Information about program

Karl Glover is an Associate Professor in the Plant Science Department, College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Agronomy/Plant breeding from Kansas State University and has been at SDSU since 2002. He teaches Advanced Plant Breeding, a graduate level course that helps tie together aspects of several disciplines required for the successful operation of a cultivar development program.

The primary objective of the SDSU spring wheat breeding program is cultivar development and release. This objective is achieved through addressing several supporting goals that include:1) creation of diverse segregating populations, 2) selection of experimental lines with desirable characteristic, 3) replicated testing of experimental lines over several years and locations, and 4) the idenitification of those lines that are worthy of cultivar releas.

1. High grain yield potential and test weight in both hard red and white spring wheat
2. Optimum plant height and maturity
3. Acceptable levels of straw strength
4. Sufficient grain protein concentration
5. Tolerable end-use functionalities
6. Elevated levels of tolerance/resistance to biotic/abiotic stresses

Since 1995, ten spring wheat cultivars have been released by this program:

• Russ (1995)
• Oxen (1996)
• Forge (1997)
• Ingot (1998)
• Ember (1999)
• Walworth (2001)
• Briggs (2002)
• Granger (2004)
• Traverse (2006)
• Brick (2008)

Publications

Refereed Articles:

Malla, S., A.M.H. Ibrahim, and K. D. Glover. 200X. Diallel Analysis of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat. J. Crop Improvement. (Accepted).  

Stein, J.M., L.E. Osborne, K.D. Bondalapati, K.D. Glover, and C.A. Nelson. 2009. Fusarium Head Blight Severity and Deoxynivalenol Concentration in Wheat in Response to Gibberella zeae Inoculum Concentration. Phytopath. In Press.

Rosyara, U.R., J.L. Gonzalez, K.D, Glover, K. Gedye, and J.M. Stein. 2009. Family-based mapping of quantitative trait loci in plant breeding populations with resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat as an illustration. Theor. Appl. Genet. 118:617-1631. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1010-9.

Mondal, S., D.B. Hays, R.D. Waniska, N.J. Alviola, M. Tilley, S. Bean, and K.D. Glover. 2009. Functionality of Gliadin Proteins in Wheat Flour Tortillas. J. of Agric. and Food Chemistry 57:1600-1605.

Kadariya, M., K. D. Glover, M. Mergoum, and L. E. Osborne. 2008. Biplot Analysis of Agronomic and Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Traits in Spring Wheat. J. Crop Improvement. 22:147-170. 

Mondal, S., D.B. Hays, R.D. Waniska, N.J. Alviola, M. Tilley, S. Bean, and K.D. Glover. 2008. Use of Near-Isogenic Wheat Lines to Determine Glutenin Composition and Functionality for Flour Tortillas. J. of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 56:179-184. 

Devkota R.N., J.C. Rudd, R.G. Hall, K.D. Glover, Y. Jin, and J. R. Rickertsen. 2007. Registration of Briggs Wheat. Crop Science 47:432-434.

Nichols, D.M., W. Lianzheng, Y. Pei, K.D. Glover, and B.W. Diers. 2007. Variability among Chinese Glycine soja and Chinese and North American Soybean Genotypes. Crop Science 47:1289-1298.
 
Mergoum, M., P.K. Singh, S. Ali, E.M. Elais, J.A. Anderson, K.D. Glover, and T.B. Adhikari. 2007. Reaction of Elite Wheat Genotypes from the Northern Great Plains of North America to Septoria Diseases. Plant Disease. 91:1310-1315. 

Nichols, D.M., K.D. Glover, S.R. Carlson, J.E. Specht, and B.W. Diers. 2006. Fine-Mapping of a Seed Protein QTL on Soybean Linkage Group I and its Correlated Effects on Agronomic Traits. Crop Science 46:834-839.

Glover K.D., J.C. Rudd, R.N. Devkota, R.G. Hall, Y. Jin, and J. R. Rickertsen. 2006. Registration of Granger Wheat. Crop Science 46:1390-1391. 

Singh, P.K., M. Mergoum, S. Ali, T.B. Adhikari, E.M. Elais, J.A. Anderson, K.D. Glover, and W.A. Berzonsky. 2006. Evaluation of Elite Wheat Germplasm for Resistance to Tan Spot. Plant Disease. 90:1320-1325. 

Glover, K.D., D. Wang, P.R. Arelli, S.R. Carlson, S.R. Cianzio, and B.W. Diers. 2004 Confirmation of a Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance Gene from PI 88788 with Near Isogenic Lines. Crop Science. 44:936-941.