Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (11-15), 2011

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (11), 2011



Contents:

Food systems transition and disruptive low carbon innovation: implications for a food security research agenda
Tyfield, David

China's success in increasing per capita food production
Zhang, Jianhua

An epigenetic view of plant cells cultured in vitro: somaclonal variation and beyond
Miguel, Clia; Marum, Liliana

The role of epigenetic processes in controlling flowering time in plants exposed to stress
Yaish, Mahmoud W.; Colasanti, Joseph; Rothstein, Steven J.

Popular maintains zinc homeostasis with heavy metal genes HMA4 and PCS1
Adams, Joshua P.; Adeli, Ardeshir; Hsu, Chuan-Yu; Harkess, Richard L.; Page, Grier P.; dePamphilis, Claude W.; Schultz, Emily B.; Yuceer, Cetin

The phosphatidylcholine-hydrolysing phospholipase C NPC4 plays a role in response of Arabidopsis roots to salt stress
Kocourkov, Daniela; Krkov, Zuzana; Pejchar, Pemysl; Veselkov, tpnka; Valentov, Olga; Wimalasekera, Rinukshi; Scherer, Gnther F. E.; Martinec, Jan

Genome-wide characterization of new and drought stress responsive microRNAs in Populus euphratica
Li, Bosheng; Qin, Yurong; Duan, Hui; Yin, Weilun; Xia, Xinli

Genetic dissection of vitamin E biosynthesis in tomato
Almeida, Juliana; Quadrana, Leandro; Ass, Ramn; Setta, Nathalia; de Godoy, Fabiana; Bermdez, Luisa; Otaiza, Santiago N.; Corra da Silva, Junia V.; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Carrari, Fernando; Rossi, Magdalena

Inter-species variation in the oligomeric states of the higher plant Calvin cycle enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoribulokinase
Howard, Thomas P.; Lloyd, Julie C.; Raines, Christine A.

A comparison of the low temperature transcriptomes and CBF regulons of three plant species that differ in freezing tolerance: Solanum commersonii, Solanum tuberosum, and Arabidopsis thaliana
Carvallo, Marcela A.; Pino, Mara-Teresa; Jekni, Zoran; Zou, Cheng; Doherty, Colleen J.; Shiu, Shin-Han; Chen, Tony H. H.; Thomashow, Michael F.

Dissecting the role of climacteric ethylene in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) ripening using a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase knockdown line
Atkinson, Ross G.; Gunaseelan, Kularajathevan; Wang, Mindy Y.; Luo, Luke; Wang, Tianchi; Norling, Cara L.; Johnston, Sarah L.; Maddumage, Ratnasiri; Schrder, Roswitha; Schaffer, Robert J.

Characterization of a cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 (CCR1) mutant in maize: effects on lignification, fibre development, and global gene expression
Tamasloukht, Barek; Wong Quai Lam, Mary Sarah-Jane; Martinez, Yves; Tozo, Koffi; Barbier, Odile; Jourda, Cyril; Jauneau, Alain; Borderies, Gisle; Balzergue, Sandrine; Renou, Jean-Pierre; Huguet, Stphanie; Martinant, Jean Pierre; Tatout, Christophe; Lapierre, Catherine; Barrire, Yves; Goffner, Deborah; Pichon, Magalie

Exploring the neutral invertaseoxidative stress defence connection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Xiang, Li; Le Roy, Katrien; Bolouri-Moghaddam, Mohammad-Reza; Vanhaecke, Mieke; Lammens, Willem; Rolland, Filip; Van den Ende, Wim

Response of mitochondrial thioredoxin PsTrxo1, antioxidant enzymes, and respiration to salinity in pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves
Mart, Mara C.; Florez-Sarasa, Igor; Camejo, Daymi; Ribas-Carb, Miquel; Lzaro, Juan J.; Sevilla, Francisca; Jimnez, Ana

NO synthase-generated NO acts downstream of auxin in regulating Fe-deficiency-induced root branching that enhances Fe-deficiency tolerance in tomato plants
Jin, Chong Wei; Du, Shao Ting; Shamsi, Imran Haider; Luo, Bing Fang; Lin, Xian Yong

Diurnal cycles of embolism formation and repair in petioles of grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Chasselas)
Zufferey, V.; Cochard, H.; Ameglio, T.; Spring, J.-L.; Viret, O.

The genetic architecture of branched-chain amino acid accumulation in tomato fruits
Kochevenko, Andrej; Fernie, Alisdair R.

Regulation of expression of starch synthesis genes by ethylene and ABA in relation to the development of rice inferior and superior spikelets
Zhu, Guohui; Ye, Nenghui; Yang, Jianchang; Peng, Xinxiang; Zhang, Jianhua

Dwarf alleles differentially affect barley root traits influencing nitrogen acquisition under low nutrient supply
Karley, A. J.; Valentine, T. A.; Squire, G. R.

