Karen McLean
Current research interests
- Targeting of resistance genes linked to the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans located on Chromosome IV of Potato.
Past research
- Development and deployment of molecular markers for genotyping and mapping studies in diploid and tetraploid mapping populations.
- Genetic fingerprinting of the Commonwealth Potato Collection using AFLPs.
Bibliography
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Colgan, R.J.; Rees, D.; Young, S.; Sønderkær, M.; Terry, L.A.; Turnbull, C.; Taylor, M.A.; Bryan, G.J. (2021) Combining conventional QTL analysis and whole-exome capture-based bulk-segregant analysis provides new genetic insights into tuber sprout elongation and dormancy release in a diploid potato population, Heredity, 127, 53-265
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
- Sharma, S.K.; MacKenzie, K.; McLean, K.; Dale, F.; Daniels, S.; Bryan, G.J. (2018) Linkage disequilibrium and evaluation of genome-wide association mapping models in tetraploid potato., G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 8, 3185-3202.
- Trapero-Mozos, A.; Morris, W.L.; Ducreux, L.J.M.; McLean, K.; Stephens, J.; Torrance, L.; Bryan, G.J.; Hancock, R.D.; Taylor, M.A. (2018) Engineering heat tolerance in potato by temperature-dependent expression of a specific allele of HEAT SHOCK COGNATE 70., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 16, 197-207.
- Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131(6), 1287-1297
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M. (2017) Levels of intra-specific AFLP diversity in tuber-bearing potato species with different breeding systems and ploidy levels., Frontiers in Genetics, 8, Article No. 119.
- Strachan, S.M.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Blok, V.C. (2016) Mapping the H2 gene to a Globodera pallida pathotype PA1-resistant potato cultivar., The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp245-250.
- Destefanis, M.; Nagy, I.; Rigney, B.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Hein, I.; Griffin, D.; Milbourne, D. (2015) A disease resistance locus on potato and tomato chromosome 4 exhibits a conserved multipartite structure displaying different rates of evolution in different lineages., BMC Plant Biology, 15, Article No. 255.
- Prashar, A.; Hornyik, C.; Young, V.; McLean, K.; Sharma, S.K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2014) Construction of a dense SNP map of a highly heterozygous diploid potato population and QTL analysis of tuber shape and eye depth., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127, 2159-2171.
- Young, V.; Prashar, A.; McLean, K.; Hornyik, C.; Sharma, S.K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2014) Potential for molecular marker development and utilization in potato breeding programmes based on a genetic study in a diploid potato population., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
- Hackett, C.A.; McLean, K.; Bryan, G.J. (2013) Linkage analysis and QTL mapping using SNP dosage data in a tetraploid potato mapping population., PLoS ONE, 8, Article No. e63939
- Sharma, S.K.; Bolser, D.; de Boer, J.; Sonderkaer, M.; Amoros, W.; Carboni, M.F.; D'Ambrosio, J.M.; de la Cruz, G.; Di Genova, A.; Douches, D.S.; Eguiluz, M.; Guo, X.; Guzman, F.; Hackett, C.A.; Hamilton, J.P.; Li, G.C.; Li, Y.; Lozano, R.; Maass, A.; Marshall, D.; Martinez, D.; McLean, K.; Mejia, N.; Milne, L.; Munive, S.; Nagy, I.; Ponce, O.; Ramirez, M.; Simon, R.; Thomson, S.J.; Torres, Y.; Waugh, R.; Zhang, Z.H.; Huang, S.W.; Visser, R.G.F.; Bachem, C.W.B.; Sagredo, B.; Feingold, S.E.; Orjeda, G.; Veilleux, R.E.; Bonierbale, M.; Jacobs, J.M.E.; Milbourne, D.; Martin, D.M.A.; Bryan, G.J. (2013) Construction of reference chromosome-scale Pseudomolecules for potato: integrating the potato genome with genetic and physical maps., G3-Genomes Genomes Genetics, 3, 2031-2047.
