Sustainable Soils and Crops

Title	Sustainable Soils and Crops
Type	Science Department
Institute	Rothamsted Research
Head	Martin Broadley
Executive Assistant	Sally Murdoch
	Natalia Deas

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Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Langridge, P., Alaux, M., Aldmeida, N. F., Ammar, K., Baum, M., Bekkaoui, F., Bentley, A. R., Beres, B. L., Berger, B., Braun, H-J., Brown-Guedira, G., Burt, C. J., Caccamo, M. J., Cattivelli, L., Charmet, G., Civan, P., Cloutier, S., Cohan, J-P., Devaux, P. J., Doohan,. F. M., Dreccer, M. F., Ferrahi, M., German, S. E., Goodwin, S. B., Griffiths, S., Guzman, C., Handa, H., Hawkesford, M. J., He, Z., Huttner, E., Ikeda, T. M., Kilian, B., King, I. P., King, J., Kirkegaard, J. A., Lage, J., Le Gouis, J., Mondal, S., Mullins, E., Ordon, F., Ortiz-Monasterio, J. I., Ozkan, H., Ozturk, İ., Pereya, S. A., Pozniak, C. J., Quesneville, H., Quincke, M. C., Rebetzke, G. J., Reif, J. C., Saavedra-Bravo, T., Schurr, U., Sharma, S., Singh, S. K., Singh, R. P., Snape, J. W., Tadesse, W., Tsujimoto, H., Tuberosa, R., Willis, T. G. and Zhang X. 2022. Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative. Agronomy. 12 (11), p. 2767. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112767

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

Control of Wheat Tillering by Nitrogen Availability: The Case of Strigolactones

F - Theses

Sigalas, P. 2022. Control of Wheat Tillering by Nitrogen Availability: The Case of Strigolactones. F - Theses University of Nottingham School of Biosciences

Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Giannitsopoulos, M. L., Burgess, P. J., Bell, M. J., Richter, G. M., Topp, C. F. E., Ingram, J. and Takahashi, T. 2022. Translating and applying a simulation model to enhance understanding of grassland management. Grass and Forage Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12584

The effect of soil type on yield and micronutrient content of pasture species

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Darch, T., Blackwell, M. S. A., Hood, J., Lee, M. R. F., Storkey, J., Beaumont, D. A. and McGrath, S. P. 2022. The effect of soil type on yield and micronutrient content of pasture species. PLOS ONE. 17 (11), p. e0277091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277091

Progress on improving agricultural nitrogen use efficiency: UK-China virtual joint centers on nitrogen agronomy

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Misselbrook, T. H., Bai, Z., Cai, Z., Cao, W., Carswell, A. M., Cowan, N., Cui, Z., Chadwick, D. R., Emmett, B., Goulding, K. W. T., Jiang, R., Jones, D. L., Ju, X., Liu, H., Lu, Y., Ma, L., Powlson, D. S., Rees, R. M., Skiba, U., Smith, P., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Williams, J., Wu, L., Xu, M., Xu, W., Zhang, F., Zhang, J., Zhou, J. and Liu, X. 2022. Progress on improving agricultural nitrogen use efficiency: UK-China virtual joint centers on nitrogen agronomy. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering - FASE. 9 (3), pp. 475-489. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2022459

Nutrient accounting in global food systems

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Joy, E. J. M. and Kumssa, D. B. 2022. Nutrient accounting in global food systems. Nature Food. 3, p. 678. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00593-w

Chickpea Defensin Gene Family: Promising Candidates for Resistance Against Soil‑Borne Chickpea Fungal Pathogens

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Nitnavare, R., Pothana, A., Yeshvekar, R. K., Bhattacharya, J., Sapara, V., Reddy, P. S., Ramtirtha, Y., Tarafdar, A., Sharma, M. and Bhatnagar‑Mathur, P. 2022. Chickpea Defensin Gene Family: Promising Candidates for Resistance Against Soil‑Borne Chickpea Fungal Pathogens. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10811-1

Estimates of Dietary Mineral Micronutrient Supply from Staple Cereals in Ethiopia at a District Level

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Abdu, A. O., Kumssa, D. B., Joy, E., Groote, H. D., Lark, R. M., Broadley, M. and Gashu, D. 2022. Estimates of Dietary Mineral Micronutrient Supply from Staple Cereals in Ethiopia at a District Level. Nutrients. 14 (17), p. 3469. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173469

