Gurcharn Singh Brar
@gurcharn.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Wheat Breeder & Geneticist at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Affiliate Assistant Professor, The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada
Affiliate Assistant Professor, The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada
The work paved path for testing many other hypotheses. Shoutout to Samuel Holden & Meng Li who led the work with significant contributions from our collaborators. Last but not the least, shoutout to our funders - Genome BC
NSERC, SaskWheat SaskBarley, Alberta Grains, Manitoba Crop Alliance, WGRF.
NSERC, SaskWheat SaskBarley, Alberta Grains, Manitoba Crop Alliance, WGRF.
October 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The work paved path for testing many other hypotheses. Shoutout to Samuel Holden & Meng Li who led the work with significant contributions from our collaborators. Last but not the least, shoutout to our funders - Genome BC
NSERC, SaskWheat SaskBarley, Alberta Grains, Manitoba Crop Alliance, WGRF.
NSERC, SaskWheat SaskBarley, Alberta Grains, Manitoba Crop Alliance, WGRF.
We present first ever haplophased genome of barley stripe rust + an evidence for likely somatic hybridization event in Psh. Interestingly, Psh isn't much different from Pst & the difference is similar to what we find b/w two diverse Pst lineages+we found genes that makes Psh, Psh & not Pst. 3/5
October 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We present first ever haplophased genome of barley stripe rust + an evidence for likely somatic hybridization event in Psh. Interestingly, Psh isn't much different from Pst & the difference is similar to what we find b/w two diverse Pst lineages+we found genes that makes Psh, Psh & not Pst. 3/5
My intuition from my MSc stripe rust work & what I hypothesized in 2018 - here we proved that I was right:
PstS18 - the most predominant stripe rust lineage in North America-is a somatic hybrid of PstS1 (former most predominant lineage that was introduced from east Africa around year 2000). 2/5
PstS18 - the most predominant stripe rust lineage in North America-is a somatic hybrid of PstS1 (former most predominant lineage that was introduced from east Africa around year 2000). 2/5
October 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My intuition from my MSc stripe rust work & what I hypothesized in 2018 - here we proved that I was right:
PstS18 - the most predominant stripe rust lineage in North America-is a somatic hybrid of PstS1 (former most predominant lineage that was introduced from east Africa around year 2000). 2/5
PstS18 - the most predominant stripe rust lineage in North America-is a somatic hybrid of PstS1 (former most predominant lineage that was introduced from east Africa around year 2000). 2/5