Consultants | Dr Robert Koebner

Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications

1. KOEBNER, R.M.D., SHEPHERD, K.W. (1983) Shikimate dehydrogenase - a new marker for the group 5 chromosomes in the Triticinae. Genetical Research, Cambridge, 41, 209-213.

2. KOEBNER, R.M.D., SHEPHERD, K.W. (1985) Induction of recombination between rye chromosome 1RL and wheat chromosomes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 71, 208-215.

3. KOEBNER, R.M.D., SHEPHERD, K.W. (1986) Controlled introgression to wheat of genes from rye chromsome 1RS by induction of allosyndesis. 1. Isolation of recombinants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 73, 197-208.

4. KOEBNER, R.M.D., SHEPHERD, K.W., APPELS, R. (1986) Controlled introgression to wheat of genes from rye chromosome 1RS by induction of allosyndesis. 2. Characterisation of recombinants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 73, 209-217.

5. KOEBNER, R.M.D., APPELS, R., SHEPHERD, K.W. (1986) Rye heterochromatin. II. Characterization of a derivative from chromsome 1DS.1RL with a reduced amount of the major repeating sequence. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 28, 658-664.

6. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MILLER, T.E. (1987) A note on the nomenclature for translocated chromosomes in the Triticeae. Cereal Research Communications, 14, 315-316.

7. KOEBNER, R.M.D., SHEPHERD, K.W. (1987) Allosyndetic recombination between a chromosome of Aegilops umbellulata and wheat chromosomes. Heredity, 59, 33-45.

8. KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1987) Genetic control of dipeptidase in the Triticeae. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 74, 387-390.

9. KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1987) Genetic control of a novel series of trypsin inhibitors in wheat and its relatives. Biochemical Genetics, 25, 591-602.

10. FORSTER, B.P., READER, S.M., FORSYTH, S.A., KOEBNER, R.M.D., MILLER, T.E., GALE, M.D., CAUDERON, Y. (1987) An assessment of the homoeology of six Agropyron intermedium chromosomes added to wheat. Genetical Research, Cambridge, 50, 91-97.

11. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MILLER, T.E., SNAPE, J.W., LAW, C.N. (1988) Wheat endopeptidase: genetic control, polymorphism, intrachromosomal gene location and alien variation. Genome 30, 186-192.

12. WORLAND, A.J., LAW, C.N. HOLLINS, T.W., KOEBNER, R.M.D., GIURA, A. (1989) Location of a gene for resistance to eyespot (Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides) on chromosome 7D of bread wheat. Plant Breeding, 101, 43-51.

13. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MARTIN, P.K. (1989) Chromosomal control of the aminopeptidases of wheat and its close relatives. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 78, 657-664.

14. CHAO, S., SHARP, P.J., WORLAND, A.J., WARHAM, E.J., KOEBNER, R.M.D., GALE, M.D. (1989) RFLP-based genetic maps of wheat homoeologous group 7 chromosomes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 78, 495-504.

15. PETCHEY, E., KOEBNER, R.M.D., GALE, M.D. (1990) Genetic characterization of a further homoeoallelic series of grain esterase loci, Est-6, in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 79, 294-296.

16. KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1990) Subtilisin inhibitor - a polymorphic protein produced by a gene on the short arms of wheat homoeologous group 1 chromosomes. Journal of Genetics and Breeding, 44, 49-52.

17. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MARTIN, P.K. (1990) Association of eyespot resistance in wheat cv. 'Cappelle-Desprez' with endopeptidase pattern. Plant Breeding, 104, 312-317.

18. KING, I.P., MILLER, T.E., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1991) Determination of the transmission frequency of chromosome 4Sl of Aegilops sharonensis in a range of wheat genetic backgrounds. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 81, 519-523.

19. JAVORNIK, J., SINKOVIC, T., VAPA, L., KOEBNER R.M.D., ROGERS, W.J. (1991) A comparison of the methods for identifying and surveying the presence of 1BL.1RS translocations in bread wheat. Euphytica, 54, 45-53.

20. ROGOWSKY, P.M., GUIDET, F.L.Y., LANGRIDGE, P., SHEPHERD, K.W., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1991) Isolation and characterisation of wheat-rye recombinants involving chromosome arm 1DS of wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 82, 537-544.

