Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (6-10), 2011

Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (6), 2011



Contents:

Water resources strategy and agricultural development in China
Peng, Shiqi

Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis, increase C content, and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs
Muller, Bertrand; Pantin, Florent; Gnard, Michel; Turc, Olivier; Freixes, Sandra; Piques, Maria; Gibon, Yves

Modulation of the root-sourced ABA signal along its way to the shoot in Vitis ripariaVitis labrusca under water deficit
Li, Bingbing; Feng, Zhigao; Xie, Min; Sun, Mingzhu; Zhao, Yanxia; Liang, Liyan; Liu, Guojie; Zhang, Jianhua; Jia, Wensuo

Environment characterization as an aid to wheat improvement: interpreting genotypeenvironment interactions by modelling water-deficit patterns in North-Eastern Australia
Chenu, K.; Cooper, M.; Hammer, G. L.; Mathews, K. L.; Dreccer, M. F.; Chapman, S. C.

Auxin conjugates: their role for plant development and in the evolution of land plants
Ludwig-Mller, Jutta

The evolution of glycogen and starch metabolism in eukaryotes gives molecular clues to understand the establishment of plastid endosymbiosis
Ball, Steven; Colleoni, Christophe; Cenci, Ugo; Raj, Jenifer Nirmal; Tirtiaux, Catherine

Mechanical wounding induces a nitrosative stress by down-regulation of GSNO reductase and an increase in S-nitrosothiols in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seedlings
Chaki, Mounira; Valderrama, Raquel; Fernndez-Ocaa, Ana M.; Carreras, Alfonso; Gmez-Rodrguez, Maria. V.; Pedrajas, Jos R.; Begara-Morales, Juan C.; Snchez-Calvo, Beatriz; Luque, Francisco; Leterrier, Marina; Corpas, Francisco J.; Barroso, Juan B.

Tolerance to oxidative stress induced by desiccation in Porphyra columbina (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)
Contreras-Porcia, Loretto; Thomas, Daniela; Flores, Vernica; Correa, Juan A.

Mapping and linkage disequilibrium analysis with a genome-wide collection of SNPs that detect polymorphism in cultivated tomato
Robbins, Matthew D.; Sim, Sung-Chur; Yang, Wencai; Van Deynze, Allen; van der Knaap, Esther; Joobeur, Tarek; Francis, David M.

Characterization and mapping of non-S gametophytic self-compatibility in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.)
Cachi, A. M.; Wnsch, A.

Assessing the applicability of the earth impedance method for in situ studies of tree root systems
Urban, Josef; Bequet, Raphael; Mainiero, Raphael

Towards a better understanding of the generation of fructan structure diversity in plants: molecular and functional characterization of a sucrose:fructan 6-fructosyltransferase (6-SFT) cDNA from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
Lasseur, Bertrand; Lothier, Jrmy; Wiemken, Andres; Van Laere, Andr; Morvan-Bertrand, Annette; Ende, Wim Van den; Prud'homme, Marie-Pascale

Related polymorphic F-box protein genes between haplotypes clustering in the BAC contig sequences around the S-RNase of Japanese pear
Okada, Kazuma; Tonaka, Nozomi; Taguchi, Tomio; Ichikawa, Takehiko; Sawamura, Yutaka; Nakanishi, Tetsu; Takasaki-Yasuda, Takeshi

Melatonin as an antioxidant and its semi-lunar rhythm in green macroalga Ulva sp.
Tal, Ofir; Haim, Abraham; Harel, Orna; Gerchman, Yoram

Permeability of Iris germanicas multiseriate exodermis to water, NaCl, and ethanol
Meyer, Chris J.; Peterson, Carol A.; Steudle, Ernst

Identification and characterization of genomic regions on chromosomes 4 and 8 that control the rate of photosynthesis in rice leaves
Adachi, Shunsuke; Tsuru, Yukiko; Nito, Naoko; Murata, Kazumasa; Yamamoto, Toshio; Ebitani, Takeshi; Ookawa, Taiichiro; Hirasawa, Tadashi

Expression analysis of vernalization and day-length response genes in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) indicates that VRNH2 is a repressor of PPDH2 (HvFT3) under long days
Casao, M. Cristina; Igartua, Ernesto; Karsai, Ildiko; Lasa, Jos Manuel; Gracia, M. Pilar; Casas, Ana M.

