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Selenium Concentration in Cattle Serum and Fodder from Two Areas in Ethiopia with Contrasting Human Selenium Concentration (2022)
Journal Article
Hailu, K., Gashu, D., Joy, E. J. M., Alonso, S., Gizaw, S., Gameda, S., …Broadley, M. R. (2022). Selenium Concentration in Cattle Serum and Fodder from Two Areas in Ethiopia with Contrasting Human Selenium Concentration. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 27(7), Article 200. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2707200

INTRODUCTION: Selenium (Se) is an essential mineral for livestock health and productivity. In cattle, Se deficiency is associated with delayed conception, growth retardation, and increased morbidity and mortality. METHODS: We conducted a survey of ca... Read More about Selenium Concentration in Cattle Serum and Fodder from Two Areas in Ethiopia with Contrasting Human Selenium Concentration.

Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality (2022)
Journal Article
Muleya, M., Tang, K., Broadley, M. R., Salter, A. M., & Joy, E. J. M. (2022). Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality. Nutrients, 14(12), Article 2430. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122430

We estimated dietary supplies of total and available protein and indispensable amino acids (IAAs) and predicted the risk of deficiency in Malawi using Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey data. More than half of dietary protein was derived fr... Read More about Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality.

Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security (2022)
Book Chapter
King, J., Grewal, S., Fellers, J. P., & King, I. P. (2022). Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security. In Wheat Improvement: Food Security in a Changing Climate (319-340). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90673-3_18

Increasing the genetic diversity of wheat is key to its future production in terms of increasing yields, resistance to diseases and adaptability to fluctuations in global climate. The use of the progenitor species of wheat and also its wild relatives... Read More about Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security.

An oxygen-sensing mechanism for angiosperm adaptation to altitude (2022)
Journal Article
Abbas, M., Sharma, G., Dambire, C., Marquez, J., Alonso-Blanco, C., Proaño, K., & Holdsworth, M. J. (2022). An oxygen-sensing mechanism for angiosperm adaptation to altitude. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04740-y

Flowering plants (angiosperms) can grow at extreme altitudes, and have been observed growing as high as 6,400 metres above sea level1,2; however, the molecular mechanisms that enable plant adaptation specifically to altitude are unknown. One distingu... Read More about An oxygen-sensing mechanism for angiosperm adaptation to altitude.

Introgression of the Triticum timopheevii Genome Into Wheat Detected by Chromosome-Specific Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR Markers (2022)
Journal Article
King, J., Grewal, S., Othmeni, M., Coombes, B., Yang, C., Walter, N., …King, I. (2022). Introgression of the Triticum timopheevii Genome Into Wheat Detected by Chromosome-Specific Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR Markers. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 919519. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.919519

Triticum timopheevii (2n = 28, AtAtGG) is a tetraploid wild relative species with great potential to increase the genetic diversity of hexaploid wheat Triticum aestivum (2n = 42, AABBDD) for various important agronomic traits. A breeding scheme that... Read More about Introgression of the Triticum timopheevii Genome Into Wheat Detected by Chromosome-Specific Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR Markers.

Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia (2022)
Journal Article
Sisay, B. G., Tamirat, H., Sandalinas, F., Joy, E. J., Zerfu, D., Belay, A., …Gashu, D. (2022). Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6(5), Article nzac088. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac088

Background: Folate is essential for the synthesis and integrity of DNA, normal cell formation, and body growth. Folate deficiency among women of reproductive age (WRA) increases the risk of poor birth outcomes including neural tube defect (NTD)-affec... Read More about Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia.

Sporophytic control of pollen meiotic progression is mediated by tapetum expression of ABORTED MICROSPORES (2022)
Journal Article
Tidy, A. C., Ferjentsikova, I., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Liu, B., Yin, W., Higgins, J. D., …Wilson, Z. A. (2022). Sporophytic control of pollen meiotic progression is mediated by tapetum expression of ABORTED MICROSPORES. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73(16), 5543-5558. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac225

Pollen development is dependent on the tapetum, a sporophytic anther cell layer surrounding the microspores that functions in pollen wall formation but is also essential for meiosis-associated development. There is clear evidence of crosstalk and co-... Read More about Sporophytic control of pollen meiotic progression is mediated by tapetum expression of ABORTED MICROSPORES.

Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica (2022)
Journal Article
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.

Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi (2022)
Journal Article
Botoman, L., Chagumaira, C., Mossa, A. W., Amede, T., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., …Nalivata, P. C. (2022). Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 7986. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12014-w

Dietary zinc (Zn) deficiency is widespread globally, and in particular among people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Malawi, dietary sources of Zn are dominated by maize and spatially dependent variation in grain Zn concentration, which will affect di... Read More about Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi.

Genetic diversity analysis and marker-trait associations in Amaranthus species (2022)
Journal Article
Jamalluddin, N., Massawe, F. J., Mayes, S., Ho, W. K., & Symonds, R. C. (2022). Genetic diversity analysis and marker-trait associations in Amaranthus species. PLoS ONE, 17(5), Article e0267752. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267752

Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) is a highly nutritious, underutilized vegetable and pseudo-cereal crop. It possesses diverse abiotic stress tolerance traits, is genetically diverse and highly phenotypically plastic, making it an ideal crop to thrive in a... Read More about Genetic diversity analysis and marker-trait associations in Amaranthus species.

Allelic shift in cis-elements of the transcription factor RAP2.12 underlies adaptation associated with humidity in Arabidopsis thaliana (2022)
Journal Article
Lou, S., Guo, X., Liu, L., Song, Y., Zhang, L., Jiang, Y., …Liu, J. (2022). Allelic shift in cis-elements of the transcription factor RAP2.12 underlies adaptation associated with humidity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Science Advances, 8(18), Article eabn8281. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn8281

Populations of widespread species are usually geographically distributed through contrasting stresses, but underlying genetic mechanisms controlling this adaptation remain largely unknown. Here, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, allelic changes i... Read More about Allelic shift in cis-elements of the transcription factor RAP2.12 underlies adaptation associated with humidity in Arabidopsis thaliana.

A two-step adaptive walk rewires nutrient transport in a challenging edaphic environment (2022)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.