PhD Oral Defense: Resistance gene identification in barley against Fusarium Head Blight based on metabolo-transcriptomics approach

PhD Oral Defense of Shailesh Karre, Plant Science

Barley is one of the important cereal food crops in the world, mainly due to its wonderful versatility. Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum is considered as one of the biggest problems in barley production, because it leads to serious yield loss and also mycotoxin contamination of grains. The management of FHB is a great challenge in barley and wheat production worldwide. Though barley genome sequences and advanced omics technologies are available, till date none of the resistance mechanisms has been successfully deciphered. Hence, this study was aimed at identifying candidate gene(s) and elucidating resistance mechanisms induced by barley resistant genotype ‘CI9831’ based on integrated OMICS approach.

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