Publications

Discover recent publications from our research on winter cereals, advancing knowledge in crop genetics, physiology, and adaptation.

Comparative study of winter cereals forage productivity in Mediterranean agro-system highlight possibilities for crop improvement and agronomic diversification

Molla Gereme Taye, Aviv Tzuberi, Kamal Nashef, David Malada, David J. Bonfil, Yehoshua Saranga, Yehoshav Ariel Ben-Meir, Roi Ben-David

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2025.110272

December 5, 2025

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Novel QTLs/genes affecting single stem elasticity, stem strength, and three lodging indices in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) identified by genome-wide association analysis

Hao Ren, Shan Lu, Siting Li, Qingfeng Dong, Dezheng Liu, Roi Ben-David, Liang Chen, Yin-Gang Hu

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-04929-5

June 9, 2025

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Population genomics and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew in Europe

Jigisha Jigisha, Jeanine Ly, Nikolaos Minadakis, Fabian Freund, Lukas Kunz, Urszula Piechota, Beyhan Akin, Virgilio Balmas, Roi Ben-David, Szilvia Bencze, Salim Bourras, Matteo Bozzoli, Otilia Cotuna, Gilles Couleaud, Mónika Cséplő, Paweł Czembor, Francesca Desiderio, Jost Dörnte, Antonín Dreiseitl, Angela Feechan,Agata Gadaleta, Kevin Gauthier, Angelica Giancaspro, Stefania L. Giove, Alain Handley-Cornillet, Amelia Hubbard, George Karaoglanidis, Steven Kildea, Emrah Koc, Žilvinas Liatukas, Marta S. Lopes, Fabio Mascher, Cathal McCabe, Thomas Miedaner, Fernando Martínez-Moreno, Charlotte F. Nellist, Sylwia Okoń, Coraline Praz, Javier Sánchez-Martín, Veronica Sărăţeanu, Philipp Schulz, Nathalie Schwartz, Daniele Seghetta, Ignacio Solís Martel, Agrita Švarta, Stefanos Testempasis, Dolors Villegas, Victoria Widrig, Fabrizio Menardo

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003097

May 2, 2025

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UAV-borne hyperspectral and thermal imagery integration empowers genetic dissection of wheat stomatal conductance

Roy Sadeh, Victor Alchanatis, Roi Ben-David, Zvi Peleg, Ittai Herrmann

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.110411

April 19, 2025

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Whole-Genome Sequencing of the Wild Barley Diversity Collection: A Resource for Identifying and Exploiting Genetic Variation for Cultivated Barley Improvement

Ahmad H. Sallam, Yu Guo, Murukarthick Jayakodi, Axel Himmelbach, Anne Fiebig, Jamie Simmons, Gerit Bethke, Yoonjung Lee, Rebecca Spanner, Ana Badea, Michael Baum, François Belzile, Roi Ben-David, Robert Brueggeman, Austin Case, Luigi Cattivelli, Michael Davis, Christoph Dockter, Jaroslav Doležel, Antonin Dreiseitl, Ryan Gavin, Lior Glick, Stephan Greiner, Ruth Hamilton, Patrick M. Hayes, Scott Heisel, Cynthia Henson, Benjamin Kilian, Takao Komatsuda, Chengdao Li, Cheng Liu, Ramamurthy Mahalingam, Maren Maruschewski, Oadi Matny, Andreas Maurer, Klaus F. X. Mayer, Itay Mayrose, Peter Morrell, Matthew Moscou, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Youko Oono, Frank Ordon, Hakan Özkan, Ales Pecinka, Dragan Perovic, Klaus Pillen, Mohammad Pourkheirandish, Joanne Russell, Jan Šafář, Silvio Salvi, Miguel Sanchez-Garcia, Kazuhiro Sato, Thomas Schmutzer, Uwe Scholz, Jeness Scott, Gurcharn Singh Brar, Kevin P. Smith, Mark E. Sorrells, Manuel Spannagl, Nils Stein, Alessandro Tondelli, Roberto Tuberosa, James Tucker, Thomas Turkington, Jan Valkoun, Ramesh Pal Singh Verma, Marcus A. Vinje, Maria von Korff Schmising, Jason G. Walling, Robbie Waugh, Roger P. Wise, Brande B. H. Wulff, Shengming Yang, Guoping Zhang, Martin Mascher, Brian J. Steffenson

https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.18.624148

November 20, 2024

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