Cereal Phenotyping and Genotyping Team

Leader

Assoc. prof Anetta Kuczyńska

Staff

Prof. Tadeusz Adamski
Prof. Maria Surma
Krzysztof Mikołajczak, PhD
Piotr Ogrodowicz, PhD
Michał Kempa, MSc (PhD student)
Kamil Kowalik, MSc Eng. (PhD student)
Renata Trzeciak, MSc Eng.
Alina Anioła
Renata Holewińska

The team performs quantitative genetics and genomics research, mostly on wheat and barley. Obtained in various ways populations of homozygous lines are investigated in field and glasshouse experiments. The aim of the study is to search for relations between variability at the phenotypic and molecular level. Agricultural traits linked with yield quality and quantity as well as resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses are examined.

Research profile

Genetic maps and QTLs localisation.
Pleiotropic effects of semi-dwarf genes in barley.
Genetic determination of seed technological quality in wheat.
Adaptability of cereals to different environmental conditions.
Biotechnological methods for obtaining homozygous lines from heterozygous hybrids.

Methods:

in vitro cultures,
molecular analyses,
field and glasshouse experiments,
biometrical and statistical methods.

Current research activities

Genetic maps and localisation of QTLs determining barley resistance to water scarcity.
Phenotypic effects of the denso/sdw1 locus in spring barley (Hordeum vulgareL.).
Genetic and molecular bases of grain quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Wheat plants reactions to photoperiod and their adaptability to different environment conditions.
Development of rapid biotechnological methods for obtaining homozygous DH and SSD lines in cereals and grain legumes.

Selected papers

Langner M., Krystkowiak K., Salmanowicz B., Adamski T., Krajewski P., Kaczmarek Z., Surma M. (2017). The influence of Glu-1 and Glu-3 loci on dough rheology and bread-making properties in wheat (T. aestivum L.) doubled haploid lines. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture , DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8385
Piasecka A., Sawikowska A., Kuczyńska A., Ogrodowicz P., Mikołajczak K., Krystkowiak K., Gudyś K., Guzy-Wróbelska J., Krajewski P., Kachlicki P. (2017). Drought related secondary metabolites of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves and their mQTLs. Plant Journal 89(5): 898–913. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13430
Ogrodowicz P., Adamski T., Mikołajczak K., Kuczyńska A., Surma M., Krajewski P., Sawikowska A., Górny A.G., Gudyś K., Szarejko I., Guzy-Wróbelska J., Krystkowiak K. (2017). QTLs for earliness and yield-forming traits in the Lubuski × CamB barley RIL population under various water regimes. Journal of Applied Genetics 58(1): 49-65. DOI: 10.1007/s13353-016-0363-4
Krystkowiak K., Langner M., Adamski T., Salmanowicz B.P., Kaczmarek Z., Krajewski P., Surma M. (2017). Interactions between Glu-1 and Glu-3 loci and associations of selected molecular markers with quality traits in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) DH lines. Journal of Applied Genetics 58(1): 37-48. DOI: 10.1007/s13353-016-0362-5
Mikołajczak K., Kuczyńska A., Krajewski P., Sawikowska A., Surma M., Ogrodowicz P., Adamski T., Krystkowiak K., Górny A.G., Kempa M., Szarejko I., Guzy-Wróbelska J., Gudyś K. (2017). Quantitative trait loci for plant height in Maresi × CamB barley population and their associations with yield-related traits under different water regimes. Journal of Applied Genetics 58(1): 23-35. doi:10.1007/s13353-016-0358-1
Salmanowicz B.P., Langner M., Mrugalska B., Ratajczak D., Górny A.G. (2017). Grain quality characteristics and dough rheological properties in Langdon durum-wild emmer wheat chromosome substitution lines under nitrogen and water deficits. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 97(7):2030-2041, DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8006