Seyed Yaghoub Sadeghianmotahar

Curriculum Vitae (CV) Form for the Experts of SBSI

1. Address:

Seyed Y. Sadeghain - Karadj- Iran

P.O. Box 31585-4114

Tel: 0261-2701047

Cell phone: 0912 5628876

E-mail: sadeghian_4@hotmail.com

2. Date of Birth &Marital Status:

22/05/1956, Married

3. Educational Backgrounds:

BSc- University of Tehran- Faculty of Agriculture- 1979

MS- University of Tehran- Faculty of Agriculture- 1988

Ph.D- The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences- Svalov- Department of Plant Breeding- Sweden- 1993

Sabbatical study (Visiting Scientist)- Agri-Food Agriculture Canada, Research Center, Ottawa, 2004 -2005

4. Languages:

Farsi- English- Swedish (weak)

5. Congress and Seminars Attended:

1. Seminar, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sweden, Jan. 1990

2. Seminar, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Finland, Jan. 1991

3. Seminar, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Norway, Jan. 1992

4. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, University of Tehran, Iran, Sep. 1993

5. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, University of Tabriz, Iran, Sep. 1994

6. Seminar, Agronomy of Sugar beet, Esfehan, University of Esfehan, Iran, Sep. 3, 1996

7. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, University of Esfhan, Iran, Sep. 1996

8. Congress, The second International Congress of Crop Science, New Delhi, 17-24 November, 1996

9. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, Seed Improvement Institute, Karadj, Iran, August 31 to Sep. 4 1998

10. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, Sep. 1-2, 1996.

11. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, August 28-29, 1997.

12. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, August 30-31, 1998.

13. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, Sep. 3-4 1999.

14. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Kermanshah, Biseton, August 28-29, 2000.

15. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, University of Mazandaran, Baboulsar, Iran, Sep 3 -6, 2000

16. Congress, Improvement of sugar beet for combined resistance to bolting and cercospora leaf spot, 62^thIIRB Congress, Sevilla, Spain, 7-11 June 1999.

17. Workshop, genetic variation for drought tolerance in sugar beet. Report of working group IPGRI on Beta.9-10 September 1999. Broom's Barn, United Kingdom

18. Congress, the Third International Congress of Crop Science, Humburg, Germany, 17-21 August, 2000.

19. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, Sep. 1-2, 2001

20. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Sep. 1-3, 2002.

21. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, Karaj, Seed Improvement Institute, Iran, Sep 2-4,2002.

22. Drought and drought seasons. Breeding for drought tolerance in crops. Workshop, Mashhad, Iran, February 2003.

23. Congress, advantages of winter beet as compared with summer beet. Mediterranean section of IIRB, Marakesh, Morocco, 24-26 October, 2002.

24. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, Varamin, University of Abou Rayhan, Iran, Sep 2-4, 2006.

25. How top perform sugar beet trials. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, 15-17 May, 2006

26. Plant variety protection in Iran, PVP workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 15-18 Sep. 2006.

27. New variety registration in Iran, Access methods to improve production and export development of ornamental in Iran, October 2006. Mohallat, Iran.

20. Assesing the effects of sugar beet research on the shift of sugar supply. Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, Sep. 1-3, 2007.

28. Workshop on plant genetic resources and plant variety protection, held in Karaj, Iran, 2006. Supported by ICARDA, University of Wageningen , SPII and SPCRI.

29. Seminar on plant breeding rights (a FAO-TCP-project), held in Karaj, Iran, 2006. Supported by FAO and SPCRI.

30. Seminar on plant plant variety protection, 2007. Dezful, Sari, Ramsar and Rasht, Iran, Nov. – Dec. 2007. Supported by FAO and SPCRI.

31 Workshop on plant breeding rights (a FAO TCP-project), 2008. Dezful, Iran, April 26-30, 2008. Supported by FAO and SPCRI

32. Workshop on plant breeding rights (a FAO TCP-project), 2008. Rasht, Iran, May 2- 7, 2008. Supported by FAO and SPCRI .

33. Technical and specific issues of DUS, 2008. Administration and legal aspects Karaj, Iran – 12-15 July 2008.

34. Technical and specific issues of DUS, 2008. Administration and legal aspects , Mashed, Iran – 19-23 July 2008.

35. Technical and specific issues of DUS, 2008. Administration and legal aspects , Tabriz, Iran – 26-30 July, 2008.

36- Evaluation indices for variety registration (DUS tests), 2008. The first Seed Technology Congress, held in the University of Gorgan, Dec. 2008, Gorgan, Iran,

37. Legal and technical issues on Plant Variety Protection. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, Karaj, Iran, August 19-21, 2008.

38- Plant variety protection in Iran, 2008. PVP workshop conducetd by UPOV, held in Antalya Turkey, Nov.28 – Dec.3, 2008.

39. Plant Variety Protection and Implication on Seed Industry, 2009. A regional workshop, 2-5 March 2009, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria.

6. Publications:

1. Genetic study of bolting using a factorial cross design. By: S.Y. Sadeghian and E. Johansson, Euphytica 65: 177-185, 1993

2. Inheritance of bolting in three sugar beet crosses after different period of vernalization. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, H. Becker, and E. Johansson. Plant breeding 110: 328-333, 1993

3. A genetic analysis of the number of cells, length of cell, and gibberellic acid sensitivity in sugar beet and their relation to bolting.By: S.Y. Sadeghian, E. Johansson, and K. Lexander. Euphytica 68: 59-67, 1993

4. Fatty acid composition of plasma membranes in relation to bolting in sugar beet. By: S.Y. Sadeghian and K. Lexander. Flowering Newsletter 16: 39-43, 1993

5. Different type of male sterility and its use in plant breeding. By S.Y. Sadeghian. Research & construction 24: 27- 36, 1994. (in Persian, abstract in English ).

6. The use of annual gene in sugar beet breeding 1994. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 10 (1 & 2) (in Persian, abstract in English).

7. Apomixis and its role in plant breeding, 1996. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, Research & Construction 29: 61-69, (in Persian, abstract in English).

8. Seed production in sugar beet, 1997. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, Edited by the Organization of Agricultural Education, Ministry of Agriculture, 42pp (a booklet in Persian).

9 Evaluation of response to micropropagation in four sugar beet tetraploid populations, 1997. By: N. Yavari and S.Y. Sadeghian. 6o^th Congress on Environmental. Aspects of Sugar Beet Growing. 30^th June - 4^th July, Cambridge, U.K.

10. Diallel cross analysis of seed germination traits in sugar beet. By: S.Y. Sadeghian and A. Habib Khodai, Euphytica 103, 259-263, 1998.

11. Drought tolerance screening for sugar beet improvement, 1999. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, H, Fazli, R. Mohammadian, and D.F. Taleghani. Proceeding of 1^st International Congress on Sugar & Integrated Industries" present and future", Luxor, Egypt, February 15, 1999.

12. Improvement of sugar beet for combined resistance to bolting and cercospora leaf spot. By: S.Y. Sadeghian and H. Sharifi. Proceeding of 62^ndIIRB Congress, Sevilla, Spain, 7-11 June, 1999.

13. Genetic variation for drought tolerance in sugar beet. By: S.Y. Sadeghain, H.Fazli, R Mohammadian. Journal of Sugar Beet Research. A publication of the American Society of Sugar Beet Research, Vol. 37, No. 3: 55-77, 2000.

