Research · Publications
Peer-reviewed research in rice breeding, flood and salinity tolerance, genomic selection, GWAS and breeding analytics. Today this research powers the training, software and consultancy I lead at PlantNura.
Six of my latest papers. For the complete list, see my ORCID record ↗
Journal of Experimental Botany
First author
Hussain W, Anumalla M, Zhang X, Ismail AM (2026). Journal of Experimental Botany.
Moves beyond single-gene SUB1A introgression with a framework for breeding rice that tolerates flash floods, stagnant floods, anaerobic germination and deepwater inundation.
Read the paperJournal of Plant Interactions
Bulegeya V, Kilasi N, Hussain W, et al. (2025). Journal of Plant Interactions.
Reviews the genomic tools and breeding strategies that can accelerate flood-tolerant rice for African production systems.
Read the paperCurrent Plant Biology
Senior author
Anumalla M, Catolos M, Ramos J, … Hussain W (2025). Current Plant Biology.
Makes the case for salinity-tolerant rice as a route to both food security and lower greenhouse-gas emissions.
Read the paperJournal of Experimental Botany
First author
Hussain W, Anumalla M, Ismail AM, et al. (2024). Journal of Experimental Botany.
Revisits the FR13A landrace to show that its submergence tolerance goes beyond SUB1A, pointing to new targets for breeding.
Read the paperPlant Physiology
Sandhu J, Irvin L, Chandaran AK, … Hussain W, … Walia H (2024). Plant Physiology.
Identifies LONELY GUY-Like 1 as a regulator of rice grain weight under high night-time temperatures, a growing threat as nights warm faster than days.
Read the paperPlant Methods
First author
Hussain W, Anumalla M, Catolos M, et al. (2022). Plant Methods.
How IRRI's Rainfed Rice Breeding programme used R to build a reproducible pipeline for analysing, visualising and sharing breeding trial data.
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From papers to practice
Through PlantNura I turn genomic selection, GWAS and trial analytics into training, software and consultancy teams can use.