Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (1-5), 2011

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (1), 2011



Contents:

Bleach it, switch it, bounce it, pull it: using lasers to reveal plant cell dynamics
Sparkes, I. A.; Graumann, K.; Martinire, A.; Schoberer, J.; Wang, P.; Osterrieder, A.

The identification of aluminium-resistance genes provides opportunities for enhancing crop production on acid soils
Ryan, P. R.; Tyerman, S. D.; Sasaki, T.; Furuichi, T.; Yamamoto, Y.; Zhang, W. H.; Delhaize, E.

Root responses to cadmium in the rhizosphere: a review
Lux, Alexander; Martinka, Michal; Vaculk, Marek; White, Philip J.

Ion transport in seminal and adventitious roots of cereals during O2 deficiency
Colmer, Timothy David; Greenway, Hank

Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits
Bengough, A. Glyn; McKenzie, B. M.; Hallett, P. D.; Valentine, T. A.

A screening method to identify genetic variation in root growth response to a salinity gradient
Rahnama, Afrasyab; Munns, Rana; Poustini, Kazem; Watt, Michelle

Open and closed inflorescences: more than simple opposites
Bull-Hereu, Kester; Claen-Bockhoff, Regine

Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant model organism for the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton?
Gardiner, John; Marc, Jan

Seasonal changes of whole root system conductance by a drought-tolerant grape root system
Alsina, Maria Mar; Smart, David R.; Bauerle, Taryn; de Herralde, Felicidad; Biel, Carme; Stockert, Christine; Negron, Claudia; Save, Robert

Plant physiology and proteomics reveals the leaf response to drought in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Aranjuelo, Iker; Molero, Gemma; Erice, Gorka; Avice, Jean Christophe; Nogus, Salvador

Root-synthesized cytokinins improve shoot growth and fruit yield in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants
Ghanem, Michel Edmond; Albacete, Alfonso; Smigocki, Ann C.; Frbort, Ivo; Pospilov, Hana; Martnez-Andjar, Cristina; Acosta, Manuel; Snchez-Bravo, Jos; Lutts, Stanley; Dodd, Ian C.; Prez-Alfocea, Francisco

Activation of the plant mitochondrial potassium channel by free fatty acids and acyl-CoA esters: a possible defence mechanism in the response to hyperosmotic stress
Laus, Maura N.; Soccio, Mario; Trono, Daniela; Liberatore, Maria T.; Pastore, Donato

Nicotiana attenuata NaHD20 plays a role in leaf ABA accumulation during water stress, benzylacetone emission from flowers, and the timing of bolting and flower transitions
R, Delfina A.; Dezar, Carlos A.; Chan, Raquel L.; Baldwin, Ian T.; Bonaventure, Gustavo

Genetic mapping of natural variation in a shade avoidance response: ELF3 is the candidate gene for a QTL in hypocotyl growth regulation
Coluccio, M. Paula; Sanchez, Sabrina E.; Kasulin, Luciana; Yanovsky, Marcelo J.; Botto, Javier F.

Sodium and chloride exclusion and retention by non-grafted and grafted melon and Cucurbita plants
Edelstein, M.; Plaut, Z.; Ben-Hur, M.

Ionic and osmotic relations in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) plants grown at various salinity levels
Hariadi, Yuda; Marandon, Karl; Tian, Yu; Jacobsen, Sven-Erik; Shabala, Sergey

Augmentation of abscisic acid (ABA) levels by drought does not induce short-term stomatal sensitivity to CO2 in two divergent conifer species
McAdam, Scott A. M.; Brodribb, Timothy J.; Ross, John J.; Jordan, Gregory J.

Expression profiling of cell cycle genes reveals key facilitators of cell production during carpel development, fruit set, and fruit growth in apple (Malusdomestica Borkh.)
Malladi, Anish; Johnson, Lisa Klima

Misregulation of the LOB domain gene DDA1 suggests possible functions in auxin signalling and photomorphogenesis
Mangeon, Amanda; Bell, Elizabeth M.; Lin, Wan-ching; Jablonska, Barbara; Springer, Patricia S.

Haem oxygenase delays programmed cell death in wheat aleurone layers by modulation of hydrogen peroxide metabolism
Wu, Mingzhu; Huang, Jingjing; Xu, Sheng; Ling, Tengfang; Xie, Yanjie; Shen, Wenbiao

Effect of popular genotypes on mycorrhizal infection and secreted enzyme activities in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal roots
Courty, P. E.; Labb, J.; Kohler, A.; Marais, B.; Bastien, C.; Churin, J. L.; Garbaye, J.; Le Tacon, F.

Differences in enzymic properties of five recombinant xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana
Maris, An; Kaewthai, Nomchit; Eklf, Jens M.; Miller, Janice G.; Brumer, Harry; Fry, Stephen C.; Verbelen, Jean-Pierre; Vissenberg, Kris

Megapixel imaging of (micro)nutrients in mature barley grains
Lombi, Enzo; Smith, Euan; Hansen, Thomas H.; Paterson, David; de Jonge, Martin D.; Howard, Daryl L.; Persson, Daniel P.; Husted, Sren; Ryan, Chris; Schjoerring, Jan K.

Crassulacean acid metabolism under severe light limitation: a matter of plasticity in the shadows?
Ceusters, Johan; Borland, Anne M.; Godts, Christof; Londers, Elsje; Croonenborghs, Sarah; Van Goethem, Davina; De Proft, Maurice P.

Functional characterization of the HD-ZIP IV transcription factor OCL1 from maize
Depge-Fargeix, Nathalie; Javelle, Marie; Chambrier, Pierre; Frangne, Nathalie; Gerentes, Denise; Perez, Pascual; Rogowsky, Peter M.; Vernoud, Vanessa

An alternative pathway for ureide usage in legumes: enzymatic formation of a ureidoglycolate adduct in Cicer arietinum and Phaseolus vulgaris
Muoz, Alfonso; Bannenberg, Gerard L.; Montero, Olimpio; Cabello-Daz, Juan Miguel; Piedras, Pedro; Pineda, Manuel

HCC1, the Arabidopsis homologue of the yeast mitochondrial copper chaperone SCO1, is essential for embryonic development
Steinebrunner, Iris; Landschreiber, Marlen; Krause-Buchholz, Udo; Teichmann, Juliane; Rdel, Gerhard

Mechanistic study of mitochondria-dependent programmed cell death induced by aluminium phytotoxicity using fluorescence techniques
Li, Zhe; Xing, Da

Is LEAFY a useful marker gene for the flowerinflorescence boundary in the Euphorbia cyathium?
Prenner, Gerhard; Cacho, N. Ival; Baum, David; Rudall, Paula J.

Analysis of the willow root system by electrical impedance spectroscopy
Cao, Yang; Repo, Tapani; Silvennoinen, Raimo; Lehto, Tarja; Pelkonen, Paavo

Convergence of the 26S proteasome and the REVOLUTA pathways in regulating inflorescence and floral meristem functions in Arabidopsis
Zhang, Zhenzhen; Wang, Hua; Luo, Dexian; Zeng, Minhuan; Huang, Hai; Cui, Xiaofeng

Potato tuber pectin structure is influenced by pectin methyl esterase activity and impacts on cooked potato texture
Ross, Heather A.; Wright, Kathryn M.; McDougall, Gordon J.; Roberts, Alison G.; Chapman, Sean N.; Morris, Wayne L.; Hancock, Robert D.; Stewart, Derek; Tucker, Gregory A.; James, Euan K.; Taylor, Mark A.

Photosynthesis, water use, and root viability under water stress as affected by expression of SAG12-ipt controlling cytokinin synthesis in Agrostis stolonifera
Merewitz, Emily B.; Gianfagna, Thomas; Huang, Bingru

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (2), 2011



Contents:

Using genetic mapping and genomics approaches in understanding and improving drought tolerance in pearl millet
Yadav, Rattan S.; Sehgal, Deepmala; Vadez, Vincent

Association mapping in durum wheat grown across a broad range of water regimes
Maccaferri, Marco; Sanguineti, Maria Corinna; Demontis, Andrea; El-Ahmed, Ahmed; Garcia del Moral, Luis; Maalouf, Fouad; Nachit, Miloudi; Nserallah, Nasserlehaq; Ouabbou, Hassan; Rhouma, Sayar; Royo, Conxita; Villegas, Dolors; Tuberosa, Roberto

Raising yield potential of wheat. I. Overview of a consortium approach and breeding strategies
Reynolds, Matthew; Bonnett, David; Chapman, Scott C.; Furbank, Robert T.; Mans, Yann; Mather, Diane E.; Parry, Martin A. J.

Raising yield potential of wheat. II. Increasing photosynthetic capacity and efficiency
Parry, Martin A. J.; Reynolds, Matthew; Salvucci, Michael E.; Raines, Christine; Andralojc, P. John; Zhu, Xin-Guang; Price, G. Dean; Condon, Anthony G.; Furbank, Robert T.

Raising yield potential of wheat. III. Optimizing partitioning to grain while maintaining lodging resistance
Foulkes, M. John; Slafer, Gustavo A.; Davies, William J.; Berry, Pete. M.; Sylvester-Bradley, Roger; Martre, Pierre; Calderini, Daniel F.; Griffiths, Simon; Reynolds, Matthew P.

Regulation of flowering time and floral patterning by miR172
Zhu, Qian-Hao; Helliwell, Chris A.

A TSPO-related protein localizes to the early secretory pathway in Arabidopsis, but is targeted to mitochondria when expressed in yeast
Vanhee, Celine; Guillon, Stphanie; Masquelier, Danile; Degand, Herv; Deleu, Magali; Morsomme, Pierre; Batoko, Henri

Impact of chlororespiration on non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence and on the regulation of the diadinoxanthin cycle in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
Cruz, Sonia; Goss, Reimund; Wilhelm, Christian; Leegood, Richard; Horton, Peter; Jakob, Torsten

The olive DGAT2 gene is developmentally regulated and shares overlapping but distinct expression patterns with DGAT1
Banilas, Georgios; Karampelias, Michael; Makariti, Ifigenia; Kourti, Anna; Hatzopoulos, Polydefkis

Testing the IMEter on rice introns and other aspects of intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression
Morello, Laura; Gian, Silvia; Troina, Filippo; Breviario, Diego

Thioredoxin-regulated -amylase (BAM1) triggers diurnal starch degradation in guard cells, and in mesophyll cells under osmotic stress
Valerio, Concetta; Costa, Alex; Marri, Lucia; Issakidis-Bourguet, Emmanuelle; Pupillo, Paolo; Trost, Paolo; Sparla, Francesca

A novel chloroplast protein, CEST induces tolerance to multiple environmental stresses and reduces photooxidative damage in transgenic Arabidopsis
Yokotani, Naoki; Higuchi, Mieko; Kondou, Youichi; Ichikawa, Takanari; Iwabuchi, Masaki; Hirochika, Hirohiko; Matsui, Minami; Oda, Kenji

The N-glycan processing enzymes -mannosidase and -D-N-acetylhexosaminidase are involved in ripening-associated softening in the non-climacteric fruits of capsicum
Ghosh, Sumit; Meli, Vijaykumar S.; Kumar, Anil; Thakur, Archana; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra; Datta, Asis

Specification of reproductive meristems requires the combined function of SHOOT MERISTEMLESS and floral integrators FLOWERING LOCUS T and FD during Arabidopsis inflorescence development
Smith, Harley M. S.; Ung, Nolan; Lal, Shruti; Courtier, Jennifer

Comparative analysis of defence responses induced by the endophytic plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN and the non-host bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi in grapevine cell suspensions
Bordiec, Sophie; Paquis, Sandra; Lacroix, Hlne; Dhondt, Sandrine; Ait Barka, Essad; Kauffmann, Serge; Jeandet, Philippe; Mazeyrat-Gourbeyre, Florence; Clment, Christophe; Baillieul, Fabienne; Dorey, Stphan

Nitrogen metabolism responses to water deficit act through both abscisic acid (ABA)-dependent and independent pathways in Medicago truncatula during post-germination
Planchet, Elisabeth; Rannou, Olivier; Ricoult, Claudie; Boutet-Mercey, Stphanie; Maia-Grondard, Alessandra; Limami, Anis M.

