Mass Selection with an Optical Sorter

ISBN-13: 9783659596919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 184 str.

Khaeim Hussein

Opis

Fusarium head blight (FHB) or head scab, caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe [telomorph: Gibberella zeae Schwein.(Petch)], is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. Numerous strategies for scab resistance breeding are in use, including phenotypic selection for low severity and marker-assisted selection for resistance QTL. The most destructive consequences of scab are evidenced through a reduction in grain quality, and the presence of mycotoxins, the most common of which is deoxynivalenol (DON). Thus, there is great interest among breeders in selecting for resistance to both of these traits. An image based optical sorter is tested to be an effective plant breeding tool for mass selection.

O autorze

Hussein M. Khaeim was born on 1984 in Diwaniya, Iraq. He received the Agriculture Engineer degree from the University of Baghdad, in May 2007. He worked for the University of Al_Qadissiyah from August 2007 to December 2010. He was accepted into Graduate School at the University of Kentucky, in January 2012, and got his master from it on Dec 2013.