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Chlorophyll fluorescence-based high-throughput phenotyping facilitates the genetic dissection of photosynthetic heat tolerance in African (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian (Oryza sativa) rice (2023)
Journal Article
Robson, J. K., Ferguson, J. N., McAusland, L., Atkinson, J. A., Tranchant-Dubreuil, C., Cubry, P., …Murchie, E. H. (2023). Chlorophyll fluorescence-based high-throughput phenotyping facilitates the genetic dissection of photosynthetic heat tolerance in African (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian (Oryza sativa) rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(17), 5181-5197. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad239

Rising temperatures and extreme heat events threaten rice production. Half of the global population relies on rice for basic nutrition, and therefore developing heat-tolerant rice is essential. During vegetative development, reduced photosynthetic ra... Read More about Chlorophyll fluorescence-based high-throughput phenotyping facilitates the genetic dissection of photosynthetic heat tolerance in African (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian (Oryza sativa) rice.

Abiotic stress, acclimation, and adaptation in carbon fixation processes (2022)
Book Chapter
Murchie, E. H., McAusland, L., & Burgess, A. J. (2022). Abiotic stress, acclimation, and adaptation in carbon fixation processes. In A. Ruban, C. H. Foyer, & E. H. Murchie (Eds.), Photosynthesis in Action: Harvesting Light, Generating Electrons, Fixing Carbon (103-132). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-823781-6.00011-3

Chloroplast CO2 assimilation rate is highly sensitive to environmental changes, and this has a great influence on productivity. Changes in temperature, light, humidity, nutrients, and salinity can all affect processes that limit photosynthesis. In th... Read More about Abiotic stress, acclimation, and adaptation in carbon fixation processes.

A Deep Learning Method for Fully Automatic Stomatal Morphometry and Maximal Conductance Estimation (2021)
Journal Article
Gibbs, J. A., Mcausland, L., Robles-Zazueta, C. A., Murchie, E. H., & Burgess, A. J. (2021). A Deep Learning Method for Fully Automatic Stomatal Morphometry and Maximal Conductance Estimation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, Article 780180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.780180

Stomata are integral to plant performance, enabling the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the plant. The anatomy of stomata influences conductance properties with the maximal conductance rate, gsmax, calculated from density and size. Howev... Read More about A Deep Learning Method for Fully Automatic Stomatal Morphometry and Maximal Conductance Estimation.

Anisohydric sugar beet rapidly responds to light to optimize leaf water use efficiency utilizing numerous small stomata (2020)
Journal Article
Barratt, G. E., Sparkes, D. L., McAusland, L., & Murchie, E. H. (2021). Anisohydric sugar beet rapidly responds to light to optimize leaf water use efficiency utilizing numerous small stomata. AoB PLANTS, 13(1), Article plaa067. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plaa067

© 2020 The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company. Under conditions of high transpiration and low soil water availability, the demand for water can exceed supply causing a reduction in water pot... Read More about Anisohydric sugar beet rapidly responds to light to optimize leaf water use efficiency utilizing numerous small stomata.

Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent (2020)
Journal Article
McAusland, L., Vialet‐Chabrand, S., Jauregui, I., Burridge, A., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Fryer, M. J., …Murchie, E. H. (2020). Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent. New Phytologist, 228(6), 1767-1780. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16832

©2020 The Authors. New Phytologist ©2020 New Phytologist Trust The wild relatives of modern wheat represent an underutilized source of genetic and phenotypic diversity and are of interest in breeding owing to their wide adaptation to diverse environm... Read More about Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent.

Growth Spectrum Complexity Dictates Aromatic Intensity in Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) (2020)
Journal Article
Smith-Herman, H. L., McAusland, L., Lim, M.-T., Morris, D. E., Smith, H. L., Mohammed, U., …Murchie, E. H. (2020). Growth Spectrum Complexity Dictates Aromatic Intensity in Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, Article 462. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00462

© Copyright © 2020 McAusland, Lim, Morris, Smith-Herman, Mohammed, Hayes-Gill, Crowe, Fisk and Murchie. Advancements in availability and specificity of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have facilitated trait modification of high-value edible herbs and ve... Read More about Growth Spectrum Complexity Dictates Aromatic Intensity in Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.).

High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions (2019)
Journal Article
McAusland, L., Murchie, E., & Atkinson, J. (2019). High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions. Plant Methods, 15, Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-019-0485-x

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: As yields of major crops such as wheat (T. aestivum) have begun to plateau in recent years, there is growing pressure to efficiently phenotype large populations for traits associated with genetic advancement in yield... Read More about High throughput procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to phenotype dynamic photosynthesis and photoprotection in leaves under controlled gaseous conditions.

Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) (2019)
Journal Article
Przewieslik-Allen, A. M., Burridge, A. J., Wilkinson, P. A., Winfield, M. O., Shaw, D. S., McAusland, L., …Barker, G. L. (2019). Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, Article 1993. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01993

The genus Aegilops contains a diverse collection of wild species exhibiting variation in geographical distribution, ecological adaptation, ploidy and genome organization. Aegilops is the most closely related genus to Triticum which includes cultivate... Read More about Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).

Overexpression of the RieskeFeS protein increasese electron transport rates and biomass yield (2017)
Journal Article
Simkin, A. J., McAusland, L., Lawson, T., & Raines, C. A. (in press). Overexpression of the RieskeFeS protein increasese electron transport rates and biomass yield. Plant Physiology, 175, https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00622

In this study, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants overexpressing the Rieske FeS protein (PetC), a component of the cytochrome b6f (cyt b6f) complex. Increasing the levels of this protein resulted in concomitant increase... Read More about Overexpression of the RieskeFeS protein increasese electron transport rates and biomass yield.

Temporal dynamics of stomatal behavior: modeling and implications for photosynthesis and water use (2017)
Journal Article
Vialet-Chabrand, S. R., Matthews, J. S., McAusland, L., Blatt, M. R., Griffiths, H., & Lawson, T. (2017). Temporal dynamics of stomatal behavior: modeling and implications for photosynthesis and water use. Plant Physiology, 174(2), https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00125

Stomata control gaseous exchange between the leaf and bulk atmosphere limiting CO2 uptake for photosynthesis and water loss by transpiration, and therefore determine plant productivity and water use efficiency. In order to function efficiently, stoma... Read More about Temporal dynamics of stomatal behavior: modeling and implications for photosynthesis and water use.