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Sam Gale
Cereal Disease Lab
Plant Biologist

Phone: (612) 625-9776
Fax: (651) 649-5055

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Comparative sequencing and SNP marker validation for oat stem rust resistance gene Pg6 in a diverse collection of Avena accessions Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gordon, T.C., Jin, Y., Tinker, N.A., Bekele, W.A., Gale, S.W., Bockelman, H.E., Bonman, J.M. 2022. Comparative sequencing and SNP marker validation for oat stem rust resistance gene Pg6 in a diverse collection of Avena accessions. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135(4):1307-1318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04032-z.
Identification of winter habit bread wheat landraces in the national small grains collection with resistance to emerging stem rust pathogen variants Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gordon, T.C., Jin, Y., Gale, S.W., Rouse, M.N., Stoxen, S.M., Wanyera, R., Macharia, G., Randhawa, M., Bhavani, S., Brown Guedira, G.L., Marshall, D.S., Babiker, E.M., Bockelman, H.E., Bonman, J.M. 2021. Identification of winter habit bread wheat landraces in the national small grains collection with resistance to emerging stem rust pathogen variants. Plant Disease. 105(12):3998-4005. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-21-0743-RE.
Registration of ‘Bobcat’ hard red winter wheat Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Brucker, P., Berg, J., Lamb, P., Kephart, K., Eberly, J., Miller, J., Chen, C., Torrion, J., Pradhan, G., Ramsfield, R., Nash, D., Holen, D., Cook, J., Gale, S.W., Jin, Y., Kolmer, J.A., Chen, X., Bai, G. 2020. Registration of ‘Bobcat’ hard red winter wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. 2020:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20057.
Mapping of the stem rust resistance gene Pg13 in cultivated oat Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kebede, A.Z., Yimer, B.A., Bekele, W., Gordon, T.C., Bonman, J.M., Babiker, E.M., Jin, Y., Gale, S.W., Wight, C.P., Tinker, N., Menzies, J., Beattie, A., Mitchell-Fetch, J., Fetch, T., Esvelt Klos, K.L., McCartney, C. 2019. Mapping of the stem rust resistance gene Pg13 in cultivated oat. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 133:259-270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03455-5.
Identification of seedling resistance to stem rust in advanced wheat lines and varieties from Pakistan Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rehman, M.U., Gale, S.W., Brown-Guedira, G.L., Jin, Y., Marshall, D.S., Whitcher, L.C., Williamson, S.M., Rouse, M.N., Ahmad, J., Ahmad, G., Shah, I., Sial, M., Rauf, Y., Rattu, A., Ward, R.W., Nadeem, M., Ullah, G., Imtiaz, M. 2020. Identification of seedling resistance to stem rust in advanced wheat lines and varieties from Pakistan. Crop Science. 60:804–811. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20056.
Characterization of Ethiopian wheat germplasm for resistance to four Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici races facilitated by single race nurseries Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hundie, B., Girma, B., Tadesse, Z., Edae, E., Olivera, P., Abera, E.H., Bulbula, W.D., Abeyo, B., Badebo, A., Cisar, G., Brown Guedira, G.L., Gale, S.W., Jin, Y., Rouse, M.N. 2019. Characterization of Ethiopian wheat germplasm for resistance to four Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici races facilitated by single race nurseries. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-18-1243-RE.
Registration of ‘FourOsix’ hard red winter wheat Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Berg, J., Eberly, J., Lamb, P., Miller, J., Chen, C., Kephart, K., Pradhan, G., Stougaard, R., Nash, D., Holen, D., Cook, J., Gale, S., Jin, Y., Kolmer, J.A., Chen, X., Bai, G., Brucker, P. 2019. Registration of ‘FourOsix’ hard red winter wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. (2019) 13:383-386. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2018.12.0081crc.
Temperature-sensitive wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr15 is effective against Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gao, L., Babiker, E.M., Nava, I.C., Nirmala, J., Bedo, Z., Lang, L., Chao, S., Gale, S.W., Jin, Y., Anderson, J.A., Bansal, U., Park, R.F., Rouse, M.N., Bonman, J.M., Bariana, H. 2018. Temperature-sensitive wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr15 is effective against Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK. Plant Pathology. http://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12928.
Characterization of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici isolates derived from an unusual wheat stem rust outbreak in Germany in 2013 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Olivera, O., Newcomb, M., Flath, K., Szabo, L.J., Rouse, M.N., Gale, S.W., Carter, M.L., Luster, D.G., Jin, Y. 2017. Characterization of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici isolates derived from an unusual wheat stem rust outbreak in Germany in 2013. Plant Pathology. 66:1258-1266.
Discovery of a novel stem rust resistance allele in durum wheat that exhibits differential reactions to Ug99 isolates - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nirmala, J., Saini, J., Newcomb, M., Olivera, P., Gale, S.W., Klindworth, D.L., Elias, E., Talbert, L., Chao, S., Faris, J.D., Xu, S.S., Jin, Y., Rouse, M.N. 2017. Discovery of a novel stem rust resistance allele in durum wheat that exhibits differential reactions to Ug99 isolates. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 7:3481-3490.
Discovery of a novel stem rust resistance allele in durum wheat that exhibits differential reactions to Ug99 isolates - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nirmala, J., Saini, J., Newcomb, M., Olivera, P., Gale, S.W., Klindworth, D.L., Elias, E., Talbert, L., Chao, S., Faris, J.D., Xu, S.S., Jin, Y., Rouse, M.N. 2017. Discovery of a novel stem rust resistance allele in durum wheat that exhibits differential reactions to Ug99 isolates. G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300209.
Wheat rusts in the United States in 2015 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kolmer, J.A., Jin, Y., Hughes, M.E., Gale, S.W. 2016. Wheat rusts in the United States in 2015. Wheat Newsletter. 62:73-78.
Kenyan isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici from 2008 to 2014: Virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 race group and implications for breeding programs - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Newcomb, M., Olivera, P., Rouse, M.N., Szabo, L.J., Johnson, J.L., Gale, S.W., Luster, D.G., Wanyera, R., Macharia, G., Bhavani, S., Hodson, D., Patpour, M., Hovmoller, M., Fetch, T., Jin, Y. 2016. Kenyan isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici from 2008 to 2014: Virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 race group and implications for breeding programs. Phytopathology. 106(7):729-36. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-15-0337-R.
Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevalent on wheat in Southern Louisiana - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Gale, L.R., Harrison, S.A., Ward, T.J., O Donnell, K., Milus, E.A., Gale, S.W., Kistler, H.C. 2011. Nivalenol-type populations of Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are prevalent on wheat in Southern Louisiana. Phytopathology. 101(1):124-134.