All Outputs (601)

Evaluating resistant brassica trap crops to manage Heterodera schachtii (Schmidt) infestations in Eastern England (2018)
Journal Article
Wright, A. J., Back, M. A., Stevens, M., & Sparkes, D. L. (2019). Evaluating resistant brassica trap crops to manage Heterodera schachtii (Schmidt) infestations in Eastern England. Pest Management Science, 75(2), 438-443. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5134

BACKGROUND:
The beet cyst nematode (BCN), Heterodera schachtii Schmidt, is a plant parasitic nematode which causes severe losses to yields of sugar beet. Resistant brassicas (radish and mustard) have been bred to be planted after the harvest of a ma... Read More about Evaluating resistant brassica trap crops to manage Heterodera schachtii (Schmidt) infestations in Eastern England.

HAWAIIAN SKIRT, and F-box gene from Arabidopsis, is a new player in the microRNA pathway (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, X., Jayaweera, D., Peters, J. L., Szecsi, J., Bendahmane, M., Roberts, J. A., & González-Carranza, Z. H. (2018). HAWAIIAN SKIRT, and F-box gene from Arabidopsis, is a new player in the microRNA pathway.

F-box proteins belong to a multi-protein E3 ubiquitin ligase complex (SCF) that target proteins for degradation via the proteasome.We demonstrated that HAWAIIAN SKIRT(HWS), an Arabidopsis ubiquitin protein ligase (SCFHWS), regulates organ growth, flo... Read More about HAWAIIAN SKIRT, and F-box gene from Arabidopsis, is a new player in the microRNA pathway.

Yielding to the image: how phenotyping reproductive growth can assist crop improvement and production (2018)
Journal Article
Dreccer, M. F., Molero, G., Rivera-Amado, C., John-Bejai, C., & Wilson, Z. (in press). Yielding to the image: how phenotyping reproductive growth can assist crop improvement and production. Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.008

Reproductive organs are the main reason we grow and harvest most plant species as crops, yet they receive less attention from phenotyping due to their complexity and inaccessibility for analysis. This review highlights recent progress towards the qua... Read More about Yielding to the image: how phenotyping reproductive growth can assist crop improvement and production.

Genetic variation in N-use efficiency and associated traits in Indian wheat cultivars (2018)
Journal Article
Nehe⁠, A., Misra, S., Murchie, E., Chinnathambi, K., & Foulkes⁠, J. (2018). Genetic variation in N-use efficiency and associated traits in Indian wheat cultivars. Field Crops Research, 225, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2018.06.002

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer represents a significant cost for the grower and may also have environmental impacts through nitrate leaching and N⁠2O (a greenhouse gas) emissions associated with denitrification. The objectives of this study were to quantify... Read More about Genetic variation in N-use efficiency and associated traits in Indian wheat cultivars.

Sugar beet root growth under different watering regimes: a minirhizotron study (2018)
Journal Article
Fitters, T. F., Mooney, S. J., & Sparkes, D. L. (2018). Sugar beet root growth under different watering regimes: a minirhizotron study. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.06.023

The yield of sugar beet is often reduced by drought stress and it has previously been shown that water uptake, especially from deeper layers of the soil profile, may be limited by inadequate total root length. Experiments were conducted to assess roo... Read More about Sugar beet root growth under different watering regimes: a minirhizotron study.

Plant Rabs and the role in fruit ripening (2018)
Journal Article
Lawson, T., Mayes, S., Lycett, G. W., & Chin, C. F. (2018). Plant Rabs and the role in fruit ripening. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, 34(2), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/02648725.2018.1482092

Fruit ripening is a complex developmental process that involves the synthesis and modification of the cell wall leading up to the formation of an edible fruit. During the period of fruit ripening, new cell wall polymers and enzymes are synthesized an... Read More about Plant Rabs and the role in fruit ripening.