21. KING, I.P., KOEBNER, R.M.D., READER, S.M., MILLER, T.E. (1991) Induction of a mutation in the male fertility of the preferentially transmitted Aegilops sharonensis chromosome 4Sl and its application for hybrid wheat production. Euphytica, 54, 33-39.

22. FORSYTH, S.A., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1992) Wheat endosperm high-molecular-weight albumins and ?-amylases; genetic and electrophoretic evidence of their identity. Journal of Cereal Science, 15, 137-141.

23. KING, I.P., KOEBNER, R.M.D., SCHLEGEL, R., READER, S.M., MILLER, T.E. (1992) Exploitation of a preferentially transmitted chromosome from Aegilops sharonensis for the elimination of segregation for height in semi-dwarf bread wheat varieties. Genome, 34, 944-949.

24. TAEB, M., KOEBNER, R.M.D., FORSTER, B.P., LAW, C.N. (1992) Association between genes controlling flowering time and shoot sodium accumulation in the Triticeae. Plant and Soil, 146, 117-121.

25. DEVOS, K.M., ATKINSON, M.D., CHINOY, C.N, FRANCIS, H.A., HARCOURT, R.L., KOEBNER, R.M.D., LIU, C.J., MASOJC, P., XIE, D.X. GALE, M.D. (1993) Chromosomal rearrangements in the rye Genome relative to that of wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 85, 673-680.

26. PLASHCKE, J., BORNER, A., XIE, D.X., SCHLEGEL, R., KOEBNER, R.M.D., GALE, M.D. (1993) RFLP mapping of genes affecting plant height and growth habit in rye. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 85, 1049-1054.

27. KING, I.P., PURDIE, K.A., REZANOOR, H.N., KOEBNER, R.M.D., MILLER, T.E., READER, S.M., NICHOLSON, P. (1993) Characterization of Thinopyrum bessarabicum chromosome segments in wheat using random amplified polymorphic DNAs and in situ hybridization. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 86, 895-900.

28. MOORE, G., ABBO, S., CHEUNG, W., FOOTE, T., GALE, M., KOEBNER, R.,LEITCH, A., LEITCH, I., MONEY, T., STANCOMBE, P., YANO, M., FLAVELL, R. (1993) Key features of cereal Genome organization as revealed by the use of cytosine methylation-sensitive restriction endonucleases. Genomics, 15, 472-482.

29. TAEB, M., KOEBNER, R.M.D., FORSTER, B.P. (1993) Genetic variation for waterlogging tolerance in the Triticeae and the chromosomal location of genes conferring waterlogging tolerance in Thinopyrum elongatum. Genome, 36, 825-830.

30. MARTIN, P.K., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1993) The effect of photoperiod insensitivity on the salt-tolerance of amphiploids between wheat (Triticum aestivum) and sand couch grass (Thinopyrum bessarabicum). Plant Breeding, 111, 283-289.

31. MARTIN, P.K., HUMBLE, J., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1994) Use of the nutrient film technique as a method for assessment of plant response to salt stress in the cereals. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 63, 159-165.

32. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MARTIN, P.K. (1994) RAPDs as molecular markers for the detection of the presence of rye chromosomes in wheat. Journal of Genetics and Breeding, 48, 85-88.

33. FRANCIS, H.A., LEITCH, A.R., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1995) Conversion of a RAPD-generated PCR product, containing a novel dispersed repetitive element, into a fast and robust assay for the presence of rye chromatin in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 90, 636-642.

34. KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1995) Generation of PCR-based markers for the detection of rye chromatin in a wheat background. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 90, 740-745.

35. BONHOMME, A., GALE, M.D., KOEBNER, R.M.D., NICOLAS, P., JAHIER, J., BERNARD, M. (1995) RFLP analysis of an Aegilops ventricosa chromosome which carries a gene conferring resistance to leaf rust (Puccinia recondita) when transferred to hexaploid wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 90, 1042-1048.

36. KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1995) Predigestion of DNA template improves the level of polymorphism of RAPDs in wheat. Genetic Analysis-Biomolecular Engineering, 12, 63-67.

37. PLASCHKE, J., KORZUN, V., KOEBNER, R.M.D., BORNER, A. (1995) Mapping of the GA3-insensitive dwarfing gene ct1 on chromosome 7 in rye. Plant Breeding, 114, 113-116.

