Thorsten Schnurbusch
Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science · Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology · Plant Molecular Biology Research · Genetics and Plant Breeding
0000-0002-5267-0677
About
The main focus of my lab’s research has been on the genetic elucidation of genes underlying inflorescence development in small grain cereals, e.g. spike-branching as well as spikelet/floret development and fertility important for yield formation. Our molecular-genetic and developmental analyses of an important yield component—i.e. final grain number—are currently under study in barley and wheat.
Since 2008 I have been heading the research group Plant Architecture at the Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben. The IPK is an internationally leading center for fundamental and applied research in areas with special emphasis on crop plants.
Prior to my position at the IPK, I had been leading a research group on drought tolerance of cereals at the Australian Center for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) in Adelaide, Australia, which was under the direction of Prof. Peter Langridge.
I habilitated in Plant Breeding and Genetics (2014, with Prof. Klaus Pillen, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany), received my PhD in Plant Molecular Genetics (2003, with Prof. Beat Keller, University of Zurich, Switzerland), and studied Agriculture (1998, major in Plant Breeding, with Prof. Heiko Becker, University of Göttingen, Germany).
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Publications (86)
- PHYA and PHYC as Candidate Loci for Flowering Time and Developmental Plasticity in Wheat Save
- Spatial metabolomics links polyamine turnover and vascular lipid remodeling to barley spikelet fate Save
- Pre-anthesis light signaling of sheathed developing barley inflorescences defines floral fate Save
- Structure-Based Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Reservoir of Plant Cysteine-Rich Peptides Save
- Developmental staging and genetic control of male reproductive traits for advancing hybrid wheat breeding Save
- Defining critical drivers of cross-pollination for better hybrid grain set in wheat Save
- Structural and coding variation in PHYTOCHROMES A and C underlies differences in flowering time and shade avoidance in wheat Save
- Pre-anthesis light signaling of sheathed embryonic barley inflorescences defines floral fate Save
- Future-Ready Crops: Biology-Driven Pangenetics Meet AI-Powered Predictions Save
- Pan-genome Analysis Reveals Hidden Diversity and Selection Signatures of Auxin Response Factors (ARFs) Associated with Breeding in Barley Save
- Scaling law links plant growth variation to grain yield in wheat stands Save
- Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development Save
- Hybrid grain production in wheat benefits from synchronized flowering and high female flower receptivity Save
- Anatomical insights into the vascular layout of the barley rachis: implications for transport and spikelet connection Save
- Agroecological genetics of biomass allocation in wheat uncovers genotype interactions with canopy shade and plant size Save
- Grain yield trade-offs in spike-branching wheat can be mitigated by elite alleles affecting sink capacity and post-anthesis source activity Save
- Anatomical insights into the vascular lay-out of the barley rachis: implications for transport and spikelet connection Save
- Exploring the trade‐off between individual fitness and community performance of wheat crops using simulated canopy shade Save
- Femaleness for improving grain yield potential and hybrid production in barley Save
- Balancing grain yield trade-offs in ‘Miracle-Wheat’ Save