14. Better biological indexes and more precise agronomic techniques are required for water use reduction in sugar beet crop. By: S.Y. Sadeghain. Proceedings of the annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, August 27-28, 2001. Issue no. 132: 19-29. (in Persian)

15. Effect of deficit irrigation in the early season on the sugar beet growth indexes. By: Jahad Akbar, S. Haj Rasoulian, and S.Y. Sadeghian. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 2000, 16 (2): 31-43. (in Persian, abstract in English)

16. The correlation between stability parameters in sugar beet. Ebrahimain, H., A. Rezai, and S.Y. Sadeghain. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 2001, 16 (2): 31-43. (in Persian, abstract in English).

17. Study the general and specific combing ability for physiological characteristics of sugar beet seedlings. Nazari F. and S.Y. Sadeghian. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 2001, 16 (1): 24-31. (in Persian, abstract in English).

18. Utilization of mannitol as drought agent in sugar beet seed germination and early growth stages in vitro, 2001. By: N.Yavari, S.Y. Sadeghian, and M. Mesbah. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 2001, 17 (1): 37-43 (in Persian, abstract in English).

19. Measuring cold resistance in wheat by laboratory tests. By: Mirzai, A., Yazdi Samadi, B. Zali, Abbasali, and S.Y. Sadeghain. J. of Science and Technology of Agricultural and Natural Resources 6 (1): 2002, (in Persian, abstract in English).

20. Advantages of winter beet as compared to summer beet in dry conditions. By: S.Y. Sadeghian and D. F. Taleghani. Proceeding of the Mediterranean Section of the IIRB Meeting. Morocco, 22-25 October 2002, Marackesh.

21. Changes in the concentrations of glycinebetaine, glutamine, and sugar beet subjected to soil moisture deficit 2002. By: M. Abdollahian Noghabi and S.Y. Sadeghain. 65^th IIRB Congress, Brussels, 2002.

22. Evaluation of drought tolerance indices in determining sugar beet genotypes under early season drought stress conditions. Study the general and specific combing ability for physiological characteristics of sugar beet seedlings. By Mohammadian, R., Sadeghian S.Y., M. Moghaddam, and H. Rahimian. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 2003, 18 (1): 29-49. (in Persian, abstract in English).

23. Investigation on the salt tolerance and chromosomal variation in cell culture of sugar bet (Beta vulgaris L.). By Nourouzi, P., S.Y. Sadeghian, M. Mesbah, and T. Lohrasebi 2003. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran, 2003, 1937-50. (in Persian, abstract in English).

24. Polymorphism study of Estrase, Peroxidase, and Malate Dehydrogenase Isozymes in postachio cultivars and related species 2003. By: A. Alami, M.Taeb, A. Lotfi, and S.Y. Sadeghain. J. Sci & Tecnol. Agric. & Natur. Resour., &(1): 107-113 (in Persian, abstract in English).

25. Effects of planting date and pattern of some physiological growth indices of sugarbeet, 2003.. By: Solaimani, A., M.R. Khajehpour, G. Normohammadi, and S.Y. Sadeghian. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Islamic Azad University, l9 (1),

26. Breeding for drought tolerance in crop plants, 2003. By: S.Y. Sadeghain. In: Workshop on drought and water productivity. Mashhad, Iran. Feb. 2003. (in Persian).

27. Genetic investigation of resistance to beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) in B. vulgaris subsp. maritima, accession WB42. By: Amiri, R., M, Moghaddam, M. Mahmoud, S.Y. Sadeghian, and K. Izadpanah, 2003. Proceeding of the first meeting of ASSBT and IIRB Congress, San Antonia, Texas, USA.

28. The inheritance of resistance to beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) in B. vulgaris subsp. maritima, accession WB42: Statistical comparisons with Holly-1-4. By: Amiri, R., M, Moghaddam, M. Mahmoud, S.Y. Sadeghian, and K. Izadpanah, 2003. Eutphytica 132: 363-373.

