Paul, M. J. and Griffiths, C. A. 2025. Application of a sunlight-switched sugar signal increases wheat yield in the field. Nature Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02667-z
Griffiths, C. A., Xue, X., Miret-Barrio, J., Salvagiotti, F., Acevedo-Siaca, L. G., Gimeno, J., Reynolds, M. P., Hassall, K., Halsey, K., Puranik, S., Oszvald, M., Kurup, S., Davis, B. G. and Paul, M. J. 2025. Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials. Nature Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02611-1
Miret-Barrio, J., Griffiths, C. A. and Paul, M. J. 2024. Sucrose homeostasis: Mechanisms and opportunity in crop yield improvement. Journal of Plant Physiology. 294, p. 154188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154188
Morales-Herrera, S., Jourquin, J., Coppe, F., Lopez-Galvis, L., De Smet, T., Safi, A., Njo, M., Griffiths, C. A., Sidda, J. D., Mccullagh, J. S. O., Xue, X., Davis, B. G., Van der Eycken, J., Paul, M. J., Van Dijck, P. and Beeckman, T. 2023. Trehalose-6-phosphate signaling regulates lateral root formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120 (40), p. e2302996120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302996120
Backhaus, A. E., Griffiths, C. A., Vergara-Cruces, A., Simmonds, J., Lee, R., Morris, R. J. and Uauy, C. 2023. Delayed development of basal spikelets in wheat explains their increased floret abortion and rudimentary nature. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74 (17), pp. 5088-5103. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad233
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
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
Paul, M. J., Watson, A. and Griffiths, C. A. 2020. Trehalose 6-phosphate signalling and impact on crop yield. Biochemical Society Transactions. 48 (5), pp. 2127-2137. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20200286
Griffiths, C. A., Reynolds, M. and Paul, M. J. 2020. Combining yield potential and drought resilience in a spring wheat diversity panel. Food and Energy Security. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.241
Henry, C., Watson-Lazowski, A., Oszvald, M., Griffiths, C. A., Paul, M. J., Furbank, R. T. and Ghannoum, O. 2019. Sugar sensing responses to low and high light in leaves of the C4 model grass Setaria viridis. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71 (3), pp. 1039-1052. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz495
Paul, M. J., Watson, A. and Griffiths, C. A. 2019. Linking fundamental science to crop improvement through understanding source and sink traits and their integration for yield enhancement . Journal of Experimental Botany. p. erz480. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz480
Blomstedt, C. K., Griffiths, C. A., Gaff, C. A., Hamill, J. D. and Neale, A. D. 2018. Plant desiccation tolerance and its regulation in the foliage of resurrection “Flowering-Plant” species. Agronomy. 8 (8), p. 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080146
Paul, M. J., Gonzalez-Uriarte, A., Griffiths, C. A. and Hassani-Pak, K. 2018. The Role of Trehalose 6-Phosphate in Crop Yield and Resilience. Plant Physiology. 177, pp. 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.01634
Paul, M. J., Oszvald, M., Primavesi, L. F. and Griffiths, C. A. 2018. Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning in reproductive tissue. Plant Physiology. 176 (2). https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.01673
Griffiths, C. A. and Paul, M. J. 2017. Targeting carbon for crop yield and drought resilience. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 97 (14), pp. 4663-4671. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8501
Bledsoe, S. W., Henry, C., Griffiths, C. A., Paul, M. J., Feil, R., Lunn, J. E., Stitt, M. and Lagrimini, L. M. 2017. The role of Tre6P and SnRK1 in maize early kernel development and events leading to stress-induced kernel abortion. BMC Plant Biology. 17 (1), p. 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-017-1018-2
Paul, M. J., Oszvald, M., Jesus, C., Rajulu, C. and Griffiths, C. A. 2017. Increasing crop yield and resilience with trehalose 6-phosphate: targeting a feast-famine mechanism in cereals for better source-sink optimisation. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68 (16), pp. 4455-4462. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx083
Griffiths, C. A., Sagar, R., Geng, Y., Primavesi, L. F., Patel, M. K., Passarelli, M. K., Gilmore, I. S., Steven, R. T., Bunch, J., Paul, M. J. and Davis, B. G. 2016. Chemical intervention in plant sugar signalling increases yield and resilience. Nature. 540, pp. 574-578. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20591
Griffiths, C. A., Paul, M. J. and Foyer, C. H. 2016. Metabolite transport and associated sugar signalling systems underpinning source/sink interactions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1857 (10), pp. 1715-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.07.007
Henry, C., Bledsoe, S. W., Griffiths, C. A., Kollman, A., Paul, M. J., Sakr, S. and Lagrimini, L. M. 2015. Differential role for trehalose metabolism in salt-stressed maize. Plant Physiology. 169, pp. 1072-1089. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.00729
Griffiths, C. A., Sagar, R., Geng, Y., Primavesi, L. F., Patel, M. K., Paul, M. J. and Davis, B. G. 2015. Intervention in plant signalling through light-activation of an exogenous sugar signalling-precursor increase crop yield and resilience. Abstracts Eurocarb18: 18th European Carbohydrate Symposium,, Moscow, 2-6 August 2015 . pp. O-037