 2022. Genome-wide investigation of maize RAD51 binding affinity through phage display. BMC Genomics. 23. Article 199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08419-6.Genetic architecture of panicle archetypes in ten diverse oat (Avena sativa) mapping populations-(Abstract Only) Carlson, C.H., Fiedler, J.D., Nazareno, E.S., Naraghi, S.M., Ardayfio, N.K., Mcmullen, M., Kianian, S. 2022. Genetic architecture of panicle archetypes in ten diverse oat (Avena sativa) mapping populations [abstract]. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXIX. Poster No.0355.Study of Triticum aestivum resistome in response to wheat dwarf India virus infection-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, J., Rai, K.M., Kianian, S.F., Singh, S.P. 2021. Study of Triticum aestivum resistome in response to wheat dwarf India virus infection. Life. 11(9). Article 955. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11090955.Identification of main-effect and environmental interaction QTL and their candidate genes for drought tolerance in a wheat RIL population between two elite spring cultivars-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Al Rabbi, H.S., Kumar, A., Naraghi, S.M., Sapkota, S., Alamri, M.S., Elias, E.M., Kianian, S., Seetan, R., Missaoui, A., Solanki, S., Mergoum, M. 2021. Identification of main-effect and environmental interaction QTL and their candidate genes for drought tolerance in a wheat RIL population between two elite spring cultivars. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. Article e656037. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.656037.Genome-wide association mapping for yield and related traits under drought stressed and non-stressed environments in wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Al Rabbi, H.S., Kumar, A., Naraghi, S.M., Simsek, S., Sapkota, S., Solanki, S., Alamri, M.S., Elias, E.M., Kianian, S.F., Missaoui, A., Mergoum, M. 2021. Genome-wide association mapping for yield and related traits under drought stressed and non-stressed environments in wheat. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. Article: 649988. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.649988.Identification of candidate susceptibility genes to Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Henningsen, E.C., Omidvar, V., Coletta, R.D., Michno, J., Gilbert, E., Li, F., Miller, M.E., Myers, C.L., Gordon, S.P., Vogel, J.P., Steffenson, B.J., Kianian, S.F., Hirsch, C.D., Figueroa, M. 2021. Identification of candidate susceptibility genes to Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. Article e657796. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.657796.Increased virulence of Puccinia coronata f. sp.avenae populations through allele frequency changes at multiple putative Avr loci-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Miller, M.E., Nazareno, E.S., Rottschaefer, S.M., Riddle, J.M., Dos Santos Pereira, D.A., Li, F., Nguyen-Phuc, H., Henningsen, E., Persoons, A., Saunders, D.G., Stukenbrock, E., Dodds, P., Kianian, S.F., Figueroa, M. 2020. Increased virulence of Puccinia coronata f. sp.avenae populations through allele frequency changes at multiple putative Avr loci. PLoS Genetics. 16(12). Article e1009291. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009291.Epigenetic control of Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, J., Rai, K.M., Pirseyedi, S.M., Elias, E.M., Xu, S.S., Dill-Macky, R., Kianian, S.F. 2020. Epigenetic control of Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. Article: 17610. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73521-2.The wheat dwarf India virus-betasatellite complex has a wider host range than previously reported-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, J., Sachin, K., Kianian, S.F. 2020. The wheat dwarf India virus-betasatellite complex has a wider host range than previously reported. Plant Health Progress. 21(2):119-122. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-19-0080-RS.Wheat dwarf India Virus and associated betasatellite infecting wheat in Pakistan-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, J., Ahmad, J., Imtiaz, M., Kianian, S.F. 2020. Wheat dwarf India Virus and associated betasatellite infecting wheat in Pakistan. Australasian Plant Disease Notes. 15. Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-020-00383-y.A novel approach to assess salt stress tolerance in wheat using hyperspectral imaging-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Moghimi, A., Yang, C., Miller, M.E., Kianian, S., Marchetto, P.M. 2018. A novel approach to assess salt stress tolerance in wheat using hyperspectral imaging. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9(1182). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01182.Mapping QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance in a Tunisian-derived durum wheat population-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Pirseyedi, S.M., Kumar, A., Ghavami, F., Hegstad, J.B., Mergoum, M., Mazaheri, M., Kianian, S.F., Elias, E.M. 2018. Mapping QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance in a Tunisian-derived durum wheat population. Cereal Research Communications. 47(1):78-87.Detection of race-specific resistance against Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae in Brachypodium species-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Omidvar, V., Dugyala, S., Li, F., Rottschaefer, S.M., Miller, M.E., Ayliffe, M.A., Moscou, M.J., Kianian, S., Figueroa, M. 2018. Detection of race-specific resistance against Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae in Brachypodium species. Phytopathology. 108(12):1443-1454. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-03-18-0084-r.New sources of adult plant and seedling resistance to Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae identified among Avena sativa accessions of the national small grains collection-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Yimer, B., Gordon, T.C., Harrison, S., Kianian, S., Bockelman, H.E., Bonman, J.M., Esvelt Klos, K.L. 2018. New sources of adult plant and seedling resistance to Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae identified among Avena sativa accessions of the national small grains collection. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-18-0566-RE.High-resolution crossover mapping reveals similarities and differences in the patterns of male and female recombination in maize-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kianian, P.M., Wang, M., Simons, K.J., Ghavami, F., He, Y., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Sundararajan, A., Sun, Q., Pillardy, J., Mudge, J., Chen, C., Kianian, S., Pawlowski, W. 2018. High-resolution crossover mapping reveals similarities and differences in the patterns of male and female recombination in maize. Nature Communications. 9(1):2370. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04562-5.Comparative analysis of transcriptome in two wheat genotypes with contrasting levels of drought tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, J., Gunapati, S., Kianian, S., Singh, S.P. 2018. Comparative analysis of transcriptome in two wheat genotypes with contrasting levels of drought tolerance. Protoplasma. 255(5):1487-1504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-018-1237-x.De novo assembly and phasing of dikaryotic genomes from two isolates of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, the causal agent of oat crown rust-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Miller, M.E., Zhang, Y., Omidvar, V., Sperschneider, J., Schwessinger, B., Raley, C., Palmer, J.M., Garnica, D., Upadhyaya, N., Rathjen, J., Tayler, J., Park, R.F., Dodds, P.N., Hirsch, C., Kianian, S., Figueroa, M. 2018. De novo assembly and phasing of dikaryotic genomes from two isolates of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, the causal agent of oat crown rust. mBio. 9(1):1-21. https://doi: 10.1128/mBio.01650-17.Development of genetic and genomic resources to evaluate wheat organellar genome variants and their functional implications-(Abstract Only) Liberatore, K.L., Miller, M.E., Kianian, S. 2018. Development of genetic and genomic resources to evaluate wheat organellar genome variants and their functional implications. Plant and Animal Genome Conference [abstract]. Paper No. 31800.Identification, introgression, and molecular marker genetic analysis and selection of a highly effective novel oat crown rust resistance from diploid oat, Avena strigosa-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Rines, H.W., Miller, M.E., Carson, M.L., Chao, S., Tiede, T., Wiersma, J., Kianian, S. 2017. Identification, introgression, and molecular marker genetic analysis and selection of a highly effective novel oat crown rust resistance from diploid oat, Avena strigosa. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 131(3):721-733. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-3031-0.Genomic features shaping the landscape of meiotic double-strand break hotspots in maize-(Peer Reviewed Journal) He, Y., Wang, M., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Zhou, A., Tiang, C., Shilo, S., Sidh Sidhu, G., Eichten, S., Bradbury, P., Springer, N., Buckler IV, E.S., Levy, A., Sun, Q., Pillardy, J., Kianian, P., Kianian, S., Chen, C., Pawlowski, W. 2017. Genomic features shaping the landscape of meiotic double-strand break hotspots in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(46):12231-12236.Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: a threat to global oat production-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Nazareno, E.S., Li, F., Madeleine, S., Park, R.F., Kianian, S., Figueroa, M. 2017. Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: a threat to global oat production. Molecular Plant Pathology. http://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12608.Hyperspectral imaging to identify salt-tolerant wheat lines-(Proceedings) Moghimi, A., Yang, C., Miller, M.E., Kianian, S.F., Marchetto, P. 2017. Hyperspectral imaging to identify salt-tolerant wheat lines. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262388.Evaluation of grain dimension and weight using backcross recombinant inbred lines (BRILs) between wild and domesticated Emmer wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Miyazaki, Y., Ngoc, P., Liberatore, K.L., Kianian, S., Vladutu, C., Mori, N. 2017. Evaluation of grain dimension and weight using backcross recombinant inbred lines (BRILs) between wild and domesticated Emmer wheat. Crop Research. 62:31-36.Evaluation of grain dimension and weight using backcross recombinant inbred lines (BRILs) between wild and domesticated emmer wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Miyazaki, Y., Ngoc, P., Liberatore, K.L., Kianian, S., Vladutu, C., Mori, N. 2017. Evaluation of grain dimension and weight using backcross recombinant inbred lines (BRILs) between wild and domesticated emmer wheat. Crop Research. 62:31-36.Optimization and comparative analysis of plant organellar DNA enrichment methods suitable for next generation sequencing-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Miller, M.M., Liberatore, K.L., Kianian, S.F. 2017. Optimization and comparative analysis of plant organellar DNA enrichment methods suitable for next generation sequencing. Journal of Visualized Experiments. https://doi.org/10.3791/55528.A high resolution radiation hybrid map of wheat chromosome 4A-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Balcarkova, B., Frenkel, Z., Skopova, M., Abrouk, M., Kumar, A., Chao, S., Kianian, S., Akhunov, E., Korol, A., Dolezel, J., Valarik, M. 2017. A high resolution radiation hybrid map of wheat chromosome 4A. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7:2063. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.02063.Gene evolutionary trajectories and GC patterns driven by recombination in Zea mays-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Sundararajan, A., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Kwicklis, M., Engstrom, K., Garcia, N., Oviedo, O., Ramaraj, T., Gonzales, M., He, Y., Minghui, W., Sun, Q., Pillardy, J., Kianian, S., Pawlowski, W., Chen, C., Mudge, J. 2016. Gene evolutionary trajectories and GC patterns driven by recombination in Zea mays. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01433.Identification and validation of a major cadmium accumulation locus and closely associated SNP markers in North Dakota durum wheat cultivars-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Abuhammad, W.A., Mamidi, S., Kumar, A., Pirseyedi, S., Kianian, S., Alamri, M., Mergoum, M., Elias, E. 2016. Identification and validation of a major cadmium accumulation locus and closely associated SNP markers in North Dakota durum wheat cultivars. Molecular Breeding. 36:112. doi: 10.1007/S11032-016-0536-1.Methods in molecular biology: plant cytogenetics-(Book / Chapter) Kianian, P., Kianian, S. 2016. Methods in molecular biology: Plant cytogenetics. In: Kianian, S.F., Penny, M.A. Plant Cytogenics. New York, NY: Springer Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3622-9.Engineering resistance to plant viruses: Present status and future prospects-(Book / Chapter) Kumar, J., Singh, S.P., Kianian, S. 2016. Engineering resistance to plant viruses: Present status and future prospects. In: Kumar S.D., Pandey, A., Sangwan, R.S. Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Amsterdam, Denmark: Elsevier Science Ltd. pp. 75-101.A population of deletion mutants and an integrated mapping and Exome-seq pipeline for gene discovery in maize-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Jia, S., Li, A., Avoles-Kianian, P., Kianian, S., Zhang, C., Holding, D. 2016. A population of deletion mutants and an integrated mapping and Exome-seq pipeline for gene discovery in maize. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.030528.Novel meiotic miRNAs and indications for a role of phasiRNAs in meiosis-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Dukowic-Schulze, S., Sundararajan, A., Thiruvarangan, R., Kianian, S., Pawlowski, W., Mudge, J., Chen, C. 2016. Novel meiotic miRNAs and indications for a role of phasiRNAs in meiosis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7:762. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00762.Dissecting plant chromosomes by the use of ionizing radiation-(Book / Chapter) Kianian, P., Liberatore, K.L., Miller, M., Hegstad, J., Kianian, S. 2016. Dissecting plant chromosomes by the use of ionizing radiation. In: Kianian, S.K., Kianian, P.M.A. Methods in Molecular Biology. New York, NY: Springer Publishing. p. 91-102.The role of mitochondria in plant development and stress tolerance-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Liberatore, K.L., Dukowic-Schulze, S., Miller, M., Chen, C., Kianian, S. 2016. The role of mitochondria in plant development and stress tolerance. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.03.033.A rhomboid gene controls speciation through regulation of nuclear-mitochondrial compatibility in Triticum-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Bassi, F.M., Ghavami, F., Hayden, M.J., Wang, Y., Forrest, K., Kong, S., Dizon, R.G., Michalak De Jimenez, M.K., Meinhardt, S., Mergoum, M., Gu, Y.Q., Kianian, S. 2016. A rhomboid gene controls speciation through regulation of nuclear-mitochondrial compatibility in Triticum. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 14(8):1716-26.A whole-genome, radiation hybrid map of wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Tiwari, V., Heesacker, A., Riera-Lizarazu, O., Gunn, H., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Gu, Y.Q., Paux, E., Koo, D.H., Luo, M.C., Lazo, G.R., Akhunov, E., Friebe, B., Poland, J.A., Gill, B., Kianian, S., Leonard, J. 2016. A whole-genome, radiation hybrid map of wheat. Plant Journal. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13513.Novel nuclear-cytoplasmic interaction in wheat (Triticum aestivum) induces vigorous plants-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Soltani, A., Kumar, A., Mergoum, M., Pirseyedi, S., Hegstad, J.B., Mazaheri, M., Kianian, S. 2016. Novel nuclear-cytoplasmic interaction in wheat (Triticum aestivum) induces vigorous plants. The Plant Genome. 16(2):171-182. doi: 10.1007/s10142-016-0475-2.Dissection of genetic factors underlying wheat kernel shape and size in an elite x nonadapted cross using a high density SNP linkage map-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, A., Mantovani, E.A., Seetan, R., Soltani, A., Echeverry-Solarte, M., Jain, S., Simsek, S., Doehlert, D., Alamari, M.S., Elias, E., Kianian, S., Mergoum, M. 2016. Dissection of genetic factors underlying wheat kernel shape and size in an elite x nonadapted cross using a high density SNP linkage map. The Plant Genome. 9(1):2-22. doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.09.0081.Toward a better understanding of the genomic region harboring Fusarium head blight resistance QTL Qfhs.ndsu-3AS in durum wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Zhu, X., Zhong, S., Chao, S., Gu, Y.Q., Kianian, S.F., Elias, E., Cai, X. 2016. Toward a better understanding of the genomic region harboring Fusarium head blight resistance QTL Qfhs.ndsu-3AS in durum wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 129:31-43.Development of a D genome specific marker resource for diploid and hexaploid wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Wang, Y., Drader, T., Tiwari, V.K., Dong, L., Kumar, A., Huo, N., Ghavami, F., Iqbal, M.J., Lazo, G.R., Gill, B., Kianian, S., Luo, M., Gu, Y.Q. 2015. Development of a D genome specific marker resource for diploid and hexaploid wheat. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. doi: 10.11861S12864-015-1852-2.Radiation hybrid map of barley chromosome 3H-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Mazaheri, M., Kianian, P., Kumar, A., Mergoum, M., Seetan, R., Soltani, A., Lund, L., Pirseyedi, S., Denton, A., Kianian, S. 2015. Radiation hybrid map of barley chromosome 3H. The Plant Genome. 8(2):1-11.Genome-wide mapping of spike-related and agronomic traits in a common wheat population derived from a supernumerary parent and an elite parent-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Echeverry-Solarte, M., Kumar, A., Kianian, S., Mantovani, E., McClean, P., Deckard, E., Elias, E., Simsek, S., Alamari, M., Schatz, B., Mergoum, M. 2015. Genome-wide mapping of spike-related and agronomic traits in a common wheat population derived from a supernumerary parent and an elite parent. The Plant Genome. 8(2):1-20.New QTL alleles for quality-related traits in spring wheat revealed by RIL population derived from supernumerary x non-supernumerary spikelet genotypes-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Echeverry-Solarte, M., Kumar, A., Kianian, S., Simsek, S., Alamari, M.S., Mantovani, E., McClean, P., Deckard, E., Elias, E., Schatz, B., Xu, S.S., Mergoum, M. 2015. New QTL alleles for quality-related traits in spring wheat revealed by RIL population derived from supernumerary x non-supernumerary spikelet genotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 128:893-912.Genome-wide genetic dissection of supernumerary spikelet and related traits in common wheat-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Echeverry-Solarte, M., Kumar, A., Kianian, S., Mantovani, E.E., Simsek, S., Alamari, M., Mergoum, M. 2016. Genome-wide genetic dissection of supernumerary spikelet and related traits in common wheat. The Plant Genome. 