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A two-step adaptive walk rewires nutrient transport in a challenging edaphic environment (2022)
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Tergemina, E., Elfarargi, A. F., Flis, P., Fulgione, A., Göktay, M., Neto, C., …Hancock, A. M. (2022). A two-step adaptive walk rewires nutrient transport in a challenging edaphic environment. Science Advances, 8(20), Article eabm9385. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm9385

Most well-characterized cases of adaptation involve single genetic loci. Theory suggests that multilocus adaptive walks should be common, but these are challenging to identify in natural populations. Here, we combine trait mapping with population gen... Read More about A two-step adaptive walk rewires nutrient transport in a challenging edaphic environment.

Root system size and root hair length are key phenes for nitrate acquisition and biomass production across natural variation in Arabidopsis (2022)
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De Pessemier, J., Moturu, T. R., Nacry, P., Ebert, R., De Gernier, H., Tillard, P., …Hermans, C. (2022). Root system size and root hair length are key phenes for nitrate acquisition and biomass production across natural variation in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73(11), 3569-3583

The role of root phenes in nitrogen (N) acquisition and biomass production was evaluated in 10 contrasting natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana L. Seedlings were grown on vertical agar plates with two different nitrate supplies. The low N treat... Read More about Root system size and root hair length are key phenes for nitrate acquisition and biomass production across natural variation in Arabidopsis.

The Impact of Consuming Zinc-Biofortified Wheat Flour on Haematological Indices of Zinc and Iron Status in Adolescent Girls in Rural Pakistan: A Cluster-Randomised, Double-Blind, Controlled Effectiveness Trial (2022)
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Gupta, S., Zaman, M., Fatima, S., Shahzad, B., Brazier, A. K. M., Moran, V. H., …Lowe, N. M. (2022). The Impact of Consuming Zinc-Biofortified Wheat Flour on Haematological Indices of Zinc and Iron Status in Adolescent Girls in Rural Pakistan: A Cluster-Randomised, Double-Blind, Controlled Effectiveness Trial. Nutrients, 14(8), Article 1657. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14081657

Biofortification of wheat is potentially a sustainable strategy to improve zinc intake; however, evidence of its effectiveness is needed. A household-based, double-blind, cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in rural Pakistan. The... Read More about The Impact of Consuming Zinc-Biofortified Wheat Flour on Haematological Indices of Zinc and Iron Status in Adolescent Girls in Rural Pakistan: A Cluster-Randomised, Double-Blind, Controlled Effectiveness Trial.

Accessing and assessing legacy soil information, an example from two provinces of Zambia (2022)
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Mukumbuta, I., Chabala, L. M., Sichinga, S., & Lark, R. M. (2022). Accessing and assessing legacy soil information, an example from two provinces of Zambia. Geoderma, 420, Article 115874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115874

Soil information is essential for agricultural research and development. In developing countries like Zambia, the availability of soil information is limited by the cost of new soil surveys. Legacy soil information could be useful to fill this gap. T... Read More about Accessing and assessing legacy soil information, an example from two provinces of Zambia.

Fruit and vegetable biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: Challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps (2022)
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Harris, J., van Zonneveld, M., Achigan-Dako, E. G., Bajwa, B., Brouwer, I. D., Choudhury, D., …Schreinemachers, P. (2022). Fruit and vegetable biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: Challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps. Global Food Security, 33, Article 100618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100618

Planetary health brings together intrinsically linked issues of human health and natural systems. This paper reviews evidence of how agrobiodiversity underpins dietary diversity for current human populations in the context of fruits and vegetables, a... Read More about Fruit and vegetable biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: Challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps.

Prediction of Photosynthetic, Biophysical, and Biochemical Traits in Wheat Canopies to Reduce the Phenotyping Bottleneck (2022)
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Robles-Zazueta, C. A., Pinto, F., Molero, G., Foulkes, M. J., Reynolds, M. P., & Murchie, E. H. (2022). Prediction of Photosynthetic, Biophysical, and Biochemical Traits in Wheat Canopies to Reduce the Phenotyping Bottleneck. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 828451. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.828451

To achieve food security, it is necessary to increase crop radiation use efficiency (RUE) and yield through the enhancement of canopy photosynthesis to increase the availability of assimilates for the grain, but its study in the field is constrained... Read More about Prediction of Photosynthetic, Biophysical, and Biochemical Traits in Wheat Canopies to Reduce the Phenotyping Bottleneck.

