Michael Pumphrey
Professor and O.A. Vogel Chair of Spring Wheat Breeding and Genetics m.pumphrey@wsu.edu 509-335-0509 ITB 3043 PO Box 646420, Pullman, WA 99164Education
B.S. 2000. Oklahoma State University. Plant and Soil Sciences
M.S. 2003. University of Minnesota. Applied Plant Sciences
Ph.D. 2007. Kansas State University. Plant Pathology
Teaching
I teach a large-enrollment introductory undergraduate course, Crop Growth and Development (Crop_Sci 202 cross-listed as Hort_202), in the spring each year. I also teach a graduate plant breeding and genetics course (Crop_Sci 505) in the fall of odd years. In both classes I strive to connect real-world examples and the latest technology and information with fundamental concepts and principles in crop improvement. I draw heavily on my role as an applied plant breeder that continues to be intimately involved in production agriculture.
Research
I lead the spring wheat breeding and genetics program. We are focused on development of biotic and abiotic stress tolerant, high-yielding, and high-quality spring wheat varieties for diverse Washington (Pacific Northwest) production environments. Genetic dissection of disease resistance, grain quality, and abiotic stress tolerance traits are major research areas. Germplasm enhancement, application of genomics information and technology, and appropriate breeding and selection schemes are integrated to strengthen long-term variety development efforts and accelerate genetic gain.
Wheat Beat Podcast -Hessian Fly Resistance with Mike Pumphrey
Wheat Beat Podcast – Spring Wheat Development with Mike Pumphrey
Washington Grain Commission Podcast – Episode 29: Plotting Wheat’s Way Forward
Wheat Research Greenhouse Phenomics page
CSS Breeding Research
Wheat Varieties Released
Recent Publications
Sangjan, W., A.H. Carter, M.O. Pumphrey, V. Jitkov, and S. Sankaran. 2021. Development of a Raspberry Pi-Based Sensor System for Automated In-Field Monitoring to Support Crop Breeding Programs. Inventions, 6, 42.
Ward, B.P., K. Merrill, P. Bulli, M. Pumphrey, R. Esten Mason, M. Mergoum, J. Johnson, S. Sapkota, B. Lopez, D. Marshall, and G. Brown-Guedira. 2021. Analysis of the primary sources of quantitative adult plant resistance to stripe rust in U.S. soft red winter wheat germplasm. Plant Genome 14:e20082.
Sandhu, K.S., P.D. Mihalyov, M.J. Lewien, M.O. Pumphrey, and A.H. Carter. 2021. Combining Genomic and Phenomic Information for Predicting Grain Protein Content and Grain Yield in Spring Wheat. Front. Plant Sci. 12:613300.
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.613300
Sandhu, K.S., D.N. Lozada, Z. Zhang, M.O. Pumphrey, and A.H. Carter. 2021. Deep Learning for Predicting Complex Traits in Spring Wheat Breeding Program. Front. Plant Sci. 11:613325. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.613325
Liu, C., R. Parveen, S. Revolinski, K. Garland Campbell, M. Pumphrey, and C. Steber. 2021. The genetics of late maturity alpha-amylase (LMA) in North American spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Seed Science Research, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S0960258521000064
Liu, C., K. Tuttle, K. Garland Campbell, M. Pumphrey, and C. Steber. 2021. Investigating conditions that induce late maturity alpha-amylase (LMA) using Northwestern US spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Seed Science Research, 1-9. doi:10.1017/S0960258521000052
Morris, C.F., A.M. Kiszonas, G.L. Peden, and M.O. Pumphrey. 2021. Registration of ‘USDA Lori’ soft white spring waxy wheat.J. Plant Regist. 15:172–176.
Singh, N., R. Steeves, M‐S Chen, M. El Bouhssini, M. Pumphrey, and J. Poland. 2020. Registration of Hessian fly‐resistant germplasm KS18WGRC65 carrying H26 in hard red winter wheat ‘Overley’ background. J. Plant Regist. 14:206–209.
