Rohit Mago

This study identifies haploblocks associated with rust resistance in wheat and develops a selection index to improve breeding for durable resistance.

This paper identifies a QTL for oat crown rust resistance linked to the Pc61 gene and develops KASP markers for breeding programs.

The paper characterizes the virulence of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae isolates in Australia during the 2023 growing season and identifies new or increased virulence on resistance genes.

This study develops and validates KASP markers for crown rust resistance genes in oats, identifying new carriers and correcting previous classifications.

The paper shows that somatic nuclear exchange in Puccinia triticina generates genetic diversity, leading to new strains through repeated shuffling of haploid nuclei between clonal lineages.

The paper identifies and corrects phase switches in Hi-C data for dikaryotic fungus assemblies using Nanopore and HiFi sequencing, showing HiFi's superiority in phasing low heterozygosity genomes.

The paper shows that the Ug99 wheat stem rust pathogen emerged through somatic hybridisation and nuclear exchange between dikaryons, with one haploid nucleus genotype shared with an older African lineage.

This study assesses the functionality of cloned wheat Sr genes in barley, finding that Sr22, Sr33, Sr35, and Sr45 confer effective resistance against stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici.