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  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Wayne Powell is affiliated with Scotland's Rural College in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed extensively to the subfields of plant science and genetics, with additional work in ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nutrition and dietetics, and food science.

Themes central to Powell's research include genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, child nutrition and water access, plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms, and seed and plant biochemistry.

Frequent co-authors in Powell's work include Ian Mackay, Chin Jian Yang, Rajiv Sharma, Joanne Russell, and Klaus Pillen. These collaborations have supported a significant output across various research topics within their fields of study.

Powell has published multiple papers in academic journals and research venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Understanding the classics: the unifying concepts of transgressive segregation, inbreeding depression and heterosis and their central relevance for crop breeding, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Enhancing African orphan crops with genomics, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis, 2020, Water International
  • Genome-wide analysis of epigenetic and transcriptional changes associated with heterosis in pigeonpea, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems, 2020, Global Food Security

Powell's works have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Scientific Reports, Plant Biotechnology Journal, and Agronomy.

Throughout their career, Wayne Powell has been recognized with the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, awarded in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The comparison of RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and SSR (microsatellite) markers for germplasm analysis

    Wayne Powell;Michele Morgante;Chaz Andre;Michael Hanafey

  • Polymorphism revealed by simple sequence repeats

    Wayne Powell;Gordon C. Machray;Jim Provan

  • Microsatellites are preferentially associated with nonrepetitive DNA in plant genomes.

    Michele Morgante;Michael Hanafey;Wayne Powell;Wayne Powell

  • Direct comparison of levels of genetic variation among barley accessions detected by RFLPs, AFLPs, SSRs and RAPDs

    J. R. Russell;J. D. Fuller;M. Macaulay;B. G. Hatz

  • Chloroplast microsatellites: new tools for studies in plant ecology and evolution

    Jim Provan;Wayne Powell;Peter M. Hollingsworth

  • A Simple Sequence Repeat-Based Linkage Map of Barley

    L Ramsay;M Macaulay;S degli Ivanissevich;K MacLean

  • Polymorphic simple sequence repeat regions in chloroplast genomes: applications to the population genetics of pines

    W Powell;M Morgante;R McDevitt;G G Vendramin

  • Genetic distribution of Bare-1-like retrotransposable elements in the barley genome revealed by sequence-specific amplification polymorphisms (S-SAP)

    R. Waugh;K. McLean;A. J. Flavell;S. R. Pearce

  • Comparison of PCR-based marker systems for the analysis of genetic relationships in cultivated potato

    Dan Milbourne;Rhonda Meyer;John E. Bradshaw;Eileen Baird

  • Isolation of EST-derived microsatellite markers for genotyping the A and B genomes of wheat.

    I. Eujayl;M. E. Sorrells;M. Baum;P. Wolters

  • Methods for linkage disequilibrium mapping in crops.

    Ian Mackay;Wayne Powell

  • Control of flowering time in temperate cereals: genes, domestication, and sustainable productivity

    James Cockram;Huw Jones;Fiona J. Leigh;Donal O'Sullivan

  • From mutations to MAGIC: resources for gene discovery, validation and delivery in crop plants.

    Colin Cavanagh;Matthew Morell;Ian Mackay;Wayne Powell

  • Detection of genetic variation between and within populations of Gliricidia sepium and G. maculata using RAPD markers

    K J Chalmers;R Waugh;J I Sprent;A J Simons

  • Detection of genetic diversity in tea (Camellia sinensis) using RAPD markers

    Wachira Fn;Waugh R;Hackett Ca;Powell W

  • How much effort is required to isolate nuclear microsatellites from plants

    J. Squirrell;P. M. Hollingsworth;M. Woodhead;J. Russell

  • Diversity and genetic differentiation among populations of Indian and Kenyan tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) revealed by AFLP markers

    S. Paul;F. N. Wachira;W. Powell;R. Waugh

  • 4 – Generating and Using DNA Markers in Plants

    J. Antoni Rafalski;Julie M. Vogel;Michele Morgante;Wayne Powell

  • Detection of genetic diversity and selective gene introgression in coffee using RAPD markers.

    C. Orozco-Castillo;K. J. Chalmers;R. Waugh;W. Powell

  • Wild barley: a source of genes for crop improvement in the 21st century?

    R.P. Ellis;B.P. Forster;D. Robinson;L.L. Handley

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne Russell
Joanne Russell James Hutton Institute
William T. B. Thomas
William T. B. Thomas James Hutton Institute
Robbie Waugh
Robbie Waugh James Hutton Institute
Ian K. Dawson
Ian K. Dawson Scotland's Rural College
Brian P. Forster
Brian P. Forster International Atomic Energy Agency
Ian Mackay
Ian Mackay National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Kenneth J. Chalmers
Kenneth J. Chalmers University of Adelaide
Michele Morgante
Michele Morgante University of Udine
James W. McNicol
James W. McNicol University of Dundee
Luke Ramsay
Luke Ramsay James Hutton Institute

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