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Confocal immunolocalisation in root cells
Arabidopsis seedlings growing on agar
Tomato fruit ripening on a plant
 

Here is a list of selected recent publications for each staff member.  A more extensive publication list can be found under their individual links.

Professor  Malcolm Bennett

Smet, I.D., White, P.J., Bengough, A.G., Dupuy, L., Parizot, B., Casimiro, I., Heidstra, R., Laskowskih, M., Lepetit, M., Hochholdingerj, F., Draye, X., Zhang, H., Broadley, M.R., Peret, B., Hammond, J.P., Fukaki, H., Mooney, S., Lynch, J.P., Nacry, P., Schurr, U., Laplaze, L., Benfey, P., Beeckman, T., and Bennett, M. (2012) Analyzing lateral root development: How to move forward. The Plant Cell.

Vernoux, T., Brunoud, G., Farcot, E., Morin, V., Van den Daele, H., Legrand, J., Oliva, M., Das, P., Larrieu, A., Wells, D., Guedon, Y., Armitage, L., Picard, Guyomarc'h S., Cellier C., Parry, G., Koumproglou, R., Doonan, J.H., Estelle, M., Godin, C., Kepinski, S., Bennett, M., De Veylder, L., and Traas, J. (2011) The auxin signalling network translates dynamic input into robust patterning at the shoot apex. Molecular Systems Biology 7, Article Number:508 doi.10.1038/msb.2011.39.

Muraro, D., Wilson, M., and Bennett, M.J. (2011) Root development: cytokinin transport matters, too! Current Biology 21:R423-R425.

Cendre, D., Oh, J., Boutte, Y., Best, J.G., Samuels, L., Nilsson, R., Uemura, T., Marchant, A., Bennett, M.J., Grebe, M., and Bhalerao, R.P. (2011) Conserved Arabidopsis ECHIDNA protein mediates trans-Golgi-network trafficking and cell elongation. PNAS 108:8048-8053.

Lucas, M., Laplaze, L., and Bennett, M.J. (2011) Plant systems biology: network matters. Plant Cell and Environment 34:535-553.

Wells, D.M., Wilson, M.H., and Bennett, M.J. (2010) Feeling UPBEAT about Growth: Linking ROS Gradients and Cell Proliferation. Developmental Cell 19:644-646.

Anukul, N., Ramos, R.A., Mehrshahi, P., Castelazo, A.S., Parker, H., Dievart, A., Lanau, N., Mieulet, D., Tucker G., Guiderdoni, E., Barrett, D.A., and Bennett, M.J. (2010) Folate polyglutamylation is required for rice seed development.  Rice 3:181-193.

Dhondt, S., Coppens, F., De Winter, F., Swarup, K., Merks, R.M.H., Inze, D., Bennett, M.J., and Beemster, G.T.S. (2010) SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW regulate leaf growth in Arabidopsis by stimulating S-phase progression of the cell cycle. Plant Physiology 154:1183-1195.

Perrine-Walker, F., Doumas, P., Lucas, M., Vaissayre, V., Beauchemin, N.J., Band, L.R., Chopard, J., Crabos, A., Conejero, G., Peret, B., King, J.R., Verdeil, J.L., Hocher, V., Franche, C., Bennett, M.J., Tisa, L.S., and Laplaze, L. (2010) Auxin carriers localization drives auxin accumulation in plant cells infected by Frankia in Casuarina glauca actinorhizal nodules

Mehrshahi, P., Gonzalez-Jorge, S., Akhtar, T.A., Ward, J.L., Santoyo-Castelazo, A., Marcus, S.E., Lara-Nunez, A., Ravanel, S., Hawkins, N.D., Beale, M.H., Barrett, D.A., Paul Knox, J., Gregory, J.F., Hanson, A.D., Bennett, M.J., and Della Penna, D. (2010) Functional analysis of folate polyglutamylation and its essential role in plant metabolism and development. The Plant Journal 64:267-279.

Akhtar, T.A., Orsomando, G., Mehrshahi, P., Lara-Nunez, A., Bennett, M.J., Gregory III, J.F., and Hanson, A.D. (2010) A central role for gamma-glutamyl hydrolases in plant folate homeostasis. The Plant Journal 64:256-266.

Ubeda-Tomas, S., and Bennett, M.J. (2010) Plant development: size matters, and it's all down to hormones. Current Biology 20:R511-R513.

Middleton, A.M., King, R.J., Bennett, M.J., and Owen, M.R. (2010) Mathematical modelling of the Aux/IAA negative feedback loop. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 72:1383-1407.

De Smet, I., Lau, S., Voss, U., Vanneste, S., Benjamins, R., Rademacher, E.H., Schlereth, A., De Rybel, B., Vassileva, V., Grunewald, W., Naudts, M., Levesque, M.P., Ehrismann, J.S., Inze, D., Luschning, C., Benfey, P.N., Weijers, D., Van Montagu, M.C.E., Bennett, M.J., Jurgens, G., Beeckman, T. (2010) Bimodular auxin response controls organogenesis in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science United States of America 107:2705-2710.

Ugartechea-Chirino, Y., Swarup, R., Swarup, K., Peret, B., Whitworth, M., Bennett, M., and Bougourd, S. (2010) The AUX1 LAX family of auxin inclux carriers is required for the establishment of embryonic root cell organization in Arabidopsis thaliana . Annals of Botany 105:277-289.

Vandenbussche, F., Petrasek, J., Zadnikova, P., Hoyerova, K., Pesek, B., Raz, V., Swarup, R., Bennett, M., Zazimalova, E., Benkova, E., and Van der Straeten, D. (2010) The auxin influx carriers AUX1 and LAX3 are involved in auxin-ethylene interactions during apical hook development in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Development 137:597-606.

Parry, G., Calderon-Villalobos, L.I., Prigge, M., Peret, B., Dharmasiri, S., Itoh, H., Lechner, E., Gray, W.M., Bennett, M., and Estelle, M. (2009) Complex regulation of the TIR1/AFB family of auxin receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106:22540-22545.

French, A., Ubeda-Tomas, S., Holman, T.J., Bennett, M.J., and Pridmore, T. (2009) High-throughput quantification of root growth using a novel image-analysis tool. Plant Physiology 150:1784-1795.

Peret, B., Larrieu, A., and Bennett, M.J. (2009) Lateral root emergence: a difficult birth. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:3637-3643.

Romero-Campero, F.J., Twycross, J., Camara, M., Bennett, M., Gheorghe, M., Krasnogor, N. (2009) Modular assembly of cell systems biology models using P systems. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 20:427-772.

French, A., Bennett, M., Howells, C., Patel, D., and Pridmore, T. (2008) A probabilistic tracking approach to root measurement in images - Particle filter tracking is used to measure roots, via a probabilistic graph. Biosignals 2008: Proceedings of the first international conference of bio-inspired systems and signal processing (Eds: Encarnacao P; Veloso A) 1:108-115

Bennett, M., and Monk, N. (2008) The flowering of systems approaches in plant and crop biology. New Phytologist 179:567-568.

French, A.P., Mills, S., Swarup, R., Bennett., and Pridmore, T.P. (2008) Colocalization of fluorescent markers in confocal microscope images of plant cells. Nature Protocols 3:619-628.

Bainbridge, K., Guyomarc'h, S., Bayer, E., Swarup, R., Bennett, M., Mandel, T., and Kuhlemeier C (2008) Auxin influx carriers stabilize phyllotactic patterning. Genes and Development 22:810-823.

Ubeda-Tomas, S., Swarup, R., Coates, J., Swarup, K., Laplaze, L., Beemster, G.T.S., Hedden, P., Bhalerao, R., and Bennett, M.J. (2008) Root growth in Arabidopsis requires gibberellin/DELLA signalling in the endodermis. Nature Cell Biology 10:625-628 (published online 20 April 2008)

French, A.P., Mills, S., Swarup, R., Bennett, M.J., and Pridmore,T.P. (2008) Colocalization of fluorescent markers in confocal microscope images of plant cells. Nature Protocols 3:619-628.

Spaniolas, S., Tsachaki, M., Bennett, M.J., and Tucker, G.A. (2008) Evaluation of DNA extraction methods from green and roasted coffee beans.  Food Control 19:257-262.

Peret, B., Swarup, R., Jansen, L., Devos, G., Auguy, F., Colin, M., Santi, C., Hocher,V., Franche, C., Bogusz, D., Bennett, M., and Laplaze, L. (2007) Auxin influx activity is associated with Frankia infection during actinorhizal nodule formation in Casuarina glauca . Plant Physiology 144:1852-1862.

De Smet, I., Tetsumura, T., De Rybel, B., Frei dit Frey N., Laplaze, L., Casimiro, I., Swarup, R., Naudts, M., Vanneste, S., Audenaert, D., Inze, D., Bennett, M.J., and Beeckman, T. (2007) Auxin-dependent regulation of lateral root positioning in the basal meristem of Arabidopsis. Develpment 134:681-690.

Hunt, E.J., Pritchard, J., Bennett, M.J., Zhu, X., Barrett, D.A., Allen, T., Bale, J.S., and Newbury, H.J. (2006) The Arabidopsis thaliana Myzus persicae model system demonstrates that a single gene can influence the interaction between a plant and sap-feeding insect. Molecular Ecology 15:4203-4213.

Spaniolas, S., May, S.T., Bennett, M.J., and Tucker, G.A. (2006) Authentication of coffee by means of PCR-RFLP analysis and lab-on-a-chip capillary electrophoresis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54:7466-7470.

Kramer, E.M., Bennett, M.J. (2006) Auxin transport: a field in flux. Trends in Plant Science 11:82-86.

Dharmasiri, S., Swarup, R., Mockaitis, K., Dharmasiri, N., Singh, S.K., Kowalchyk, M., Marchant, A., Mills, S., Sandberg, G., Bennett, M.J., and Estelle, M. (2006) AXR4 Is Required for Localization of the Auxin Influx Facilitator AUX1. Science Express Reports 312:1218-1220.

Swarup, R., Kramer, E.M., Perry, P., Knox, K., Leyser, H.M.O., Haseloff, J., Beemster, G.T.S., Bhalerao, R., and Bennett, M.J. (2005) Root gravitropism requires lateral root cap and epidermal cells for transport and response to a mobile auxin signal. Nature Cell Biology 7:1057-1065.

Professor Colin Black

Black, V.J., Stewart, C.A., Roberts, J.A., and Black, C.R. (2012) Timing of exposure to ozone affects reproductive sensitivity and compensatory ability in Brassica campestris. Environmental and Experimental Botany 75:225-234.

Nbulo, G., Black, C.R., Craigon, J., and Young, S.D. (2012) Does consumption of leafy vegetables grown in peri-urban agriculture in Uganda pose a risk to human health? Environmental Pollution doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.11.040.

Chilimba, A.D.C., Young, S.D., Black, C.R., Meacham, M.C., Lammel, J., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Agronomic biofortification of maize with selenium (Se) in Malawi. Field Crops Research 125:118-128. 

Wright, E.L., Black, C.R., Cheesman, A.W., Drage, T., Large, D., Turner, B.L., and Sjogersten, S. (2011) Contribution of subsurface peat to CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a neotropical peatland. Global Change Biology 17:2867-2881.

Tracy, R., Black, C.R., Roberts, J.A., McNeill, A., Davidson, R., Tester, M., Samec M., Korosak, D., Sturrock, C., and Mooney, S.J. (2011) Quantifying the effect of soil compaction on three varieties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using X-ray Micro Computed Tomography (CT). Plant and Soil coi:10.1007/s11104-011-1022-5.

Chilimba, A.D.C., Young, S.D., Black, C.R., Rogerson, K.B., Ander, E.L., Watts, M., Lammel, J., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Maize grain and soil surveys reveal suboptimal dietary selenium intake is widespread in Malawi. Scientific Reports 1:72. doi:10.1038/srep00072. 

Saoirse, T.R., Black, C.R., Roberts, J.A., and Mooney, S.J. (2011) Soil compaction: a review of past and present techniques for investigating effects on root growth. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 91:1528-1537.

