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PUCHI regulates very long chain fatty acid biosynthesis during lateral root and callus formation (2019)
Journal Article
Trinh, D., Lavenus, J., Goh, T., Boutté, Y., Drogue, Q., Vaissayre, V., …Guyomarc’h, S. (2019). PUCHI regulates very long chain fatty acid biosynthesis during lateral root and callus formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(28), 14325-14330. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906300116

© 2019 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Lateral root organogenesis plays an essential role in elaborating plant root system architecture. In Arabidopsis, the AP2 family transcription factor PUCHI controls cell proliferation in later... Read More about PUCHI regulates very long chain fatty acid biosynthesis during lateral root and callus formation.

Role of cis-zeatin in root responses to phosphate starvation (2019)
Journal Article
Silva-Navas, J., Conesa, C. M., Saez, A., Navarro-Nelia, S., Garcia-Mina, J. M., Zamarreño, A. M., …del Pozo, J. C. (2019). Role of cis-zeatin in root responses to phosphate starvation. New Phytologist, 224(1), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16020

Phosphate (Pi) is an essential nutrient for all organisms. Root are underground organs, but the majority of the root biology studies have been done growing the root system in presence of light. Root illumination alters the Pi starvation response (... Read More about Role of cis-zeatin in root responses to phosphate starvation.

Agronomic biofortification of cowpea with selenium: effects of selenate and selenite applications on selenium and phytate concentrations in seeds (2019)
Journal Article
Silva, V. M., Boleta, E. H., Martins, J. T., Santos, F. L., Rocha Silva, A. C., Alcock, T. D., …Reis, A. R. (2019). Agronomic biofortification of cowpea with selenium: effects of selenate and selenite applications on selenium and phytate concentrations in seeds. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 99(13), 5969-5983. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9872

BACKGROUND Selenium (Se) is a nutrient for animals and humans, and is considered beneficial to higher plants. Selenium concentrations are low in most soils, which can result in a lack of Se in plants, and consequently in human diets. Phytic acid (PA... Read More about Agronomic biofortification of cowpea with selenium: effects of selenate and selenite applications on selenium and phytate concentrations in seeds.

Overexpression of the MYB29 transcription factor affects aliphatic glucosinolate synthesis in Brassica oleracea (2019)
Journal Article
Zuluaga, D. L., Graham, N. S., Klinder, A., van Ommen Kloeke, A. E., Marcotrigiano, A. R., Wagstaff, C., …Aarts, M. G. (2019). Overexpression of the MYB29 transcription factor affects aliphatic glucosinolate synthesis in Brassica oleracea. Plant Molecular Biology, 101(1-2), 65–79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-019-00890-2

Isothiocyanates, the bio-active hydrolysis products of glucosinolates, naturally produced by several Brassicaceae species, play an important role in human health and agriculture. This study aims at correlating the content of aliphatic glucosinolates... Read More about Overexpression of the MYB29 transcription factor affects aliphatic glucosinolate synthesis in Brassica oleracea.

Emergent Protective Organogenesis in Date Palms: A Morpho-devo-dynamic Adaptive Strategy During Early Development (2019)
Journal Article
Xiao, T., Raygoza, A. A., Pérez, J. C., Kirschner, G., Deng, Y., Atkinson, B., …Blilou, I. (2019). Emergent Protective Organogenesis in Date Palms: A Morpho-devo-dynamic Adaptive Strategy During Early Development. Plant Cell, 31(8), 1751-1766. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00008

Desert plants have developed mechanisms for adapting to hostile desert conditions, yet these mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we describe two unique modes used by desert date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) to protect their meristematic tiss... Read More about Emergent Protective Organogenesis in Date Palms: A Morpho-devo-dynamic Adaptive Strategy During Early Development.

Optimizing dry-matter partitioning for increased spike growth, grain number and harvest index in spring wheat (2019)
Journal Article
Rivera-Amado, C., Trujillo-Negrellos ⁠, E., Molero, G., Reynolds, M. P., Sylvester-Bradley, R., & Foulkes, M. J. (2019). Optimizing dry-matter partitioning for increased spike growth, grain number and harvest index in spring wheat. Field Crops Research, 240, 154-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.04.016

Improving biomass is an important goal for future genetic gains in yield potential in wheat, but it will also be crucial to identify physiological traits to maximize harvest index (HI, proportion of aboveground biomass in grain). Increased grain part... Read More about Optimizing dry-matter partitioning for increased spike growth, grain number and harvest index in spring wheat.