Muleta, K.T., X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey. 2020. Genome-wide mapping of resistance to stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in hexaploid winter wheat. Crop Science 60:115–131.
Maccaferri, M., et al. 2019. Durum wheat genome reveals past domestication signatures and future improvement targets. Nature Genetics 51:885-895.
Liu,W., J. Kolmer, S. Rynearson, X. Chen, L. Gao, J.A. Anderson, M.K. Turner, and M. Pumphrey*. 2019. Identifying loci conferring resistance to leaf and stripe rusts in a spring wheat population (Triticum aestivum L.) via genome-wide association mapping. Phytopathology.
Blake, N.K., M. Pumphrey, K. Glover, S. Chao, K. Jordan, J-L Jannick, E.A. Akhunov, J. Dubcovsky, H. Bockelman, and L.E. Talbert. 2019. Registration of the Triticeae-CAP Spring Wheat Nested Association Mapping Population. Journal of Plant Registrations. 13(2): 294-297.
Ando, K., V. Krishnan, M. Rouse, T. Danilova, B. Friebe, D. See, and M. Pumphrey*. 2019. Introgression of a novel stem rust (race TTKSK) resistance gene into wheat and development of Dasypyrum villosum chromosome specific markers via genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). Plant Disease. 103 (6), 1068-1074.
Kiszonas, A.M., R. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, K. Garland-Campbell, N.A. Bosque-Pérez, M. Pumphrey, M.N. Rouse, D. Hole, N. Wen, and C.F. Morris. 2019. Agronomic Traits in Durum Wheat Germplasm Possessing Puroindoline Genes. Agron. J. 111:1254-1265. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.08.0534
Rawat, N., A. Joshi, M. Pumphrey, L. Singh, A. Mahlandt, B. Chhabra, D. Wilson, B. Gill, J. Poland, and V. Tiwari. 2019. A TILLING Resource for Hard Red Winter Wheat Variety Jagger. Crop Science. 59:1666-1671. doi:10.2135/cropsci2019.01.0011
Gizaw, S.A., J. Godoy, M. Pumphrey, and A.H. Carter. 2018. Spectral reflectance for indirect selection and genome-wide association analyses of grain yield and drought resistance in North American spring wheat. Crop Science. 58(6): 2289-2301.
Jordan, K.W., S. Wang, S. Chao, Y. Lun, E. Paux, P. Sourdille, J. Sherman, A. Akhunova, N.K. Blake, M.O. Pumphrey, K. Glover, R. King, A.L. Phillips, C. Uauy, J. Dubcovsky, L. Talbert, and E. Akhunov. 2018. The genetic architecture of genome‐wide recombination rate variation in allopolyploid wheat revealed by nested association mapping. Plant Journal.
Godoy, J. S. Gizaw, S. Chao, N. Blake, J. Dubcovsky, C. Pozniak, A. Carter, M. Pumphrey*, and L. Talbert. 2018. Genome-wide Association Study (GWAS) of Agronomic Traits in a North American Elite Spring Wheat Panel. Crop Science 58:1838–1852.
Dong, H. R. Wang, Y. Yuan, J. Anderson, M. Pumphrey, Z. Zhang, and J. Chen. 2018. Evaluation of the Potential for Genomic Selection to Improve Spring Wheat Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in the Pacific Northwest. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 911.
Ando, K., S. Rynearson, K.T. Muleta, J. Gedamu, B, Girma, N. Bosque-Pérez, M.S. Chen, and M.O. Pumphrey*. 2018. Genome-Wide Associations for Multiple Pest Resistances in a Northwestern United States Elite Spring Wheat Panel. Plos One.
Edae, E.A., M.O. Pumphrey, and M.N. Rouse. 2018. A Genome-wide Association Study of Field and Seedling Response to Individual Stem Rust Pathogen Races Reveals Combinations of Race-specific Genes in North American Spring Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:52.
Kidwell, K.K., J.S. Kuehner, G.B. Shelton, V.L. DeMacon, S. Rynearson, X.M. Chen, S.O. Guy, J.M. Marshall, D.A. Engle, C.F. Morris, and M.O. Pumphrey*. 2018. Registration of ‘Dayn” Hard White Spring Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. Online first.