Drought-induced site-specific DNA methylation and its association with drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Wang, Wen-Sheng; Pan, Ya-Jiao; Zhao, Xiu-Qin; Dwivedi, D.; Zhu, Ling-Hua; Ali, J.; Fu, Bin-Ying; Li, Zhi-Kang

Water and solute permeabilities of Arabidopsis roots in relation to the amount and composition of aliphatic suberin
Ranathunge, Kosala; Schreiber, Lukas

Cross activity of orthologous WRKY transcription factors in wheat and Arabidopsis
Proietti, S.; Bertini, L.; Van der Ent, S.; Leon-Reyes, A.; Pieterse, C. M. J.; Tucci, M.; Caporale, C.; Caruso, C.

On the mechanism underlying photosynthetic limitation upon trigger hair irritation in the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis)
Pavlovi, Andrej; Slovkov, L'udmila; Pandolfi, Camilla; Mancuso, Stefano

Silicon enhances suberization and lignification in roots of rice (Oryza sativa)
Fleck, Alexander T.; Nye, Thandar; Repenning, Cornelia; Stahl, Frank; Zahn, Marc; Schenk, Manfred K.

Carbon-use efficiency in green sinks is increased when a blend of apoplastic fructose and glucose is available for uptake
Hill, Jeffrey P.; Germino, Matthew J.; Alongi, Deborah A.

Functional characterization of the three genes encoding 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase in maize
Cordoba, Elizabeth; Porta, Helena; Arroyo, Analilia; San Romn, Carolina; Medina, Luis; Rodrguez-Concepcin, Manuel; Len, Patricia

Circadian regulation of chloroplastic f and m thioredoxins through control of the CCA1 transcription factor
Barajas-Lpez, Juan de Dios; Serrato, Antonio Jesus; Cazalis, Roland; Meyer, Yves; Chueca, Ana; Reichheld, Jean Philippe; Sahrawy, Mariam

Rice Brittle culm 6 encodes a dominant-negative form of CesA protein that perturbs cellulose synthesis in secondary cell walls
Kotake, Toshihisa; Aohara, Tsutomu; Hirano, Ko; Sato, Ami; Kaneko, Yasuko; Tsumuraya, Yoichi; Takatsuji, Hiroshi; Kawasaki, Shinji

ABC transporters coordinately expressed during lignification of Arabidopsis stems include a set of ABCBs associated with auxin transport
Kaneda, M.; Schuetz, M.; Lin, B.S.P.; Chanis, C.; Hamberger, B.; Western, T.L.; Ehlting, J.; Samuels, A.L.

Overexpression of AtCSP4 affects late stages of embryo development in Arabidopsis
Yang, Yongil; Karlson, Dale T.

Hydraulic efficiency and coordination with xylem resistance to cavitation, leaf function, and growth performance among eight unrelated Populus deltoidesPopulus nigra hybrids
Fichot, Rgis; Chamaillard, Sylvain; Depardieu, Claire; Le Thiec, Didier; Cochard, Herv; Barigah, Tt S.; Brignolas, Franck

The role for the exocyst complex subunits Exo70B2 and Exo70H1 in the plantpathogen interaction
Peenkov, Tamara; Hla, Michal; Kulich, Ivan; Kocourkov, Daniela; Drdov, Edita; Fendrych, Maty; Toupalov, Hana; rsk, Viktor

Identification and utilization of a sow thistle powdery mildew as a poorly adapted pathogen to dissect post-invasion non-host resistance mechanisms in Arabidopsis
Wen, Yingqiang; Wang, Wenming; Feng, Jiayue; Luo, Ming-Cheng; Tsuda, Kenichi; Katagiri, Fumiaki; Bauchan, Gary; Xiao, Shunyuan

