Outputs (103)

Groundwater quality beneath an Asian megacity on a delta: Kolkata’s (Calcutta’s) disappearing arsenic and present manganese (2018)
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McArthur, J., Sikdar, P., Leng, M., Ghosal, U., & Sen, I. (in press). Groundwater quality beneath an Asian megacity on a delta: Kolkata’s (Calcutta’s) disappearing arsenic and present manganese. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(9), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04996

Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, exploits groundwater for public water-supply. The groundwater has been reported to be widely polluted by arsenic (As). Analysis for As in 280 groundwaters from across Kolkata, failed to detect As concentratio... Read More about Groundwater quality beneath an Asian megacity on a delta: Kolkata’s (Calcutta’s) disappearing arsenic and present manganese.

Symposium review: Uncertainties in enteric methane inventories, measurement techniques, and prediction models (2018)
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Hristov, A., Kebreab, E., Niu, M., Oh, J., Bannink, A., Bayat, A., Boland, T., Brito, A., Casper, D., Crompton, L., Dijkstra, J., Eugène, M., Garnsworthy, P., Haque, N., Hellwing, A., Huhtanen, P., Kreuzer, M., Kuhla, B., Lund, P., Madsen, J., …Yu, Z. (2018). Symposium review: Uncertainties in enteric methane inventories, measurement techniques, and prediction models. Journal of Dairy Science, 101(7), 6655-6674. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-13536

Ruminant production systems are important contributors to anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions, but there are large uncertainties in national and global livestock CH4 inventories. Sources of uncertainty in enteric CH4 emissions include animal invent... Read More about Symposium review: Uncertainties in enteric methane inventories, measurement techniques, and prediction models.

Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (2018)
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Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., Yang, J., Dievart, A., Bureau, C., Ljung, K., Price, A., Rose, T., Larrieu, A., Mairhofer, S., Sturrock, C. J., White, P., Dupuy, L., Hawkesford, M., Perin, C., Liang, W., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03850-4

Root traits such as root angle and hair length influence resource acquisition particularly for immobile nutrients like phosphorus (P). Here, we attempted to modify root angle in rice by disrupting the OsAUX1 auxin influx transporter gene in an effort... Read More about Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate.

A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (2018)
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Giehl, R. F. H., Bhosale, R., Giri, J., Pandey, B. K., Giehl, R. F., Hartmann, A., Traini, R., Truskina, J., Leftley, N., Hanlon, M., Swarup, K., Rashed, A., Voß, U., Alonso, J., Stepanova, A., Yun, J., Ljung, K., Brown, K. M., Lynch, J. P., Dolan, L., …Swarup, R. (2018). A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03851-3

Phosphate (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth. Roots employ adaptive mechanisms to forage for P in soil. Root hair elongation is particularly important since P is immobile. Here we report that auxin plays a critical role promoting root... Read More about A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate.

Endophytic Bacillus spp. from medicinal plants inhibit mycelial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and promote plant growth (2018)
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Ansary, M. W. R., Prince, M. F. R. K., Haque, E., Sultana, F., West, H. M., Rahman, M. M., Mondol, M., Akanda, A. M., Rahman, M., Clarke, M. L., & Islam, M. T. (2018). Endophytic Bacillus spp. from medicinal plants inhibit mycelial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and promote plant growth. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C, 73(5-6), https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2018-0002

Plant growth promoting bacteria that are also capable of suppressing plant pathogenic fungi play an important role in sustainable agriculture. There is a critical need of conducting research to discover, characterize and evaluate efficacy of new stra... Read More about Endophytic Bacillus spp. from medicinal plants inhibit mycelial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and promote plant growth.

Structural modeling of an outer membrane electron conduit from a metal-reducing bacterium suggests electron transfer via periplasmic redox partners (2018)
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Edwards, M. J., White, G. F., Lockwood, C. W., Lawes, M. C., Martel, A., Harris, G., Scott, D. J., Richardson, D. J., Butt, J. N., & Clarke, T. A. (2018). Structural modeling of an outer membrane electron conduit from a metal-reducing bacterium suggests electron transfer via periplasmic redox partners. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(21), 8103-8112. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.001850

Many subsurface microorganisms couple their metabolism to the reduction or oxidation of extracellular substrates. For example, anaerobic mineral-respiring bacteria can use external metal oxides as terminal electron acceptors during respiration. Porin... Read More about Structural modeling of an outer membrane electron conduit from a metal-reducing bacterium suggests electron transfer via periplasmic redox partners.

Measuring sustainable intensification: combining composite indicators and efficiency analysis to account for positive externalities in cereal production (2018)
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Areal, F. J., Jones, P. J., Mortimer, S. R., & Wilson, P. (2018). Measuring sustainable intensification: combining composite indicators and efficiency analysis to account for positive externalities in cereal production. Land Use Policy, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.001

We combine the use of a stochastic frontier analysis framework and composite indicators for farm provision of environmental goods to obtain a farm level composite indicator reflecting sustainable intensification. The novel sustainable intensification... Read More about Measuring sustainable intensification: combining composite indicators and efficiency analysis to account for positive externalities in cereal production.

Characterisation of insulin analogues therapeutically available to patients (2018)
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Adams, G. G., Meal, A., Morgan, P. S., Alzahrani, Q. E., Zobel, H., Lithgo, R., Kok, M. S., Besong, D. T., Jiwani, S. I., Ballance, S., Harding, S. E., Gillis, R. B., & Chayen, N. (2018). Characterisation of insulin analogues therapeutically available to patients. PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article e0195010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195010

The structure and function of clinical dosage insulin and its analogues were assessed. This included ‘native insulins’ (human recombinant, bovine, porcine), ‘fast-acting analogues’ (aspart, glulisine, lispro) and ‘slow-acting analogues’ (glargine, de... Read More about Characterisation of insulin analogues therapeutically available to patients.

A lexicon of DNA modifications: their roles in embryo development and the germline (2018)
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Zhu, Q., Stöger, R., & Alberio, R. (2018). A lexicon of DNA modifications: their roles in embryo development and the germline. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 6, Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2018.00024

5-methylcytosine (5mC) on CpG dinucleotides has been viewed as the major epigenetic modification in eukaryotes for a long time. Apart from 5mC, additional DNA modifications have been discovered in eukaryotic genomes. Many of these modifications are t... Read More about A lexicon of DNA modifications: their roles in embryo development and the germline.

Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale (2018)
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Metcalfe, H., Milne, A., Webster, R., Lark, R., Murdoch, A., Kanelo, L., & Storkey, J. (in press). Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale. Weed Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12300

The distribution of Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) in fields is patchy. The locations of these patches can be influenced by the environment. This presents an opportunity for precision management through patch spraying. We surveyed five fields o... Read More about Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale.