Publications

Our peer-reviewed research contributions

2025

Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation

Schulman AH, Hartung F, Smulders MJM, Sundström JF, Wilhelm R, Rognli OA, Metzlaff K
Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(10): 4261–4270
2025

Development of an IoT Sensor-based System for Soil Monitoring: Conceptual Design and Experiments

Ferreira da Costa I, Kovi MR, Candea Leite A
IFAC-PapersOnLine, 59(23): 291–296
2025

Allele frequency and gene expression differences under key winter stresses in temporal populations of two timothy cultivars

Pashapu AR, Dalmannsdottir S, Jørgensen M, Rognli OA, Kovi MR
Research Square (Preprint), 2025
2024

Frost survival and gene expression in timothy (Phleum pratense L.) cultivars as affected by age and selection in diverse field environments

Pashapu AR, Dalmannsdottir S, Jørgensen M, Rognli OA, Kovi MR
Physiologia Plantarum, 176(1): e14217
2024

Surviving under ice: Insights into gene expression changes during ice encasement in timothy (Phleum pratense L.)

Pashapu AR, Dalmannsdottir S, Jørgensen M, Rognli OA, Kovi MR
Plant Stress, 13: 100532
2024

Limited genetic diversity found among genotypes of the Entada landrace (Ensete ventricosum) from Ethiopia

Haile AT, Kovi MR, Johnsen SS, Hvoslef-Eide T, Tesfaye B, Rognli OA
Frontiers in Plant Science, 15: 1336461
2024

Genetic diversity, population structure and selection signatures in Enset (Ensete ventricosum), an underutilized and key food security crop in Ethiopia

Haile AT, Kovi MR, Johnsen SS, Hvoslef-Eide T, Rognli OA
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 71: 1159–1176
2023

Improving abiotic stress tolerance of forage grasses – prospects of using genome editing

Sustek-Sánchez F, Rognli OA, Rostoks N, Sõmera M, Jaškūnē K, Kovi MR, Statkevičiūtē G, Sarmiento C
Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1127532
2023

“People gathered by sorghum”: Cultural practices and sorghum diversity in Northern Ethiopia

Wendmu TS, Gebrelibanos TS, Kovi MR, Rognli OA, Westengen OT
Human Ecology
2022

Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits in Forage Plants Species: Perennial Grasses Case

Barre P, Asp T, Byrne S, Casler M, Faville M, Rognli OA, Roldan-Ruiz I, Skøt L, Ghesquière M
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2467: 521–541
2021

Flowering Times of Wild Arabidopsis Accessions From Across Norway Correlate With Expression Levels of FT, CO, and FLC Genes

Kinmonth-Schultz H, Lewandowska-Sabat A, Imaizumi T, Ward JK, Rognli OA, Fjellheim S
Frontiers in Plant Science, 12: 747740
2021

Trait characterization of genetic resources reveals useful variation for the improvement of cultivated Nordic red clover

Zanotto S, Palmé A, Helgadóttir Á, Daugstad K, Isolahti M, Öhlund L, Marum P, Moen MA, Veteläinen M, Rognli OA, Ergon Å
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 207: 492–503
2021

Grass and legume breeding matching the future needs of European grassland farming

Rognli OA, Pecetti L, Kovi MR, Annicchiarico P
Grass and Forage Science, 76(5)
2020

ForageGrassBase: molecular resource for the forage grass meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.)

Samy JKA, Rognli OA, Kovi MR
Database, 2020: baaa046
2020

Pathogenicity, host specificity and genetic diversity in Norwegian isolates of Microdochium nivale and Microdochium majus

Abdelhalim M, Brurberg MB, Hofgaard IS, Rognli OA, Tronsmo AM
European Journal of Plant Pathology, 156: 885–895
2019

Candida utilis yeast as a functional protein source for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Local intestinal tissue and plasma proteome responses

Reveco-Urzua FE, Hofossæter M, Kovi MR, Mydland LT, Ånestad R, Sørby R, Press CMcL, Øverland M
PLoS ONE, 14(12): e0218360
2019

Allele Frequency Changes Provide Evidence for Selection and Identification of Candidate Loci for Survival in Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.)

