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Yue  Jin    Research Plant Pathologist **Biology and Population Genetics of Cereal Rust Fungi and Host Resistance** My main research interests are in the biology and population genetics of cereal rust fungi and host resistance to rusts in wheat and barley. I conduct nationwide surveys and monitoring of the race composition and dynamics of the stem rust pathogen *Puccinia graminis* on small grain cereal crops, accessory hosts, and the alternate host, *Berberis* spp. I investigate forces causing race dynamics in the stem rust populations. I collaborate with international scientists in the investigations of the race evolution in the TTKS (or Ug99) lineage and to monitor the movement of this race group through a worldwide monitoring network. I conduct research in host resistance by identifying new sources of resistance from crop species and their wild relatives, characterizing the genetics of resistance, and developing molecular markers for stem rust resistance genes. I help wheat and barley improvement programs nationwide by providing sources of stem rust resistance and by characterizing breeding germplasm for stem rust reaction. Ug99 and emerging virulent stem rust race **Selected Publications** *in PDF format:* **2016** Markers linked to wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr11 effective to *Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici* race TKTTF
Development and verification of wheat germplasm containing both Sr2 and Fhb1.
First report of the Ug99 race group of wheat stem rust, *Puccinia graminis* f.sp. *tritici*, Egypt in 2014.
Kenyan isolates of *Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici* from 2008 to 2014: Virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 race group and implications for breeding programs.
Nested association mapping of stem rust resistance in wheat using genotyping by sequencing.
Stem rust resistance in 'Jagger' winter wheat.
Emergence of virulence to *SrTmp* in the Ug99 race group of wheat stem rust, *Puccinia**graminis* f.sp. *tritici*, in Africa. **2015** The wheat Sr50 gene reveals rich diversity at a cereal disease resistance locus.
Emergence and spread of new races of wheat stem rust fungus: Continued threat to food security and prospects of genetic control.
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of race TKTTF of *Puccinia**graminis* f. sp. *tritici* that caused a wheat stem rust epidemic in southern Ethiopia in 2013-14.
Mapping resistance to the Ug99 race group of the stem rust pathogen in a spring wheat landrace.
Fine mapping and characterization of Sr21, a temperature-sensitive diploid wheat resistance gene effective against the Puccinia graminis f. ps. tritici Ug99 race group. Molecular mapping and validation of *SrND643*: A new wheat gene for resistance to the stem rust pathogen Ug99 race group.
Specificity of a rust resistance suppressor on 7DL in the spring wheat cultivar Canthatch. Identification and mapping of *Sr46* from *Aegilops tauschii* accession CIae 25 conferring resistance to race TTKSK (Ug99) of wheat stem rust pathogen. **2014** Characterization of *Thinopyrum* species for wheat stem rust resistance and ploidy level.
Association mapping reveals novel stem rust resistance loci in durum wheat at the seedling stage.
High-density mapping of a resistance gene to Ug99 from Iranian landrace PI 62573.
Characterization of*Sr9h*, a wheat stem rust resistance allele effective to Ug99.
Population diversity of *Puccinia graminis* is sustained through sexual cycle on alternate hosts.
Genetic analysis and molecular mapping of crown rust resistance in common wheat. **2013** Development of wheat-*Aegilops speltoides* recombinants and simple PCR-based markers for *Sr32* and a new stem rust resistance gene on the 2S#1 chromosome.
Wheatgrass-wheat partial amphiploids as a novel source of stem rust and *Fusarium* head blight resistance.
Field resistance to the Ug99 race group of the stem rust pathogen in spring wheat landraces.
Identification of resistance to races of *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici* with broad virulence in *Triticale* (x*Triticosecale*). **2012** Introgression and characterization of a goatgrass gene for a high level of resistance to Ug99 stem rust in tetraploid wheat.
Resistance to race TTKSK of *Puccinia**graminis* f. sp. *tritici*in emmer wheat.
Identification of markers linked to the race Ug99 effective stem rust resistance gene *Sr28* in wheat (*Triticum aestivum* L.).
Inheritance of resistance to Ug99 stem rust in wheat cultivar Norin 40 and genetic mapping of *Sr42*.
A mutagenesis-derived broad-spectrum disease resistance locus in wheat.