29. Study of segregation distortion in the genes controlling hypocotyls and flowering stem pigmentation, resistance to rhizomania and RAPD markers in B. v. subsp. Vulgaris x B. v. subsp. maritima crosses B. Vulgaris subsp. vulgaris x B. vulgaris subsp. maritima. 2004. By: Amiri, R., M. Mesbah, M, Moghaddam, R. Ghannadha, S.Y. Sadeghian, and S.A. Ghanadha. Iranian J. of Crop Sciences 6(1): 25-35, (in Persian, abstract in English)

30. The effect of early season drought stress on chlorophyll α fluorescence in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), 2003. By R. Mohammadian, H. Rahimian, M. Moghaddam, and S.Y. Sadeghian. Pakistan Journal Biological Science (PJBS), 6(20): 1763-1769.

31. The relation between sugar beet traits and water use efficiency in drought stressed genotypes, 2004. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, D.F. Taleghani and R. Mohammadian. Pakistan Journal of Biological Science (PJBS) 7(7): 1236-1241

32. Effect of water-stress deficit on the germination and early seedling growth of sugar beet. 2004. By: S.Y. Sadeghain and N. Yavari. J. of Agronomy & Crop Science 190: 138-144.

33. Proteome analysis of sugar beet leaves under drought stress, 2005. By: Hajhaidari, M., Abdollahian, M, Askari, H, Heidari, M, Sadeghian, S.Y., Ober, E.S., and Hosseini Salkadeh, Gh. Proteomics 5(4): 950-960

34. Effect of Early season drought stress on growth characteristics of sugar beet genotypes, 2005. By Mohammadian, R., M. Moghaddam, H. Rahimian, and Sadeghian S.Y. Turk J Agric For 29: 357-368

35. How to perform sugar beet trials in the field, 2006. By: Sadeghian S.Y., Abdollahian, M, and Katal, B. Proceedings of the Annual sugar seminar of sugar factories of Iran, Mashhad, 15-17 May.

36. Sugar beet water consumption reduction under dormant seeding in semiarid region, 2006. By: Mohammadian, R., S.Y. Sdaeghian, M. Mesbah, and H. Rahimian. 69^th IIRB Congress, 15-16 Feb. 2006, Brussels.

37. Rate of returns to sugar beet breeding research: Rasoul variety. By Hosseini, S.S., Hassnpour, E., and Sadeghian, S.Y., 2006. J. Sci. & Techno. Agric. & Nature. 10(3), (B). Isf. Univ. Iran. (In Persian, abstract in English).

38. Inter-specific hybridization in Beta genus using embryo rescue technique. By: Rouzbeh, F., Sadeghian, S.Y., Nasrin, Y., and Mesbah, M., 2006. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran 21(1): 15-30. (In Persian, abstract in English).

39. Study on sugar beet micro propagation and production of photoautotrophic micro plants. Nasrin, Y., Sadeghian, S.Y., Mesbah, M., and Ghaffari Jahtomi, A.R., 2006. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran 21(2): 165-178. (In Persian, abstract in English).

40. Evaluation of salinity tolerance in sugar beet genotypes, 2006. By: Fotouhi, K., M. Mesbah, S.Y. Sadeghian, Z. Ranji, and M.R. Orazizadeh, 2006. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran 22(2): 1-18. (In Persian, abstract in English)

41. Identification of Inter-specific hybrids between B. vulgaris L. and species of Procumbentes section using RAPD markers. By Rouzbeh, F., Sadeghian S.Y. and M., Mesbah, 2007. Journal of Agricultural Sciences (University of Tabriz) 16(4): 85-93. (in Persian, abstract in English).

42. Technical points in sugar beet research trials, 2008. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, M. Abdollahian Noghabi and H. Ebrahimian. Iranian J. of Crop Sciences 9(4): 1-19. (In Persian, abstract in English)

43. Reduced water consumption of dormant-seeded sugar beet in a semiarid climate, 2008. By: R. Mohammadian, S.Y. Sadeghian, H. Rahimian and M. Moghadam. J. of Agricultural Water Management 95: 545-552.