Auxin methylation is required for differential growth in Arabidopsis (2018)
Journal Article
Abbas, M., Hernández-García, J., Pollmann, S., Samodelov, S. L., Kolb, M., Friml, J., …Alabadí, D. (2018). Auxin methylation is required for differential growth in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(26), 6864-6869. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806565115

Asymmetric auxin distribution is instrumental for the differential growth that causes organ bending on tropic stimuli and curvatures during plant development. Local differences in auxin concentrations are achieved mainly by polarized cellular distrib... Read More about Auxin methylation is required for differential growth in Arabidopsis.

A PSTOL-like gene, TaPSTOL, controls a number of agronomically important traits in wheat (2018)
Journal Article
Milner, M. J., Howells, R. M., Craze, M., Bowden, S., Graham, N., & Wallington, E. J. (2018). A PSTOL-like gene, TaPSTOL, controls a number of agronomically important traits in wheat. BMC Plant Biology, 18(1), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1331-4

Background

Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth, and is required in large quantities by elite varieties of crops to maintain yields. Approximately 70% of global cultivated land suffers from P deficiency, and it has recentl... Read More about A PSTOL-like gene, TaPSTOL, controls a number of agronomically important traits in wheat.

Measuring the dynamic photosynthome (2018)
Journal Article
Murchie, E. H., Kefauver, S., Araus, J. L., Muller, O., Rascher, U., Flood, P. J., & Lawson, T. (in press). Measuring the dynamic photosynthome. Annals of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy087

Background: Photosynthesis underpins plant productivity and yet is notoriously sensitive to small changes inenvironmental conditions, meaning that quantitation in nature across different time scales is not straightforward. The ‘dynamic’ changes in ph... Read More about Measuring the dynamic photosynthome.

Enhancing supervised classifications with metamorphic relations (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xu, L., Towey, D., French, A. P., Benford, S., Zhou, Z. Q., & Chen, T. Y. (2018). Enhancing supervised classifications with metamorphic relations. In MET '18: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Metamorphic Testing (46-53). https://doi.org/10.1145/3193977.3193978

We report on a novel use of metamorphic relations (MRs) in machine learning: instead of conducting metamorphic testing, we use MRs for the augmentation of the machine learning algorithms themselves. In particular, we report on how MRs can enable enha... Read More about Enhancing supervised classifications with metamorphic relations.

Physiological differences between sugar beet varieties susceptible, tolerant or resistant to the beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii (Schmidt) under uninfested conditions (2018)
Journal Article
Wright, A. J., Bussell, J. S., Stevens, M., Back, M. A., & Sparkes, D. L. (2018). Physiological differences between sugar beet varieties susceptible, tolerant or resistant to the beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii (Schmidt) under uninfested conditions. European Journal of Agronomy, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2018.05.005

The beet cyst nematode (BCN) is a problem to sugar beet growers around the world and can cause severe yield losses. Recently, varieties of sugar beet have been developed which are either tolerant to damage caused by BCN, or alternatively are resistan... Read More about Physiological differences between sugar beet varieties susceptible, tolerant or resistant to the beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii (Schmidt) under uninfested conditions.

Three-dimensional plant architecture and sunlit-shaded patterns: a stochastic model of light dynamics in canopies (2018)
Journal Article
Retkute, R., Townsend, A. J., Murchie, E. H., Jensen, O. E., & Preston, S. P. (2018). Three-dimensional plant architecture and sunlit-shaded patterns: a stochastic model of light dynamics in canopies. Annals of Botany, 122(2), 291–302. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy067

Background and Aims Diurnal changes in solar position and intensity combined with the structural complexity of plant architecture result in highly variable and dynamic light patterns within the plant canopy. This affects productivity through the comp... Read More about Three-dimensional plant architecture and sunlit-shaded patterns: a stochastic model of light dynamics in canopies.

