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ACGG Research Projects

In Phase 1 of IRTG 2843, three overlapping cohorts of ACGG students start their 4-year PhD tenures in Germany in 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. These students will work on diverse, interacting projects to apply biotechnology and data science in practical breeding programmes for sorghum and faba bean, as case studies for underutilised crops with a strong need for improved genetic gain. Data-based breeding methods, plant populations, genomics datasets, bioinformatics and genomic/phenomic prediction approaches being developed by associated students in these and other crops will feed into future ACGG projects. In parallel, aligned student cohorts and associated students also start complementary projects each year at UQ.

Kira Villiers

New approaches to maximise gain and genetic diversity in breeding programs

Kira

Associated student, UQ

Villiers

Transforming symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in mungbean: From phenomics to breeding

Hamza

Associated student, UQ

Ramzan

An Nguyen-Hoang

Sorghum Pangenome Graph for kmer-based Association Study using Machine-Learning

An

ACGG Cohort 3, JLU

Nguyen-Hoang

Claire Ferreira

Evaluation and genetic analysis of resistance to dwarf smut and common bunt disease in wheat

Claire

Associated Student, JKI

Ferreira

Lealem Tilahun Amenu

Improving sorghum pollen resilience to high temperatures

Lealem Tilahun

ACGG Cohort, UQ

Amenu

Lars Erik Thomsen

Assessment of genotype-specific responses to early flooding stress in winter oilseed rape

Lars Erik

Associated student, JLU

Thomsen

Uche Joshua Okoye

Genome-based pool development for enhancement of additive heterotic and dominant effects in sorghum hybrids

Uche Joshua

ACGG Cohort 1, JLU

Okoye

Fatiha Eli

Detection of genetic variation for heat and drought stress response in Vicia faba

Fatiha

Associated Student, JKI

Eli

Charlotte Häuser

Linking plasticity of abiotic stress responses to yield stability in faba bean

Charlotte

ACGG Cohort 2, JLU

Häuser

Kevin Rockenbach

Gene expression prediction in Brassica napus using deep learning

Kevin

Associated student, JLU

Rockenbach

Jason Wenzig

A comprehensive multi-scale phenotyping framework for improving drought stress recognition, prediction and selection in WOSR

Jason

Associated student, JLU

Wenzig

Moritz Stengel

Genetic mapping and molecular characterization of AV1 resistances in asparagus

Moritz

Associated student, JKI

Stengel

Natalja Kravcov

Investigation of cold tolerance in sorghum bicolor considering survival rate under frost for genetic studies and the impact of different cytoplasm

Natalja

Associated student, JLU

Kravcov

Rica-Hanna Schlichtermann

Genome-assisted speed-breeding in faba bean and rapid-turnaround marker-assisted selection

Rica-Hanna

ACGG Cohort 1, JLU

Schlichtermann

José Montero

Defining the fine scale recombination landscape of the oilseed rape genome

José

Associated student, JLU

Montero

Callum Jamie

Turning up the heat on chickpea yield - a multi-omics prediction approach

Callum

ACGG Cohort, UQ

Jamie

Molla Lulie

Improving abiotic stress tolerance in sorghum

Molla

ACGG Cohort 3, JKI

Lulie

Genome engineering barley root system architecture

Richard

Associated student, UQ

Dixon

Rose Mary Paul

UMR Profiling in Faba Bean

Rose Mary

ACGG Cohort 2, JLU

Paul

Anika Unger

Understanding genotype × environment × management interactions and their implementation in predictive breeding

Anika

Associated student, JLU

Unger

Deboprio Roy Sushmoy

Analysing and harnessing genetic resources for organic winter barley breeding with a focus on resistance to loose smut (Ustilago nuda).

Deboprio Roy

Associated Student, JKI

Sushmoy

Mamunur Rashid

Gene editing strategies for creation of novel genetic diversity for faba bean breeding

Mamunur

ACGG Cohort 1, JLU

Rashid

Nuri Güvencli

Genomic and phenomic prediction of complex traits in apple

Nuri

Associated student, HGU

Güvencli

Mohamed Mosalam

Optimising prediction of hybrid performance in sorghum

Mohamed

ACCG Cohort 2, HGU

Mosalam

Jasper Krößmann

WheatFACE: Phenotypic and genetic determinants for adaptation of winter wheat to increasing CO2 concentrations using leaf rust as an example

Jasper

Associated Student, JKI

Krößmann

Lennard Ehrig

Artificial intelligence as the basis for future plant breeding based on “Big Data”

Lennard

Associated student, JLU

Ehrig

Zsa Zsa Boyny

Overcoming linkage drag in Sorghum bicolor

Zsa Zsa

ACGG Cohort 2, JLU

Boyny

Samson Ugwuanyi

Development of genetic and genomic resources for improving seed quality traits in faba bean

Samson

Associated student, JLU

Ugwuanyi

Daiana Jambul

Winter oilseed rape for organic farming: evolutionary bulks for resource efficiency and drought resilience

Daiana

Associated student, JKI

Jambul

Venkataramana Kopalli

Pangenome assembly, genome-wide structural variation and sequence-targeted genotyping in sorghum

Venkataramana

ACGG Cohort 1, JLU

Kopalli

Ashwini Mudke

Role of structural variation in heterosis in faba bean

Ashwini

ACGG Cohort 1, JLU

Mudke

Daniel Valle Torres

Sustainable winter rapeseed production by breeding for nitrogen use efficiency and optimization of the production system

Daniel Valle

Associated Student, JKI

Torres

Ahmed Elkhouly

FutureWheatProtein: Grain protein stability and agronomic performance of winter wheat under elevated CO₂ and drought

Ahmed

Associated student, JKI

Elkhouly

Rishi Srivastava

Bioinformatic and data management tools for faba bean and sorghum breeding

Rishi

ACGG Cohort 1, JLU

Srivastava

Luisa Neitzert

Investigations of the developmental stages sensitive to cold stress in the reproductive phase on a parent sorghum bicolor generation and their F1 hybrids

Luisa

Associated student, JLU

Neitzert

Kübra Arslan

Unravelling large, diverse crop genomes with graphical pangenomics – Faba bean as a case study

Kübra

Associated student, JLU

Arslan

Paulo Callipo

Exploring genetic and epigenetic diversity within clonal populations of major Pinot varieties of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

Paulo

Associated Student, HGU

Callipo

Jing Ma

Uncovering the Genetic Basis of Cold Tolerance in Sorghum

Jing

ACGG Cohort 3, JLU

Ma

Lennart Scheer

Identifying diversity for drought stress tolerance in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) with digital and high-resolution physiological phenotyping

Lennart

Associated student, JLU

Scheer

Erick Mikwa

Genomic detection and selection of phosphorus efficient Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Erick

Associated student, JLU

Mikwa

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