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

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-

Key publications

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Diederichsen, A., Ulrich, A. (2009). Variability in stem fibre content and its association with other characteristics in 1177 flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) genebank accessions. Industrial Crops and Products, [online] 30(1), 33-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.01.002

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  4. Diederichsen, A. (2009). Duplication assessments in Nordic Avena sativa accessions at the Canadian national genebank. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, [online] 56(4), 587-597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-008-9388-9

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  5. Diederichsen, A. and Richards, K.W. (2008). "Plant Gene Resources of Canada - Pulse Crop Diversity from the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains.", 2 pages. (Factsheet)

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  6. Diederichsen, A. (2008). "Lessons learnt from beans: home gardens as hot-spots for crop evolution.", - Seed Savers 2008. Summer Edition, Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah, IA, USA, pp. 32-36.

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  7. Diederichsen, A. and Fu, Y.B. (2008). "Flax genetic diversity as the raw material for future success.", 2008 International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, July 21-23, 2008, pp. 270-280.

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  8. Diederichsen, A., Kusters, P.M., and Richards, K.W. (2008). "Plant Gene Resources of Canada - Diverse species of the genus Linum.", 2 pages. (Factsheet)

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  9. Diederichsen, A. (2008). "Beans prove it: Home Gardens are Hot Spots for Crop Evolution.", Seeds of Diversity Canada, 21(3), pp. 12-15.

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  10. Diederichsen, A. (2008). "Future involvement of the Global Crop Diversity Trust in oat germplasm work and opportunities for funding.", Meeting of the Global Oat Diversity Network, Minneapolis Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2 July, 2008. (Presentation)

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  11. Diederichsen, A. and Germeier, C. (2008). "Trends in conservation and utilization of oat genetic resources.", 8th International Oat Conference (IOC): Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives, Minneapolis Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis, MN, USA, June 28-July 2, 2008.

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  12. Diederichsen, A., Raney, J.P. (2008). Pure-lining of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) genebank accessions for efficiently exploiting and assessing seed character diversity. Euphytica, [online] 164(1), 255-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10681-008-9725-2

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  13. Diederichsen, A. (2008). Assessments of genetic diversity within a world collection of cultivated hexaploid oat (Avena sativa L.) based on qualitative morphological characters. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, [online] 55(3), 419-440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-007-9249-y

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  14. Diederichsen, A., Rozhmina, T.A., Kudrjavceva, L.P. (2008). Variation patterns within 153 flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) genebank accessions based on evaluation for resistance to fusarium wilt, anthracnose and pasmo. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, [online] 6(1), 22-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1479262108913897

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  15. Diederichsen, A., Boguslavskij, R.L., Halan, M.S., and Richards, K.W. (2007). "Collecting plant genetic resources in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains within the territory of Ukraine in 2005.", Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 151, pp. 14-21.

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  16. Diederichsen, A. (2007). "Surviving first-generation immigrants to Saskatchewan.", - Seed Savers 2007. Summer Edition, Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah, IA, USA.

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  17. Wiersema, J.H., Porcher, M., Baum, B.R., Chauvet, M., Dawson, S., Diederichsen, A., Green, N., Groth, D., Hammer, K., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Himmel, P., Jarvis, C.E., Mannino, M.R., Pistrick, K., and van Ettekoven, K. (2007). ISTA List of Stabilized Plant Names. 5th Edition., International Testing Association (ISTA), Bassersdorf, Switzerland.

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  18. Diederichsen, A. (2007). "Ex-situ collections of cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) and other species of the genus Linum L.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 54(3), pp. 661-678. doi : 10.1007/s10722-006-9119-z

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  19. Diederichsen, A., Raney, J.P., and Duguid, S.D. (2006). "Variation of mucilage in flax seed and itsrelationship with other seed characters.", Crop Science, 46, pp. 365-371.

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  20. Diederichsen, A. and Fu, Y.B. (2006). "Phenotypic and molecular (RAPD) differentiation of four infraspecific groups of cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L. subsp. usitatissimum).", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 53, pp. 77-90.

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Research facility

107 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2
Canada

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