Tzion Fahima

All five wild populations fed an early barley founder population in the Fertile Crescent during extended pre-domestication cultivation; about 91% of wild-matched haplotypes split 32 to 8 ka BP.

The paper shows RWT4, a wheat tandem kinase, directly binds the fungal effector AvrPWT4, triggering defense responses through kinase activity and structural features.

The paper uses long-read sequencing to clone a resistance gene in wheat, resolving structural complexities and enabling its introgression into other wheat varieties.

The paper quantifies drought plasticity in tetraploid wheat using QTL analysis and identifies candidate genes for stress adaptation.

The paper shows that three yellow rust resistance genes in wheat are all encoded by the same locus Wtk1, but their resistance responses vary depending on genetic background.

The paper adjusts ionome element concentrations for phosphorus and sulfur variation in wheat, identifying QTLs and improving genetic understanding of mineral composition.

The paper identifies 12 grain protein content QTLs in a durum x wild emmer wheat RIL population across five environments, with 11 favorable alleles from wild emmer wheat.