Wubishet Bekele, Ph.D.
Functional Cereal Genomics and Molecular Breeding
Current research and/or projects
- Genomics-assisted breeding research and development
- Breeding oriented genomic resources and databases
- Functional genomics and pre-breeding research
- Pan-genomics in cultivated oat and genome evolution in the genus Avena
Research and/or project statements
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Industry-led breeding, genomics and agronomy research to improve oat yield. The Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance (CFCRA) co-funded this project that aims at applying genomic tools in Ottawa and Brandon RDC oat breeding programs.
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Targeted and Useful Genomics for Barley and Oat (TUGBOAT) is a management-driven project that aims at developing genomics tools and applying genomic selection in barley and oat breeding programs at Ottawa and Brandon RDCs.
Education and awards
B.Sc. Plant Sciences, Debub University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
M.Sc. Agro-biotechnology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Ph.D. Plant Breeding and Genomics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
International experience and/or work
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Research Scientist (Postdoctoral), Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Research Scientist (Doctoral student), Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Internship at Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Assistant Researcher, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO), Ethiopia
Additional links
Key publications
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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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Panel Discussion #2: Innovation & Collaboration in the CFCRA Oat Project. Weikai Yan, Wubi Bekele, & Nick Tinker. CFCRA Virtual Research Summit - Innovating for the Future. Feb 2-3, 2021.
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Yan, H., Zhou, P., Peng, Y., Bekele, W.A., Ren, C., Tinker, N.A., Peng, Y. (2020). Genetic diversity and genome-wide association analysis in Chinese hulless oat germplasm. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), [online] 133(12), 3365-3380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-020-03674-1
2020 - View publication details
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Kebede, A.Z., Bekele, W.A., Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Beattie, A.D., Chao, S., Tinker, N.A., Fetch, T.G., McCartney, C.A. (2020). Localization of the stem rust resistance gene Pg2 to linkage group Mrg20 in cultivated oat (Avena sativa). Phytopathology, [online] 110(10), 1721-1726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-03-20-0076-R
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Genomics-assisted breeding of oat. Nicholas Tinker, Wubishet Bekele, Weikai Yan
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Asuka Itaya, Charlene Wight. Federal Government Plant Breeding Report on June 2020 Virtual Sessions
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Zhao, J., Kebede, A.Z., Bekele, W.A., Menzies, J.G., Chong, J., Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Tinker, N.A., Beattie, A.D., Peng, Y.Y., McCartney, C.A. (2020). Mapping of the oat crown rust resistance gene PC39 relative to single nucleotide polymorphism markers. Plant Disease, [online] 104(5), 1507-1513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-19-2002-RE
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Bekele, W.A., Itaya, A., Boyle, B., Yan, W., Mitchell Fetch, J., Tinker, N.A. (2020). A targeted genotyping-by-sequencing tool (Rapture) for genomics-assisted breeding in oat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), [online] 133(2), 653-664. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03496-w
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Kebede, A.Z., Admassu-Yimer, B., Bekele, W.A., Gordon, T., Bonman, J.M., Babiker, E., Jin, Y., Gale, S., Wight, C.P., Tinker, N.A., Menzies, J.G., Beattie, A.D., Mitchell Fetch, J., Fetch, T.G., Esvelt Klos, K., McCartney, C.A. (2020). Mapping of the stem rust resistance gene Pg13 in cultivated oat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), [online] 133(1), 259-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03455-5
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Samanfar, B., Cober, E.R., Charette, M., Tan, L.H., Bekele, W.A., Morrison, M.J., Kilian, A., Belzile, F., Molnar, S.J. (2019). Genetic Analysis of High Protein Content in ‘AC Proteus’ Related Soybean Populations Using SSR, SNP, DArT and DArTseq Markers. Scientific Reports, [online] 9(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55862-9
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Sunstrum, F.G., Bekele, W.A., Wight, C.P., Yan, W., Chen, Y., Tinker, N.A. (2019). A genetic linkage map in southern-by-spring oat identifies multiple quantitative trait loci for adaptation and rust resistance. Plant Breeding, [online] 138(1), 82-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12666
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Bekele, W.A., Wight, C.P., Chao, S., Howarth, C.J., Tinker, N.A. (2018). Haplotype-based genotyping-by-sequencing in oat genome research. Plant Biotechnology Journal, [online] 16(8), 1452-1463. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12888
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Yan, H., Bekele, W. A., Wight, C. P., Peng, Y., Langdon, T., Latta, R. G., Fu, Y.-B., Diederichsen, A., Howarth, C. J., Jellen, E. N., Boyle, B., Wei, Y., and Tinker, N. A., 2016: High-density marker profiling confirms ancestral genomes of Avena species and identifies D-genome chromosomes of hexaploid oat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 129, 2133–2149.
2016 - View publication details
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Yan, H., Martin, S.L., Bekele, W.A., Latta, R.G., Diederichsen, A., Peng, Y., Tinker, N.A. (2016). Genome size variation in the genus Avena. Genome, [online] 59(3), 209-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2015-0132
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Tinker, N.A., Bekele, W.A., Hattori, J. (2016). Haplotag: Software for haplotype-based genotyping-by-sequencing analysis. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, [online] 6(4), 857-863. http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.115.024596
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