Multi-model genome-wide association analysis of agronomic traits in a Kabuli chickpea MAGIC-subset population (Cicer arietinum L.) across Mediterranean environments
Yasir Gorafi
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2026
Genetic resource optimization: a core collection of tetraploid wheat from 2,254 NBRP-wheat accessions
Zhuo Su; Shotaro Takenaka; Michiko Kakitani; Miyuki Nitta; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Shuhei Nasuda
BMC Plant Biology, 19 Dec. 2025
Exploring Genetic Variation in Root Traits and Root–Fungal Associations in Aegilops tauschii
Ahmed Khaled Hassan Mohammedali; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Takeshi Taniguchi
Agriculture, 05 Sep. 2025
Genetic variation and genome-wide association analysis of nitrogen use efficiency-related traits under combined heat and nitrogen-deficient stress in an Aegilops tauschii-derived wheat population
Amir Ibrahim Ismail Emam; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Takayoshi Ishii
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 16 Jul. 2025
Variation in Root Traits and Root-Endophyte Interactions in Primary Synthetic Wheat Derived from Aegilops tauschii Collected from Diverse Soil Types
Ahmed Khaled Hassan Mohammedali; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Takeshi Taniguchi
Agronomy, 13 Jun. 2025
Enhancing and protecting the innate system in stay-green sorghum is the secret behind high drought tolerance capacity
Enriched grain minerals in Aegilops tauschii-derived common wheat population under heat-stress environments
Amir Ibrahim Ismail Emam; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Mohammed Yousif Balla; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Takayoshi Ishii
Scientific Reports, 15 Feb. 2025
Intraspecific variation for heat stress tolerance in wild emmer-derived durum wheat populations
Mohammed Yousif Balla; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Modather Galal Abdeldaim Abdalla; Hisashi Tsujimoto
Frontiers in Plant Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Root Trait Variability in Primary Synthetic Wheat Derived from Aegilops tauschii Across Diverse Soil Environments and Interactions with Root Endophytes
Yasir Gorafi
Preprints, 2025
Genetic variation and genome-wide association analysis of nitrogen use efficiency-related traits under combined heat and nitrogen-deficient stress in an Aegilops tauschii-derived wheat population.
Amir Ibrahim Ismail Emam; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Takayoshi Ishii
Frontiers in plant science, 2025
A Multiple Synthetic Derivatives population for mining Aegilops tauschii traits and genes in a background of common wheat
Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Hisashi Tsujimoto
Journal of Plant Registrations, Jan. 2025
Key Factors Influencing the Adoption of Improved Wheat Production Technologies in the Irrigated, Heat-Prone, Arid Environments of Sudan
Yasir Gorafi
SUSTAINABILITY, Aug. 2024, Peer-reviewed
Wild grass-derived alleles represent a genetic architecture for the resilience of modern common wheat to stresses.
Mostafa Abdelrahman; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Saad Sulieman; Sudisha Jogaiah; Aarti Gupta; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Henry T Nguyen; Luis Herrera-Estrella; Lam-Son Phan Tran
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 27 Jun. 2024
Heat Stress-Tolerant Quantitative Trait Loci Identified Using Backcrossed Recombinant Inbred Lines Derived from Intra-Specifically Diverse Aegilops tauschii Accessions
Yasir Gorafi
PLANTS-BASEL, 24 Jan. 2024
Micrometeorological Comparison of Canopy Temperature between Two Wheat Cultivars Grown under Irrigation in a Hot Environment in Sudan
Almutaz Abdelkarim Abdelfattah Mohammed; Mitsuru Tsubo; Shaoxiu Ma; Yasunori Kurosaki; Yasuomi Ibaraki; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Amani A. M. Idris; Hisashi Tsujimoto
Agronomy, 11 Dec. 2023
Genetic variation for grain nutritional profile and yield potential in sorghum and the possibility of selection for drought tolerance under irrigated conditions.
Genome-wide association study reveals distinct genetic associations related to leaf hair density in two lineages of wheat-wild relative Aegilops tauschii.
Identification of Glu-D1 Alleles and Novel Marker-Trait Associations for Flour Quality and Grain Yield Traits under Heat-Stress Environments in Wheat Lines Derived from Diverse Accessions of Aegilops tauschii.
Ikram Elsadig Suliman Mohamed; Nasrein Mohamed Kamal; Hala Mohamed Mustafa; Modather Galal Abdeldaim Abdalla; Ashraf M A Elhashimi; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Hiroyuki Tanaka
International journal of molecular sciences, 10 Oct. 2022, Peer-reviewed
Exploiting the miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements insertion polymorphisms as an efficient DNA marker system for genome analysis and evolutionary studies in wheat and related species
Genetic variation in drought resilience-related traits among wheat multiple synthetic derivative lines: insights for climate resilience breeding
Michael O. Itam; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Izzat S. A. Tahir; Hisashi Tsujimoto
Breeding Science, 2021
Expression of seed storage proteins responsible for maintaining kernel traits and wheat flour quality in common wheat under heat stress conditions
Hiroyuki Tanaka; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Motohiro Fujita; Haruka Sasaki; Izzat S. A. Tahir; Hisashi Tsujimoto
BREEDING SCIENCE, 2021
Rising temperatures and increasing demand challenge wheat supply in Sudan
Toshichika Iizumi; Imad-Eldin A. Ali-Babiker; Mitsuru Tsubo; Izzat S. A. Tahir; Yasunori Kurosaki; Wonsik Kim; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Amani A. M. Idris; Hisashi Tsujimoto
Nature Food, Jan. 2021
Aegilops tauschii Introgressions Improve Physio-Biochemical Traits and Metabolite Plasticity in Bread Wheat under Drought Stress
Yasir Gorafi
AGRONOMY-BASEL, 16 Oct. 2020
Stay-Green Trait: A Prospective Approach for Yield Potential, and Drought and Heat Stress Adaptation in Globally Important Cereals.