Identifying variation for N-use efficiency and associated traits in amphidiploids derived from hybrids of bread wheat and the genera Aegilops, Secale, Thinopyrum and Triticum (2022)
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Nehe, A., King, J., King, I. P., Murchie, E. H., & Foulkes, M. J. (2022). Identifying variation for N-use efficiency and associated traits in amphidiploids derived from hybrids of bread wheat and the genera Aegilops, Secale, Thinopyrum and Triticum. PLoS ONE, 17(4 April), Article e0266924. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266924

Future genetic progress in wheat grain yield will depend on increasing biomass and this must be achieved without commensurate increases in nitrogen (N) fertilizer inputs to minimize environmental impacts. In recent decades there has been a loss of ge... Read More about Identifying variation for N-use efficiency and associated traits in amphidiploids derived from hybrids of bread wheat and the genera Aegilops, Secale, Thinopyrum and Triticum.

Natural Genotypic Variation Underpins Root System Response to Drought Stress in Bambara Groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.] (2022)
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Mateva, K. I., Chai, H. H., Mayes, S., & Massawe, F. (2022). Natural Genotypic Variation Underpins Root System Response to Drought Stress in Bambara Groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.]. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 1664-462X. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.760879

Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.] is grown in rainfed production systems and suffers from periodic drought stress (DS), leading to yield reductions. Natural genotypic variation for root traits is essential for adaptation to water defi... Read More about Natural Genotypic Variation Underpins Root System Response to Drought Stress in Bambara Groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.].

Casting light on the architecture of crop yield (2022)
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Murchie, E. H., & Burgess, A. J. (2022). Casting light on the architecture of crop yield. Crop and Environment, 1(1), 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crope.2022.03.009

Crop canopy architecture is a central component of yield. The arrangement of leaves in three-dimensional space defines the efficiency of absorption of radiation and its conversion into dry matter at the canopy level. The description of architecture i... Read More about Casting light on the architecture of crop yield.

Systems approaches reveal that ABCB and PIN proteins mediate co-dependent auxin efflux (2022)
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Mellor, N. L., Voß, U., Ware, A., Janes, G., Barrack, D., Bishopp, A., …Band, L. R. (2022). Systems approaches reveal that ABCB and PIN proteins mediate co-dependent auxin efflux. Plant Cell, 34(6), 2309–2327. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac086

Members of the B family of membrane-bound ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters represent key components of the auxin-efflux machinery in plants. Over the last two decades experimental studies have shown that modifying ABCB expression affects auxin... Read More about Systems approaches reveal that ABCB and PIN proteins mediate co-dependent auxin efflux.

Identification of QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture associated with nitrate nutrition in hexaploid wheat (2022)
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GRIFFITHS, M., ATKINSON, J. A., Gardiner, L. J., SWARUP, R., POUND, M. P., WILSON, M. H., …WELLS, D. M. (2022). Identification of QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture associated with nitrate nutrition in hexaploid wheat. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 21(4), 917-932. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2095-3119%2821%2963700-0

The root system architecture (RSA) of a crop has a profound effect on the uptake of nutrients and consequently the potential yield. However, little is known about the genetic basis of RSA and resource adaptive responses in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.... Read More about Identification of QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture associated with nitrate nutrition in hexaploid wheat.

CMTr cap-adjacent 2′-O-ribose mRNA methyltransferases are required for reward learning and mRNA localization to synapses (2022)
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Haussmann, I. U., Wu, Y., Nallasivan, M. P., Archer, N., Bodi, Z., Hebenstreit, D., …Soller, M. (2022). CMTr cap-adjacent 2′-O-ribose mRNA methyltransferases are required for reward learning and mRNA localization to synapses. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 1209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28549-5

Cap-adjacent nucleotides of animal, protist and viral mRNAs can be O-methylated at the 2`position of the ribose (cOMe). The functions of cOMe in animals, however, remain largely unknown. Here we show that the two cap methyltransferases (CMTr1 and CMT... Read More about CMTr cap-adjacent 2′-O-ribose mRNA methyltransferases are required for reward learning and mRNA localization to synapses.

Two zinc finger proteins with functions in m6A writing interact with HAKAI (2022)
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Zhang, M., Bodi, Z., Mackinnon, K., Zhong, S., Archer, N., Mongan, N. P., …Fray, R. G. (2022). Two zinc finger proteins with functions in m6A writing interact with HAKAI. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 1127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28753-3

The methyltransferase complex (m6A writer), which catalyzes the deposition of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in mRNAs, is highly conserved across most eukaryotic organisms, but its components and interactions between them are still far from fully understoo... Read More about Two zinc finger proteins with functions in m6A writing interact with HAKAI.

