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Adventitious rooting declines with the vegetative to reproductive switch and involves a changed auxin homeostasis (2014)
Journal Article
Rasmussen, A., Hosseini, S. A., Hajirezaei, M., Druege, U., & Geelen, D. (2015). Adventitious rooting declines with the vegetative to reproductive switch and involves a changed auxin homeostasis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eru499

Adventitious rooting, whereby roots form from non-root tissues, is critical to the forestry and horticultural industries that depend on propagating plants from cuttings. A major problem is that age of the tissue affects the ability of the cutting to... Read More about Adventitious rooting declines with the vegetative to reproductive switch and involves a changed auxin homeostasis.

Interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England (2014)
Book Chapter
Griffiths, D., & Harding, S. E. (2014). Interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England. In S. E. Harding, D. Griffiths, & E. Royles (Eds.), In search of Vikings: interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England. CRC Press

A wide variety of approaches based on historical, archaeological, place-name, linguistic, physical, and genetic tools can collectively provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings in peace and in war. This chapter and the rest of the book that fol... Read More about Interdisciplinary approaches to the Scandinavian heritage of North-West England.

The importance of alternative host plants as reservoirs of the cotton leaf hopper, Amrasca devastans, and its natural enemies (2014)
Journal Article
Saeed, R., Razaq, M., & Hardy, I. C. (2015). The importance of alternative host plants as reservoirs of the cotton leaf hopper, Amrasca devastans, and its natural enemies. Journal of Pest Science, 88(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-014-0638-7

Many agricultural pests can be harboured by alternative host plants but these can also harbour the pests’ natural enemies. We evaluated the capacity of non-cotton plant species (both naturally growing and cultivated) to function as alternative hosts... Read More about The importance of alternative host plants as reservoirs of the cotton leaf hopper, Amrasca devastans, and its natural enemies.

On the evaluation of methods for the recovery of plant root systems from X-ray computed tomography images (2014)
Journal Article
Mairhofer, S., Sturrock, C., Wells, D. M., Bennett, M. J., Mooney, S. J., & Pridmore, T. P. (2014). On the evaluation of methods for the recovery of plant root systems from X-ray computed tomography images. Functional Plant Biology, 42(5), 460-470. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP14071

© CSIRO 2015. X-ray microcomputed tomography (μCT) allows nondestructive visualisation of plant root systems within their soil environment and thus offers an alternative to the commonly used destructive methodologies for the examination of plant root... Read More about On the evaluation of methods for the recovery of plant root systems from X-ray computed tomography images.

Genome-wide association mapping identifies a new arsenate reductase enzyme critical for limiting arsenic accumulation in plants (2014)
Journal Article
Chao, D., Chen, Y., Chen, J., Shi, S., Chen, Z., Wang, C., …Salt, D. E. (in press). Genome-wide association mapping identifies a new arsenate reductase enzyme critical for limiting arsenic accumulation in plants. PLoS Biology, 12(12), Article e1002009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002009

Inorganic arsenic is a carcinogen, and its ingestion through foods such as rice presents a significant risk to human health. Plants chemically reduce arsenate to arsenite. Using genome-wide association (GWA) mapping of loci controlling natural variat... Read More about Genome-wide association mapping identifies a new arsenate reductase enzyme critical for limiting arsenic accumulation in plants.

Short communication: Chemical composition, fatty acid composition, and sensory characteristics of Chanco cheese from dairy cows supplemented with soybean and hydrogenated vegetable oils (2014)
Journal Article
Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E., Fehrmann-Cartes, K., Íñiguez-González, G., Toro-Mujica, P., & Garnsworthy, P. (2015). Short communication: Chemical composition, fatty acid composition, and sensory characteristics of Chanco cheese from dairy cows supplemented with soybean and hydrogenated vegetable oils. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(1), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8831

Worldwide genetic diversity for mineral element concentrations in rice grain (2014)
Journal Article
Pinson, S. R., Tarpley, L., Yan, W., Yeater, K., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., …Salt, D. E. (in press). Worldwide genetic diversity for mineral element concentrations in rice grain. Crop Science, 55(1), https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2013.10.0656

With the aim of identifying rice (Oryza spp.) germplasm having enhanced grain nutritional value, the mineral nutrient and trace element concentrations (or ionome) of whole (unmilled) grains from a set of 1763 rice accessions of diverse geographic and... Read More about Worldwide genetic diversity for mineral element concentrations in rice grain.