The Solanum lycopersicum AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (SlARF7) mediates cross-talk between auxin and gibberellin signalling during tomato fruit set and development
de Jong, Maaike; Wolters-Arts, Mieke; Garca-Martnez, Jos L.; Mariani, Celestina; Vriezen, Wim H.

Role of relative humidity, temperature, and water status in dormancy alleviation of sunflower seeds during dry after-ripening
Bazin, J.; Batlla, D.; Dussert, S.; El-Maarouf-Bouteau, H.; Bailly, C.

BAK1 regulates the accumulation of jasmonic acid and the levels of trypsin proteinase inhibitors in Nicotiana attenuata's responses to herbivory
Yang, Da-Hai; Hettenhausen, Christian; Baldwin, Ian T.; Wu, Jianqiang

Rubisco activity in Mediterranean species is regulated by the chloroplastic CO2 concentration under water stress
Galms, Jeroni; Ribas-Carb, Miquel; Medrano, Hiplito; Flexas, Jaume

Ethylene is involved in the regulation of iron homeostasis by regulating the expression of iron-acquisition-related genes in Oryza sativa
Wu, Jiaojiao; Wang, Chuang; Zheng, Luqing; Wang, Lu; Chen, Yunlong; Whelan, James; Shou, Huixia

Sex-related differences in morphological, physiological, and ultrastructural responses of Populus cathayana to chilling
Zhang, Sheng; Jiang, Hao; Peng, Shuming; Korpelainen, Helena; Li, Chunyang

Dorsoventral variations in dark chilling effects on photosynthesis and stomatal function in Paspalum dilatatum leaves
Soares-Cordeiro, Ana Sofia; Driscoll, Simon P.; Arrabaa, Maria Celeste; Foyer, Christine H.

Genetic association mapping identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that affect abscisic acid levels in maize floral tissues during drought
Setter, Tim L.; Yan, Jianbing; Warburton, Marilyn; Ribaut, Jean-Marcel; Xu, Yunbi; Sawkins, Mark; Buckler, Edward S.; Zhang, Zhiwu; Gore, Michael A.

Water uptake by seminal and adventitious roots in relation to whole-plant water flow in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Knipfer, Thorsten; Fricke, Wieland

Endosperm development in Brachypodium distachyon
Opanowicz, Magdalena; Hands, Philip; Betts, Donna; Parker, Mary L.; Toole, Geraldine A.; Mills, E. N. Clare; Doonan, John H.; Drea, Sinad

The lipoxygenase-dependent oxygenation of lipid body membranes is promoted by a patatin-type phospholipase in cucumber cotyledons
Rudolph, Maike; Schlereth, Armin; Krner, Martina; Feussner, Kirstin; Berndt, Ekkehardt; Melzer, Michael; Hornung, Ellen; Feussner, Ivo

miR396-targeted AtGRF transcription factors are required for coordination of cell division and differentiation during leaf development in Arabidopsis
Wang, Li; Gu, Xiaolu; Xu, Deyang; Wang, Wei; Wang, Hua; Zeng, Minhuan; Chang, Zhaoyang; Huang, Hai; Cui, Xiaofeng

C-terminal armadillo repeats are essential and sufficient for association of the plant U-box armadillo E3 ubiquitin ligase SAUL1 with the plasma membrane
Drechsel, Gabriele; Bergler, Johannes; Wippel, Kathrin; Sauer, Norbert; Vogelmann, Katja; Hoth, Stefan

In planta function of compatible solute transporters of the AtProT family
Lehmann, Silke; Gumy, Christophe; Blatter, Eva; Boeffel, Silke; Fricke, Wieland; Rentsch, Doris

Sugar signalling is involved in the sex expression response of monoecious cucumber to low temperature
Miao, Minmin; Yang, Xiaguang; Han, Xiaoshuang; Wang, Kuishan

Compensatory expression and substrate inducibility of -glutamyl transferase GGT2 isoform in Arabidopsis thaliana
Destro, Tiziana; Prasad, Dinesh; Martignago, Damiano; Lliso Bernet, Ignacio; Trentin, Anna Rita; Renu, Indu Kumari; Ferretti, Massimo; Masi, Antonio