New insights into globoids of protein storage vacuoles in wheat aleurone using synchrotron soft X-ray microscopy
Regvar, Marjana; Eichert, Diane; Kaulich, Burkhard; Gianoncelli, Alessandra; Pongrac, Paula; Vogel-Miku, Katarina; Kreft, Ivan

A costbenefit analysis of acclimation to low irradiance in tropical rainforest tree seedlings: leaf life span and payback time for leaf deployment
Coste, Sabrina; Roggy, Jean-Christophe; Schimann, Heidy; Epron, Daniel; Dreyer, Erwin

Does ear C sink strength contribute to overcoming photosynthetic acclimation of wheat plants exposed to elevated CO2?
Aranjuelo, Iker; Cabrera-Bosquet, Lloren; Morcuende, Rosa; Avice, Jean Christophe; Nogus, Salvador; Araus, Jos Luis; Martnez-Carrasco, Rafael; Prez, Pilar

Accumulation of the transcription factor ABA-insensitive (ABI)4 is tightly regulated post-transcriptionally
Finkelstein, Ruth; Lynch, Tim; Reeves, Wendy; Petitfils, Michelle; Mostachetti, Mike

YUCCA6 over-expression demonstrates auxin function in delaying leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kim, Jeong Im; Murphy, Angus S.; Baek, Dongwon; Lee, Shin-Woo; Yun, Dae-Jin; Bressan, Ray A.; Narasimhan, Meena L.

Calculated activity of Mn2 at the outer surface of the root cell plasma membrane governs Mn nutrition of cowpea seedlings
Kopittke, Peter M.; Blamey, F. Pax C.; Wang, Peng; Menzies, Neal W.

Structural determinants crucial to the RNA chaperone activity of glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins 4 and 7 in Arabidopsis thaliana during the cold adaptation process
Kwak, Kyung Jin; Park, Su Jung; Han, Ji Hoon; Kim, Min Kyung; Oh, Seung Han; Han, Yeon Soo; Kang, Hunseung

Abscisic acid effects on activity and expression of barley (Hordeum vulgare) plastidial glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Cardi, Manuela; Chibani, Kamel; Cafasso, Donata; Rouhier, Nicolas; Jacquot, Jean-Pierre; Esposito, Sergio

The RNA-mediated silencing of one of the Pin genes in allohexaploid wheat simultaneously decreases the expression of the other, and increases grain hardness
Gasparis, Sebastian; Orczyk, Waclaw; Zalewski, Wojciech; Nadolska-Orczyk, Anna

Drought-stress-induced up-regulation of CAM in seedlings of a tropical cactus, Opuntia elatior, operating predominantly in the C3 mode
Winter, Klaus; Garcia, Milton; Holtum, Joseph A. M.

A comparative study of melting and non-melting flesh peach cultivars reveals that during fruit ripening endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG) is mainly involved in pericarp textural changes, not in firmness reduction
Ghiani, A.; Onelli, E.; Aina, R.; Cocucci, M.; Citterio, S.

Ntann12 annexin expression is induced by auxin in tobacco roots
Baucher, Marie; Oukouomi Lowe, Yves; Vandeputte, Olivier M.; Mukoko Bopopi, Johnny; Moussawi, Jihad; Vermeersch, Marjorie; Mol, Adeline; El Jaziri, Mondher; Hombl, Fabrice; Prez-Morga, David

Hydraulic conductance as well as nitrogen accumulation plays a role in the higher rate of leaf photosynthesis of the most productive variety of rice in Japan
Taylaran, Renante D.; Adachi, Shunsuke; Ookawa, Taiichiro; Usuda, Hideaki; Hirasawa, Tadashi

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (12), 2011



Contents:

Reflections on food security under water scarcity
Fereres, Elas; Orgaz, Francisco; Gonzalez-Dugo, Victoria

The interplay between light and jasmonate signalling during defence and development
Kazan, Kemal; Manners, John M.

Quantifying immunogold localization on electron microscopic thin sections: a compendium of new approaches for plant cell biologists
Mayhew, Terry M.

Aquaporin-facilitated water uptake in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) roots
Knipfer, Thorsten; Besse, Matthieu; Verdeil, Jean-Luc; Fricke, Wieland

Developmental pattern of aquaporin expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves
Besse, Matthieu; Knipfer, Thorsten; Miller, Anthony J.; Verdeil, Jean-Luc; Jahn, Thomas P.; Fricke, Wieland

Variation in carbon isotope discrimination in Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin.) Keng: patterns and drivers at tiller, local, catchment, and regional scales
Yang, Hao; Auerswald, Karl; Bai, Yongfei; Wittmer, Maximilian H. O. M.; Schnyder, Hans

Differential drought-induced modulation of ozone tolerance in winter wheat species
Biswas, D. K.; Jiang, G. M.

