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Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth is associated with early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet (2023)
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de la Fuente, C., Grondin, A., Sine, B., Debieu, M., Belin, C., Hajjarpoor, A., …Laplaze, L. (2023). Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth is associated with early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet. eLife, 12, Article RP86169. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.86169.3

Seedling root traits impact plant establishment under challenging environments. Pearl millet is one of the most heat and drought tolerant cereal crops that provides a vital food source across the sub-Saharan Sahel region. Pearl millet’s early root sy... Read More about Glutaredoxin regulation of primary root growth is associated with early drought stress tolerance in pearl millet.

The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status (2023)
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Yu, C., Mawodza, T., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Whalley, R., …Mooney, S. J. (2024). The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status. Rhizosphere, 29, Article 100838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100838

Soil structure is a crucial soil physical property that determines a soil's ability to support the growth and development of plants. Soil compaction modifies soil structure by reducing pore space between soil particles thereby leading to a denser soi... Read More about The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status.

De novo transcriptome assembly of hyperaccumulating Noccaea praecox for gene discovery (2023)
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Bočaj, V., Pongrac, P., Fischer, S., & Likar, M. (2023). De novo transcriptome assembly of hyperaccumulating Noccaea praecox for gene discovery. Scientific Data, 10, Article 856. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02776-x

Hyperaccumulators are a group of plant species that accumulate high concentrations of one or more metal(loid)s in their above-ground tissues without showing any signs of toxicity. Several hyperaccumulating species belong to the Brassicaceae family, a... Read More about De novo transcriptome assembly of hyperaccumulating Noccaea praecox for gene discovery.

Reciprocal regulation of NagC and quorum sensing systems and their roles in hmsHFRS expression and biofilm formation in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (2023)
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Wiechmann, A., Garcia, V., Elton, L., Williams, P., & Atkinson, S. (2023). Reciprocal regulation of NagC and quorum sensing systems and their roles in hmsHFRS expression and biofilm formation in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Microbiology, 169(10), Article 001397. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001397

Biofilm formation by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is regulated by quorum sensing (QS) and dependent on the haemin storage locus hms, required for the extracellular polysaccharide poly-N-acetylglucosamine (poly-GlcNAc) production. In Escherichia coli N... Read More about Reciprocal regulation of NagC and quorum sensing systems and their roles in hmsHFRS expression and biofilm formation in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

Challenges facing sustainable protein production: Opportunities for cereals (2023)
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Safdar, L. B., Foulkes, M. J., Kleiner, F. H., Searle, I. R., Bhosale, R. A., Fisk, I. D., & Boden, S. A. (2023). Challenges facing sustainable protein production: Opportunities for cereals. Plant Communications, 4(6), Article 100716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100716

Rising demands for protein worldwide are likely to drive increases in livestock production, as meat provides ∼40% of dietary protein. This will come at a significant environmental cost, and a shift toward plant-based protein sources would therefore p... Read More about Challenges facing sustainable protein production: Opportunities for cereals.

Reviving grain quality in wheat through non-destructive phenotyping techniques like hyperspectral imaging (2023)
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Safdar, L. B., Dugina, K., Saeidan, A., Yoshicawa, G. V., Caporaso, N., Gapare, B., …Fisk, I. D. (2023). Reviving grain quality in wheat through non-destructive phenotyping techniques like hyperspectral imaging. Food and Energy Security, 12(5), Article e498. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.498

A long-term goal of breeders and researchers is to develop crop varieties that can resist environmental stressors and produce high yields. However, prioritising yield often compromises improvement of other key traits, including grain quality, which i... Read More about Reviving grain quality in wheat through non-destructive phenotyping techniques like hyperspectral imaging.

Molecular characterisation of defence of Brassica napus (Oilseed rape) to Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1 confirmed by functional analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana (2023)
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Sims, I., Jayaweera, D., Swarup, K., & Ray, R. V. (2023). Molecular characterisation of defence of Brassica napus (Oilseed rape) to Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1 confirmed by functional analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytopathology, 113(8), 1525-1536. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-22-0305-R

Rhizoctonia solani is a necrotrophic, soilborne fungal pathogen associated with significant establishment losses in Brassica napus (oilseed rape; OSR). The anastomosis group (AG) 2-1 of R. solani is the most virulent to OSR, causing damping-off, root... Read More about Molecular characterisation of defence of Brassica napus (Oilseed rape) to Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1 confirmed by functional analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype (2023)
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Mawodza, T., Zhou, H., Atkinson, B. S., Atkinson, J. A., Sturrock, C. J., Riche, A. B., …Mooney, S. J. (2023). Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype. Rhizosphere, 27, Article 100770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100770

Despite extensive research over the last century concerning the application of nitrogen fertilizer to support the production of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), our understanding on how this impacts on root growth in subsoils is limited. In this study,... Read More about Soil structure has a greater effect on the rooting of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) than nitrogen fertilisation rate or genotype.

Combined genomics to discover genes associated with tolerance to soil carbonate (2023)
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Busoms, S., Pérez‐Martín, L., Terés, J., Huang, X., Yant, L., Tolrà, R., …Poschenrieder, C. (2023). Combined genomics to discover genes associated with tolerance to soil carbonate. Plant, Cell and Environment, 46(12), 3986-3998. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14691

Carbonate‐rich soils limit plant performance and crop production. Previously, local adaptation to carbonated soils was detected in wild Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, allowing the selection of two demes with contrasting phenotypes: A1 (carbonate to... Read More about Combined genomics to discover genes associated with tolerance to soil carbonate.