Quantification of Fluorescent Reporters in Plant Cells (2014)
Book Chapter
Pound, M., French, A. P., & Wells, D. M. (2015). Quantification of Fluorescent Reporters in Plant Cells. In J. M. Estevez (Ed.), Plant Cell Expansion: Methods and Protocols (123-131). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1902-4_11

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015. Fluorescent reporters are powerful tools for plant research. Many studies require accurate determination of fluorescence intensity and localization. Here, we describe protocols for the quantification o... Read More about Quantification of Fluorescent Reporters in Plant Cells.

Inter-varietal variation in caesium and strontium uptake by plants: a meta-analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Penrose, B., Beresford, N., Broadley, M., & Crout, N. (2015). Inter-varietal variation in caesium and strontium uptake by plants: a meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 139, 103-117. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.10.005

Radiocaesium and radiostrontium enter the foodchain primarily via plant root uptake. Selecting varieties of crop that display low accumulation of these radionuclides has been suggested as an economically and socially acceptable remediation strategy f... Read More about Inter-varietal variation in caesium and strontium uptake by plants: a meta-analysis.

Soil type influences crop mineral composition in Malawi (2014)
Journal Article
Joy, E. J., Broadley, M. R., Young, S. D., Black, C. R., Chilimba, A. D., Ander, E. L., …Watts, M. J. (2015). Soil type influences crop mineral composition in Malawi. Science of the Total Environment, 505, 587-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.038

© 2014. Food supply and composition data can be combined to estimate micronutrient intakes and deficiency risks among populations. These estimates can be improved by using local crop composition data that can capture environmental influences includin... Read More about Soil type influences crop mineral composition in Malawi.

Hydrodynamic characterisation of chitosan and its interaction with two polyanions: DNA and xanthan (2014)
Journal Article
Almutairi, F. M., Erten, T., Adams, G. G., Hayes, M., McLoughlin, P., Kök, M. Ş., …Harding, S. E. (2015). Hydrodynamic characterisation of chitosan and its interaction with two polyanions: DNA and xanthan. Carbohydrate Polymers, 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.09.090

Chitosan, a soluble polycationic derivative of insoluble chitin, has been widely considered for use in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Commercial (“C”) and in-house laboratory (“L”) prepared chitosan samples extracted from crustaceo... Read More about Hydrodynamic characterisation of chitosan and its interaction with two polyanions: DNA and xanthan.

Variation in sulfur and selenium accumulation is controlled by naturally occurring isoforms of the key sulfur assimilation enzyme ADENOSINE 5?-PHOSPHOSULFATE REDUCTASE2 across the arabidopsis species range (2014)
Journal Article
Chao, D., Baraniecka, P., Danku, J., Koprivova, A., Lahner, B., Luo, H., …Salt, D. E. (2014). Variation in sulfur and selenium accumulation is controlled by naturally occurring isoforms of the key sulfur assimilation enzyme ADENOSINE 5′-PHOSPHOSULFATE REDUCTASE2 across the arabidopsis species range. Plant Physiology, 166(3), https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.247825

Natural variation allows the investigation of both the fundamental functions of genes and their role in local adaptation. As one of the essential macronutrients, sulfur is vital for plant growth and development and also for crop yield and quality. Se... Read More about Variation in sulfur and selenium accumulation is controlled by naturally occurring isoforms of the key sulfur assimilation enzyme ADENOSINE 5?-PHOSPHOSULFATE REDUCTASE2 across the arabidopsis species range.

Concentration dependence of translational diffusion coefficients for globular proteins (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, D. J., Harding, S. E., & Winzor, D. J. (2014). Concentration dependence of translational diffusion coefficients for globular proteins. Analyst, 139(23), https://doi.org/10.1039/c4an01060d

This investigation examines published results of traditional diffusion experiments on ovalbumin and bovine serum albumin to determine the extent to which assumed concentration independence of the translational diffusion coefficient is a reasonable ap... Read More about Concentration dependence of translational diffusion coefficients for globular proteins.

Mutually beneficial host exploitation and ultra-biased sex ratios in quasisocial parasitoids (2014)
Journal Article
Tang, X., Meng, L., Kapranas, A., Xu, F., Hardy, I. C., & Li, B. (in press). Mutually beneficial host exploitation and ultra-biased sex ratios in quasisocial parasitoids. Nature Communications, 5, Article 4942. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5942

Selfish interests usually preclude resource sharing, but under some conditions collective actions enhance per capita gains. Such Allee effects underlay early explanations of social evolution but current understanding focusses on kin selection (inclus... Read More about Mutually beneficial host exploitation and ultra-biased sex ratios in quasisocial parasitoids.

Factors affecting phage D29 infection: a tool to investigate different growth states of mycobacteria (2014)
Journal Article
Swift, B., Gerrard, Z., Huxley, J., & Rees, C. (2014). Factors affecting phage D29 infection: a tool to investigate different growth states of mycobacteria. PLoS ONE, 9(9), Article e106690. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106690

Bacteriophages D29 and TM4 are able to infect a wide range of mycobacteria, including pathogenic and non pathogenic species. Successful phage infection of both fast- and slow-growing mycobacteria can be rapidly detected using the phage amplification... Read More about Factors affecting phage D29 infection: a tool to investigate different growth states of mycobacteria.

The complete plasmid sequences of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium U288 (2014)
Journal Article
Hooton, S. P., Timms, A. R., Cummings, N. J., Moreton, J., Wilson, R., & Connerton, I. F. (2014). The complete plasmid sequences of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium U288. Plasmid, 76, 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2014.08.002

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium U288 is an emerging pathogen of pigs. The strain contains three plasmids of diverse origin that encode traits that are of concern for food security and safety, these include antibiotic resistant determinants, a... Read More about The complete plasmid sequences of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium U288.

Methane emissions among individual dairy cows during milking quantified by eructation peaks or ratio with carbon dioxide (2014)
Journal Article
Bell, M. J., Saunders, N., Wilcox, R., Homer, E., Goodman, J., Craigon, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2014). Methane emissions among individual dairy cows during milking quantified by eructation peaks or ratio with carbon dioxide. Journal of Dairy Science, 97(10), 6536-6546. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2013-7889

The aims of this study were to compare methods for examining measurements of CH4 and CO2 emissions of dairy cows during milking and to assess repeatability and variation of CH4 emissions among individual dairy cows. Measurements of CH4 and CO2 emissi... Read More about Methane emissions among individual dairy cows during milking quantified by eructation peaks or ratio with carbon dioxide.

Food safety organisations in Saudi Arabia – organisational, historical and future analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Mutairi, S., Connerton, I., & Dingwall, R. (2015). Food safety organisations in Saudi Arabia – organisational, historical and future analysis. Food Control, 47, 478-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.047

Food safety organisations around the world are increasingly seeking to develop public policies to protect society, improve the economy, and ensure food safety and quality, by reducing the risks of food-borne illnesses, commercial adulteration, and fo... Read More about Food safety organisations in Saudi Arabia – organisational, historical and future analysis.

N-terminal Domain of Prion Protein Directs Its Oligomeric Association (2014)
Journal Article
Trevitt, C. R., Hosszu, L. L., Batchelor, M., Panico, S., Terry, C., Nicoll, A. J., …Clarke, A. R. (2014). N-terminal Domain of Prion Protein Directs Its Oligomeric Association. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289(37), 25497-25508. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m114.566588

The self-association of prion protein (PrP) is a critical step in the pathology of prion diseases. It is increasingly recognized that small non-fibrillar ?-sheet-rich oligomers of PrP may be of crucial importance in the prion disease process. Here, w... Read More about N-terminal Domain of Prion Protein Directs Its Oligomeric Association.

Expression of Arginase I in Myeloid Cells Limits Control of Residual Disease after Radiation Therapy of Tumors in Mice (2014)
Journal Article
Crittenden, M. R., Savage, T., Cottam, B., Baird, J., Rodriguez, P. C., Newell, P., …Gough, M. J. (2014). Expression of Arginase I in Myeloid Cells Limits Control of Residual Disease after Radiation Therapy of Tumors in Mice. Radiation Research, 182(2), 182-190. https://doi.org/10.1667/rr13493.1

An accumulating body of evidence demonstrates that radiation therapy can generate adaptive immune responses that contribute to tumor control. However, in the absence of additional immune therapy, the adaptive immune response is insufficient to preven... Read More about Expression of Arginase I in Myeloid Cells Limits Control of Residual Disease after Radiation Therapy of Tumors in Mice.