Effects of partial root-zone irrigation on hydraulic conductivity in the soilroot system of maize plants
Hu, Tiantian; Kang, Shaozhong; Li, Fusheng; Zhang, Jianhua

Rubisco mutagenesis provides new insight into limitations on photosynthesis and growth in Synechocystis PCC6803
Marcus, Yehouda; Altman-Gueta, Hagit; Wolff, Yael; Gurevitz, Michael

Inflorescence of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.): a high ability to distribute its own assimilates
Vaillant-Gaveau, Nathalie; Maillard, Pascale; Wojnarowiez, Genevive; Gross, Patrick; Clment, Christophe; Fontaine, Florence

Regulation of L-ascorbic acid content in strawberry fruits
Cruz-Rus, Eduardo; Amaya, Iraida; Snchez-Sevilla, Jos F.; Botella, Miguel A.; Valpuesta, Victoriano

Suppression of gliadins results in altered protein body morphology in wheat
Gil-Humanes, Javier; Pistn, Fernando; Shewry, Peter R.; Tosi, Paola; Barro, Francisco

Root apoplastic barriers block Na+ transport to shoots in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Krishnamurthy, Pannaga; Ranathunge, Kosala; Nayak, Shraddha; Schreiber, Lukas; Mathew, M. K.

Overexpression of a Harpin-encoding gene hrf1 in rice enhances drought tolerance
Zhang, Lei; Xiao, Shanshan; Li, Wenqi; Feng, Wei; Li, Juan; Wu, Zhidan; Gao, Xuewen; Liu, Fengquan; Shao, Min

A conservative pattern of water use, rather than deep or profuse rooting, is critical for the terminal drought tolerance of chickpea
Zaman-Allah, Mainassara; Jenkinson, David M.; Vadez, Vincent

Interactive effects of elevated CO2, warming, and drought on photosynthesis of Deschampsia flexuosa in a temperate heath ecosystem
Albert, K. R.; Ro-Poulsen, H.; Mikkelsen, T. N.; Michelsen, A.; van der Linden, L.; Beier, C.

Acyl substrate preferences of an IAA-amido synthetase account for variations in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berry ripening caused by different auxinic compounds indicating the importance of auxin conjugation in plant development
Buettcher, Christine; Boss, Paul K.; Davies, Christopher

Plants contain two SCO proteins that are differentially involved in cytochrome c oxidase function and copper and redox homeostasis
Attallah, Carolina V.; Welchen, Elina; Martin, Ana Paula; Spinelli, Silvana V.; Bonnard, Geraldine; Palatnik, Javier F.; Gonzalez, Daniel H.

Separating foliar physiology from morphology reveals the relative roles of vertically structured transpiration factors within red maple crowns and limitations of larger scale models
Bauerle, William L.; Bowden, Joseph D.

Identification of a novel -L-arabinofuranosidase gene associated with mealiness in apple
Nobile, Paula Macedo; Wattebled, Fabrice; Quecini, Vera; Girardi, Csar Luis; Lormeau, Maryline; Laurens, Franois

Resource partitioning to male and female flowers of Spinacia oleracea L. in relation to whole-plant monocarpic senescence
Sklensky, Diane E.; Davies, Peter J.

Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 maintains carbon delivery to Fusarium graminearum-infected roots and prevents reduction in biomass of barley shoots through systemic interactions
Henkes, Gunnar J.; Jousset, Alexandre; Bonkowski, Michael; Thorpe, Michael R.; Scheu, Stefan; Lanoue, Arnaud; Schurr, Ulrich; Rse, Ursula S. R.

Fruit ripening in Vitis vinifera: spatiotemporal relationships among turgor, sugar accumulation, and anthocyanin biosynthesis
Castellarin, Simone D.; Gambetta, Greg A.; Wada, Hiroshi; Shackel, Ken A.; Matthews, Mark A.

Two mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases, MKK1 and MEK2, are involved in wounding- and specialist lepidopteran herbivore Manduca sexta-induced responses in Nicotiana attenuata
Heinrich, Maria; Baldwin, Ian T.; Wu, Jianqiang

HYL1 regulates the balance between adaxial and abaxial identity for leaf flattening via miRNA-mediated pathways
Liu, Zhongyuan; Jia, Liguo; Wang, Han; He, Yuke

The hydraulic conductivity of the xylem in conifer needles (Picea abies and Pinus mugo)
Charra-Vaskou, Katline; Mayr, Stefan

The aromatic/arginine selectivity filter of NIP aquaporins plays a critical role in substrate selectivity for silicon, boron, and arsenic
Mitani-Ueno, Namiki; Yamaji, Naoki; Zhao, Fang-Jie; Ma, Jian Feng

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (13), 2011



Contents:

Long-distance regulation of flowering time
Turnbull, Colin

Reproductive competence from an annual and a perennial perspective
Bergonzi, Sara; Albani, Maria C.

Increased glutamine in leaves of poplar transgenic with pine GS1a caused greater anthranilate synthetase -subunit (ASA1) transcript and protein abundances: an auxin-related mechanism for enhanced growth in GS transgenics?
Man, Huimin; Pollmann, Stephan; Weiler, Elmar W.; Kirby, Edward G.

Allelic interaction of F1 pollen sterility loci and abnormal chromosome behaviour caused pollen sterility in intersubspecific autotetraploid rice hybrids
He, J. H.; Shahid, M. Q.; Li, Y. J.; Guo, H. B.; Cheng, X. A.; Liu, X. D.; Lu, Y. G.

Polyamine-induced modulation of genes involved in ethylene biosynthesis and signalling pathways and nitric oxide production during olive mature fruit abscission
Parra-Lobato, Maria C.; Gomez-Jimenez, Maria C.

