Publications

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Constitutive activation of a nuclear-localized calcium channel complex in Medicago truncatula

Date: 24 July 2023

Contributors: Haiyue Liu, Jie-Shun Lin, Zhenpeng Luo, Jongho Sun, Xiaowei Huang, Yang Yang, Ji Xu, Yong-Fei Wang, Peng Zhang, Giles E. D. Oldroyd, and Fang Xie

Journal: PNAS

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Unlocking the development- and physiology-altering ‘effector toolbox’ of plant-parasitic nematodes

Date: 10 July 2023

Contributors: Beth Molloy, Thomas Baum, Sebastian Eves-van der Akker

Journal: Trends in Parasitology

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induce lateral root development in angiosperms via a conserved set of MAMP receptors.

Date: 6 June 2023

Contributors: Chiu CH, Roszak P, Orvošová M, Paszkowski U.

Journal: Current Biology

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A highly contiguous genome assembly reveals sources of genomic novelty in the symbiotic fungus Rhizophagus irregularis.

Date: 1 June 2023

Contributors: Manley BF, Lotharukpong JS, Barrera-Redondo J, Llewellyn T, Yildirir G, Sperschneider J, Corradi N,

Journal: G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics,

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Cycles of satellite and retrotransposon evolution in Arabidopsis centromeres

Date: 17 May 2023

Contributors: Wlodzimierez, P, Rabanal, F., Burns, R., Naish, M., Primetis, E., Scott, A., Mandakova, T., Gorringe, N., Tock, A.J., Holland, D., Fritschi, K., Habring, A., Lanz, C., Patel, C., Schlegel, T., Collenberg, M., Mielke, M., Nordborg, M., Roux, F., Shirsekar, G., Alonso-Blanco, C., Lysak, M.A., Novikova, P., Bousios, A.W., Weigel, D.W. and Henderson, I.R.

Journal: Nature

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Resurrection of plant disease resistance proteins via helper NLR bioengineering

Date: 3 May 2023

Contributors: Mauricio P Contreras, Hsuan Pai, Muniyandi Selvaraj, AmirAli Toghani, David M Lawson, Yasin Tumtas, Cian Duggan, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Clare E M Stevenson, Adeline Harant, Abbas Maqbool, Chih-Hang Wu, Tolga O Bozkurt, Sophien Kamoun, Lida Derevnina

Journal: Science Advances

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Fungal plant pathogen "mutagenomics" reveals tagged and untagged mutations in Zymoseptoria tritici and identifies SSK2 as key morphogenesis and stress-responsive virulence factor

Date: 3 May 2023

Contributors: Blyth HR, Smith D, King R, Bayon C, Ashfield T, Walpole H, Venter E, Ray RV, Kanyuka K, Rudd JJ

Journal: Frontiers in Pant Science

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Genetic analysis of global faba bean diversity, agronomic traits and selection signatures

Date: 19 April 2023

Contributors: Cathrine Kiel Skovbjerg, Deepti Angra, Tom Robertson‑Shersby‑Harvie, Jonathan Kreplak, Gabriel Keeble‑Gagnère, Sukhjiwan Kaur, Wolfgang Ecke, Alex Windhorst, Linda Kærgaard Nielsen, Andrea Schiemann, Jens Knudsen, Natalia Gutierrez, Vasiliki Tagkouli, Lavinia Ioana Fechete, Luc Janss, ·Jens Stougaard, Ahmed Warsame, Sheila Alves, Hamid Khazaei, Wolfgang Link, Ana Maria Torres, Donal Martin O’Sullivan, Stig Uggerhøj Andersen

Journal: Theoretical and Applied Genetics

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Dancing to a different tune, can we switch from chemical to biological nitrogen fixation for sustainable food security?

Date: 14 March 2023

Contributors: Min-Yao Jhu,Giles E. D. Oldroyd

Journal: PLOS Biology

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The giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein crop.

Date: 8 March 2023

Contributors: Murukarthick Jayakodi, Agnieszka A. Golicz, Jonathan Kreplak, Lavinia I. Fechete, Deepti Angra, Petr Bednář, Elesandro Bornhofen, Hailin Zhang, Raphaël Boussageon, Sukhjiwan Kaur, Kwok Cheung, Jana Čížková, Heidrun Gundlach, Asis Hallab, Baptiste Imbert, Gabriel Keeble-Gagnère, Andrea Koblížková, Lucie Kobrlová, Petra Krejčí, Troels W. Mouritzen, Pavel Neumann, Marcin Nadzieja, Linda Kærgaard Nielsen, Petr Novák, Jihad Orabi, Sudharsan Padmarasu, Tom Robertson-Shersby-Harvie, Laura Ávila Robledillo, Andrea Schiemann, Jaakko Tanskanen, Petri Törönen, Ahmed O. Warsame, Alexander H. J. Wittenberg, Axel Himmelbach, Grégoire Aubert, Pierre-Emmanuel Courty, Jaroslav Doležel, Liisa U. Holm, Luc L. Janss, Hamid Khazaei, Jiří Macas, Martin Mascher, Petr Smýkal, Rod J. Snowdon, Nils Stein, Frederick L. Stoddard, Jens Stougaard, Nadim Tayeh, Ana M. Torres, Björn Usadel, Ingo Schubert, Donal Martin O’Sullivan, Alan H. Schulman & Stig Uggerhøj Andersen

Journal: Nature

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Sensor NLR immune proteins activate oligomerization of their NRC helpers in response to plant pathogens

Date: 1 March 2023

Contributors: Mauricio P Contreras, Hsuan Pai, Yasin Tumtas, Cian Duggan, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Angel Vergara Cruces, Jiorgos Kourelis, Hee-Kyung Ahn, Kim-Teng Lee, Chih-Hang Wu, Tolga O Bozkurt, Lida Derevnina, Sophien Kamoun

Journal: The EMBO Journal

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An optimised transformation protocol for Anthoceros agrestis and three more hornwort species

Date: 23 February 2023

Contributors: Waller M; Frangedakis E; Marron A; Sauret-Gueto S; Rever J; Raja Rubenstein Sabbagh C; Hibberd J; Haseloff J; Renzaglia K; Szövényi P

Journal: The Plant Journal

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Multi-trait ensemble genomic prediction and simulations of recurrent selection highlight importance of complex trait genetic architecture for long-term genetic gains in wheat

Date: 18 February 2023

Contributors: Fradgley N, Gardner KA, Bentley AR, Howell P, Ian J Mackay, Scott MF, Mott R, Cockram J

Journal: in silico Plants

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Combined pangenomics and transcriptomics reveals core and redundant virulence processes in a rapidly evolving fungal plant pathogen

Date: 6 February 2023

Contributors: Chen H, King R, Smith D, Bayon C, Ashfield T, Torriani S, Kanyuka K, Hammond-Kosack K, Bieri S, Rudd J

Journal: BMC Biology

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One hundred important questions for plant science - reflecting on a decade of plant research

Date: 16 January 2023

Contributors: Emily R Larson, Emily May Armstrong, Helen Harper, Sandra Knapp, Keith J Edwards, Don Grierson, Guy Poppy, Mark W Chase, Jonathan D G Jones, Ruth Bastow, Graham Jellis, Steve Barnes, Paul Temple, Matthew Clarke, Giles Oldroyd, Claire S Grierson

Journal: The New phytologist

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A large bioassay identifies Stb resistance genes that provide broad resistance against Septoria tritici blotch disease in the UK

Date: 3 January 2023

Contributors: Tidd H, Rudd JJ, Ray RV, Bryant R, Kanyuka K

Journal: Frontiers in Pant Science

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Longer epidermal cells underlie a quantitative source of variation for wheat flag leaf size

Date: 15 December 2022

Contributors: Zanella C, Rotondo M, McCormick-Barnes C, Mellers G, Corsi B, Berry S, Ciccone G, Day R, Faralli M, Galle A, Gardner K, Jacobs J, Ober E, Sanchez del Rio A, Van Rie J, Lawson T, Cockram J

Journal: New Phytologist

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A low-cost and open-source solution to automate imaging and analysis of cyst nematode infection assays for Arabidopsis thaliana

Date: 12 December 2022

Contributors: Olaf Prosper Kranse, Itsuhiro Ko, Roberta Healey, Unnati Sonawala, Siyuan Wei, Beatrice Senatori, Francesco De Batté, Ji Zhou & Sebastian Eves-van den Akker

Journal: Plant methods