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Integrating phenotyping and modelling approaches StomaGAN: improving image-based analysis of stomata through generative adversarial networks (2025)
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Gibbs, J. A., & Gibbs, A. J. (2025). Integrating phenotyping and modelling approaches StomaGAN: improving image-based analysis of stomata through generative adversarial networks. in silico Plants, 7(1), Article diaf002. https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diaf002

Stomata regulate gas exchange between plants and the atmosphere, but analysing their morphology is challenging due to anatomical variability and artifacts during image acquisition. Deep learning (DL) can address these challenges but often requires la... Read More about Integrating phenotyping and modelling approaches StomaGAN: improving image-based analysis of stomata through generative adversarial networks.

Application of deep learning for the analysis of stomata: a review of current methods and future directions (2024)
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Gibbs, J. A., & Burgess, A. J. (2024). Application of deep learning for the analysis of stomata: a review of current methods and future directions. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(21), 6704-6718. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae207

Plant physiology and metabolism relies on the function of stomata, structures on the surface of above ground organs, which facilitate the exchange of gases with the atmosphere. The morphology of the guard cells and corresponding pore which make up th... Read More about Application of deep learning for the analysis of stomata: a review of current methods and future directions.

Mass screening of rice mutant populations at low CO2 for identification of lowered photorespiration and respiration rates (2023)
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Mubarak, A. N., Burgess, A. J., Pyke, K., Quick, W. P., & Murchie, E. H. (2023). Mass screening of rice mutant populations at low CO2 for identification of lowered photorespiration and respiration rates. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, Article 1125770. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1125770

Introduction: Identifying rice (Oryza sativa) germplasm with improved efficiency of primary metabolism is of utmost importance in order to increase yields. One such approach can be attained through screening genetically diverse populations under alte... Read More about Mass screening of rice mutant populations at low CO2 for identification of lowered photorespiration and respiration rates.

Paving the way towards future-proofing our crops (2023)
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Baekelandt, A., Saltenis, V. L., Nacry, P., Malyska, A., Cornelissen, M., Nanda, A. K., Nair, A., Rogowsky, P., Pauwels, L., Muller, B., Collén, J., Blomme, J., Pribil, M., Scharff, L. B., Davies, J., Wilhelm, R., Rolland, N., Harbinson, J., Boerjan, W., Murchie, E. H., …Parry, M. A. (2023). Paving the way towards future-proofing our crops. Food and Energy Security, 12(3), Article e441. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.441

To meet the increasing global demand for food, feed, fibre and other plant-derived products, a steep increase in crop productivity is a scientifically and technically challenging imperative. The CropBooster-P project, a response to the H2020 call ‘Fu... Read More about Paving the way towards future-proofing our crops.

Space farming: Horticulture systems on spacecraft and outlook to planetary space exploration (2022)
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Nguyen, M. T. P., Knowling, M., Tran, N. N., Burgess, A., Fisk, I., Watt, M., Escribà-Gelonch, M., This, H., Culton, J., & Hessel, V. (2023). Space farming: Horticulture systems on spacecraft and outlook to planetary space exploration. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 194, 708-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.12.017

Successful human space exploration requires more products than can be taken as payload. There is a need, therefore, for in-space circular manufacturing. Requirements for this include limited resource inflow, from either Earth or other planets and the... Read More about Space farming: Horticulture systems on spacecraft and outlook to planetary space exploration.

Improving crop yield potential: Underlying biological processes and future prospects (2022)
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Burgess, A. J., Masclaux‐Daubresse, C., Strittmatter, G., Weber, A. P. M., Taylor, S. H., Harbinson, J., Yin, X., Long, S., Paul, M. J., Westhoff, P., Loreto, F., Ceriotti, A., Saltenis, V. L. R., Pribil, M., Nacry, P., Scharff, L. B., Jensen, P. E., Muller, B., Cohan, J., Foulkes, J., …Baekelandt, A. (2023). Improving crop yield potential: Underlying biological processes and future prospects. Food and Energy Security, 12(1), Article e435. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.435

The growing world population and global increases in the standard of living both result in an increasing demand for food, feed and other plant‐derived products. In the coming years, plant‐based research will be among the major drivers ensuring food s... Read More about Improving crop yield potential: Underlying biological processes and future prospects.

The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change (2022)
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Burgess, A. J., Correa Cano, M. E., & Parkes, B. (2022). The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change. Crop and Environment, 1(2), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crope.2022.05.001

Food security is threatened by the combined pressures of increasing populations and climate change. Agricultural land is vulnerable to overexploitation and environmental change. Within this review, we identify the role of multiple cropping systems as... Read More about The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change.

Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica (2022)
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Durand, M., Stangl, Z. R., Salmon, Y., Burgess, A. J., Murchie, E. H., & Robson, T. M. (2022). Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica. New Phytologist, 235(4), 1365-1378. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18222

Sunflecks are transient patches of direct radiation that provide a substantial proportion of the daily irradiance to leaves in the lower canopy. In this position, faster photosynthetic induction would allow for higher sunfleck-use efficiency, as is c... Read More about Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica.