Browsing by Author "Kielsmeier-Cook, Joshua"

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    New resistance in old places: resistance to the Ug99 race group of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in wheat intra/inter-generic hybrids and historic germplasm
    (2015-01) Kielsmeier-Cook, Joshua
    Wheat stem rust caused by the rust fungus, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, threatens global wheat (Triticum aestivum) production. New races originating in Eastern Africa have overcome many existing stem rust resistance genes. The W. J. Sando collection of wheat intra/inter-generic hybrids is a valuable source of stem rust resistance. The entire collection was characterized for seedling stem rust resistance to 8 races of the stem rust pathogen and cytogenetic analysis was performed on select lines. Several accessions are postulated to contain new sources of resistance. Full screening results are displayed in Supplementary Table S1 and the pedigrees of 29 resistant lines are displayed in Supplementary Table S2. South African accession PI 410954 displayed strong resistance to stem rust race TTKSK at the seedling stage and under field conditions. The source of new resistance was located and material suitable for integration into modern spring wheat breeding programs was produced.
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    Reflections from the Kernza Community
    (2025-03-28) Reilly, Evelyn; Kielsmeier-Cook, Joshua; Teller, Amy
    This piece was developed with funding from the USDA KernzaCAP grant. KernzaCAP is a 5 year, $10 million grant through the United States Department of Agriculture to scale the research, production, awareness and commercialization of Kernza® perennial grain. The project, officially titled “Developing and Deploying a Perennial Grain Crop Enterprise to Improve Environmental Quality and Rural Prosperity,” runs from September 2020 through August 2025. Partners include 10 Universities, 30+ organizations, and over 100 individual collaborators. KernzaCAP is supported by AFRI Sustainable Agricultural Systems Coordinated Agricultural Project (SAS-CAP) grant no. 2020-68012- 31934 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.