Dr. Thomas Miedaner

  • Head of Group: Rye (He/His)

Thomas Miedaner is head of the Rye & Biotic Stress Research Group at the State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. He has been involved in rye breeding and resistance genetics in cereals since 1987. Main topics are phenotypic and genomics-based breeding of hybrid rye and host resistance to Fusarium diseases in cereals and maize and to ergot, various rusts (yellow rust, stem rust, leaf rust) and Septoria tritici blotch in rye, triticale or wheat. He authored 221 peer-reviewed papers and supervised 25 Ph.D. students and 38 Master students. He has also written 24 textbooks on plant breeding, plant protection and crop farming. His group currently involves six technicians and three Ph.D. students.

Research Interests

  • Resistance genetics in cereals and maize with special focus on Fusarium diseases and cereal rusts
  • Diversity of pathogen populations
  • Breeding research on population and hybrid rye
  • Molecular plant breeding: QTL and association mapping, genomic selection

Curriculum Vitae

1988 - heute Head of the working group rye & biotic stress, State Plant Breeding Institute University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Deutschland
2005 Appointment as adjunct professor University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Deutschland
1998 Habilitation in Plant Breeding University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Deutschland
1987 - 1988 Research associate, FSP Biotechnologie & Pflanzenzüchtung University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Deutschland
1986 - 1987 Research associate, Wheat breeding group STRUBE Saatzucht, Söllingen, Deutschland
1983 - 1986 Promotion, Dr. sc. agr., Biologische Bundesanstalt, Institute for Resistance Genetics University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Deutschland

Teaching and Training activities/Research Projects

Teaching and Training Activities

He is involved in teaching the following courses:

Summer semester:

3501-452 Resistance Breeding
3501-452 Breeding Methodology Demonstrations with Excursion
7202-211 Spezielle Pflanzenzüchtung
7202-212 Demonstrationsübungen zur Pflanzenzüchtung
A043 Kolloquium der Pflanzenzüchtung
A046 Kolloquium für MSc Kandidaten und Doktoranden

Winter semester:

A046 Kolloquium für MSc Kandidaten und Doktoranden
A043 Kolloquium der Pflanzenzüchtung
Research Projects
  • FusStalk – Genetic and molecular studies in European maize for resistance to Fusarium stalk rot
  • RoggenPop – Improvement of population breeding in winter rye for organic farming by genomic selection
  • Food security through science – High-tech for the orphan crop barley in Ethiopia

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Projects