44. Assessing the effects of sugar beet research on the shift of sugar supply, 2007. By: Hosseini, S.S., S.Y. Sadeghain and E. Hassanpour. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of Iran 23(1): 79-92. (In Persian, abstract in English)

45. Assessing the effects of sugar beet research on the shift of sugar beet supply, 2008. By: Hosseini, S.S., S.Y. Sadeghain and E. Hassanpour. The Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Technology. (submitted).

46. Legal and technical issues on Plant Variety Protection. Congress, Crop Production and Breeding, Karaj, Iran, August 19-21, 2008. (A full paper, in Persian, abstract in English).

47. Evaluation indices in variety registration (DUS tests), 2008. By: S.Y. Sadeghian and H. Jamali, The first Seed Technology Congress held in the University of Goragan, Dec. 2008, Gorgan, Iran (a full paper).

48. Principals of Plant Breeding: Field and Horticultural Crops, 2008. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, Published by Centre of Educational Technology Services. Karaj, Iran, 330pp. (A book-in Persian)

49. Plant Variety Protection and Implication on Seed Industry, 2009. By: S.Y. Sadeghian, A regional workshop, 1-5 March 2009, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria (a full paper).

7. Variety Release & Line Development:

1. Rasoul variety: released in 2000, a triploid hybrid on CMS base, monogerm, cold tolerance, cercospora tolerance, high yield, high quality

2. Shirin variety: released in 2003, a diploid hybrid on CMS base, monogerm, bolting resistance, high sugar content, average yield.

3. Jelgheh Variety: released in 2004, a triploid hybrid on CMS base, monogerm, high yield and good quality in warm and dry areas.

4. Gadouk Variety released in 2004, a diploid hybrid on CMS base, monogerm, high sugar content and very high yield in temperate climates.

5. Zarghan Variety, a Rhizomania tolerant variety in CMS base, monogerm.

About 200 CMS lines of sugar beet with different characteristics and many pollinator lines with high combining abilities were developed and hand over to other breeders for further crossing programs.

8. Technical Skills:

1. Development of commercial varieties for quality and quantity characteristics, techniques of hybridization, seed production, field experiments, data collection, setting database, analysis of different experimental designs.

2. Proteomics and molecular genetics of environmental stresses on crop plants like drought and cold tolerances.

3. Documentation, evaluation, and pre-breeding of germplasm.

4. Programming seed production at basic, breeder, elite, and commercial levels.

5. Cytogenetics: Techniques for mitosis and meiosis studies in cell biology; meristem culture and haploid production.

6. Computer: writing and graphic software's, SAS, SPSS or other related Microsoft's

7. Proteomics, RT PCR Techniques, molecular markers

9. Leadership Skills and Research Backgrounds:

1) Specialist in Plant breeding and genetics

2) Year 1981 - 1982, worked in my father land and grew crops.

3) Dec.1982- Jan. 1989, employed at Sugar Beet Seed Institute as an new expert and worked in research and seed production of beet.

4) Jan. 1989-August 1993, continued the PhD study in the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

5) August1993- Nov.1997, I was appointed as the research deputy of Sugar Beet Seed Institute. I was committed in conducting breeding and genetics researches of Sugar Beet Seed Institute in parallel with performing my own projects; I helped the manager of the Institute in research branch.

6) Nov. 1997- Feb. 2002, worked as the General Director of Sugar Beet Seed Institute (SBSI) in Iran. The main activities consisted of two main parts:

a. Management of research programs and seed production which included breeding and agronomical projects across the country and commercial seed production in the west part of the country (Ardabil). Research area covered 13 stations and included 200 employees of researchers, technicians, and administrative peoples. There were 50 additional employees responsible for seed production in the seed producing section.

b. Coordinating and supporting joint projects between different departments / different institutes, monitoring and evaluating all experiments at subsidiary stations and controlling extension experiments in the growing areas in collaboration with sugar factories, publication output of sugar researches in the sugar beet journal of Iran. Management and Production of elite seeds needed for 3500 tons multigerm and 250 tons monogerm of commercial varieties in that time.