Functional characterization of BjCET3 and BjCET4, two new cation-efflux transporters from Brassica juncea L.
Lang, Minglin; Hao, Mengyu; Fan, Qiangwang; Wang, Wei; Mo, Shaojing; Zhao, Weicheng; Zhou, Jie

Hydrogen sulphide enhances photosynthesis through promoting chloroplast biogenesis, photosynthetic enzyme expression, and thiol redox modification in Spinacia oleracea seedlings
Chen, Juan; Wu, Fei-Hua; Wang, Wen-Hua; Zheng, Chen-Juan; Lin, Guang-Hui; Dong, Xue-Jun; He, Jun-Xian; Pei, Zhen-Ming; Zheng, Hai-Lei

Brassinosteroids can regulate cellulose biosynthesis by controlling the expression of CESA genes in Arabidopsis
Xie, Liqiong; Yang, Cangjing; Wang, Xuelu

Dynamic trafficking of wheat -gliadin and of its structural domains in tobacco cells, studied with fluorescent protein fusions
Francin-Allami, Mathilde; Saumonneau, Amlie; Lavenant, Laurence; Bouder, Axelle; Sparkes, Imogen; Hawes, Chris; Popineau, Yves

Induced epidermal permeability modulates resistance and susceptibility of wheat seedlings to herbivory by Hessian fly larvae
Williams, Christie E.; Nemacheck, Jill A.; Shukle, John T.; Subramanyam, Subhashree; Saltzmann, Kurt D.; Shukle, Richard H.

Allelochemical stress inhibits growth, leaf water relations, PSII photochemistry, non-photochemical fluorescence quenching, and heat energy dissipation in three C3 perennial species
Hussain, M. Iftikhar; Reigosa, Manuel J.

Integrated functions among multiple starch synthases determine both amylopectin chain length and branch linkage location in Arabidopsis leaf starch
Szydlowski, Nicolas; Ragel, Paula; Hennen-Bierwagen, Tracie A.; Planchot, Vronique; Myers, Alan M.; Mrida, Angel; d'Hulst, Christophe; Wattebled, Fabrice

A mobile signal transported over a long distance induces systemic transcriptional gene silencing in a grafted partner
Bai, Songling; Kasai, Atsushi; Yamada, Kaori; Li, Tianzhong; Harada, Takeo

Overexpression of EVE1, a novel ubiquitin family protein, arrests inflorescence stem development in Arabidopsis
Hwang, Hyun-Ju; Kim, Hoyeun; Jeong, Young-Min; Choi, Monica Y.; Lee, So-Young; Kim, Sang-Gu

Effect of mechanical stress on Zea root apex. I. Mechanical stress leads to the switch from closed to open meristem organization
Potocka, Izabela; Szymanowska-Puka, Joanna; Karczewski, Jerzy; Nakielski, Jerzy

Reduced expression of a gene encoding a Golgi localized monosaccharide transporter (OsGMST1) confers hypersensitivity to salt in rice (Oryza sativa)
Cao, Hong; Guo, Siyi; Xu, Yunyuan; Jiang, Kun; Jones, Alan M.; Chong, Kang

S-Nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) mediates the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid and ethylene induced by feeding of the insect herbivore Manduca sexta and is important for jasmonate-elicited responses in Nicotiana attenuata
Wuensche, Hendrik; Baldwin, Ian T.; Wu, Jianqiang

Roles of xanthophylls and exogenous ABA in protection against NaCl-induced photodamage in rice (Oryza sativa L) and cabbage (Brassica campestris)
Zhu, Su-Qin; Chen, Ming-Wei; Ji, Ben-Hua; Jiao, De-Mao; Liang, Jian-Sheng

Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1) is critical for pollen germination and vegetative growth in Arabidopsis
Bernard, Carsten; Traub, Michaela; Kunz, H-Henning; Hach, Stefanie; Trentmann, Oliver; Mhlmann, Torsten

Functional characterization of a class III acid endochitinase from the traps of the carnivorous pitcher plant genus, Nepenthes
Rottloff, Sandy; Stieber, Regina; Maischak, Heiko; Turini, Florian G.; Heubl, Gnther; Mithfer, Axel

Border sequences of Medicago truncatula CLE36 are specifically cleaved by endoproteases common to the extracellular fluids of Medicago and soybean
Djordjevic, Michael A.; Oakes, Marie; Wong, Chui E.; Singh, Mohan; Bhalla, Prem; Kusumawati, Lucia; Imin, Nijat

Role of HSP101 in the stimulation of nodal root development from the coleoptilar node by light and temperature in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings
Lopez-Fras, Guillermo; Martnez, Luz Mara; Ponce, Georgina; Cassab, Gladys I.; Nieto-Sotelo, Jorge

BnHO1, a haem oxygenase-1 gene from Brassica napus, is required for salinity and osmotic stress-induced lateral root formation
Cao, Zeyu; Geng, Beibei; Xu, Sheng; Xuan, Wei; Nie, Li; Shen, Wenbiao; Liang, Yongchao; Guan, Rongzhan

