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MtLAX2, a functional homologue of the Arabidopsis auxin influx transporter AUX1, is required for nodule organogenesis (2017)
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Roy, S., Robson, F., Lilley, J., Liu, C., Cheng, X., Wen, J., …Murray, J. D. (2017). MtLAX2, a functional homologue of the Arabidopsis auxin influx transporter AUX1, is required for nodule organogenesis. Plant Physiology, 174(1), 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01473

Most legume plants can form nodules, specialized lateral organs that form on roots, and house nitrogen-fixing bacteria collectively called rhizobia. The uptake of the phytohormone auxin into cells is known to be crucial for development of lateral roo... Read More about MtLAX2, a functional homologue of the Arabidopsis auxin influx transporter AUX1, is required for nodule organogenesis.

The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids (2017)
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Mossa, A.-W., Dickinson, M. J., West, H. M., Young, S. D., & Crout, N. M. (2017). The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids. Environmental Pollution, 224, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.056

The disposal of biosolids poses a major environmental and economic problem. Agricultural use is generally regarded as the best means of disposal. However, its impact on soil ecosystems remains uncertain. Biosolids can improve soil properties by suppl... Read More about The response of soil microbial diversity and abundance to long-term application of biosolids.

Development of gene‐based SSR markers in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) for diversity assessment (2017)
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Wong, Q., Tanzi, A., Ho, W., Malla, S., Blythe, M., Karunaratne, A., …Mayes, S. (2017). Development of gene‐based SSR markers in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) for diversity assessment. Genes, 8(3), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8030100

Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is an herbaceous multipurpose legume grown in hot and humid countries as a pulse, vegetable (leaves and pods), or root tuber crop depending on local consumption preferences. In addition to its different nutri... Read More about Development of gene‐based SSR markers in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) for diversity assessment.

Community recommendations on terminology and procedures used in flooding and low oxygen stress research (2017)
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Sasidharan, R., Bailey-Serres, J., Ashikari, M., Atwell, B. J., Colmer, T. D., Fagerstedt, K., …Voesenek, L. A. C. J. (2017). Community recommendations on terminology and procedures used in flooding and low oxygen stress research. New Phytologist, 214(4), 1403-1407. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14519

Apart from playing a key role in important biochemical reactions, molecular oxygen (O2) and its by-products also have crucial signaling roles in shaping plant developmental programs and environmental responses. Even under normal conditions, sharp O2... Read More about Community recommendations on terminology and procedures used in flooding and low oxygen stress research.

Dynamic regulation of auxin response during rice development revealed by newly established hormone biosensor markers (2017)
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Yang, J., Yuan, Z., Meng, Q., Huang, G., Périn, C., Bureau, C., …Zhang, D. (2017). Dynamic regulation of auxin response during rice development revealed by newly established hormone biosensor markers. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00256

© 2017 Yang, Yuan, Meng, Huang, Périn, Bureau, Meunier, Ingouff, Bennett, Liang and Zhang. The hormone auxin is critical for many plant developmental processes. Unlike the model eudicot plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), auxin distribution and... Read More about Dynamic regulation of auxin response during rice development revealed by newly established hormone biosensor markers.

Plant biology: building barriers... in roots (2017)
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van Wangenheim, D., Goh, T., Dietrich, D., & Bennett, M. J. (2017). Plant biology: building barriers... in roots. Current Biology, 27(5), R172-R174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.060

The Casparian strip is an important barrier regulating water and nutrient uptake into root tissues. New research reveals two peptide signals and their co-receptors play critical roles patterning and maintaining barrier integrity.

The Microphenotron: a robotic miniaturized plant phenotyping platform with diverse applications in chemical biology (2017)
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Burrell, T., Fozard, S., Holroyd, G. H., French, A. P., Pound, M. P., Bigley, C. J., …Forde, B. G. (2017). The Microphenotron: a robotic miniaturized plant phenotyping platform with diverse applications in chemical biology. Plant Methods, 13(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0158-6

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Chemical genetics provides a powerful alternative to conventional genetics for understanding gene function. However, its application to plants has been limited by the lack of a technology that allows detailed phenotyping of whole-seedling... Read More about The Microphenotron: a robotic miniaturized plant phenotyping platform with diverse applications in chemical biology.

Non-destructive determination of floral staging in cereals using X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT) (2017)
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Tracy, S. R., Gómez, J. F., Sturrock, C., Wilson, Z. A., & Ferguson, A. (2017). Non-destructive determination of floral staging in cereals using X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT). Plant Methods, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0162-x

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Accurate floral staging is required to aid research into pollen and flower development, in particular male development. Pollen development is highly sensitive to stress and is critical for crop yields. Research into male development under... Read More about Non-destructive determination of floral staging in cereals using X-ray micro computed tomography (µCT).

Role of LOTR1 in nutrient transport through organization of spatial distribution of root endodermal barriers (2017)
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Li, B., Kamiya, T., Kalmbach, L., Yamagami, M., Yamaguchi, K., Shigenobu, S., …Fujiwara, T. (2017). Role of LOTR1 in nutrient transport through organization of spatial distribution of root endodermal barriers. Current Biology, 27(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.030

The formation of Casparian strips and suberin lamellae at the endodermis limits the free diffusion of nutrients and harmful substances via the apoplastic space between the soil solution and the stele in roots [1–3]. Casparian strips are ring-like lig... Read More about Role of LOTR1 in nutrient transport through organization of spatial distribution of root endodermal barriers.

Wheat landrace genome diversity (2017)
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Wingen, L. U., West, C., Leverington-Waite, M., Collier, S., Orford, S., Goram, R., …Griffiths, S. (2017). Wheat landrace genome diversity. Genetics, 205(4), https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.194688

Understanding the genomic complexity of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a cornerstone in the quest to unravel the processes of domestication and the following adaptation of domesticated wheat to a wide variety of environments across the globe.... Read More about Wheat landrace genome diversity.

Formation of the stomatal outer cuticular ledge requires a guard cell wall proline-rich protein (2017)
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Hunt, L., Amsbury, S., Baillie, A., Movahedi, M., Mitchell, A., Afsharinafar, M., …Gray, J. E. (2017). Formation of the stomatal outer cuticular ledge requires a guard cell wall proline-rich protein. Plant Physiology, 174(2), https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.01715

Stomata are formed by a pair of guard cells which have thickened, elastic cell walls to withstand the large increases in turgor pressure that have to be generated to open the pore that they surround. We have characterised FOCL1, a guard cell-expresse... Read More about Formation of the stomatal outer cuticular ledge requires a guard cell wall proline-rich protein.

Genetic variation for tuber mineral concentrations in accessions of the Commonwealth Potato Collection (2017)
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Subramanian, N. K., White, P. J., Broadley, M. R., & Ramsay, G. (2017). Genetic variation for tuber mineral concentrations in accessions of the Commonwealth Potato Collection. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 64(8), 1927-1935. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-016-0483-z

The variation in tuber mineral concentrations amongst accessions of wild tuber-bearing Solanum species in the Commonwealth Potato Collection (CPC) was evaluated under greenhouse conditions. Selected CPC accessions, representing the eco-geographical d... Read More about Genetic variation for tuber mineral concentrations in accessions of the Commonwealth Potato Collection.

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.