Michael O. Pumphrey

Phone 509-335-0509
FAX 509-335-8674
m.pumphrey@wsu.edu
Assistant Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences

 

Education
B.S.  2000.  Oklahoma State University.  Plant and Soil Sciences
M.S.  2003.  University of Minnesota.  Applied Plant Sciences
Ph.D.  2007.  Kansas State University.  Plant Pathology

Research

I lead the spring wheat breeding and genetics program.  We are focused on development of biotic and abiotic stress tolerant, high-yielding, and high-quality spring wheat varieties for diverse Washington (Pacific Northwest) production environments.  Genetic dissection of disease resistance, grain quality, and abiotic stress tolerance traits are major research areas.  Germplasm enhancement, application of genomics information and technology, and appropriate breeding and selection schemes are integrated to strengthen long-term variety development efforts and accelerate genetic gain.

Selected Publications

Maccaferri, M., et al. 2019.  Durum wheat genome reveals past domestication signatures and future improvement targets. Nature Genetics 51:885-895.

Muleta, K.T., X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey*. Genome-wide mapping of resistance to stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in hexaploid winter wheat. Crop Science. In press.

Liu,W., J. Kolmer, S. Rynearson, X. Chen, L. Gao, J.A. Anderson, M.K. Turner, and M. Pumphrey*. 2019. Identifying loci conferring resistance to leaf and stripe rusts in a spring wheat population (Triticum aestivum L.) via genome-wide association mapping.  Phytopathology.

Blake, N.K., M. Pumphrey, K. Glover, S. Chao, K. Jordan, J-L Jannick, E.A. Akhunov, J. Dubcovsky, H. Bockelman, and L.E. Talbert.  2019.  Registration of the Triticeae-CAP Spring Wheat Nested Association Mapping Population. Journal of Plant Registrations. 13(2): 294-297.

Ando, K., V. Krishnan, M. Rouse, T. Danilova, B. Friebe, D. See, and M. Pumphrey*. 2019. Introgression of a novel stem rust (race TTKSK) resistance gene into wheat and development of Dasypyrum villosum chromosome specific markers via genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). Plant Disease. 103 (6), 1068-1074.

Kiszonas, A.M., R. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, K. Garland-Campbell, N.A. Bosque-Pérez, M. Pumphrey, M.N. Rouse, D. Hole, N. Wen, and C.F. Morris. 2019. Agronomic Traits in Durum Wheat Germplasm Possessing Puroindoline Genes. Agron. J. 111:1254-1265. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.08.0534

Olson, E.L., M. Rouse, M. Pumphrey, R. Bowden, B.S. Gill, and J. Poland. 2013.  Simultaneous transfer, introgression, and genomic localization of genes for resistance to stem rust race TTKSK (Ug99) from Aegilops tauschii into wheat.  Theoretical and Applied Genetics. in press.

Liu, W., T. Danilova, M. Rouse, R. Bowden, B. Friebe, B.S. Gill, and M. Pumphrey. 2013.  Development and characterization of a compensating wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium Robertsonian translocation with Sr44 resistance to stem rust (Ug99).  Theoretical and Applied Genetics. in press.

Smiley, R. W., Marshall, J. M., Gourlie, J. A., Paulitz, T. C., Kandel, S. L., Pumphrey, M. O., Garland-Campbell, K., Yan, G. P., Anderson, M. D., Flowers, M. D., and Jackson, C. A. 2013.  Spring wheat tolerance and resistance to Heterodera avenae in the Pacific Northwest. Plant Disease. in press.

Geng, H., B.S. Beecher, M. Pumphrey, Z. He, and C.F. Morris. 2013.  Segregation analysis indicates that Puroindoline b-2 variants 2 and 3 are allelic in Triticum aestivum and that a revision to Puroindoline b-2 gene symbolization is indicated.  Journal of Cereal Science. 57: 61-66.