- Schultz, L.; Cogan, N.O.I.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J.; Forster, J.W.; Slater, A.T. (2012) Evaluation and implementation of a potential diagnostic molecular marker for H1-conferred potato cyst nematode resistance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)., Plant Breeding, 131, 315-321.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2012) Application of association mapping and genomic sequencing to modern potato breeding., International Workshop on Advanced Breeding Programmes for Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production, Edinburgh, 2 May 2012.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2012) Application of association mapping and genomic sequencing to modern potato breeding., Potatoes in Practice, Dundee, 9 August 2012.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J.; (2012) Characterisation of the genetic diversity of tetraploid potato using genome-wide high-density SNP genotyping., SOL 2012 Conference - From Bench to Innovative Applications, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 26-30 August 2012.
- Bryan, G.J.; Prashar, A.; Young, V.; McLean, K.; Hornyik, C.; Sharma, S.K.; Dale, M.F.B. (2012) QTL analysis of a phureja-tuberosum diploid potato cross segregating for several traits., Solanaceae Conference, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 26-30 August 2012.
- McLean, K.; Young, V.; Sharma, S.K.; Prashar, A.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2011) Analysis of traits on a new diploid potato population., SOL & ICUGI, Japan, 28 November - 2 December 2011.
- Moloney, C.; Griffin, D.; Jones, P.W.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Milbourne, D. (2010) Development of diagnostic markers for use in breeding potatoes resistance to Globodera pallida pathotype Pa2/3 using germplasm derived from Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena CPC 2802., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 120, 679-689.
- Milbourne, D.; Moloney, C.; Dalton, E.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Nagy, I.; Destefanis, M.; Griffin, D. (2010) Characteristisation of the major disease resistance locus on potato chromosome 4 allows the development of diagnostic markers for resistance breeding., EAPR EUCARPIA Congress. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 28-30 June 2010, Potatoe Research, 53, 214.
- McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Lees, A.K.; Bryan, G.J. (2008) Mapping resistance to late blight in two S. verrucosum populations., 5th Solanaceae Genome Workshop 2008, Cologne, Germany, 12-16 October 2008.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Hackett, C.A.; Lowe, R.; McLean, K.; Stewart, H.E.; Tierney, I.; Vilaro, M.D.R.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) Detection of a quantitative trait locus for both foliage and tuber resistance to late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary] on chromosome 4 of a dihaploid potato clone (Solanum tubersoum subsp. tuberosum)., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 113, 943-951.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J.; Lees, A.K.; McLean, K.; Solomon-Blackburn, R.M. (2006) Mapping the R10 and R11 genes for resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) present in the potato (Solanum tuberosum) R-gene differentials of Black., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 112, 744-751.
- Bryan, G.J.; Winfield, M.O.; Bradshaw, J.E.; McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; De Jong, W.S. (2006) Comparison of levels of diversity in potato cultivars and breeding germplasm using AFLP and SSR markers., EAPR-EUCARPIA The Science of Selection: Potato Breeding Methodology for the 21 Century. Carlow, Ireland, 20-22 November 2006.
- Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) Clarifying the origin of potato and its implication for breeding., EAPR-EUCARPIA The Science of Selection: Potato Breeding Methodology for the 21 Century, Carlow, Ireland, 20-22 November 2006.
- Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) The domestication of potato., Plant GEMs (Plant Genomics European Meetings) 5. Venice, 11-14 October 2006.
- Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) On the domestication of potato: evidence from molecular studies., International Solanaceae Conference and Solanaceae Genomics Network, Madison, Wisconsin, 23-27 July 2006.
- McLean, K.; McNicoll, J.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Hein, I.; Milbourne, D.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) Strategies for fine mapping and isolation of resistance QTLs on Linkage Groups IV and V of potato., International Solanaceae Conference and Solanaceae Genomics Network, Madison, Wisconsin, 23-27 July 2006.
- Spooner, D.M.; McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Bryan, G.J. (2005) A single domestication for potato based on multilocus amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 102, 14694-14699.
