Shunsuke Yoshioka
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Japan
Nasuda Group

- Research Fields
- Evolutionary Biology, Breeding
- Keywords
- Genetics, Population Genetics, high-throughput phenotyping, wheat, Cardamine
- Abstract
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Polyploid Evolution / Wheat Genetics and Breeding
Polyploid Evolution
I'm studying recently formed polyploid plant species endemic to Switzerland. Cardamine insueta and Cardamine schulzii emerged within the last 100–150 years in a small Swiss village. Due to their short evolutionary history, these species are found only in this region.
Their recent origin provides a unique opportunity to investigate the immediate effects of polyploidization, a major driver of speciation that occurs frequently in plants. By applying ecological, genomic, and population genetic approaches, I aim to uncover the origins of polyploid evolution using these exceptionally rare species.
Wheat Genetics and Breeding
I integrate UAV high-throughput phenotyping technology with the Asian bread wheat nested association mapping (NAM) population.This NAM population was designed to capture the genetic diversity of Asian wheat, which accounts for approximately 40% of global wheat diversity but remains largely untapped in modern breeding.
By leveraging UAV high-throughput phenotyping with this population, I aim to identify beneficial genes associated with physiology, disease resistance, and yield increase in Asian wheat genetic resources.
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