ERFVII action and modulation through oxygen-sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana (2023)
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Zubrycka, A., Dambire, C., Dalle Carbonare, L., Sharma, G., Boeckx, T., Swarup, K., …Holdsworth, M. J. (2023). ERFVII action and modulation through oxygen-sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Communications, 14, Article 4665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40366-y

Oxygen is a key signalling component of plant biology, and whilst an oxygen-sensing mechanism was previously described in Arabidopsis thaliana, key features of the associated PLANT CYSTEINE OXIDASE (PCO) N-degron pathway and Group VII ETHYLENE RESPON... Read More about ERFVII action and modulation through oxygen-sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana.

A phloem‐localized Arabidopsis metacaspase (AtMC3) improves drought tolerance (2023)
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Pitsili, E., Rodriguez‐Trevino, R., Ruiz‐Solani, N., Demir, F., Kastanaki, E., Dambire, C., …Coll, N. S. (2023). A phloem‐localized Arabidopsis metacaspase (AtMC3) improves drought tolerance. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19022

Increasing drought phenomena pose a serious threat to agricultural productivity. Although plants have multiple ways to respond to the complexity of drought stress, the underlying mechanisms of stress sensing and signaling remain unclear. The role of... Read More about A phloem‐localized Arabidopsis metacaspase (AtMC3) improves drought tolerance.

Assessment of differences in peat physico-chemical properties, surface subsidence and GHG emissions between the major land-uses of Selangor peatlands (2023)
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Dhandapani, S., Evers, S., Boyd, D., Evans, C. D., Page, S., Parish, F., & Sjogersten, S. (2023). Assessment of differences in peat physico-chemical properties, surface subsidence and GHG emissions between the major land-uses of Selangor peatlands. CATENA, 230, Article 107255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107255

Tropical peatlands are globally important ecosystems for carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, water storage and regulation, and several other valuable ecosystem services. Despite their importance, peatlands in Southeast Asia have been heavily d... Read More about Assessment of differences in peat physico-chemical properties, surface subsidence and GHG emissions between the major land-uses of Selangor peatlands.

Conformational analysis and interaction of the Staphylococcus aureus transmembrane peptidase AgrB with its AgrD propeptide substrate (2023)
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Bardelang, P., Murray, E. J., Blower, I., Zandomeneghi, S., Goode, A., Hussain, R., …Bonev, B. B. (2023). Conformational analysis and interaction of the Staphylococcus aureus transmembrane peptidase AgrB with its AgrD propeptide substrate. Frontiers in Chemistry, 11, Article 1113885. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2023.1113885

Virulence gene expression in the human pathogen, S. aureus is regulated by the agr (accessory gene regulator) quorum sensing (QS) system which is conserved in diverse Gram-positive bacteria. The agr QS signal molecule is an autoinducing peptide (AIP)... Read More about Conformational analysis and interaction of the Staphylococcus aureus transmembrane peptidase AgrB with its AgrD propeptide substrate.

Four-factor risk score for the prediction of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis (2023)
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Koduri, G. M., Podlasek, A., Pattapola, S., Zhang, J., Laila, D., Nandagudi, A., …Kelly, C. (2023). Four-factor risk score for the prediction of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology International, 43, 1515–1523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-023-05313-6

Objective: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the commonest systemic complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and carries a significant morbidity and mortality burden. We aimed to identify key variables to risk-stratify RA pati... Read More about Four-factor risk score for the prediction of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis.

World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention (2023)
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Grunwald, I. Q., Mathias, K., Bertog, S., Snyder, K. V., Sievert, H., Siddiqui, A., …Hopkins, N. L. (2023). World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention. Advances in Interventional Cardiology / Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 19(1), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2023.124742

Introduction: Today, endovascular treatment (EVT) is the therapy of choice for strokes due to acute large vessel occlusion, irrespective of prior thrombolysis. This necessitates fast, coordinated multi-specialty collaboration. Currently, in most coun... Read More about World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST) multispecialty training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention.

Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters (2023)
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Ware, A., Jones, D. H., Flis, P., Chrysanthou, E., Smith, K. E., Kümpers, B. M., …Bishopp, A. (2023). Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters. Current Biology, 33(9), 1795-1802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.025

Organ loss occurs frequently during plant and animal evolution. Sometimes, non-functional organs are retained through evolution. Vestigial organs are defined as genetically determined structures that have lost their ancestral (or salient) function. D... Read More about Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters.

Endoreplication controls cell size via mechanochemical signaling (2023)
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Bhosale, R., & Vissenberg, K. (2023). Endoreplication controls cell size via mechanochemical signaling. Trends in Plant Science, 28(6), 611-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.03.016

During hypocotyl development, an asymmetric auxin gradient causes differential cell elongation, leading to tissue bending and apical hook formation. Recently, Ma et al. identified a molecular pathway that links auxin with endoreplication and cell siz... Read More about Endoreplication controls cell size via mechanochemical signaling.