- Bryan, G.J.; Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Massat, N.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M. (2005) Molecular genetic analysis of a large potato genebank., 2nd Solanaceae Genome Workshop. Ischia, Italy, 25-29 September 2005.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M. (2005) Molecular diversity in a large potato germplasm collection., European Association for Potato Research 16th Triennial Conference. Bilbao, Spain, 17-22 July 2005.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Ramsay, G. (2005) A single domestication for cultivated potato., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2004/2005, pp16-17.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J.; Hackett, C.A.; McLean, K.; Pande, B.; Stewart, H.E.; Waugh, R. (2004) Dissection and analysis of quantitative disease resistance in tetraploid potato., Euphytica, 137, 13-18.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Pande, B.; Bryan, G.J.; Hackett, C.A.; McLean, K.; Stewart, H.E.; Waugh, R. (2004) Interval mapping of quantitative trait loci for resistance to late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary], height and maturity in a tetraploid population of potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum)., Genetics, 168, 983-995.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Pande, B.; Purvis, A.; Hackett, C.A.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Waugh, R. (2004) Genetical dissection of H3-mediated polygenic PCN resistance in a heterozygous autotetraploid potato population., Molecular Breeding, 14, 105-116.
- McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2004) Molecular diversity in a large potato germplasm collection., 1st Solanaceae Genome Workshop 2004. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 19-21 September 2004.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; de Jong, W.S.; Phillips, M.S.; Castelli, L.; Waugh, R. (2002) Mapping QTLs for resistance to the cyst nematode Globodera pallida derived from the wild potato species Solanum vernei., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 105, 68-77.
- Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; McLean, K.; McNicoll, J.; Linton, S.; Tierney, I.; Purvis, A.; van Os, H.; van Eck, H.; Bakker, J.; Rousselle-Bourgeois, F.; Ritter, E.; Waugh, R. (2002) Application of a potato UHD genetic linkage map for BAC landing and contig initiation in a region of linkage group V., 15th Triennial Conference of the European Association for Potato Research. Hamburg, 14-19 July 2002.
- Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; McNicoll, J.; Tierney, I.; Purvis, A.; Williamson, S.; Ramsay, L.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R. (2002) Application of a potato UHD genetic linkage map for BAC landing and contig initiation in a region of linkage group V., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp143-146.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Pande, B.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Milbourne, D.; Phillips, M.S.; Castelli, L.; Hackett, C.A.; De Jong, W.; Waugh, R. (2001) Mapping polygenic potato cyst nematode (PCN) resistance in diploid and tetraploid populations of potato., Plant & Animal Genome IX, San Diego, California, USA, 13-17 January 2001.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Colgan, R.J.; Rees, D.; Young, S.; Sønderkær, M.; Terry, L.A.; Turnbull, C.; Taylor, M.A.; Bryan, G.J. (2021) Combining conventional QTL analysis and whole-exome capture-based bulk-segregant analysis provides new genetic insights into tuber sprout elongation and dormancy release in a diploid potato population, Heredity, 127, 53-265
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
- Sharma, S.K.; MacKenzie, K.; McLean, K.; Dale, F.; Daniels, S.; Bryan, G.J. (2018) Linkage disequilibrium and evaluation of genome-wide association mapping models in tetraploid potato., G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 8, 3185-3202.
- Trapero-Mozos, A.; Morris, W.L.; Ducreux, L.J.M.; McLean, K.; Stephens, J.; Torrance, L.; Bryan, G.J.; Hancock, R.D.; Taylor, M.A. (2018) Engineering heat tolerance in potato by temperature-dependent expression of a specific allele of HEAT SHOCK COGNATE 70., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 16, 197-207.
- Chen, X.; Lewandowska, D.; Armstrong, M.R.; Baker, K.; Lim, T.Y.; Bayer, M.; Harrower, B.; McLean, K.; Jupe, F.; Witek, K.; Lees, A.K.; Jones, J.D.; Bryan, G.J.; Hein, I. (2018) Identification and rapid mapping of a gene conferring broad-spectrum late blight resistance in the diploid potato species Solanum verrucosum through DNA capture technologies, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131(6), 1287-1297
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M. (2017) Levels of intra-specific AFLP diversity in tuber-bearing potato species with different breeding systems and ploidy levels., Frontiers in Genetics, 8, Article No. 119.
