The WGRC IUCRC is an Industry/University research consortium focused on utilizing genetics from wheat’s ancient ancestors to protect the regional and global wheat supply and meet consumer demands for nutrition, flavor and functional ingredients.
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Nick Stelling receives 3rd Place in Poster Competition at CSSA 2023
Congratulations to Nick Stelling, Ph.D. student of Dr. Eduard Akhunov, on winning 3rd place in the poster competition at CSSA...
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WGRC collaborates in 22M cereal crops project funded by USAID
MANHATTAN —The Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab (CRCIL) project, led by Kansas State University, aims to address...
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WGRC Seeking Research Associate
The Wheat Genetic Resource Center (WGRC) in the department of Plant Pathology at Kansas State University is seeking a Computational...
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Eduard Akhunov a guest speaker at the 2023 Plant and Animal Genome Conference
SAN DIEGO, CA-Eduard Akhunov gave three talks at the 2023 Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego, California. On January...
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Eduard Akhunov receives Calvin Sperling Memorial Biodiversity Lectureship award from Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)
BALTIMORE, MD-Eduard Akhunov received the Calvin Sperling Memorial Biodiversity Lectureship award from Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) at the...
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Eduard Akhunov invited to present at the international conference “From Seed to Pasta”
BOLOGNA, Italy: On October 26, 2022, Eduard Akhunov, director of the WGRC, was invited to give two talks at the...
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Mary Guttieri and Bob Bowden earn award for pioneering work with wheat genes
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Two U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists working on the Kansas State University campus are part of a...
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Mining wheat’s wild side for global food security
MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University wheat geneticist is receiving nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National...
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Punya Nachappa discusses Wheat Curl Mites
Punya Nachappa, assistant professor at Colorado State University explains how wheat curl mites avoid insecticides, how climate change is leading...
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Read MoreRECENT PUBLICATIONS
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: evaluating the effect of increased recombination on response to selection for wheat breeding
G3 Genes/Genomes/Genetics
Population genomics of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici highlights the role of admixture in the origin of virulent wheat rust races
Nature Communications
Multiplexed promoter and gene editing in wheat using a virus-based guide RNA delivery system
Plant Biotechnology Journal
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