2026

 

Meeting Abstracts/Presentations

Koo, D., Ju. Y., Yunusbaev, U., Campos, G. R., Liakh, E., Fritz, A., Akhunova, A., & Akhunov, E. (2026 Jan. 11) Harnessing Chromosome 5Mg of Aegilops geniculata to Induce Genome-Wide Homoeologous Recombination between Wheat and Its Wild Relatives. In C. Hiebert (Chair), Gene Introgression [Oral Presentation] Plant and Animal Genome 33, San Diego, CA. https://plan.core-apps.com/pag33/event/1aa5e65ded9481b513800bcf713be7f6

Ju, Y., Yunusbaev, U., Sathishraj, R., Akhunov, E., & Koo, D.H. (2026 Jan. 12) Novel Wheat-Barley Robertsonian Translocation Lines for Broadening Allelic Diversity in Wheat [Poster]. Plant and Animal Genome 33, San Diego, CA.

Li, Y., Zurn, J., & Akhunov, E. (2026 Jan. 12) Dual-function kinase–transcription factor fusion protein underlies wheat immunity to stem rust [Poster]. Plant and Animal Genome 33, San Diego, CA.

Sahin, B., Wang, M., Zurn, J., Xu, X., Bai, G., Akhunova, A., chen, X., & Akhunov, E. (2026 Jan. 12) Genetic architecture and evolution of stripe rust resistance uncovered using diverse panels of wheat lines and North America Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici isolates [Poster]. Plant and Animal Genome 33, San Diego, CA.

Yu, Z., Akhunova, A., Bai, G., Trick, H., & Akhunov, E. (2026 Jan. 12) CRISPR/Cas9 Engineered Cis-Regulatory Variants of GRF4 in Wheat Affect Yield and Protein Content By Modulating Nitrogen and Carbon Metabolism [Poster]. Plant and Animal Genome 33, San Diego, CA.

Zurn, J. D., Yunusbaev, U., Liakh, E., He, F., Guo, Y., Wang, W., Koo, D.H., Akhunova, A., Rouse, M.N., & Akhunov, E. (2026 Jan. 12) The Global Genomic Landscape of Wheat-Wheat Stem Rust Resistance Interactions Originates from a Complex Ancestry of Wheat and Wild Wheat Relatives [Poster]. Plant and Animal Genome 33, San Diego, CA.