- Destefanis, M.; Nagy, I.; Rigney, B.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Hein, I.; Griffin, D.; Milbourne, D. (2015) A disease resistance locus on potato and tomato chromosome 4 exhibits a conserved multipartite structure displaying different rates of evolution in different lineages., BMC Plant Biology, 15, Article No. 255.
- Prashar, A.; Hornyik, C.; Young, V.; McLean, K.; Sharma, S.K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2014) Construction of a dense SNP map of a highly heterozygous diploid potato population and QTL analysis of tuber shape and eye depth., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127, 2159-2171.
- Hackett, C.A.; McLean, K.; Bryan, G.J. (2013) Linkage analysis and QTL mapping using SNP dosage data in a tetraploid potato mapping population., PLoS ONE, 8, Article No. e63939
- Sharma, S.K.; Bolser, D.; de Boer, J.; Sonderkaer, M.; Amoros, W.; Carboni, M.F.; D'Ambrosio, J.M.; de la Cruz, G.; Di Genova, A.; Douches, D.S.; Eguiluz, M.; Guo, X.; Guzman, F.; Hackett, C.A.; Hamilton, J.P.; Li, G.C.; Li, Y.; Lozano, R.; Maass, A.; Marshall, D.; Martinez, D.; McLean, K.; Mejia, N.; Milne, L.; Munive, S.; Nagy, I.; Ponce, O.; Ramirez, M.; Simon, R.; Thomson, S.J.; Torres, Y.; Waugh, R.; Zhang, Z.H.; Huang, S.W.; Visser, R.G.F.; Bachem, C.W.B.; Sagredo, B.; Feingold, S.E.; Orjeda, G.; Veilleux, R.E.; Bonierbale, M.; Jacobs, J.M.E.; Milbourne, D.; Martin, D.M.A.; Bryan, G.J. (2013) Construction of reference chromosome-scale Pseudomolecules for potato: integrating the potato genome with genetic and physical maps., G3-Genomes Genomes Genetics, 3, 2031-2047.
- Schultz, L.; Cogan, N.O.I.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J.; Forster, J.W.; Slater, A.T. (2012) Evaluation and implementation of a potential diagnostic molecular marker for H1-conferred potato cyst nematode resistance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)., Plant Breeding, 131, 315-321.
- Moloney, C.; Griffin, D.; Jones, P.W.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Milbourne, D. (2010) Development of diagnostic markers for use in breeding potatoes resistance to Globodera pallida pathotype Pa2/3 using germplasm derived from Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena CPC 2802., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 120, 679-689.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Hackett, C.A.; Lowe, R.; McLean, K.; Stewart, H.E.; Tierney, I.; Vilaro, M.D.R.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) Detection of a quantitative trait locus for both foliage and tuber resistance to late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary] on chromosome 4 of a dihaploid potato clone (Solanum tubersoum subsp. tuberosum)., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 113, 943-951.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J.; Lees, A.K.; McLean, K.; Solomon-Blackburn, R.M. (2006) Mapping the R10 and R11 genes for resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans) present in the potato (Solanum tuberosum) R-gene differentials of Black., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 112, 744-751.
- Spooner, D.M.; McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Bryan, G.J. (2005) A single domestication for potato based on multilocus amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 102, 14694-14699.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J.; Hackett, C.A.; McLean, K.; Pande, B.; Stewart, H.E.; Waugh, R. (2004) Dissection and analysis of quantitative disease resistance in tetraploid potato., Euphytica, 137, 13-18.
- Bradshaw, J.E.; Pande, B.; Bryan, G.J.; Hackett, C.A.; McLean, K.; Stewart, H.E.; Waugh, R. (2004) Interval mapping of quantitative trait loci for resistance to late blight [Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary], height and maturity in a tetraploid population of potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum)., Genetics, 168, 983-995.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Pande, B.; Purvis, A.; Hackett, C.A.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Waugh, R. (2004) Genetical dissection of H3-mediated polygenic PCN resistance in a heterozygous autotetraploid potato population., Molecular Breeding, 14, 105-116.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; de Jong, W.S.; Phillips, M.S.; Castelli, L.; Waugh, R. (2002) Mapping QTLs for resistance to the cyst nematode Globodera pallida derived from the wild potato species Solanum vernei., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 105, 68-77.
