Genome-wide association study in quinoa reveals selection pattern typical for crops with a short breeding history

DSR Patiranage, E Rey, N Emrani, G Wellman… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Quinoa germplasm preserves useful and substantial genetic variation, yet it remains untapped
due to a lack of implementation of modern breeding tools. We have integrated field and …

Haplotype variations of major flowering time genes in quinoa unveil their role in the adaptation to different environmental conditions

DSR Patiranage, E Asare… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Response to photoperiod is of major importance in crop production. It defines the adaptation
of plants to local environments. Quinoa is a short‐day plant which had been domesticated …

[HTML][HTML] Quinoa phenotyping methodologies: An international consensus

…, EB Craine, G Wellman, VJ Melino, D SR Patiranage… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Quinoa is a crop originating in the Andes but grown more widely and with the genetic potential
for significant further expansion. Due to the phenotypic plasticity of quinoa, varieties need …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic background selection to reduce the mutation load after random mutagenesis

NL Karunarathna, DSR Patiranage, HJ Harloff… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Random mutagenesis is a standard procedure to increase allelic variation in a crop species,
especially in countries where the use of genetically modified crops is limited due to legal …

An efficient method to produce segregating populations in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)

N Emrani, M Hasler, DSR Patiranage… - Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Quinoa offers a promising alternative for staple food, considering its outstanding nutritional
value and tolerance to abiotic stresses. To develop breeding programmes in quinoa, a …

BvPRR7 is a cold responsive gene with a clock function in beet

O Omolade, AE Müller, C Jung, S Melzer - Biologia plantarum, 2016 - Springer
… We thank also Dilan SR Patiranage and Shrikant Sharma for help with the figures. … Zeilinger,
MN, Farre, EM, Taylor, SR, Kay, SA, Doyle, FJ: A novel computational model of the circadian …

Genomic background selection to reduce the mutation load after random mutagenesis

D Pedige, L Nirosha, R Patiranage, S Dilan… - Scientific …, 2021 - macau.uni-kiel.de
Results Marker‑assisted foreground selection of mutant plants in segregating populations.
We produced segregating populations with a varying share of the mutagenized donor …

Unraveling genetic mechanisms of flowering time control and other agronomically important traits in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)

R Patiranage, S Dilan - 2021 - macau.uni-kiel.de
2.1 Abstract Quinoa germplasm preserves useful and substantial genetic variation, yet it
remains untapped due to a lack of implementation of modern breeding tools. We have …