Dean Spaner

Prof. Dean Spaner


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Academic Career Length

26Years (2001-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 February 2014 in Euphytica
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AKAtif Kamran
Atif Kamran
MIMuhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
DSDean Spaner
Dean Spaner

1 May 2004 in Euphytica
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AKA.J. Kelbert
A.J. Kelbert
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Dean Spaner
KBK.G. Briggs
K.G. Briggs
JKJ.R. King
J.R. King

1 May 2007 in Crop Science
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HMHeather E. Mason
Heather E. Mason
ANAlireza Navabi
Alireza Navabi
BFBrenda L. Frick
Brenda L. Frick
JOJohn T. O'Donovan
John T. O'Donovan
DSDean Spaner
Dean Spaner

1 September 2007 in Agronomy Journal
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HMH. Mason
H. Mason
ANA. Navabi
A. Navabi
BFB. Frick
B. Frick
JOJ. O'DOnovan
J. O'DOnovan
DSDean Spaner
Dean Spaner

1 November 2006 in Euphytica
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MIMuhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
ANAlireza Navabi
Alireza Navabi
DSDonald F. Salmon
Donald F. Salmon
RYRong-Cai Yang
Rong-Cai Yang
BMBrenda M. Murdoch
Brenda M. Murdoch
DSDean Spaner
Dean Spaner

3 February 2017 in PLOS ONE
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Jun ZouJun Zou
Jun Zou
Kassa SemagnKassa Semagn
Kassa Semagn
MIMuhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
HCHua Chen
Hua Chen
MAMohammad Asif
Mohammad Asif
DSDean Spaner
Dean Spaner
Recently, we investigated the effect of the wheat 90K single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) array and three gene-specific (Ppd-D1, Vrn-A1 and Rht-B1) markers on quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection in a recombinant inbred lines (RILs) population derived from a cross between two spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars, ‘Attila’ and ‘CDC Go’, and evaluated for eight agronomic traits at three environments under organic management. The objectives of the present study were to investigate the effect of conventional management on QTL detection in the same mapping population using the same set of markers as the organic management and compare the results with organic management. Here, we evaluated 167 RILs for number of tillers (tillering), flowering time, maturity, plant height, test weight (grain volume weight), 1000 kernel weight, grain yield, and grain protein content at seven conventionally managed environments from 2008 to 2014. Using inclusive composite interval mapping (ICIM) on phenotypic data averaged across seven environments and a subset of 1203 informative markers (1200 SNPs and 3 gene specific markers), we identified a total of 14 QTLs associated with flowering time (1), maturity (2), plant height (1), grain yield (1), test weight (2), kernel weight (4), tillering (1) and grain protein content (2). Each QTL individually explained from 6.1 to 18.4% of the phenotypic variance. Overall, the QTLs associated with each trait explained from 9.7 to 35.4% of the phenotypic and from 22.1 to 90.8% of the genetic variance. Three chromosomal regions on chromosomes 2D (61–66 cM), 4B (80–82 cM) and 5A (296–297 cM) harbored clusters of QTLs associated with two to three traits. The coincidental region on chromosome 5A harbored QTL clusters for both flowering and maturity time, and mapped about 2 cM proximal to the Vrn-A1 gene, which was in high linkage disequilibrium (0.70 ≤ r2 ≤ 0.75) with SNP markers that mapped within the QTL confidence interval. Six of the 14 QTLs (one for flowering time and plant height each, and two for maturity and kernel weight each) were common between the conventional and organic management systems, which suggests issues in directly utilizing gene discovery results based on conventional management to make in detail selection (decision) for organic management.