Cloning, characterization, and expression of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase and expansin genes associated with petal growth and development during carnation flower opening
Harada, Taro; Torii, Yuka; Morita, Shigeto; Onodera, Reiko; Hara, Yoshinao; Yokoyama, Ryusuke; Nishitani, Kazuhiko; Satoh, Shigeru

Identification and expression analysis of ERF transcription factor genes in petunia during flower senescence and in response to hormone treatments
Liu, Juanxu; Li, Jingyu; Wang, Huinan; Fu, Zhaodi; Liu, Juan; Yu, Yixun

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (3), 2011



Contents:

Composition differences between epicuticular and intracuticular wax substructures: How do plants seal their epidermal surfaces?
Buschhaus, Christopher; Jetter, Reinhard

Yieldtrait performance landscapes: from theory to application in breeding maize for drought tolerance
Messina, Carlos D.; Podlich, Dean; Dong, Zhanshan; Samples, Mitch; Cooper, Mark

Photosynthesis and drought: can we make metabolic connections from available data?
Pinheiro, C.; Chaves, M. M.

The sucrose non-fermenting-1-related (SnRK) family of protein kinases: potential for manipulation to improve stress tolerance and increase yield
Coello, Patricia; Hey, Sandra J.; Halford, Nigel G.

Restoration of photosystem II photochemistry and carbon assimilation and related changes in chlorophyll and protein contents during the rehydration of desiccated Xerophyta scabrida leaves
Prez, P.; Rabnecz, G.; Laufer, Z.; Gutirrez, D.; Tuba, Z.; Martnez-Carrasco, R.

Combining ecophysiological modelling and quantitative trait locus analysis to identify key elementary processes underlying tomato fruit sugar concentration
Prudent, Marion; Lecomte, Alain; Bouchet, Jean-Paul; Bertin, Nadia; Causse, Mathilde; Gnard, Michel

Early cytokinin response proteins and phosphoproteins of Arabidopsis thaliana identified by proteome and phosphoproteome profiling
Kern, Martin; Dyka, Filip; Boblov, Janette; Brzobohat, Betislav

MtNOA1/RIF1 modulates Medicago truncatulaSinorhizobium meliloti nodule development without affecting its nitric oxide content
Pauly, Nicolas; Ferrari, Cline; Andrio, Emilie; Marino, Daniel; Piardi, Stphanie; Brouquisse, Renaud; Baudouin, Emmanuel; Puppo, Alain

Arabidopsis and Tobacco SUPERMAN regulate hormone signalling and mediate cell proliferation and differentiation
Nibau, Candida; Di Stilio, Vernica S.; Wu, Hen-ming; Cheung, Alice Y.

The tomato xylem sap protein XSP10 is required for full susceptibility to Fusarium wilt disease
Krasikov, Vladimir; Dekker, Henk L.; Rep, Martijn; Takken, Frank L.W.

Characterization of a common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) TaSnRK2.7 gene involved in abiotic stress responses
Zhang, Hongying; Mao, Xinguo; Jing, Ruilian; Chang, Xiaoping; Xie, Huimin

Contrast in chloride exclusion between two grapevine genotypes and its variation in their hybrid progeny
Gong, Haijun; Blackmore, Deidre; Clingeleffer, Peter; Sykes, Steve; Jha, Deepa; Tester, Mark; Walker, Rob

Brachypodium distachyon grain: characterization of endosperm cell walls
Guillon, Fabienne; Bouchet, Brigitte; Jamme, Frdric; Robert, Paul; Qumner, Bernard; Barron, Ccile; Larr, Colette; Dumas, Paul; Saulnier, Luc

Interplay of light and temperature during the in planta modulation of C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the leaves of Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.: diurnal and seasonal effects manifested at molecular levels
Avasthi, Uday K.; Izui, Katsura; Raghavendra, Agepati S.

Existing branches correlatively inhibit further branching in Trifolium repens: possible mechanisms
Thomas, R. G.; Hay, M. J. M.

Selection for low or high primary dormancy in Lolium rigidum Gaud seeds results in constitutive differences in stress protein expression and peroxidase activity
Goggin, Danica E.; Powles, Stephen B.; Steadman, Kathryn J.

The regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by phosphate in pea involves early and systemic signalling events
Balzergue, Coline; Puech-Pags, Virginie; Bcard, Guillaume; Rochange, Soizic F.

HAHB10, a sunflower HD-Zip II transcription factor, participates in the induction of flowering and in the control of phytohormone-mediated responses to biotic stress
Dezar, Carlos A.; Giacomelli, Jorge I.; Manavella, Pablo A.; R, Delfina A.; Alves-Ferreira, Marcio; Baldwin, Ian T.; Bonaventure, Gustavo; Chan, Raquel L.

EFO1 and EFO2, encoding putative WD-domain proteins, have overlapping and distinct roles in the regulation of vegetative development and flowering of Arabidopsis
Wang, Wuyi; Yang, Dennis; Feldmann, Kenneth A.

Characterization of expression dynamics of WOX homeodomain transcription factors during somatic embryogenesis in Vitis vinifera
Gambino, Giorgio; Minuto, Martina; Boccacci, Paolo; Perrone, Irene; Vallania, Rosalina; Gribaudo, Ivana

Metabolic profiling of strawberry (Fragariaananassa Duch.) during fruit development and maturation
Zhang, Juanjuan; Wang, Xin; Yu, Oliver; Tang, Juanjuan; Gu, Xungang; Wan, Xiaochun; Fang, Congbing

Mind the bubbles: achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples
Espino, Susana; Schenk, H. Jochen

PhMYB4 fine-tunes the floral volatile signature of Petuniahybrida through PhC4H
Colquhoun, Thomas A.; Kim, Joo Young; Wedde, Ashlyn E.; Levin, Laura A.; Schmitt, Kyle C.; Schuurink, Robert C.; Clark, David G.

Loss of rachis cell viability is associated with ripening disorders in grapes
Hall, Geoffrey E.; Bondada, Bhaskar R.; Keller, Markus

Functional diversity inside the Arabidopsis polyamine oxidase gene family
Fincato, Paola; Moschou, Panagiotis N.; Spedaletti, Valentina; Tavazza, Raffaela; Angelini, Riccardo; Federico, Rodolfo; Roubelakis-Angelakis, Kalliopi A.; Tavladoraki, Paraskevi

Evidence for phenotypic plasticity in the Antarctic extremophile Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl. UWO 241
Pocock, Tessa; Vetterli, Adrien; Falk, Stefan

A SEPALLATA gene is involved in the development and ripening of strawberry (Fragariaananassa Duch.) fruit, a non-climacteric tissue
Seymour, Graham B.; Ryder, Carol D.; Cevik, Volkan; Hammond, John P.; Popovich, Alexandra; King, Graham J.; Vrebalov, Julia; Giovannoni, James J.; Manning, Kenneth

The strawberry transcription factor FaMYB1 inhibits the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidins in Lotus corniculatus leaves
Paolocci, Francesco; Robbins, Mark P.; Passeri, Valentina; Hauck, Barbara; Morris, Phil; Rubini, Andrea; Arcioni, Sergio; Damiani, Francesco

A SOS3 homologue maps to HvNax4, a barley locus controlling an environmentally sensitive Na+ exclusion trait
Rivandi, J.; Miyazaki, J.; Hrmova, M.; Pallotta, M.; Tester, M.; Collins, N. C.

Development of maternal seed tissue in barley is mediated by regulated cell expansion and cell disintegration and coordinated with endosperm growth
Radchuk, Volodymyr; Weier, Diana; Radchuk, Ruslana; Weschke, Winfriede; Weber, Hans

Arabidopsis plants deficient in plastidial glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase show alterations in abscisic acid (ABA) signal transduction: interaction between ABA and primary metabolism
Muoz-Bertomeu, Jess; Bermdez, Mara Angeles; Segura, Juan; Ros, Roc

