Currently involved in the projects aiming to improve genetic potential of wheat and barley
Project information can be found here:
https://grdc.com.au/news-and-media/audio/podcast/barley-foliar-pathogens-the-global-search-for-resistance-part-2
https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/32978
https://qaafi.uq.edu.au/article/2018/11/could-ai-deliver-next-wheat-breakthrough
Journal Article: Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain
Villiers, Kira, Voss‐Fels, Kai P., Dinglasan, Eric, Jacobs, Bertus, Hickey, Lee and Hayes, Ben J. (2024). Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain. The Plant Genome, e20467. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.20467
Journal Article: Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes
Brunner, Stephanie M., Dinglasan, Eric, Baraibar, Silvina, Alahmad, Samir, Katsikis, Christina, van der Meer, Sarah, Godoy, Jayfred, Moody, David, Smith, Millicent, Hickey, Lee and Robinson, Hannah (2024). Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 137 (6) 120, 120. doi: 10.1007/s00122-024-04612-1
Journal Article: Genomic prediction for sugarcane diseases including hybrid Bayesian-machine learning approaches
Chen, Chensong, Bhuiyan, Shamsul A., Ross, Elizabeth, Powell, Owen, Dinglasan, Eric, Wei, Xianming, Atkin, Felicity, Deomano, Emily and Hayes, Ben (2024). Genomic prediction for sugarcane diseases including hybrid Bayesian-machine learning approaches. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15 1398903. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1398903
Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance
(2024–2028) GRDC - PROC-9176886 - Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance to develop chickpea varieties with improved high temperature tolerance
Genetic initiative to transform symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Australian pulse crops
(2024–2028) PROC-9176963 Genetic initiative to transform symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Australian pulse crops
(2024–2028) Grains Research & Development Corporation
Molecular genetic analysis of multi-disease resistance in barley using cutting-edge technologies
Doctor Philosophy
Advancing genetic knowledge and breeding tools to improve chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
(2024) Doctor Philosophy
Integrating new breeding technologies to accelerate genetic gain in mungbean
Doctor Philosophy
Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain
Villiers, Kira, Voss‐Fels, Kai P., Dinglasan, Eric, Jacobs, Bertus, Hickey, Lee and Hayes, Ben J. (2024). Evolutionary computing to assemble standing genetic diversity and achieve long‐term genetic gain. The Plant Genome, e20467. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.20467
Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes
Brunner, Stephanie M., Dinglasan, Eric, Baraibar, Silvina, Alahmad, Samir, Katsikis, Christina, van der Meer, Sarah, Godoy, Jayfred, Moody, David, Smith, Millicent, Hickey, Lee and Robinson, Hannah (2024). Characterizing stay-green in barley across diverse environments: unveiling novel haplotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 137 (6) 120, 120. doi: 10.1007/s00122-024-04612-1
Genomic prediction for sugarcane diseases including hybrid Bayesian-machine learning approaches
Chen, Chensong, Bhuiyan, Shamsul A., Ross, Elizabeth, Powell, Owen, Dinglasan, Eric, Wei, Xianming, Atkin, Felicity, Deomano, Emily and Hayes, Ben (2024). Genomic prediction for sugarcane diseases including hybrid Bayesian-machine learning approaches. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15 1398903. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1398903
Fusarium wilt constrains mungbean yield due to reduction in source availability
Van Haeften, Shanice, Kang, Yichen, Dudley, Caitlin, Potgieter, Andries, Robinson, Hannah, Dinglasan, Eric, Wenham, Kylie, Noble, Thomas, Kelly, Lisa, Douglas, Colin A, Hickey, Lee and Smith, Millicent R (2024). Fusarium wilt constrains mungbean yield due to reduction in source availability. AoB PLANTS, 16 (2) plae021, plae021. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae021
Chen, Chensong, Powell, Owen, Dinglasan, Eric, Ross, Elizabeth M., Yadav, Seema, Wei, Xianming, Atkin, Felicity, Deomano, Emily and Hayes, Ben J. (2023). Genomic prediction with machine learning in sugarcane, a complex highly polyploid clonally propagated crop with substantial non‐additive variation for key traits. The Plant Genome, 16 (4) e20390, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/tpg2.20390
Advancing artificial intelligence to help feed the world
Hayes, Ben J., Chen, Chensong, Powell, Owen, Dinglasan, Eric, Villiers, Kira, Kemper, Kathryn E. and Hickey, Lee T. (2023). Advancing artificial intelligence to help feed the world. Nature Biotechnology, 41 (9), 1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01898-2
Alahmad, Samir, Kang, Yichen, Dinglasan, Eric, Jambuthenne, Dilani, Robinson, Hannah, Tao, Yongfu, Able, Jason A., Christopher, Jack, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Bassi, Filippo M. and Hickey, Lee T. (2022). A multi-reference parent nested-association mapping population to dissect the genetics of quantitative traits in durum wheat. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 70 (5), 1471-1485. doi: 10.1007/s10722-022-01515-2
genomicSimulation: fast R functions for stochastic simulation of breeding programs
Villiers, Kira, Dinglasan, Eric, Hayes, Ben J and Voss-Fels, Kai P (2022). genomicSimulation: fast R functions for stochastic simulation of breeding programs. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 12 (10) jkac216, 1-6. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac216
Harnessing adult-plant resistance genes to deploy durable disease resistance in crops
