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Mehrzad Eskandari
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Research
Latest papers
Using the candidate gene approach for detecting genes underlying seed oil concentration and yield in soybean.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2013 · first author
Genetic control of soybean seed oil: II. QTL and genes that increase oil concentration without decreasing protein or with increased seed yield.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2013 · first author
Genetic control of soybean seed oil: I. QTL and genes associated with seed oil concentration in RIL populations derived from crossing moderately high-oil parents.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2013 · first author
Latest funding
- $374,705
Temporal UAV Phenotyping and Genomics to Advance Soybean Yield Stability and Stress Resilience in Canada
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $76,400
Developing soybeans for a changing climate: Assessing lipid traits underlying drought tolerance in Canadian commercial soybean varieties
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $125,000
Ultra-Sensitive Plant Pathogen Detection: A Point-of-Care Monitoring System with Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
3 publications.
Using the candidate gene approach for detecting genes underlying seed oil concentration and yield in soybean.
Eskandari M, Cober ER, Rajcan I
Genetic control of soybean seed oil: II. QTL and genes that increase oil concentration without decreasing protein or with increased seed yield.
Eskandari M, Cober ER, Rajcan I
Genetic control of soybean seed oil: I. QTL and genes associated with seed oil concentration in RIL populations derived from crossing moderately high-oil parents.
Eskandari M, Cober ER, Rajcan I
Temporal UAV Phenotyping and Genomics to Advance Soybean Yield Stability and Stress Resilience in Canada
Principal investigators: Eskandari, Mehrzad
Keywords: Agriculture; Crop management (pest,disease control and breeding)
Developing soybeans for a changing climate: Assessing lipid traits underlying drought tolerance in Canadian commercial soybean varieties
Principal investigators: Eskandari, Mehrzad M
Keywords: biochemistry; climate change; cultivar development; drought stress; fatty acids; lipid metabolism; molecular markers; plant breeding; plant molecular bilogy; soybean (glycine max)
Ultra-Sensitive Plant Pathogen Detection: A Point-of-Care Monitoring System with Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis
Principal investigators: Kherani, Nazir
Keywords: point-of-care sensing; plant pathogen; nano-photonics; surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy; artificial intelligence; label-free sensing; plant disease
Genetic dissection of the resistance to soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) using Advanced Functional Genomic Tools and Developing Ontario-Adapted SCN-Resistant Cultivars
Principal investigators: Eskandari, Mehrzad M
Keywords: BSA-seq; Bulked segregant analysis; Genomics; Glycine max; Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR; Plant breeding; RNA-seq; Soybean; Soybean cyst nematodes; Whole-genome resequencing
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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