COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES

	Vasu Kuraparthy Assistant Professor	CROP SCIENCE PERSONNEL
	4419 Williams Hall POB 7620 Raleigh, NC 27695
	Phone: (919) 515-4063 FAX: (919) 515-5315 vasu_kuraparthy@ncsu.edu

Research

Dr. Kuraparthy holds a 100% research appointment in the area of crop genetics and breeding.

The primary focus of his research is germplasm development in cotton with a particular interest in the improvement of cotton yield and fiber quality. Another major focus of his research is developing biotic and abiotic stress tolerant cotton germplasm as desired by the cotton growers and industry.

Developing new breeding methodologies based on molecular and genomic technologies especially techniques directed at the identification and utilization of novel genetic variation found in the wild ancestors of cotton and wheat is given major emphasis in the germplasm enhancement program. Developing genetic stocks using exotic germplasm in combination with molecular genetic technologies and utilizing these stocks for genetic and genomic analysis in cotton and wheat is an integral part of his program. Dr. Kuraparthy’s research also uses basic genetics, breeding, molecular and genomic approaches to investigate the fundamental processes in plant biology.

Recent publications

Kuraparthy V, Chhuneja P, Dhaliwal HS, Kaur S, and Gill BS. 2007. Characterization and mapping of Aegilops geniculata introgressions with novel leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes Lr57 and Yr40 in wheat. Theor Appl Genet 114:1379-1389. [PDF]

Kuraparthy V, Sood S, Chhuneja P, Dhaliwal HS, Kaur S, Bowden RL, and Gill BS. 2007. A cryptic wheat-Aegilops triuncialis translocation with leaf rust resistance gene Lr58. Crop Sci 47:1995–2003. [PDF]

Kuraparthy V, Sood S, Dhaliwal HS, Chhuneja P, and Gill BS. 2007. Identification and mapping of a tiller inhibition gene (tin3) in wheat. Theor Appl Genet 114:285-294. [PDF]

Gill BS, Li W, Sood S, Kuraparthy V, Friebe BR, Simons KJ, Zhang Z, and Faris JD. 2007. Genetics and genomics of wheat domestication-driven evolution. Israel J Plant Sciences 55:223–229

Kuraparthy V, Sood S, and Gill BS. 2008. Genomic targeting and mapping of tiller inhibition gene (tin3) of wheat using ESTs and synteny with rice. Funct Integ Genomics 8:33-42. [PDF].

Kuraparthy V, Sood S, and Gill BS. 2008. Targeted genomic mapping of a red seed color gene (R-A1) in wheat. Crop Sci 48(S1) (Plant Genome):S38-S48. [PDF]

Gill BS, Huang L, Kuraparthy V, Raupp WJ, Wilson DL, and Friebe B. 2008. Alien genetic resources for wheat leaf rust resistance, cytogenetic transfer, and molecular analysis. Aus J Agric Res 59(3) [in press].

Kuraparthy V, Sood S, See DR and Gill BS. 2009. Development of a PCR assay and marker-assisted transfer of leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes Lr57 and Yr40 into hard red winter wheats. Crop Sci 49 [in press].

Sood S, Kuraparthy V, Guihua B and Gill BS. 2009. The major threshability genes soft glume (sog) and tenacious glume (Tg), of diploid and polyploid wheat, trace their origin to independent mutations at non-orthologous loci. Theor Appl Genet (in review)