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Crop Genetics Group



Contact: Dr Donal O'Sullivan

 

 We are interested in understanding the genetic bais for phenotypic variation in traits of relevance to sustainable 21st century agriculture. We use classical Mendelian and QTL mapping approaches to identify and map genetic loci controlling variation of interest and complement this with association genetics approaches. We are also interested in understanding the germplasm dynamics of agronomically important genes and their functionally diverse alleles.

 

Our favorite species are the major arable crops wheat, barley and oilseed rape, but we also have significant interests in a variety of non-arable and overseas crops such as tea, coffee, olive and bean. Informative and abundant molecular markers are of course critical in obaining high-resolution maps. We have a number of ongoing marker development activities, chiefly in wheat, barley and olive.

 

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