Alexey Morgounov

1.     PROPOSED POSITION: Wheat Breeder

2.     NAME  : Alexey Morgounov

3.     DATE OF BIRTH  : June 4, 1957

4.     NATIONALITY   :Russian Federation

        EDUCATION

  • PhD (Agronomy & Breeding), Non-Chernozem Zone Agricultural Research Institute, Moscow, Russia (1982-1985)

  • M.Sc. (Agronomy)  Penza Agricultural University, Penza, Russia (1975-79).

 

       OTHER TRAINING:

  • English Proficiency Course (1987-88, 6 months)

·         Application of biotechnology methods in breeding (1997), 2 weeks

        LANGUAGE AND  DEGREE   OF PROFICIENCY :

                                     Russian  (Mother Tongue)

English (fluent);

Spanish (spoken)

Turkish (basic)

 

8.     MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES :

Agronomy Society of America, (1992)          

Crop Science Society of America (1992)       

European Association of Plant Breeders (1989)

 

COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, Uzbekistan

 

 EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

        1991 to Present

 

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

 
As Below

 

 

           2006-present

        CIMMYT, Head, International Winter Wheat Improvement program, Ankara, Turkey

 

          1999-2006:

        CIMMYT Regional Representative Breeder/Agronomist for Central Asia and Caucasus, Almaty/Astana, Kazakhstan

 

          1994-1999:

        CIMMYT Winter Wheat Breeder, Ankara, Turkey

1991-1994:

        CIMMYT Spring Wheat Breeder, Mexico City, Mexico

 

 

 1989-1991

 

 

POSITION HELD AND DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Central Non-Chernozem Zone Agricultural Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
 

Head of Spring Bread Wheat Breeding Program

Technical leadership of the development of new spring wheat varieties, seed production and related commercial activities, communication with the official variety testing institutions, farmers.  Travel in Central Russia promoting new varieties. Establishment and cooperative breeding and research programs with the institutions in the USSR and outside.

 

1988-1989

 

 
Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, UK
 
Visiting Scientist
Conducting research on genetics of grain quality, vernalization and frost tolerance in wheat. Visited several research institutions and private breeding companies. Several research papers were published based on the visit
.

1979-1988
Central Non-Chernozem Zone Agricultural Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
 

Breeder, Senior Breeder of Spring Bread Wheat Breeding Program

Technical responsibility for crosses, field selection, laboratory analysis, seed production, research experiments on priority topics.

 

1979-1981
Military service in the Soviet Army.

 

List of recent publications:

Morgounov A., Braun H., Ketata H., Paroda R. (2003) International cooperation  for wheat improvement in Central Asia: results and perspectives. Newsletter of the regional network on wheat variety promotion and seed production, 3, 13-18 (in Russian).

Morgounov A. 2004. Winter wheat improvement for yellow rust resistance in Central Asia and Caucasus. In: Book of Abstracts. 2nd Reginal Yellow Rust Conference of Central and West Asia and North Africa. Islamabad, Pakistan, 27-28.

Morgounov A., V. Shevtsov, 2004. Improvement of crop productivity in central Asia through Germplasm Enhancement. In: Ryan J., P. Vlek, R. Paroda (Eds).  Agriculture in Central Asia: research for development. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting at Intianapolis, Indiana, USA, Nov. 10-14, 2002, 212-228.

Morgounov A., H.-J. Braun, H. Ketata, R. Paroda. 2005. International Cooperation for Winter Wheat Improvement in Central Asia: Results and Perspectives. Turkish J. Agric. & Forestry, 29, 137-142.

Morgounov A., A. McNab, K.G. Campbell, and R. Paroda, editors, 2005. Increasing wheat production in Central Asia through Science and Cooperation. Proceedings of the First Central Asian Wheat Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan: CIMMYT. 184 p.

Morgounov A., H.G Gomez-Becerra, A. Abugalieva, M. Dzhunusova, M. Yessimbekova, H. Miminjanov, Yu. Zelenskiy, L. Ozturk, I. Cakmak. 2007. Iron and zink grain density in common wheat grown in Central Asia. Euphytica, 155:1-2,193-203.

Morgounov A., L. Roseeva, M. Koishibayev. 2007. Leaf rust of spring wheat in Northern Kazakhstan and Siberia: incidence, virulence and breeding for resistance. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 58, 847-853.

Morgounov A.I., B. Akin, H.-J. Braun. 2007. Global Performance of US Winter Wheat Germplasm in International Trials in 1998-2005. Abstracts of 2007 North American Wheat Workers Workshop, March 12-14, Saskatoon, Canada.

Morgounov A., Trethowan R., 2008. Avenues to increase yield potential of short season high latitude wheat in Northern Kazakhstan and Siberia. In: Reynolds M.P., J. Pietragalla, and H.-J. Braun, eds. International Symposium on Wheat Yield Potential: Challenges to International Wheat Breeding, Mexico, D.F.: CIMMYT. pp. 161-166.

Morgounov AI, Abdullayev K, Abugalieva AI, Baytassov A, Bekenova LV, Bekes F, Belan I, Cakmak I, Chudinov V, Ganeev V, Gergely Sz, Gomez HF, Koyshibayev MK, Rsaliev S, Sereda GA, Shpigun S, Tomoskozi S, Trethowan R, Tsygankov V, Zelenskiy YI, Zykin VA. 2008. Breeding Strategies to Improve Grain Yield and Quality of Short-Season Spring Wheat for the Steppe of Kazakhstan and Siberia. In: Apells R., R. Eastwood, E. Lagudah, P. Lagridge, M. Mackay, L. McIntyre, P. Sharp, eds. Proceedings of the 11th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, 24-29 August. Brisbane, Australia, O53.

Morgounov A., A. Bagci, M. Keser, D. Bedoshvili, B. Dzhumakhanov, B. Akin,H.-J. Braun. 2008. International winter wheat improvement program: history, activities and results. In: Materials of International Scientific Conference: Genetic Resources of Cultural Plants and Their Use in Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia, June, 2008. pp. 71-74.