Dr. Axel Diederichsen

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Research Scientist, Curator

Research Scientist and Curator at Plant Gene Resources Canada (PGRC), the Canadian national genebank for plant genetic resources for food and agricultrure.

- Managing seed genebank

- Initiating and conducting research

- Representing PGRC at national and international fora

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Plant Gene Resources of Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, S7N 0X2,

Current research and/or projects

- Managing seed genebank Plant Gene Resources of Canada as part ot project AAFC's Biological Collections

- Research on cadmium accumulation in flax germplasm

 

Research and/or project statements

- Research in cereal germplasm divserity (oats, wheta, triticale)

- National Focal Point for International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

- National Focal Point for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to FAO Commission on Genetic Resources

- National Focal Point for Biodiversity for food and Agriculture to FAO Commission on Genetic Resources.

Professional activities / interests

- Diverstity and evolution of cultvated plants

- Plant genetic resourcces globally

Education and awards

 Dr. sc. agr. (Ph.D. equivalent) Georg-August-Uinivseristy, Göttingen, Germany, 1993

International experience and/or work

- 2010–2011, Senior Research Scientist, Nordic Genetic Resource Center, Alnarp, Sweden

 

- 1998, Assistant Plant Breeder, Getreidezüchtunsforschungforschung Darzau, Germany

- 1993-1997, Research Associate, Curator and Graduate Student, IPK Gatersleben, Germany-

Additional links

PGRC presence on AAFC Online - https://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/agriculture-and-agri-food-canada/?id=1579541490274

GrinGlobal-CA - http://pgrc-rpc.agr.gc.ca/

Key publications

  1. Diederichsen, A. (2012). "The Canadian national genebank and oat.", University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, November 27, 2012. (Presentation)

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  2. Buchwaldt, L., Shaikh, R., Diederichsen, A., Harrington, M., Adam, J., and Conner, R.L. (2012). "Sources of resistance to Colletotrichum truncatum in lentil obtained by cycles of single plant selection in diverse germplasm.", 9th Canadian Pulse Crop Research Workshop, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, November 6-9, 2012. (Abstract)

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  3. Diederichsen, A. (2012). "Åsmund Bjørnstad: Vårt daglege brød- kornets kulturhistorie [Our daily bread – cultural history of cereals]. 2010, Vidarforlaget, Oslo, Norway, 255 pp. 68 references, in Neo Norwegian language ISBN: 978-82-7900-102-0. Book review.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 59, pp. 965-966.

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  4. Diederichsen, A., Blackburn, H.D., and Plante, Y. (2012). "The reduction in biodiversity in agriculture: myth or reality?", 5th World Congress of Agronomists and Agrologists, Québec City Convention Centre, Québec City, QC, Canada, September 17-21, 2012.

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  5. Fu, Y.B., Diederichsen, A., and Allaby, R.G. (2012). "Locus-specific view of flax domestication history.", Ecology and Evolution, 2(1), pp. 139-152. doi : 10.1002/ece3.57

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  6. Diederichsen, A., Rozhkov, R.V., Korzhenevsky, V.V., and Boguslavskij, R.L. (2012). "Collecting genetic resources of crop wild relatives in Crimea, Ukraine, in 2009.", Crop Wild Relative, 8, pp. 34-38.

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  7. Diederichsen, A. (2012). "Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) in the Canadian genebank.", Western Canadian Crop Production Show 2012, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, January 9, 2012. (Poster)

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  8. Uysal, H., Kurt, O., Fu, Y.B., Diederichsen, A., Kusters, P. (2012). Variation in phenotypic characters of pale flax (Linum bienne Mill.) from Turkey. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, [online] 59(1), 19-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-011-9663-z

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  9. Diederichsen, A. (2011). "Characterization of Nordic cultivars and landraces of spring wheat released during the 20th century.", Nordic Genetic Resource Centre, Alnarp, Sweden, March 17, 2011. (Presentation)

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  10. Diederichsen, A. and McVetty, P.B.E. (2011). "Botany and Plant Breeding.", in Daun, J.K., Eskin, N.A.M. and Hickling, D. (eds.) - Canola: Chemistry, Production, Processing and Utilization (AOCS Monograph Series on Oilseeds), AOCS Press, Urbana, USA, Chapter 2, pp. 29-56.

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  11. Diederichsen, A., Vishnyakova, M., and Vandenberg, A. (2011). "Lentils: The Saskatchewan – Russia Connection.", PulsePoint, pp. 38-39.

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  12. Diederichsen, A. (2011). "Research in flax, oat and chickpea at the Canadian national genebank for improved collection utilization.", Seminar at Swedish Agricultural University SLU, Alnarp, Sweden, May 19, 2011. (Presentation)

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  13. Tullu, A., Diederichsen, A., Suvorova, G., and Vandenberg, A. (2011). "Genetic and genomic resources of lentil: status, use and prospects.", Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 9(1), pp. 19-29. doi : 10.1017/S1479262110000353

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  14. Dhanda, R.K., Rossnagel, B.G., Diederichsen, A., and Beattie, A.D. (2010). "Better Oat Fat.", American Oat Workers Conference 2010, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, April 18-21, 2010, pp. 22.

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  15. Diederichsen, A. (2010). Phenotypic diversity of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosas L.) germplasm preserved by the Canadian genebank. Helia, [online] 33(53), 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/HEL1053001D

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  16. Uysal, H., Fu, Y.B., Kurt, O., Peterson, G.W., Diederichsen, A., Kusters, P. (2010). Genetic diversity of cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) and its wild progenitor pale flax (Linum bienne Mill.) as revealed by ISSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, [online] 57(7), 1109-1119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-010-9551-y

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  17. Badaeva, E.D., Shelukhina, O.Y., Diederichsen, A., Loskutov, I.G., Pukhalskiy, V.A. (2010). Comparative cytogenetic analysis of Avena macrostachya and diploid C-genome Avena species. Genome, [online] 53(2), 125-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/G09-089

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  18. Diederichsen, A. (2009). "Taxonomical and morphological assessments of infraspecific diversity in cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L.).", Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics(Suppl. 92), pp. 33-51.

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  19. Diederichsen, A. (2009). "Sabine Landsrath and Karl Hammer: Pflanzliche Agrarbiodiversität - eine essayisistische Überarbeitung Friedrich Alefelds "Landwirthschaftlicher Flora" von 1866 [Plant agrobiodiversity-an essayistic review of Friedrich Alefeld’s “Agricultural Flora” from 1866]. Review.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 56(1), pp. 143-144.

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  20. Hammer, K., Germeier, C., Diederichsen, A. (2009). "Evolution, status and perspectives for landraces in Europe.", in Veteläinen M., Negri V. and Maxted N. (eds.) - European landraces: on-farm conservation, management and use. Bioversity Technical Bulletin No. 15, Bioversity International, pp. 23-44.

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Contact

Research facility

Saskatoon Research and Development Centre
107 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Crops›Alternative crops and diversification
Agriculture›Curator

Affiliations

- PROCINORTE Taskfore on Plant Genetic Resources of Inetr-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

- Nomenclature Committee of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)

- Crop Wild Relative Specialist Group (CWRSG) of the International Union of Conservation (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC)

- International Seed Morphology Association

Language

English
French

Other languages

German, Russian, Norwegian