In situ O2 dynamics in submerged Isoetes australis: varied leaf gas permeability influences underwater photosynthesis and internal O2
Pedersen, Ole; Pulido, Cristina; Rich, Sarah Meghan; Colmer, Timothy David

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (14), 2011



Contents:

More than just a vulnerable pipeline: xylem physiology in the light of ion-mediated regulation of plant water transport
Nardini, Andrea; Salleo, Sebastiano; Jansen, Steven

Flower development in rice
Yoshida, Hitoshi; Nagato, Yasuo

Role of DREBs in regulation of abiotic stress responses in plants
Lata, Charu; Prasad, Manoj

Classes of programmed cell death in plants, compared to those in animals
van Doorn, Wouter G.

Identification and validation of rice reference proteins for western blotting
Li, Xiaoming; Bai, Hui; Wang, Xianyun; Li, Liyun; Cao, Yinghao; Wei, Jian; Liu, Yumeng; Liu, Lijuan; Gong, Xiaodong; Wu, Lin; Liu, Siqi; Liu, Guozhen

Molecular and genetic characterization of the gene family encoding the voltage-dependent anion channel in Arabidopsis
Tateda, Chika; Watanabe, Kanako; Kusano, Tomonobu; Takahashi, Yoshihiro

Global gene expression analysis of transgenic, mannitol-producing, and salt-tolerant Arabidopsis thaliana indicates widespread changes in abiotic and biotic stress-related genes
Chan, Zhulong; Grumet, Rebecca; Loescher, Wayne

PwHAP5, a CCAAT-binding transcription factor, interacts with PwFKBP12 and plays a role in pollen tube growth orientation in Picea wilsonii
Yu, Yanli; Li, Yanze; Huang, Guixue; Meng, Zhaodong; Zhang, Dun; Wei, Jing; Yan, Kang; Zheng, Chengchao; Zhang, Lingyun

Starch biosynthesis in rice endosperm requires the presence of either starch synthase I or IIIa
Fujita, Naoko; Satoh, Rui; Hayashi, Aki; Kodama, Momoko; Itoh, Rumiko; Aihara, Satomi; Nakamura, Yasunori

ZCN8 encodes a potential orthologue of Arabidopsis FT florigen that integrates both endogenous and photoperiod flowering signals in maize
Lazakis, Chlo M.; Coneva, Viktoriya; Colasanti, Joseph

The OsNRAMP1 iron transporter is involved in Cd accumulation in rice
Takahashi, Ryuichi; Ishimaru, Yasuhiro; Senoura, Takeshi; Shimo, Hugo; Ishikawa, Satoru; Arao, Tomohito; Nakanishi, Hiromi; Nishizawa, Naoko K.

Expression profiles of differentially regulated genes during the early stages of apple flower infection with Erwinia amylovora
Sarowar, Sujon; Zhao, Youfu; Soria-Guerra, Ruth Elena; Ali, Shahjahan; Zheng, Danman; Wang, Dongping; Korban, Schuyler S.

OsWRKY45 alleles play different roles in abscisic acid signalling and salt stress tolerance but similar roles in drought and cold tolerance in rice
Tao, Zeng; Kou, Yanjun; Liu, Hongbo; Li, Xianghua; Xiao, Jinghua; Wang, Shiping

Loss of ACS7 confers abiotic stress tolerance by modulating ABA sensitivity and accumulation in Arabidopsis
Dong, Hui; Zhen, Zhiqin; Peng, Jinying; Chang, Li; Gong, Qingqiu; Wang, Ning Ning

Wheat floret survival as related to pre-anthesis spike growth
Gonzlez, Fernanda G.; Miralles, Daniel J.; Slafer, Gustavo A.

Comparative study of the active cadmium efflux systems operating at the plasma membrane and tonoplast of cucumber root cells
Migocka, Magdalena; Papierniak, Anna; Kosatka, Ewelina; Kobus, Grażyna

Evidence for the involvement of the Arabidopsis SEC24A in male transmission
Conger, Renata; Chen, Yani; Fornaciari, Silvia; Faso, Carmen; Held, Michael A.; Renna, Luciana; Brandizzi, Federica

Impact of down-regulation of starch branching enzyme IIb in rice by artificial microRNA- and hairpin RNA-mediated RNA silencing
Butardo, Vito M.; Fitzgerald, Melissa A.; Bird, Anthony R.; Gidley, Michael J.; Flanagan, Bernadine M.; Larroque, Oscar; Resurreccion, Adoracion P.; Laidlaw, Hunter K. C.; Jobling, Stephen A.; Morell, Matthew K.; Rahman, Sadequr

Differential expression of the microRNAs in superior and inferior spikelets in rice (Oryza sativa)
Peng, Ting; Lv, Qiang; Zhang, Jing; Li, Junzhou; Du, Yanxiu; Zhao, Quanzhi

Exogenously-sourced ethylene increases stomatal conductance, photosynthesis, and growth under optimal and deficient nitrogen fertilization in mustard
Iqbal, Noushina; Nazar, Rahat; Syeed, Shabina; Masood, Asim; Khan, Nafees A.

Initial water deficit effects on Lupinus albus photosynthetic performance, carbon metabolism, and hormonal balance: metabolic reorganization prior to early stress responses
Pinheiro, Carla; Antnio, Carla; Ortuo, Maria Fernanda; Dobrev, Petre I.; Hartung, Wolfram; Thomas-Oates, Jane; Ricardo, Cndido Pinto; Vankov, Radomira; Chaves, M. Manuela; Wilson, Julie C.

Oilseed rape seeds with ablated defence cells of the glucosinolatemyrosinase system. Production and characteristics of double haploid MINELESS plants of Brassica napus L.
Ahuja, Ishita; Borgen, Birgit Hafeld; Hansen, Magnor; Honne, Bjrn Ivar; Mller, Caroline; Rohloff, Jens; Rossiter, John Trevor; Bones, Atle Magnar

CRFs form proteinprotein interactions with each other and with members of the cytokinin signalling pathway in Arabidopsis via the CRF domain
Cutcliffe, James W.; Hellmann, Eva; Heyl, Alexander; Rashotte, Aaron M.

DNA alteration and programmed cell death during ageing of sunflower seed
El-Maarouf-Bouteau, Hayat; Mazuy, Claire; Corbineau, Franoise; Bailly, Christophe

Is the 6 kDa tobacco etch viral protein a bona fide ERES marker?
Lerich, Alexander; Langhans, Markus; Sturm, Silke; Robinson, David G.

Functional interconnections of Arabidopsis exon junction complex proteins and genes at multiple steps of gene expression
Mufarrege, Eduardo F.; Gonzalez, Daniel H.; Curi, Graciela C.

Nitrogen nutrient status induces sexual differences in responses to cadmium in Populus yunnanensis
Chen, Lianghua; Han, Ying; Jiang, Hao; Korpelainen, Helena; Li, Chunyang

Genetic analysis of wheat domestication and evolution under domestication
Peleg, Zvi; Fahima, Tzion; Korol, Abraham B.; Abbo, Shahal; Saranga, Yehoshua

QUASIMODO 3 (QUA3) is a putative homogalacturonan methyltransferase regulating cell wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis suspension-cultured cells
Miao, Yansong; Li, Hong-Ye; Shen, Jinbo; Wang, Junqi; Jiang, Liwen

FaPYR1 is involved in strawberry fruit ripening
Chai, Ye-mao; Jia, Hai-feng; Li, Chun-li; Dong, Qing-hua; Shen, Yuan-yue

Petal abscission in rose is associated with the differential expression of two ethylene-responsive xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes, RbXTH1 and RbXTH2
Singh, Amar Pal; Tripathi, Siddharth Kaushal; Nath, Pravendra; Sane, Aniruddha P.

A bHLH transcription factor, DvIVS, is involved in regulation of anthocyanin synthesis in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis)
Ohno, Sho; Hosokawa, Munetaka; Hoshino, Atsushi; Kitamura, Yoshikuni; Morita, Yasumasa; Park, Kyeung-II; Nakashima, Akiko; Deguchi, Ayumi; Tatsuzawa, Fumi; Doi, Motoaki; Iida, Shigeru; Yazawa, Susumu

Integration of physical and genetic maps in apple confirms whole-genome and segmental duplications in the apple genome
Han, Yuepeng; Zheng, Danman; Vimolmangkang, Sornkanok; Khan, Muhammad A.; Beever, Jonathan E.; Korban, Schuyler S.

Members of the gibberellin receptor gene family GID1 (GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1) play distinct roles during Lepidium sativum and Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination
Voegele, Antje; Linkies, Ada; Mller, Kerstin; Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard

Ligand-binding properties and subcellular localization of maize cytokinin receptors
Lomin, Sergey N.; Yonekura-Sakakibara, Keiko; Romanov, Georgy A.; Sakakibara, Hitoshi

Arabidopsis CSLD1 and CSLD4 are required for cellulose deposition and normal growth of pollen tubes
Wang, Wei; Wang, Li; Chen, Chen; Xiong, Guangyan; Tan, Xiao-Yun; Yang, Ke-Zhen; Wang, Zi-Chen; Zhou, Yihua; Ye, De; Chen, Li-Qun

The glycolytic enzyme, phosphoglycerate mutase, has critical roles in stomatal movement, vegetative growth, and pollen production in Arabidopsis thaliana
Zhao, Zhixin; Assmann, Sarah M.

Cloning and molecular characterization of a mitogen-activated protein kinase gene from Poncirus trifoliata whose ectopic expression confers dehydration/drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco
Huang, Xiao-San; Luo, Tao; Fu, Xing-Zheng; Fan, Qi-Jun; Liu, Ji-Hong

The Mediterranean evergreen Quercus ilex and the semi-deciduous Cistus albidus differ in their leaf gas exchange regulation and acclimation to repeated drought and re-watering cycles
Galle, Alexander; Florez-Sarasa, Igor; Aououad, Hanan El; Flexas, Jaume

The barley amo1 locus is tightly linked to the starch synthase IIIa gene and negatively regulates expression of granule-bound starch synthetic genes
Li, Zhongyi; Li, Dehong; Du, Xihua; Wang, Hong; Larroque, Oscar; Jenkins, Colin L. D.; Jobling, Stephen A.; Morell, Matthew K.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (15), 2011



Contents:

Feeding nine billion: the challenge to sustainable crop production
Gregory, Peter J.; George, Timothy S.

