About
Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture (plant breeding and molecular genetics)
Research
Germplasm enhancement of cereal and horticultural crops, genetic diversity analysis of agricultural crops, breeding for biotic and abiotic resistance in agricultural crops, gene discovery in plants, major crops variety development
Publication
Published scientific findings in my area of study in international peer-reviewed journals and presented in national and international conferencesList of PublicationsJournal: Articles in journals:1. Mesfin Kebede and Bayetta Bellachew. 2008. Phenotypic Diversity in the Hararge Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Germplasm for Quantitative Traits. East African Journal of Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. 2:13-18.2. Meaza Demissie, Mesfin Kebede and Girma Taye. 2011. Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction Analysis of Coffee Germplasm from Southern Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 34(1):63–70.3. Gessese MK, Bellachew B, Jarso M. 2015. Multivariate Analysis of Phenotypic Diversity in the South Ethiopian Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) for Quantitative Traits. Advances in Crop Science and Technology S1: 003. doi:10.4172/2329-8863.S1-003.4. Qureshi, N., Kandiah, P., Gessese, MK, Nsabiyera, V., Wells, V., Babu, P., Wong, D., Hyden, M., Bariana, H., Bansal, U. 2018. Development of co-dominant KASP markers co-segregating with Ug99 effective stem rust resistance gene Sr26 in wheat. Molecular Breeding 38: 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-018-0854-6.5. Gessese MK, Bariana H, Wong D, Hayden MJ, and Bansal U. 2019. Molecular mapping of stripe rust resistance gene Yr81 in a common wheat landrace Aus27430. Plant disease: 103(6): 1166-1171. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-06-18-1055-RE.6. Kanwal, M., Qureshi, N., Gessese, M. et al. An adult plant stripe rust resistance gene maps on chromosome 7A of Australian wheat cultivar Axe. Theor Appl Genet 134, 2213–2220 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-038187. Mesfin Gessese, Hanif Miah, Urmil Bansal & Harbans Bariana (2021) Genetics of stripe rust resistance in a common wheat landrace Aus27492 and its transfer to modern wheat cultivars, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2021.19796578. Gessese MK (2019) Decade of South Ethiopian Coffee Improvement Activities at Awada Coffee Research Center. Adv Crop Sci Tech 7: 420. DOI: 10.4172/2329-8863.10004209. Mesfin Kebede Gessese, "Description of Wheat Rusts and Their Virulence Variations Determined through Annual Pathotype Surveys and Controlled Multi-Pathotype Tests", Advances in Agriculture, vol. 2019, Article ID 2673706, 7 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/267370610. Simon Yohannes, Gobeze Loha, Mesfin Kebede Gessese, "Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia", Advances in Agriculture, vol. 2020, Article ID 1497530, 8 pages, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/149753011. Mesfin Kebede Gessese (2020). Summary of a Decade of South Ethiopian Coffee Improvement Activities at Awada Coffee Research Center: Fruit of the Landrace Arabica Coffee Variety Development Strategy, Horticultural Crops, Hugues Kossi Baimey, Noureddine Hamamouch and Yao Adjiguita Kolombia, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.84886. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/6590912. Nesru Muhder, Mesfin Kebede Gessese and Zemach Sorsa, 2020. Assessment of Genetic Variability among Agronomic Traits and Grain Protein Content of Elite Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Asian Journal of Agricultural Research, 14: 1-12.13. Abebech Desalegn Ayalew, Mesfin Kebede Gessese and Gobeze Loha Yada, 2020. Assessment of Sources of Adult Plant Resistance Genes to Stem Rust in Ethiopian Durum Wheat Genotypes. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 76-83. DOI: 10.3923/ajaps.2020.76.8314. Mesfin Kebede Gessese. Review of Concepts and Methods of Genetic Characterization and Breeding Wheat for Resistance to Rusts. Agri Res & Tech: Open Access J. 2019; 22(5): 556216. DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2019.22.55621615. Abraham Bosha and Mesfin K. Gessese. 2021. Genetic analysis of qualitative and quantitative traits among progenies of enset clones originated from southern Ethiopia. Indonesian Journal of Agricultural ScienceVol. 