Exploring nitrogen remobilization for seed filling using natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Masclaux-Daubresse, Cline; Chardon, Fabien

Characterization of JAZ-interacting bHLH transcription factors that regulate jasmonate responses in Arabidopsis
Niu, Yajie; Figueroa, Pablo; Browse, John

Immunodetection of retinoblastoma-related protein and its phosphorylated form in interphase and mitotic alfalfa cells
Brahm, Edit; Miskolczi, Pi; Ayaydin, Ferhan; Yu, Ping; Kotogny, Edit; Bak, Lszl; tvs, Krisztina; Horvth, Gbor V.; Dudits, Dnes

Zinc isotopic fractionation in Phragmites australis in response to toxic levels of zinc
Caldelas, Cristina; Dong, Shuofei; Araus, Jos Luis; Jakob Weiss, Dominik

Visualization of lateral water transport pathways in soybean by a time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry cryo-system
Iijima, Morio; Yoshida, Tomoharu; Kato, Toshiyuki; Kawasaki, Michio; Watanabe, Takamasa; Somasundaram, Sutharsan

Additive effects of Na+ and Cl- ions on barley growth under salinity stress
Tavakkoli, Ehsan; Fatehi, Foad; Coventry, Stewart; Rengasamy, Pichu; McDonald, Glenn K.

The rate of nitrite reduction in leaves as indicated by O2 and CO2 exchange during photosynthesis
Eichelmann, H.; Oja, V.; Peterson, R.B.; Laisk, A.

Identification of a major QTL controlling the content of B-type starch granules in Aegilops
Howard, Thomas; Rejab, Nur Ardiyana; Griffiths, Simon; Leigh, Fiona; Leverington-Waite, Michelle; Simmonds, James; Uauy, Cristobal; Trafford, Kay

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (7), 2011



Contents:

Preface
Gilliham, M.

Calcium delivery and storage in plant leaves: exploring the link with water flow
Gilliham, Matthew; Dayod, Maclin; Hocking, Bradleigh J.; Xu, Bo; Conn, Simon J.; Kaiser, Brent N.; Leigh, Roger A.; Tyerman, Stephen D.

Role of magnesium in alleviation of aluminium toxicity in plants
Bose, Jayakumar; Babourina, Olga; Rengel, Zed

Physiological, genetic, and molecular characterization of a high-Cd-accumulating rice cultivar, Jarjan
Ueno, Daisei; Koyama, Emi; Yamaji, Naoki; Ma, Jian Feng

The essential role of anionic transport in plant cells: the pollen tube as a case study
Tavares, Brbara; Domingos, Patrcia; Dias, Pedro Nuno; Feij, Jos A.; Bicho, Ana

Nitrate transceptor(s) in plants
Gojon, Alain; Krouk, Gabriel; Perrine-Walker, Francine; Laugier, Edith

An integrated statistical analysis of the genetic variability of nitrogen metabolism in the ear of three maize inbred lines (Zea mays L.)
Caas, Rafael A.; Amiour, Nardjis; Quiller, Isabelle; Hirel, Bertrand

Spatial expression and regulation of rice high-affinity nitrate transporters by nitrogen and carbon status
Feng, Huimin; Yan, Ming; Fan, Xiaorong; Li, Baozhen; Shen, Qirong; Miller, Anthony J.; Xu, Guohua

Interactions between plant circadian clocks and solute transport
Haydon, Michael J.; Bell, Laura J.; Webb, Alex A. R.

Molecular, cellular, and physiological responses to phosphatidic acid formation in plants
Testerink, Christa; Munnik, Teun

A molecular framework for coupling cellular volume and osmotic solute transport control
Honsbein, Annegret; Blatt, Michael R.; Grefen, Christopher

Heterotrimeric G-protein regulation of ROS signalling and calcium currents in Arabidopsis guard cells
Zhang, Wei; Jeon, Byeong Wook; Assmann, Sarah M.

