Plant Sciences

TitlePlant Sciences
TypeScience Department
InstituteRothamsted Research
HeadMalcolm Hawkesford
Executive AssistantSue Steele

Outputs

Sort by: Date Title

High canopy photosynthesis before anthesis explains the outstanding yield performance of rice cultivars with ideal plant architecture

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cheng, Y., Xiao, F., Huang, D., Yang, Y., Cheng, W., Jin, S., Li, G., Ding, Y., Paul, M. J. and Liu, Z. 2023. High canopy photosynthesis before anthesis explains the outstanding yield performance of rice cultivars with ideal plant architecture. Field Crops Research. 306, p. 109223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109223

Modeling the spatial-spectral characteristics of plants for nutrient status identification using hyperspectral data and deep learning methods

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Okyere, F., Cudjoe, D., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Virlet, N., Riche, A. B., Castle, M., Greche, L., Simms, D., Mhada, M., Mohareb, F. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2023. Modeling the spatial-spectral characteristics of plants for nutrient status identification using hyperspectral data and deep learning methods. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14, p. 1209500. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1209500

Nitrogen fertilization produces divergent effects on canopy structure between indica and japonica rice reflected in leaf to panicle ratio based on deep learning

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Yang, Z., Qi, X., Dai, Y., Wang, Y., Xiao, F., Ni, J., Jin, S., Li, G., Ding, Y., Paul, M. J. and Liu, Z. 2023. Nitrogen fertilization produces divergent effects on canopy structure between indica and japonica rice reflected in leaf to panicle ratio based on deep learning. Field Crops Research. 304 (DEC), p. 109184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109184

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

Machine Learning Methods for Automatic Segmentation of Images of Field and Glasshouse Based Plants for High Throughput Phenotyping

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Okyere, F., Cudjoe, D., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Virlet, N., Riche, A. B., Castle, M., Greche, L., Mohareb, F., Simms, D. M., Mhada, M. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2023. Machine Learning Methods for Automatic Segmentation of Images of Field and Glasshouse Based Plants for High Throughput Phenotyping. Plants - Basel. 12 (10), p. 2035. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12102035

Using proximal sensing parameters linked to the photosynthetic capacity to assess the nutritional status and yield potential in quinoa

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cudjoe, D., Okyere, F., Virlet, N., Castle, M., Buchner, P. H., Parmar, S., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Riche, A. B., Sohail, Q., Mhada, M., Ghanem, M., Waine, T. W., Mohareb, F. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2023. Using proximal sensing parameters linked to the photosynthetic capacity to assess the nutritional status and yield potential in quinoa. Acta Horticulturae. 1360, pp. 373-379. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1360.45

A high soluble-fibre allele in wheat encodes a defective cell wall peroxidase responsible for dimerization of ferulate moieties on arabinoxylan

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mitchell, R. A. C., Oszvald, M., Pellny, T. K., Freeman, J., Halsey, K., Sparks, C. A., Huttly, A. K., Specel, S., Leverington-Waite, M., Griffiths, S., Shewry, P. R. and Lovegrove, A. 2023. A high soluble-fibre allele in wheat encodes a defective cell wall peroxidase responsible for dimerization of ferulate moieties on arabinoxylan. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.08.531735

Comparative Compositions of Grain of Bread Wheat, Emmer and Spelt Grown with Different Levels of Nitrogen Fertilisation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lovegrove, A., Dunn, J., Pellny, T. K., Hood, J., Burridge, A. J., America, A. H. P., Gilissen, L., Timmer, R., Proos-Huijsmans, Z. A. M/, Van Straaten, J. P., Jonkers, D., Ward, J. L., Brouns, F. and Shewry, P. R. 2023. Comparative Compositions of Grain of Bread Wheat, Emmer and Spelt Grown with Different Levels of Nitrogen Fertilisation. Foods. 12 (4), p. 843. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12040843

