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Evolutionary origins of abnormally large shoot sodium accumulation in nonsaline environments within the Caryophyllales (2016)
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White, P. J., Bowen, H. C., Broadley, M. R., El-Serehy, H. A., Neugebauer, K., Taylor, A., …Wright, G. (2017). Evolutionary origins of abnormally large shoot sodium accumulation in nonsaline environments within the Caryophyllales. New Phytologist, 214(1), 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14370

The prevalence of sodium (Na) “hyperaccumulator” species, which exhibit abnormally large shoot sodium concentrations ([Na]shoot) when grown in non-saline environments, was investigated among angiosperms in general and within the Caryophyllales order... Read More about Evolutionary origins of abnormally large shoot sodium accumulation in nonsaline environments within the Caryophyllales.

In vitro growth characteristics of Fusarium langsethiae isolates recovered from oats and wheat grain in the UK (2016)
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Imathiu, S. M., Ray, R. V., Back, M., Hare, M., & Edwards, S. G. (2016). In vitro growth characteristics of Fusarium langsethiae isolates recovered from oats and wheat grain in the UK. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 51(2), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1556/038.51.2016.2.1

Fusarium langsethiae is a fungus that has recently been implicated in the contamination of small-grain cereal crops such as oats, wheat and barley with high levels of HT-2 and T-2 toxins in many European countries. The epidemiology of this fungus is... Read More about In vitro growth characteristics of Fusarium langsethiae isolates recovered from oats and wheat grain in the UK.

Contrasting roles of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in host-mediated interactions between Fusarium graminearum and Sitobion avenae (2016)
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Drakulic, J., Kahar, M. H., Ajigboye, O., Bruce, T., & Ray, R. V. (2016). Contrasting roles of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in host-mediated interactions between Fusarium graminearum and Sitobion avenae. Toxins, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8120353

Fusarium graminearum is the predominant causal species of Fusarium head blight in Europe and North America. Different chemotypes of the species exist, each producing a plethora of mycotoxins. Isolates of differing chemotypes produce nivalenol (NIV) a... Read More about Contrasting roles of deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in host-mediated interactions between Fusarium graminearum and Sitobion avenae.

One gene, many proteins: mapping cell-specific alternative splicing in plants (2016)
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Swarup, R., Crespi, M., & Bennett, M. J. (2016). One gene, many proteins: mapping cell-specific alternative splicing in plants. Developmental Cell, 39(4), 383-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2016.11.002

Pre-mRNA alternative splicing (AS) generates protein variants from a single gene that can create novel regulatory opportunities. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Li et al. (2016) present a high-resolution expression map of AS events in Arabidopsi... Read More about One gene, many proteins: mapping cell-specific alternative splicing in plants.

A ‘growing’ role for phosphites in promoting plant growth and development (2016)
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Rossall, S., Qing, C., Paneri, M., Bennett, M., & Swarup, R. (2016). A ‘growing’ role for phosphites in promoting plant growth and development. Acta Horticulturae, 1148(1148), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1148.7

There is some on-going controversy about the role of phosphites in plant development. Little or no evidence is available that phosphites can be converted to phosphates, and thus directly enhance plant nutrition. Some phosphite-based products have bee... Read More about A ‘growing’ role for phosphites in promoting plant growth and development.

Hypoxia response in Arabidopsis roots infected by Plasmodiophora brassicae supports the development of clubroot (2016)
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Gravot, A., Richard, G., Lime, T., Lemarié, S., Jubault, M., Lariagon, C., …Manzanares-Dauleux, M. J. (2016). Hypoxia response in Arabidopsis roots infected by Plasmodiophora brassicae supports the development of clubroot. BMC Plant Biology, 16, Article 251. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-016-0941-y

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The induction of alcohol fermentation in roots is a plant adaptive response to flooding stress and oxygen deprivation. Available transcriptomic data suggest that fermentation-related genes are also frequently induced in roots infected w... Read More about Hypoxia response in Arabidopsis roots infected by Plasmodiophora brassicae supports the development of clubroot.

A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for Rhizoctonia cerealis and its use in wheat and soil (2016)
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Woodhall, J., Brown, M., Perkins, K., Valdeolmillos, E. S., Boonham, N., & Ray, R. V. (2017). A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for Rhizoctonia cerealis and its use in wheat and soil. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 148(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-016-1083-7

Rhizoctonia cerealis causes sharp eyespot in cereals and the pathogen survives as mycelia or sclerotia in soil. Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) assays based on TaqMan chemistry are highly suitable for use on DNA extracted from soil. We rep... Read More about A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for Rhizoctonia cerealis and its use in wheat and soil.

