Plant Sciences and the Bioeconomy
| Title | Plant Sciences and the Bioeconomy |
|---|---|
| Type | Science Department |
| Institute | Rothamsted Research |
| Head | Freddie Theodoulou |
| Executive Assistant | Sue Steele |
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A willow UDP-glycosyltransferase involved in salicinoid biosynthesis
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kulasekaran, S., Cerezo-Medina, S., Harflett, C., Lomax, C., DeJong, F., Rendour, A., Ruvo, G., Hanley, S. J., Beale, M. H. and Ward, J. L. 2020. A willow UDP-glycosyltransferase involved in salicinoid biosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72 (5), p. 1634–1648. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa562
Dietary supplementation with seed oil from transgenic Camelina sativa induces similar increments in plasma and erythrocyte DHA and EPA to fish oil in healthy humans
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
West, A. L., Miles, E. A., Lillycrop, K. A., Han, L., Napier, J. A., Clader, P. C. and Burdge, G. C. 2020. Dietary supplementation with seed oil from transgenic Camelina sativa induces similar increments in plasma and erythrocyte DHA and EPA to fish oil in healthy humans. British Journal Of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114520002044
CRISPR-Cas9 multiplex editing of the α-amylase/trypsin inhibitor genes to reduce allergen proteins in durum wheat
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Camerlengo, F., Frittelli, A., Sparks, C. A., Doherty, A., Martignago, D., Larre, C., Lupi, R., Sestili, F. and Masci, S. 2020. CRISPR-Cas9 multiplex editing of the α-amylase/trypsin inhibitor genes to reduce allergen proteins in durum wheat. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00104
Bioengineering horizon scan 2020
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kemp, L., Adam, L., Boehm, C. R., Breitling, R., Casagrande, R., Dando, M., Djikent, A., Evan, N. G., Hammond, R., Hills, K., Holt, L. A., Kuiken, T, Markotic, A., Millett, P., Napier, J. A., Nelson, C., O´Heigeartaigh, S. S, Osbourn, A., Palmer, M. J., Patron, N. J., Perello, E., Piyawattanametha, W., Restrepo-Schild, V., Riosrojas, C., Rhodes, C., Roessing, A., Scott, D., Shapira, P., Simuntala, C., Smith, R. D. J., Sundaram, L. S., Takano, E., Uttmark, G., Wintle, B. C., Zahra, N. B. and Sutherland, W. J. 2020. Bioengineering horizon scan 2020. eLife. 9, p. e54489. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54489
Genetic variation in wheat grain quality is associated with differences in the galactolipid content of flour and the gas bubble properties of dough liquor
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Min, B., Salt, L., Wilde, P., Kosik, O., Hassall, K. L., Przewieslik-Allen, A., Burridge, A. J., Poole, M., Snape, J., Wingen, L., Haslam, R. P., Griffiths, S. and Shewry, P. R. 2020. Genetic variation in wheat grain quality is associated with differences in the galactolipid content of flour and the gas bubble properties of dough liquor. Food Chemistry. 60, p. 100093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100093
Turning sugar into oil - making photosynthesis blind to feedback inhibition
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Paul, M. J. and Eastmond, P. J. 2020. Turning sugar into oil - making photosynthesis blind to feedback inhibition. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71 (7), pp. 2216-2218. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz504
Overexpression of an endogenous type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum enhances lipid production and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Haslam, R. P., Hamilton, M. L., Economou, C., Smith, Richard T., Hassall, K. L., Napier, J. A. and Sayanova, O. V. 2020. Overexpression of an endogenous type 2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum enhances lipid production and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content . Biotechnology for Biofuels. 13 (87). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-020-01726-8
Big data from small tissue extraction of high-quality RNA for RNA-Sequencing from different oilseed Brassica seed tissues during seed development
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Siles-Suarez, L., Eastmond, P. J. and Kurup, S. 2020. Big data from small tissue extraction of high-quality RNA for RNA-Sequencing from different oilseed Brassica seed tissues during seed development . Plant Methods. 16, p. 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00626-0
Transitions in wheat endosperm metabolism upon transcriptional induction of oil accumulation by oat endosperm WRINKLED1
