MATTHEW  REYNOLDS

EDUCATION

·        Ph.D. Horticultural Sciences            Cornell University, 1989

·        M.Sc.  Crop Physiology                  Reading University, 1984

·        B.A.    Botany                                 Oxford University, 1983

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Principal scientist (since 2004), head of wheat physiology, 1996-Present.

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico.

Main professional activity to develop and transfer technologies to increase productivity of wheat cropping systems in developing countries with a special focus on marginal environments; includes forging international partnerships and development of strategies to facilitate application of new scientific technologies in CIMMYT’s research portfolio. Impacts to date include:

·         Conceptual models highlighting genetic limitations of wheat under abiotic stress.

·         New sources of drought and heat adaptive traits among wheat genetic resources.

·         Implementation of strategic trait-based breeding for abiotic stress in CIMMYT’s Wheat Program

·         Identification of QTLs for canopy temperature and other stress-adaptive traits.

·         Development of improved experimental mapping populations that are not confounded by phenology.

·         Physiological basis of drought adaptation in wheat derived from inter-specific hybridization.

·         Spike-fertility identified as a yield-limiting factor in wheat under high input conditions.

·         Demonstration of excess photosynthetic capacity in elite wheat genotypes under optimal management.

·         Development and implementation of high throughput phenotyping for breeding and gene-discovery.

·         Economic analysis for integration of physiological-trait based selection in breeding.

·         Crop management recommendations for wheat in marginal environments.

·         Survey of major constraints to wheat improvement of national programs worldwide.

·         International consultancies on wheat improvement and future research directions.

·         Capacity building of young crop scientists including supervision of thesis research.

·         Financial support secured for research partnerships involving crop institutes worldwide.

      ·         Special Professor, 2004- Crop Science, School of Biosciences, Nottingham University

      ·         Associate Expert, 2005- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics

      ·         Adjunct Professor, 2002-present-Dept. Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State Univ

      ·        Associate Scientist & Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1989-95. Wheat Program CIMMYT

      ·    Research Assistant, 1984-1989- Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, USA.      

PUBLICATION

70 articles in peer-reviewed journals; senior editor of 3 books and 2 journal specials issues; over 20 book-chapters; over 30 papers in conference proceedings; over 100 monographs & abstracts.

·    Reynolds M.P. and Tuberosa R., 2008. Translational research impacting on crop productivity in drought-prone environments. Current Opinions in Plant Biology 11 (2)

·    Reynolds MP, Saint Pierre C, Vargas M, Condon AG, 2007. Evaluating potential genetic gains in wheat associated with stress-adaptive trait expression in diverse germplasm under drought and heat stress.  Crop Science 47 (S3): 172-189

·    Reynolds MP. Dreccer F, Trethowan, R, 2007. Drought Adaptive Traits Derived from Wheat Wild Relatives and Landraces. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 177-186

·    Reynolds MP and Borlaug NE, 2006. Impacts of breeding on international collaborative wheat improvement. J. Agric. Science 144: 3-7

·    Reynolds MP, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, and M. Sawkins, 2005.  Prospects for utilising plant-adaptive mechanisms to improve wheat and other crops in drought & salinity-prone environments. Annals of Applied Biology 146:239-59

·    Babar MA, M Van Ginkel, AR Klatt, B Prasad, and MP Reynolds. 2006. The potential of using spectral reflectance indices to estimate yield in wheat grown under reduced irrigation. Euphytica. 150: 155-172.

·    Olivares-Villegas JJ, Reynolds MP & McDonald GK, 2007. Drought-adaptive attributes in the Seri/Babax hexaploid wheat population Functional Plant Biology 34: 189-203.