Hybrid vertex-midline modelling of elongated plant organs (2016)
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Fozard, J. A., Bennett, M. J., King, J. R., & Jensen, O. E. (2016). Hybrid vertex-midline modelling of elongated plant organs. Interface Focus, 6(5), Article 20160043. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2016.0043

We describe a method for the simulation of the growth of elongated plant organs, such as seedling roots. By combining a midline representation of the organ on a tissue scale and a vertex-based representation on the cell scale, we obtain a multiscale... Read More about Hybrid vertex-midline modelling of elongated plant organs.

Root morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habit (2016)
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Thomas, C., Alcock, T., Graham, N., Hayden, R., Matterson, S., Wilson, L., Young, S., Dupuy, L., White, P. J., Hammond, J., Danku, J., Salt, D., Sweeney, A., Bancroft, I., & Broadley, M. R. (2016). Root morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habit. BMC Plant Biology, 16(1), Article 214. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-016-0902-5

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Mineral nutrient uptake and utilisation by plants are controlled by many traits relating to root morphology, ion transport, sequestration and translocation. The aims of this study were to determine the phenotypic diversity in root morph... Read More about Root morphology and seed and leaf ionomic traits in a Brassica napus L. diversity panel show wide phenotypic variation and are characteristic of crop habit.

Cytokinin acts through the auxin influx carrier AUX1 to regulate cell elongation in the root (2016)
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Street, I. H., Mathews, D. E., Yamburkenko, M. V., Sorooshzadeh, A., John, R. T., Swarup, R., …Schaller, G. E. (2016). Cytokinin acts through the auxin influx carrier AUX1 to regulate cell elongation in the root. Development, 143(21), 3982-3993. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.132035

Hormonal interactions are critical for plant development. In Arabidopsis, cytokinins inhibit root growth through effects on cell proliferation and cell elongation. Here we define key mechanistic elements in a regulatory network by which cytokinin inh... Read More about Cytokinin acts through the auxin influx carrier AUX1 to regulate cell elongation in the root.

Altered gene expression by sedaxane increases PSII efficiency, photosynthesis and growth and improves tolerance to drought in wheat seedlings (2016)
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Ajigboye, O. O., Lu, C., Murchie, E. H., Schlatter, C., Swart, G., & Ray, R. V. (2017). Altered gene expression by sedaxane increases PSII efficiency, photosynthesis and growth and improves tolerance to drought in wheat seedlings. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 137, 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.09.008

Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides have been shown to increase PSII efficiency and photosynthesis under drought stress in the absence of disease to enhance the biomass and yield of winter wheat. However, the molecular mechanism of im... Read More about Altered gene expression by sedaxane increases PSII efficiency, photosynthesis and growth and improves tolerance to drought in wheat seedlings.

The 4-Dimensional Plant: Effects of Wind-Induced Canopy Movement on Light Fluctuations and Photosynthesis (2016)
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Burgess, A. J., Retkute, R., Preston, S. P., Jensen, O. E., Pound, M. P., Pridmore, T. P., & Murchie, E. H. (2016). The 4-Dimensional Plant: Effects of Wind-Induced Canopy Movement on Light Fluctuations and Photosynthesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7(1392), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01392

Physical perturbation of a plant canopy brought about by wind is a ubiquitous phenomenon and yet its biological importance has often been overlooked. This is partly due to the complexity of the issue at hand: wind-induced movement (or mechanical exci... Read More about The 4-Dimensional Plant: Effects of Wind-Induced Canopy Movement on Light Fluctuations and Photosynthesis.

Dioxygenase-encoding AtDAO1 gene controls IAA oxidation and homeostasis in arabidopsis (2016)
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Porco, S., Pěnčík, A., Rashed, A., Voß, U., Casanova-Sáez, R., Bishopp, A., …Ljung, K. (2016). Dioxygenase-encoding AtDAO1 gene controls IAA oxidation and homeostasis in arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(39), 11016-11021. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604375113

Auxin represents a key signal in plants, regulating almost every aspect of their growth and development. Major breakthroughs have been made dissecting the molecular basis of auxin transport, perception, and response. In contrast, how plants control t... Read More about Dioxygenase-encoding AtDAO1 gene controls IAA oxidation and homeostasis in arabidopsis.