22 No. 2 December 2021: 66–76.16. Mengistu Meskele Alambo, Mesfin Kebede Gessese, Eyasu Wada Wachamo, Belay Yebo Melo, Zemach Sorsa Lakore, Adera Sisay Wassie, Wondimeneh Taye Haile, Fentanesh Chekole Kassie, "Performance Evaluation of Ethiopian Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes in Southern Ethiopia", Advances in Agriculture, vol. 2022, Article ID 1338082, 13 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/133808217. Silas Chiko, Mesfin Kebede Gessese, Daniel Shimelash, Wondimeneh Taye Haile, Belay Yebo Melo, Adera Sisay Wassie, Zemach Sorsa Lakore, Fentanesh Chekole Kassie, "Diversity of Ethiopian Durum Wheat Landraces for Resistance to Stem Rust Seedling Resistance Genes", Advances in Agriculture, vol. 2022, Article ID 3023427, 9 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/302342718. Andualem A. Atumo, Mesfin K.Gessese, and Zemach Sorsa. 2022. Genotype by environment interaction and stability analysis of Ethiopian commercial durum wheat (Triticum turgidum l.) Cultivars in southern Ethiopia. Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Science.19. Kassie FC, Nguepjop JR, Ngalle HB, Assaha DVM, Gessese MK, Abtew WG, Tossim H-A, Sambou A, Seye M, Rami J-F, et al. An Overview of Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Genes. 2023; 14(6):1176. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes1406117620. Wallacho, N., Kebede, M., Shimelash, D., Taye, W., Yebo, B., Sisay, A., & Bosha, A. (2023). Characterization of ethiopian durum wheat landraces for resistance to stripe rust disease and agronomic traits. International Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences E-ISSN: 2651-3617 16(2): 177-194, 2023 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.840417021. Mackenzie, A., Norman, M., Gessese, M. et al. Wheat stripe rust resistance locus YR63 is a hot spot for evolution of defence genes – a pangenome discovery. BMC Plant Biol 23, 590 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04576-222. Dawana, Damene, Birtukan Dessie, Mesfin Kebede, and Daniel Shimelash. "Pathogenicity of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici and quantitative traits on bread wheat landraces in Ethiopia." Crop Science (2024).23. Daniel, H., Yebo, B., & Kebede, M. (2024). Response of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum L.) Genotypes to Blended NPSB Fertilizer Rates and Wheat Rust Diseases in Southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agronomy, 2024(1), 9521274.Posters in international conferences Gessese, M.K., U.K. Bansal and H.S. Bariana. 2016. Genetic analysis of stripe rust resistance in a common wheat landrace Aus28166. ASA CSSA SSSA annual meetings Nov.6 – 9, 2016. Phoenix, AZ, USA. Gessese, M.K., U.K. Bansal and H.S. Bariana. 2015. Inheritance study of stripe rust resistance in a bread wheat landrace AWCC678. 9th Int. Wheat conf. 20 – 25 Sept. 2015, Sydney, Australia. Gessese, M.K., U.K. Bansal and H.S. Bariana. 2015. Genetic characterization of stripe rust resistance in a common wheat landrace AWCC618. BGRI 2015 Sept. 17 – 20, 2015 Sydney, Australia. Durum wheat genotypes differ in their mesophyll conductance response to drought and temperature. ASA CSSA SSSA annual meetings Nov.6 – 9, 2016. Phoenix, AZ, USA.Technical papers: Proceedings1. Mesfin Kebede and Bayetta Bellachew.2005. Genetic divergence of Hararge Coffee (Coffea arabica L) Germplasm Accessions at Pre-Bearing Stage. 20th Int.Sci. Colloq. on Coffee. ASIC, Bangalore, India.2. Mesfin Kebede and Bayetta Bellachew.2005. Morphological Characterization of Hararge Coffee (Coffea arabica L) Germplasm Accessions for Qualitative Characters. 20th Int.Sci. Colloq. on Coffee. ASIC, Bangalore, India.3. Mesfin Kebede and Bayetta Bellachew.2007. Variability and association of agronomic characters in the Hararge coffee germplasm accessions. 21st Int.Sci. Colloq. on Coffee. ASIC, ontpellier, France.4. Mesfin Kebede, Bayetta Bellachew and Seyoum Seifu.2007. Diversity in the South Ethiopian Coffee. 21st Int.Sci. Colloq. on Coffee. ASIC, Montpellier, France.5. Mesfin Kebede.2008. Review of multivariate analyses of phenotypic diversity in the South and Southeast Ethiopian coffees (Coffea arabica L.). 1st National Coffee Workshop, Addis Ababa. 14-17 Aug.2007.6. Mesfin Kebede, Addisu Tesfaye and Ketema Kulito.2009. Summary of a Decade of South Ethiopian Coffee Improvement Activity at Awada Coffee Research Center: Fruit of The landrace Arabica coffee Variety development strategy. 22nd Int.Sci. Colloq. on Coffee. ASIC, Brazil.
Contact
"mesfin.kebede10@gmail.com ORCID 0000-0003-4989-8387 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mesfin-Kebede"