Ergon Å, Skøt L, Sæther VE, Rognli OA
Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 718
2018

Chlorophyll a Fluorescence and Freezing Tests as Selection Methods for Growth Cessation and Increased Winter Survival in ×Festulolium

Østrem L, Rapacz M, Larsen A, Marum P, Rognli OA
Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 1200
2017

De novo and reference transcriptome assembly of transcripts expressed during flowering provide insight into seed setting in tetraploid red clover

Kovi MR, Amdahl H, Alsheikh MK, Rognli OA
Scientific Reports, 7: 44383
2017

Cold acclimation in warmer extended autumns impairs freezing tolerance of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and timothy (Phleum pratense)

Dalmannsdottir S, Jørgensen M, Rapacz M, Østrem L, Maslová V, Halldórsson G, Larsen A, Asp T, Rognli OA & Kovi MR
Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1655
2017

Seed Yield Components in Single Plants of Diverse Scandinavian Tetraploid Red Clover Populations (Trifolium pratense L.)

Amdahl H, Aamlid TS, Marum P, Ergon Å, Alsheikh M, Rognli OA
Crop Science, 57: 108–117
2016

Global transcriptome changes in perennial ryegrass during early infection by pink snow mould

Kovi MR, Abdelhalim M, Kunapareddy A, Ergon Å, Tronsmo AM, Brurberg MB, Hofgaard IS, Asp T, Rognli OA
Scientific Reports, 6: 28702
2016

Freezing tolerance revisited – effects of variable temperatures on gene regulation in temperate grasses and legumes

Kovi MR, Ergon Å, Rognli OA
Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 33: 140–146
2016

Seed yield of Norwegian and Swedish tetraploid red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) populations

Amdahl H, Aamlid TS, Ergon Å, Kovi MR, Marum P, Alsheikh MK, Rognli OA
Crop Science, 56(2): 603–612
2016

Species interactions in a grassland mixture under low nitrogen fertilization and two cutting frequencies: I. dry matter yield and dynamics of species composition

Ergon Å, Kirwan L, Bleken MA, Skjelvåg AO, Collins RP, Rognli OA
Grass and Forage Science, 71: 667–682
2016

Snow mould resistance under controlled conditions and winter survival in the field in populations of perennial ryegrass, meadow fescue, and Festulolium are partly dependent on ploidy level and degree of northern adaptation

Abdelhalim M, Rognli OA, Hofgaard IS, Østrem L, Tronsmo AM
Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 96: 579–589
2015

Population structure, genetic variation, and linkage disequilibrium in perennial ryegrass populations divergently selected for freezing tolerance

Kovi MR, Fjellheim S, Sandve SR, Larsen A, Rudi H, Asp T, Kent MP, Rognli OA
Frontiers in Plant Science, 6: 929
2015

QTL mapping for thermo-sensitive heading date in rice (Oryza sativa)

Kovi MR, Hu Y, Bai X, Xing Y
Euphytica, 205: 51–62
2015

Phenotypic or Molecular Diversity Screening for Conservation of Genetic Resources? An Example from a Genebank Collection of the Temperate Forage Grass Timothy

Fjellheim S, Tanhuanpää P, Marum P, Manninen O, Rognli OA
Crop Science, 55: 1646–1659
2014

Overwintering of herbaceous plants in a changing climate. Still more questions than answers

Rapacz M, Ergon Å, Höglind M, Jørgensen M, Jurczyk B, Østrem L, Rognli OA, Tronsmo AM
Plant Science, 225: 34–44
2013

Expression patterns of photoperiod and temperature regulated heading date genes in Oryza sativa

Kovi MR, Xing Y
Computational Biology and Chemistry, 45: 36–41
2011

Candidacy of a chitin-inducible gibberellin-responsive gene for a major locus affecting plant height in rice closely linked to green revolution gene sd1

Kovi MR, Zhang Y, Yu S, Yang G, Yan W, Xing Y
Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 123: 705–714
2011

Impact of seasonal changes on spikelets per panicle, panicle length and plant height in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Kovi MR, Bai X, Mao D, Xing Y
Euphytica, 179: 319–331
2011

Quantitative trait loci for rice yield-related traits using recombinant inbred lines derived from two diverse cultivars

Kovi MR, Xing Y
Journal of Genetics, 90: e87–e92
2010

Mapping and validation of quantitative trait loci for spikelets per panicle and 1,000-grain weight in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Liu TM, Shao D, Kovi MR, Xing Y
Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 120: 933–942
2010

Genetic dissection of rice grain shape using a recombinant inbred line population and fine mapping a pleiotropic QTL qGL7

Bai X, Luo L, Yan W, Kovi MR, Zhan W, Xing Y
BMC Genetics, 11: 16

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