White, E., Black, C.R., Cheesman, A.W., Drage, T., Large, D., Turner, B.I., and Sjogersten, S. (2011) Contribution of subsurface peat to CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a neotropical peatland. Global Change Biology doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02448.x

Nabulo, G., Black, C.R., and Young, S.D. (2011) Trace metal uptake by tropical vegetables grown on soil amended with urban sewage sludge. Environmental Pollutioni 159:368-76.

Nabulo, G., Yound, S.D., and Black, C.R. (2010) Assessing risk to human health from tropical leafy vegetables grown on contaminated urban soils. Science of the Total Environment 408:5338-5351.

Black, V.J., Stewart, C.A., Roberts, J.R. and Black, C.R. (2010) Direct effects of ozone on reproductive development in Plantago major L. populations differing in sensitivity. Environmental and Exprimental Botany 69:121-128.

Tracy, S.R., Roberts, J.A., Black, C.R., McNeill, A., Davidson, R., and Mooney, S.J. (2010) The X-factor: visualizing undisturbed root architecture in soils using X-ray computed tomography. Journal of Experimental Botany 61:311-313.

Mujib, M., Alderson, P.G., and Black, C.R. (2009) Effects of xylem blockage on xylem resistance and water status in Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum cuttings. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 84:613-618.

Siriri, D., Ong, C.K., Wilson, J., Boffa, J.M., and Black, C.R. (2009) Tree species and pruning regime affect crop yield on bench terraces in SW Uganda. Agroforestry Systems (published online 06 February 2009, ISSN 0167-4366 (Print) 1572-9680 (Online) doi 10.1007/s10457-009-9215-0).

Mujib, M., Alderson, P.G., and Black, C.R. (2009) Effect of xylem blockage on xylem resistance and water status in Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum cuttings. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 84 (in press).

Lott, J.E., Ong, C.K., Black, C.R. (2009) Understorey microclimate and crop performance in a Grevillea robusta-based agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149:1140-1151.

Shelmerdine, P.A., Black, C.R., McGrath, S.P., Young, S.D. (2009) Modelling phytoremediation by the hyperaccumulating fern, Pteris vittata, of soils historically contaminated with arsenic. Environmental Pollution 157:1589-1596.

Muthuri, C.W., Ong, C.D., Craigon, J., Mati B.M., Ngumi, v.W., Black, C.R. (2009) Gas exchange and water use efficiency of trees and maize in agroforestry systems in semi-arid Kenya. Agriculture and Ecosystems 129:497-507.

Chirwa, P.W., Ong, C.K., Mabhembe, J., Black, C.R. (2007) Soil water dynamics in cropping systems containing Gliricidia sepium , pigeonpea and maize in southern Malawi. Agroforestry Systems 69:29-43.

Maxted, A.P., Black, C.R., West, H.M., Crout, N.M.J., McGrath, S.P., and Young, S.D. (2007) Phytoextraction of cadmium and zinc by Salix from soil historically contaminated with sewage sludge. Plant and Soil 290:157-172.

Muthuri,C.W., Ong,C.K., Black,C.R., Ngumi,V.W., Mati,B.M. (2005) Tree and crop productivity in Grevillea, Alnus and Paulownia-based agroforestry systems in Central Kenya. Forest Ecology and Management 212:23-39.

Dr Martin Broadley

Conn, S.J., Berninger, P., Broadley, M.R., Gilliham, M. (2012) Exploiting natural variation to uncover candidate genes that control element accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 193:859-866.

Smet, I.D., White, P.J., Bengough, A.G., Dupuy, L., Parizot, B., Casimiro, I., Heidstra, R., Laskowskih, M., Lepetit, M., Hochholdingerj, F., Draye, X., Zhang, H., Broadley, M.R., Peret, B., Hammond, J.P., Fukaki, H., Mooney, S., Lynch, J.P., Nacry, P., Schurr, U., Laplaze, L., Benfey, P., Beeckman, T., and Bennett, M. (2012) Analyzing lateral root development: How to move forward. The Plant Cell.

O Lochlainn, S., Amoah, S., Graham, N.S., Alamer, K., Rios, J.J., Hammond, J.P., Kurup, S., Ostergaard, L., King, G.J., White, P.J., and Broadley , M.R. (2011) High resolution Melt (HRM) analysis is an efficient tool to genotype EMS mutants in complex crop genomes. Plant Methods 7, Article Number:43.

White, P.J., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Physiological limits to zinc biofortification of edible crops. Frontiers in Plant Science 2:80.

Gabannes, E., Buchner, P., Broadley, M.R., and Hawkesford, M.J. (2011) A comparison of sulfate and selenium accumulation in relation to expression of sulfate transporter genes in Astragalus species. Plant Physiology 157:2227-2239.

Chilimba, A.D.C., Young, S.D., Black, C.R., Meacham, M.C., Lammel, J., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Agronomic biofortification of maize with selenium (Se) in Malawi. Field Crops Research 125:118-128.

Hammond, J.P., Broadley, M.R., Bowen, H.C., Spracklen, W.P., Hayden, R.M., and White, P.J. (2011) Gene expression changes in phosphorus deficient potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves and the potential for diagnostic gene expression markers. PLoS ONE, 6, e24606. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024606.

Chilimba, A.D.C., Young, S.D., Black, C.R., Rogerson, K.B., Ander, E.L., Watts, M., Lammel, J., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Maize grain and soil surveys reveal suboptimal dietary selenium intake is widespread in Malawi. Scientific Reports 1:72. doi:10.1038/srep00072.

Lochlainn, S.O., Bowen, H.C., Fray, R.G., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., White, P.J., Graham, N.S., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Tandem quadruplication of HMA4 in the Zinc (Zn) and Cadmium (Cd) Hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens. PLOS ONE 6:e17814.

Hammond, J.P., Mayes, S., Bowen, H.C., Graham, N.S., Hayden, R.M., Love, C.G., Spracklen, W.P., Wang, J., Welham, S.J., White, P.J., King, G.J., Broadley, M.R. (2011) Regulatory hotspots control plant gene expression under varying soil phosphorus (P) supply in Brassica rapa. Plant Physiology. doi:10.1104/pp.111.175612.

Subramanian, N.K., White, P.J., Broadley, M.R. Ramsay, G. (2011) The three-dimensional distribution of minerals in potato tubers. Annals of Botany 107:681-691.

Hart , D.J., Fairweather-Tait, S.J., Broadley , M.r., Dickinson, S.J., Foot, I., Knott, P., McGrath, S.P., Mowat, H., Norman, K., Scott , P.R., Stroud, J.L., Tucker, M., White, P.J., Zhao, F.J., and Hurst, R. (2011) Selenium concentration and speciation in biofortified flour and bread: Retention of selenium during grain biofortification, processing and production of Se-enriched food. Food Chemistry 126:1771-1778.

Fairweather-Tait, S.J., Bao, Y.P., Broadley, M.R., Collings, R., Ford, D., Hesketh, J.E., and Hurst, R. (2011) Selenium in Human Health and Disease. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling 14(7):1337-1383.

Goldson, A.J., Fairweather-Tait, S.J., Armah, C.N., Bao, Y.P., Broadley, M.R., Dainty, J.R., Furniss, C., Hart, D.J., Teucher, B., and Hurst, R. (2010) Effects of Selenium supplementation on selenoprotein gene expression and response to influenza vaccine challenge: A randomised controlled trial. PLOS ONE 614771 Published Mar 21, 2011.

Graham, N.S., Clutterbuck, A.L., James, N., Lea, R.G., Mobasheri, A., Broadley, M.R., May, S.T. (2010) Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe selection. The Veterinary Journal 186:323-327.

O Lochlainn, S., Fray, R.G., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., White, P.J., Broadley, M.R. (2010) Generation of non vernal-obligate, faster-cycling Noccaea caerulescens lines through fast neutron mutagenesis. New Phytologist, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03554.x.

Broadley, M.R., O Lochlainn, S., Hammond, J.P., Bowen, H.C., Cakmak, I., Eker, S., Erdem, H., King, G.J., White, P.J. (2010) Shoot zinc (Zn) concentration varies widely within Brassica oleracea L. and is affected by soil Zn and phosphorus (P) levels. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 85:375-380.

Broadley, M.R., White, P.J. (2010) Eats roots and leaves. Can edible horticultural crops address dietary calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and pottassium (K) deficiencies in humans? Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 69:601-612.

Love, C.G., Graham, N.S., O'Lochlainn, S., Bowen H.C., May S.T., White, P.J., Broadley, M.R., Hammond, J.R., and King G.J. (2010) A Brassica exon array for whole-transcript gene expression profiling. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12812. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012812.

White, P.J., Hammond, J.P., Kng, G.J., Bowen, H.C., Hayden, R.M., Meacham, M.C., Spracklen, W.P., and Broadley, M.R. (2010) Genetic analysis of potassium use efficiency in Brassica oleracea. Annals of Botany 105:1199-1210.

Broadley, M.R., hammond, J.P., White, P.J., Salt, D.E. (2010) An efficient procedure for normalising ionomics data for Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 186:270-274.

Widodo, Broadley, M.R., Rose, T., Frei, M., Pariasca-Tanaka, J., Yoshihashi, T., Thomson, M., Hammond, J.P., Aprile, A., Close, T.J., Ismail, A.M., and Wissuwa, M. (2010) Response to zinc deficiency of two rice lines with contrasting tolerance is determined by root growth maintenance and organic acid exudation rates, and not by zinc-transporter activity. New Phytologist 186:400-414.

Hurst, R., Armah, C.N., Dainty, J.R., Hart, D.J., Teucher, B., Goldson, A.J., Broadley, M.R., Motley, A.K., Fairweather-Tait, S.J. (2010) Establishing optimal selenium status: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 91:923-931.

Stroud, J.L., Broadley, M.R., Foot, I., Fairweather-Tait, S.J., Hart, D.J., Hurst, R., Knott, P., Mowat, H., Norman, K., Scott, P., Tucker, M., White, P.J., McGrath, S.P., and Zhao, F-J. (2010) Soil factors affecting selenium concentration in wheat grain and the fate and speciation of Se fertilisers applied to soil. Plant and Soil doi:10.1007/s11104-009-0229-1.

Stroud, J.L., Li, H.F., Lopez-Bellido, F.J., Broadley, M.R., Foot, I., Fairweather-Tait, S.J., Hart, D.J., Hurst, R., Knott, P., Mowat, H., Norman, K., Scott, P., Tucker, M., White, P.J., McGrath, S.P., and Zhao, F-J. (2010) Impact of sulphur fertilisation on crop response to selenium fertilisation. Plant and Soil doi:10.1007/s11104-009-0230-8.

Broadley, M.R., Alcock, J., Alford, J., Cartwright, P., Fairweather-Tait, S.J., Foot, I., Hart, D.J., Hurst, R., Knott, P., McGrath, S.P., Meacham, M.C., Norman, K., Mowat, H., Scott, P., Stroud, J.L., Tovey, M., Tucker, M., White, P.J., Young, S.D., and Zhao, F-J. (2010) Selenium biofortification of high-yielding winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) by liquid or granular Se fertilisation. Plant and Soil doi:10.1007/s11104-009-0234-4.

White, P.J., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., Bowen, H.C., Hayden, R.M., Meacham, M.C., Spracklen, W.P., and Broadley, M.R. (2010) Genetic analysis of potassium use efficiency in Brassica oleracea L. Annals of Botany doi:10.1093/aob/mcp253

Graham, N.S., Clutterbuck, A.L., James, N.P., Lea, R.G., Mobasheri, A., Broadley, M.R., and May, S. (2009) Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe-selection. The Veterinary Journal doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.030.

White, P.J., Broadley, M.R. (2009) Biofortification of crops with seven mineral elements of lacking in human diets -iron, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, selenium and iodine. New Phytologist 185:49-84.

Hammond, J.P., Broadley, M.R., White, P.J., King, G.J., Bowen, H.C., Hayden, R., Meacham, M.C., Mead, A., Overs, T., Spracklen, W.P., Greenwood, D.J. (2009) Shoot yield drives phosphorus use efficiency in Brassica oleracea and correlates with root architecture traits. Journal of Experimental Botanay 60:1953-1968.

White, P.J., Bradshaw, J.E., Dale, F.B., Ramsay, F., Hammond, J.P., Broadley, M.R. (2009) Relationships between yield and mineral concentrations in potato tubers. HortScience 44:6-11.

Broadley, M.R., White, P.J., Hammond, J.P., Graham, N.S., Bowen, H.C., Emmerson, Z.F., Fray, R.G., Iannetta, P.P.M., McNicol, J.W., May, S.T. (2008) Evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants. New Phytologist 180:587-593.

Broadley, M.R., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., Astley, D., Bowen, H.C., Meacham, M.C., Mead, A., Pink, D.A.C., Teakle, G.R., Hayden, R.M., Spracklen, W.P., White, P.J. (2008) Shoot calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) concentrations differ between subtaxa, are highly heritable, and associate with potentially pleiotropic loci in Brassica oleracea. Plant Physiology 146:1707-1720.

Graham, N.S., Broadley, M.R., Hammond, J.P., May, S.T. (2007) Optimising the analysis of transcript data using high density oligonucleotide arrays and genomic DNA-based probe selection. BMC Genomics 8: 344.

White, P.J., Bowen, H.C., Marshall, B., Broadley, M.R. (2007) Extraordinarily high leaf selenium to sulphur ratios define "Seaccumulator" plants. Annals of Botany 100:111-118.

Lochlainn, S.O., Fray, R., Mills, V., Broadley, M., Bowen, H., Hammond, J., King, G., White, P. (2007) Natural genetic variation in zinc (Zn) accmulation in Brassicaceae species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S252.

Watanabe, T., Broadley, M.R., Jansen S., White P.J., Takada J., Satake K., Takamatsu T., Jaya Tuah S., Osaki M. (2007) Evolutionary control of leaf element composition in plants. New Phytologist 174:516-523.

White, P., Broadley, M. (2007) Genetic aspects of mineral biofortification. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S246.

Broadley, M., Meacham, M., Bowen, H., Hammond, J., Hayden, R., Mead, A., Teakle, G., King, G.,  White, P. (2007) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146:S246-S247.

Cabannes, E., Buchner, P., Hawkesford, M., Broadley, M., and White, P. (2007) Role of sulphate transporters in selenium uptake. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146:S253.

Broadley, M.R., White, P.J., Hammond, J.P., Zelko, I., and Lux, A. (2007) Zinc in plants. Tansley Review New Phytologist 173:677-702.

Broadley, M.R., Mead, A.,  White,P.J. (2006) Reply to Davis (2006) Commentary. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 81:554-555.

Greenwood, D.J., Stellacci, A.M., Meacham, M.C., Broadley, M.R., White, P.J. (2006) Brassica cultivars: P response and fertilizer efficient cropping. Acta Horticulturae 700:97-102.

Greenwood, D.J., Stellacci, A.M., Meacham, M.C., Broadley, M.R., White, P.J. (2006) Relative values of physiological parameters of P response of different genotypes can be measured in experiments with only two P treatments. Plant and Soil 281:159-179.

Hammond, J.P., Bowen, H.C., White, P.J., Mills, V., Pyke, K.A., Baker, A.J.M., Whiting, S.N., May, S.T., Broadley, M.R. (2006) A comparison of the Thlaspi caerulescens and T. arvense shoot transcriptomes. New Phytologist 170:239-260.

Broadley, M.R. White, P.J. (2005) Natural genetic variation in the mineral composition of plant shoots: from species to angiosperms. In Plant nutrition for food security, human health and environmental protection, C.J.Li, ed (Beijing: Tsinghua University Press), pp. 78-79.

Greenwood, D.J., Stellacci, A.M., Meacham, M.C., Broadley, M.R., White, P.J. (2005) Components of P response of different Brassica oleracea genotypes are reproducible in different environments. Crop Science 45:1728-1735.

Professor Edward Cocking

Cocking, E.C., Stone, P.J., Davey,M.R. (2006) Intracellular colonization of roots of Arabidopsis and crop plants by Gluconoacetobacter diazotrophicus. In Vitro Cell Developmental Biology - Plant 42:74-82.

Cocking, E.C., Stone, P.J., Davey,M.R. (2005) Symbiosome-like intracellular colonization of cereals and other crop plants by nitrogen-fixing bacteria for reduced inputs of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Science in China Series C Life Sciences 48:888-896.

Cocking, E.C. (2005) OBPC Symposium: maize 2004 and beyond - intracellular colonization of cereals and other crop plants by nitrogen fixing bacteria for reduced inputs of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. In Vitro Cell Developmental Biology - Plant 41:369-373.

Dr Mike Davey

Mekky, H., Mohammed, M., Lazarus, C., Power, J.B., and Davey, M.R. (2011) Biosynthesis of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the leafy vegetable chicory. Agricultural and Food Science 20:327-340.

Sipen, P., Chubo, J.K., King, P.J.H., Huat, O.K., and Davey, M.R. (2011) Genetic improvement of banana using conventional and in vitro technologies. Journal of Crop Improvement 25:697-727.

Patel, D., Power, J.B., Anthony, P., Badakshi, F., Heslop-Harrison, J.S., and Davey, M.R. (2011) Somatic hybrid plants of Nicotiana x sanderae (+) N. debneyi with fungal resistance to Peronospora tabacina. Annals of Botany. doi.10.1093/aob/mcr197.

Sipen, P., Anthony, P., and Davey , M.R. (2011) Cryopreservation of scalps of Malaysian bananas using a pregrowth method. Cryoletters 2:197-205.

Matsumoto, K., de Castro Monte, D., Teixeira, J.B., Haicour, R., and Davey, M. (2010) Banana protoplasts: culture and its applications. Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology 4 (Special Issue 1):32-38. 

Dijkstra C.E., Larkin, O.J., Anthony, P., Davey, M.R., Eaves, L., Rees, C.E.D., and Hill, R.J.A. (2010) Diamagnetic levitation enhances growth of liquid bacterial cultures by increasing oxygen availability. Journal of the Royal Society Interface (published online) doi:10.1098/rsif.2010.0294.

Bhattacharya, A., Kourmpetli, S., and Davey, M.R. (2010) Practical applications of manipulating plant architecture by regulating gibberellin metabolism. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 29:249-256.

Hoque, A., Davey, M.R., and Arima, S. (2010) Water chestnut: potential of biotechnology for crop improvement. Journal of New Seeds 10:180-195.

Eng-Chong, P., and Davey, M.R. eds (2010) Plant Developmental Biology-Biotechnological Perspectives Volume 2. Springer.

Davey, M.R., Soneji, J.R., Rao, M.N., Kourmpetli, S., Bhattacharya, A., and Kole, C. (2010) Generation and deployment of transgenic crop plants: an overview In (eds. Kole C., Michler, CH., Abbot, AG, Hall, TC) Transgenic Crop Plants Volume 1: Principles and development. Springer Verlag.

Castellanos, M., Power, J.B., Davey, M.R. (2010) Micropropagation of poinsettia by organogenesis. In (eds. Jain SM and Ochatt SJ) Protocols for in vitro propagation of ornamental plants  in methods in Molecular Biology 589:67-75. 

Davey, M.R., Anthony, P., Patel, D., Power, J.B. (2010) Plant protoplasts: isolation, culture and regeneration. In (eds. Davey, M.R., and Anthony, P.) Plant Cell Culture: Esssential Methods. Wiley-Blackwell.

Manzano, A.I., Matia, I., Gonzalez-Camacho, F., Carnero-Diaz, E., van Loon, J.J.W.A., Dijkstra, C., Larkin, O., Anthony, P., Davey, M.R., Marco, R., and Medina, F.J. (2009) Germination of Arabidopsis seed in space and in simulated microgravity: alterations in root cell growth and proliferation. Microgravity Science and Technology 21:293-297.

Pau, E-C., and Davey, M.R. (Eds) Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives. Volume 1. Springer (2009).

Davey, M., Anthony, P., Prentice R., Patel, D., Power, B.J., Lowe, K.C. (2008) Ornamentals in Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Transgenic Plantation Crops, Ornamentals and Turf Grasses (Kole C and Hall TC eds.) pp 157-176. Blackwells.

Davey, M., Anthony, P., Power, B.J., Lowe, K.C. (2008) Leafy Vegetables in Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Transgenic Vegetable Crops (Kole C and Hall TC eds.) pp 217-248. Blackwells.

Castellanos, M., Power, B., Davey, M. (2008) Tissue culture technologies for micropropagation, in vitro regeneration and genetic improvement of Poinsettia. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 8:173-185.

Murthy, H.N., Dijkstra, C., Anthony, P., White, D.A., Davey, M.R., Power, J.B., Hahn, E.J., Paek, K.Y. (2008) Establishment of Withania somnifera hairy root cultures for the production of withanolide A. Journal of Integrative Biology 50:975-981.

Al-Ruqaishi, I.A., Davey, M., Alderson, P., Mayes, S. (2008) Genetic relationships and genotype tracing in date palms ( Phoenix dactylifera L .) in Oman, based on microsatellite markers. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilization 6:70-72.

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 59 Transgenic Crops IV (eds. Pua, E.C., and Davey, M.R.) Springer.

Dijkstra, C., Adams, E., Bhattacharya, A., Page, A.G., Anthony, P., Kourmpetli, S., Power, J.B., Lowe, K.C., Thomas, S.G., Hedden, P., Philips, A.L., Davey, M.R. (2008) Over-expression of a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene from Phaseolus coccineus L. enhances gibberellin inactivation and induces dwarfism in Solanum species. Plant Cell Reports 27:463-470.

Davey, M., Anthony, P., Lowe, K., Castellanos, M., Ribas-Vargas, G., Power, B. (2007) Somatic cell technologies for genetic improvement of ornamental plants. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 7:122-128.

Rakosy-Tican, E., Aurori, C.M., Dijkstra, C., Thieme, R., Aurori, A., Davey, M.R. (2007) The usefulness of the gfp reporter gene for monitoring Agrobactrerium-mediated transformation of potato dihaploid and tetraploid genotypes. Plant Cell Report 26:661-671.

Sipen, P., Anthony, P., Davey, M.R., and Power, J.B. (2007) Optimisation of micropropagation media for Malaysian banana ( Musa spp.) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S276.

Bhattacharya, A., Davey, M., Power B., Ward, D., and Hedden, P. (2007) Genetic modification of plant stature by manipulation of gibberellin metabolism: an alternative to chemical growth regulators. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S275.

Aziz, Z.A., Davey, M.R., Power, J.B., Anthony, P., Smith, R.M., and Lowe, K.C. (2007) Production of asiaticoside and madecassoside in Centinella asiatica in vitro and in vivo. Biologica Plantarum 51:34-42.

Sripaoraya S., Keawsompong S., Insupa P., Power J.B., Davey M.R., Srinives (2006) Genetically manipulated pineapple: transgene stability, gene expression and herbicide tolerance under field conditions.  Plant Breeding 125:411-413.

Castellanos M., Power J.B., Davey M.R. (2006) Somatic embryogenesis in red- and white-bract cultivars of poinsettia. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 6:61-66.

Cocking, E.C., Stone,P.J., Davey,M.R. (2006) Intracellular colonization of roots of Arabidopsis and crop plants by Gluconoacetobacter diazotrophicus . In Vitro Cell Developmental Biology - Plant 42:74-82.

Davey, M.R., Anthony,P., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2006) Plant protoplast biotechnology in floriculture. In Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology, J.A.Teixeira da Silva, ed Global Science Books, Japan), pp. 385-396.

Sripaoraya, S., Keawsompong, S., Insupa, P., Power, J.B., Davey, M.R., Srinives, P. (2006) Genetically manipulated pineapple: transgene stability, gene expression and herbicide tolerance under field conditions.  Plant Breeding 125:1-3.