Dynamic regulation of auxin oxidase and conjugating enzymes AtDAO1 and GH3 modulates auxin homeostasis (2016)
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Mellor, N. L., Band, L. R., Pěnčík, A., Novak, O., Rashed, A., Holman, T., …Owen, M. R. (2016). Dynamic regulation of auxin oxidase and conjugating enzymes AtDAO1 and GH3 modulates auxin homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(39), 11022-11027. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604458113

Auxin is a key hormone regulating plant growth and development. We combine experiments and mathematical modeling to reveal how auxin levels are maintained via feedback regulation of genes encoding key metabolic enzymes. We describe how regulation of... Read More about Dynamic regulation of auxin oxidase and conjugating enzymes AtDAO1 and GH3 modulates auxin homeostasis.

QTL meta-analysis of root traits in Brassica napus under contrasting phosphorus supply in two growth systems (2016)
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Zhang, Y., Thomas, C. L., Xiang, J., Long, Y., Wang, X., Zou, J., …Meng, J. (2016). QTL meta-analysis of root traits in Brassica napus under contrasting phosphorus supply in two growth systems. Scientific Reports, 6(1), Article 33113. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33113

© The Author(s) 2016. A high-density SNP-based genetic linkage map was constructed and integrated with a previous map in the Tapidor x Ningyou7 (TNDH) Brassica napus population, giving a new map with a total of 2041 molecular markers and an average m... Read More about QTL meta-analysis of root traits in Brassica napus under contrasting phosphorus supply in two growth systems.

Dormant and after-ripened Arabidopsis thaliana seeds are distinguished by early transcriptional differences in the imbibed state (2016)
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Dekkers, B. J., Pearce, S. P., van Bolderen-Veldkamp, R., Holdsworth, M. J., & Bentsink, L. (2016). Dormant and after-ripened Arabidopsis thaliana seeds are distinguished by early transcriptional differences in the imbibed state. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7(AUG2016), Article 1323. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01323

Seed dormancy is a genetically controlled block preventing the germination of imbibed seeds in favorable conditions. It requires a period of dry storage (after-ripening) or certain environmental conditions to be overcome. Dormancy is an important see... Read More about Dormant and after-ripened Arabidopsis thaliana seeds are distinguished by early transcriptional differences in the imbibed state.

Lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis is dependent on transcription factor LBD29 regulation of auxin influx carrier LAX3 (2016)
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Porco, S., Larrieu, A., Du, Y., Gaudinier, A., Goh, T., Swarup, K., …Bennett, M. J. (2016). Lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis is dependent on transcription factor LBD29 regulation of auxin influx carrier LAX3. Development, 143(18), 3340-3349. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.136283

Lateral root primordia (LRP) originate from pericycle stem cells located deep within parental root tissues. LRP emerge through overlying root tissues by inducing auxin-dependent cell separation and hydraulic changes in adjacent cells. The auxin-induc... Read More about Lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis is dependent on transcription factor LBD29 regulation of auxin influx carrier LAX3.

A step change in the transfer of interspecific variation into wheat from Amblyopyrum muticum (2016)
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King, J., Grewal, S., Yang, C.-Y., Hubbart, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, I. P. (2017). A step change in the transfer of interspecific variation into wheat from Amblyopyrum muticum. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 15(2), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12606

Despite some notable successes, only a fraction of the genetic variation available in wild relatives has been utilized to produce superior wheat varieties. This is as a direct result of the lack of availability of suitable high-throughput technologie... Read More about A step change in the transfer of interspecific variation into wheat from Amblyopyrum muticum.

Preanthesis biomass accumulation of plant and plant organs defines yield components in wheat (2016)
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Xie, Q., Mayes, S., & Sparkes, D. L. (2016). Preanthesis biomass accumulation of plant and plant organs defines yield components in wheat. European Journal of Agronomy, 81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2016.08.007

The preanthesis period in wheat is critical for growth of plant organs including leaves, stems, spikes and roots. However, the roles of the preanthesis biomass accumulation of plant and plant organs in yield determination are only partially elucidate... Read More about Preanthesis biomass accumulation of plant and plant organs defines yield components in wheat.

Quiescent center initiation in the Arabidopsis lateral root primordia is dependent on the SCARECROW transcription factor (2016)
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Goh, T., Toyokura, K., Wells, D. M., Swarup, K., Yamamoto, M., Mimura, T., …Guyomarc'h, S. (2016). Quiescent center initiation in the Arabidopsis lateral root primordia is dependent on the SCARECROW transcription factor. Development, 143(18), 3363-3371. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.135319

Lateral root (LR) formation is an important determinant of root system architecture. In Arabidopsis, LRs originate from pericycle cells, which undergo a programme of morphogenesis to generate a new LR meristem. Despite its importance for root meriste... Read More about Quiescent center initiation in the Arabidopsis lateral root primordia is dependent on the SCARECROW transcription factor.