Lanning, S.P., P. Hucl, M. Pumphrey, A.H. Carter, P.F. Lamb, G.R. Carlson, D.M. Wichman, K.D. Kephart, D. Spaner, J.M. Martin and L.E. Talbert. 2012.  Agronomic Performance of Spring Wheat as Related to Planting Date and Photoperiod Response.  Crop Science 52:1633-1639.

Lanning, S.P.,  J.M. Martin, N.K. Blake, J.D. Sherman, A.M. Robbins, R.N. Stougaard, K.D. Kephart, P. Lamb, G.R. Carlson, M. Pumphrey, and L.E. Talbert. 2012. Evaluation of near-isogenic lines for three height-reducing genes in hard red spring wheat. Crop Science 52:1145-1152.

Liu, W., Y. Jin, M. Rouse, B. Friebe, B.S. Gill, and M.O. Pumphrey. 2011. Discovery and molecular mapping of a new gene conferring resistance to stem rust, Sr53, derived from Aegilops geniculata and characterization of spontaneous translocation stocks with reduced alien chromatin.  Chromosome Research 19:669-682.

Liu, W., Y. Jin, M. Rouse, B. Friebe, B.S. Gill, and M.O. Pumphrey. 2011. Development and characterization of wheat-Ae. searsii Robertsonian translocations and a recombinant chromosome with stem rust resistance gene Sr51. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 122:1537-1545.

Rouse, M., E.L. Olson, B.S. Gill, M. Pumphrey, and Y. Jin. 2011. Stem rust resistance in Aegilops tauschii. Crop Science 51:2074-2078.

Peiris, K., M.O. Pumphrey, Y. Dong, and F.E. Dowell. 2011. Fusarium Head Blight Symptoms and Mycotoxin Levels in Single Kernels of Infected Wheat Spikes. Cereal Chemistry 88: 291-295.

Qi, L.L., M.O. Pumphrey, B. Friebe, P. Zhang, C. Qian, R.L. Bowden, M. Rouse, Y. Jin, and B.S. Gill. 2011. A novel Robertsonian translocation event leads to transfer of a stem rust resistance gene (Sr52) effective against race Ug99 from Dasypyrum villosum into wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 123:159-167.

Periyannan, S., U. Bansal, H. Bariana, M. Pumphrey, and E. Lagudah. 2011. A robust molecular marker for the detection of shortened introgressed segment carrying the stem rust resistance gene Sr22 in common wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 122:1-7.

Peiris, K., M.O. Pumphrey, Y. Dong, E.B. Maghirang, W. Berzonsky, and F.E. Dowell. 2010. Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Method for Identification of Fusarium Head Blight Damage and Prediction of Deoxynivalenol in Single Wheat Kernels. Cereal Chemistry  87:511–517.

Choulet, F.T. Wicker, C. Rustenholz, E. Paux, J. Salse, P. Leroy, S. Schlub, M-C Le Paslier, G. Magdelenat, C. Gonthier, A. Couloux, H. Budak, J. Breen, M. Pumphrey, S. Liu, X. Kong, J. Jia, M. Gut, D. Brunel, J.A. Anderson, B.S. Gill, R. Appels, B. Keller and C. Feuillet. 2010. Megabase Level Sequencing Reveals Contrasted Organization and Evolution Patterns of the Wheat Gene and Transposable Element Spaces. Plant Cell 22:1686-1701.

Zhang, W*., E.L. Olson*, C. Saintenac, M. Rouse, Z. Abate, Y. Jin, E. Akhunov, M. Pumphrey, and J. Dubcovsky. 2010. Genetic maps of stem rust resistance gene Sr35 in diploid and hexaploid wheat. Crop Science 50:2464–2474.  *First authors contributed equally.

Olson, E.L., G. Brown-Guedira, D. Marshall, E. Stack, R.L. Bowden, Y. Jin, M. Rouse, M.O. Pumphrey. 2010. Development of wheat lines having a small introgressed segment carrying stem rust resistance gene Sr22.  Crop Science 50:1823–1830.