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Grimberg, A., Wilkinson, M. D., Snell, P., De Vos, R. P., Gonzalez-Thuillier, I., Tawfike, A., Ward, J. L., Carlsson, A. S., Shewry, P. R. and Hofvander, P. 2020. Transitions in wheat endosperm metabolism upon transcriptional induction of oil accumulation by oat endosperm WRINKLED1 . BMC Plant Biology. 20, p. 235. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02438-9
Phytochrome-dependent temperature perception modulates isoprenoid metabolism
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bianchetti, R. E., De Luca, B., De Haro, L. A., Rosado, D., Demarco, D., Conte, M., Bermudez, L, Freschi, L., Fernie, A. R., Michaelson, L. V., Haslam, R. P., Rossi, M. and Carrari, F. 2020. Phytochrome-dependent temperature perception modulates isoprenoid metabolism. Plant Physiology. 183 (3), pp. 869-882. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00019
Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ward, J. L., Moing, A., Allwood, J. W., Aharoni, A., Baker, J., Beale, M. H., Ben-Dor, S., Biais, B., Brigante, F., Burger, Y., Deborde, C., Erban, A., Faigenboim, A., Gur, A., Goodacre, R., Hansen, T. H., Jacob, D., Katzir, N., Kopka, J., Lewinsohn, E., Maucourt, M., Meir, S., Miller, S., Mumm, R., Oren, E., Paris, H. S., Rogachev, I., Rolin, D., Saar, U., Schjoerring, J. K., Tadmor, Y., Tzuri, G., Vos, R. C. D., Ward, J. L., Yeselson, E., Hall, R. D. and Schaffer, A. A. 2020. Comparative Metabolomics and Molecular Phylogenetics of Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) Biodiversity. Metabolites. 10 (3), pp. 121-147. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo10030121
High level accumulation of EPA and DHA in field-grown transgenic Camelina – a multi-territory evaluation of TAG accumulation and heterogeneity
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Han, L., Usher, S. L., Sandgrind, S., Hassall, K. L., Sayanova, O. V., Michaelson, L. V., Haslam, R. P. and Napier, J. A. 2020. High level accumulation of EPA and DHA in field-grown transgenic Camelina – a multi-territory evaluation of TAG accumulation and heterogeneity . Plant Biotechnology Journal. 18 (11), pp. 2280-2291. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13385
Differential postprandial incorporation of 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 into individual plasma triacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine molecular species in humans
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
West, A. L., Michaelson, L. V., Miles, E. A., Haslam, R. P., Lillycrop K. A., Georgescu, R., Han, L., Sayanova, O. V., Napier, J. A., Calder, P. C. and Burdge, G. C. 2020. Differential postprandial incorporation of 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 into individual plasma triacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine molecular species in humans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1865 (8), p. 158710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2020.158710
A modular cloning toolkit for genome editing in plants
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hahn, F., Korolev, A., Sanjurjo-Loures, L. and Nekrasov, V. 2020. A modular cloning toolkit for genome editing in plants. BMC Plant Biology. 20, p. 179. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02388-2
Miyabeacin: A new cyclodimer presents a potential role for willow in cancer therapy.
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ward, J. L., Wu, Y., Harflett, C., Onafuye, H., Corol, D. I., Lomax, C., Macalpine, W. J., Cinatl, J., Wass, M. N., Michaelis, M. and Beale, M. H. 2020. Miyabeacin: A new cyclodimer presents a potential role for willow in cancer therapy. Scientific Reports. 10, p. 6477. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63349-1
Down‐regulation of key genes involved in carbon metabolism in Medicago truncatula results in increased lipid accumulation in vegetative tissue
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wijekoon, C., Singer, S. D., Weselake, R. J., Petrie, J. R., Chen, G., Singh, S., Eastmond, P. J. and Acharya, S. N. 2020. Down‐regulation of key genes involved in carbon metabolism in Medicago truncatula results in increased lipid accumulation in vegetative tissue . Crop Science. 60 (4), pp. 1798-1808. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20124
Historical changes in the contents and compositions of fibre components and polar metabolites in white wheat flour
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lovegrove, A., Pellny, T. K., Hassall, K. L., Plummer, A., Wood, A., Bellisai, A., Przewieslik-Allen, A., Burridge, A. J., Ward, J. L. and Shewry, P. R. 2020. Historical changes in the contents and compositions of fibre components and polar metabolites in white wheat flour. Scientific Reports. 10, p. 5920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62777-3
Impairment of DHA synthesis alters the expression of neuronal plasticity markers and the brain inflammatory status in mice
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Talamonti, E., Sasso, V., To, H., Haslam, R. P., Napier, J. A., Ulfhake, B., Pernold, K., Asadi, A., Hessa, T., Jacobsson, A., Chiurchiu, V. and Viscomi, M. T. 2020. Impairment of DHA synthesis alters the expression of neuronal plasticity markers and the brain inflammatory status in mice. The FASEB Journal. 34 (2), pp. 2024-2040. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201901890RR
Functional QTL mapping and genomic prediction of canopy height in wheat measured using a robotic field phenotyping platform
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lyra, D. H., Virlet, N., Sadeghi-Tehran, P., Hassall, K. L., Wingen, L. U., Orford, S., Griffiths, S., Hawkesford, M. J. and Slavov, G. 2020. Functional QTL mapping and genomic prediction of canopy height in wheat measured using a robotic field phenotyping platform . Journal of Experimental Botany. p. erz545. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz545
DES2 is a fatty acid Delta 11 desaturase capable of synthesizing palmitvaccenic acid in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cheeld, H., Bhutada, G., Beaudoin, F. and Eastmond, P. J. 2020. DES2 is a fatty acid Delta 11 desaturase capable of synthesizing palmitvaccenic acid in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. FEBS Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.13762
Identification of a Δ11 desaturase from the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cheeld, H., Bhutada, G., Beaudoin, F. and Eastmond, P. J. 2020. Identification of a Δ11 desaturase from the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.13.903815
Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology Approaches to Enhancing Production of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty acids in Microalgae
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Khozin-Goldberg, I. and Sayanova, O. V. 2020. Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology Approaches to Enhancing Production of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty acids in Microalgae. in: Hallmann, A. and Rampelotto, P. (ed.) Grand Challenges in Algae Biotechnology. Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology. Springer. pp. 249-289
Nutritional enhancement in plants – green and greener
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Napier, J. A. and Sayanova, O. V. 2020. Nutritional enhancement in plants – green and greener. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 61 (February), pp. 122-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2019.12.010
Loss of TaIRX9b gene function in wheat decreases chain length and amount of arabinoxylan in grain but increases cross-linking
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pellny, T. K., Wood, A., Freeman, J., Halsey, K., Plummer, A., Kosik, O., Shewry, P. R., Lovegrove, A., Phillips, A. L. and Mitchell, R. A. C. 2020. Loss of TaIRX9b gene function in wheat decreases chain length and amount of arabinoxylan in grain but increases cross-linking. Plant Biotechnology Journal. pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13393
Sulfated flavanones and dihydroflavonols from willow
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Noleto-Dias, C., Harflett, C., Beale, M. H. and Ward, J. L. 2020. Sulfated flavanones and dihydroflavonols from willow. Phytochemistry Letters. 35 (February), pp. 88-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2019.11.008
Genetic transformation of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using biolistics
B - Book chapters etc edited externally
Sparks, C. A. and Doherty, A. 2020. Genetic transformation of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using biolistics. in: Rustgi, S. and Luo, H. (ed.) Biolistic DNA Delivery in Plants New York Humana Press Inc.
Enhancement of total lipid production in vegetative tissues of alfalfa and sainfoin using chemical mutagenesis
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wijekoon, C. P., Singer, S. D., Weselake, R. J., Petrie, J. R., Singh, S., Jayawardhane, K. N., Shah, S., Chen, G., Eastmond, P. J. and Acharya, S. N. 2019. Enhancement of total lipid production in vegetative tissues of alfalfa and sainfoin using chemical mutagenesis. Crop Science. 60 (6), pp. 2990-3003. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20027
The Arabidopsis thaliana N-recognin E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 influences the immune response.
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Till, C. J., Vicente, J., Zhang, H., Oszvald, M., Deery, M. J., Pastor, V., Lilley, K. S., Ray, R. V., Theodoulou, F. L. and Holdsworth, M. J. 2019. The Arabidopsis thaliana N-recognin E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 influences the immune response. Plant Direct. 3 (12), p. e00194. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.194
Characterisation of Oil Palm Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins and Correlation of their Gene Expression with Oil Synthesis
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Amiruddin, N., Chan, P-K., Azizi, N., Morris, P. E., Cham, K-L., Ong, P. W., Rosli, R., Masura, S. S., Murphy, D. J., Sambanthamurthi, R., Haslam, R. P., Chye, M-L., Harwood, J. L. and Low, E-T. L. 2019. Characterisation of Oil Palm Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins and Correlation of their Gene Expression with Oil Synthesis. Plant and cell physiology. 61, pp. 735-747. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcz237
Arabidopsis cytosolic acyl-CoA-binding proteins function in determining seed oil composition
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Guo, Z. H., Ye, Z. W., Haslam, R. P., Michaelson, L. V., Napier, J. A. and Chye, M. L. 2019. Arabidopsis cytosolic acyl-CoA-binding proteins function in determining seed oil composition. Plant Direct. 3 (12), p. e00182. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.182
NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wu, C. H., Adachi, H., De la Concepcion, J. C., Castells-Graells, R., Nekrasov, V. and Kamoun, S. 2019. NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity. Plant Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00859
The impact of reducing fatty acid desaturation on the composition and thermal stability of rapeseed oil
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kaur, H., Wang, L., Stawniak, N., Sloan, R., Van-Erp, H., Eastmond, P. J. and Bancroft, I. 2019. The impact of reducing fatty acid desaturation on the composition and thermal stability of rapeseed oil . Plant Biotechnology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13263
The overexpression of rice ACYL-CoA-BINDING PROTEIN2 increases grain size and bran oil content in transgenic rice
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Guo, Z.-H., Haslam, R. P., Michaelson, L. V., Young, E. C., Lung, S. C., Napier, J. A. and Chye, M.L. 2019. The overexpression of rice ACYL-CoA-BINDING PROTEIN2 increases grain size and bran oil content in transgenic rice. The Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14503
Estimation of the iron bioavailability in green vegetables using an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Rodriguez-Ramiro, I., Dellaquila, C., Ward, J. L., Neal, A. L., Bruggaber, S. F. A, Shewry, P. R. and Fairweather-Tail, S. 2019. Estimation of the iron bioavailability in green vegetables using an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model. Food Chemistry. 301 (15 December), p. 125292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125292
Improving disease resistance in mungbean - A combined genetic and biotechnological approach
Conference poster
Bansal, A., Nekrasov, V., Rout, G. R., Rudd, J. J., Slavov, G., Chand, R. and Kanyuka, K. 2019. Improving disease resistance in mungbean - A combined genetic and biotechnological approach. BSPP 2019: Arms race: Evolution of plant pathogens and their hosts. Exhibition and Conference Centre, University of West England, Bristol, UK 02 Sep 2019
Engineering the stereoisomeric structure of seed oil to mimic human milk fat
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Van-Erp, H., Bryant, F. M., Martin-Moreno, J., Michaelson, L. V., Bhutada, G. and Eastmond, P. J. 2019. Engineering the stereoisomeric structure of seed oil to mimic human milk fat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (42), pp. 20947-20952. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907915116
Ethylene-mediated nitric oxide depletion pre-adapts plants to hypoxia stress
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hartman, S., Liu, Z., van Veen, H., Vicente, J., Reinen, E., Martopawiro, S., Zhang, H., van Dongen, N., Bosman, F., Bassel, G. W., Visser, E. J. W., Bailey-Serres, J., Theodoulou, F. L., Hebelstrup, K. H., Gibbs, D. J., Holdsworth, M. J., Sasidharan, R. and Vosenek, L. A. C. J. 2019. Ethylene-mediated nitric oxide depletion pre-adapts plants to hypoxia stress. Nature Communications. 10 (4020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12045-4
Phosphorus Use Efficiency and Fertilizers: future opportunities for improvements
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Blackwell, M. S. A., Darch, T. and Haslam, R. P. 2019. Phosphorus Use Efficiency and Fertilizers: future opportunities for improvements. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering - FASE. 6 (4), pp. 332-340. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2019274
Multifunctionalizing the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum for sustainable co-production of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and recombinant phytase
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Pudney, A., Gandini, C., Economou, C., Smith, Richard T., Goddard, P., Napier, J. A., Spicer, A. and Sayanova, O. V. 2019. Multifunctionalizing the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum for sustainable co-production of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and recombinant phytase. Scientific Reports. 9 (1), p. 11444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47875-1
Overexpression of ca1pase decreases Rubisco abundance and grain yield in wheat
A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Lobo, A. K. M., Orr, D., Gutierrez, M. O., Andralojc, P. J., Sparks, C. A., Afan, M., Parry, J., Parry, M. A. J. and Carmo-Silva, E. 2019. Overexpression of ca1pase decreases Rubisco abundance and grain yield in wheat. Plant Physiology. 181 (October), pp. 471-479. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00693
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