Godoy, J., S. Rynearson, X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey*. 2017. Genome-wide Association Mapping of Loci for Resistance to Stripe Rust in North American Elite Spring Wheat Germplasm. Phytopathology. doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-17-0195-R.
Kidwell, K.K, M. O. Pumphrey*, J. S. Kuehner, G. B. Shelton, V. L. DeMacon, S. Rynearson, X. M. Chen, S. O. Guy, D. A. Engle, B.-K. Baik, C. F. Morris, and N. A. Bosque-Pérez. 2017. Registration of ‘Glee” Hard Red Spring Wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations. doi:10.3198/jpr2016.04.0022crc.
Liu, W., M. Maccaferri, X. Chen, G. Laghetti, D. Pignone, M. Pumphrey*, and R. Tuberosa. 2017. Genome-wide association mapping reveals a rich genetic architecture of stripe rust resistance loci in emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccum). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 130: 2249-2270.
Muleta, K.T., M.N. Rouse, S. Rynearson, X. Chen, B. G. Buta, and M.O. Pumphrey*. 2017. Characterization of molecular diversity and genome-wide mapping of loci associated with resistance to stripe rust and stem rust in Ethiopian bread wheat accessions. BMC Plant Biology. 17:134.
Gao, L., M.N. Rouse, P. Mihalyov, P. Bulli, M. Pumphrey*, and J.A. Anderson. 2017. Genetic Characterization of Stem Rust Resistance in a Global Spring Wheat Germplasm Collection. Crop Science. 57: 2575-2589. doi:10.2135/cropsci2017.03.0159
Muleta, K.T., P. Bulli, S. Rynearson, X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey*. 2017. Loci Associated with Resistance to Stripe Rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) in a Core Collection of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum). Plos One. 12: e0179087. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.017908
Muleta, K.T., P. Bulli, Z. Zhang, X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey*. 2017. Unlocking diversity in germplasm collections by genomic selection: a case study based on quantitative adult plant resistance to stripe rust in spring wheat. The Plant Genome. doi:10.3835/plantgenome2016.12.0124.
Mihalyov, P.D., V.A. Nichols, P. Bulli, M.N. Rouse, and M.O. Pumphrey*. 2017. Multi-locus Mixed Model Analysis of Stem Rust Resistance in Winter Wheat. The Plant Genome. doi:10.3835/plantgenome2017.01.0001.
Liu, W., M. Maccaferri, S. Rynearson, T. Letta, H. Zegeye, R. Tuberosa, X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey*. 2017. Novel Sources of Stripe Rust Resistance Identified by Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Ethiopian Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum). Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:774. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00774
Liu, W. M. Maccaferri, P. Bulli, S. Rynearson, R. Tuberosa, X. Chen, and M. Pumphrey*. 2017. Genome-wide association mapping for seedling and field resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in elite durum wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 130: 649-667. doi:10.1007/s00122-016-2841-9
Wan, A., K. Muleta, H. Zegeye, B. Hundie, M. Pumphrey*, and X. Chen. 2017. Virulence Characterization of Wheat Stripe Rust Fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in Ethiopia and Evaluation of Ethiopian Wheat Germplasm for Resistance to Races of the Pathogen from Ethiopia and the United States. Plant Disease. 101:73-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-16-0371-RE
Turner, M.K., J.A. Kolmer, M.O. Pumphrey*, P. Bulli, S. Chao, and J.A. Anderson. 2017. Association mapping of leaf rust resistance loci in a spring wheat core collection. Theor Appl Genet. 130: 345-361. doi:10.1007/s00122-016-2815-y.
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Related sites
- Wheat CAP (Coordinated Agricultural Project)
- Borlaug Global Rust Initiative
- WSU Variety Selection and Testing
- Washington Association of Wheat Growers – Washington Grain Commission
News Articles
A Syrian Seed Bank’s Fight to Survive
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, known as icarda, is housed in a cluster of small buildings on a dusty property in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, halfway between Beirut and Damascus. Its facilities, surrounded by fields of experimental grain, include a laboratory, nurseries, and a gene bank—a storage facility in which tens of thousands of seeds have been carefully saved and catalogued.