The role of transporters in supplying energy to plant plastids
Fluegge, Ulf-Ingo; Husler, Rainer E.; Ludewig, Frank; Gierth, Markus

Electron tomography of plant thylakoid membranes
Daum, Bertram; Khlbrandt, Werner

Characterization of a transport activity for long-chain peptides in barley mesophyll vacuoles
Schnell Ramos, Magali; Abele, Rupert; Nagy, Rka; Suter Grotemeyer, Marianne; Tamp, Robert; Rentsch, Doris; Martinoia, Enrico

Dynamic imaging of glucose flux impedance using FRET sensors in wild-type Arabidopsis plants
Chaudhuri, Bhavna; Hrmann, Friederike; Frommer, Wolf B.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (8), 2011



Contents:

Stomatal control as a driver of plant evolution
Haworth, Matthew; Elliott-Kingston, Caroline; McElwain, Jennifer C.

Algal models in plant biology
Cock, J. Mark; Coelho, Susana M.

Evolution of cytokinin biosynthesis and degradation
Frbort, Ivo; Kowalska, Marta; Hluska, Tom; Frbortov, Jitka; Galuszka, Petr

CONSTANS and the evolutionary origin of photoperiodic timing of flowering
Valverde, Federico

Recent advances in the transcriptional regulation of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway
Hichri, Imne; Barrieu, Franois; Bogs, Jochen; Kappel, Christian; Delrot, Serge; Lauvergeat, Virginie

Dro1, a major QTL involved in deep rooting of rice under upland field conditions
Uga, Yusaku; Okuno, Kazutoshi; Yano, Masahiro

MicroRNAs in the shoot apical meristem of soybean
Wong, Chui E.; Zhao, Ying-Tao; Wang, Xiu-Jie; Croft, Larry; Wang, Zhong-Hua; Haerizadeh, Farzad; Mattick, John S.; Singh, Mohan B.; Carroll, Bernard J.; Bhalla, Prem L.

Large changes in anatomy and physiology between diploid Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia) and its autotetraploid are not associated with large changes in leaf gene expression
Allario, Thierry; Brumos, Javier; Colmenero-Flores, Jose Manuel; Tadeo, Francisco; Froelicher, Yann; Talon, Manuel; Navarro, Luis; Ollitrault, Patrick; Morillon, Raphal

A DIGE-based quantitative proteomic analysis of grape berry flesh development and ripening reveals key events in sugar and organic acid metabolism
Martinez-Esteso, Maria Jos; Sells-Marchart, Susana; Lijavetzky, Diego; Pedreo, Maria Angeles; Bru-Martnez, Roque

Search for nodulation-related CLE genes in the genome of Glycine max
Mortier, Virginie; Fenta, Berhanu Amsalu; Martens, Cindy; Rombauts, Stephane; Holsters, Marcelle; Kunert, Karl; Goormachtig, Sofie

Time course and amplitude of DNA methylation in the shoot apical meristem are critical points for bolting induction in sugar beet and bolting tolerance between genotypes
Trap-Gentil, Marie-Vronique; Hbrard, Claire; Lafon-Placette, Clment; Delaunay, Alain; Hagge, Daniel; Joseph, Claude; Brignolas, Franck; Lefebvre, Marc; Barnes, Steve; Maury, Stphane

Involvement of cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase and Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase for improved tolerance against drought stress
Faize, M.; Burgos, L.; Faize, L.; Piqueras, A.; Nicolas, E.; Barba-Espin, G.; Clemente-Moreno, M. J.; Alcobendas, R.; Artlip, T.; Hernandez, J. A.

ABA biosynthesis and degradation contributing to ABA homeostasis during barley seed development under control and terminal drought-stress conditions
Seiler, Christiane; Harshavardhan, Vokkaliga Thammegowda; Rajesh, Kalladan; Reddy, Palakolanu Sudhakar; Strickert, Marc; Rolletschek, Hardy; Scholz, Uwe; Wobus, Ulrich; Sreenivasulu, Nese

Tracing the history of plant traits under domestication in cranberries: potential consequences on anti-herbivore defences
Rodriguez-Saona, Cesar; Vorsa, Nicholi; Singh, Ajay P.; Johnson-Cicalese, Jennifer; Szendrei, Zsofia; Mescher, Mark C.; Frost, Christopher J.

