Publications by authors named "M Sorrells"
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- * A study evaluated 350 genotypes of naked barley across 13 environments, identifying various marker trait associations linked to resistance against several fungal diseases, including barley stripe rust and spot blotch.
- * The research confirmed existing knowledge in the field and highlighted new potential sources for improving disease resistance in naked barley, revealing distinct patterns of resistance and susceptibility.
The dispersion of plant pathogens, such as rust spores, is responsible for more than 20% of global crop yield loss annually. However, the release mechanism of pathogens from flexible plant surfaces into the canopy is not well understood. In this study, we investigated the interplay between leaf elasticity and rainfall, revealing how a flexible leaf structure can generate a lateral flow stream, with embedded coherent structures that enhance transport.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSelection for more nutritious crop plants is an important goal of plant breeding to improve food quality and contribute to human health outcomes. While there are efforts to integrate genomic prediction to accelerate breeding progress, an ongoing challenge is identifying strategies to improve accuracy when predicting within biparental populations in breeding programs. We tested multiple genomic prediction methods for 12 seed fatty acid content traits in oat (Avena sativa L.
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- - Sepsis is a major cause of death in hospitals, but early diagnostics are inadequate; the IntelliSep test aims to improve this by assessing immune responses related to sepsis.
- - The study tested how well the IntelliSep test correlates with biological markers connected to sepsis by experimenting with blood samples treated with PMA to induce NET formation and comparing ISI scores.
- - Results showed that higher PMA concentrations led to significantly elevated ISI scores, and a linear correlation was found between ISI scores and levels of NET components in patient samples, suggesting IntelliSep could indicate sepsis-related changes.
Malt for craft "all-malt" brewing can have high quality, PHS resistance, and malted in normal timeframes. Canadian style adjunct malt is associated with PHS susceptibility. Expansion of malting barley production into non-traditional growing regions and erratic weather has increased the demand for preharvest sprouting (PHS) resistant, high quality malting barley cultivars.
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