Anthony, P., Davey, M.R., Dijkstra, C., Catherall, A., Hill, R.J.A., Hampp, R., Martzivanou, M., Power, J.B., Lowe,K.C. (2005) Magnetic levitation ad gravity: Development of experimental techniques for application to biological systems. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 12:311-312.

Dr Ive De Smet

De Smet, I. (2012) Lateral root initiation: one step at a time. New Phytologist 193:867-873.

Smet, I.D., White, P.J., Bengough, A.G., Dupuy, L., Parizot, B., Casimiro, I., Heidstra, R., Laskowskih, M., Lepetit, M., Hochholdingerj, F., Draye, X., Zhang, H., Broadley, M.R., Peret, B., Hammond, J.P., Fukaki, H., Mooney, S., Lynch, J.P., Nacry, P., Schurr, U., Laplaze, L., Benfey, P., Beeckman, T., and Bennett, M. (2012) Analyzing lateral root development: How to move forward. The Plant Cell.

Lau, S., Smet, I.D., Kolb, M., Meinhard, H.T. Jurgens, G. (2011) Auxin triggers a genetic switch. Nature Cell Biology. Published online April 2011. DOI:10.1038/ncb2212.

Den Herder, G., Van Isterdael, G., Beeckman, T., De Smet, I (2010) The roots of a new green revolution. Trends in Plant Science 15:600-607.

De Smet, I., Vos, U., Jürgens, G., Beeckman, T. (2009) Receptor-like kinases shape the plant. Nat Cell Biol 11:1166-1173.

Professor Matthew Dickinson

Nejat, N., Vadamalai, G., Sijam, K., and Dickinson, M. (2011) First report of Spiroplasma citri (-induced) associated with Periwinkle Lethal Yellows in Southeast Asia. Plant Disease 95:1312-1312.

Bekele, B., Hodgetts, J., Tomlinson, J., Boonham, N., Nikolic, P., Swarbrick, P., and Dicknson, M. (2011) Use of a real-time LAMP isothermal assay for detecting 16Srll and Xll phytoplasmas in fruit and weeds of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Plant Pathology 60:345-355.

Bekele, B., Abate, E., Asefa, A., and Dickinson, M. (2011) Incidence of potato viruses and bacterial wilt disease in the West Amhara sub-region of Ethiopia. Journal of Plant Pathology 93:149-157.

Tomlinson, J.A., Boonha, N., and Dickinson, M. (2010) Development and evaluation of a one-hour DNA extraction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of phytoplasmas. Plant Pathology 59:465-471.

Akhtar, K.P., Shah, T.M., Atta, B.M., Dickinson, M., Hodgetts, J., Khan, R.A., Haq, M.A., and Hameed, S. (2009) Symptomatology, etiology and transmission of chickpea phyllody disease in Pakistan. Journal of Plant Pathology 91:649-653.

Yu, M., Hodgetts, J., Rossall, S., and Dickinson, M. (2009) Using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) to monitor changes in fungal populations associated with plants. Journal of Plant Pathology 91:417-723.

Hodgetts, J., Boonham, N., Mumford, R., and Dickinson, M. (2009) Panel of 23S rRNA Gene-Based Real-Time PCR-Assays for improved universal and group-specific detection of Phytoplasmas. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:2945-2950.

Hodgetts, J., Boonham, N., Mumford, R., Harrison, N., Dickinson, M. (2008) Phytoplasma phylogenetics based on analysis of secA and 23S rRNA gene sequences for improved resolution of candidate species of ' Candidatus phytoplasma '. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology 58:1826-1837.

Nipah J.O., Jones, P., Dickinson, M. (2007) Detection of lethal yellowing phytoplasma in embryos from coconut palms infected with Cape St Paul wilt disease in Ghana. Plant Pathology 56:777-784.

Nipah, J.O., Jones, P., Hodgetts, J., Dickinson, M. (2007) Detection of phytoplasma DNA in embryos from coconut palms in Ghana, and kernels from maize in Peru. Bulletin of Insectology 60:385-386.

Hodgetts, J., Harrison, N., Mumforid, R., Boonham, N., Dickinson, M. (2007) Phylogenetic analysis of phytoplasmas based on sequences drived from the secA and 23S rDNA genes. Bulletin of Insectology 343-344.

Hodgetts, J., Ball, T., Boonham, N., Mumford, R. Dickinson, M. (2007) Use of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) for identification of phytoplasmas in plants. Plant Pathology 56:357-365.

Seymour, F.A., Crittenden, P.D., Dickinson, M.J., Paoletti, M., Monteil, D., Cho, L., Dyer, P.S. (2005) Breeding systems in the lichen-forming fungal genus Cladonia . Fungal Genetics and Biology 42:554-563.

Warriner, K., Ibrahim, F., Dickinson, M.J., Wright, C., Waites, W. (2005) Seed decontamination as an intervention step for eliminating Escherichia coli on salad vegetables and herbs. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 85:2307-2313.

Dr John Foulkes

Bogar, M., Jourdan, M., Allard, V., Martre, P., Perretant, M.R. Ravel, C., Heumez, E., Orford, S., Snape, J., Grrifiths, S., Gaju, O., Foulkes, J., and Le Gouis, J. (2011) Anthesis date mainly explained correlations between post-anthesis leaf senescence, grain yield, and grain protein concentration in a winter wheat population segregating for flowering time QTLs. Journal of Experimental Botany 62:3621-3636. 

Kumar, B.N.A., Azam-Ali, S.N., Snape, J.W., Weightman, R.M., and Foulkes, M.J. (2011) Relationships between carbon isotope discrimination and grain yield in winter wheat under well-watered and drought conditions. Journal of Agricultural Sciences149:257-272.

Foulkes, M.J., Slafer, G.A., Davies, W.J., Berry, P.M., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Martre, P., Calderini, D.F., Briffiths, S., Reynolds, M.P. (2011) Raising yield potential of wheat. III. Optimizing partitioning to grain while maintaining lodging resistance. Journal of Experimental Botany 62:469-486.

Gerjets, T., Scholefield, D., Foulkes, M.J., Lenton, J.R., and Holdsworth, M.J. (2010) An analysis of dormancy, ABA responsiveness, after-ripening and pre-harvest sprouting in hexaploid wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) caryopses. Journal of Experimental Botany 61:597-607.

Foulkes, M.J., Hawkesford, M.J., Barraclough, P.B., Holdsworth, M.J., Kerr, S., Kightley, S., and Shewry, P.R. (2009) Identifying traits to improve the nitrogen economy of wheat: recent advances and future prospects. Field Crops Research 114:329-342.

Reynolds, M., Foulkes, J., Slafer, G.A., Berry, P., Parry, M.A.J., Snape, J.W., Angus, W.J. (2009) Raising yield potential in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:1899-1918.

Foulkes, M.J., Sylvester-Bradley, R, Weightman, R., Snape, J.W. (2007) Identifying physiological traits associated with improved drought resistance in winter wheat   Fields Crop Research 103:11-24.

Foulkes, M.J.,  Snape, J.W., Shearman, V.J., Reynolds, M.P., Gaju, O., Sylvester-Bradley, R. (2007) Genetic progress in yield potential in wheat: recent advances and future prospects. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 145: 17-29.

Snape, J.W., Foulkes, M.J., Simmonds, J., Leverington, M., Fish, L.J., Wang, Y., Ciavarrella, M. (2007) Dissecting gene x environmental effects on wheat yields via QTL and physiological analysis. Euphytica 154: 401-408.

Bingham, I.J., Blake, J.  Foulkes, M.J., Spink, J. (2007) Is barley yield in the UK sink limited?: I. Post-anthesis radiation interception, radiation-use efficiency and source-sink balance  Field Crops Research 101: 198-211.

Bingham, I.J., Blake, J.  Foulkes, M.J., Spink, J. (2007) Is barley yield in the UK sink limited?: II. Factors affecting potential grain size.  Field Crops Research 101: 212-220.

Foulkes, M.J., Paveley, N.D., Worland, A., Welham, S.J., Thomas, J., Snape, J.W. (2006) Major genetic changes in wheat with potential to affect disease tolerance. Phytopathology 34: 680-688.

Dr Rupert Fray

Kruse, S., Zhong, S., Bodi, Z., Button, J., Alcocer, M.J.C., Hayes, C.J., and Fray, R. (2011) A novel synthesis and detection method for cap-associated adenosine modifications in mouse mRNA. Scientific Reports 1, Article number 126. doi:10.1038/srep00126.

Lochlainn, S.O., Bowen, H.C., Fray, R.G., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., White, P.J., Graham, N.S., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Tandem quadruplication of HMA4 in the Zinc (Zn) and Cadmium (Cd) Hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens. PLOS ONE 6:e17814.

O Lochlainn, S., Fray, R.G., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., White, P.J., Broadley, M.R. (2010) Generation of non vernal-obligate, faster-cycling Noccaea caerulescens lines through fast neutron mutagenesis. New Phytologist, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03554.x.

Kovacs, K., Hill, P.J., Grierson, D., Dodd, C.E.R., Pamfili, D., and Fray, R.G. (2009) Development of a novel inducible bioluminescent and antibiotic resistance tagging system and its use ot investigate the role of antibiotic production by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. carotovorum during potato tuber infection. European Journal of Plant Pathology 125, 655-664.

Kovacs, K., Fray, R., Tikunov, Y., Graham, N., Bradley, G., Seymour, G., Bovy, A., Grierson, D. (2009) Effect of tomato pleiotropic ripening mutations on flavour volatile biosynthesis. Phytochemistry 70:1003-1008.

Broadley, M.R., White, P.J., Hammond, J.P., Graham, N.S., Bowen, H.C., Emmerson, Z.F., Fray, R.G., Iannetta, P.P.M., McNicol, J.W., May, S.T. (2008) Evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants. New Phytologist 180:587-593.

Jaffe, B., Kovac, K., Andras, C., Bodi, Z., Liu, Z., and Fray, R.G. (2008) Methylation of chloroplast DNA does not affect viability and maternal inheritance in tobacco and may provide a strategy towards transgene containment. Plant Cell Reports 27:1377-1384.

Barriuso, J., Solano, B.R., Fray, R.G., Camara, M., Hartmann, A., Manero, F. J.G. (2008) Transgenic tomato plants alter quorum sensing in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Plant Biotechnology Journal 6:442-452.

Silin Zhong, Z., Li,H., Bodi, Z., Button, J., Vespa, L., Herzog, M., Fray, R.G. (2008) MTA Is an Arabidopsis Messenger RNA Adenosine Methylase and Interacts with a Homolog of a Sex-Specific Splicing Factor. Plant Cell 20:1278-1288.

Lochlainn, S.O., Fray, R., Mills, V., Broadley, M., Bowen, H., Hammond, J., King, G., White, P. (2007) Natural genetic variation in zinc (Zn) accmulation in Brassicaceae species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S252.

Kovacs, K., Zhang, L., Linforth, R.S.T., Whittaker, B., Hayes, C.J., Fray, R.G. (2007) Redirection of carotenoid metabolism for the efficient production of taxadiene [taxa-4(5), 11(12)-diene in transgenic tomato fruit. Transgenic Research 16:121-126.

Scott,R.A., Weil,J., Le,P.T., Williams,P., Fray,R.G., von Bodman,S.B., Savka,M.A. (2006) Long- and short-chain plant-produced bacterial N-achyl-homoserine lactones become components of phyllosphere, rhizosphere, and soil. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19:227-239.

Professor Don Grierson

Fu, X.M., Kong, W.B., Peng, G., Zhou, J.Y., Azam, M., Xu, C.J., Grierson, D., and Chen, K.S. (2012) Plastid structure and carotenogenic gene expression in red- and white-fleshed loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) fruits. Journal of Experimental Botany 63:341-354.