Juvenile root traits show limited correlation with grain yield, yield components and grain mineral composition traits in Indian wheat under hostile soils (2019)
Journal Article
Khokhar, J. S., Sareen, S., Tyagi, B. S., Wilson, L., King, I. P., Young, S. D., & Broadley, M. R. (2019). Juvenile root traits show limited correlation with grain yield, yield components and grain mineral composition traits in Indian wheat under hostile soils. Cereal Research Communications, 47(2), 369–382. https://doi.org/10.1556/0806.47.2019.10

© 2019 The Author(s) Correlations between juvenile wheat root traits, and grain yield and yield component traits under optimal field conditions have previously been reported in some conditions. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that ju... Read More about Juvenile root traits show limited correlation with grain yield, yield components and grain mineral composition traits in Indian wheat under hostile soils.

Development and characterisation of interspecific hybrid lines with genome-wide introgressions from Triticum timopheevii in a hexaploid wheat background (2019)
Journal Article
Devi, U., Grewal, S., Yang, C., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, J. (2019). Development and characterisation of interspecific hybrid lines with genome-wide introgressions from Triticum timopheevii in a hexaploid wheat background. BMC Plant Biology, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1785-z

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Triticum timopheevii (2n = 4x = 28; AtAtGG), is an important source for new genetic variation for wheat improvement with genes for potential disease resistance and salt tolerance. By generating a range of interspecif... Read More about Development and characterisation of interspecific hybrid lines with genome-wide introgressions from Triticum timopheevii in a hexaploid wheat background.

Active Vision and Surface Reconstruction for 3D Plant Shoot Modelling (2019)
Journal Article
Gibbs, J., French, A., Murchie, E., Wells, D., Pound, M., & Pridmore, T. (2020). Active Vision and Surface Reconstruction for 3D Plant Shoot Modelling. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 17(6), 1907-1917. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCBB.2019.2896908

Plant phenotyping is the quantitative description of a plant’s physiological, biochemical and anatomical status which can be used in trait selection and helps to provide mechanisms to link underlying genetics with yield. Here, an active vision- based... Read More about Active Vision and Surface Reconstruction for 3D Plant Shoot Modelling.

Soil carbonate drives local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana (2019)
Journal Article
Terés, J., Busoms, S., Perez Martín, L., Luís‐Villarroya, A., Flis, P., Álvarez‐Fernández, A., …Poschenrieder, C. (2019). Soil carbonate drives local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell and Environment, 42(8), 2384-2398. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13567

High soil carbonate limits crop performance especially in semiarid or arid climates. To understand how plants adapt to such soils, we explored natural variation in tolerance to soil carbonate in small local populations (demes) of Arabidopsis thaliana... Read More about Soil carbonate drives local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Fertilizer management and soil type influence grain zinc and iron concentration under contrasting smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe (2019)
Journal Article
Manzeke, M. G., Mtambanengwe, F., Watts, M. J., Hamilton, E. M., Lark, R. M., Broadley, M. R., & Mapfumo, P. (2019). Fertilizer management and soil type influence grain zinc and iron concentration under contrasting smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42828-0

Micronutrient defciencies remain prevalent in food systems of southern Africa, although advances in biofortifcation through crop breeding and agronomy provide opportunities to address these. We determined baseline soil availability of zinc (Zn) and i... Read More about Fertilizer management and soil type influence grain zinc and iron concentration under contrasting smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe.

F1000Prime recommendation of Root Branching Is Not Induced by Auxins in Selaginella moellendorffii. (2019)
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Bennett, M., & Bhosale, R. (2019). F1000Prime recommendation of Root Branching Is Not Induced by Auxins in Selaginella moellendorffii. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.3410/f.735264316.793558726

Rice plants overexpressing OsEPF1 show reduced stomatal density and increased root cortical aerenchyma formation (2019)
Journal Article
Mohammed, U., Caine, R. S., Atkinson, J. A., Harrison, E. L., Wells, D., Chater, C. C., …Murchie, E. H. (2019). Rice plants overexpressing OsEPF1 show reduced stomatal density and increased root cortical aerenchyma formation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 5584. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41922-7

Stomata are adjustable pores in the aerial epidermis of plants. The role of stomata is usually described in terms of the trade-off between CO2 uptake and water loss. Little consideration has been given to their interaction with below-ground developme... Read More about Rice plants overexpressing OsEPF1 show reduced stomatal density and increased root cortical aerenchyma formation.

EXPANSIN A1-mediated radial swelling of pericycle cells positions anticlinal cell divisions during lateral root initiation (2019)
Journal Article
Ramakrishna, P., Ruiz Duarte, P., Rance, G. A., Schubert, M., Vordermaier, V., Vu, L. D., …De Smet, I. (2019). EXPANSIN A1-mediated radial swelling of pericycle cells positions anticlinal cell divisions during lateral root initiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(17), 8597-8602. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820882116

In plants, postembryonic formation of new organs helps shape the adult organism. This requires the tight regulation of when and where a new organ is formed and a coordination of the underlying cell divisions. To build a root system, new lateral roots... Read More about EXPANSIN A1-mediated radial swelling of pericycle cells positions anticlinal cell divisions during lateral root initiation.

Identification of nitrogen-dependent QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture in hexaploid wheat (2019)
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Griffiths, M., Atkinson, J. A., Gardiner, L., Swarup, R., Pound, M. P., Wilson, M. H., …Wells, D. M. (2019). Identification of nitrogen-dependent QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture in hexaploid wheat

The root system architecture (RSA) of a crop has a profound effect on the uptake of nutrients and consequently the potential yield. However, little is known about the genetic basis of RSA and resource dependent response in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.... Read More about Identification of nitrogen-dependent QTL and underlying genes for root system architecture in hexaploid wheat.

Molecular characterization of Phytophthora palmivora responsible for bud rot disease of oil palm in Colombia (2019)
Journal Article
Maizatul-Suriza, M., Dickinson, M., & Idris, A. S. (2019). Molecular characterization of Phytophthora palmivora responsible for bud rot disease of oil palm in Colombia. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 35(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-019-2618-9

Bud rot disease is a damaging disease of oil palm in Colombia. The pathogen responsible for this disease is a species of oomyctes, Phytophthora palmivora which is also the causal pathogen of several tropical crop diseases such as fruit rot and stem c... Read More about Molecular characterization of Phytophthora palmivora responsible for bud rot disease of oil palm in Colombia.

Development and validation of an exome-based SNP marker set for identification of the St, Jr and Jvs genomes of Thinopyrym intermedium in a wheat background (2019)
Journal Article
Cseh, A., Yang, C., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S. S., Burridge, A. J., …Grewal, S. (2019). Development and validation of an exome-based SNP marker set for identification of the St, Jr and Jvs genomes of Thinopyrym intermedium in a wheat background. TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132(5), 1555–1570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-019-03300-9

Thinopyrum intermedium (2n = 6x = 42, StJrJvs) is one of the most promising reservoirs of useful genes including tolerance to abiotic stresses, perenniality and disease resistance not available in the cultivated bread wheat. The transfer of genetic d... Read More about Development and validation of an exome-based SNP marker set for identification of the St, Jr and Jvs genomes of Thinopyrym intermedium in a wheat background.

Hormetic UV-C seed treatments for the control of tomato diseases (2019)
Journal Article
Scott, G., Almasrahi, A., Malekpoor Mansoorkhani, F., Rupar, M., Dickinson, M., & Shama, G. (2019). Hormetic UV-C seed treatments for the control of tomato diseases. Plant Pathology, 68(4), 700-707. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12987

© 2019 British Society for Plant Pathology Hormesis is a dose response phenomenon in which low, non-damaging doses of a stressor bring about a positive response in the organism undergoing treatment. Evidence is provided here that hormetic UV-C treatm... Read More about Hormetic UV-C seed treatments for the control of tomato diseases.

F-box proteins in plants (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Gonzalez-Carranza, Z. H., Zhang, S., Miao, Y., Liu, J., & Roberts, J. A. (2019). F-box proteins in plants. Annual Plant Reviews Online, 2(1), 307-328. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119312994.apr0701

The F-box domain containing protein is one of the super protein families in Eukaryotic cells including yeast, plant and mammals. For example, the model plant Arabidopsis and Medicago genomes contain nearly 700 and 1000 F-box protein encoding genes re... Read More about F-box proteins in plants.

Development and interaction between plant architecture and yield-related traits in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) (2019)
Journal Article
Tanzi, A. S., Ho, W. K., Massawe, F., & Mayes, S. (2019). Development and interaction between plant architecture and yield-related traits in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.). Euphytica, 215(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-019-2359-8

Winged bean (P. tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) is a leguminous crop that could contribute towards food security in tropical areas, but whose growth and development is still poorly understood. In order to develop improved individuals for increased green pod... Read More about Development and interaction between plant architecture and yield-related traits in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.).