The plant apoplasm is an important recipient compartment for nematode secreted proteins
Vieira, Paulo; Danchin, Etienne G. J.; Neveu, Cdric; Crozat, Carine; Jaubert, Stphanie; Hussey, Richard S.; Engler, Gilbert; Abad, Pierre; de Almeida-Engler, Janice; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe; Rosso, Marie-Nolle

Nuclear activity of sperm cells during Hyacinthus orientalis L. in vitro pollen tube growth
Zienkiewicz, Krzysztof; Suwiska, Anna; Niedojado, Katarzyna; Zienkiewicz, Agnieszka; Bednarska, Elżbieta

RCD1 and SRO1 are necessary to maintain meristematic fate in Arabidopsis thaliana
Teotia, Sachin; Lamb, Rebecca S.

Proteome analysis of the Albugo candidaBrassica juncea pathosystem reveals that the timing of the expression of defence-related genes is a crucial determinant of pathogenesis
Kaur, Parwinder; Jost, Ricarda; Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai; Barbetti, Martin John

TaABC1, a member of the activity of bc1 complex protein kinase family from common wheat, confers enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis
Wang, Caixiang; Jing, Ruilian; Mao, Xinguo; Chang, Xiaoping; Li, Ang

An oxygenase inhibitor study in Solanum lycopersicum combined with metabolite profiling analysis revealed a potent peroxygenase inactivator
Aghofack-Nguemezi, Jean; Fuchs, Christopher; Yeh, Su-Ying; Huang, Fong-Chin; Hoffmann, Thomas; Schwab, Wilfried

Environmental stress enhances biosynthesis of flavor precursors, S-3-(hexan-1-ol)-glutathione and S-3-(hexan-1-ol)-L-cysteine, in grapevine through glutathione S-transferase activation
Kobayashi, Hironori; Takase, Hideki; Suzuki, Yumiko; Tanzawa, Fumiko; Takata, Ryoji; Fujita, Keiko; Kohno, Minako; Mochizuki, Mai; Suzuki, Shunji; Konno, Tomonori

Cellular and subcellular localization of flavin-monooxygenases involved in glucosinolate biosynthesis
Li, Jing; Kristiansen, Kim A.; Hansen, Bjarne G.; Halkier, Barbara A.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (4), 2011



Contents:

Preface
Yamaya, Tomoyuki; Sakakibara, Hitoshi; Hase, Toshiharu

From the soil to the seeds: the long journey of nitrate in plants
Dechorgnat, Julie; Nguyen, Chi Tam; Armengaud, Patrick; Jossier, Mathieu; Diatloff, Eugene; Filleur, Sophie; Daniel-Vedele, Franoise

N-terminal cysteines affect oligomer stability of the allosterically regulated ammonium transporter LeAMT1;1
Graff, Lucile; Obrdlik, Petr; Yuan, Lixing; Loqu, Dominique; Frommer, Wolf B.; von Wirn, Nicolaus

The cytosolic glutamine synthetase GLN1;2 plays a role in the control of plant growth and ammonium homeostasis in Arabidopsis rosettes when nitrate supply is not limiting
Lothier, Jrmy; Gaufichon, Laure; Sormani, Rodnay; Lematre, Thomas; Azzopardi, Marianne; Morin, Halima; Chardon, Fabien; Reisdorf-Cren, Michle; Avice, Jean-Christophe; Masclaux-Daubresse, Cline

Nitrogen signalling in Arabidopsis: how to obtain insights into a complex signalling network
Castaings, Loren; Marchive, Chlo; Meyer, Christian; Krapp, Anne

Hormonal control of nitrogen acquisition: roles of auxin, abscisic acid, and cytokinin
Kiba, Takatoshi; Kudo, Toru; Kojima, Mikiko; Sakakibara, Hitoshi

Regulation of nitrate assimilation in cyanobacteria
Ohashi, Yoshitake; Shi, Wei; Takatani, Nobuyuki; Aichi, Makiko; Maeda, Shin-ichi; Watanabe, Satoru; Yoshikawa, Hirofumi; Omata, Tatsuo

Transcriptional regulation of CDP1 and CYG56 is required for proper NH4+ sensing in Chlamydomonas
de Montaigu, Amaury; Sanz-Luque, Emanuel; Macias, Maria Isabel; Galvan, Aurora; Fernandez, Emilio

Metabolomic approaches toward understanding nitrogen metabolism in plants
Kusano, Miyako; Fukushima, Atsushi; Redestig, Henning; Saito, Kazuki

A holistic view of nitrogen acquisition in plants
Kraiser, Tatiana; Gras, Diana E.; Gutirrez, Alvaro G.; Gonzlez, Bernardo; Gutirrez, Rodrigo A.

