DFW - Designing Future Wheat - Work package 1 (WP1) - Increased efficiency and sustainability

Repository project

Project dates01 Apr 2017 to end of 31 Mar 2022
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorMalcolm Hawkesford
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberI0220
DepartmentPlant Sciences
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/000I0220
Grant IDBBS/E/C/000I0220

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Identification of Traits Underpinning Good Breadmaking Performance of Wheat Grown with Reduced Nitrogen Fertilisation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shewry, P. R., Wood, A., Hassall, K. L., Pellny, T. K., Riche, A. B., Hussain, A., Shi, Z., Mosleth, E. F., Charlton, M., Poole, M., Jones, S., Newton, K., Penson, S., Tucker, G., Griffiths, S. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2023. Identification of Traits Underpinning Good Breadmaking Performance of Wheat Grown with Reduced Nitrogen Fertilisation. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 103 (15), pp. 7664-7672. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12848

Inhibition of Rice Germination by Ustiloxin A Involves Alteration in Carbon Metabolism and Amino Acid Utilization

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fu, X., Jin, Y., Paul, M. J., Yuan, M., Liang, X., Cui, R., Huang, Y-J., Peng, W. and Liang, X. 2023. Inhibition of Rice Germination by Ustiloxin A Involves Alteration in Carbon Metabolism and Amino Acid Utilization. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14, p. 1168985. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1168985

Improving rice photosynthesis and yield through trehalose 6-phosphate signalling

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Paul, M. J., Miret-Barrio, J. and Griffiths, C. A. 2022. Improving rice photosynthesis and yield through trehalose 6-phosphate signalling. Molecular Plant. 15 (4), pp. 586-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.03.004

Understanding the Relationships between Free Asparagine in Grain and Other Traits to Breed Low-Asparagine Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Oddy, J., Raffan, S., Wilkinson, M. D., Elmore, J. S. and Halford, N. G. 2022. Understanding the Relationships between Free Asparagine in Grain and Other Traits to Breed Low-Asparagine Wheat. Plants - Basel. 11 (5), p. 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11050669

My lab unlocked: Professor Nigel Halford FRSB

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Halford, N. G. 2021. My lab unlocked: Professor Nigel Halford FRSB. The Biologist.

Microbially synthesized nanoparticles: aspect in plant disease management

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Bhattacharya, J., Nitnavare, R., Shankhapal, A. and Ghosh, S. 2021. Microbially synthesized nanoparticles: aspect in plant disease management. in: Radhakrishnan E. K., Kumar, A. and Aswani, R. (ed.) Biocontrol Mechanisms of Endophytic Microorganisms Elsevier. pp. 303-325

What are the regulatory targets for intervention in assimilate partitioning to improve crop yield and resilience?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Paul, M. J. 2021. What are the regulatory targets for intervention in assimilate partitioning to improve crop yield and resilience? Journal of Plant Physiology. 266, p. 153537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153537

N-terminal truncated RHT-1 proteins generated by translational reinitiation cause semi-dwarfing of wheat Green Revolution alleles

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Thomas, S. G., Van De Velde, K., Heyse, F., Kaspar, R., Van Der Straeten, D. and Rohde, A. 2021. N-terminal truncated RHT-1 proteins generated by translational reinitiation cause semi-dwarfing of wheat Green Revolution alleles. Molecular Plant. 14 (1), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.01.002

Reduced free asparagine in wheat grain resulting from a natural deletion of TaASNB2: investigating and exploiting diversity in the asparagine synthetase gene family to improve wheat quality

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Oddy, J., Alarcon-Reverte, R., Wilkinson, M. D., Ravet, K., Raffan, S., Minter, A., Mead, A., Elmore, J. S., Moreira de Almeida, I., Cryer, N., Halford, N. G. and Pearce, S. 2021. Reduced free asparagine in wheat grain resulting from a natural deletion of TaASNB2: investigating and exploiting diversity in the asparagine synthetase gene family to improve wheat quality. BMC Plant Biology. 21 (1), p. 302. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03058-7

Wheat with greatly reduced accumulation of free asparagine in the grain, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of asparagine synthetase gene TaASN2

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Raffan, S., Sparks, C. A., Huttly, A. K., Hyde, L., Martignago, D., Mead, A., Hanley, S. J., Wilkinson, P., Barker, G., Edwards, K. J., Curtis, T. Y., Usher, S. L., Kosik, O. and Halford, N. G. 2021. Wheat with greatly reduced accumulation of free asparagine in the grain, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of asparagine synthetase gene TaASN2 . Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19 (8), pp. 1602-1613. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13573