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

Response to ‘A well-established fact - Rapid mineralization of organic inputs is an important factor for soil carbon sequestration’ by Angers et al.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Berthelin, J., Laba, M., Lemaire, G., Powlson, D. S., Tessier, D., Wander, M. and Baveye, P. C. 2022. Response to ‘A well-established fact - Rapid mineralization of organic inputs is an important factor for soil carbon sequestration’ by Angers et al. European Journal of Soil Science. 73 (4), p. e13272. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13272

Novel molecules and target genes for vegetative heat tolerance in wheat

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rose, T., Wilkinson, M. D., Lowe, C., Xu, J., Hughes, D. J., Hassall, K. L., Hassani-Pak, K., Amberkar, S., Noleto-Dias, C., Ward, J. L. and Heuer, S. 2022. Novel molecules and target genes for vegetative heat tolerance in wheat. Plant Environmental Interactions. 3 (6), pp. 264-289. https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10096

Keeping toxic cadmium out of the food chain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

McGrath, S. P. 2022. Keeping toxic cadmium out of the food chain. Nature Food. 3, pp. 569-570. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00579-8

The effect of soil type on yield and macro- and micronutrient content of a wide range of pasture species

N - Datasets

Darch, T., Blackwell, M. S. A., Hood, J., Lee, M. R. F., Storkey, J., Beaumont, D. A. and McGrath, S. P. 2022. The effect of soil type on yield and macro- and micronutrient content of a wide range of pasture species. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.989q8

Elemental concentrations and growth characteristics of wild-type and cultivated varieties of pasture species

N - Datasets

Darch, T., McGrath, S. P., Lee, M. R. F., Beaumont, D. A., Blackwell, M. S. A., Horrocks, C. A., Hood, J. and Storkey, J. 2022. Elemental concentrations and growth characteristics of wild-type and cultivated varieties of pasture species. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.989q7

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

Effect of high molecular weight glutenin subunit Dy10 on wheat dough properties and end-use quality

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Wang, Y., Guo, Z, Chen, Q., Zhao, K., Wan, Y., Hawkesford, M. J., Jiang, Y.-F, Pu, Z.-E., Deng, M., Jiang, Q.-T, Lan X.-J, Wang, J.-R, Chen G.-Y., Ma, J., Zheng, Y.-l., Wei, Y.-M. and Qi, P.-F. 2022. Effect of high molecular weight glutenin subunit Dy10 on wheat dough properties and end-use quality. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 21 (8), pp. 1609-1617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2022.08.041

Integration of embryo–endosperm interaction into a holistic and dynamic picture of seed development using a rice mutant with notched-belly kernels

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Tao, Y., An, L., Xiao, F., Lia, G, Ding, Y, Paul, M. J. and Liu, Z. 2022. Integration of embryo–endosperm interaction into a holistic and dynamic picture of seed development using a rice mutant with notched-belly kernels. The Crop Journal. 10 (3), pp. 729-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2021.10.007

Wheat grain proteins: past, present, and future

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Shewry, P. R. 2022. Wheat grain proteins: past, present, and future. Cereal chemistry. 2022, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.10585

Cereal grain mineral micronutrient and soil chemistry data from GeoNutrition surveys in Ethiopia and Malawi

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Kumssa, D. B., Mossa, A. W., Amede, T., Ander, E. L., Botoman, E. H. B., Chagumaira, C., Chimungu, J. G., Davies, K. G., Gameda, S., Haefele, S. M., Hailu, K., Joy, E. J. M., Lark, R. M., Ligowe, I. S., McGrath, S. P., Milne, A. E., Muleya, P., Munthal, M., Towett, E., Walsh, M. G., Wilson, L., D.Young, S., Haji, I. R., Broadley, M., Gashu, D. and Nalivata, P. C. 2022. Cereal grain mineral micronutrient and soil chemistry data from GeoNutrition surveys in Ethiopia and Malawi. Scientific Data. 9 (1), p. 443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01500-5

Different Responses in Root Water Uptake of Summer Maize to Planting Density and Nitrogen Fertilization

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Gao, Y., Chen, J., Wang, G., Liu, Z., Sun, W., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, X. 2022. Different Responses in Root Water Uptake of Summer Maize to Planting Density and Nitrogen Fertilization. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, p. 918043. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.918043