Field assessment of genome edited, low asparagine wheat: Europe's first CRISPR wheat field trial.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Raffan, S., Oddy, J., Mead, A., Barker, G., Curtis, T. Y., Usher, S. L., Burt, C. and Halford, N. G. 2023. Field assessment of genome edited, low asparagine wheat: Europe's first CRISPR wheat field trial. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21 (6), pp. 1097-1099. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14026

Reducing dietary acrylamide exposure from wheat products through crop management and imaging

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Oddy, J., Addy, J., Mead, A., Hall, C., Mackay, C., Ashfield, T., Mcdiarmid, F., Curtis, T. Y., Raffan, S., Wilkinson, M. D., Elmore, J. S., Cryer, N., Moreira de Almeida, I. and Halford, N. G. 2023. Reducing dietary acrylamide exposure from wheat products through crop management and imaging. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry - JAFC. 71 (7), pp. 3403-3413. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07208

Genetic control of grain amino acid composition in a UK soft wheat mapping population

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Oddy, J., Chhetry, M., Awal, R., Addy, J., Wilkinson, M. D., Smith, D., King, R., Hall, C., Testa, R., Murray, E., Raffan, S., Curtis, T. Y., Wingen, L., Griffiths, S., Berry, S., Elmore, S. J., Cryer, N., Moreira de Almeida, I. and Halford, N. G. 2023. Genetic control of grain amino acid composition in a UK soft wheat mapping population. The Plant Genome. 16 (4), p. e20335. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20335

A contiguous de novo genome assembly of sugar beet EL10 (Beta vulgaris L.)

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Mitchell McGrath, J., Funk, A., Galewski, P., Ou, S., Townsend, B. J., Davenport, K., Daligault, H., Johnson, S., Lee, J., Hastie, A., Darracq, A., Willems. G., Barnes, S., Liachko, I., Sullivan, S., Koren, S., Phillippy, A., Wang, J., Liu, T., Pulman, J., Childs, K., Shu, S., Yocum, A., Mutasa-Göttgens, E. S., Stevanato, P., Taguchi, K., Naegele, R. and Dorn, K. M. 2022. A contiguous de novo genome assembly of sugar beet EL10 (Beta vulgaris L.). DNA Research. 30 (1), p. dsac033. https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsac033

A predictive model of wheat grain yield based on canopy reflectance indices and the theoretical definition of yield potential

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pennacchi, J. P., Virlet, N., Barbosa, J. P. R. A. D., Parry, M. A. J., Feuerhelm, D., Hawkesford, M. J. and Carmo-Silva, E. 2022. A predictive model of wheat grain yield based on canopy reflectance indices and the theoretical definition of yield potential. Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology. 34, pp. 537-550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40626-022-00263-z

Diverged subpopulations in tropical Urochloa (Brachiaria) forage species indicate a role for facultative apomixis and varying ploidy in their population structure and evolution

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Higgins, J., Tomaszewska, P., Pellny, T. K., Castiblanco, V., Arango, J., Tohme, J., Schwarzacher, T., Mitchell, R. A. C., Heslop-Harrison, J. S. and Vega, J. J. D. 2022. Diverged subpopulations in tropical Urochloa (Brachiaria) forage species indicate a role for facultative apomixis and varying ploidy in their population structure and evolution. Annals of Botany. 130 (5), pp. 657-669. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac115

Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the Developing Wheat Seed Coat Investigated by Chemical and RNA-seq Analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Phillips, A. L., Vaughan, S., Baker, J., Primavesi, L. F., Patil, A., King, R., Hassani-Pak, K., Kulasekaran, S., Coghill, J., Ward, J. L. and Huttly, A. K. 2022. Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the Developing Wheat Seed Coat Investigated by Chemical and RNA-seq Analysis. Plant Direct. 6 (10), p. e453. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.453

The location of iron and zinc in grain of conventional and biofortified lines of sorghum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gaddameedi, A., Sheraz, S., Kumar, A., Li, K., Pellny, T. K., Gupta, R., Wan, Y., Moore, K. L. and Shewry, P. R. 2022. The location of iron and zinc in grain of conventional and biofortified lines of sorghum. Journal of Cereal Science. 107, p. 103531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2022.103531

Diverting phenylpropanoid pathway flux from sinapine to produce industrially useful 4-vinyl derivatives of hydroxycinnamic acids in Brassicaceous oilseeds

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Menard, G. N., Langdon, M., Bhunia, R., Shankhapal, A., Noleto-Dias, C., Lomax, C., Ward, J. L., Kurup, S. and Eastmond, P. J. 2022. Diverting phenylpropanoid pathway flux from sinapine to produce industrially useful 4-vinyl derivatives of hydroxycinnamic acids in Brassicaceous oilseeds. Metabolic Engineering. 70, pp. 196-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2022.01.016

Production of human milk fat substitute by engineered strains of Yarrowia lipolytica

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bhutada, G., Menard, G. N., Bhunia, R. K., Hapeta, P. P., Ledesma-Amaro, R. and Eastmond, P. J. 2022. Production of human milk fat substitute by engineered strains of Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 14 (June), p. e00192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mec.2022.e00192

A Modular Cloning Toolkit for Genome Editing in Cereals

B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Hahn, F., Sanjurjo-Loures, L. and Nekrasov, V. 2022. A Modular Cloning Toolkit for Genome Editing in Cereals. in: Bilichak, A. and Laurie, J. D. (ed.) Accelerated Breeding of Cereal Crops New York, NY Humana Press Inc. pp. 209-224

RIN4 homologs from important crop species differentially regulate the Arabidopsis NB-LRR immune receptor, RPS2

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Alam, M., Tahir, J., Siddiqui, A., Magzoub, M., Shahzad-ul-Hussan, S., Mackey, D. and Afzal, J. 2021. RIN4 homologs from important crop species differentially regulate the Arabidopsis NB-LRR immune receptor, RPS2. Plant Cell Reports. 40 (12), pp. 2341-2356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-021-02771-9

The short-lived inhibitory effect of Brachiaria humidicola on nitrous oxide emissions following sheep urine application in a highly nitrifying soil

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, Y., Charteris, A. F., Loick, N., Cardenas, L. M., Zhipeng, S., Lopez, M., Chen, Q., Jones, D. L. and Chadwick, D. R. 2021. The short-lived inhibitory effect of Brachiaria humidicola on nitrous oxide emissions following sheep urine application in a highly nitrifying soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 184 (6), pp. 723-732. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202000501

Global Wheat Head Detection 2021: An Improved Dataset for Benchmarking Wheat Head Detection Methods

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
David, E., Serouart, M., Smith, D., Madec, S., Velumani, K., Liu, S., Wang, X., Pinto Espinosa, F., Shafiee, S., Tahir, I. S. A., Tsujimoto, H., Nasuda, S., Zheng, B., Kichgessner, N., Aasen, H., Hund, A., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Nagasawa, K., Ishikawa, G., Dandrifosse, S., Carlier, A., Mercatoris, B., Kuroki, K., Wang, H., Ishii, M., Badhon, M. A., Pozniak, C., LeBauer, D. S., Lilimo, M., Poland, J., Chapman, S., De Solan, B., Baret, F., Stavness, I. and Guo, W. 2021. Global Wheat Head Detection 2021: An Improved Dataset for Benchmarking Wheat Head Detection Methods. Plant Phenomics. 2021, p. 9846158. https://doi.org/10.34133/2021/9846158

Uncovering Trait Associations Resulting in Maximal Seed Yield in Winter and Spring Oilseed Rape

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Siles-Suarez, L., Hassall, K. L., Sanchis-Gritsch, C., Eastmond, P. J. and Kurup, S. 2021. Uncovering Trait Associations Resulting in Maximal Seed Yield in Winter and Spring Oilseed Rape. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12 (6 September), p. 697576. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.697576

Post-translational cleavage of HMW-GS Dy10 allele improves the cookie-making quality in common wheat (Triticum aestivum).

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, Y., Chen, Q., Li, Y., Guo, Z., Liu, C., Wan, Y., Hawkesford, M. J., Zhu, J., Wu, W., Wei, M., Zhao, K., Jiang, Y., Zhang, Y., Xu, Q., Kong, L., Pu, Z., Deng, M., Jiang, Q., Lan, X., Wang, J., Chen, G., Ma, J., Zheng, Y., Wei, Y. and Qi, P. 2021. Post-translational cleavage of HMW-GS Dy10 allele improves the cookie-making quality in common wheat (Triticum aestivum). Molecular Breeding. 41, p. 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-021-01238-9

Identifying aphid resistance in the ancestral wheat Triticum monococcum under field conditions.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Simon, A. L., Caulfield, J. C., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Field, L. M. and Aradottir, G. I. 2021. Identifying aphid resistance in the ancestral wheat Triticum monococcum under field conditions. Scientific Reports. 11, p. 13495. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92883-9

Production of the infant formula ingredient 1,3-olein-2-palmitin in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Eastmond, P. J., Van-Erp, H., Bryant, F. M., Martin-Moreno, J. and Michaelson, L. V. 2021. Production of the infant formula ingredient 1,3-olein-2-palmitin in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. Metabolic Engineering. 67, pp. 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2021.05.009

Flow Cytometry-Based Determination of Ploidy from Dried Leaf Specimens in Genomically Complex Collections of the Tropical Forage Grass Urochloa s. l.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Tomaszewska, P., Pellny, T. K., Hernandez, L. M., Mitchell, R. A. C., Castiblanco, V., De Vega, J. J., Schwarzacher, T. and Heslop-Harrison, P. 2021. Flow Cytometry-Based Determination of Ploidy from Dried Leaf Specimens in Genomically Complex Collections of the Tropical Forage Grass Urochloa s. l. Genes. 12 (7), p. 957. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12070957

Allele mining in diverse accessions of tropical grasses to improve forage quality and reduce environmental impact

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hanley, S. J., Pellny, T. K., De Vega, J. J., Castiblanco, V., Arango, J., Eastmond, P. J., Heslop-Harrison, J. S. and Mitchell, R. A. C. 2021. Allele mining in diverse accessions of tropical grasses to improve forage quality and reduce environmental impact. Annals of Botany. 128 (5), pp. 627-637. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab101

Efficient CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in Spring and Winter Wheat Varieties

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hahn, F., Sanjurjo-Loures, L., Sparks, C. A., Kanyuka, K. and Nekrasov, V. 2021. Efficient CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in Spring and Winter Wheat Varieties. Plants - Basel. 10 (7), p. 1481. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10071481

High molecular weight glutenin subunit (HMW-GS) 1Dx5 is concentrated in small protein bodies when overexpressed in wheat starchy endosperm

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wang, Y., Shewry, P. R., Hawkesford, M. J., Qi, P. and Wan, Y. 2021. High molecular weight glutenin subunit (HMW-GS) 1Dx5 is concentrated in small protein bodies when overexpressed in wheat starchy endosperm. Journal of Cereal Science. 101 (September), p. 103291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2021.103291

The relative abundance of wheat Rubisco activase isoforms is post‑transcriptionally regulated

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Perdomo, J. A., Buchner, P. H. and Carmo-Silva, E. 2021. The relative abundance of wheat Rubisco activase isoforms is post‑transcriptionally regulated. Photosynthesis Research. 148, pp. 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-021-00830-6

Relative efficacy and stability of biological and synthetic nitrification inhibitors in a highly nitrifying soil: Evidence of apparent nitrification inhibition by linoleic acid and linolenic acid

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ma, Y., Jones, D. L., Wang, J., Cardenas, L. M. and Chadwick, D. R. 2021. Relative efficacy and stability of biological and synthetic nitrification inhibitors in a highly nitrifying soil: Evidence of apparent nitrification inhibition by linoleic acid and linolenic acid. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13096

A Neural Network Method for Classification of Sunlit and Shaded Components of Wheat Canopies in the Field Using High-Resolution Hyperspectral Imagery

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Virlet, N. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2021. A Neural Network Method for Classification of Sunlit and Shaded Components of Wheat Canopies in the Field Using High-Resolution Hyperspectral Imagery. Remote Sensing. 13 (5), p. 898. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050898

Nitrogen challenges and opportunities for agricultural and environmental science in India

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Moring, A., Hooda, S., Raghuram, N., Adhya, T. K., Ahmad, A., Bandyopadhyay, S. K., Barsby, T., Beig, G., Bentley, A., Bhatia, A., Dragosits, U., Drewer, J., Foulkes, J., Ghude, S. D., Gupta, R., Jain, N., Kumar, D., Kumar, R. M., Ladha, J. K., Mandal, P. K., Neeraja, C. N., Pandey, R., Pathak, H., Pawar, P., Pellny, T. K., Poole, P., Price, A., Rao D.L.N., Reay, D. S., Singh, N. K., Sinha, S. K., Srivastava, R. K., Shewry, P. R., Smith, J., Steadman, C. E., Subrahmanyam, D., Surekha, K., Venkatesh, K., Varinderpal-Singh., Uwizeye, A., Vieno, M. and Sutton, M. A. 2021. Nitrogen challenges and opportunities for agricultural and environmental science in India. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, p. 505347. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.505347

Accumulation and deposition of triacylglycerols in the starchy endosperm of wheat grain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gonzalez-Thuillier, I., Pellny, T. K., Tosi, P., Mitchell, R. A. C., Haslam, R. P. and Shewry, P. R. 2021. Accumulation and deposition of triacylglycerols in the starchy endosperm of wheat grain. Journal of Cereal Science. 98, p. 103167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2021.103167

Remarkable recent changes in genetic diversity of the avirulence gene AvrStb6 in global populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stephens, C., Olmez, F., Blyth, H., McDonald, M., Bansal, A., Turgay, E. B., Hahn, F., Saintenac, C., Nekrasov, V., Solomon, P., Milgate, A., Fraaije, B. A., Rudd, J. J. and Kanyuka, K. 2021. Remarkable recent changes in genetic diversity of the avirulence gene AvrStb6 in global populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Molecular Plant Pathology. 22 (9), pp. 1121-1133. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13101

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

Gene-based mapping of trehalose biosynthetic pathway genes reveals association with source- and sink-related yield traits in a spring wheat panel

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lyra, D. H., Griffiths, C. A., Watson, A., Joynson, R., Molero, G., Igna, A. A., Hassani-Pak, K., Reynolds, M. P., Hall, A. and Paul, M. J. 2021. Gene-based mapping of trehalose biosynthetic pathway genes reveals association with source- and sink-related yield traits in a spring wheat panel. Food and Energy Security. p. e292. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.292

Wheat amino acid transporters highly expressed in grain cells regulate amino acid accumulation in grain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wan, Y., Wang, Y., Shi, Z., Rentsch, D., Ward, J. L., Hassall, K. L., Sparks, C. A., Huttly, A. K., Buchner, P. H., Powers, S. J., Shewry, P. R. and Hawkesford, M. J. 2021. Wheat amino acid transporters highly expressed in grain cells regulate amino acid accumulation in grain. PLOS ONE. 16 (2), p. e0246763. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246763

Time-lapse geophysical assessment of agricultural practices on soil moisture dynamics

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blanchy, G., Watts, C. W., Richards, J., Bussell, J., Huntenburg, K., Sparkes, D. L., Stalham, M., Hawkesford, M. J., Whalley, W. R. and Binley, A. 2020. Time-lapse geophysical assessment of agricultural practices on soil moisture dynamics. Vadose Zone Journal. 19 (1), p. e20080. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20080

548868 total views
41385 total downloads
572 views this month
404 downloads this month