I investigate the role of physiological traits, including root systems, plant developmental, and canopy traits for enhancing winter cereal crop yield under drought environments.
Investigating the value of root traits and canopy development in durum and bread wheat resilience and yield improvement.
My origin: Syria
Languages I speak: English, Kurdish, Arabic
BSc – Damascus University, Syria
Diploma HRD, Damascus University, Syria
Masters MSc, Damascus University, Syria
PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Assoc. Prof. Lee Hickey
Dr Jason Able
Prof. Christine Beverage
Dr Karine Chenu
Dr Jack Christopher
Dr Kai Voss-Fels
Alahmad, S., Rambla, C., Voss-Fels, KP. and Hickey, TL. 2022. Accelerating Breeding Cycles. In: Reynolds, M. P., Braun, H. (Eds.), Wheat Improvement – Food Security in a Changing Climate. Springer International Publishing.
Rambla, C., Van Der Meer, S., Voss-Fels, KP. et al. A toolkit to rapidly modify root systems through single plant selection. Plant Methods 18, 2 (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-021-00834-2
Vukasovic S., Alahmad S., Christopher J., Snowdon RJ., Stahl A., Hickey LT. Dissecting the Genetics of Early Vigour to Design Drought-Adapted Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022;12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.754439
Ober, ES., Alahmad, S., Cockram, J. et al. Wheat root systems as a breeding target for climate resilience. Theor Appl Genet 134, 1645–1662 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03819-w
Alahmad, S., Kang, Y., Dinglasan, E., Mazzucotelli, E., Voss-Fels, KP., Able, JA., Christopher, J., Bassi, FM., and Hickey, LT. (2020). Adaptive traits to improve durum wheat yield in drought and crown rot environments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, 5260, DOI: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/15/5260
Bassi, FM., El Hassouni, K., Alahmad, S., Kabbaj, H., Zaim, M., Azouz, M., Amadou TS., Kehel, Z., Al-Abdallat, A., Alary, V., Niane, A., Belkadi, B., Filali-Maltouf, A., Hickey, LT., Ortiz, R., Baum, M., and Amri, A. (2019). The Magic of Crop Wild Relatives In: Durum Wheat Breeding. Durum Breeding Program, International Centre for Agriculture in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Alahmad, S., El Hassouni, K., Bassi, FM., Dinglasan, E., Youssef, C., Quarry, G., Aksoy, A., Mazzucotelli, E., Juhász, A., Able, JA., Christopher, J., Voss-Fels, KP., Hickey, LT. (2019) A Major Root Architecture QTL Responding to Water Limitation in Durum Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:436. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00436
El Hassouni, K., Alahmad, S., Al-Abdallat, A., Hickey LT., Maltouf, F., Belkadi, B., Bassi, FM. (2018) Molecular dissection of below and above ground adaptation traits for abiotic tolerance of durum wheat. Crop Science 58(6), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2018.01.0076
Alahmad, S., Simpfendorfer, S., Bentley, RA., Hickey, TL. (2018) Crown rot of wheat in Australia: Fusarium pseudograminearum taxonomy, population biology and disease management. Australasian Plant Pathology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-018-0554-z
Alahmad, S., Dinglasan, E., Leung, KM., Riaz, A., Derbal, N., Voss-Fels, KP., Able, JA., Bassi, FM., Christopher J, and Hickey LT (2018) Speed breeding for multiple quantitative traits in durum wheat. Plant Methods 14, 36 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-018-0302-y
Shehab A., Alahmad S. and Samara F. (2011). Morphology and distribution of the Indian Gerbil, Tatera indica (Hardwicke, 1807), in Syria. Zoology in the Middle East. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2011.10638473