Dynamics of dry matter accumulation in internodes indicates source and sink relations during grain-filling stage of japonica rice

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Xu, H., Wang, Z., Xiao, F., Yang, L., Li, G., Ding, Y., Paul, M. J., Li, W. and Liu, Z. 2020. Dynamics of dry matter accumulation in internodes indicates source and sink relations during grain-filling stage of japonica rice. Field Crops Research. (Article), p. 108009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.108009

Mapping sites of gibberellin biosynthesis in the Arabidopsis root tip

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Barker, R., Garcia, M. N. F., Powers, S. J., Vaughan, S., Bennett, M. J., Phillips, A. L., Thomas, S. G. and Hedden, P. 2020. Mapping sites of gibberellin biosynthesis in the Arabidopsis root tip. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/NPH.16967

Cysteine and methionine biosynthetic enzymes have distinct effects on seed nutritional quality and on molecular phenotypes associated with accumulation of a methionine-rich seed storage protein in rice.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Whitcomb, S. J., Rakpenthai, A., Bruckner, F., Fischer, A., Parmar, S., Erban, A., Kopka, J., Hawkesford, M. J. and Hoefgen, R. 2020. Cysteine and methionine biosynthetic enzymes have distinct effects on seed nutritional quality and on molecular phenotypes associated with accumulation of a methionine-rich seed storage protein in rice. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, p. 118. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01118

Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blanchy, G., Virlet, N., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Watts, C. W., Hawkesford, M. J., Whalley, W. R. and Binley, A. 2020. Time-intensive geoelectrical monitoring under winter wheat . Near Surface Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12107

Differential ear growth of two maize varieties to shading in hte field environment - effects on whole plant carbon allocation and sugar starvation response

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liang, X., Gao, Z., Shen, S., Paul, M. J., Zhang, L., Zhao, X., Lin, S., Wu, G., Chen, X-M. and Zhou, S-L. 2020. Differential ear growth of two maize varieties to shading in hte field environment - effects on whole plant carbon allocation and sugar starvation response. Journal of Plant Physiology. 251, p. 153194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153194

Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? A comprehensive analysis based on eight barley crop models

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tao, F., Palosuo, T., Rotter, R. P., Hernandez Diaz-Ambrona, C. G., Minguez, M. I., Semenov, M. A., Kersebaum, K. C., Cammarano, D., Specka, X., Nendel, C., Srivastava, A. K., Ewert, F., Padovan, G., Ferrise, R., Martre, P., Rodriguez, L., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Gaiser, T., Hohn, J. G., Salo, T., Dibari, C. and Schulman, A. H. 2020. Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections? A comprehensive analysis based on eight barley crop models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 281, p. 107851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107851

Contrasting gene expression patterns in grain of high and low asparagine wheat genotypes in response to sulphur supply

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Curtis, T., Raffan, S., Wan, Y., King, R., Gonzalez-Uriarte, A. and Halford, N. G. 2019. Contrasting gene expression patterns in grain of high and low asparagine wheat genotypes in response to sulphur supply. BMC Genomics. 20, p. 628. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5991-8

Scalable Database Indexing and Fast Image Retrieval Based on Deep Learning and Hierarchically Nested Structure Applied to Remote Sensing and Plant Biology

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Angelov, P., Virlet, N. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2019. Scalable Database Indexing and Fast Image Retrieval Based on Deep Learning and Hierarchically Nested Structure Applied to Remote Sensing and Plant Biology. Journal of Imaging. 5 (3), p. 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging5030033

Opposite fates of the purine metabolite allantoin under water and nitrogen limitations in bread wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Casartelli, A., Melino, V.J., Baumann, U., Riboni, M., Suchecki, R., Jayasinghe, N.S., Mendis, H., Watanabe, M., Erban, A., Zuther, E., Hoefgen, R., Roessner, U., Okamoto, M. and Heuer, S. 2019. Opposite fates of the purine metabolite allantoin under water and nitrogen limitations in bread wheat. Plant Molecular Biology. 99 (4-5), pp. 477-497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-019-00831-z

Determination of the prebiotic activity of wheat arabinogalactan peptide (AGP) using batch culture fermentation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Harris, S., Powers, S. J., Monteagudo-Mera, A., Kosik, O., Lovegrove, A., Shewry, P. R. and Charalampopoulos, D. 2019. Determination of the prebiotic activity of wheat arabinogalactan peptide (AGP) using batch culture fermentation. European Journal Of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-01908-7

Implications of crop model ensemble size and composition for estimates of adaptation effects and agreement of recommendations

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rodriguez, A., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Palosuo, T., Carter, T. R., Fronzek, S., Lorite, I. J., Ferrise, R., Pirttioja, N., Bindi, M., Baronowski, P., Buis, S., Cammarano, D., Chen, Y., Dumont, B., Ewert, F., Gaiser, T., Hlavinka, P., Hoffman, H., Hohn, J. G., Jurecka, F., Kersebaum, K. C., Krzyszczak, J., Lana, M., Mechiche-Alami, A., Minet, J., Montesino, M., Nendel, C., Porter, J. R, Ruget, F., Semenov, M. A., Steinmetz, Z., Stratonovitch, P., Supit, I., Tao, F., Trnka, M., de Wit, A. and Rotter, R. P. 2019. Implications of crop model ensemble size and composition for estimates of adaptation effects and agreement of recommendations . Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 264, pp. 351-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.09.018

Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Asseng, S., Martre, P., Maiorano, A., Rotter, R. P., O'Leary, G. J., Fitzgerald, G. J., Girousse, C., Motzo, R., Giunta, F., Babar, M. A., Reynolds, M. P., Kheir, A. M. S., Thorburn, P. J., Ruane, A. C., Waha, K, Aggarwal, P. K., Ahmed, M., Balkovic, J., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Bindi, M., Cammarano, D., Challinor, A. J., De Sanctis, D., Dumont, B., Eyshi Rezaei, E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Gao, Y., Horan, H., Hoggenboom, G., Izaurralde, R. C., Jabloun, M., Jones, C., Kassie, B. T., Kersebaum, K-C., Klein, C., Koehler, A-K., Liu, B., Minoli, S., San Martin, M. M., Muller, C., Kumar, S. N., Nendel, C., Olesen, J. E., Palosuo, T., Porter, J., Priesack, E., Ripoche, D., Semenov, M. A., Stöckle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Van der Velde, M., Wallach, D., Wang, E., Webber, H., Wolf, J., Xiao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, Z., Zhu, Y. and Ewert, F. 2019. Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein. Global Change Biology. 25 (1), pp. 155-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14481

Acrylamide in Food

E - Books edited/written by staff member, alone/with others
Halford, N. G. and Curtis, T. 2019. Acrylamide in Food. World Sci Publ Co Inc.

Stability of wheat grain yields over three field seasons in the UK

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pennacchi, J., Carmo-Silva, E., Andralojc, P. J., Lawson, T., Allen, M. A., Raines, C. A. and Parry, M. A. J. 2019. Stability of wheat grain yields over three field seasons in the UK. Food and Energy Security. 8 (2), p. e00147. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.147

Legislation governing genetically modified (GM) and genome edited crops in Europe: The need for change

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Halford, N. G. 2019. Legislation governing genetically modified (GM) and genome edited crops in Europe: The need for change. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 99 (1), pp. 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9227

Developing new types of wheat with good processing quality at low grain protein content.

Conference paper
Pellny, T. K., Wood, A., Shi, Z., Hussain, A., Riche, A. B., Baker, C., Griffiths, S., Penson, S., Mosleth, E., Hawkesford, M. J. and Shewry, P. R. 2018. Developing new types of wheat with good processing quality at low grain protein content. 13th International Gluten Workshop. CIMMYT, Mexico 14 Mar 2018

Characterization of an antimicrobial and phytotoxic ribonuclease secreted by the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kettles, G. J., Bayon, C., Sparks, C. A., Canning, G., Kanyuka, K. and Rudd, J. J. 2018. Characterization of an antimicrobial and phytotoxic ribonuclease secreted by the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. New Phytologist. 217 (1), pp. 320-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14786

Effects of variety, year of cultivation and sulphur supply on the accumulation of free asparagine in the grain of commercial wheat varieties

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Curtis, T., Powers, S. J., Wang, R. and Halford, N. G. 2018. Effects of variety, year of cultivation and sulphur supply on the accumulation of free asparagine in the grain of commercial wheat varieties. Food Chemistry. 239 (15 January), pp. 304-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.06.113

Exploring the potential for top-dressing bread wheat with ammonium chloride to minimize grain yield losses under drought

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kastury, F., Rahimi Eichi, V., Enju, A., Okamoto, M., Heuer, S. and Melino, M.J. 2018. Exploring the potential for top-dressing bread wheat with ammonium chloride to minimize grain yield losses under drought. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 64 (5), pp. 642-652. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2018.1493341

Nutrient dynamics in wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hawkesford, M. J., Buchner, P. H. and Riche, A. B. 2018. Nutrient dynamics in wheat. Annual Plant Reviews online. 3 (November), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119312994.apr0663

Sulfur metabolism in Allium cepa is hardly affected by chloride and sulfate salinity

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Aghajanzadeh, T. A., Reich, M., Hawkesford, M. J. and Burow, M. 2018. Sulfur metabolism in Allium cepa is hardly affected by chloride and sulfate salinity . Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2018.1540037

RNA Catabolites Contribute to the Nitrogen Pool and Support Growth Recovery of Wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Melino, V. J., Casartelli, A., George, J., Rupasinghe, T., Roessner, U., Okamoto, M. and Heuer, S. 2018. RNA Catabolites Contribute to the Nitrogen Pool and Support Growth Recovery of Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, p. 1539. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01539

Maize yields over Europe may increase in spite of climate change, with an appropriate use of the genetic variability of flowering time

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Parent, B., Leclere, M., Lacube, S., Semenov, M. A., Welcker, C., Martre, P. and Tardieu, F. 2018. Maize yields over Europe may increase in spite of climate change, with an appropriate use of the genetic variability of flowering time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (42), pp. 10642-10647. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720716115

Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Webber, H, Ewert, F., Olesen, J. E., Müller, C., Fronzek, S., Ruane, A. C., Bourgault, M., Martre, P., Ababaei, B., Bindi, M., Ferrise, R., Finger, R., Fodor, N., Gabaldón-Leal, C., Gaiser, T., Jabloun, M., Kersebaum, K.-C., Lizaso, J. I., Lorie, I. J., Manceau, L., Moriondo, M., Nendel, C., Rodriguez, A., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Semenov, M. A., Siebert, S., Stella, T., Stratonovitch, P., Trombi, G. and Wallach, D. 2018. Diverging importance of drought stress for maize and winter wheat in Europe. Nature Communications. 9 (4249). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06525-2

Transcriptional response of rice flag leaves to restricted external phosphorus supply during grain filling in rice cv IR64

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jeong, K., Pantoja, O., Baten, A., Waters, D., Kretzschmar, T., Wissuwa, M., Juila, C. C., Heuer, S. and Rose, T. J. 2018. Transcriptional response of rice flag leaves to restricted external phosphorus supply during grain filling in rice cv IR64. PLOS ONE. 13 (9), p. e0203654. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203654

Sequence diversity and Identification of novel puroindoline and grain softness protein alleles in Elymus, Agropyron and related species

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wilkinson, M. D., King, R. and Grimaldi, R. 2018. Sequence diversity and Identification of novel puroindoline and grain softness protein alleles in Elymus, Agropyron and related species. Diversity. 10 (4), p. 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10040114

Calcium ameliorates the toxicity of sulfate salinity in Brassica rapa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reich, M., Aghajanzadeh, T. A., Parmar, S., Hawkesford, M. J. and De Kok, L. J. 2018. Calcium ameliorates the toxicity of sulfate salinity in Brassica rapa. Journal of Plant Physiology. 231, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2018.08.014

Evaluation of the prebiotic potential of arabinoxylans extracted from wheat distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and in-process samples

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Monteagudo-Mera, A., Chatzifragkou, A, Kosik, O., Gibson, G., Lovegrove, A., Shewry, P. R. and Charalampopoulos, D. 2018. Evaluation of the prebiotic potential of arabinoxylans extracted from wheat distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and in-process samples. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102 (17), pp. 7577-7587. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9171-6

Managing Acrylamide at the Agricultural Stage: Variety Selection, Crop Management, and the Prospects for Solving the Acrylamide Problem Through Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Halford, N. G. 2018. Managing Acrylamide at the Agricultural Stage: Variety Selection, Crop Management, and the Prospects for Solving the Acrylamide Problem Through Plant Breeding and Biotechnology. in: Encyclopedia of Food Chemistry, Volume 1 Elsevier. pp. 559–568

Perspective on wheat yield and quality with reduced nitrogen supply

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Zorb, C., Ludewig, U. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2018. Perspective on wheat yield and quality with reduced nitrogen supply. Trends in Plant Science. 23 (11), pp. 1029-1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.012