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Antonio Leonforte
Researcher at Department of Environment and Primary Industries
Publications - 12
Citations - 281
Antonio Leonforte is an academic researcher from Department of Environment and Primary Industries. The author has contributed to research in topics: Field pea & Canola. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 12 publications receiving 218 citations. Previous affiliations of Antonio Leonforte include University of Melbourne.
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SNP marker discovery, linkage map construction and identification of QTLs for enhanced salinity tolerance in field pea ( Pisum sativum L.)
Antonio Leonforte,Antonio Leonforte,Shimna Sudheesh,Shimna Sudheesh,Noel O. I. Cogan,Philip A. Salisbury,Philip A. Salisbury,Marc E. Nicolas,Michael Materne,John W. Forster,John W. Forster,Sukhjiwan Kaur +11 more
TL;DR: The SNP assays and associated genetic linkage maps developed in this study permitted identification of salinity tolerance QTLs and candidate genes and constitutes an important set of tools for marker-assisted selection (MAS) programs aimed at performance enhancement of field pea cultivars.
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Consensus Genetic Map Construction for Field Pea (Pisum sativum L.), Trait Dissection of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Development of a Diagnostic Marker for the er1 Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene
Shimna Sudheesh,Maria Lombardi,Antonio Leonforte,Noel O. I. Cogan,Michael Materne,John W. Forster,Sukhjiwan Kaur +6 more
TL;DR: The availability of a highly saturated consensus map, linked markers for key biotic and abiotic stress tolerances and a diagnostic marker for the agronomically important er1 gene provide important resources for field pea molecular breeding programs.
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Development of a Brassica napus (Canola) Crop Containing Fish Oil-Like Levels of DHA in the Seed Oil.
James Robertson Petrie,Xue-Rong Zhou,Antonio Leonforte,Jason Timothy McAllister,Pushkar Shrestha,Yoko Kennedy,Srinivas Belide,Greg Buzza,Nelson Gororo,Wenxiang Gao,Geraldine Lester,Maged P. Mansour,Roger J. Mulder,Qing Liu,Lijun Tian,Claudio Silva,Noel O. I. Cogan,Peter D. Nichols,Allan Green,Robert Charles de Feyter,Malcolm Devine,Surinder P. Singh +21 more
TL;DR: The creation of a canola (Brassica napus) variety producing fish oil-like levels of DHA in the seed is described, one of the first examples of a deregulated genetically modified crop with clear health benefits to the consumer.
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Validation of molecular markers associated with boron tolerance, powdery mildew resistance and salinity tolerance in field peas
Muhammad Javid,Garry M. Rosewarne,Shimna Sudheesh,Pragya Kant,Antonio Leonforte,Maria Lombardi,Peter Kennedy,Noel O. I. Cogan,Anthony Slater,Sukhjiwan Kaur +9 more
TL;DR: The evaluation of a near diagnostic marker, PsMlo, associated with PM resistance and boron (B) tolerance as well as linked markers associated with salinity tolerance across a diverse set of pea germplasm offers the potential to be widely adapted in pea breeding programs.
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Sources of high tolerance to salinity in pea (Pisum sativum L.)
Antonio Leonforte,John W. Forster,Robert Redden,Marc E. Nicolas,Phillip A. Salisbury,Phillip A. Salisbury +5 more
TL;DR: This study aimed at identification of parental germplasm that could be used for improvement of tolerance to sodium chloride (NaCl) in field pea and identified lines with relatively higher tolerance as compared to commercial varieties grown in Australia.