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Istvan Rajcan

ResearcherPlant Agriculture (Guelph)University of Guelph

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Istvan Rajcan

Researcher

Plant Agriculture (Guelph)

Natural Sciences

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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breeding and genetics disease resistance drought tolerance genome analysis molecular markers qtl soyban cyst nematode soybean

Latest papers

Correction: Genome‑wide association study of soybean germplasm derived from modern Canadian and Chinese soybean cultivars to identify novel genes conferring soybean cyst nematode resistance.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026 · senior author
Genome-wide association study of soybean germplasm derived from modern Canadian and Chinese soybean cultivars to identify novel genes conferring soybean cyst nematode resistance.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026 · senior author
Assessment of potential candidate genes for partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using real-time quantitative PCR.
The plant genome · 2025 · senior author

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Allele mining for yield, resistance to soybean cyst nematode, sudden death syndrome and white mould in soybean genetic diversity panel derived from Canadian x Chinese crosses
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$239,572
Genetic and physiological bases for adaptation of soybeans to mega-environments
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$668,650
Genetic and epigenetic bases for adaptation to mega-environments in soybean
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$30,000

All 9 grants and awards

52 publications.

Correction: Genome‑wide association study of soybean germplasm derived from modern Canadian and Chinese soybean cultivars to identify novel genes conferring soybean cyst nematode resistance.

Moore S, Wally O, Tenuta A, Najafabadi MY, Grainger C, Eskandari M, Rajcan I

TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00122-026-05272-z PMID: 42257725

Genome-wide association study of soybean germplasm derived from modern Canadian and Chinese soybean cultivars to identify novel genes conferring soybean cyst nematode resistance.

Moore S, Wally O, Tenuta A, Najafabadi MY, Grainger C, Eskandari M, Rajcan I

TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00122-026-05243-4 PMID: 42050218

Assessment of potential candidate genes for partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using real-time quantitative PCR.

Mugabe D, Najafabadi MY, Grainger C, Rajcan I

The plant genome2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20561 PMID: 39912124

Integrating targeted genetic markers to genotyping-by-sequencing for an ultimate genotyping tool.

de Ronne M, Abed A, Légaré G, Laroche J, Boucher St-Amour VT, Fortier É, Beattie A, Badea A, Khanal R, O'Donoughue L, Rajcan I, Belzile F, Boyle B, Torkamaneh D

TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04750-6 PMID: 39365439

Genetic diversity and genome-wide association study of partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot in a Canadian soybean germplasm panel.

Mugabe D, Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi M, Rajcan I

TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04708-8 PMID: 39127987

Genetic study for seed germination and shattering in Euphorbia lagascae in response to different seed treatments.

Istaitieh M, Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi M, Edwards AM, Todd J, Van Acker R, Rajcan I

Heliyon2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27975 PMID: 38560240

Improvement of germination rate and hybridization to facilitate breeding of an industrial oil crop, Euphorbia lagascae Spreng.

Istaitieh M, Todd JF, Van Acker RC, Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi M, Rajcan I

Plant methods2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13007-024-01141-2 PMID: 38267941

Genome-wide analysis of cold imbibition stress in soybean, Glycine max.

Haidar S, Lackey S, Charette M, Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi M, Gahagan AC, Hotte T, Belzile F, Rajcan I, Golshani A, Morrison MJ, Cober ER, Samanfar B

Frontiers in plant science2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1221644 PMID: 37670866

Application of SVR-Mediated GWAS for Identification of Durable Genetic Regions Associated with Soybean Seed Quality Traits.

Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi M, Torabi S, Tulpan D, Rajcan I, Eskandari M

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

DOI: 10.3390/plants12142659 PMID: 37514272

Functional characterization of Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase gene family in soybean (Glycine max).

Khatri P, Chen L, Rajcan I, Dhaubhadel S

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285698 PMID: 37186600

Allele mining for yield, resistance to soybean cyst nematode, sudden death syndrome and white mould in soybean genetic diversity panel derived from Canadian x Chinese crosses

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rajcan, Istvan I

Keywords: breeding and genetics; disease resistance; drought tolerance; genome analysis; molecular markers; qtl; soyban cyst nematode; soybean; sudden death syndrome; white mould

$239,572