7) Feb. 2002 to June 2004, promoted as the Research Deputy of AREO, worked at headquarter of Agricultural Research and Education Organization (AREO) of Iran in Tehran. I partly involved in priority setting of research subjects and involved in transferring applicable results from research bodies of AREO to the extension and applied sections of Ministry of Agriculture like: Extension services, Agronomy, and Horticultural bodies. Head of Research Committee at research section of AREO which approved projects submitted by research bodies. Monitoring and Evaluation of designated projects across the country were the mandate of the committee too. Main research problems suggested by applied sections were discussed at research section of AREO; and then summarized and referred to the reliable Institutes. International department of AREO was coordinating Research work plans, PhD programs within the AREO as well as training courses outside the AREO especially at International Institutes like ICARDA, CYMMIT, IRRI, ICRISAT. Head of editorial board of publications at AREO, where scientific books and agricultural journals related to AREO were approved, edited and qualified for the publication. New findings of applied researches like innovations, discoveries, new varieties, applied protocols in plant nutrition, agronomic methods, mechanization, and etc that were outputs of researches transferred to the extension services to be examined at farmer level. In the mean time, I also investigated my own research projects one day a week in Karaj.

8) June 2004 to April 2005, worked at AGRI-FOOD Agriculture Canada as a Visiting Scientist. Proteomics and molecular genetics in relation to cold tolerances in crop plants as canola and sugar bet were the topic of my research work.

9) April 2005 - March 2006, working at Sugar Beet Seed Institute as a specialist in Genetics and Plant breeding.

10) From March 2006, working as deputy of Seed and Plant Certification & Registration Institute mainly involved in developing regulations and national guide lines for PVP and initiating DUS testes of new cultivars in Iran.

11). National consultant of PVP-TCP project, a common FAO and Iran project, Nov. 2007 to Jun 2009.

10. People and Interpersonal:

1. Since 1993 to 2002, worked with 210 employees at the Institute in Karaj and subsidiary stations (8 Ph.D., 50 MS and B.Sc., 56 technicians, others administration and formal workers), 5 interpersonally.

2. Since 2002, moved to AREO and managed national research institutes in the headquarter of AREO in Tehran and about 3500 researchers were employed in AREO and 3500 projects (5500 research activities) are annually being studied across the country. I together with 20 experts were organizing, approving, monitoring, and evaluating research proposals and projects received at AREO from different Institutes and research centers.

11. Association Membership

1. Member of International Institute for Beet Research (IIRB).

2. Member of Scientific Board of Agricultural Research and Education Organization (AREO).

3. Member of Crop Production and Breeding Council of Iran.

4. Member of genetics and Breeding Study and Mediterranean Section Group of IIRB (International Institute for Beet Research).

5. Member of Genetics Association of Iran.

6. Member of Biotechnology Association of Iran.

7. Member of DUS committee in developing national DUS guide lines for crops.

12. Awards and Encouragements:

1. A special (outstanding) researcher of AREO, 1997, award by the Research Deputy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Ali Ahoonmanesh.

2. The best agricultural research manager of AREO, 2000, award by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Isa Kalantari.

3. A special (outstanding) project researcher & manager in developing hybrid sugar beet varieties, awarded by the Research Deputy of Ministry of Agriculture (AREO), Mr Abbas Keshavarz, 2001.

4. Special researcher and special agricultural research manager, 2002, awarded by the minister of Jahad-Agriculture, Mr. Mahmoud Hojjati.

5. Special researcher in agricultural research 2009, awarded by the Research Deputy of the Ministry of Jahad-Agriculture, Mr. J. Khalaghani.

Signature

Seyed Yaghoub Sadeghian

April 2009

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