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Lateral root morphogenesis is dependent on the mechanical properties of the overlaying tissues (2013)
Journal Article
Lucas, M., Kenobi, K., Von Wangenheim, D., Voß, U., Swarup, K., De Smet, I., …Bennett, M. J. (2013). Lateral root morphogenesis is dependent on the mechanical properties of the overlaying tissues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(13), 5229-5234. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1210807110

In Arabidopsis, lateral root primordia (LRPs) originate from pericycle cells located deep within the parental root and have to emerge through endodermal, cortical, and epidermal tissues. These overlaying tissues place biomechanical constraints on the... Read More about Lateral root morphogenesis is dependent on the mechanical properties of the overlaying tissues.

Biosensors for phytohormone quantification: challenges, solutions, and opportunities (2013)
Journal Article
Wells, D. M., Laplaze, L., Bennett, M. J., & Vernoux, T. (2013). Biosensors for phytohormone quantification: challenges, solutions, and opportunities. Trends in Plant Science, 18(5), 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2012.12.005

Fluorescent reporters are valuable tools for plant science research, particularly as sensors to monitor biological signals and developmental processes. Such biosensors are particularly useful to monitor the spatial and temporal distribution of small... Read More about Biosensors for phytohormone quantification: challenges, solutions, and opportunities.

Fusarium langsethiae - a HT-2 and T-2 Toxins Producer that Needs More Attention (2012)
Journal Article
Imathiu, S. M., Edwards, S. G., Ray, R. V., & Back, M. A. (2013). Fusarium langsethiae - a HT-2 and T-2 Toxins Producer that Needs More Attention. Journal of Phytopathology, 161(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.12036

Fusarium langsethiae is a toxigenic fungus that was formally described as a new species in 2004. This fungus was first detailed in the 1990s but was initially referred to as 'powdery Fusarium poae' having a spore morphology similar to F. poae but a m... Read More about Fusarium langsethiae - a HT-2 and T-2 Toxins Producer that Needs More Attention.

Studies on the Interactions Between Fungicides, Alternaria tenuissima, Cladosporium herbarum and Microdochium spp., on Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Development and Deoxynivalenol (DON) Concentration in Grain Caused by Fusarium culmorum (2012)
Journal Article
Pirgozliev, S., Ray, R., Edwards, S., Hare, M., & Jenkinson, P. (2012). Studies on the Interactions Between Fungicides, Alternaria tenuissima, Cladosporium herbarum and Microdochium spp., on Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Development and Deoxynivalenol (DON) Concentration in Grain Caused by Fusarium culmorum. Cereal Research Communications, 40(4), 509-517. https://doi.org/10.1556/CRC.40.2012.0010

Saprophytic microflora and non-toxin producing Microdochium spp. capable of causing Fusarium head blight (FHB) have been suggested to affect the development of FHB caused by Fusarium spp., the occurrence of mycotoxins and the efficacy of fungicides f... Read More about Studies on the Interactions Between Fungicides, Alternaria tenuissima, Cladosporium herbarum and Microdochium spp., on Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Development and Deoxynivalenol (DON) Concentration in Grain Caused by Fusarium culmorum.

Molecular studies to identify the Fusarium species responsible for HT-2 and T-2 mycotoxins in UK oats (2012)
Journal Article
Edwards, S. G., Imathiu, S. M., Ray, R. V., Back, M., & Hare, M. C. (2012). Molecular studies to identify the Fusarium species responsible for HT-2 and T-2 mycotoxins in UK oats. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 156(2), 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.03.020

High levels of Fusarium mycotoxins HT-2 and T-2 have been detected in UK oats since surveys started in 2002. Fusarium langsethiae and the closely related species F. sporotrichioides have previously been associated with the contamination of cereals wi... Read More about Molecular studies to identify the Fusarium species responsible for HT-2 and T-2 mycotoxins in UK oats.

A novel synthesis and detection method for cap-associated adenosine modifications in mouse mRNA (2011)
Journal Article
Kruse, S., Zhong, S., Bodi, Z., Button, J., Alcocer, M. J., Hayes, C. J., & Fray, R. (2011). A novel synthesis and detection method for cap-associated adenosine modifications in mouse mRNA. Scientific Reports, 1, Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00126

A method is described for the detection of certain nucleotide modifications adjacent to the 5' 7-methyl guanosine cap of mRNAs from individual genes. The method quantitatively measures the relative abundance of 2'-O-methyl and N 6.

Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants (2011)
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Gibbs, D. J., Lee, S. C., Md Isa, N., Gramuglia, S., Fukao, T., Bassel, G. W., …Holdsworth, M. J. (2011). Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants. Nature, 479(7373), 415-418. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10534

Plants and animals are obligate aerobes, requiring oxygen for mitochondrial respiration and energy production. In plants, an unanticipated decline in oxygen availability (hypoxia), as caused by roots becoming waterlogged or foliage submergence, trigg... Read More about Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants.

Use of the Affymetrix human GeneChip array and genomic DNA hybridisation probe selection to study ovine transcriptomes (2011)
Journal Article
Graham, N. S., May, S. T., Daniel, Z. C., Emmerson, Z. F., Brameld, J. M., & Parr, T. (2011). Use of the Affymetrix human GeneChip array and genomic DNA hybridisation probe selection to study ovine transcriptomes. Animal, 5(6), 861-866. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731110002533

Affymetrix GeneChip microarrays are a powerful tool to study global gene expression profiles and have been used on many species. However, no sheep-specific Affymetrix GeneChip is currently available and the bovine array is fairly limited in its cover... Read More about Use of the Affymetrix human GeneChip array and genomic DNA hybridisation probe selection to study ovine transcriptomes.

Stochastic and deterministic multiscale models for systems biology: An auxin-transport case study (2010)
Journal Article
Twycross, J., Band, L. R., Bennett, M. J., King, J. R., & Krasnogor, N. (2010). Stochastic and deterministic multiscale models for systems biology: An auxin-transport case study. BMC Systems Biology, 4, https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-4-34

Background: Stochastic and asymptotic methods are powerful tools in developing multiscale systems biology models; however, little has been done in this context to compare the efficacy of these methods. The majority of current systems biology modellin... Read More about Stochastic and deterministic multiscale models for systems biology: An auxin-transport case study.

Evaluation of pathogenicity and aggressiveness of F. langsethiae on oat and wheat seedlings relative to known seedling blight pathogens (2009)
Journal Article
Imathiu, S. M., Hare, M. C., Ray, R. V., Back, M., & Edwards, S. G. (2010). Evaluation of pathogenicity and aggressiveness of F. langsethiae on oat and wheat seedlings relative to known seedling blight pathogens. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 126(2), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-009-9533-0

Fusarium and Microdochium species are causal agents of seedling blight of small-grain cereal crops where they may contribute to a significant reduction in crop establishment and final yield. Two experiments were carried out to investigate the potenti... Read More about Evaluation of pathogenicity and aggressiveness of F. langsethiae on oat and wheat seedlings relative to known seedling blight pathogens.

Modular assembly of cell systems biology models using P systems (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romero-Campero, F. J., Twycross, J., Camara, M., Bennett, M., Gheorghe, M., & Krasnogor, N. (2008, June). Modular assembly of cell systems biology models using P systems. Presented at Prague International Workshop on Membrane Computing, Prague, Czech Republic

In this paper we propose an extension of a systems/synthetic biology modelling framework based on P systems that explicitly includes modularity. Modularisation in cellular systems can be produced by chemical specificity, spatial localisation and/or t... Read More about Modular assembly of cell systems biology models using P systems.

Fusarium langsethiae pathogenicity and aggressiveness towards oats and wheat in wounded and unwounded in vitro detached leaf assays (2008)
Journal Article
Imathiu, S. M., Ray, R. V., Back, M., Hare, M. C., & Edwards, S. G. (2009). Fusarium langsethiae pathogenicity and aggressiveness towards oats and wheat in wounded and unwounded in vitro detached leaf assays. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 124(1), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-008-9398-7

In vitro detached leaf assays involving artificial inoculation of wounded and unwounded oat and wheat leaves were used to investigate the potential pathogenicity and aggressiveness of F. langsethiae, which was linked recently to the production of typ... Read More about Fusarium langsethiae pathogenicity and aggressiveness towards oats and wheat in wounded and unwounded in vitro detached leaf assays.

The control of chlorophyll catabolism and the status of yellowing as a biomarker of leaf senescence (2008)
Journal Article
Ougham, H., Hörtensteiner, S., Armstead, I., Donnison, I., King, I., Thomas, H., & Mur, L. (2008). The control of chlorophyll catabolism and the status of yellowing as a biomarker of leaf senescence. Plant Biology, 10, 4-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00081.x

The pathway of chlorophyll catabolism during leaf senescence is known in a fair amount of biochemical and cell biological detail. In the last few years, genes encoding a number of the catabolic enzymes have been characterized, including the key ring‐... Read More about The control of chlorophyll catabolism and the status of yellowing as a biomarker of leaf senescence.

Effect of timing of fungicide application on the development of fusarium head blight and the accumulation of deoxynivalenol (DON) in winter wheat grain (2008)
Journal Article
Pirgozliev, S. R., Ray, R. V., Edwards, S. G., Hare, M. C., & Jenkinson, P. (2008). Effect of timing of fungicide application on the development of fusarium head blight and the accumulation of deoxynivalenol (DON) in winter wheat grain. Cereal Research Communications, 36(2), 289-299. https://doi.org/10.1556/CRC.36.2008.2.9

The effect of different timings of fungicide applications on Fusarium head blight severity and mycotoxin accumulation in wheat grain was investigated in two field experiments. The fungicides metconazole, tebuconazole, azoxystrobin and mixtures of met... Read More about Effect of timing of fungicide application on the development of fusarium head blight and the accumulation of deoxynivalenol (DON) in winter wheat grain.

Development of a Genomic Microsatellite Library in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its Use in Trait Mapping (2008)
Journal Article
King, J., Thorogood, D., Edwards, K. J., Armstead, I. P., Roberts, L., Skot, K., …King, I. P. (in press). Development of a Genomic Microsatellite Library in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its Use in Trait Mapping. Annals of Botany, 101(6), 845-853. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcn016

Background and Aims Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is one of the key forage and amenity grasses throughout the world. In the UK it accounts for 70 % of all agricultural land use with an estimated farm gate value of £6 billion per annum. However... Read More about Development of a Genomic Microsatellite Library in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its Use in Trait Mapping.

Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics (2008)
Journal Article
Armstead, I. P., Turner, L. B., Marshall, A. H., Humphreys, M. O., King, I. P., & Thorogood, D. (2008). Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics. New Phytologist, 178(3), 559-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02413.x

Mutational load and resource allocation factors and their effects on limiting seed set were investigated in ryegrass by comparative mapping genomics and quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis in two perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) mapping familie... Read More about Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics.

Rice pseudomolecule-anchored cross-species DNA sequence alignments indicate regional genomic variation in expressed sequence conservation (2007)
Journal Article
Armstead, I., Huang, L., King, J., Ougham, H., Thomas, H., & King, I. (2007). Rice pseudomolecule-anchored cross-species DNA sequence alignments indicate regional genomic variation in expressed sequence conservation. BMC Genomics, 8(1), Article 283. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-283

Background Various methods have been developed to explore inter-genomic relationships among plant species. Here, we present a sequence similarity analysis based upon comparison of transcript-assembly and methylation-filtered databases from five plan... Read More about Rice pseudomolecule-anchored cross-species DNA sequence alignments indicate regional genomic variation in expressed sequence conservation.

From phenotype to genotype: whole tissue profiling for plant breeding (2007)
Journal Article
Goodacre, R., Roberts, L., Ellis, D. I., Thorogood, D., Reader, S. M., Ougham, H., & King, I. (2007). From phenotype to genotype: whole tissue profiling for plant breeding. Metabolomics, 3(4), 489-501. doi:10.1007/s11306-007-0062-6

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) was used to obtain ‘holistic’ metabolic fingerprints from a wide range of plants to differentiate species, population, single plant genotype, and chromosomal constitution differences. Sample preparation... Read More about From phenotype to genotype: whole tissue profiling for plant breeding.

Introgression mapping in the grasses (2007)
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King, J., Armstead, I. P., Donnison, I. S., Harper, J. A., Roberts, L. A., Thomas, H., …King, I. P. (2007). Introgression mapping in the grasses. Chromosome Research, 15(1), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-006-1103-0

The unique properties of Lolium/Festuca hybrids and their derivatives provide an ideal system for intergeneric introgression. At IGER a focus on the Lolium perenne/Festuca pratensis system is being exploited to elucidate genome organization in the gr... Read More about Introgression mapping in the grasses.

Cross-Species Identification of Mendel's I Locus (2007)
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Armstead, I., Donnison, I., Aubry, S., Harper, J., Hortensteiner, S., James, C., …King, I. (2007). Cross-Species Identification of Mendel's I Locus. Science, 315(5808), 73-73. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1132912

A key gene involved in plant senescence, mutations of which partially disable chlorophyll catabolism and confer stay-green leaf and cotyledon phenotypes, has been identified in Pisum sativum, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Festuca pratensis by using class... Read More about Cross-Species Identification of Mendel's I Locus.