Alina R. Akhunova

The paper analyzes 385 Pg genomes to show Kazakhstan hosts a diverse sexual clade with many HD haplotypes, and Pgs contributes virulent alleles to wheat rust pathogens.

The paper identifies 77 unique Yr loci associated with stripe rust resistance in wheat using diverse germplasm and pathogen isolates, with 44 potentially novel and nine effective at the adult plant stage.

This study characterizes the pathogenic and genetic diversity of Sclerotium rolfsii strains from Uganda, revealing five genetic groups and significant variation in morphology and pathogenicity.

This study shows that plant-derived metabolites interact with rhizobiome functions to enhance drought stress tolerance by recruiting microbes with stress-relief capabilities.

This study shows that reducing TaGS3 gene copies in wheat decreases grain size and weight in a non-additive, dosage-dependent manner, suggesting potential for improving grain yield through gene editing.

This study identifies climate-adaptive alleles from Aegilops tauschii that improve wheat performance under drought stress using genome-wide environmental scans and introgression lines.

The paper edits ω- and γ-gliadin gene clusters in wheat using CRISPR-Cas9 to reduce immunoreactivity without affecting protein quality.

The paper sequences 4.3 million promoter mutations and 4.7 million coding mutations in wheat to understand gene function and improve agronomic traits.

The paper identifies an allelic variation in the wheat gene TaTOPII-A1 that increases crossover rate, suggesting it as a target for improving genetic diversity in crops.

This study uses a virus-based guide RNA delivery system to enable efficient gene editing in wheat, demonstrating multiplexed editing of agronomic genes and heritable targeted deletions.

The paper develops a wheat haplotype graph database for efficient genotype storage and imputation, showing improved accuracy over existing methods.

This study evaluates the impact of Aegilops tauschii introgression on wheat yield traits, identifying beneficial haplotypes associated with increased grain production and stability.

This study evaluates Cas12a and Cas9 variants for genome editing in wheat, showing LbCas12a and Cas9-NG can edit loci previously inaccessible to Cas9.

The paper uses a differential nuclease sensitivity assay to analyze chromatin accessibility in wheat, revealing how repetitive and gene regions influence chromatin states and agronomic trait variation.

The paper presents and validates two capture probe sets for wheat to enable efficient and cost-effective re-sequencing of genes and promoters.

This study uses gene editing and mutagenesis to show that TaGW2 homoeologues contribute additively to grain size and weight in wheat, with inter-cultivar differences in their effects.