Outputs (101)

The modern pollen-vegetation relationships of a tropical forest-savannah mosaic landscape, Ghana, West Africa. (2017)
Journal Article
Julier, A. C., Jardine, P. E., Adu-Bredu, S., Coe, A. L., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Fraser, W. T., Lomax, B. H., Malhi, Y., Moore, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K., & Gosling, W. D. (2018). The modern pollen-vegetation relationships of a tropical forest-savannah mosaic landscape, Ghana, West Africa. Palynology, 42(3), 324-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2017.1356392

Transitions between forest and savannah vegetation types in fossil pollen records are often poorly understood due to over-production by taxa such as Poaceae and a lack of modern pollen–vegetation studies. Here, modern pollen assemblages from within a... Read More about The modern pollen-vegetation relationships of a tropical forest-savannah mosaic landscape, Ghana, West Africa..

Direct and indirect influences of intercrops on the coconut defoliator Opisina arenosella (2017)
Journal Article
Shameer, K., Nasser, M., Mohan, C., & Hardy, I. C. (2018). Direct and indirect influences of intercrops on the coconut defoliator Opisina arenosella. Journal of Pest Science, 91(1), 259-275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0904-6

Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) infestation by Opisina arenosella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in the Indian sub-continent may occur in November to May each year in the same or adjoining areas of plantations. Parasitoids of O. arenosella may also be con... Read More about Direct and indirect influences of intercrops on the coconut defoliator Opisina arenosella.

Computed tomography in veterinary medicine: currently published and tomorrow’s vision (2017)
Book Chapter
Keane, M., Paul, E., Sturrock, C., Rauch, C., & Rutland, C. S. (in press). Computed tomography in veterinary medicine: currently published and tomorrow’s vision. In A. M. Halefoğlu (Ed.), Computed tomography: advanced applications. InTechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68556

The utilisation of Computed Tomography (CT) in veterinary practice has been increasing rapidly in line with reduced cost, improved availability and the increase in expertise and technology. This review briefly examines the recent technological advanc... Read More about Computed tomography in veterinary medicine: currently published and tomorrow’s vision.

Post-mortem oxygen isotope exchange within cultured diatom silica (2017)
Journal Article
Tyler, J. J., Sloane, H. J., Rickaby, R. E., Cox, E. J., & Leng, M. J. (2017). Post-mortem oxygen isotope exchange within cultured diatom silica. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 31(20), 1749-1760. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7954

Rationale

Potential post-mortem alteration to the oxygen isotope composition of biogenic silica is critical to the validity of palaeoclimate reconstructions based on oxygen isotope ratios (δ18O values) from sedimentary silica. We calculate the deg... Read More about Post-mortem oxygen isotope exchange within cultured diatom silica.

Intrinsic disorder in the partitioning protein KorB persists after co-operative complex formation with operator DNA and KorA (2017)
Journal Article
Hyde, E. I., Callow, P., Rajasekar, K. V., Timmins, P., Patel, T. P., Siligardi, G., Hussain, R., White, S. A., Thomas, C. M., & Scott, D. J. (2017). Intrinsic disorder in the partitioning protein KorB persists after co-operative complex formation with operator DNA and KorA. Biochemical Journal, 474(18), 3121-3135. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20170281

© 2017 The Author(s). The ParB protein, KorB, from the RK2 plasmid is required for DNA partitioning and transcriptional repression. It acts co-operatively with other proteins, including the repressor KorA. Like many multifunctional proteins, KorB con... Read More about Intrinsic disorder in the partitioning protein KorB persists after co-operative complex formation with operator DNA and KorA.

A structural study of Acacia nilotica and Acacia modesta gums (2017)
Journal Article
Massey, S., MacNaughtan, W., Williams, H. E., Wolf, B., & Iqbal, M. S. (2017). A structural study of Acacia nilotica and Acacia modesta gums. Carbohydrate Polymers, 175, 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.07.065

Superficially similar carbohydrate polymers from similar sources can have dramatically different characteristics. This work seeks to examine the molecular properties responsible for these differences. Protons responsible for cross-polarization in the... Read More about A structural study of Acacia nilotica and Acacia modesta gums.

Accelerating root system phenotyping of seedlings through a computer‑assisted processing pipeline (2017)
Journal Article
Dupuy, L. X., Wright, G., Thompson, J. A., Taylor, A., Dekeyser, S., White, C. P., Thomas, W. T., Nightingale, M., Hammond, J. P., Graham, N. S., Thomas, C. L., Broadley, M. R., & White, P. J. (2017). Accelerating root system phenotyping of seedlings through a computer‑assisted processing pipeline. Plant Methods, 13(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0207-1

Background: There are numerous systems and techniques to measure the growth of plant roots. However, phenotyping large numbers of plant roots for breeding and genetic analyses remains challenging. One major difficulty is to achieve high throughput an... Read More about Accelerating root system phenotyping of seedlings through a computer‑assisted processing pipeline.

Protein content prediction in single wheat kernels using hyperspectral imaging (2017)
Journal Article
Caporaso, N., Whitworth, M. B., & Fisk, I. D. (2018). Protein content prediction in single wheat kernels using hyperspectral imaging. Agroforestry Systems, 240, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.048

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) combines Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and digital imaging to give information about the chemical properties of objects and their spatial distribution. Protein content is one of the most important quality factors in whe... Read More about Protein content prediction in single wheat kernels using hyperspectral imaging.

Quantification of root water uptake in soil using X-ray Computed Tomography and image based modelling (2017)
Journal Article
Daly, K. R., Tracy, S. R., Crout, N. M., Mairhofer, S., Pridmore, T. P., Mooney, S. J., & Roose, T. (2018). Quantification of root water uptake in soil using X-ray Computed Tomography and image based modelling. Plant, Cell and Environment, 41(1), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12983

Spatially averaged models of root-soil interactions are often used to calculate plant water uptake. Using a combination of X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) and image based modelling we tested the accuracy of this spatial averaging by directly calculati... Read More about Quantification of root water uptake in soil using X-ray Computed Tomography and image based modelling.

A novel low-temperature mashing schedule for brewing with unmalted sorghum: optimisation (2017)
Journal Article
Holmes, C., Casey, J., & Cook, D. J. (2017). A novel low-temperature mashing schedule for brewing with unmalted sorghum: optimisation. Monatsschrift fur brauwissenschaft (Internet), 70(5/6),

Laboratory mashing experiments were used to investigate and optimise protocols for mashing with unmalted sorghum using a novel low-temperature (Tmax = 78 °C) enzyme blend and mash schedule. Results are compared with equivalent data for a traditional... Read More about A novel low-temperature mashing schedule for brewing with unmalted sorghum: optimisation.