Genetic and management approaches to boost UK wheat yields by ameliorating water deficits
Dodd, Ian C.; Whalley, W. R.; Ober, Eric S.; Parry, M. A. J.

The cytoskeleton in plasmodesmata: a role in intercellular transport?
White, Rosemary G.; Barton, Deborah A.

Pollen and seed desiccation tolerance in relation to degree of developmental arrest, dispersal, and survival
Franchi, G. G.; Piotto, B.; Nepi, M.; Baskin, C. C.; Baskin, J. M.; Pacini, E.

Deciphering the developmental plasticity of walnut saplings in relation to climatic factors and light environment
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A proteomic analysis of the chromoplasts isolated from sweet orange fruits [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck]
Zeng, Yunliu; Pan, Zhiyong; Ding, Yuduan; Zhu, Andan; Cao, Hongbo; Xu, Qiang; Deng, Xiuxin

Protein accumulation in leaves and roots associated with improved drought tolerance in creeping bentgrass expressing an ipt gene for cytokinin synthesis
Merewitz, Emily B.; Gianfagna, Thomas; Huang, Bingru

Mesophyll conductance to CO2, assessed from online TDL-AS records of 13CO2 discrimination, displays small but significant short-term responses to CO2 and irradiance in Eucalyptus seedlings
Douthe, Cyril; Dreyer, Erwin; Epron, Daniel; Warren, Charles R.

Structural and biochemical characterization of the C3C4 intermediate Brassica gravinae and relatives, with particular reference to cellular distribution of Rubisco
Ueno, Osamu

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit during development
Walker, Robert P.; Battistelli, Alberto; Moscatello, Stefano; Chen, Zhi-Hui; Leegood, Richard C.; Famiani, Franco

Label-free shotgun proteomics and metabolite analysis reveal a significant metabolic shift during citrus fruit development
Katz, Ehud; Boo, Kyung Hwan; Kim, Ho Youn; Eigenheer, Richard A.; Phinney, Brett S.; Shulaev, Vladimir; Negre-Zakharov, Florence; Sadka, Avi; Blumwald, Eduardo

Identification and expression pattern of a new carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase gene member from Bixa orellana
Rodrguez-vila, N. L.; Narvez-Zapata, J. A.; Ramrez-Bentez, J. E.; Aguilar-Espinosa, M. L.; Rivera-Madrid, R.

Temperature rather than photoperiod controls growth cessation and dormancy in Sorbus species
Heide, Ola M.

The involvement of jasmonates and ethylene in Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici toxin-induced tomato cell death
Zhang, Liping; Jia, Chengguo; Liu, Lihong; Zhang, Zhiming; Li, Chuanyou; Wang, Qiaomei

Subcellular and single-molecule imaging of plant fluorescent proteins using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM)
Vizcay-Barrena, Gema; Webb, Stephen E. D.; Martin-Fernandez, Marisa L.; Wilson, Zoe A.

Distribution of naphthoquinones, plumbagin, droserone, and 5-O-methyl droserone in chitin-induced and uninduced Nepenthes khasiana: molecular events in prey capture
Raj, Gopan; Kurup, Rajani; Hussain, Abdul Azeez; Baby, Sabulal

Effects of abscisic acid on ethylene biosynthesis and perception in Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. flower development
Trivellini, Alice; Ferrante, Antonio; Vernieri, Paolo; Serra, Giovanni

Aluminium localization in root tips of the aluminium-accumulating plant species buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)
Klug, Benjamin; Specht, Andr; Horst, Walter J.

Involvement of auxin dynamics in hypergravity-induced promotion of lignin-related gene expression in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems
Tamaoki, Daisuke; Karahara, Ichirou; Nishiuchi, Takumi; Wakasugi, Tatsuya; Yamada, Kyoji; Kamisaka, Seiichiro

A jacalin-related lectin-like gene in wheat is a component of the plant defence system
Xiang, Yang; Song, Min; Wei, Zhaoyan; Tong, Jianhua; Zhang, Lixia; Xiao, Langtao; Ma, Zhengqiang; Wang, Yun

Tissue-specific expression and post-translational modifications of plant- and bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase isozymes of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis L.
OLeary, Brendan; Fedosejevs, Eric T.; Hill, Allyson T.; Bettridge, James; Park, Joonho; Rao, Srinath K.; Leach, Craig A.; Plaxton, William C.

