Wuletaw Tadesse Degu
Dr. Wuletaw Tadesse Degu leads the spring bread wheat breeding program at ICARDA. Before joining the Center in 2010 he worked at CIMMYT as a postdoctoral wheat breeder and in the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute as a crop breeder.
Dr. Tadesse’s research focuses on the development of widely adapted and high yielding wheat genotypes with resistance to major biotic (diseases and insects) and abiotic (drought and heat) stresses in sub-Saharan Africa and the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. His program distributes more than 300 elite spring bread wheat genotypes on an annual basis through international nurseries to national agricultural research programs. In the past five years alone, more than 60 ICARDA wheat varieties have been released by national programs in sub-Saharan Africa and CWANA.
Dr. Tadesse has published more than 30 articles in ISI journals, and supervised 15 master’s and Ph.D. students. He received his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and his master’s degree from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.
Wuletaw Tadesse Degu's Publications
Accelerated Wheat Breeding and Production in the Face of Climate Change: The Case of Morocco
Multivariate analysis of phenotypic diversity elite bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes from ICARDA in Ethiopia
The CIMMYT Australia ICARDA Germplasm Evaluation concept: a model for international cooperation and impact
Association mapping of septoria tritici blotch resistance in bread wheat in Bale and Arsi highlands, Ethiopia
Genomic selection in plant breeding: Key factors shaping two decades of progress
Genetic dissection of Hessian fly resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using genome-wide association study in Morocco
Assessment of the severity and incidence of Septoria tritici blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) of wheat in Northwestern Ethiopia
Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production: The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative
Genome wide association study for stripe rust resistance in spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Drought-Tolerance QTLs Associated with Grain Yield and Related Traits in Spring Bread Wheat
Genetic characterization and genome-wide association mapping for stem rust resistance in spring bread wheat
Phenotypic assessment of bread wheat genotypes under salt stress using multivariate analysis
Evaluation Of Elite Bread Wheat Genotypes And Egyptian cultivars for salinity tolerance under saline conditions in Egypt
Genome-wide association study for adult plant resistance to yellow rust in spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Phenotypic evaluation of elite spring bread wheat genotypes for hybrid potential traits
Screening of Drought Tolerant Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes using Yield Based Drought Tolerance Indices
Legume-based rotations have clear economic advantages over cereal monocropping in dry areas
Wheat production and breeding in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and opportunities in the face of climate change
Genome-wide association study for agronomic and physiological traits in spring wheat evaluated in a range of heat prone environments
Role of Sustainable Wheat Production to Ensure Food Security in the CWANA region
Effective Selection Criteria for Screening Drought Tolerant and High Yielding Bread Wheat Genotypes
Wheat Breeding at ICARDA: Achievements and Prospects in the CWANA Region
A SNP marker for the selection of HfrDrd, a Hessian fly-response gene in wheat
Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Yield and Grain Quality Traits in Winter Wheat Genotypes
Association Mapping of Resistance to Yellow Rust in Winter Wheat Cultivars and Elite Genotypes
Breeding progress for yield in winter wheat genotypes targeted to irrigated environments of the CWANA region