Seedling resistance to stem rust race Ug99 and marker analysis for *Sr2*, *Sr24* and *Sr31* in South African wheat cultivars and lines.
Races of *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici* with combined virulence to *Sr13* and *Sr9e* in a field stem rust screening nursery in Ethiopia. **2011** Genetics of resistance to race TTKSK of*Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici* in *Triticum**monococcum*.
The emergence of Ug99 races of the stem rust fungus is a threat to world wheat production.
Stem rust resistance in *Aegilops tauschii* germplasm.
Discovery and molecular mapping of a new gene conferring resistance to stem rust, *Sr53*, derived from *Aegilops geniculata* and characterization of spontaneous translocation stocks with reduced alien chromatin.
Sources of resistance to stem rust race Ug99 in spring wheat germplasm.
Stem rust resistance in A-genome diploid relatives of wheat.
A novel Robertsonian translocation event leads to transfer of a stem rust resistance gene (*Sr52*) effective against race Ug99 from *Dasypyrum villosum* into bread wheat.
Development and characterization of wheat-*Ae. searsii*  Robertsonian translocations and a recombinant chromosome conferring resistance to stem rust.
Determing the basis of nonhost resistance in rice to cereal rusts.
Race non-specific resistance to rust diseases in CIMMYT spring wheats.
Role of *Berberis* spp. as alternate hots in generating new races of *Puccinia graminis* and *P. striiformis*.
Targeted introgression of a wheat stem rust resistance gene by DNA marker-assisted chromosome engineering.
International surveillance of wheat rust pathogens: progress and challenges.
An accurate DNA marker assay for stem rust resistance gene *Sr2* in wheat.
Expression of a Thatcher wheat adult plant stem rust resistance QTL on chromosome arm 2BL is enhanced byLr34
Genetic mapping of stem rust resistance gene *Sr13* in tetraploid wheat (*Triticum**turgidum* ssp. *durum* L.). **2010** Development of wheat lines having a small introgressed segment carrying stem rust resistance gene *Sr22*.
Geneic maps of stem rust resistance gene *Sr35*in diploid and hexaploid wheat.
Identification of flanking markers for the stem rust resistance gene *Sr6* in wheat.
Haplotype diversity of stem rust resistance loci in uncharacterized wheat lines.
Century-old mystery of *Puccinia striiformis*  life history solved with the identification of *Berberis* as an alternate host.
Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of wheat introgression  lines carrying the stem rust resistance gene *Sr39*.
Identification and evaluation of sources of resistance to stem rust race Ug99 in wheat.
Registration of 'Brick' Wheat.
Genotyping of U.S. wheat germplasm for presence of stem rust resistance genes *Sr24, Sr36* and *Sr1RSAmigo*
Diagnostic and co-dominant PCR markers for wheat stem rust resistance genes *Sr25*and *Sr26*. **2009** Diseases which challenge global wheat production - the wheat rusts.
Evaluation and characterization of seedling resistances to stem rust Ug99 races in wheat-alien species derivatives.
Identification and validation of SSR markers linked to the stemrust resistance gene *Sr6* on the short arm of chromosome 2D in wheat.
Resistance to stem rust race TTKSK maps to the rpg4/Rpg5 complex of chromosome 5H of barley.
Detection of virulence to resistance gene *Sr36* within the TTKS race lineageof *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici*. **2008** Genetics of leaf rust resistance in Brambling wheat.
Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of a durum wheat - Aegilops speltoides chromosome translocation conferring resistance to stem rust
Will stem rust destroy the world's wheat crop?
Detection of virulence to resistance gene Sr24 within race TTKS of *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici.*
Inheritance of leaf rust resistance in the CIMMYT wheat Weebill 1.
Diagnostic microsatellite markers for the detection of stem rust resistance gene *Sr36* in diverse genetic backgrounds of wheat.
New Fusarium head blight resistant spring wheat germplasm identified in the USDA National Small Grains Collection. **2007** Microsatellite markers linked to stem rust resistance alllele Sr9a in wheat.
Letter Code System of Nomenclature for *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *avenae*.
Registration of 'Briggs' Wheat
Geographic distribution of stem rust resistance in wheat landraces.
Chromosomal locations of genes for stem rust resistance in monogenic lines derived from tetraploid wheat accession ST464.
Characterization of seedling infection types and adult plant infection responsesof monogenic Sr gene lines to race TTKS of *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici*.
Wheat leaf and stem rust in the United States. **2006** Molecular cytogenetic characterization of four patrial wheat-*Thinopyrum ponticum* amphiploids and their reactions to Fusarium head blight, tan spot, and *Stagonospora nodorum* blotch.
Current status, likely migration and strategies to mitigate the threat to wheat production from race Ug99 (TTKS) of stem rust pathogen.
The spread of stem rust caused by *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici*, with virulence on *Sr31* in wheat in eastern Africa.
Resistance in U.S. wheat to recent eastern Africa isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with virulence to resistance gene *Sr31*.
Registration of 'Wendy' wheat. **2005** Wheat Rusts in the United States in 2004.
Races of *Puccinia graminis*  identified in the United States during 2003. **2004** Molecular mapping of the crown rust resistance gene Rpc1 in barley.
Development of a resistance-based sensor for detection of wetness at the soil-air interface. **2003** Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene *Rph5* in barley.
Molecular mapping of the leaf rust resistance gene *Rph6* in barley and its linkage relationships with *Rph5* and *Rph7.*
Genetic variation for *Puccinia emaculata*infection in switchgrass. **2002** Sources and genetics of crown rust resistance in barley. **2001** Inheritance of *Septoria tritici* blotch resistance in winter wheat. **2000** Molecular mapping of the leaf rust resistance gene *Rph7* in barley. **1999** *Puccinia coronata* var. *hordei* var. nov.: morphology and pathogenicity.
Daily inoculum levels of *Gibberella zeae* on wheat spikes. **1998** Chromosomal location and genetic relationship of leaf rust resistance genes *Rph9* and *Rph12* in barley. **1997** Identification and mapping of a leaf rust resistance gene in barley line Q21861. **1996** New leaf rust resistance genes in barley and their allelic and linkage relationships with other *Rph* genes.
Genetics of resistance to *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *secalis* in barley line Q21861. **1995** Evaluation of cultivated and wild barley for resistance to pathotypes of *Puccinia hordei* with wide virulence.
Identification of molecular markers linked to the stem rust resistance gene *rpg4* in barley.
Genetics of multiple disease resistance in a double-haploid population of barley. **1994** Sources of resistance to pathotype QCC of *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici* in barley.
Inheritance of resistance to *Puccinia hordei* in cultivated and wild barley.
Inheritance of resistance to pathotypes QCC and MCC of *Puccinia graminis* f. sp. *tritici* in barley line Q21861 and temperature effects on the expression of resistance. **1993** Linkage between leaf rust resistance genes and morphological markers in barley.
Linkage between the *Rpg1* gene for stem rust resistance and the *f5* locus on barley chromosome 1.
Pathotypes of *Puccinia hordei* with virulence for the barley leaf rust resistance gene *Rph7* in the United States.
Detection of the stem rust resistance gene *Rpg1* in barley seedlings. **1992** *Puccinia coronata* on barley. **Chromosomal Location and Genetic Relationshipof Leaf Rust Resistance Genes Rph9 and Rph12 in BarleyOther publications:** Genetic variation for *Puccinia emaculata* infection in switchgrass. Gustanfson, D.M., A. Boe, and Y. Jin. 2003. Crop Sci. 43:755-759. Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene *Rph5* in barley. Mammadov, J.A., J.C. Zwonitzer, R.M. Biyashev, C.A. Griffey, Y. Jin, B.J. Steffenson, and M.A. Saghai Maroof. 2003. Crop Sci. 43:388-393. Molecular mapping of the leaf rust resistance gene *Rph6* in barley and its linkage relationships with *Rph5* and *Rph7*. Zhong, S., R.J. Effertz, Y. Jin, J.D. Franckowiak, and B.J. Steffenson. 2003. Phytopathology 93:604-609. Sources and genetics of crown rust resistance in barley. Jin, Y. and B.J. Steffenson. 2002. Phytopathology 92:1064-1067. Publications by CDL staff available in pdf format


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