Ahmad Sallam. Ph.D.

Register for our upcoming webinar with Dr. James Anderson Registration link: lnkd.in/gFvTGDN5 Mark your calendar for an amazing learning experience! #napb #plantbreeding

GrainGenes update: Genome browsers and BLAST services (for both nucleotide and protein sequences) are available for Wheat Pangenome (17 cultivars); Jiao et al. 2024. @WheatInitiative @rajvarshney

GrainGenes update: SCAB curation - 256 MetaQTL for Barley Fusarium-related traits from 14 Mapping Studies @WheatInitiative @USWBSI @AMBA_Barley

🇺🇸U.S. #cotton plantings come in well above expectations and above all trade guesses. Acres of #sorghum, #barley and #oats are all down notably from 2023.

🇺🇸U.S. #wheat production fell from the previous estimate due to smaller output for spring and durum, offsetting an increase in winter wheat.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) lowered its estimate for US all-wheat production this year based on forecasts for lower soft red winter, other spring and durum #wheat production. → ow.ly/XiNR50SWKn3 #agriculture #agribusiness #grain

A comparison of Wisconsin's occupied bald eagle nests in 1974 and 2019. The increase is attributed to the Clean Water Act

I finally harvested my winter durum yield plots. There is a great potential for winter durum wheat as all the advanced lines survived at 100% in St. Paul and Rosemount, MN.

So sad to share the news that Professor Don Wyse passed away this morning. The Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics (@UMN_AgroPlant) shared these bouquets of Forever Green crops as a touching tribute.

Pleased to announce our South African plant #rust image repository epidemiologiaufv.shinyapps.io/plantrustimage… on the International Day of Plant Health 2024. Thanks Emerson Del Ponte @edelponte, Lisa Rothmann @LandbouLisa, and Willem Boshoff @B12272396Willem for reviving our photographs. #IDPH

The story of wheat and its cousins | Nature Plants, March 16, 2023. doi.org/10.1038/s41477…

Dr. Brian Steffenson in the NWROC annual Crops and Soils Day talking about small grains disease evaluation and utilizing wild species for the discovery of novel genes.

Recent @crop_science publication utilized examined wild #barley subspecies and revealed genes associated with cell wall modification, carbohydrate metabolism, and regulation of β-glucan. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/csc2.2… @UMNPlantPath

The Minnesota winter barley MAGIC population is starting to produce heads.

The "unzipping" of the dryline yesterday across the Plains is one of the coolest meteorological processes I have ever seen on satellite.

University of Minnesota scientists are partnering with a global team to study the complex effects of climate change on winter crops.  twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/cr…

More Minn. Farmers May Be Planting Wheat This Year Due To Russia-Ukraine War minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/03/04/mor…

Open position in bioinformatics aimed at understanding molecular mechanisms of virulence/avirulence in cereal rust fungi. For info see: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/345366

The University’s Forever Green Initiative develops crops with environmental and economical benefits. By @TessFitzhenry mndaily.com/270824/news/um…