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Evaluation of durum wheat lines derived from interspecific crosses under drought and heat stress
The productivity of durum wheat is affected by drought or/and high temperatures, challenges to be amplified by climate change. Pre‐breeding using wild relatives can supply useful traits for durum wheat improvement to adapt to major abiotic and...
Crop wild relatives use in durum wheat breeding: drift or thrift?
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an important source of genetic diversity for crop improvement. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of deploying CWR in durum wheat breeding (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum). A set of 60 accessions was...
Genome-wide association analysis of Mexican bread wheat landraces for resistance to yellow and stem rust
Deploying under-utilized landraces in wheat breeding has been advocated to accelerate genetic gains in current era of genomics assisted breeding. Mexican bread wheat landraces (Creole wheats) represent an important resource for the discovery of...
Genome wide association study of grain yield and yield related traits in spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under drought and heat conditions in three different locations
Senior Research Assistant - Land and Water Management
Rania Gamal
Dr. Rania Gamal is a Senior Research Assistant - Soil, Water, and Agronomy at ICARDA. She received her Ph.D. in Water Resources Management from Department of Bio Systems Engineering, Arid Land Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams...
Research Associate – Genomic Selection of Durum Wheat
Hafssa Kabbaj
Dr. Hafssa Kabbaj is a Research Associate at ICARDA. She joined the durum wheat breeding program of ICARDA- Morocco in 2019 and is now leading the genomic selection pipeline of ICARDA’s durum wheat breeding program. Her work is aimed at...
Mina Devkota-Wasti has more than ten years-research experience in different fields of agronomy and soil science in South Asia and the irrigated dry lands of Central Asia. Before joining ICARDA, she worked as an agronomist for the International...
Research Team Leader - Genetic Resources, conservation, characterization, and use (GRS)/ Country Coordinator - Morocco
Zakaria Kehel
Dr. Zakaria Kehel is a genetic resources scientist and senior biometrician who leads gene bank accession mining and implementation of ICARDA’s Focused Identification of the Germplasm Strategy. He also conducts biometrics research, statistical...