An overlooked mechanism underlying the attenuated temperature response of soil heterotrophic respiration

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Zhang, X., Whalley, P. A., Gregory, A. S., Whalley, W. R., Coleman, K., Neal, A. L., Mooney, S. J., Soga, K. and Illangasekare, T. H. 2022. An overlooked mechanism underlying the attenuated temperature response of soil heterotrophic respiration. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 19 (192), p. 20220276. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0276

Sub-sampling a large physical soil archive for additional analyses to support spatial mapping; a pre-registered experiment in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Alemu, R., Gelaw, A. M., Gashu, D., Tafere, K., Mossa, A. W., Bailey, E. H., Masters, W. A., Broadley, M. and Lark, R. M. 2022. Sub-sampling a large physical soil archive for additional analyses to support spatial mapping; a pre-registered experiment in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Geoderma. 424 (15 Oct), p. 116013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116013

Epigenetic switch reveals CRISPR/Cas9 response to cytosine methylation in plants: Comment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Raffan, S., Kaur, N. and Halford, N. G. 2022. Epigenetic switch reveals CRISPR/Cas9 response to cytosine methylation in plants: Comment. New Phytologist. 235 (6), pp. 2146-2148. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18405

Advances in barley breeding for improving nitrogen use efficiency

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Chen, Z., Li, L., Halford, N. G., Xu, H., Huang, L., Gao, R., Lu, R. and Liu, C 2022. Advances in barley breeding for improving nitrogen use efficiency. Agronomy. 12 (7), p. 1682. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12071682

A heteroskedastic model of park grass spring hay yields in response to weather suggests continuing yield decline with climate change in future decades

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Addy, J. W. G., Ellis, R. H., MacLaren, C., Macdonald, A. J., Semenov, M. A. and Mead, A. 2022. A heteroskedastic model of park grass spring hay yields in response to weather suggests continuing yield decline with climate change in future decades. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 19 (193), p. 20220361. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0361

Plants change their clocks to flower at the right time

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Pearce, S. 2022. Plants change their clocks to flower at the right time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119 (29), p. e2208745119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208745119

Differentiated function and localisation of SPO11-1 and PRD3 on the chromosome axis during meiotic DSB formation in Arabidopsis thaliana

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Lambing, C., Kuo, P., Kim, J., Osman, K., Whitbread, A. L., Yang, J., Choi, K., Franklin, F. C. H. and Henderson, I. R. 2022. Differentiated function and localisation of SPO11-1 and PRD3 on the chromosome axis during meiotic DSB formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLOS Genetics. 18 (7), p. e1010298. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010298

Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) calibration for analysis of nutrient concentrations and trace element contaminants in fertilisers

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Acquah, G., Hernandez-Allica, J., Thomas, C. L., Dunham, S. J., Towett, E. K., Drake, L. B., Shepherd, K. D., McGrath, S. P. and Haefele, S. M. 2022. Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) calibration for analysis of nutrient concentrations and trace element contaminants in fertilisers. PLOS ONE. 17 (1), p. e0262460. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262460

Community Perceptions of Zinc Biofortified Flour during an Intervention Study in Pakistan

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Mahboob, U., Ceballos-Rasgado, M., Moran, V. H., Joy, E. J. M., Ohly, H., Zaman, M. and Lowe, N. M. 2022. Community Perceptions of Zinc Biofortified Flour during an Intervention Study in Pakistan. Nutrients. 14 (4), p. 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14040817

Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Muleya, M., Tang, K., Broadley, M., Salter, A. M. and Joy, E. 2022. Limited Supply of Protein and Lysine Is Prevalent among the Poorest Households in Malawi and Exacerbated by Low Protein Quality. Nutrients. 14 (12), p. 2430. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122430

Simulation of winter wheat response to variable sowing dates and densities in a high-yielding environment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Dueri, S., Brown, H., Asseng, S., Ewert, F., Webber, H., George, M., Craigie, R., Guarin, J. R., Pequeno, D. N. L., Stella, T., Ahmed, M., Alderman, P. D., Basso, B., Berger, A. G., Mujica, G. B., Cammarano, D., Chen, Y., Dumont, B., Rezaei, E. E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Gao, Y., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Hochman, Z., Hoogenboom, G., Kersebaum, K. C., Nendel, C., Olesen, J. E., Padovan, G., Palosuo, T., Priesack, E., Pullens, J. W. M., Rodríguez, A., Rotter, R. P., Ramos, M. R., Semenov, M. A., Senapati, N., Siebert, S., Srivastava, A. K., Stockle, C., Supit, I., Tao, F., Thorburn, P., Wang, E., Weber, T. K. D., Xiao, L., Zhao, C., Zhao, J., Zhao, Z., Zhu, Y. and Martre, P. 2022. Simulation of winter wheat response to variable sowing dates and densities in a high-yielding environment. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73 (16), pp. 5715-5729. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac221

Identification of novel aphid-killing bacteria to protect plants.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Paliwal, D., Hamilton, A. J., Barrett, G. A., Alberti, F., Emden, H. V., Monteil, C. L., Mauchline, T. H., Nauen, R., Wagstaff, C., Bass, C. G. and Jackson, R. W. 2022. Identification of novel aphid-killing bacteria to protect plants. Microbial Biotechnology. 15 (4), pp. 1203-1220. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13902

Loss of starch synthase IIIa changes starch molecular structure and granule morphology in grains of hexaploid bread wheat.

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Fahy, B., Gonzalez, O., Savva, G. M., Ahn-Jarvis, J. H., Warren, F. J., Dunn, J., Lovegrove, A. and Hazard, B. A 2022. Loss of starch synthase IIIa changes starch molecular structure and granule morphology in grains of hexaploid bread wheat. Scientific Reports. 12, p. 10806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14995-0

Countering elevated CO2 induced Fe and Zn reduction in Arabidopsis seeds

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Sun, P., Isner, J., Coupel-Ledru, A., Zhang, Q., Pridgeon, A., He, Y., Menguer, P., Miller, A. J., Sanders, D., McGrath, S. P., Noothong, F., Liang, Y. and Hetherington, A. 2022. Countering elevated CO2 induced Fe and Zn reduction in Arabidopsis seeds. New Phytologist. 235 (5), pp. 1796-1806. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18290

Induced mutations in ASPARAGINE SYNTHETASE-A2 reduce free asparagine concentration in the wheat grain

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Alarcon-Reverte, R., Xie, Y., Stromberger, J., Cotter, J. D., Mason, R. E. and Pearce, S. 2022. Induced mutations in ASPARAGINE SYNTHETASE-A2 reduce free asparagine concentration in the wheat grain. Crop Science. 62 (4), pp. 1484-1496. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20760

Modelling Heteroskedasticity, Overdispersion and the Impacts of Climate Change for Long-Term Hay Yield Data

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Addy, J., Mead, A., Macdonald, A. J., Semenov, M. A. and Ellis, R. H. 2022. Modelling Heteroskedasticity, Overdispersion and the Impacts of Climate Change for Long-Term Hay Yield Data. 31st International Biometric Conference. Riga, Latvia 10 Jul 2022

Photosynthetic microbes in nanobiotechnology Applications and perspectives

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Nitnavare, R., Bhattacharya, J., Thongmee, S. and Ghosh, S. 2022. Photosynthetic microbes in nanobiotechnology Applications and perspectives. Science of the Total Environment. 841 (1 October), p. 156457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156457

Spatial patterns of microbial diversity in Fe-Mn deposits and associated sediments in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bergo, N. M., Torres-Ballesteros, A., Signori, C. N., Benites, M., Jovane, L., Murton, B. J., Da Rocha, U. N. and Pellizari, V. H. 2022. Spatial patterns of microbial diversity in Fe-Mn deposits and associated sediments in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Science of the Total Environment. 837 (1 Sept), p. 155792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155792

Changes in the concentrations and transcripts for gibberellins and other hormones in a growing leaf and roots of wheat seedlings in response to water restriction

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Ptoskova, K., Szecowka, M., Jaworek, P., Tarkowska, D., Petrik, I., Pavlovic, I., Novak, O., Thomas, S. G., Phillips, A. L. and Hedden, P. 2022. Changes in the concentrations and transcripts for gibberellins and other hormones in a growing leaf and roots of wheat seedlings in response to water restriction. BMC Plant Biology. 22 (1), p. 284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03667-w