Dinglasan, Eric, Periyannan, Sambasivam and Hickey, Lee T. (2022). Harnessing adult-plant resistance genes to deploy durable disease resistance in crops. Essays in Biochemistry, 66 (5), 571-580. doi: 10.1042/ebc20210096
Speed vernalization to accelerate generation advance in winter cereal crops
Cha, Jin-Kyung, O’Connor, Kathryn, Alahmad, Samir, Lee, Jong-Hee, Dinglasan, Eric, Park, Hyeonjin, Lee, So-Myeong, Hirsz, Dominique, Kwon, Soon-Wook, Kwon, Youngho, Kim, Kyeong-Min, Ko, Jong-Min, Hickey, Lee T., Shin, Dongjin and Dixon, Laura E. (2022). Speed vernalization to accelerate generation advance in winter cereal crops. Molecular Plant, 15 (8), 1300-1309. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.06.012
Effect of Drought and Low P on Yield and Nutritional Content in Common Bean
Smith, Millicent R., Dinglasan, Eric, Veneklaas, Erik, Polania, Jose, Rao, Idupulapati M., Beebe, Stephen E. and Merchant, Andrew (2022). Effect of Drought and Low P on Yield and Nutritional Content in Common Bean. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13 814325, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.814325
Mining the Vavilov wheat diversity panel for new sources of adult plant resistance to stripe rust
Jambuthenne, Dilani T., Riaz, Adnan, Athiyannan, Naveenkumar, Alahmad, Samir, Ng, Wei Ling, Ziems, Laura, Afanasenko, Olga, Periyannan, Sambasivam K., Aitken, Elizabeth, Platz, Greg, Godwin, Ian, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Dinglasan, Eric and Hickey, Lee T. (2022). Mining the Vavilov wheat diversity panel for new sources of adult plant resistance to stripe rust. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135 (4), 1355-1373. doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04037-8
Genetic characterization of adult-plant resistance to tan spot (syn, yellow spot) in wheat
Dinglasan, Eric G., Peressini, Tamaya, Marathamuthu, Kalai A., See, Pao Theen, Snyman, Lisle, Platz, Greg, Godwin, Ian, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Moffat, Caroline S. and Hickey, Lee T. (2021). Genetic characterization of adult-plant resistance to tan spot (syn, yellow spot) in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 134 (9), 2823-2839. doi: 10.1007/s00122-021-03861-8
Ge, Cynthia, Moolhuijzen, Paula, Hickey, Lee, Wentzel, Elzette, Deng, Weiwei, Dinglasan, Eric G. and Ellwood, Simon R. (2020). Physiological changes in barley mlo-11 powdery mildew resistance conditioned by tandem repeat copy number. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21 (22) 8769, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/ijms21228769
Adaptive traits to improve Durum wheat yield in drought and crown rot environments
Alahmad, Samir, Kang, Yichen, Dinglasan, Eric, Mazzucotelli, Elisabetta, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Able, Jason A., Christopher, Jack, Bassi, Filippo M. and Hickey, Lee T. (2020). Adaptive traits to improve Durum wheat yield in drought and crown rot environments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21 (15) 5260, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijms21155260
A major root architecture QTL responding to water limitation in Durum Wheat
Alahmad, Samir, El Hassouni, Khaoula, Bassi, Filippo M., Dinglasan, Eric, Youssef, Chvan, Quarry, Georgia, Aksoy, Alpaslan, Mazzucotelli, Elisabetta, Juhasz, Angela, Able, Jason A., Christopher, Jack, Voss-Fels, Kai P. and Hickey, Lee T. (2019). A major root architecture QTL responding to water limitation in Durum Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 436, 436. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00436
Dinglasan, Eric, Hickey, Lee, Ziems, Laura, Fowler, Ryan, Anisimova, Anna, Baranova, Olga, Lashina, Nina and Afanasenko, Olga (2019). Genetic characterization of resistance to Pyrenophora teres f. teres in the international barley differential Canadian Lake Shore. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 326, 326. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00326
Discovering new alleles for yellow spot resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection
Dinglasan, Eric G., Singh, Dharmendra, Shankar, Manisha, Afanasenko, Olga, Platz, Greg, Godwin, Ian D., Voss-Fels, Kai P. and Hickey, Lee T. (2018). Discovering new alleles for yellow spot resistance in the Vavilov wheat collection. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132 (1), 149-162. doi: 10.1007/s00122-018-3204-5
Dinglasan, E. G., Godwin, I. D., Phan, H. T.T., Tan, K. C., Platz, G. J. and Hickey, L. T. (2018). Vavilov wheat accessions provide useful sources of resistance to tan spot (syn. yellow spot) of wheat. Plant Pathology, 67 (5), 1076-1087. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12822
Speed breeding for multiple quantitative traits in durum wheat
Alahmad, Samir, Dinglasan, Eric, Leung, Kung Ming, Riaz, Adnan, Derbal, Nora, Voss-Fels, Kai P., Able, Jason A., Bassi, Filippo M., Christopher, Jack and Hickey, Lee T. (2018). Speed breeding for multiple quantitative traits in durum wheat. Plant Methods, 14 (1) 36, 36. doi: 10.1186/s13007-018-0302-y
Phan, Huyen T. T., Rybak, Kasia, Bertazzoni, Stefania, Furuki, Eiko, Dinglasan, Eric, Hickey, Lee T., Oliver, Richard P. and Tan, Kar-Chun (2018). Novel sources of resistance to Septoria nodorum blotch in the Vavilov wheat collection identified by genome-wide association studies. TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik, 131 (6), 1223-1238. doi: 10.1007/s00122-018-3073-y
Response of wild and edible Musa spp. seedlings to limiting moisture stress
Delfin, Evelyn F., Ocampo, Eureka Teresa M., dela Cueva, Fe M., Damasco, Olivia P., de la Cruz, Felipe, Dinglasan, Eric G., Gueco, Lavernee S., Herradura, Lorna E. and Molina, Agustin B. (2016). Response of wild and edible Musa spp. seedlings to limiting moisture stress. Philippine Journal of Crop Science, 41 (3), 1-12.