38. MARTIN, P.K., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1995) Sodium and chloride ions contribute synergistically to salt toxicity in wheat. Biologia Plantarum, 37, 265-271.

39. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MARTIN, P.K., ANAMTHAWAT-JONSSON K. (1995) Multiple branching stems in a hybrid between bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell.) and lymegrass (Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilger). Canadian Journal of Botany, 73, 1504-1507.

40. DONINI, P., KOEBNER, R.M.D., CEOLONI, C. (1995) Cytogenetic and molecular mapping of the wheat-Aegilops longissima chromatin breakpoints in powdery mildew resistant introgression lines. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 91, 738-743.

41. MARTIN, P.K., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1995) The role of seed size in the non-genetic variation exhibited in salt tolerance studies involving the bread wheat cv. Chinese Spring. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 64, 371 374.

42. KOEBNER, R.M.D., MARTIN, P.K., ORFORD, S.E., MILLER, T.E. (1996) Responses to salt stress controlled by the homoeologous group 5 chromosomes of hexaploid wheat. Plant Breeding, 115, 81-84.

43. KORZUN, V., PLASCHKE, J., BORNER, A., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1996) Differences in recombination frequency between male and female gametogenesis in rye, Secale cereale L. Plant Breeding, 115, 422-424.

44. ANAMTHAWAT-JONSSON, K., BRAGASON, B.T., GUDMUNDSSON, J., MARTIN, P.K., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1997) Wide hybridization between species of Triticum L. and Leymus Hochst. Euphytica, 93, 293-300.

45. DONINI, P., ELIAS, L., BOUGOURD, S., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1997) AFLP fingerprinting reveals pattern differences between template DNA extracted from different plant organs. Genome, 40, 521-526.

46. LAW, J.R., DONINI, P., KOEBNER, R.M.D., REEVES, J.C., COOKE, R.J. (1998) DNA profiling and plant variety registration. 3. The statistical assessment of distinctness in wheat using amplified fragment length polymorphisms. Euphytica, 102, 335 342.

47. DONINI, P., STEPHENSON, P., BRYAN, G.J., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1998) The potential of microsatellites for high throughput genetic diversity assessment in wheat and barley. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 45, 415 421.

48. ANAMTHAWAT JONSSON, K., BRAGASON, B.TH., BODVARSDOTTIR, S.K., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (1999) Molecular variation in Leymus species and populations. Molecular Ecology, 8, 309-315.

49. KOEBNER, R.M.D., SNAPE, J.W. (1999) Actual and potential contributions of biotechnology to wheat breeding. In: Wheat: Ecology and Physiology of Yield Determination (Eds: Satorre , E.H., Slafer, G.A.), Food Products Press, pp 441-460.

50. VAN CAMPENHOUT, S., KOEBNER, R.M.D., VOLCKAERT, G. (2000) Isolation of Em gene sequences from several rye sources for the generation of locus-specific PCR markers for Em-R1. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 100, 328 336.

51. LAW, J.R., DONINI, P., KOEBNER, R.M.D., REEVES, J.C., COOKE, R.J. (2000) Temporal flux in the genetic diversity of UK wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 100, 912 917.

52. KOEBNER, R.M.D., POWELL, W., DONINI, P. (2001) The contribution of current and forthcoming DNA molecular marker technologies to wheat and barley genetics and breeding. Plant Breeding Reviews, 21, 181-220.

53. KOYAMA, M., LEVESLEY, A., KOEBNER, R., FLOWERS, T.J., YEO, A.R. (2001) Quantitative trait loci for component physiological traits determining salt tolerance in rice. Plant Physiology, 125, 406-422.

54. KOEBNER, R.M.D., HADFIELD, J. (2001) Large-scale mutagenesis directed at specific chromosomes in wheat. Genome, 44, 45 49.

55. PRINS R., GROENEWALD, J.Z., MARAIS, G.F., SNAPE, J.W., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (2001) AFLP and STS tagging of Lr19, a gene conferring resistance to leaf rust in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 103, 618-624.

56. MARTINS-LOPES, P., ZHANG, H., KOEBNER, R. (2001) Detection of single nucleotide mutations in wheat using single strand conformation polymorphism gels. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 19,159-162.