- Waugh, R.; McLean, K.; Flavell, A.J.; Pearce, S.R.; Kumar, A.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Powell, W. (1997) Genetic distribution of Bare-1-like retrotransposable elements in the barley genome revealed by sequence-specific amplification polymorphisms (S-SAP)., Molecular and General Genetics, 253, 687-694.
- Kumar, A.; Pearce, S.R.; McLean, K.; Harrison, G.; Heslop-Harrison, J.S.; Waugh, R.; Flavell, A.J. (1997) The Ty1-copia group of retrotransposons in plants: genomic organisation, evolution, and use as molecular markers., Genetica, 100, 205-217.
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.H.; McLean, K.; MacFarlane, S.; Al-Abedy, A.N.; Armstrong, M.; Lim, T.Y.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J. (2020) Natural resistance to potato virus Y in solanum tuberosum group Phureja., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 967-980.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Ramsay, G. (2005) A single domestication for cultivated potato., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2004/2005, pp16-17.
- Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; McNicoll, J.; Tierney, I.; Purvis, A.; Williamson, S.; Ramsay, L.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R. (2002) Application of a potato UHD genetic linkage map for BAC landing and contig initiation in a region of linkage group V., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, pp143-146.
- Strachan, S.M.; Hein, I.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Blok, V.C. (2016) Mapping the H2 gene to a Globodera pallida pathotype PA1-resistant potato cultivar., The Dundee Conference: Crop Protection in Northern Britain 2016, Dundee, 23-24 February 2016, pp245-250.
- Young, V.; Prashar, A.; McLean, K.; Hornyik, C.; Sharma, S.K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2014) Potential for molecular marker development and utilization in potato breeding programmes based on a genetic study in a diploid potato population., Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Environmental Management and Crop Protection, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, 25-26 February 2014.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2012) Application of association mapping and genomic sequencing to modern potato breeding., International Workshop on Advanced Breeding Programmes for Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production, Edinburgh, 2 May 2012.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2012) Application of association mapping and genomic sequencing to modern potato breeding., Potatoes in Practice, Dundee, 9 August 2012.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J.; (2012) Characterisation of the genetic diversity of tetraploid potato using genome-wide high-density SNP genotyping., SOL 2012 Conference - From Bench to Innovative Applications, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 26-30 August 2012.
- Bryan, G.J.; Prashar, A.; Young, V.; McLean, K.; Hornyik, C.; Sharma, S.K.; Dale, M.F.B. (2012) QTL analysis of a phureja-tuberosum diploid potato cross segregating for several traits., Solanaceae Conference, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 26-30 August 2012.
- McLean, K.; Young, V.; Sharma, S.K.; Prashar, A.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2011) Analysis of traits on a new diploid potato population., SOL & ICUGI, Japan, 28 November - 2 December 2011.
- Milbourne, D.; Moloney, C.; Dalton, E.; Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Nagy, I.; Destefanis, M.; Griffin, D. (2010) Characteristisation of the major disease resistance locus on potato chromosome 4 allows the development of diagnostic markers for resistance breeding., EAPR EUCARPIA Congress. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 28-30 June 2010, Potatoe Research, 53, 214.
- McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Lees, A.K.; Bryan, G.J. (2008) Mapping resistance to late blight in two S. verrucosum populations., 5th Solanaceae Genome Workshop 2008, Cologne, Germany, 12-16 October 2008.
- Bryan, G.J.; Winfield, M.O.; Bradshaw, J.E.; McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; De Jong, W.S. (2006) Comparison of levels of diversity in potato cultivars and breeding germplasm using AFLP and SSR markers., EAPR-EUCARPIA The Science of Selection: Potato Breeding Methodology for the 21 Century. Carlow, Ireland, 20-22 November 2006.
- Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) Clarifying the origin of potato and its implication for breeding., EAPR-EUCARPIA The Science of Selection: Potato Breeding Methodology for the 21 Century, Carlow, Ireland, 20-22 November 2006.
- Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) The domestication of potato., Plant GEMs (Plant Genomics European Meetings) 5. Venice, 11-14 October 2006.
- Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) On the domestication of potato: evidence from molecular studies., International Solanaceae Conference and Solanaceae Genomics Network, Madison, Wisconsin, 23-27 July 2006.
- McLean, K.; McNicoll, J.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Hein, I.; Milbourne, D.; Bryan, G.J. (2006) Strategies for fine mapping and isolation of resistance QTLs on Linkage Groups IV and V of potato., International Solanaceae Conference and Solanaceae Genomics Network, Madison, Wisconsin, 23-27 July 2006.
- Bryan, G.J.; Ramsay, G.; McLean, K.; Massat, N.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M. (2005) Molecular genetic analysis of a large potato genebank., 2nd Solanaceae Genome Workshop. Ischia, Italy, 25-29 September 2005.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M. (2005) Molecular diversity in a large potato germplasm collection., European Association for Potato Research 16th Triennial Conference. Bilbao, Spain, 17-22 July 2005.
- McLean, K.; Ramsay, G.; Waugh, R.; Spooner, D.M.; Bryan, G.J. (2004) Molecular diversity in a large potato germplasm collection., 1st Solanaceae Genome Workshop 2004. Wageningen, The Netherlands, 19-21 September 2004.
- Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; McLean, K.; McNicoll, J.; Linton, S.; Tierney, I.; Purvis, A.; van Os, H.; van Eck, H.; Bakker, J.; Rousselle-Bourgeois, F.; Ritter, E.; Waugh, R. (2002) Application of a potato UHD genetic linkage map for BAC landing and contig initiation in a region of linkage group V., 15th Triennial Conference of the European Association for Potato Research. Hamburg, 14-19 July 2002.
- Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; van Os, H.; Andrzejewski, S.; Bakker, J.; Buntjer, J.; Caromel, B.; van Eck, H.; Ghareeb, B.; Lefebvre, V.; Ritter, E.; van der Voort, J.R.; Rousselle-Bourgeois, F.; Linton, S.; McNicoll, J.; McLean, K.; Bryan, G.J.; Waugh, R. (2001) An ultra-high density genetic linkage map of potato as a platform for physical/gene content mapping and map based cloning., Proceedings of the XVI Eucarpia Congress. Edinburgh, 10-14 September 2001.
- Pande, B.; McLean, K.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Milbourne, D.; Hackett, C.A.; Stewart, H.E.; Isidore, E.; Bryan, G.J.; McNicoll, J.; Waugh, R. (2001) QTL mapping in tetraploid potato., Plant and Animal Genome IX, San Diego, 13-17 January 2001.
- Bryan, G.J.; McLean, K.; Pande, B.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Milbourne, D.; Phillips, M.S.; Castelli, L.; Hackett, C.A.; De Jong, W.; Waugh, R. (2001) Mapping polygenic potato cyst nematode (PCN) resistance in diploid and tetraploid populations of potato., Plant & Animal Genome IX, San Diego, California, USA, 13-17 January 2001.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Sønderkær, M.; Bryan, G.J. (2022) SPET genotyping within the genespace for advancing genetics and breeding applications in potato, The XVII International Conference on the Plant Family of Solanaceae (SOL2022), 1-5 November 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Morris, W.; Colgan, R.J.; Rees, D.; Taylor, M.; Bryan, G. (2019) The genetic analysis of tuber dormancy and sprout growth in potato, European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) Section Meeting 12-14 March 2019, Norwich, UK.
