Publications by authors named "Michal Kwiatek"

Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt) is one of the most impactful diseases causing substantial losses in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crops. In adult plants resistant to Pt, a horizontal adult plant resistance (APR) is observed: APR protects the plant against multiple pathogen races and is distinguished by durable persistence under production conditions.

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Leaf rust caused by (Pt) is one of the most dangerous diseases causing significant losses in common wheat crops. In adult plants resistant to rust, a horizontal adult plant resistance (APR) type is observed, which protects the plant against multiple pathogen races and is distinguished by greater persistence under production conditions. Crucial pleiotropic slow-rust genes such as , , , and , in combination with other genes of lesser influence, continue to increase durable resistance to rust diseases.

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Background: Alkylresorcinols (ARs) are compounds belonging to the class of phenolic lipids. A rich source of ARs are cereal grains such as rye, wheat, triticale or barley. ARs found in plants are characterized by a variety of biological properties such as antimicrobial, antifungal and cytotoxic activity.

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The main efforts in common wheat ( L.) breeding focus on yield, grain quality, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. One of the major threats affecting global wheat cultivation and causing significant crop production losses are rust diseases, including leaf rust caused by a biotrophic fungus Eriks.

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Among cereals, triticale (× Wittmack ex A. Camus) represents a number of advantages such as high grain yield even in marginal environments, tolerance to drought, cold and acid soils, as well as lower production costs. Together with high biomass of grain and straw, triticale is also considered as an industrial energy crop.

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Race-nonspecific resistance is a key to sustainable management of pathogens in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding. It is more durable compared to race-specific immunity, conferred by the major genes (R), which are often overcome by pathogens.

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Wheat leaf rust, caused by fungal pathogen Erikss, annually contributes to production losses as high as 40% in susceptible varieties and remains as one of the most damaging diseases of wheat worldwide. Currently, one of the major challenges of wheat geneticists and breeders is to accumulate major genes for durability of rust resistance called "slow rusting" genes using marker-assisted selection (MAS). Until now, eight genes (, , , , , , , and ) conferring resistance against multiple fungal pathogens have been identified in wheat gene pool and the molecular markers were developed for them.

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  • Leaf rust, caused by a specific fungus, threatens wheat production by diminishing both the quantity and quality of cereal yields.
  • The research focused on identifying markers linked to slow rust genes for developing wheat cultivars with stable horizontal-type resistance, which is more effective than major resistance genes that pathogens can overcome.
  • The study successfully utilized multiplex PCR techniques and SSR-PCR markers to identify resistant wheat lines, particularly PHR 4947 and PHR 4819, proving that marker-assisted selection is effective for breeding rust-resistant crops.
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Camelina sativa L. Crantz (Brassicaceae family), known as camelina, has gained new attention as a re-emerging oil seed crop. With a unique seed oil profile, with the majority of the fatty acids consisting of linolenic (C18:3), oleic (C18:1), linoleic (C18:2), and eicosenoic (C20:1), camelina oil is reported to be useful as a food oil and biofuel.

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Alien chromosome introgression has become a valuable tool to broaden the genetic variability of crop plants via chromosome engineering. This study details the procedure to obtain monosomic addition and monosomic substitution lines of the triticale carrying 2S chromosome from Boiss., which harbors + leaf and stripe rust-resistant gene loci, respectively.

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Lr46/Yr29/Pm39 (Lr46) is a gene for slow rusting resistance in wheat. The aim of the study was to analyze the miRNA expression in selected common wheat cultivars carrying resistance genes, Lr46 among others (HN Rod, Pavon'S', Myna'S', Frontana'S', and Sparrow'S') in response to leaf rust infection caused by Puccinia triticina Erikss. In the Pavon 'S', Myna 'S', Frontana'S', and Sparow'S' varieties a product with a length of 242 bp has been identified, which is specific to the Xwmc44 marker linked to the brown rust resistance gene Lr46.

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There is a growing interest in breeding and production of hexaploid triticale (× Wittmack ex A. Camus) in European Union and in the world. It is reported that triticale can be an alternative to wheat ( L.

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A number of studies have shown that the greater the genetic diversity of parental lines, the greater the heterosis effect. Genetic or phenotypic variation can be estimated by genotype testing on the basis of the observations obtained through prediction (a priori) or the observations and studies (a posteriori). The first method uses data such as the genealogy of a given subject and the information about its geographical origin.

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Androgenesis is potentially the most effective technique for doubled haploid production of wheat. It is not however widely used in breeding programmes due to its main limitation: the genotype dependence. Due to genetic differences between spring and winter wheat, it was assumed that both phenotypes are different in their capacity to conduct androgenesis.

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Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina belongs to one of the most dangerous fungal diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and is the cause of large yield losses every year. Here we report a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, which was developed for detection of two important wheat slow rust resistance genes Lr34 and Lr46, using two molecular markers: csLV34 and Xwmc44, respectively.

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  • There are various studies on the chromosome structure and organization in goatgrasses, focusing on techniques like chromosome banding and fluorescence hybridization for identification.
  • These methods are significant due to the genetic similarities between goatgrasses and cultivated cereals like wheat and triticale.
  • The article reviews these chromosome identification techniques and highlights effective cytomolecular markers that assist in tracking desired traits during breeding.
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Infections are the leading cause of mortality among patients with multiple myeloma (MM). This review presents etiology and epidemiological data concerning infectious complications in the course of MM, risk factors for its development and current indications for prophylaxis and treatment of infections in this group of patients.

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Leaf rust caused by Eriks belongs to the most important fungal pathogens of wheat ( L.) and triticale (× ). Effective resistance to leaf rust is both, cost-effective and environmentally safe.

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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common of indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Its first-line treatment, based on immuno-chemotherapy with the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab, is characterized by a high overall response rate to therapy. However, the disease is not curable in most cases and frequent relapses and transformations to other higher-grade lymphomas are observed.

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Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) relies on fluorescent-labeled probes to detect specific DNA sequences in the genome, and it is widely used in cytogenetic analyses. The aim of this study was to determine the karyotype of T. aestivum and T.

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  • The pivotal-differential evolution pattern involves two allopolyploids sharing a common genome (pivotal) and differing in others (differential), which drives intergenomic recombination and can lead to speciation.
  • Our study explored this mechanism in synthetic amphidiploids and triticale hybrids, finding that chromosome recombination occurs through random fragmentation and interactions at mitosis and meiosis.
  • We identified reciprocal chromosome translocations in various F plants using fluorescence hybridization and noted that the pivotal R-genome's homologous pairing is vital for hybrid fertility but also plays a role in intergeneric recombination.
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(2n = 2x = 14) is a diploid wild species which is reported as a donor of the D-genome of cultivated bread wheat. The main goal of this study was to examine the differences and similarities in chromosomes organization among accessions of with geographically diversed origin, which is believed as a potential source of genes, especially determining resistance to fungal diseases (i.e.

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