James Tucker

Identification and development of biotic stress-tolerant barley breeding materials through application of biotechnological tools with emphasis on diseases of economic importance such as: Fusarium head blight, spot blotch, net blotch, scald and stem rust.
Current research and/or projects
- Developing barley germplasm with improved resistance to Fusarium head blight and other biotic stresses for western Canada at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research and Development Centre (lead)
- The population structure of Fusarium pathogens of small grain cereals, their distribution and relationship to mycotoxins (team member).
- Barley pathogen variation and surveillance: implications for managing disease via host resistance and fungicides (team member).
- Phenotyping barley breeding lines and germplasm for disease resistance (team member).
- Breeding malting and food barley cultivars for western Canada at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research and Development Centre assisted by new technologies (team member).
- Breeding barley for high yield and resistance to Fusarium head blight for Eastern Canada (team member).
- FHB screening of CDC barley breeding selections (lead).
Professional activities / interests
- Plant Breeding
- Barley Genomics
- Plant Pathology
- Molecular Biology
Education and awards
Education
- Ph.D. candidate, Plant Science, University of Manitoba
- M.Sc. Biology (Quantitative Genetics), Concordia University, Montreal, 1998
- B.Sc. Chemistry/ Biology, University of Winnipeg, 1994
Awards
- W.O.S. Meredith Fellowship for Barley Research, University of Manitoba, 2016
- Seed of the Year Scholarship-West, University of Manitoba, 2017
- 34th Annual Plant Sciences Graduate Student Symposium – Pathology Section - Bronze Prize, 2018
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Food Systems and Sustainability Symposium – Food Systems Research Group Graduate Student Symposium – Bronze Prize, 2018
Key publications
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Elizabeth Brauer, Doris Luckert, Stephanie Poncos, Hannah Morrison, Whynn Bosnich, Melodie Laniel, Martin Charette, Andrew Burt, James Tucker, Raja Khanal, Bahram Samanfar: Bacterial detection and induced immune responses in barley. Canadian Society of Plant Biologists(CSPB), 2023, Quebec City, Canada.
2023 - View publication details
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V. Weerasinghe, J.R. Tucker, A. Badea, W.G. D. Fernando, C. Wijekoon (2023 Jan 19-20) Effect of bacterial endophytes in mycotoxin production of barley. Rapid fire symposium at CCARM. Winnipeg (In person)- Oral presentation
2023 - View publication details
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Agricultural Innovations (Volume V) https://collab.agr.gc.ca/br-dg/stb-dgst/Documents/Annual%20Publications/Agricultural%20Innovations%20Vol%20V.pdf
2022 - View publication details
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V. Weerasinghe, J.R. Tucker, A. Badea, W.G. D. Fernando, C. Wijekoon (2022 Dec 7) Meta-sequencing of bacterial endophytes in clean and FHB-infected barley seeds. Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) Manitoba regional meeting. Winnipeg.
2022 - View publication details
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Survey of fungal endophyte microbiome diversity of barley genotypes grown in western Canada - oral presentation
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Survey of fungal endophyte microbiome diversity of barley genotypes grown in western Canada.
2022 - View publication details
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AAC Prairie: a new two-row malting barley for the mainstream brewing industry - poster
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C. Wijekoon, A. Sabra, J. R. Tucker, A. Badea. (2022 July 4-8) Comparative analysis of phenolic compounds of Canadian barley reveals potential biomarkers related to Fusarium head blight resistance. CPS conference (virtual).
2022 - View publication details
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Xu, W., Tucker, J.R., Bekele, W.A., You, F.M., Fu, Y.B., Khanal, R., Yao, Z., Singh, J., Boyle, B., Beattie, A.D., Belzile, F., Mascher, M., Tinker, N.A., Badea, A. (2021). Genome assembly of the canadian two-row malting barley cultivar AAC synergy. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, [online] 11(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab031
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Proceedings of the 2020 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum
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Proceedings of the 2020 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum
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Proceedings of the 2020 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT - INDUSTRY REACTS TO REVISED FUSARIUM REGULATORY REGIME
2020 - View publication details
https://grainswest.com/2020/11/under-new-management/
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Borrego-Benjumea, A., Carter, A., Tucker, J.R., Yao, Z., Xu, W., Badea, A. (2020). Genome-wide analysis of gene expression provides new insights into waterlogging responses in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Plants, [online] 9(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9020240
2020 - View publication details
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Legge, W.G., Badea, A., Tucker, J.R., Fetch, T.G., Banik, M., Haber, S., Menzies, J.G., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K., Martin, R.A., Choo, T.M., Blackwell, B.A., Savard, M.E. (2018). AAC goldman barley. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(5), 1203-1211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0361
2018 - View publication details
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Legge, W.G., Badea, A., Tucker, J.R., Fetch, T.G., Haber, S., Menzies, J.G., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K., Martin, R.A., Choo, T.M., Blackwell, B.A., Savard, M.E. (2017). AAC connect barley. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(3), 539-548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0312
2017 - View publication details
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Akhavan, A., Strelkov, S.E., Kher, S.V., Askarian, H., Tucker, J.R., Legge, W.G., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K. (2017). Resistance to Pyrenophora teres f. Teres and P. teres f. maculata in Canadian barley genotypes. Crop Science, [online] 57(1), 151-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2016.05.0385
2017 - View publication details
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Akhavan, A., Turkington, T.K., Kebede, B., Xi, K., Kumar, K., Tekauz, A., Kutcher, H.R., Tucker, J.R., Strelkov, S.E. (2016). Genetic structure of Pyrenophora teres f. teres and P. teres f. maculata populations from western Canada. European Journal of Plant Pathology, [online] 146(2), 325-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10658-016-0919-5
2016 - View publication details
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Akhavan, A., Turkington, T.K., Askarian, H., Tekauz, A., Xi, K., Tucker, J.R., Kutcher, H.R., Strelkov, S.E. (2016). Virulence of Pyrenophora teres populations in western Canada. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, [online] 38(2), 183-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2016.1159617
2016 - View publication details
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Akhavan, A., Turkington, T.K., Askarian, H., Legge, W.G., Tekauz, A., Tucker, J.R., and Strelkov, S.E. (2015). "Ability of Pyrenophora teres pathotypes to overcome net blotch resistance in Canadian barley genotypes.", Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. (Abstract)
2015 - View publication details
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Affiliations
- Member of the Canadian Phytopathological Society
- Member of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley.
- Chair of Disease Evaluation Team, Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley