Dr James Cockram

Group Leader: Trait Genetics

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James is a Group Leader working on trait genetics at Niab. After completing a PhD and post-doctoral position at the John Innes Centre, he has worked at Niab as a Group Leader since 2013. His research focuses on the application of plant molecular genetics, genomics, to investigate the genetic control of yield, yield components, disease resistance and quality traits in cereal crops, with particular focus on wheat and multi-founder advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) populations.

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Dr James Cockram

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Dr James Cockram

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Genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifies genetic loci controlling Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability (DUS) traits in wheat

The barley ear row-number allele ancestral to the six-row allele vrs1.a1 is found in wild barley from the Fertile Crescent

pyRootHair: Machine Learning Accelerated Software for High-Throughput Phenotyping of Plant Root Hair Traits

Integrating genomic prediction into crop DUS testing: new frameworks for Reference Collection management and Distinctness assessment

Wheat responds to lack of root hairs with recruitment of bacteria harboring P mineralization genes and increased arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization

Barley BODYGUARD controls cuticular specialisations regulated by SHINE transcription factors

Genome-wide association analysis identifies seven loci conferring resistance to multiple wheat foliar diseases, including brown and yellow rust resistance originating from Aegilops ventricosa

An eight-founder wheat MAGIC population allows fine-mapping of flowering time loci and provides novel insights into the genetic control of flowering time

A novel root hair mutant, srh1, affects root hair elongation and reactive oxygen species levels in wheat

Root hairs: an underexplored target for sustainable cereal crop production

Multi-trait ensemble genomic prediction and simulations of recurrent selection highlight importance of complex trait genetic architecture for long-term genetic gains in wheat

Longer epidermal cells underlie a quantitative source of variation in wheat flag leaf size

The evolving battle between yellow rust and wheat: implications for global food security

Fine-Mapping the Wheat Snn1 Locus Conferring Sensitivity to the Parastagonospora nodorum Necrotrophic Effector SnTox1 Using an Eight Founder Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross Population

Applying association mapping and genomic selection to the dissection of key traits in elite European wheat

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