Effect of fertilizers application and growing environment on physicochemical properties and bread making quality of Sudanese wheat cultivar
Samah A. Eljak; Hayat A. Hassan; Yasir S.A. Gorafi; Isam A. Mohamed Ahmed; Mohanad Z.A. Ali
Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, Oct. 2018
A population of wheat multiple synthetic derivatives: an effective platform to explore, harness and utilize genetic diversity of Aegilops tauschii for wheat improvement
International Journal of Plant Research, 2021, Peer-reviewed
Molecular diversity of Striga hermonthica collected from different locations and host plant species
Abdelbagi M. Ali; S. A.Yasir Mohammed; Elfatih A. Ahmed; Dafaalla A. Dawoud; Sumiyo Yabuta-Miyamoto; Yukihiro Sugimoto
Sudan j.agric. res., 2007, Peer-reviewed
Presentations
Mining Ae. tauchii genetic diversity for heat stress resilience, seed dormancy and end-use quality
Yasir S. A. Goraf
Can eastern wheat break the yield-barrier: adaptability of Japanese wheat cultivars to hot and dry environments
Yasir S. A. Gorafi
3rd International Wheat Congress, Perth, Western Australia
Seed production partnerships for sustainable wheat production and enhanced food security in hot, dry environments
Izzat S. A. Tahir; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Amani A. M. Idris; Awad A. E. Elbashir; Abu Sefyan; I. Saad; Hala; M. Mustafa; Ashraf M.; A. Elhashimi; Omer Elsheikh; Elfadil M. E. Elbashier; Hisashi Tsujimoto
3rd International Wheat Congress, Perth, Western Australia
Do wild species help to improve the quantitative traits of wheat?
Hisashi Tsujimoto; Izzat S. A. Tahir; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Mohammed Y. Balla
3rd International Wheat Congress, Perth, Western Australia
Evaluation and association mapping of a combined heat-salinity stress tolerance in a wheat multiple synthetic derivatives population
Yasir S. A. Gorafi
Ist International wheat congress, Canada, Saskatchewan
Wheat Improvement for the Heat Prone Agro-ecologies of Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa: Breeding and Pre-breeding Approaches for Climate Change Resilient Varieties
Izzat S. A. Tahir
First International Experts Workshop on Pre-breeding utilizing Crop Wild Relatives (1st PBCWR), Morocco, 24 Apr. 2019
Multiple synthetic derivatives population: a new source to identify heat stress tolerance traits in bread wheat
Awad A. E. Elbashir; Hisashi Tsujimoto; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; June-Sik Kim; Izzat S. A.Tahir; Ashraf. M.A. Elhashimi; Modather G. A. Abdalla
13th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Tulln Austria
Wheat multible synthetic derivatives population (MSD): a new resource for breeding, QTL mapping and genes isolation from Aegilops tauschii
Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi
13th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Tulln Austria
Genome wide association study of adaptive traits under high temperature environments
Awad Ahmed Elawad Elbashir; Yasir Serag Alnor Gorafi; June-Sik Kim; Izza; Sidahmed Ali Tahir; Ashraf Mohammed Ahmed Elhashimi; Modather Galal Abd alla; Abdeldaim; Hisashi Tsujimoto
12th international Dryland Development Conference " Sustainable Development of Drylands in the Post 2015 world", Alexandria, Egypt
Increasing wheat productivity under heat stress conditions through utilization of wild relatives cytoplasms
Yasir S. A. Gorafi
12th international Dryland Development Conference " Sustainable Development of Drylands in the Post 2015 world", Alexandria, Egypt
An Insertion in the promoter of the Vrn- A1of wheat-Leymus chromosome addition lines is responsible of early flowering
Yasir Serag Alnor Mohammed
12th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Yokohama, Japan
Cancelation of vernalization and promotion of early flowering in wheat using chromosomes added from the wild relative Leymus racemosus
Yasir S. A. Mohammed
Eleventh International Dryland Development Conference: Global Climate Change and its Impact on Food & Energy Security in the Drylands, Beijing, China
Books and Other Publications
Wheat Breeding and Improved Technology Dissemination in the Hot and Dry Agroecosystems of Sudan. In: Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) for Sustainable Crop Production
Hisashi Tsujimoto; Yasir S. A. Gorafi; Izzat S. A. Tahir, Contributor