Linear relationships between shoot magnesium and calcium concentrations among angiosperm species are associated with cell wall chemistry (2018)
Journal Article
White, P. J., Broadley, M. R., El-Serehy, H. A., George, T. S., & Neugebauer, K. (2018). Linear relationships between shoot magnesium and calcium concentrations among angiosperm species are associated with cell wall chemistry. Annals of Botany, 122(2), 221–226. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy062

Background
Linear relationships are commonly observed between shoot magnesium ([Mg]shoot) and shoot calcium ([Ca]shoot) concentrations among angiosperm species growing in the same environment.

Scope and Conclusions
This article argues that, in p... Read More about Linear relationships between shoot magnesium and calcium concentrations among angiosperm species are associated with cell wall chemistry.

Erratum: Author Correction: A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1409)) (2018)
Journal Article
Bhosale, R., Giri, J., Pandey, B. K., Giehl, R. F. H., Hartmann, A., Traini, R., …Swarup, R. (2018). Erratum: Author Correction: A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1409)). Nature Communications, 9(1), 1818. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04281-x

The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements: 'We also thank DBT-CREST BT/HRD/03/01/2002.'This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Erratum: Author Correction: Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1408)) (2018)
Journal Article
Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Erratum: Author Correction: Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1408)). Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 1810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04280-y

The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements:'We also thank DBT-CREST BT/HRD/03/01/2002.'This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Physiological profile of CAX1a TILLING mutants of Brassica rapa exposed to different calcium doses (2018)
Journal Article
Navarro-León, E., Ruiz, J. M., Graham, N., & Blasco, B. (in press). Physiological profile of CAX1a TILLING mutants of Brassica rapa exposed to different calcium doses. Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.04.019

Calcium (Ca) is an essential macronutrient for plants and its homeostasis is basic for many processes in plants. Therefore, both Ca deficiency and toxicity constitute potential issues for crops. CAX1 transporter is a potential target to obtain plants... Read More about Physiological profile of CAX1a TILLING mutants of Brassica rapa exposed to different calcium doses.

A comparison of growth on mercuric chloride for three Lemnaceae species reveals differences in growth dynamics that effect their suitability for use in either monitoring or remediating ecosystems contaminated with mercury (2018)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Li, G., Bishopp, A., Heenatigala, P., Hu, S., Chen, Y., …Hou, H. (2018). A comparison of growth on mercuric chloride for three Lemnaceae species reveals differences in growth dynamics that effect their suitability for use in either monitoring or remediating ecosystems contaminated with mercury. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6(112), https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00112

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that can alter the ecological balance when it contaminates aquatic ecosystems. Previously, researchers have used various Lemnaceae species either to monitor and/or remove heavy metals from freshwater systems. As Hg... Read More about A comparison of growth on mercuric chloride for three Lemnaceae species reveals differences in growth dynamics that effect their suitability for use in either monitoring or remediating ecosystems contaminated with mercury.

Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (2018)
Journal Article
Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03850-4

Root traits such as root angle and hair length influence resource acquisition particularly for immobile nutrients like phosphorus (P). Here, we attempted to modify root angle in rice by disrupting the OsAUX1 auxin influx transporter gene in an effort... Read More about Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate.

A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate (2018)
Journal Article
Giehl, R. F. H., Bhosale, R., Giri, J., Pandey, B. K., Giehl, R. F., Hartmann, A., …Swarup, R. (2018). A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03851-3

Phosphate (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth. Roots employ adaptive mechanisms to forage for P in soil. Root hair elongation is particularly important since P is immobile. Here we report that auxin plays a critical role promoting root... Read More about A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate.

Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network (2018)
Journal Article
Scofield, S., Murison, A., Jones, A., Fozard, J., Aida, M., Band, L. R., …Murray, J. A. (2018). Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network. Development, 145(9), Article dev157081. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.157081

© 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. The Arabidopsis homeodomain transcription factor SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM) is crucial for shoot apical meristem (SAM) function, yet the components and structure of the STM gene regulatory network (GR... Read More about Coordination of meristem and boundary functions by transcription factors in the SHOOT MERISTEMLESS regulatory network.