7(3):1-16.Genome-wide genetic dissection of supernumerary spikelet and related traits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Echeverry-Solarte, M., Kumar, A., Kianian, S., Mantovani, E.E., Simsek, S., Mergoum, M., Alamari, M.S. 2014. Genome-wide genetic dissection of supernumerary spikelet and related traits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The Plant Genome. Available: https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/files/publications/tpg/first-look/tpg-2014-03-0013.pdf.Reliable Radiation Hybrid Maps: An Efficient Scalable Clustering-based Approach-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Seetan, R., Denton, A., Al-Azzam, O., Iqbal, J., Kianian, S. 2014. Reliable Radiation Hybrid Maps: An Efficient Scalable Clustering-based Approach. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Available: http://www.computer.org/csdl/trans/tb/preprint/06827170.pdf.Utilization of deletion bins to anchor and order sequences along the wheat 7B chromosome-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Belova, T., Gronvold, L., Kumar, A., Kianian, S., He, X., Lillemo, M., Springer, N.M., Lien, S., Olson, O., Sandve, S.R. 2014. Utilization of deletion bins to anchor and order sequences along the wheat 7B chromosome. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 127:2029-2024.Analysis of ATP6 sequence diversity in the Triticum-Aegilops group of species reveals the crucial role of rearrangement in mitochondrial genome evolution-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Soltani, A., Ghavami, F., Mergoum, M., Hegstad, J., Noyszewski, A., Meinhardt, S., Kianian, S. 2014. Analysis of ATP6 sequence diversity in the Triticum-Aegilops group of species reveals the crucial role of rearrangement in mitochondrial genome evolution. Genome. 57(5):279-288.Mitochondrial dynamics and the cell cycle-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kianian, P., Kianian, S. 2014. Mitochondrial dynamics and the cell cycle. Frontiers in Plant Science. Availeable: http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00222/full.The transcriptome landscape of early maize meiosis-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Dukowic-Schulze, S., Sundararajan, A., Mudge, J., Ramaraj, T., Farmer, A.D., Wang, M., Sun, Q., Pillardy, J., Kianian, S., Retzel, E.F., Pawlowski, W.P., Chen, C. 2014. The transcriptome landscape of early maize meiosis. Biomed Central (BMC) Plant Biology. 14:118.Transposable element junctions in marker development and genomic characterization of barley-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Maazaheri, M., Kianian, P., Mergoum, M., Valentini, G., Seetan, R., Pirseyedi, S., Kumar, A., Gu, Y.Q., Stein, N., Kubalakova, M., Dolezel, J., Denton, A., Kianian, S. 2014. Transposable element junctions in marker development and genomic characterization of barley. The Plant Genome. 7:1-8.Deletion mutagenesis identifies a haploinsufficient role for gamma-zein in opaque-2 endosperm modification-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Yuan, L., Dou, Y., Kianian, S., Zhang, C., Holding, D.R. 2014. Deletion mutagenesis identifies a haploinsufficient role for gamma-zein in opaque-2 endosperm modification. Plant Physiology. 164:119-130.Iterative framework radiation hybrid mapping-(Proceedings) Seetan, R.I., Denton, A.M., Al-Azzam, O., Kumar, A., Sturdivan, J., Kianian, S. 2014. Iterative framework radiation hybrid mapping. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Available: http://www.siam.org/meetings.sdm14.Developing improved durum wheat germplasm by altering the cytoplasmic genome-(Proceedings) Ghavami, F., Bassi, F., Burciaga, R., Soltani, A., Noyszewski, A., Michalak, D., Gu, Y.Q., Meinhardt, S., Elias, E., Kianian, P., Mergoum, M., Mann, S., Kianian, S. 2014. Developing improved durum wheat germplasm by altering the cytoplasmic genome. Symposium Proceedings. 110:177-188.Physical mapping resources for large plant genomes: radiation hybrids for wheat D-genome progenitor aegilops tauschii accession AL8/78-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, A., Simons, K., Iqbal, M.J., Jimenez, M., Bassi, F.M., Ghavami, F., Al, A., Wang, Y., Luo, M., Gu, Y.Q., Denton, A., Xu, S.S., Dvorak, J., Kianian, P., Kianian, S.F. 2012. Physical mapping resources for large plant genomes: radiation hybrids for wheat D-genome progenitor aegilops tauschii.  Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 13:597.PIECE: A database for plant gene structure comparison and evolution-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Wang, Y., You, F., Lazo, G.R., Luo, M., Thilmony, R.L., Gordon, S.P., Gu, Y.Q., Kianian, S. 2012. PIECE: A database for plant gene structure comparison and evolution. Nucleic Acids Research. D1159-D1166.DNA repair and crossing over favor similar chromosome regions as discovered in radiation hybrid of Triticum-(Peer Reviewed Journal) Kumar, A., Bassi, F.M., Gu, Y.Q., Dogramaci, M., Kianian, S. 2012. DNA repair and crossing over favor similar chromosome regions as discovered in radiation hybrid of Triticum. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. doi 10.1186/1471-2164-13-339.
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