Respiration and nitrogen assimilation: targeting mitochondria-associated metabolism as a means to enhance nitrogen use efficiency
Foyer, Christine H.; Noctor, Graham; Hodges, Michael

Effects of molybdenum deficiency and defects in molybdate transporter MOT1 on transcript accumulation and nitrogen/sulphur metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
Ide, Yoko; Kusano, Miyako; Oikawa, Akira; Fukushima, Atsushi; Tomatsu, Hajime; Saito, Kazuki; Hirai, Masami Yokota; Fujiwara, Toru

Understanding plant response to nitrogen limitation for the improvement of crop nitrogen use efficiency
Kant, Surya; Bi, Yong-Mei; Rothstein, Steven J.

New perspectives on glutamine synthetase in grasses
Swarbreck, Stphanie M.; Defoin-Platel, M.; Hindle, M.; Saqi, M.; Habash, Dimah Z.

Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on seed production in C3 annual plants
Hikosaka, Kouki; Kinugasa, Toshihiko; Oikawa, Shimpei; Onoda, Yusuke; Hirose, Tadaki

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (5), 2011



Contents:

Preface
Dickinson, Hugh; Noni, Franklin-Tong

Maize meiotic mutants with improper or non-homologous synapsis due to problems in pairing or synaptonemal complex formation
Golubovskaya, Inna N.; Wang, C. J. Rachel; Timofejeva, Ljudmilla; Cande, W. Zacheus

Have a break: determinants of meiotic DNA double strand break (DSB) formation and processing in plants
Edlinger, Bernd; Schlgelhofer, Peter

The role of DNA helicases and their interaction partners in genome stability and meiotic recombination in plants
Knoll, Alexander; Puchta, Holger

The walls have ears: the role of plant CrRLK1Ls in sensing and transducing extracellular signals
Boisson-Dernier, Aurlien; Kessler, Sharon A.; Grossniklaus, Ueli

Identification of genes expressed in the angiosperm female gametophyte
Drews, Gary N.; Wang, Dongfang; Steffen, Joshua G.; Schumaker, Karen S.; Yadegari, Ramin

Small RNA activity and function in angiosperm gametophytes
Le Trionnaire, G.; Grant-Downton, R. T.; Kourmpetli, S.; Dickinson, H. G.; Twell, D.

MicroRNA activity in the Arabidopsis male germline
Borges, Filipe; Pereira, Patrcia A.; Slotkin, R. Keith; Martienssen, Robert A.; Becker, Jrg D.

Cytoplasmic connection of sperm cells to the pollen vegetative cell nucleus: potential roles of the male germ unit revisited
McCue, Andrea D.; Cresti, Mauro; Feij, Jos A.; Slotkin, R. Keith

The final split: the regulation of anther dehiscence
Wilson, Zoe A.; Song, Jie; Taylor, Benjamin; Yang, Caiyun

Imaging fertilization in flowering plants, not so abominable after all
Berger, Frdric

Unreduced gamete formation in plants: mechanisms and prospects
Brownfield, Lynette; Khler, Claudia

Regulation of aleurone development in cereal grains
Becraft, Philip W.; Yi, Gibum

Cysteine-Rich Peptides (CRPs) mediate diverse aspects of cellcell communication in plant reproduction and development
Marshall, Eleanor; Costa, Liliana M.; Gutierrez-Marcos, Jose

Taking the very first steps: from polarity to axial domains in the early Arabidopsis embryo
Jeong, Sangho; Bayer, Martin; Lukowitz, Wolfgang

Apomixis in hawkweed: Mendel's experimental nemesis
Koltunow, Anna M. G.; Johnson, Susan D.; Okada, Takashi




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