Meet Ryan, WSU’s Elite New Wheat for the Noodle Market
Ryan, the newest spring wheat variety from Washington State University, is winning over Northwest farmers and grain buyers across the Pacific, thanks to its surprising ability to create an outstanding fresh noodle.
“Ryan has hit harder and generated way more interest than anything I’ve done before,” said Mike Pumphrey, WSU’s O.A. Vogel Endowed Chair of Spring Wheat Breeding and Genetics. “What sets Ryan apart is its quite remarkable noodle quality.”
Best and Brightest of CAHNRS Honored at 2019 Faculty & Staff Awards
Early Career Excellence Award: Mike Pumphrey, Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences; O.A. Vogel Endowed Chair of Spring Wheat Breeding and Genetics.
Developing resilient, high-quality spring wheat varieties for diverse Northwest production environments, Pumphrey has released eight wheat varieties since 2012, which account for approximately 60 percent of spring wheat production acres in Washington state. He has active research, funded by diverse sources, focused on genetic understanding and improvement of resistance to challenges such as stripe rust and Hessian fly, as well as stable falling numbers, improved wheat quality, and better understanding of yield-related traits. He currently teaches an undergraduate course in Crop Growth and Development, and a graduate course in Advanced Plant Breeding.
New WSU Soft White Spring Wheat Ryan in High Demand
Seed for a high-yielding new soft white spring wheat variety is in short supply this year, dealers say.
Geoff Schulz, seed operations manager for HighLine Grain Growers in Reardan, Wash., said he’s been sold out of Washington State University’s new soft white spring wheat Ryan for six weeks. He gets calls every day from farmers and other seed companies looking for Ryan and another WSU soft white spring, Seahawk.
Many of the calls come from irrigated farmers who usually plant dark northern spring wheat, he said.
“I could have sold four times as much Ryan as what I had out there, and I thought I was swimming in it,” he said.
WSU’s spring wheat breeder, Mike Pumphrey, pointed to Ryan as the highest-yielding soft white spring wheat in intermediate or high rainfall zone trials in recent years.
Novel Gene Resists Toxic Wheat Disease that Costs Billions
PULLMAN, Wash. – Scientists at Washington State University and Kansas State University have isolated and cloned a gene that provides resistance to Fusarium head blight, or wheat scab, a crippling disease that caused $7.6 billion in losses in U.S. wheat fields between 1993 and 2001.
Mike Pumphrey Received 2015 BGRI Mentor Award
Sydney, Australia — Michael ‘Mike’ Pumphrey, associate professor of wheat breeding and genetics at Washington State University (WSU), was awarded the 2015 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Mentor Award during the 2015 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) Technical Workshop in Sydney, Australia, on September 19, 2015.
WSU Partners with Industry to Market New Wheat Variety
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will join forces with AgriPro, a division of Syngenta Cereals, to market a new variety of hard white spring wheat known as Dayn.
New WSU Weather Stations Provide Wheat Data
PROSSER, Wash. – Four new weather stations will provide wheat farmers and breeders with insights into the influence of weather patterns on wheat production and yields in eastern Washington.
High Technology Meets Fields of Wheat
Arron Carter and Mike Pumphrey are two research scientists at Washington State University who are doing work in dusty wheat fields that is being transformed by technology.
Fundraiser, New Wheat Variety Honor Late WSU Graduate Student
PULLMAN, Wash. – Just 18 months after her premature death from cancer in December 2010, Washington State University graduate student Virginia Gale Lee’s dream of making a difference in the world is beginning to come true.
Friends, family and colleagues of Lee gathered Thursday evening to honor her memory with the second annual Dr. Virginia Lee “Change the World” Fellowship Fundraiser. The event raised nearly $5,000, bringing the fellowship endowment to $80,000, more than half of the university’s goal for the fund.
Cereal stem rust widespread in eastern Washington, north Idaho