Abscisic acid triggers whole-plant and fruit-specific mechanisms to increase fruit calcium uptake and prevent blossom end rot development in tomato fruit
de Freitas, Sergio Tonetto; Shackel, Kenneth A.; Mitcham, Elizabeth J.

Ethylene mediates UV-B-induced stomatal closure via peroxidase-dependent hydrogen peroxide synthesis in Vicia faba L.
He, Junmin; Yue, Xiaozhen; Wang, Ruibin; Zhang, Yan

Growth at elevated ozone or elevated carbon dioxide concentration alters antioxidant capacity and response to acute oxidative stress in soybean (Glycine max)
Gillespie, Kelly M.; Rogers, Alistair; Ainsworth, Elizabeth A.

Arabidopsis thaliana calcium-dependent lipid-binding protein (AtCLB): a novel repressor of abiotic stress response
de Silva, Kanishka; Laska, Bozena; Brown, Christopher; Sederoff, Heike Winter; Khodakovskaya, Mariya

Molecular characterization and functional analysis of the -galactosidase gene during Coffea arabica (L.) fruit development
Figueiredo, Srgio Araujo; Lashermes, Philippe; Arago, Francisco Jos Lima

RanGAP is required for post-meiotic mitosis in female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Rodrigo-Peiris, Thushani; Xu, Xianfeng Morgan; Zhao, Qiao; Wang, Horng-Jing; Meier, Iris

Independent effects of leaf growth and light on the development of the plastid and its DNA content in Zea species
Zheng, Qi; Oldenburg, Delene J.; Bendich, Arnold J.

Double loss-of-function mutation in EARLY FLOWERING 3 and CRYPTOCHROME 2 genes delays flowering under continuous light but accelerates it under long days and short days: an important role for Arabidopsis CRY2 to accelerate flowering time in continuous light
Nefissi, Rim; Natsui, Yu; Miyata, Kana; Oda, Atsushi; Hase, Yoshihiro; Nakagawa, Mayu; Ghorbel, Abdelwahed; Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi

Expression pattern, genomic structure, and promoter analysis of the gene encoding stilbene synthase from Chinese wild Vitis pseudoreticulata
Xu, Weirong; Yu, Yihe; Zhou, Qi; Ding, Jiahua; Dai, Lingmin; Xie, Xiaoqing; Xu, Yan; Zhang, Chaohong; Wang, Yuejin

Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pine
Eilmann, Britta; Zweifel, Roman; Buchmann, Nina; Graf Pannatier, Elisabeth; Rigling, Andreas

Genetic suppression analysis in novel vacuolar processing enzymes reveals their roles in controlling sugar accumulation in tomato fruits
Ariizumi, Tohru; Higuchi, Kenji; Arakaki, Shoko; Sano, Tsunenori; Asamizu, Erika; Ezura, Hiroshi

Determination of the site of CO2 sensing in poplar: is the area-based N content and anatomy of new leaves determined by their immediate CO2 environment or by the CO2 environment of mature leaves?
Miyazawa, Shin-Ichi; Warren, Charles R.; Turpin, David H.; Livingston, Nigel J.

Salt and genotype impact on plant physiology and root proteome variations in tomato
Manaa, Arafet; Ben Ahmed, Hela; Valot, Benot; Bouchet, Jean-Paul; Aschi-Smiti, Samira; Causse, Mathilde; Faurobert, Mireille

The auxin receptor homologue in Solanum lycopersicum stimulates tomato fruit set and leaf morphogenesis
Ren, Zhenxin; Li, Zhengguo; Miao, Qing; Yang, Yingwu; Deng, Wei; Hao, Yanwei

Distribution, biological activities, metabolism, and the conceivable function of cis-zeatin-type cytokinins in plants
Gajdoov, Silvia; Spchal, Luk; