DEPARTMENTAL VITA
6/97
Name: Thomas K. BlakeBirth Date: 5-24-54
Appointment Date at MSU: 1-15-84 Place of Birth: Sacramento, CA
Tenured
Associate Professor of Agronomy Marital Status: Married
Professional Expertise: Plant Genetics, Plant Breeding,
Molecular Genetics, QTL Analysis
Education
B.S. 1976 University of California, Davis - Genetics
M.S. 1979 South Dakota State University - Agronomy
Ph.D. 1982 Washington State University - Genetics & Cell Biology
Professional Experience
1973 Normal Volunteer National Institute of Health
1976-79 Research Assistant South Dakota State University
1979 Teaching Assistant Washington State University
1979-82 Research Assistant Washington State University
1983 Research Associate University of Wisconsin
1984 Assistant Professor Montana State University
1989 Associate Professor Montana State University
1994 Professor Montana State University
Professional and Honor Societies
Sigma Xi
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Crop Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy
Major Committees
Alternate, MSU Faculty Council
Past Chair, Barley Crop Advisory Committee, 1986-1991
International Activities
Sponsorship of visiting professor, Dr. Hamdolla Kazemi, Univ. of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Sponsorship of visiting professor, Dr. Evgeny Ananiev, Vavilov Institute, Moscow.
Collaborative Research Program on Cereal Evolution initiated with Dr. Cesar Benito-Jiminez of the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Instructor, Shortcourse on using molecular markers in crop improvement, ICARDA, Sept 20-Oct 3, 1991
Program Reviewer, Barley Project, Nepal, 1992
Organizer, International Yellowstone Conferences I,II,III
Course Teacher, ICARDA, Molecular Techniques for Barley Improvement, 1991
Training Expert, IAEA (plant genetics and electrophoresis technologies) Brazil, 1994; Costa Rica, 1995
Joint Program to develop hulless, waxy barley for Korea, Rural Development Agency, Suweon, Korea, 1996-1999.
Professional Activities
Coordinator, Montana Intrastate Varietal Test for Barley
Coordinator, Montana Intrastate Oat Varietal Testing
Author of Annual Feed Crops Report, 1983-1996
Symposium Chair, Molecular Markers in Crop Improvement. Amer. Soc. of Agron. meeting, Chicago, 1985
Invited Speaker, International Food Legume Research Conference "Applications of Molecular Biology to Crop Improvement," Spokane, WA, 1986.
Invited Speaker, 5th Int. Barley Genetics Symp., Okayama, 1986
Invited Speaker, Banbury Conf. on Use of Molecular Markers in Crop Plants, Nov. 1, 1988.
Invited Presentant Eukarpia Congress, Gottingen, Feb. 1989.
Invited Speaker, ICARDA Planning Conference, Oct. 1989.
Panel Member, Nat. Acad. of Sci. Conf. on Molecular Markers in Crop Improvement, Irvine, CA., 1990; Participant, 1996
Grant Reviewer, Midwest Biotech Consortium, 1993-1995
Grant Reviewer, AgCanada Federal Granting Program (Canada) 1995
Research Activities
Mapping of the locus controlling production of high molecular weight storage proteins, 1979-82.
Purification and characterization of high molecular weight hordeins, 1981-82
Genetic analysis of a gene controlling deposition of a novel major seed protein in dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), 1983
Purification and characterization of three variants of Arcellin, a novel major bean seed storage protein family, 1983
Genetic analysis of an ageotropic rooting mutant in barley, 1984, 1985
Development of a linkage map of barley based on restriction fragment length polymorphisms, 1984-present
Examination of the molecular basis for chloroplast mutations in alfalfa 1986, 1987
Development of barley varieties adapted to Montana, 1984-present
Evaluation of Isozymes and RFLPs as Genetic Markers in Cereals with Dr. Cesar Benito-Jiminez, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Quantitative Trait Locus Identification in Barley, 1989-present
Development of User-Friendly Marker Systems, 1989-present
Marker-Assisted Selection for Various Traits, 1989-present
Successful Grants and Contracts--
1984 $ 22,330 Use of single copy cloned DNA sequences as a Basis for gene mapping in
barley--Methodology Development--Am. Malting Barley Assoc.