57. SMITH, P.H., KOEBNER, R.M.D., BOYD, L.A. (2002) The development of a STS marker linked to a yellow rust resistance derived from the wheat cultivar Moro. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 104, 1278-1282.

58. KOEBNER, R., SUMMERS, R. (2002) The impact of molecular markers on the wheat breeding paradigm. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 7, 695-702.

59. KOEBNER, R.M.D., DONINI, P., REEVES, J.C., COOKE, R.J., LAW, J. (2003) Temporal flux in the morphological and molecular diversity of UK barley. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 106, 550-558.

60. FORSSTROM, P.-O., KOEBNER, R.M.D., MERKER, A. (2003) The conversion of wheat RFLP probes into STS markers via the single-stranded conformation polymorphism technique. Genome, 46, 19-27.

61. KOEBNER, R., SUMMERS, R. (2003) 21st century wheat breeding: selection in plots or detection in plates? Trends in Biotechnology, 21, 59-63.

62. KOEBNER, R. (2003) Genetics of crop improvement: Genetic maps. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Elsevier Science (Thomas, B., Murphy, D., Murray, B. eds.) ISBN 0-12-227050-9. pp133-140.

63. HAYDEN, M.J., STEPHENSON P., LOGOJAN A.M., KHATKAR D., ROGERS C., KOEBNER R.M.D., SNAPE J.W., SHARP, P.J. (2004) A new approach to extending the wheat marker pool by anchored PCR amplification of compound SSRs. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 104, 733-742.

64. KOEBNER, R. (2003) Genetics of crop improvement: Molecular markers. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Elsevier Science (Thomas, B., Murphy, D., Murray, B. eds.) ISBN 0-12-227050-9. pp140-146.

65. KOEBNER, R.M.D. (2004) Marker assisted selection in the cereals: the dream and the reality. In: (P.K. Gupta, R. K. Varshney, eds.) Cereal Genomics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 1-4020-2358-8. pp317-330.

66. DONINI P., LAW J., KOEBNER R., COOKE R., REEVES, J. (2006) Microsatellite allele flux in winter and spring barley varieties grown in the UK over the past 70 years. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation, 3, 391-399.

67. BOTTLEY, A., XIA, G.M., KOEBNER, R.M.D. (2006) Homoeologous gene silencing in hexaploid wheat. Plant Journal 47, 988-993

68. KOEBNER, R.M.D., VARSHNEY, R. (2006) Development and application of genomic models for large-crop plant Genomes. In: (VARSHNEY, R., KOEBNER, R.M.D., eds.) Model Plants and Crop Improvement. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp 1-10.

69. HYSING, S-C., KOEBNER, R.M.D., MERKER, A., LILJEROTH, E., BOYD, L.A. (2007) Seedling resistance to stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) in Scandinavian bread wheat cultivars and landraces. Crop Science, 47, in press.

70. HUANG, X.-Q., WOLF M, GANAL, M.W, KOEBNER, R.M.D., RODER, M.S. (2007) Did modern plant breeding lead to genetic erosion in European winter wheat varieties? Crop Science, 47, 343-349.

71. SMITH, P.H., HADFIELD, J., HART, N., KOEBNER, R.M.D., BOYD, L.A. (2007) Molecular tagging of Yr5, a seedling gene for resistance to wheat yellow rust, via the conversion of co-segregating AFLPs. Genome, in press.

72. BEDNAREK, P.T., ORLOWSKA, R., KOEBNER, R.M.D., ZIMNY, J. (2007) Quantification of the tissue-culture induced variation in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Biomed Central Plant Biology, 7, 10.

73. HYSING, S.-C., HSAM, S.L.K., SINGH, R.P., HUERTA-ESPINO, J., BOYD, L.A., KOEBNER, R.M.D., CAMBRON, S., JOHNSON, J.W., BLAND, D.E., LILJEROTH, E., MERKER, A. (2007) Agronomic performance and multiple disease resistance in T2BS.2RL Wheat - Rye Translocation Lines. Crop Science, 47, 254-260.

74. BOTTLEY, A., KOEBNER, R. (2008) Variation for homoeologous gene silencing in hexaploid wheat. Plant Journal in press