- Sharma, S.K.; Bayer, M.; MacKenzie, K.; McLean, K.; Dale, F.; Taylor, M.; Bryan, G.J. (2018) Sequence-based genotyping and trait analysis in potato., 15th Solanaceae Conference (SOL2018), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 30 September - 4 October 2018. Abstract
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Morris, W.; Colgan, R.J.; Rees, D.; Taylor, M.; Bryan, G.J. (2018) The genetic control of tuber dormancy and sprout elongation in potato., 19th Joint Meeting of the Section 'Breeding and Varietal Assessment' of the EAPR and the EUCARPIA Section 'Potatoes', EAPR 2018 Conference, Rostock-Warnemuende, Germany, 3-6 December 2018. Abstract
- Sharma, S.K.; McLean, K.; Morris, W.L.; Sønderkær, M.; Colgan, R.; Rees, D.; Taylor, M.A.; Bryan, G. (2017) The genetic control of tuber dormancy and sprout elongation in potato., XIV Solanaceae and 3rd Cucurbitaceae Joint Conference Solcuc 2017, Valencia, Spain, 3-6 September 2017. (Poster)
- Sharma, S.K.; Bayer, M.; McLean, K.; MacKenzie, K.; Daniels, S.; Dale, F.; Bryan, G. (2015) Application of genotyping-by-sequencing and genome-wide association analysis in tetraploid potato, 3rd Plant Genomics Congress, 11-12 May 2015, London, UK.
- Sharma, S.K.; Bayer, M.; McLean, K.; MacKenzie, K.; Daniels, S.; Dale, F.; Bryan, G. (2015) Genome-wide association studies using high-throughput SNP analysis in tetraploid potato, 12th Solanaceae Conference (SOL 2015), 25-29 October 2015, Bordeaux, France.
- Sharma, S.K.; Bayer, M.; McLean, K.; MacKenzie, K.; Daniels, S.; Dale, F.; Bryan, G. (2014) Application of genotyping-by-sequencing for identifying SNP variation and performing genome-wide association studies in a tetraploid potato association panel, 19th Triennial Conference of the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), 6-11 July 2014, Brussels, Belgium.
- Sharma, S.K.; Bayer, M.; McLean, K.; MacKenzie, K.; Daniels, S.; Dale, F.; Bryan, G. (2014) Genotyping-by-sequencing and genome-wide association analysis in tetraploid potato, 11th Solanaceae Conference (SOL 2014), 2-6 November 2014, Porto Seguro-BA, Brazil.
- MacFarlane, S.; Cowan, G.; Al-Abedy, A.; McLean, K.; Bryan, G.; Torrance, L. (2013) A new source of resistance in potato to Potato virus Y., EMBO Plant Virology Workshop, Green Virsuses, from Gene to Landscape, Hyeres-les-Palmiers, France, 7-11 September 2013.
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.; McLean, K.; Al Abedy, A.; Macfarlane, S.; Bryan, G. (2012) Novel broad spectrum resistance to potato potyviruses Y, V and A., Proceedings Crop Protection in Northern Britain, Dundee, 28-29 February, 2012.
- Torrance, L.; Cowan, G.; Mclean, K.; Al-Abedy, A.; MacFarlane, S.; Bryan, G. (2012) Novel broad-spectrum resistance to potato potyviruses., Phytopathology, 102, 120.
- Hornyik, C.; Young, V.; McLean, K.; Dale, M.F.B.; Bryan, G.J. (2011) Analysis of a diploid potato population with SNP markers and detailed analysis of tuber shape., 8th Solanaceae and 2nd Cucurbitaceae Joint Conference, Kobe, Japan, 28 November - 2 December 2011. (Poster)
- Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Isidore, E.; McLean, K.; McNicoll, J.; Linton, S.; Ramsay, L.; Purvis, A.; Tierney, I.; Waugh, R. (2002) An ultra-high density genetic linkage map of potato as a platform for targeted physical mapping and map-based cloning., Plant and Animal Genome X. San Diego, 12-16 January 2002.
- McLean, K.; Bryan, G.J.; Milbourne, D.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Hackett, C.A.; Pande, B.; Purvis, A.; De Jong, W.S.; Waugh, R. (2001) Mapping polygenic potato cyst nematode (PCN) resistance in a tetraploid population of potato., Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference, 12-16 January 2002.