1984-87 $ 58,240 Development of 2-row and 6-row barley varieties adapted to Montana, Am.
Malting Barley Assoc.
1984-87 $136,500 Development of malting and feed barley varieties adapted to Montana,
Montana Wheat Research & Marketing Committee
1984-86 $ 80,000 Use of single copy cloned DNA sequences as a basis for gene mapping in
barley--Map Construction--USDA
1985-86 $ 22,300 Comparative genetics of crop plants using RFLPs with Dr. Ray Ditterline,
Montana Agric. Exp. Stn.
1986-89 $158,840 Comparison of isozymes and RFLPs as genetic markers in the cereals with Dr.
Cesar Benito-Jiminez.--US-Spain Joint Committee for Technological Cooperation.
1986-87 $ 20,000 Use of RFLPs for barley varietal identification, Am. Malting Barley Assoc.
1986-87 $ 35,000 Use of single copy cloned DNA sequences as a basis for gene-mapping in
barley - USDA renewal.
1987 $ 58,000 NSF Equipment grant
1987-93 $100,000 Improvement of malting barley cultivars by both traditional and modern
methods, Am. Malting Barley Assoc.
1987-88 $ 50,000 Development of feed and malting barley varieties for Montana, Montana
Wheat and Barley Committee.
1988-89 $ 45,000 Development of feed and malting barley varieties for Montana, Montana
Wheat and Barley Committee.
1989-91 $100,000 Analysis of the genetics underlying cold tolerance cl in winter barley, USDA
Competitive Research Grant. Patrick Hayes, OSU, Co-PI.
1989-93 $200,000 Development of feed and malting barley varieties for Montana, Montana
Wheat and Barley Committee.
1989-92 $ 50,000 Development of a saturated barley RFLP Map, Montana Wheat and Barley
Committee.
1989-92 $ 55,000 Development of hull-less, waxy barley varieties adapted to Montana, Quaker
Oats, Inc.
1989-93 $ 89,000 Map construction in barley. Contribution by: No. Amer. Bar. Gen. Map. Proj.
1989-93 $ 59,000 Evaluation of genetic tolerance in barley and wheat to the Russian Grain
Aphid, Montana Wheat and Barley Commission. With Dr. Luther Talbert
1992-93 $ 58,000 Barley Breeding and Genetics for Montana. Montana Wheat and Barley
Commission.
1992-93 $25,000 Malting Barley Breeding for Montana. Amer. Malting Barley Association.
1992-93 $25,000 Generating the barley RFLP map. NABGMP.
1992 $86,000 Improving genome analysis capabilities at MSU. Equipment grant.
1993-1996 $250,000 National Research Initiative Genome Mapping Project: Repairing
Deficiencies in Wheat and Barley.
1993-1994 $60,000 Barley Breeding for Montana, MWBC
1993-1997 $105,000 Breeding Malting Barley Varieties, AMBA
1993-1994 $25,000 N.A. Barley Genome Mapping Project
1993-1998 $1.6M Improving the Infrastructure of the Montana
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Programs. EPSCOR
1993-1995 $90,000 Developing Value Added Barley Varieties.
MAES/Montana Legislature
1995-1996 $60,000 Developing Improved Malting Barley Varieties For Montana, MWBC
1995-1996 $22,000 N.A. Barley Genome Mapping Project
1995-1996 $12,000 Barley Infomatics, National Agricultural Library
1995-1998 $1,350,000 Feed Barley for Rangeland Cattle. CSREES.
1997 $50,000 Match for ABI377 DNA sequencer, Murdock Foundation
1996-1997 $60,000 Developing Improved Barley Varieties for Montana. Montana Wheat and
Barley Committee
Agricultural Experiment Station--
1984-97 $ 56,000 Barley genetics as a tool in varietal improvement
Teaching Activities
Credits Quarters Taught
P&S 500 Graduate Seminar 1 Fall, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
P&S 541 Advanced Plant Genetics 4 Fall, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
Graduate Students Supervised--
1985 M.S. Laura Tagliani - Graduated
1986 M.S. Matt Kramer - Graduated
1988 M.S. Patrick Hensleigh - Graduated
1988 Ph.D. Don Lee - Graduated
1988 Ph.D. Jeong Shin - Graduated
1989 Ph.D. Maria Sanchez - Graduated
1992 Ph.D. Somvong Tragoonrung- Graduated
1992 Ph.D. Vladimir Kanazin- Graduated
1993 M.S. Rosa Nieto - Graduated
1993 M.S. Joanna Roshinska - Graduated
1996 M.S. Lidia Hess- Graduated
1996 Ph.D. Steve Larson- Graduated
1997 M.S. Debra Jones- Graduated
199_ Ph.D Ji-Ung Jeung- in progress
199_ Ph.D Fan Liying- in progress
Graduate Committee Memberships--
Graduate Students: M.S. 2 Ph.D. 2
University Service
Member, MSU Biosafety Committee
Chair, Spring Wheat Search Committee
Member, MAES Assoc. Director Search Committee
Member, Winter Wheat Search Committee
President, University Club, 1993-1995
Member, Faculty Council
National Sevice
Member, Electronic Communications Subcommittee, CSSA
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Quantitative Trait Loci (CSSA)
Reviewer, USDA-CRGO Competitive Grants 1988-present
Panelist, USDA-CRGO-NRI (Entomology/Nematology) 1994
Publications
Ullrich, S. E., T. K. Blake, A. Kleinhofs, R. A. Coon, and R. A. Nilan. 1980. Cereals II: Barley. In Cereal Protein Improvement. IAEA, Nicosia.
Blake, T. K., S. E. Ullrich, and R. A. Nilan. 1982. Mapping of the Hor-3 locus encoding D hordein in barley. Theor. Appl. Genet. 63:367-371.
Blake, T. K., S. E. Ullrich, and R. A. Nilan. 1984. Purification and characterization of barley D hordein. Cereal Chem. 61(2):120-123.
Kenefick, D. G., and T. K. Blake. 1986. Low RNase activity prior to cold acclamation in freeze-selected winter barley. Crop Sci. 26(6):1099-1104.
Osborn, J. C., T. Blake, P. Gepts, and F. A. Bliss. 1986. Bean arcelin II: Genetic variation, inheritance and linkage relationships of a novel seed protein of Phaseolus vulgaris, L. Theor. Appl. Genet. 71:847-855.
Tagliani, L., S. Nissen, and T. K. Blake. 1986. Comparison of growth, exogenous auxin sensitivity, and endogenous Indole-3-Acetic acid content in roots of Hordeum vulgare L. and an agravitropic mutant. Biochem. Genet. 24(11/12)839-848.
Blake, T. K. 1987. Strategies for restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in barley. p. 503-508. In Barley Genetics V.
Blake, T. K., A. Kleinhofs. 1988. Applications of molecular biology to crop improvement. p. 991-999. In R. J. Summerfield (ed.) World Crops: Cool season food legumes. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Benito, C., M. Sanchez, J. S. Shin, and T. Blake. 1988. A map of barley chromosome 2 using isozymic and morphological markers. Biochem. Genet. 26(516)387-394.
Lee, D. J., T. K. Blake, and S. E. Smith. 1988. Biparental inheritance of chloroplast DNA and the identification of heteroplasmic cells in alfalfa. Theor. Appl. Genet. 26(8)1-5.
Lee, D. J., T. K. Blake, S. E. Smith, and T. W. Carroll. 1989. Mapping the chloroplast genome of chlorophyll deficient mutants of alfalfa. Crop Sci. 29(1) 190-196.
Melzer, J. M., A. Kleinhofs, D. A. Kudrna, R. L. Warner, and T. K. Blake. 1988. Genetic mapping of the barley nitrate reductase-deficient nar1 and nar2 loci. Theor. Appl. Genet. 75:767-771.
Blake, T. K., J. S. Shin, and Mar Sanchez. 1989. Development of the barley RFLP map. p. 139-143. In The use of molecular markers for crop improvement. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Bunker, J. R., R. H. Lockerman, C. F. McGuire, T. K. Blake, and R. E. Enge1. 1989. Soil moisture effects on bread loaf quality determined by reverse phase high performance liquid Chromatography of gliadins. J. Cereal Chem. 66(5):427-431.
Hockett, E. A., T. K. Blake, G. R. Carlson, A. F. Cook, G. D. Kushnak, G. D. Jackson, J. C. Eckhoff, V. R. Stewart, G. F. Stallknecht, and M. P. Davis. 1990. Registration of Bearpaw Barley. Crop Sci. 30(2):421.
Alexander, W. L., E. A. Hockett, T. K. Blake, D. C. Hoffman. 1990. Esterase and Hordein C allelic and genotypic frequencies in CCXXXI, a male-sterile barley population. Euphytica 46:165-168.
Shin, J. S., L. Corpuz, S. Chao, and T. K. Blake. 1990. A partial map of the barley genome. Genome 33(6):803-808.
Schon, C., M. Sanchez, T. Blake, and P. M. Hayes. 1990. Segregation of Mendelian Markers in doubled haploid and F2 progeny of a barley cross. Hereditas 113:69-72.
Blake, T., P. Hensleigh, R. F. Eslick, G. Stallknecht, G. Jackson, J. Eckhoff, G. Carlson, G. Kushnak, and V. Stewart. 1990. Registration of Shonkin Barley. Crop Sci. 30(6):1355.
Eslick, R. F., T. Blake, G. Stallknecht, G. Jackson, J. Eckhoff, G. Carlson, G. Kushnak, and V. Stewart. 1990. Registration of Wanubet, a hull-less, waxy barley germplasm. Crop Sci. 30(6):1371.
Blake, T., N. Lybeck, and P. Hayes. 1991. Good, bad, and untested ideas in RFLP and QTL analysis. Plant Breeding Abstr. 61(1):1-7.
Martin, J. M., T. K. Blake, and E. A. Hockett. 1991. Diversity among North American spring barley cultivars based upon coefficients of parentage. Crop Sci. 31(5):1131-1137.
Blake, T., J. S. Shin, M. Sanchez, C. Schon, and P. Hayes. 1989. Using molecular markers to identify the genetic basis for adaptation. pp. 482-488 In A. A. Acevedo, A. P. Conesa, P. Monneveux, and J. P. Srivastava (eds.). Physiology-breeding of winter cereals for stressed Mediterranean environments. INRA, Paris.
Talbert, L. E., G. M. Magyar, M. Lavin, T. K. Blake, and S. L. Moylan. 1991. Molecular evidence for the origin of the S-derived genomes of polyploid Triticum species. Am. J. Bot. 78(3):340-349.
Blake, T., and N. Lybeck. 1991. Using genetics in barley breeding. pp. 143-146. In J. Riesselman (ed). Biotic stress of barley in arid and semi-arid environments. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria.
Schon, C., P. M. Hayes, T. K. Blake, and S. J. Knapp. 1991. Gametophytic selection in a winter x spring barley cross. Genome 34:918-922.
Hensleigh, P. F., L. Welty, Tom Blake. 1992. Effect of natural selection on winter survival and associated traits in winter barley Composite Cross CCXXVI. Crop Sci 32(1):57-62.
Hayes, P. M., Tony Chen, and Thomas Blake. 1992. Marker assisted genetic analysis of cold tolerance in winter barley. In Physiological basis of cold tolerance in crops. CRC Critical Reviews in Plant Physiol.
Tragoonrung, S., V. Kanazin, T. K. Blake, and P. M. Hayes. 1992. STS facilitated PCR for barley genome mapping. Theor. Appl. Genet. 84:1002-1008.
Ullrich, S. E., P. M. Hayes, W. E. Dyer, T. K. Blake, and J. A. Clancy. 1992. Quantitative trait Locus analysis of seed dormancy in Steptoe Barley. p. 136-145. In Walker-Simmons, M. K. and J. L. Reid (eds.). Pre-harvest sprouting in cereals. Am. Assoc. Cereal Chem.
Blake, T. K. 1993. Completing and Using the Barley Genome Map. PROBE 2(3):14-17.
Kleinhofs, et al. 1993. A saturated medium-density map of the barley genome. Theor. Appl. Genet. 86:705-712.
Hayes, P. M., T. K. Blake, T. H. H. Chen, S. Tragoonrung, S. Chen, F. Pan, A., and B. Liu. 1993. Quantitative trait loci on barley chromosome 7 associated with components of winterhardiness. Genome 36:66-71.
Kanazin, V., E. V. Ananiev, and T. K. Blake. 1993. Origin of variation among Hor-2 multigene family members. Genome 36:397-403.
Chee, P. W., L. Pederson, S. Tragoonrung, V. Kanazin, and Tom Blake. 1993. Development of PCR for barley varietal identification. J. Am. Soc. Brewing Chemists 51(3):93-96.
Blake, Tom, S. Tragoonrung, M. Walton, S. Wright, B. Jones, T. Chen and P. Hayes. 1993. Mapping the Genes for Cold Tolerance in Barley. in: Plant Responses to Cellular Dehydration during Environmental Stress. eds.:T.J. Close and E.A. Bray. Amer. Soc. Pl. Phys. pgs. 202-210.
Kanazin, V., E. V. Ananiev, and T. K. Blake. 1994. The Genetics of 5s-encoding multigene families in barley. Genome 36(6) 1023-1028.
Lasherme P Blake T and Ceccarelli S. 1994. Identification of polymorphisms in reference barley genotypes based on the polymerase chain reaction. J. Genet and Breed. 48:207-210.
Talbert, L.E., Blake, N.K., P.W. Chee, T.K. Blake and G.W. Magyar. 1994. 1993. Evaluation of STS-PCR as Molecular Markers in Wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet. 87: 789-794.
Harris, J.D. G.A. Taylor, T.K. Blake and D.C. Sands. 1994. A fluorometric assay for determining variation of lysine in wheat gliadin proteins. Euphytica 76: 97-100.
Gibson, L.A., J.P.G. Bowman, L.E. Oberthur and Tom Blake. 1994.Determination of Genetic Markers Associated with Ruminant Digestion of Barley. Proc. Western Section, Amer. Soc. Animal Sci. 45:108-110
Nieto-Lopez, R.M. and T.K. Blake. 1994. Russian Wheat Aphid resistance in barley: Inheritance and linked molecular markers. Crop Sci 34(3) 655-659.
P.M. Hayes, B.H. Liu, S.J. Knapp, F. Chen, B. Jones, T. Blake, J. Frankowiak, D. Rasmussen, M. Sorrells, S.E. Ullrich, D. Wesenberg and A. Kleinhofs. 1994. Quantitative trait locus effects and environmental interaction in a sample of North American barley germplasm. Theor. Appl. Genet. 87:397-401
Pan, A. P.M. Hayes, F. Chen, T.H.H. Chen, T. Blake, S. Wright, I. Karsai, Z. Bedo. 1995. Genetic Analysis of the Components of Winterhardiness in Barley. Theor. Appl. Genetics.
Jackson, G. R.K. Berg, G.D. Kushnak, T.K. Blake and G.I. Yarrow. 1994. Nitrogen effects on yield, beta-glucan content and other quality factors of oat and waxy hulless barley. Commun. in Soil Sci. 3047-3052.
Oberthur, L.O., W. Dyer, S.E. Ullrich and Tom Blake. 1995. The genetics of dormancy in barley. Journal of Quantitative Trait Loci 1(3):25-32. http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/jqtl
Han, F., S.E. Ullrich, S. Chirat, S. Menteur, L. Jestin, A. Sarrafi, P.M. Hayes, B.L. Jones, T.K. Blake, D.M. Wesenberg, A. Kleinhofs and A. Kilian. 1995. Mapping of Beta-Glucan content and Beta-Glucanase Activity Loci in Barley Grain and Malt. Theor. Appl. Genet. 91:921-927.
Tinker, N.A., D.E. Mather, T.K. Blake, K.G. Briggs, T.M.Choo, L.Dahleen, S.M.Dorfing, D.E.Falk, T. Ferguson, J.D. Frankowiac, R.Graf, P.M.Hayes, R.B.Irvine, A.Kleinhofs, W.Legge, B.G.Rossnagel, M.A.Saghai-Maroof, G.J. Scoles, L.P. Shugar, B. Steffenson, S.Ullrich and K.J. Kasha. 1996. Regions of the Genome that Affect Agronomic Performance in Two-Rowed Barley. Crop Sci. 36:1053-1062.
Blake TK, Hensleigh P, Hockett EA, Oberthur LE, Gilbertson K, Carlson Ga, Kushnak G, Welty L, Eckhoff J. 1996. Registration of 'Chinook' barley. Crop Science. 36:3 809-810
Bowman JGP Blake TK Surber LMM Habernicht D Daniels TK and Daniels JT. 1996. Genetic factors controlling digestibility of barley for ruminants. West. Sect., Amer Soc of An Sci, Proc. 47: 108-110.
Hayes PM, Chen FQ, Corey A, Pan A, Chen THH, Baird W, Powell W, Thomas W, Waugh R, Karsai I, Blake TK, Oberthur LE. 1996. The Dicktoo-Morex population: a model for dissecting components of winterhardiness in barley. In: P.H. Li and T.H. Chen (ed.) Plant Cold Hardiness. Plenum Press, New York.
Kanazin, V, Blake, Tom and Shoemaker, Randy. 1996. Organization of the histone H3 genes in soybean, barley and wheat. Mol. Gen. Genet. 250:137-147.
Hayes,P., Prehn D, Vivar H., Tom Blake, Comeau A, Henry I, Johnston M, Jones B, Steffenson B, St.Pierre C. 1996. Multiple disease resistance loci and their relationship to agronomic and quality loci in a spring barley population. Journal of Quantitative Trait Loci 2(2) http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/jqtl
Bowman, JGP and Blake T. 1996. Barley Feed Quality for Beef Cattle. in: VII International Barley Genetics Symposium, Invited Presentation. Pgs. 59-65. Slinkard, Scoles and Rossnagel, eds. University of Saskatechewan Press.
Larson S., Bryan G, Dyer W, Blake T. 1996. Evaluating gene effects of a major barley seed dormancy QTL in reciprocal backcross populations. Journal of Quantitative Trait Loci 2(4) http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/jqtl
Erpelding J., Blake NK, Blake TK, Talbert LE. 1996. Transfer of sequence tagged site PCR markers between wheat and barley. Genome 39:802-810.
Larson S., McDonald C, Blake TK. (1996) Evaluation of barley chromosome 3 yield QTL in a backcross F2 Population using PCR-STS markers. Theor. Appl. Genetics 93:618-625.
Blake TK, Kadyrzhanova D, Shepherd KW, Islam AKMR, Langridge PL, McDonald CL, Erpelding,J Larson S, Blake NK, Talbert LE. (1996). STS-PCR markers appropriate for wheat-barley introgression. Theor. Appl. Genet. 93:826-832
Borokovna IG, Jin Y, Steffenson BJ, Kilian A, Blake TK. Kleinhofs A. 1997. Identification and mapping of a leaf rust resistance gene in barley line Q21861. Genome 40(2) 236-241
Burow MD and Blake TK. (1997) Molecular Tools for the Study of Complex Traits. in: Molecular Analysis of Complex Traits. CRC Press. Pp. 13-31.
Blake TK, Larson S, Eckhoff J, Kanazin V. 1997. (In press) Avoiding Project Bankruptcy While Effectively Employing Markers. in: ASA,HSSA Joint Symposium on Heterosis, Indianapolis, In. Ed: K. Lamkey, Crop Science Society of America, Madison, WI
Larson, S Habernicht D, Adamson M and Tom Blake. 1997. Backcross Gains for Six-Rowed Grain and Malt Qualitiy with Introgression of a Feed Barley Yield QTL. J. Amer Soc. Brew. Chem.55(2) 52-57.
Sayed-Tabatabaei, BE, Many Y, Blake T, Takaiwa F, Oka S, and Komatsuda T. 1997. STS markers appropriate for the RI lines of Azumamugi/Kanto Nakate Gold. Jap. Soc. Of Breeding. In press.
Habernicht D and Tom Blake. Application of PCR to Evaluation of Varietal PUrity in Barley Malt. Submitted to: J. Amer Soc. Brew. Chem.
Blake TK, Larson S, Kanazin V and Talbert H. AFLP Mapping and marker conversion for yield and quality QTL in a Lewis/Baroness Barley RIL population. Submitted to JQTL (next week).
Kanazin V, Jeung J and Blake TK. (In prep) The Distribution of Methylated and Unmethylated CCGG Sequences on the Recombinational and Cytological Maps of Barley. to be Submitted to Genetics
Kanazin V and Blake TK. (in prep) Generating large insert libraries of expressed sequences from
barley. to be submitted to PNAS.
Selected Reviewed Publications--
Blake, T. K. 1979. Determination of RNase phenotypes in winter barley populations. M.S.
thesis, South Dakota State Univ., Brookings.
Hash, C. T., and T. K. Blake. 1981. Half-seed determination of hordeins associated with known
Ml-a alleles conferring race specific resistance to barley powdery mildew. Barley Genetics
Newsletter 11:74-76.
Blake, T. K. 1983. Genetic analysis of the Hor-3 locus and characterization of its products in
barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Ph.D. dissertation, Washington State Univ., Pullman.
Blake, T. K. 1989. Will American agricultural research continue to be productive? The Plant
Cell 1:481.
Annual Reports
Blake TK and Hensleign P. The Montana Feed Crops Report. Montana Ag. Expt Station
Bowman, H, Hensleigh P, Cash D and Blake TK. The Montana Barley Production Guide.
Montana Ag Expt. Stn. and Extension Service
Blake TK. Barley Improvement in Montana. The Barley Newsletter
Selected Presented Papers--
Blake, T. K. 1980. Hordeins: An analytical approach to improvement. West. Soc. Crop Sci.
Mtg., Corvallis, OR.
Blake, T. K. 1981. Location of the Hor-3 to barley chromosome 5. West. Soc. Crop Sci. Mtg.,
Las Cruces, NM.
Blake, T. K. 1982. Hordeins: Genetics and biochemistry. Invited seminar to Biology
Department, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow.
Blake, T. K. 1983. Purification and characterization of barley D hordein. Poster presentation,
Am. Soc. Agron. Mtg., Washington, D.C.
Blake, T. K. 1983. Genetic analysis and characterization of a novel major bean seed storage
protein family. Am. Soc. Agron. Mtg., Washington, D.C.
Blake, T. K. 1984. Restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping in barley genetic
analysis. Am. Soc. Agron. Mtg., Las Vegas, NV.
Tagliani, L. A., and T. K. Blake. 1984. Genetic analysis of agravitropism in barley. Am. Soc.
Agron. Mtg., Las Vegas, NV.
Blake, T. K., and S. Chao. 1985. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in barley.
Am. Soc. Agron. Mtg., Chicago, IL.
Blake, T. K. 1986. Strategies for restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in barley.
5th Int. Barley Genetics Symposium, Okayama, Japan.
Blake, T. K. 1988. Varietal identification in barley using restriction fragment length
polymorphism. Presented at Amer. Soc. Brew. Chem., Minneapolis, MN.
Blake, T. K. 1988. Construction of a map and a major mapping project in barley. Presented at
Banbury Conf. on Use of Molecular Markers in Plants, Cold Spring Harbor, Labs, NY.
Blake, T. K. 1989. An International Program for Barley Genetic Analysis. Presented at
ICARDA meeting on Winter Cereals for Dryland Mediterranean Environments. Montpellier,
France. July, 1989.
Blake, T. K. 1989. Using Genetics in Barley Germplasm Programs. Presented at ICARDA
Planning Conference, Aleppo, Syria, October, 1989.
Blake, T. K. 1990. Using Genetics in Barley Improvement Programs. Presented at N.I. Vavilov
Institute of General Genetics, Moscow.
Blake, T. K. 1990. A cooperative program between U.S. and Canada for Barley Genome
Mapping. Winnipeg, Organization Meeting for Canadian Plant Genome Mappers.
Blake T.K. 1994. Marker-Assisted Selection in Barley. Waite Institute, Adelaide S.A.
Blake T.K. and Bowman J. 1996. Making, Marking and Marketing Improved Quality Feed
Barley Varieties. U.S. Feed Grains Council Annual Mtg., Phoenix.
Patents and Protected Varieties
Chinook Barley: PVP (Title 1) assigned August, 1997.