Stakeholder interpretation of probabilistic representations of uncertainty in spatial information: an example on the nutritional quality of staple crops (2022)
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Chagumaira, C., Nalivata, P. C., Chimungu, J. G., Gashu, D., Broadley, M. R., Milne, A. E., & Lark, R. M. (2022). Stakeholder interpretation of probabilistic representations of uncertainty in spatial information: an example on the nutritional quality of staple crops. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 36(12), 2446-2472. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2021.2020278

Spatial information, inferred from samples, is needed for decision-making, but is uncertain. One way to convey uncertain information is with probabilities (e.g. that a value falls below a critical threshold). We examined how different professional gr... Read More about Stakeholder interpretation of probabilistic representations of uncertainty in spatial information: an example on the nutritional quality of staple crops.

Data analytics capability and servitization: the moderated mediation role of bricolage and innovation orientation (2022)
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Tan, K. H., Chen, M., Pu, X., Zhang, M., Cai, Z., & Chong, A. Y. (2022). Data analytics capability and servitization: the moderated mediation role of bricolage and innovation orientation. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(4), 440-470. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-10-2021-0663

Purpose – Despite the potential influence of data analytics capability on servitization, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of this influence remains unclear. This study explores how data analytics capability affects servitization by exam... Read More about Data analytics capability and servitization: the moderated mediation role of bricolage and innovation orientation.

Genetic linkage map construction and identification of QTLs associated with agronomic traits in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) using DArTseq-based SNP markers (2022)
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Gao, X., Chai, H. H., Ho, W. K., Kundy, A. C., Mateva, K. I., Mayes, S., & Massawe, F. (2023). Genetic linkage map construction and identification of QTLs associated with agronomic traits in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) using DArTseq-based SNP markers. Food and Energy Security, 12(1), Article e353. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.353

Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.] is an underutilised, protein-rich and self-pollinating legume that can withstand high temperature and drought stress and is mainly grown in semi-arid Africa. In order to dissect the complexity of drou... Read More about Genetic linkage map construction and identification of QTLs associated with agronomic traits in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) using DArTseq-based SNP markers.

Integrated root phenotypes for improved rice performance under low nitrogen availability (2022)
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Ajmera, I., Henry, A., Radanielson, A. M., Klein, S. P., Ianevski, A., Bennett, M. J., …Lynch, J. P. (2022). Integrated root phenotypes for improved rice performance under low nitrogen availability. Plant, Cell and Environment, 45(3), 805-822. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14284

Greater nitrogen efficiency would substantially reduce the economic, energy and environmental costs of rice production. We hypothesized that synergistic balancing of the costs and benefits for soil exploration among root architectural phenes is benef... Read More about Integrated root phenotypes for improved rice performance under low nitrogen availability.

Data-inspired co-design for museum and gallery visitor experiences (2022)
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Darzentas, D., Cameron, H., Wagner, H., Craigon, P., Bodiaj, E., Spence, J., …Benford, S. (2022). Data-inspired co-design for museum and gallery visitor experiences. AI EDAM, 36, Article e3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060421000317

The capture and analysis of diverse data is widely recognized as being vital to the design of new products and services across the digital economy. We focus on its use to inspire the co-design of visitor experiences in museums as a distinctive case t... Read More about Data-inspired co-design for museum and gallery visitor experiences.

Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population (2022)
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Belay, A., Gashu, D., Joy, E. J., Lark, R. M., Chagumaira, C., Zerfu, D., …Broadley, M. R. (2022). Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population. British Journal of Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114522000319

Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are widespread in Ethiopia. However, the distribution of selenium and zinc deficiency risks has previously shown evidence of spatially dependent variability, warranting the need to explore this aspect for wider mic... Read More about Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population.

Mitochondrial retrograde signaling through UCP1-mediated inhibition of the plant oxygen-sensing pathway (2022)
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Barreto, P., Dambire, C., Sharma, G., Vicente, J., Osborne, R., De Carvalho, J. E., …Arruda, P. (2022). Mitochondrial retrograde signaling through UCP1-mediated inhibition of the plant oxygen-sensing pathway. Current Biology, 32(6), 1403-1411.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.037

Mitochondrial retrograde signaling is an important component of intracellular stress signaling in eukaryotes. UNCOUPLING PROTEIN (UCP)1 is an abundant plant inner-mitochondrial membrane protein with multiple functions including uncoupled respiration... Read More about Mitochondrial retrograde signaling through UCP1-mediated inhibition of the plant oxygen-sensing pathway.