Fernandez, Al., Viron, N., Alhagdow, M., Karimi, M., Jones, M., Amsellem, Z., Sicard, A., Czerednik, A., Angenent, G., Grierson, D., May, S., Seymour, G., Eshed, Y., Lemaire-Chamley, M., Rothan, C., and Hilson, P. (2009) Flexible rools for gene expression and silencing in tomato. Plant Physiology 151:1729-1740.

Kovacs, K., Hill, P.J., Grierson, D., Dodd, C.E.R., Pamfili, D., and Fray, R.G. (2009) Development of a novel inducible bioluminescent and antibiotic resistance tagging system and its use ot investigate the role of antibiotic production by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. carotovorum during potato tuber infection. European Journal of Plant Pathology (in press).

Lin, Z., Ho, C-W., and Grierson, D. (2009) AtTRP1 encodes a novel TPR protein that interacts with the ethylene receptor ERS1 and modulates development in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:3697-3714.

Lin, Z., Zhong, S., and Grierson, D. (2009) Recent advances in ethylene research. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:3311-3336.

Kovacs, K., Fray, R., Tikunov, Y., Graham, N., Bradley, G., Seymour, G., Bovy, A., Grierson, D. (2009) Effect of tomato pleiotropic ripening mutations on flavour volatile biosynthesis. Phytochemistry 70:1003-1008.

Han, Y., Grierson, D. (2008) Enhancement of post-tanscriptional gene silencing by grafting. Plant Signaling and Behaviour 3:30-33.

Zhong, S.L., Lin, Z.F., Fray, R.G., Grierson, D. (2008) Improved plant transformation vectors for fluorescent protein tagging. Transgenic Research 17:985-989.

Lin, Z., Alexander, L., Hackett, R., Grierson, D. (2008) LeCTR2, a CTR1-like protein kinase from tomato, plays a role in ethylene signalling, development and defence. The Plant Journal 54:1083-1093.

Lin, Z.,  Hong,Y.,  Yin, M., Li, C., Zhang, Z., Grierson, G. (2008) A tomato HD-Zip homeobox protein, LeHB-1, plays an important role in floral organogenesis and ripening.  Plant Journal 55:301-310.

Lin, Z., Alexander, L., Hackett, R., Grierson, G. (2008) LeCTR2, a CTR1-like protein kinase from tomato, plays a role in ethylene signalling, development and defence. Plant Journal 54:1083-1093.

Chen, G.P., Hu, Z.L., Grierson, D. (2008) Differential regulation of tomato ethylene responsive factor LeERF3b, a putative repressor, and the activator Pti4 in ripening mutants and in response to environmental stresses. Journal of Plant Physiology 165:662-670.

Shaharuddin, N.A., Han, Y.H., Li, H.Y., Grierson, D. (2006) The mechanism of graft transmission of sense and antisense gene silencing in tomato plants. FEBS Letters 580:6579-6586.

Barry,C.S., McQuinn, R.P., Thompson,A.J., Seymour,G.B., Grierson,D., and Giovannoni, J.J. (2005) Ethylene insensitivity conferred by the Green-ripe ( Gr ) and Never-ripe 2 ( Nr-2 ) ripening mutants of tomato. Plant Physiology 138:267-275.

Kim,S.H. and Grierson,D. (2005) Subcellular localisation and silencing of ripening-associated membrane protein (TRAMP) in tomato Lycopersicon esculenlum   Mill. Plant Science 169:1022-1029.

Dr John Hammond

Conn, S.J., Berninger, P., Broadley, M.R., Gilliham, M. (2012) Exploiting natural variation to uncover candidate genes that control element accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 193:859-866.

Smet, I.D., White, P.J., Bengough, A.G., Dupuy, L., Parizot, B., Casimiro, I., Heidstra, R., Laskowskih, M., Lepetit, M., Hochholdingerj, F., Draye, X., Zhang, H., Broadley, M.R., Peret, B., Hammond, J.P., Fukaki, H., Mooney, S., Lynch, J.P., Nacry, P., Schurr, U., Laplaze, L., Benfey, P., Beeckman, T., and Bennett, M. (2012) Analyzing lateral root development: How to move forward. The Plant Cell.

O Lochlainn, S., Amoah, S., Graham, N.S., Alamer, K., Rios, J.J., Hammond, J.P., Kurup, S., Ostergaard, L., King, G.J., White, P.J., and Broadley , M.R. (2011) High resolution Melt (HRM) analysis is an efficient tool to genotype EMS mutants in complex crop genomes. Plant Methods 7, Article Number:43.

Hammond, J.P., Broadley, M.R., Bowen, H.C., Spracklen, W.P., Hayden, R.M., and White, P.J. (2011) Gene expression changes in phosphorus deficient potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves and the potential for diagnostic gene expression markers. PLoS ONE, 6, e24606. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024606.

Lochlainn, S.O., Bowen, H.C., Fray, R.G., Hammond, J.P., King, G.J., White, P.J., Graham, N.S., and Broadley, M.R. (2011) Tandem quadruplication of HMA4 in the Zinc (Zn) and Cadmium (Cd) Hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens. PLOS ONE 6:e17814.

Hammond, J.P., Mayes, S., Bowen, H.C., Graham, N.S., Hayden, R.M., Love, C.G., Spracklen, W.P., Wang, J., Welham, S.J., White, P.J., King, G.J., Broadley, M.R. (2011) Regulatory hotspots control plant gene expression under varying soil phosphorus (P) supply in Brassica rapa. Plant Physiology. doi:10.1104/pp.111.175612.

Hammond, J.P., White, P.J. (2011) Update on sucrose signalling in plant responses to low P availability. Plant Physiology. doi.10.1104/pp.111.175380.

Cools, K., Chope, G.A., Hammond, J.P., Thompson, A.J. and Terry, L.A. (2011) Ethylene and 1-MCP differentiallyl regulate gene expression during onion (Allium cepa L.) sprout suppression. Plant Physiology. doi:10.1104/pp.111.174979. 

Professor Michael Holdsworth

Gibbs, D.J., Lee, S.C., Isa N.M., Gramuglia, S., Fukao, T., Bassel, G.W., Correia, C.S., Corbineau, F., Theodoulou, F.L., Bailey-Serres, J., Holdsworth, M.J. (2011) Homestatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule parthway in plants. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10534. Published online 23 October 2011.

Bassel, G.W., Holdsworth, M.J., and Provart, N.J. (2011) Seed bioinformatics. Methods in Molecular Biology 773:403-19.

Pearce, S.P., King, J.R., and Holdsworth, M.J. (2011) Axisymmetric indentatin of curved elastic membranes by a convex rigid indenter.  International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. doi:10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.04.030.

Bassel, G.B., Lan, H., Glaab, E., Gibbs, D.J., Gerjets, T., Krasnogor, N., Bonner, A.J., Holdsworth, M.J., and Provart, N.J. (2011) Genome-wide network model capturing seed germination reveals coordinated regulation of plant cellular phase transitions. PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.1100958108.

Holman, T.J., Wilson, M.H., Kenobi, K., Dryden, I.L., Hodgman, T.C., Wood, A.T.A., and Holdsworth, M.J. (2010) Statistical evaluation of transcriptomic data generated using the Affymetric one-cycle, two-cycle and IVT-Express RNA labelling protocols with the Arabidopsis ATH1 microarray. Plant Methods 6 Article Number:9.

Gerjets, T., Scholefield, D., Foulkes, M.J., Lenton, J.R., and Holdsworth, M.J. (2010) An analysis of dormancy, ABA responsiveness, after-ripening and pre-harvest sprouting in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) caryopses. Journal of Experimental Botany 61:597-607.

De Marcos Lousa, C., Dietrich, D., Johnson, B., Baldwin, S.A., Holdsworth, M.J., Theodoulou, F.L., and Baker, A. (2009) The NBDs that wouldn't die: a cautionary tale of the use of isolated nucleotide binding domains of ABC transporters. Commun Integr Biol. 2:97-9. Opinion Article.

Foulkes, M.J., Hawkesford, M.J., Barraclough, P.B., Holdsworth, M.J., Kerr, S., Kightley, S., and Shewry, P.R. (2009) Identifying traits to improve the nitrogen economy of wheat: recent advances and future prospects. Field Crops Research 114:329-342.

Dietrich, D., Schmuths, H., Lousa, C de M., Baldwin, J.M., Baldwin, A., Baker, A., Theodoulou, F.L., Holdsworth, M.J. (2009) Mutations in the Arabidopsis peroxisomal ABC transporter COMATOSE allow differentiation between ultiple functions in planta: Insights from an allelic series. Molecular Bioogy of the Cell 20:530-543

Holman, T.J., Jones, P.D., Russell, L., Medhurst, A., Tomas S.U'Beda, Tallojie, P., Marquez, J., Schmuths, H., Tung, S-A., Taylor, I., Footitt, S., Bachmaire, A., Theodouloua, F.L, Holdsworth, M.J. (2009) The N-end rule pathway promotes seed germination and establishment through removal of ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. March 2009.

Holdsworth, M.J., Soppe, W.S., Bentsink, L. (2008) Molecular networks regulating Arabidopsis seed maturation, after-ripening, dormancy and germination. New Phytologist 179, 33-54.

Holdsworth, M.J., Finch-Savage, W.E., Grappin, P., Job, D. (2008) Post-genomics dissection of seed dormancy and germination. Trends in Plant Science 13, 7-13

Carrera, E., Holman, T., Medhurst, A., Dietrich, D., Footitt, S., Theodoulou, F.L., Holdsworth, M.J. (2008) Seed after-ripening is a discrete developmental pathway associated with specific gene networks in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 53, 214-224.

Hunt, L., Holdsworth, M.J., Grey, J.E. (2007) Nicotinamidase Activity is Important for Germination. The Plant Journal 51, 341-351.

Footitt, S., Dietrich, D., Fait, A., Fernie, A.R.,Holdsworth, M. J., Baker, A., Theodoulou, F. L. (2007) The COMATOSE ABC Transporter is Required for full fertility in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 144:1467-1480.

Carrera, E., Holman, T., Medhurst, A., Peer, W.,Schmuths, H., Footitt, S., Theodoulou, F. L., Holdsworth, M. J. (2007) Gene expression profiling reveals defined functions of the ATP-Binding cassette transporter COMATOSE late in phase II of germination. Plant Physiology 143:1669-1679.

Holdsworth, M.J., Bentsink, L., Koornneef, M. (2006) Conserved mechanisms of dormancy and germination as targets for manipulation of agricultural problems. 11-32, In: Model plants and crop improvement. Ed Varshney, R.K., Koebner, R. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA.

Footitt, S., Marquez, J., Schmuths, H., Baker, A.,Theodoulou, F. L., Holdsworth, M. J. (2006) Analysis of the role of COMATOSE and peroxisomal beta-oxidation in the determination of germination potential in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 57:2805-2814.

Baudo, M.M., Lyons, R., Powers, S., Pastori, G., Edwards, K., Holdsworth, M.J., Shewry, P. (2006) Transgenesis has less impact on the transcriptome of wheat grain than conventional breeding. Plant Biotechnology Journal 4:369-380.

Baker, A., Graham, I., Holdsworth, M.J., Smith, S.,Theodoulou, F.L. (2006) Chewing the fat: Beta-oxidation in signalling and development. Trends in Plant Science 11:124-132.

Professor Ian King

Harper, J., Armstead, I., Thomas, A., James, C., Gasior, D., Bisaga, M., Roberts, L., King, I., and King, J. (2011) Alien introgression in the grasses Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) and Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue): the development of seven monosomic substitution lines and their molecular and cytological characterization. Annals of Botany 107:1313-1321. 

Tamura, K., Yonemaru, J., Hisano, H., Kanamori, H., King, J., King, I.P., Tase, K., Sanada, Y., Komatsu, T., Yamada, T. (2009) Development of intron-flanking ESTS markers for the Lolium/Festuca complex using rice genomic information. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118:1549-1560.

Thorogood, D., Edwards, K.J., Armstead, I.P., Roberts, L.A. Skot, K., Hanley, Z., and King, I.P. (2008) Development of a genomic microsatellite library in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its use in trait mapping. Annals of Botany 101:845-853.

Armstead, I.P., Turner, L.B., Marshall, A.H., Humphreys, M.O., King, I.P., and Thorogood, D. (2008) Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics. New Phytologist 178:559-571.

Ougham, H.J., Hortensteiner, S., Armstead, I.P., Donnison, I.S., King, I.P., Thomas, H., and Mur, L.A.J. (2008) The control of chlorophyll catabolism and the status of yellowing as a biomarker of leaf senescence. Plant Biology 10 (Supplement 1):4-14.

Dr Julie King

Harper, J., Armstead, I., Thomas, A., James, C., Gasior, D., Bisaga, M., Roberts, L., King, I., and King, J. (2011) Alien introgression in the grasses Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) and Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue): the development of seven monosomic substitution lines and their molecular and cytological characterization. Annals of Botany 107:1313-1321.

Tamura, K., Yonemaru, J., Hisano, H., Kanamori, H., King, J., King, I.P., Tase, K., Sanada, Y., Komatsu, T., Yamada, T. (2009) Development of intron-flanking ESTS markers for the Lolium/Festuca complex using rice genomic information. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118:1549-1560. 

Dr Grantley Lycett

Rehman, R.U., Stigliano, E., Lycett, G.W., Sticher, L., Sbano, F., Faraco, M., Dalessandro, G., Di Sansebastiano, G.P. (2008) Tomato Rab11a characterization evidenced a difference between SYP121 dependent and SYP122 dependent exocytosis. Plant and Cell Physiology 49:751-766.

Phan T.D., Bo W., West W., Lycett G.W., Tucker G.A. (2007) Silencing of the major salt-dependent isoform of pectinesterase in tomato alters fruit softening. Plant Physiology 14:1960-1967.

Professor Sean May

Carelli, M., Biazzi, E., Panara, F., Tava, A., Scaramelli, A., Porceddu, A., Graham, N., May S., Scotti, C., and Calderini O (2011) Medicago truncatula CYP716A is a multifunctional oxidase involved in the biosysnthesis of memolytic saponins. The Plant Cell 23:3070-3081.

Graham, N.S., May, S.T., Daniel Z.C.T.R., Emmerzon, Z.F., Bramald, J.M., Parr, T. (2011) Use of the Affymetrix Human GeneChip array and Genomic DNA hybridisation probe selection to study ovine transcriptomes. Animal 5:861-866.

Graham, N.S., Clutterbuck, A.L., James, N., Lea, R.G., Mobasheri, A., Broadley, M.R., May, S.T. (2010) Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe selection. The Veterinary Journal 186:323-327.

Jones, B., Gunner, S.A., Petersson, S.V., Tarkowski, P., Graham, N., May, S., Dolezal, K., Sandberg, G., and Ljung, K. (2010) Cytokinin regulation of auxin synthesis in Arabidopsis involves a homeostatic feedback loop regulated via auxin and cytokinin signal transduction. Plant Cell 22:2956-2969.

Love, C.G., Graham, N.S., O'Lochlainn, S., Bowen H.C., May S.T., White, P.J., Broadley, M.R., Hammond, J.R., and King G.J. (2010) A Brassica exon array for whole-transcript gene expression profiling. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12812. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012812.

Massonnet, C., Vile, D., Fabre, J., Hannah, M.A., Caldana, C., Lisec, J., Beemster, G.T.S., Meyer, R.C., Messerli, G., Gronlund, J.T., Perkovic, J., Wigmore, E., May, S., Bevan, M.W., Meyer, C., Rubio-Diaz, S., Weigel, D., Micol, J.L., Buchanan-Wollaston, V., Fiorani, F., Walsh, S., Rinn, B., Gruissem, W., Hilson, P., Henning. L, Willmitzer, L., and Granier, C. (2010) Probing the reproducibility of leaf growth and molecular phenotypes: a comparison of three Arabidopsis accessions cultivated in ten laboratories. Plant Physiology 152:2142-2157.

Gibson, B., Graha, N., Boulton, C., Box, W., Lawrence, S., Linforth, R., May, S., and Smart, K. (2009) Differential yeast gene transcription during brewery propagation. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. 68:21-29.

Fernandez, Al., Viron, N., Alhagdow, M., Karimi, M., Jones, M., Amsellem, Z., Sicard, A., Czerednik, A., Angenent, G., Grierson, D., May, S., Seymour, G., Eshed, Y., Lemaire-Chamley, M., Rothan, C., and Hilson, P. (2009) Flexible rools for gene expression and silencing in tomato. Plant Physiology 151:1729-1740.

Dawe, A., Bodhicharla, Graham, N., May, S., Reader, T., Loader, B., Gregory, A., Swicord, M., Bit-Babik, G., de Pomerai, D. (2009) Low-intensity microwave irradiation does not substantially alter gene expression in late larval and adult Caenorhabditis elegans . Bioelectromagnetics. Published online June 16.

Graham, N.S., Clutterbuck, A.L., James, N.P., Lea, R.G., Mobasheri, A., Broadley, M.R., and May, S. (2009) Equine transcriptome quantification using human GeneChip arrays can be improved using genomic DNA hybridisation and probe-selection. The Veterinary Journal doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.030.

Upton, G.J.G., Sanchez-Graillet, O., Rowsell, J., Arteaga-Salas, J.M., Graham, N.S., Stalteri, M.A., Memon, F.N., May, S.T., and Harrison, A.P. (2009) On the causes of outliers in Affymetrix GeneChip data. Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics 8:199-212.

Broadley, M.R., White, P.J., Hammond, J.P., Graham, N.S., Bowen, H.C., Emmerson, Z.F., Fray, R.G., Iannetta, P.P.M., McNicol, J.W., and May, S.T. (2008) Evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants. New Phytologist 180:587-593.

Graham, N.S., Broadley, M.R., Hammond, J.P., and May, S.T. (2007) Optimising the analysis of transcript data using high density oligonucleotide arrays and genomic DNA-based probe selection. BMC Genomics 8: 344.

Spaniolas S., May S.T., Bennett M.J., and Tucker, G.A. (2006) Authentication of coffee by means of PCR-RFLP analysis and lab-on-a-chip capillary electrophoresis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54, 7466-7470.

Zimmermann, P., Schildknecht, B., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Gruissem, W., Craigon, D., Mukherjee, G., May, S., Parkinson, H., Rhee, S., Wagner, U., and Hennig, L. (2006) Adding value to plant microarray experiments. Plant Methods 2:1-9.

Allemeersch, J., Durinck, S., Vanderhaeghen, R., Alard, P., Maes, R., Seeuws, K., Bogaert, T., Coddens, K., Deschouwer, K., Van Hummelen, P., Vuylstek, M., Moreau, Y., Kwekkeboom, J., Wijfjes, A.H.M., May, S., Beynon, J., Hilson, P., and Kuiper, M.T.R. (2005) Benchmarking the CATMA microarray. A novel tool for Arabidopsis  transcriptome analysis. Plant Physiology 137:588-601.

Hammond, J.P., Bowen, H.C., White, P.J., Mills, V., Pyke, K.A., Baker, A.J.M., Whiting, S.N., May, S.T., and Broadley, M.R. (2006) A comparison of the Thlaspi caerulescens and T. arvense shoot transcriptomes. New Phytologist 170:239-260.

Hammond, J.P., Broadley, M.R., Craigon, D.J., Higgins, J., Emmerson, Z., Townsend, H., White, P.J., and May, S.T. (2005) Using genomic DNA-based probe-selection to improve the sensitivity of high-density oligonucleotide arrays when applied to heterologous species. Plant Methods 1:10.

Dr Sean Mayes

Mayes, S., Massawe, F.J., Alderson, P.G., Roberts, J.A., Azam-Ali, S.N., Hermann, M. (2012) The potential for underutilized crops to improve security of food production. Journal of Experimental Botany 63:1075-1079.

Hammond, J.P., Mayes, S., Bowen, H.C., Graham, N.S., Hayden, R.M., Love, C.G., Spracklen, W.P., Wang, J., Welham, S.J., White, P.J., King, G.J., Broadley, M.R. (2011) Regulatory hotspots control plant gene expression under varying soil phosphorus (P) supply in Brassica rapa. Plant Physiology. doi:10.1104/pp.111.175612

Mayes, S., Hafeez, F., Price, Z., MacDonald, D., Billotte, N., and Roberts, J. (2008) Molecular research in oil palm, the key oil crop for the future. Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants (eds. Moore, P.H.; Ming, R.) 371-404.

Al-Rugaishi, I.A., Davey, M., Alderson, P. and Mayes, S. (2008) Genetic relationships and genotype-tracing in date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.)  in Oman, based on microsatellite markers. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation 6(1):70-72.

Mayes, S., Hafeez, F., Price, Z., MacDonald, D., Billotte, N. and Roberts, J.A. (2008) Molecular research in oil palm, the key oil crop for the future In Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants. (eds Moore, P.H. and Ming, R.) Springer, NY.

Kloda  J.M., Dean P.D.G., MacDonald, D.M. and Mayes, S. (2008). Using principle component analysis to compare genetic diversity across polyploidy levels within plant complexes: an example from British Restharrows ( Ononis spinosa and Ononis repens ). Heredity 100:253-260.

Haddrill, P.R., Shuker, D.M., Mayes, S. and Majerus, M.E.N. (2007). Transient benefits of multiple mating in the two-spot 1 ladybird, Adalia2 bipunctata .   European Journal of Entomology 104(3):393-398.

Basu S., Roberts, J.A., Azam-Ali, S. and Mayes, S (2007). Development of microsatellite markers for bambara
groundnut ( Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) — an underutilized African legume crop speciesMolecular Ecology Notes 7(6):1326-1328.

Basu, S., Mayes, S., Davey, M., Roberts, J.A., Azam-Ali, S.N., Mithren, R. and Pasquet, R.S. (2007) Inheritance of domestication traits in bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) Euphytica 157:59-68.

Price, Z., Hafeez, F., Billotte, N and Mayes, S. (2007) Plant genome. Biodiversity and Evolution: oil palm. Vol.1, Part D. A.K Sharma and A. Sharma (eds). Kluwer Publishing ISBN: 978-1-57808-420-2.

Basu, S., Roberts, J.A., Azam-ali, S.N. and Mayes, S. (2007) Bambara Groundnut. In: Kole, C.M., ed. Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants : Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops. 3. Springer, pp. 159-173

Dr Erik Murchie

Llorens, L., Llusia, J., Murchie, E.H., Penuelas, J., and Beerling, D.J. (2009) Monoterpene emissions and photoinhibition of "living fossil" trees grown under CO2 enrichment in a simulated Cretaceous polar environment. Journal of Geophysical research - Biogeosciences 114 Article Number:G01005.

Murchie, E.H., Pinto, M, and Horton, P. (2009) Agriculture and the new challenges for photosynthesis research. New Phytologist 181:532-552.

Nyarko, G., Alderson, P.G., Craigon, J., Murchie, E., and Sparkes, D.L. (2008) Comparison of cell membrane thermostability and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters for the determination of heat tolerance in ten cabbage lines. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 83:678-682.

Hubbart S, Peng S, Horton P, Chen Y, Murchie EH (2007) Trends in leaf photosynthesis in historical rice varieties developed in the Philippines since 1966. Journal of Experimental Botany, In Press

Lizana C, Wentworth M, Martinez JP, Villegas D, Meneses R, Murchie EH,Pastenes C, Lercari B, Vernieri P, Horton P and Pinto M (2006) Differential adaptation of two varieties of common bean to abiotic stress. I. Effects of drought on yield and photosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 57:685-697.

Wentworth M, Murchie EH, Gray JE, Villegas D, Pastenes C, Pinto M and Horton P (2006) Differential adaptation of two varieties of common bean to abiotic stress. II. Acclimation of photosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 57:699-709.

Xiaodong X, Wang Y, Williamson L, Holroyd GH, Tagliavia C, Murchie EH, Theobald J, Knight MR, Davies WJ, Leyser O, Hetherington AM (2006) The identification of genes involved in the stomatal responses to reduced atmospheric relative humidity. Current Biology 16:882-887.

Dr Brian Power (recently retired)

Davey, M., Anthony, P., Prentice R., Patel, D., Power, B.J., and Lowe, K.C. (2008) Ornamentals in Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Transgenic Plantation Crops, Ornamentals and Turf Grasses (Kole C and Hall TC eds.) pp 157-176. Blackwells.

Davey, M., Anthony, P., Power, B.J., and Lowe, K.C. (2008) Leafy Vegetables in Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Transgenic Vegetable Crops (Kole C and Hall TC eds.) pp 217-248. Blackwells.

Castellanos, M., Power, B., and Davey, M. (2008) Tissue culture technologies for micropropagation, in vitro regeneration and genetic improvement of Poinsettia. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 8:173-185.

Murthy, H.N., Dijkstra, C., Anthony, P., White, D.A., Davey, M.R., Power, J.B., Hahn, E.J., and Paek, K.Y. (2008) Establishment of Withania somnifera hairy root cultures for the production of withanolide A. Journal of Integrative Biology 50:975-981.

Davey, M., Anthony, P., Lowe, K., Castellanos, M., Ribas-Vargas, G., and Power, B. (2007) Somatic cell technologies for genetic improvement of ornamental plants. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 7:122-128.

Sipen, P., Anthony, P., Davey, M.R., and Power, J.B. (2007)Optimisation of micropropagation media for Malaysian banana (Musa spp.) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S276.

Bhattacharya, A., Davey, M., Power B., Ward, D., and Hedden, P. (2007) Genetic modification of plant stature by manipulation of gibberellin metabolism: an alternative to chemical growth regulators. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S275.

Aziz, Z.A., Davey, M.R., Power, J.B., Anthony, P., Smith, R.M., and Lowe, K.C. (2007) Production of asiaticoside and madecassoside in Centinella asiatica in vitro and in vivo. Biologica Plantarum 51:34-42.

Sripaoraya S., Keawsompong S., Insupa P., Power J.B., Davey M.R., Srinives (2006) Genetically manipulated pineapple: transgene stability, gene expression and herbicide tolerance under field conditions.  Plant Breeding 125, 411-413.

Castellanos M., Power J.B., Davey M.R. (2006) Somatic embryogenesis in red- and white-bract cultivars of poinsettia. Propagation of Ornamental Plants 6, 61-66.

Davey, M.R., Anthony,P., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2006) Plant protoplast biotechnology in floriculture. In Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology, J.A.Teixeira da Silva, ed Global Science Books, Japan), pp. 385-396.

Sripaoraya,S., Keawsompong,S., Insupa,P., Power,J.B., Davey,M.R., and Srinives,P. (2006) Genetically manipulated pineapple: transgene stability, gene expression and herbicide tolerance under field conditions.  Plant Breeding 125:1-3.

Anthony,P., Davey,M.R., Dijkstra,C., Catherall,A., Hill,R.J.A., Hampp,R., Martzivanou,M., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2005) Magnetic levitation ad gravity: Development of experimental techniques for application to biological systems. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 12:311-312.

Davey, M. R., Anthony, P., Power, J. B., and Davey, M. R. (2005) Plant protoplasts: status and biotechnological perspectives. Biotechnology Advances 23, 131-171.

Davey, M.R., Anthony,P., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2005) Plant protoplast technology: Current status. Acta Physiolgiae Plantarum 27:117-129.

Davey, M.R., Anthony,P., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2005) Plant protoplast technology: Status and applications. In Vitro Cell Developmental Biology - Plant 41:202-212.

Davey, M.R., Anthony,P., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2005) Isolation, culture and plant regeneration from leaf protoplasts of Passiflora. In Methods in Molecular Biology 318: Plant Cell Culture Protocols , V.M.Loyola-Vargas and F.Vazquez-Flota, eds (Totowa, NJ: Humana Press Inc), pp. 201-210.

Davey, M.R., Anthony,P., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2005) Isolation and culture of plant protoplasts: Historical perspectives and current status. In Journey of a Single Cell to a Plant, S.J.Murch and P.K.Saxena, eds (Enfield (NH), USA, Plymouth, UK.: Science Publishers, Inc.), pp. 37-57.

Dijkstra, C., Anthony,P., Davey,M.R., Catherall,A., Cox,S., Hill,R.J.A., Power,J.B., and Lowe,K.C. (2005) Magnetic levitation and gravity: Influences on microbial systems. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 12:297-298.

Garratt, L.C., Linforth,R., Taylor,A.J., Lowe,K.C., Power,J.B., and Davey,M.R. (2005) Metabolite fingerprinting in transgenic lettuce. Plant Biotechnology Journal 3:165-174.

Dr Kevin Pyke

Pyke, K.A. (2011) Analysis of plastid number, size, and distribution in Arabidopsis plants by light and fluorescence microscopy in chloroplast research in Arabidopsis (Ed. Jarvis, P). Methods in Molecular Biology. 774 Part1:19-32 (Springer).

Pyke, K.A. (2010) Plastid Division. AoB Plants doi:10.1093/aobpla/plq016.

Pyke, K.A. (2009) Plastid Biology. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. First Edition.  

Pyke, K.A. (2007) Plastid biogenesis and differentiation in Cell and Molecular Biology of Plastids. Topics in Current Genetics (Ed. R. Bock) 19, 1-28.

Pyke, K (2007) Plastid structure: Development and Differentiation.  Narrated Lecture on CD in the series The Chloroplast: the organelle that sustains us (ed. Hoober JK) . Henry Stewart Talks. London

White P.J., Leigh R.A., and Pyke K.A. (eds) (2006) Intracellular compartmentation: Biogenesis and Function. Journal of Experimental Botany Special Issue 58, 1.

Gonzalez-Bayan R, Kinsman E.A., Quesada V., Vera A., Robles P., Rosa Ponce M., Pyke K.A. (2006) Mutations in the RETICULATA gene dramatically alter internal architecture but have little effect on overall organ shape in Arabidopsis leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 3019-3031.

Forth, D and Pyke, K.A. (2006) The suffulta mutation in tomato reveals a novel method of plastid replication during fruit ripening.  Journal of Experimental Botany 57: 1971-1979.

Hammond, J.P., Bowen, H.C., White, P.J., Mills,V., Pyke,K.A., Baker, A.J.M., Whiting,S.N., May, S.T., and Broadley, M.R. (2006) A comparison of the Thlaspi caerulescens and T. arvense shoot transcriptomes. New Phytologist 170:239-260.

Pyke, K.A. (2006) Plastid Division: the squeezing gets tense. Current Biology 26:60-62.

Lopez, E.J. and Pyke, K.A. (2005) Plastids unleashed: their development and their integration in plant development. International Journal of Developmental Biology 49:557-577.

Dr Rumiana Ray

Imathiu, S.M., Ray, R.V., Back, M., Hare, M.C., and Edwards, S.G. (2009) Fusarium langsethiae pathogenicity and aggressiveness towards oats and wheat in wounded and unwounded in vitro detached leaf assays. European Journal of Plant Pathology 124:117-126.

Professor Jeremy Roberts

Black, V.J., Stewart, C.A., Roberts, J.A., and Black, C.R. (2012) Timing of exposure to ozone affects reproductive sensitivity and compensatory ability in Brassica campestris. Environmental and Experimental Botany 75:225-234.

Mayes, S., Massawe, F.J., Alderson, P.G., Roberts, J.A., Azam-Ali, S.N., Hermann, M. (2012) The potential for underutilized crops to improve security of food production. Journal of Experimental Botany 63:1075-1079.

Tracy, R., Black, C.R., Roberts, J.A., McNeill, A., Davidson, R., Tester, M., Samec M., Korosak, D., Sturrock, C., and Mooney, S.J. (2011) Quantifying the effect of soil compaction on three varieties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using X-ray Micro Computed Tomography (CT). Plant and Soil coi:10.1007/s11104-011-1022-5.

Saoirse, T.R., Black, C.R., Roberts, J.A., and Mooney, S.J. (2011) Soil compaction: a review of past and present techniques for investigating effects on root growth. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 91:1528-1537.

Tracy, S.R., Roberts, J.A., Black, C.R., McNeill, A., Davidson, R., and Mooney, S.J. (2010) The X-factor: visualizing undisturbed root architecture in soils using X-ray computed tomography. Journal of Experimental Botany 61:311-313.

Wagstaff, C., Yant, T.J.W., Stead, A.D., Buchanan-Wollaston, V., and Roberts, J.A. (2009) A molecular and structural characterization of senescing Arabidopsis siliques and comparison of transcriptional profiles with senescing petals and leaves. The Plant Journal 57:690-705.

Yang, T.F., Gonzalez-Carranza, Z.H., Maunders, M.J., and Roberts, J.A. (2008) Ethylene and the regulation of senescence processes in transgenic Nicotiana sylvestris plants.  Annals of Botany 101:301-310.

Gonzalez-Carranza, Z.H., Elliott, K.A., and Roberts, J.A. (2007) Expression of polygalacturonases and evidence to support their role during cell separation processes in Arabidopsis thaliana . Journal of Experimental Botany 58:3719-3730.

Basu, S., Roberts, J.A., Azam-Ali, S.N., and Mayes, S. (2007) Development of microsatellite markers for bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) - an under utilised African legume crop species. Molecular Econology Notes 7:1326-1328.

Gonzalez-Carranza, Z.H, Rompa, U., Peters, J.L., Bhatt, A.M., Wagstaff, C., Stead, A.D. and Roberts, J.A. (2007) HAWAIIAN SKIRT: an F-Box gene that regulates organ fusion and growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 144:1370-1382.

Roberts, J.A. and Gonzalez-Carranza, Z.H. (2007) Abscission in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (online) John Wiley & Sons.

Gattolin, S., Alandete-Saez, M., Elliott, K., Gonzalez-Carranza, Z., Naomab, E., Powell, C., and Roberts, J.A. (2006) Spatial and temporal expression of the response regulators ARR22 and ARR24 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 4225-4233.

Belfield, E.J., Ruperti, B., Roberts, J.A., and McQueen-Mason, S. (2005) Changes in expansin activity and gene expression during ethylene-promoted leaflet abscission in Sambucus nigra. Journal of Experimental Botany 58:817-823.

Massawe,F.J., Mwale,S.S., Azam-Ali,S.N., and Roberts,J.A. (2005) Breeding in bambara groundnut ( Vigna subetrranea (L.) Verdc.): strategic considerations. African Journal of Biotechnology 4:463-471.

Dr Tim Robbins

Sutherland, B.G., Tobutt, K.R. and Robbins, T.P. (2008) Trans-specific S-RNase and SFB alleles in Prunus self-incompatibility haplotypes.  Molecular Genetics and Genomics 279:95-106.

Tumusiime, S., Power,  J. B., and Robbins, T. P. Self-incompatibility in Coffea canephora and Petunia hybrida . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 143, P6.39, S182. 2006.

Sonneveld,T., Tobutt, K.R., Vaughan, S.P., and Robbins, T.P. (2005) Loss of pollen-S function in two self-compatible selections of Prunus avium is associated with deletion/mutation of an S haplotype-specific F-box gene. The Plant Cell 17:37-51.

Tumusiime, S., Power, J. B., and Robbins, T. P. Self-incompatibility in Coffea canephora and Petunia hybrida. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 141, P4/E4.26, S35. 2005.

Dr Steve Rossall

Huang, Y.J., Hood, J.R., Eckert, M.R., Stonard, J.F., Cools, H.J., King, G.J., Rossall, S., Ashworth, M., and Fitt, B.D.L. (2011) Effects of fungicide on growth of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa in relation to development of phoma stem canker on oilseed rapte (Brassica napus). Plant Pathology 60:607-620.

Eckert, M.R., Rossall, S., Selley, A., and Fitt, B.D.L. (2010) Effects of fungicides on in vitro spore germination and mycelial growth of the phytopathogens Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa (phoma stem canker of oilseed rape). Pest Management Science 66:396-405.

Omar, I., O'Neill,T.M., and Rossall, S. (2005) Biological control of fusarium crown and root rot of tomato with antagonistic bacteria and integrated control when combined with the fungicide carbendazim. Plant Pathology 54.

Professor Graham Seymour

Jaakola, L., Poole, M., Jones, M.O., Kämäräinen-Karppinen, T., Koskimäki, J.J., Hohtola, A., Häggman, H., Fraser, P.D., Manning, K., King, G.J., Thomson, H., and Seymour, G.B. (2010). A SQUAMOSA MADS-box gene involved in the regulation of anthocyanin accumulation in bilberry fruits. Plant Physiology (DOI:10.1104/pp.110.158279).

Cevik, V., Ryder, C.D., Popovich, A., Manning, K., King, G.J., and Seymour, G.B. (2010) A FRUITFULL-like gene is associated with genetic variation for fruit flesh firmness in apple ( Malus domestica Borkh.) Tree Genetics and Genomics 6:271-279.

Fabi, J.P., Cordenunsi, B.R., Seymour, G.B., Lajolo, F.M., and do Nascimento, J.R.O. (2009) Molecular cloning and characterization of a ripening-induced polygalacturonase related to papaya fruit softening. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 47:1075-1081.

Vrebalov, J., Pan, I.L., Arroyo, A.J.M., McQuinn, R., Chung, M., Poole, M., Rose, J.K.C., Seymour, G., Grandillo, S., Giovannoni, J., and Irish, V.F. (2009) Fleshy fruit expansion and ripening are regulated by the tomato SHATTERPROOF gene TAGL1 . Plant Cell 21:3041-3062.

Fernandez, Al., Viron, N., Alhagdow, M., Karimi, M., Jones, M., Amsellem, Z., Sicard, A., Czerednik, A., Angenent, G., Grierson, D., May, S., Seymour, G., Eshed, Y., Lemaire-Chamley, M., Rothan, C., and Hilson, P. (2009) Flexible rools for gene expression and silencing in tomato. Plant Physiology 151:1729-1740.

Kovacs, K., Fray, R., Tikunov, Y., Graham, N., Bradley, G., Seymour, G., Bovy, A., Grierson, D. (2009) Effect of tomato pleiotropic ripening mutations on flavour volatile biosynthesis. Phytochemistry 70:1003-1008.

Seymour, G., Poole, M., Manning, K., and King, G.J. (2008) Genetics and epigenetics of fruit development and ripening. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11:58-63.

Pilcher, R.L.R., Moxon, S., Pakseresht, N., Moulton, V., Manning, K., Seymour, G., and Dalmay, T. (2007) Identification of novel small RNAs in tomatoj (Solanum lycopersicum). Planta 226:709-717.

Seymour, G., and Manning, K. (2007) Developmental regulation of ripening in fleshy fruits. Comperative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S244.

Manning,K., Tor,M., Poole, M., Hong, Y., Thompson, A.J., King, G.J., Giovannoni, J.J., and Seymour, G.B. (2006) A naturally occurring epigenetic mutation in an SBPbox transcription factor inhibits tomato fruit ripening. Nature Genetics 10:1841.

Barry, C.S., McQuinn, R.P., Thompson, A.J., Seymour, G.B., Grierson, D., and Giovannoni,J.J. (2005) Ethylene insensitivity conferred by the Green-ripe (Gr) and Never-ripe 2 (Nr-2) ripening mutants of tomato. Plant Physiology 138:267-275.

Mueller, L.A., Tanksley, S.D., Giovannoni, J.J., van Eck, J., Stack, S., Choi, D., Kim, B.D., Chen, M.S., Cheng, Z.K., Li, C.Y., Ling, H.Q., Xue,Y.B., Seymour, G.B., Bishop, G., Bryan, G., Sharma, R., Khurana, J., Tyagi, A., Chattopadhyay, D., Singh, N.K., Stiekema,W., Lindhout, P., Jesse, T., Lankhorst, R.K., Bouzayen, M., Shibata, D., Tabata, S., Granell, A., Botella, M.A., Giuliano, G., Frusciante, L., Causse, M., and Zamir, D. (2005) The tomato sequencing project, the first corner stone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL). Comparative and Functional Genomics 6:153-158.

Seymour, G.B. and Bishop, G. (2005) Breeding better varieties through the tomato genome sequencing programme. The Grower:18-19.

Dr Debbie Sparkes

Nyarko, G., Alderson, P.G., Craigon, J., Murchie, E., and Sparkes, D.L. (2008) Comparison of cell membrane thermostability and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters for the determination of heat tolerance in ten cabbage lines. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 83:678-682.

Sparkes, D.L., Berry, P., and King, M. (2008) Effects of shade on root characters associated with lodging in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Annals of Applied Biology 152:389-395.

Nyarko, G, Alderson, P.G, Craigon, J and Sparkes, D.L. (2007) Induction and generation of flowering plants in cabbage by seed vernalization, gibberellic acid and ratooning. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 82:346-350.

Rollett, A.J., Sparkes, D.L. and Wilson, P. (2007) The legacy of stockless organic conversion strategies. Annals of Applied Biology 150:107-113.

Malnou, C. S., Jaggard, K. W. and Sparkes, D. L. (2006) A canopy approach to nitrogen fertilizer recommendations for the sugar beet crop. European Journal of Agronomy 25:254-263.

Sparkes, D., Wilson, P. and Rollett, A. (2006) Investigating the long term impact of organic conversion strategies. HGCA Project Report PR389.

Sparkes, D.L., Holmes, S.J. and Gaju, O., 2006. Does light quality initiate tiller death in wheat?. European Journal of Agronomy 24:212-217.

Dr Ranjan Swarup

Ge, L., Peer, W., Robert, S., Swarup, R., Ye, S., Prigge, M., Cohen, J.D., Friml, J., Murphy, A., Tang, D., and Estelle, M. (2010) Arabidopsis ROOT UVB SENSITIVE2/WEAK AUXIN RESPONSE1 is required for polar auxin transport. Plant Cell 22:1749-1761.

Ugartechea-Chirino, Y., Swarup, R., Swarup, K., Peret, B., Whitworth, M., Bennett, M., and Bougourd, S. (2010) The AUX1 LAX family of auxin inclux carriers is required for the establishment of embryonic root cell organization in Arabidopsis thaliana . Annals of Botany 105:277-289.

Vandenbussche, F., Petrasek, J., Zadnikova, P., Hoyerova, K., Pesek, B., Raz, V., Swarup, R., Bennett, M., Zazimalova, E., Benkova, E., and Van der Straeten, D. (2010) The auxin influx carriers AUX1 and LAX3 are involved in auxin-ethylene interactions during apical hook development in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Development 137:597-606.

French, A.P., Mills, S., Swarup, R., Bennett, M.J., and Pridmore,T.P. (2008) Colocalization of fluorescent markers in confocal microscope images of plant cells. Nature Protocols 3:619-628.

Laplaze, L., Benkova, E., Casimiro, I., Maes, L., Vanneste, S., Swarup, R., Weijers, D., Calvo, V., Parizot, B., Herrera-Rodriguez, M.B., Offringa, R., Graham, N., Doumas, P., Friml, J., Bogusz, D., Beeckman, T., and Bennett, M.J. (2007) Cytokinins Act Directly on Lateral Root Founder Cells to Inhibit Root Initiation. Plant Cell 10: 1105

Swarup, R., Perry, P.J., Hagenbeek, D., Van Der Straeten, D., Beemster, G.T.S., Sandberg, G., Bhalerao, R., Ljung, K., and Bennett, M.J. (2007) Ethylene Upregulates Auxin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Seedlings to Enhance Inhibition of Root Cell Elongation. Plant Cell 19: 2186-2196.

De Smet, I., Tetsumura, T., De Rybel ,B., Frei Dit Frey, N., Laplaze, L., Casimiro, I., Swarup, R., Naudts, M., Vanneste, S., Audenaert, D., Inze, D., Bennett, M.J., and Beeckman, T. (2007) Auxin-dependent regulation of lateral root positioning in the basal meristem of Arabidopsis. Development 134:681-90.

Kleine-Vehn, J., Dhonukshe, P., Swarup, R., Bennett, M.J., and Friml, J. (2006) Subcellular Trafficking of the Arabidopsis Auxin Influx Carrier AUX1 Uses a Novel Pathway Distinct from PIN1. The Plant Cell 18:3171-3181.

Dharmasiri, S., Swarup, R., Mockaitis, K., Dharmasiri, N., Singh, S.K., Kowalchyk, M., Marchant, A., Mills, S., Sandberg, G., Bennett, M.J., and Estelle, M. (2006) AXR4 is required for localization of the auxin influx facilitator AUX1. Science 312:1218-20.

Matusheski, N.V., Swarup, R., Juvik, J.A., Mithen, R., Bennett, M.J., and Jeffery, E.H. (2006) Epithiospecifier Protein from Broccoli ( Brassica oleracea L. ssp. italica ) Inhibits Formation of the Anticancer Agent Sulforaphane. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54: 2069-2076.

Dr Ian Taylor (recently retired)

Thompson, A.J., Mulholland, B.J., Jackson, A.C., Mckee, J.M.T., Hilton, H.W., Symonds, R.C., Sonneveld, T., Burbidge, A., Stevenson, P., and Taylor, I.B. (2007) Regulation and manipulation of ABA biosynthesis in roots. Plant Cell and Environment 30, 67-78.

Taylor, I.B., Sonneveld, T., Bugg, T.H., and Thompson, A.J. (2005) Regulation and manipulation of the biosynthesis of abscisic acid, including the supply of xanthophylls precursors. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 24:253-273.

Professor Zoe Wilson

Vizcay-Barrena, G., Webb., S.E.B., and Martin-Fernandez, M.L., and Wilson, Z.A. (2011) Subcellular and single-molecule imaging of plant fluorescent proteins using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM). Journal of Experimental Botany 62:5419-5428.

Ferjentsikova, I., and Wilson, Z. (2011) AMS function during late pollen meiosis and subsequent pollen wall formation. Conference Abstract: 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental-Biology 356:194.

Li, H., Yuan, Z., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Yang, C.Y., Liang, W.Q., Zong, J., Wilson, Z.A., and Zhang, D.B. (2011) PERSISTENT TAPETAL CELL1 encodes a PhD-Finger protein that is required for tapetal cell death and pollen development in rice. Plant Physiology 156:615-630.

Wilson, Z.A., Song, J., Taylor, B., Yang, C.Y. (2011) The final split: the regulation of another dehiscence. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, Special Issue SI:1633-1649.

Xu, J., Yang, C.Y., Yuan, Z., Zhang, D.S., Gondwe, M.Y., Ding, Z.W., Liang W.Q., Zhang, D.B., and Wilson, Z.A. (2010)

The ABORTED MICROSPORES regulatory network is required for postmeiotic male reproductive development in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell 22:91-107. 

Wang, C.M., Xu, J., Zhang, D.S., Wilson, Z.A., and Zhang, D.B. (2010) An effective approach for identificaitno of in vivo protein-DNA binding sites from paired-end ChIP-Seq data BMC. Bioinformatics 11 Article Number:81

Wilson, Z.A., and Zhang, D.B. (2009) From Arabidopsis to rice: pathways in pollen development. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:1479-1492.

Yang, C., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Conner, K., and Wilson, Z.A. (2007) MALE STERILITY1 is required for tapetal development and pollen wall biosynthesis. The Plant Cell 19:3530-3548.

Wilson, Z., Vizcay-Barrena, G., and Yang, C. (2007) Arabidopsis male sterility regulates programmed cell death in the anther tapetum and pollen wall development. Comperative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146: S203.

Vizcay-Barren, G, Wilson, Z.A (2006).  Altered tapetal PCD and pollen wall development in the Arabidopsis ms1 mutant Journal of Experimental Botany 57, 2709-2717.

Wilson, Z.A. and Yang, C.Y. (2004) Plant gametogenesis: conservation and contrasts in development. Reproduction 128:483-492.    

 

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