The Faris lab is focused on wheat molecular genetics and genomics , wheat-pathogen interactions and wheat domestication. Views are those of Justin Faris.
Fargo, ND
Joined August 2015
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Save the date! 📅
Wheat Pathogens webinar is coming up on Tuesday, November 10th. Join Justin Faris (USDA) for "Wheat betrayed by its own genes: Multiple gene classes trigger tan spot susceptibility in wheat." Don't miss it! 🌾
wheatinitiative.org/new-even…
@karchuntan @ReemWheat
The fungal effector ToxB essentially hijacks the plant's innate immune system through recognition by a neofunctionalized Exo70-like protein. @Gurmnder_Singh @amandawheatgene @zhhliu2004 @acharya_krish87 @kadian11pooja @KLDRunning @PfaffTiana_7 @Shengmi06181681
Tan spot is a persistent challenge for U.S. wheat growers—but ARS scientists are helping to change that. Researchers at the ARS Cereal Crops Improvement Research Unit in Fargo, ND, and collaborators @NDSU have pinpointed a specific wheat gene that makes plants vulnerable to the costly fungal disease.
Their discovery shows that removing this gene by either traditional breeding or gene editing can boost a plant’s natural resistance.
For more details: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
ALT Inoculated wheat leaves showing symptoms of tan spot. (Photo by Justin Faris, USDA-ARS research plant geneticist).
Fantastic work by @Gurmnder_Singh leading this work for his PhD dissertation. It was fascinating to discover a neofunctionalized Exo70-like protein exploited by a fungal pathogen to cause disease.
I’m happy to share that our work on the wheat Tsc2 gene is now published in Nature Communications! @FarisGenLab @USDA @NatureComms @NDSU @NDSUPlantPath @NDSUPlantSci
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Open position: Wheat breeder position at Canyon/Bushland with Texas A&M AgriLife Research/TAMU @WheatInitiative @uswheatassoc graingenes.org/GG3/content/w…
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GrainGenes update: Triticum turgidum Durum Svevo 2.0 manuscript was accepted and all dataset and tools are released @luigicattivelli @WheatInitiative graingenes.org/GG3/content/a…
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thrilled to share our joint work on the amplification of virulence in tan spot & ToxB @GourlieRyan @McdonaldMeganc @hafez_mnm answering to 25+ yrs old Q on multicopy virulence gene | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/a…
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Now online! An activated wheat CCG10-NLR immune receptor forms an octameric resistosome dlvr.it/TRfrkT
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The same western blot image used 23 times in 14 different papers by one Japanese team. The image has been labelled as representing a range of experiments and proteins. This is the most I have ever seen. Perhaps it is a record?
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Happy to share that our paper has been published 🎉in Theoretical and Applied Genetics.
This study examines the genetic basis of resistance to root-lesion nematodes in triticale and provides tools for cereal breeding programs.
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-0…
Happy to provide tools for wheat breeders to efficiently remove the disease susceptibility gene Tsn1 from their materials. @KLDRunning did a fantastic job leading this project. rdcu.be/etVOd
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🌾Agnes Szabo-Hever @NDSU will reveal groundbreaking insights into how susceptibility genes interact with necrotrophic effectors in hard red spring wheat and durum wheat.
📅 Don’t miss the webinar on 17 July 2025 at 11 AM EDT!
🔗 Sign up today: tinyurl.com/yh8bc3au
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Zengcui Zhang et al. investigated the wheat–Parastagonospora nodorum pathosystem, a model for necrotrophic fungal interactions where SnTox3 induces disease via an inverse gene-for-gene mechanism. @FarisGenLab Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-10-24-0…
ALT Flow cytometric analysis of mitotic metaphase chromosomes isolated from wheat Sumai 3 wild-type and mutant genotypes. A, The 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) versus fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) dot plot was obtained after the analysis of DAPI-stained chromosomes labeled by fluorescence in situ hybridization in suspension (FISHIS) with FITC-conjugated probes for GAA microsatellites. B, 5B chromosomes were sorted from the sorting window shown as a red rectangle in A at purities of 79.4 to 87.5%. 5B chromosomes after FISH with probes for pSc119.2 (green), Afa family (red), and 45S rDNA (yellow); chromosomes were counterstained by DAPI (blue).
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🌐 The International Wheat Congress unites experts to share innovations & knowledge. The 2026 edition of the International Wheat Congress will be held from 25-29 of May 2026 in Bologna, Italy!
See: wheatinitiative.org/internat…
Congratulations Gazala @plantpath_PD! An award well deserved. #risingstar
Heartiest congratulations to Gazala Ameen @plantpath_PD for APS-NCD 2025 Early Career Award in the profession of Plant Pathology 🪴. Certainly a rising 🌟 in our research field.
Go Jacks!! @SDStateCAFES @SDState
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The International Symposium on Cereal Leaf blights #ISCLB2026 is happening May 2026 in Banff, Canada. Our official website is now live isclb.com/ Explore key info and stay tuned for more updates! @SaskWheat @AlbertaGrains @SeCan @WheatInitiative @AAFC_Canada
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Honored to present my work on wheat susceptibility to tan spot at the #IWGSC workshop @wheatgenome during #PAG32. A big thank you to IWGSC organizers for the opportunity and to everyone who attended. Looking forward to more great discussions!
Gurminder Singh @Gurmnder_Singh #IWGSC workshop #PAG32 presenting his work on the molecular mechanisms underlying wheat susceptibility to tan spot.
