Global Council for Innovation in Rapeseed and Canola
Members' Directory
Last name :
HAILE
First name :
Jemanesh
Entrance year :
2026
Occupation :
Canola variety recommendation for registration across Western Canada and coordinating public blackleg testing
Birthdate :
1976/01/26
Address :
Saskatoon Office,
108 - 112 Research Drive, S7N 3R3 Saskatoon / Canada
Main fields of interest :
- Seeds, genetics
- Crop protection
- Crop production
- Agronomy
Professional experience : * June 05, 2023 - Present: Manager, Western Canada Canola/Rapeseed Recommending Committee Co-operative Testing, Canola Council of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
*April 01, 2023 - May 31, 2023: Farming Forward Association (former WCFA) - Executive Director, Sangudo, AB, Canada.
*November 01, 2017 – March 31, 2023: Research Officer – Applied Pre-breeding and Germplasm Development: Wheat Breeding and Genetics, Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
*November 01, 2013 - October 21, 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow – Genomic Selection: Wheat Breeding and Genetics, Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK< Canada.
*April 01, 2013 - October 30, 2013: Plant Breeder/Pathologist (Associate Researcher II): Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Debre-Zeit Agricultural Research Centre, National Durum Wheat Project, Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia.
*January 1, 2013 - March 31, 2013: Research Fellow, Gene and Genome Mapping Unit, Cytogenetics Department, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.
Education : *2009 – 2012 Kassel University, Germany, granted a PhD in Agricultural Sciences. PhD research topic: "Genetic mapping of Resistance to wheat rust, diversity analysis & identification of stem rust resistance genes in wheat".
*2003 – 2005 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, awarded an MSc in Biology (Applied Genetics). MSc research topic: "Studies on Phenotypic Stability and Adaptability for Yield and its Components of Durum Wheat".
*1997 – 2000 Debub University, Ethiopia, granted a BSc degree in Agriculture (Plant Production and Dryland Farming).
*2016 – 2017 University of Saskatchewan, Canada, granted a Graduate Professional Skills Certificate.
Selected publications : Pozniak CJ, Haile JK and Haile TA (2025). CDC Evident durum wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. cjps-2025-0035.
Pozniak CJ, Haile JK and Haile TA (2025). CDC Terrain Canada Prairie Spring Red Wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. cjps-2025-0036.
Viviani, A., Haile, J. K., Fernando, WGD., Ceoloni, C., et al. (2025). Priority actions for FHB resistance in durum wheat: Insights from the wheat initiative. The Plant Genome, 18, e20539.
Sertse D, Haile JK, Sari E, Klymiuk V, N'Diaye A, Pozniak CJ, et al. (2023). Genome scans capture key adaptation and historical hybridization signatures in tetraploid wheat. The Plant Genome, 00, e20410.
Haile JK, Sertse D, N'Diaye A, Klymiuk V, Wiebe K, Ruan Y, Chawla HS, et al. (2023). Multi-locus genome-wide association studies reveal the genetic architecture of Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1182548.
Sertse D, You FM, Klymiuk V, Haile JK, N'Diaye A, Pozniak CJ, Cloutier S, Kagale S. Historical Selection, Adaptation Signatures, and Ambiguity of Introgressions in Wheat. International J. of Molecular Sci. 2023; 24(9):8390.
Pozniak CJ, Clarke JM, Haile JK and Haile TA (2022). CDC Vantta durum wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science doi: 10.1139/CJPS-2022-0119
Pozniak CJ, Clarke JM, Haile JK and Haile TA (2022). CDC Reign Canada Prairie Spring Red Wheat. Can. J. Plant Sci. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2022-0119.
Haile JK, N’DiayeA, Sari E, Walkowiak S, Rutkoski JE, Kutcher HR and Pozniak CJ(2020). Potential of Genomic Selection and Integrating 'omics' Data for Disease Evaluation in Wheat. Crop Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (2(4):e200016.
Haile JK, N’Diaye A, Walkowiak S, Nilsen KT, et al. (2019). Fusarium Head Blight in Durum Wheat: Recent Status, Breeding Directions, and Future Research Prospects. Phytopatology 109:1664-1675.
Alqudah AM, Haile JK, Alomari DA, Pozniak CJ, Kobiljski B and Börner A (2019). Genome-wide SNP network analyses reveal genetic control of spikelet sterility yield-related traits in wheat. Sci. Reports 10, 2098.
N'Diaye A, Haile JK, Nilsen K, Walkowiak S, et al. (2018). Haplotype Loci under Selection in Canadian Durum Wheat Germplasm over 60 Years of Breeding. Association with Quality Traits, Protein Loss, Grain Yield and Plant Height. Front. Plant Sci. 9:1589.
Lin X, N'Diaye A, Walkowiak S, Nilsen KT, Cory AT, Haile JK et al.(2018). Genetic analysis of resistance to stripe rust in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum). PLoS ONE 13(9):e0203283.