Into the vault of the Vavilov wheats: old diversity for new alleles
Riaz, Adnan, Hathorn, Adrian, Dinglasan, Eric, Ziems, Laura, Richard, Cecile, Singh, Dharmendra, Mitrofanova, Olga, Afanasenko, Olga, Aitken, Elizabeth, Godwin, Ian and Hickey, Lee (2016). Into the vault of the Vavilov wheats: old diversity for new alleles. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 64 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10722-016-0380-5
Resistance to yellow spot in wheat grown under accelerated growth conditions
Dinglasan, Eric, Godwin, Ian D., Mortlock, Miranda Y. and Hickey, Lee T. (2016). Resistance to yellow spot in wheat grown under accelerated growth conditions. Euphytica, 209 (3), 693-707. doi: 10.1007/s10681-016-1660-z
Physiological insight to improve mungbean productivity
Smith, Millicent, Van Haeften, Shanice, Dudley, Caitlin, Kohl, Theresa, Douglas, Colin, Ryan, Merrill, Potgieter, Andries, Chapman, Scott, Robinson, Hannah, Dinglasan, Eric and Hickey, Lee (2023). Physiological insight to improve mungbean productivity. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 13-15 March 2023.
Haplotype-based GWAS and genomic prediction as a path to increase genetic gain in chickpea
Akinlade, Oluwaseun, Voss-Fels, Kai, Dinglasan, Eric, Robinson, Hannah, Smith, Millicent, Varshney, Rajeev and Hickey, Lee (2022). Haplotype-based GWAS and genomic prediction as a path to increase genetic gain in chickpea. TropAg International Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October-2 November 2022.
Evaluating genomic prediction models for key traits using a chickpea MAGIC population
Akinlade, Oluwaseun, Voss-Fels, Kai, Dinglasan, Eric, Robinson, Hannah, Smith, Millicent, Varshney, Rajeev and Hickey, Lee (2022). Evaluating genomic prediction models for key traits using a chickpea MAGIC population. Queensland Legume Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22 July 2022.
Understanding the genetic control of quantitative resistance to yellow spot in wheat
Dinglasan, E., Singh, D., Godwin, I. and Hickey, L. (2017). Understanding the genetic control of quantitative resistance to yellow spot in wheat. Annual Meeting the American-Phytopathological-Society (APS), San Antonio TX, United States, 05-09 August 2017. St. Paul, MN United States: American Phytopathological Society.
New tools and sources of genetic resistance to breed yellow spot resistant wheat
Dinglasan, Eric (2018). New tools and sources of genetic resistance to breed yellow spot resistant wheat. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland.
New tools and sources of genetic resistance to breed yellow spot resistant wheat
Dinglasan, Eric (2018). New tools and sources of genetic resistance to breed yellow spot resistant wheat. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland.
Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance
(2024–2028) GRDC - PROC-9176886 - Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance to develop chickpea varieties with improved high temperature tolerance
Genetic initiative to transform symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Australian pulse crops
(2024–2028) PROC-9176963 Genetic initiative to transform symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Australian pulse crops
(2024–2028) Grains Research & Development Corporation
Genomic prediction of ratoon yield robustness
(2023–2024) Sugar Research Australia Limited
(2020–2024) Grains Research & Development Corporation
Molecular genetic analysis of multi-disease resistance in barley using cutting-edge technologies
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Integrating new breeding technologies to accelerate genetic gain in mungbean
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
AI-accelerated breeding of high-protein mungbean
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Molecular genetic analysis of rust disease resistance in wheat using cutting-edge technologies
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Evaluating Diverse Taro (Colocasia) Germplasm to Enhance Food Security and Climate Resilience in the Pacific Islands
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
New mate allocation strategies to accelerate genetic gain in agricultural species.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Advancing genetic knowledge and breeding tools to improve chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
(2024) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: