Publications

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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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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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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

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Rhizopine biosensors for plant-dependent control of bacterial gene expression

Date: 25 November 2022

Contributors: Timothy L Haskett, Barney A Geddes, Ponraj Paramasivan, Patrick Green, Samir Chitnavis, Marta D Mendes, Beatriz Jorrín, Hayley E Knights, Tahlia R Bastholm, Joshua P Ramsay, Giles E D Oldroyd, Philip S Poole

Journal: Environmental microbiology

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Nutrient regulation of lipochitooligosaccharide recognition in plants via NSP1 and NSP2

Date: 28 October 2022

Contributors: Xin-Ran Li, Jongho Sun, Doris Albinsky, Darius Zarrabian, Raphaella Hull, Tak Lee, Edwin Jarratt-Barnham, Chai Hao Chiu, Amy Jacobsen, Eleni Soumpourou, Alessio Albanese, Wouter Kohlen, Leonie H. Luginbuehl, Bruno Guillotin, Tom Lawrensen, Hui Lin, Jeremy Murray, Emma Wallington, Wendy Harwood, Jeongmin Choi, Uta Paszkowski & Giles E. D. Oldroyd

Journal: Nature Communications

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The genome and lifestage-specific transcriptomes of a plant-parasitic nematode and its host reveal susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom synthesis of vitamin B5

Date: 19 October 2022

Contributors: Shahid Siddique, Zoran S. Radakovic, Clarissa Hiltl, Clement Pellegrin, Thomas J. Baum, Helen Beasley, Andrew F. Bent, Oliver Chitambo, Divykriti Chopra, Etienne G. J. Danchin, Eric Grenier, Samer S. Habash, M. Shamim Hasan, Johannes Helder, Tarek Hewezi, Julia Holbein, Martijn Holterman, Sławomir Janakowski, Georgios D. Koutsovoulos, Olaf P. Kranse, Jose L. Lozano-Torres, Tom R. Maier, Rick E. Masonbrink, Badou Mendy, Esther Riemer, Mirosław Sobczak, Unnati Sonawala, Mark G. Sterken, Peter Thorpe, Joris J. M. van Steenbrugge, Nageena Zahid, Florian Grundler & Sebastian Eves-van den Akker

Journal: Nature Communications

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Folding features and dynamics of 3D genome architecture in plant fungal pathogens

Date: 17 October 2022

Contributors: Xia, C.J., Huang, L.†, Huang, J., Zhang, H., Huang, Y., Benhamed, M., Wang, M.N., Chen, X.M., Zhang, M., Chen, W.Q., and Liu, T.G

Journal: Environmental microbiology

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AirMeasurer: open-source software to quantify static and dynamic traits derived from multi-seas7on aerial phenotyping to empower genetic mapping studies in rice.

Date: 28 July 2022

Contributors: Sun G, Lu H, et al., Han B*, Zhou J*

Journal: New Phytologist