Functional effect of grapevine 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase substitution K284N on Muscat flavour formation
Battilana, Juri; Emanuelli, Francesco; Gambino, Giorgio; Gribaudo, Ivana; Gasperi, Flavia; Boss, Paul K.; Grando, Maria Stella

Cadmium tolerance and phytochelatin content of Arabidopsis seedlings over-expressing the phytochelatin synthase gene AtPCS1
Brunetti, Patrizia; Zanella, Letizia; Proia, Alessandra; De Paolis, Angelo; Falasca, Giuseppina; Altamura, Maria Maddalena; Sanit di Toppi, Luigi; Costantino, Paolo; Cardarelli, Maura

Synergic effect of salinity and zinc stress on growth and photosynthetic responses of the cordgrass, Spartina densiflora
Redondo-Gmez, Susana; Andrades-Moreno, Luis; Mateos-Naranjo, Enrique; Parra, Raquel; Valera-Burgos, Javier; Aroca, Ricardo

Molecular analysis of T-DNA insertion mutants identified putative regulatory elements in the AtTERT gene
Fojtov, Miloslava; Peka, Vratislav; Dobkov, Zuzana; Mozgov, Iva; Fajkus, Ji; Skorov, Eva

EDL3 is an F-box protein involved in the regulation of abscisic acid signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana
Koops, Petra; Pelser, Stephan; Ignatz, Michael; Klose, Cornelia; Marrocco-Selden, Katia; Kretsch, Thomas

Co-expression of Pennisetum glaucum vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter and Arabidopsis H+-pyrophosphatase enhances salt tolerance in transgenic tomato
Bhaskaran, Shimna; Savithramma, D. L.

Evidence for the localization of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptors AHK3 and AHK4 in the endoplasmic reticulum
Caesar, Katharina; Thamm, Antje M. K.; Witthft, Janika; Elgass, Kirstin; Huppenberger, Peter; Grefen, Christopher; Horak, Jakub; Harter, Klaus

Allometry of root branching and its relationship to root morphological and functional traits in three range grasses
Arredondo, J. Tulio; Johnson, Douglas A.

Characterization of a dual-affinity nitrate transporter MtNRT1.3 in the model legume Medicago truncatula
Morre-Le Paven, Marie-Christine; Viau, Laure; Hamon, Alain; Vandecasteele, Cline; Pellizzaro, Anthoni; Bourdin, Cline; Laffont, Carole; Lapied, Bruno; Lepetit, Marc; Frugier, Florian; Legros, Christian; Limami, Anis M.

Lignin metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae as revealed by RNA-Seq-dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry
Xu, Li; Zhu, Longfu; Tu, Lili; Liu, Linlin; Yuan, Daojun; Jin, Li; Long, Lu; Zhang, Xianlong

Pyrimidine degradation influences germination seedling growth and production of Arabidopsis seeds
Cornelius, Stefanie; Witz, Sandra; Rolletschek, Hardy; Mhlmann, Torsten

Effects of selenium accumulation on reproductive functions in Brassica juncea and Stanleya pinnata
Prins, Christine N.; Hantzis, Laura J.; Quinn, Colin F.; Pilon-Smits, Elizabeth A. H.

Flowering time variation in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) is associated with allelic variation in the FRIGIDA homologue BnaA.FRI.a
Wang, Nian; Qian, Wei; Suppanz, Ida; Wei, Lijuan; Mao, Bizeng; Long, Yan; Meng, Jinling; Mller, Andreas E.; Jung, Christian

Transcriptional regulation of SlPYL, SlPP2C, and SlSnRK2 gene families encoding ABA signal core components during tomato fruit development and drought stress
Sun, Liang; Wang, Yan-Ping; Chen, Pei; Ren, Jie; Ji, Kai; Li, Qian; Li, Ping; Dai, Sheng-Jie; Leng, Ping

VpRFP1, a novel C4C4-type RING finger protein gene from Chinese wild Vitis pseudoreticulata, functions as a transcriptional activator in defence response of grapevine
Yu, Yihe; Xu, Weirong; Wang, Shengyi; Xu, Yan; Li, Hui'e; Wang, Yuejin; Li, Shuxiu

The Arabidopsis sn-1-specific mitochondrial acylhydrolase AtDLAH is positively correlated with seed viability
Seo, Young Sam; Kim, Eun Yu; Kim, Woo Taek

Acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase regulates the mevalonate pathway during abiotic stress adaptation
Soto, Gabriela; Stritzler, Margarita; Lisi, Christian; Alleva, Karina; Pagano, Mara Elba; Ardila, Fernando; Mozzicafreddo, Matteo; Cuccioloni, Massimiliano; Angeletti, Mauro; Ayub, Nicols Daniel

Identification of an important site for function of the type 2C protein phosphatase ABI2 in abscisic acid signalling in Arabidopsis
Sun, Hai-Li; Wang, Xiao-Jing; Ding, Wei-Hua; Zhu, Sai-Yong; Zhao, Rui; Zhang, Yi-Xie; Xin, Qi; Wang, Xiao-Fang; Zhang, Da-Peng

Low cadmium (LCD), a novel gene related to cadmium tolerance and accumulation in rice
Shimo, Hugo; Ishimaru, Yasuhiro; An, Gynheung; Yamakawa, Takashi; Nakanishi, Hiromi; Nishizawa, Naoko K.

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Adams, Eri; Devoto, Alessandra; Turner, John G.

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