Wayne Powell

This study analyzes genomic changes in a 50-year dairy cattle selection experiment, finding increased inbreeding and localized genetic differentiation in the selected line.

This study evaluates how genomic selection can capture polygenic variation from mutation breeding in wheat and tomato, showing improved predictive ability when mutations are shared among lines.

The paper generates genome assemblies for two Aegilops mutica accessions from different climates, identifying extensive structural variation and providing resources for wheat breeding and conservation.

This study shows that far-red light timing significantly affects spinach yield and bolting, with cultivar-specific responses, suggesting optimal timing and cultivar selection for vertical farming.

This study identifies allelic variations in flowering time genes that influence photoperiod response parameters, enabling energy-efficient speed breeding and climate-resilient barley varieties.

The paper evaluates current methods for predicting plant variety performance in the UK Recommended List system and suggests improving statistical models to better account for genetic relationships and environmental interactions.

The paper develops and applies RALLY, a selection mapping approach, to identify loci under historical selection in winter wheat varieties bred from 1916 to 2010.

This paper uses EnvGWAS and EigenGWAS on historical wheat and barley varieties to identify genomic regions under selection without phenotyping, finding 16 barley and 10 wheat regions with adaptation-related introgressions.

The paper evaluates MAGIC population designs and introduces a tool to create and test them, showing that certain designs improve haplotype diversity without requiring large crossing programs.

The paper evaluates the current DUS system for plant variety registration using 805 UK barley varieties and advocates for a genomics-based approach to improve efficiency and accuracy.

This paper introduces Origin Specific Genomic Selection (OSGS) to improve the introgression of beneficial exotic alleles in crop breeding by partitioning marker effects based on allele origin.