Molla Fentie Mengist
Bio
Dr. Molla Fentie Mengist works as a research scholar in the lab of Dr. Massimo Iorizzo. His research aspires to develop routes for the application of plant genetics and genomics-based approaches as selection tools in plant breeding. His research mainly focuses on construction of genetic linkage maps, quantitative trait loci (QTL) and genome-wide association mapping of both quality and agronomic traits.
Education
PhD Plant Genetics and Physiology University College Cork
MS Horticultural Science Bologna University; Technical University of Munich; Boku University
MS Plant Breeding Haramaya University
BS Plant Science Haramaya University
Publications
- A note on the early transcriptional response in leaves and root of potato plants to cadmium exposure , IRISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD RESEARCH (2022)
- Autopolyploid inheritance and a heterozygous reciprocal translocation shape chromosome genetic behavior in tetraploid blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) , NEW PHYTOLOGIST (2022)
- Dissecting the genetic basis of bioactive metabolites and fruit quality traits in blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) , FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2022)
- Improved High-Quality Genome Assembly and Annotation of Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Cultivar MD2 Revealed Extensive Haplotype Diversity and Diversified FRS/FRF Gene Family , GENES (2022)
- There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies , HORTICULTURE RESEARCH (2022)
- High-density linkage map construction and identification of loci regulating fruit quality traits in blueberry , HORTICULTURE RESEARCH (2021)
- Development of a genetic framework to improve the efficiency of bioactive delivery from blueberry , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2020)
- Variation in anthocyanin profiles of 27 genotypes of red cabbage over two growing seasons , FOOD CHEMISTRY (2019)