Ibrahim S. Elbasyoni

Accomplished plant breeding and genetics scientist with over 15 years of experience in academic research and applied agricultural development. Expertise in functional phenomics, genomic selection, and breeding for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in major crops, including wheat, barley, and date palm. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary projects, secure competitive research funding, and publish impactful findings in peer-reviewed journals. Skilled in integrating advanced statistical and bioinformatics tools to enhance breeding programs. Dedicated to advancing sustainable agricultural practices and improving crop productivity under diverse environmental conditions.

• General Secretary of the Crop Science Board, Damanhur University, 01/01/19 - 12/31/20
• Director of the Faculty of Agriculture Experimental and Production Farm, Damanhur University, 01/01/14 - 12/31/17

• CIMMYT (Mexico), Yearly, I receive from 300 to 400 elite wheat lines to evaluate in our experimental farm for yield and abiotic stress.
• INRA (France), Identification of new genetic stem rust-resistant spring wheat lines.
• The University of Minnesota (USA), 2020, Collection of two and six-rowed barley lines were evaluated in Egypt for rust resistance and grain yield.
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA), Yearly evaluation of around 400 winter wheat, barley, and triticale lines at Damanhur University experimental farm for biotic and abiotic stresses.
• Colorado State University (USA), 2014, Building a genomic selection analysis pipeline using R software.
• USDA-ARS (USA), 2019, The core collection of the global spring wheat collection was evaluated in Egypt for biotic and abiotic stresses in our Experimental farm.

• Padam Poudel, MSc., KAUST, KSA, Assessment of Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) for Forage Production in Saudi.
• Mohamed Shaaban, MSc., Damanhur University, Egypt, Evaluation of CIMMYT elite lines and Egyptian cultivars under low input conditions in Egypt.
• Nor Elsayed Nor Eldeen, MSc., Damanhur University, Egypt, The effect of heat stress on wheat production in Egypt.
• Hamada Elsayeedl, MSc., Damanhur University, Egypt, The effect of salinity stress on wheat production in Egypt.

• 01/01/24, Enhancing date palm production & sustainability in KSA, Plant Science, All Hands Meeting (Within KAUST internal monthly meeting)
• 01/01/21, National and international collaboration in plant breeding: Wheat Example, Damanhur University (International conference)
• 01/01/17, Wheat breeding for drought tolerance, Damanhur University (International conference)
• 01/01/16, R applications in data mining and plant breeding, Damanhur University (Seminar)
• 01/01/15, R as a bioinformatics platform, Cairo University Egypt (Seminar)

• Plant Breeding, 2025
• Plant Physiology, 2024
• Crop Science, 2023
• Plant Science, 2023
• Agronomy, 2021

• 01/01/24, Harnessing the Power of Prickly Pear in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Grand Opening of KAUST/NCVC Experiment Station and Ecological Observatory
• 01/01/19, Evaluation of a Spring Wheat Panel for Drought Stress Tolerance, I Elbasyoni, PS Baenziger, ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings
• 01/01/14, Genomic Selection for Nitrogen Use Efficiency Using Canopy Spectral Reflectance in Hard Winter Wheat, Plant and Animal Genome XXII Conference
• 01/01/14, Genetic Variation for Grain Cadmium in Hard Winter Wheat, Plant and Animal Genome XXII Conference

• 01/01/19, Small grains field days, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
• 01/01/17, Small grains field day, Damanhur University experimental farm, Egypt
• 01/01/16, Small grains field day, Damanhur University experimental farm, Egypt
• 01/01/15, Small grains field day, Damanhur University experimental farm, Egypt

• 01/01/19, Arab & American Frontiers Award in Science and Technology Developments
• 01/01/18, Distinguished Scholar Award, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
• 01/01/11, Research Assistantship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 01/01/09, Scholarship, Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education
• 01/01/02, Awarded permanent teaching position for academic excellence

• Elbasyoni, I.S., S. Morsy, A.M. Abdelghany, M. Naser, A.M. Mashaheet, et al., 2023, Nebraska winter wheat unexpected flowering in Egypt: New improvement opportunities., Agron. J., 115, 2, 698–712, 10.1002/AGJ2.21243
• Baenziger, P.S., K.A. Frels, J. Boehm, V. Belamkar, D.J. Rose, et al., 2022, Registration of ‘Epoch' hard red winter wheat., J. Plant Regist., 16, 3, 613–621, 10.1002/PLR2.20247
• Baenziger, P.S., R.A. Graybosch, D.J. Rose, L. Xu, M.J. Guttieri, et al., 2020, Registration of ‘NE10589' (Husker Genetics Brand Ruth) hard red winter wheat., J. Plant Regist., 14, 3, 388–397, 10.1002/PLR2.20068
• Baenziger, P.S., I. Salah, R.S. Little, D.K. Santra, T. Regassa, et al., 2011, Structuring an efficient organic wheat breeding program., Sustainability, 3, 8, 1190–1205, 10.3390/SU3081190
• Belamkar, V., M.J. Guttieri, W. Hussain, D. Jarquín, I. El-basyoni, et al., 2018, Genomic Selection in Preliminary Yield Trials in a Winter Wheat Breeding Program., G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 8, 8, 2735–2747, 10.1534/G3.118.200415
• El-Basyoni, I., P.S. Baenziger, I. Dweikat, D. Wang, K. Eskridge, et al., 2013, Using DArT Markers to Monitor Genetic Diversity throughout Selection: A Case Study in Nebraska's Winter Wheat Breeding Nurseries., Crop Sci., 53, 6, 2363–2373, 10.2135/CROPSCI2013.01.0051
• El-Orabey, W.M., I.S. Elbasyoni, S.M. El-Moghazy, and M.A. Ashmawy., 2019, Effective and Ineffective of some Resistance Genes to Wheat Leaf, Stem and Yellow Rust Diseases in Egypt., J. Plant Prod., 10, 4, 361–371, 10.21608/JPP.2019.36269
• Elasyoni, I.S., W.M. El-Orabey, P.S. Baenziger, and K.M. Eskridge., 2017, Association Mapping for Leaf and Stem Rust Resistance Using Worldwide Spring Wheat Collection., Asian J. Biol., 4, 3, 1–25, 10.9734/AJOB/2017/38120
• Elbasyoni, I., 2025, Performance and Stability of Commercial Wheat Cultivars under Terminal Heat Stress., Agronomy, https://www.academia.edu/61695477/Performance_and_Stability_of_Commercial_Wheat_Cultivars_under_Terminal_Heat_Stress
• Elbasyoni, I.S., A.M. Abdallah, S. Morsy, and S. Baenziger., 2019, Effect of Deprivation and Excessive Application of Nitrogen on Nitrogen Use Efficiency-Related Traits Using Wheat Cultivars, Lines, and Landraces., Crop Sci., 59, 3, 994–1006, 10.2135/CROPSCI2018.09.0564
• Elbasyoni, I.S., W.M. El-Orabey, S. Morsy, P.S. Baenziger, Z. Al Ajlouni, et al., 2019, Evaluation of a global spring wheat panel for stripe rust: Resistance loci validation and novel resources identification., PLoS One, 14, 11, e0222755, 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0222755
• Elbasyoni, I.S., S. Eltaher, S. Morsy, A.M. Mashaheet, A.M. Abdallah, et al., 2022, Novel Single-Nucleotide Variants for Morpho-Physiological Traits Involved in Enhancing Drought Stress Tolerance in Barley., Plants, 11, 22, 3072, 10.3390/PLANTS11223072/S1
• Elbasyoni, I.S., A.J. Lorenz, M. Guttieri, K. Frels, P.S. Baenziger, et al., 2018, A comparison between genotyping-by-sequencing and array-based scoring of SNPs for genomic prediction accuracy in winter wheat., Plant Sci., 270, 123–130, 10.1016/J.PLANTSCI.2018.02.019
• Elbasyoni, I.S., S.M. Morsy, M. Naser, H. Ali, K.P. Smith, et al., 2020, Reverse introduction of two- and six-rowed barley lines from the United States into Egypt., Crop Sci., 60, 2, 812–829, 10.1002/CSC2.20061
• Elbasyoni, I.S., S.M. Morsy, R.K. Ramamurthy, and A.M. Nassar., 2018, Identification of Genomic Regions Contributing to Protein Accumulation in Wheat under Well-Watered and Water Deficit Growth Conditions., Plants, 7, 3, 56, 10.3390/PLANTS7030056
• ElBasyoni, I., M. Saadalla, S. Baenziger, H. Bockelman, and S. Morsy., 2017, Cell Membrane Stability and Association Mapping for Drought and Heat Tolerance in a Worldwide Wheat Collection., Sustain., 9, 9, 1606, 10.3390/SU9091606
• Liu, Z., I. El-Basyoni, G. Kariyawasam, G. Zhang, A. Fritz, et al., 2015, Evaluation and association mapping of resistance to tan spot and stagonospora nodorum blotch in adapted winter wheat germplasm., Plant Dis., 99, 10, 1333–1341, 10.1094/PDIS-11-14-1131-RE/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/PDIS-11-14-1131-RE_T4-1442587078983.JPEG
• Lopes, M.S., I. El-Basyoni, P.S. Baenziger, S. Singh, C. Royo, et al., 2015, Exploiting genetic diversity from landraces in wheat breeding for adaptation to climate change., J. Exp. Bot., 66, 12, 3477–3486, 10.1093/JXB/ERV122
• Morsy, S.M., I.S. Elbasyoni, A.M. Abdallah, and P.S. Baenziger., 2022, Imposing water deficit on modern and wild wheat collections to identify drought-resilient genotypes., J. Agron. Crop Sci., 208, 4, 427–440, 10.1111/JAC.12493
• Morsy, S., I.S. Elbasyoni, and S. Baenziger., 2021, Saline Water Threshold Level that Maximizes Grain Yield Production and Minimizes Sodium Accumulation for Salinity Stress-sensitive and Tolerant Wheat Cultivars., Asian J. Res. Crop Sci., 9–28, 10.9734/AJRCS/2021/V6I130107
• Morsy, S., I.S. Elbasyoni, S. Baenziger, and A.M. Abdallah., 2022, Gypsum amendment influences performance and mineral absorption in wheat cultivars grown in normal and saline-sodic soils., J. Agron. Crop Sci., 208, 5, 675–692, 10.1111/JAC.12598
• Naser, M., M. Badran, H. Abouzied, H. Ali, and I. Elbasyoni., 2018, Phenotypic and Physiological Evaluation of Two and Six Rows Barley under Different Environmental Conditions., Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 7, 2, 10.3390/PLANTS7020039
• Siddig, M.A. El, I. Dweikat, S. Baenziger, A.A. El Hussein, and I.S. Elbasyoni., 2013, Genetic Diversity Among Sudanese Wheat Cultivars as Revealed by Molecular Markers., Middle-East J. Sci. Res., 14, 9, 1135–1142, 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.14.9.2943
• Wang, M.Y., P.S. Baenziger, I.S. El-Basyoni, and S.N. Wegulo., 2015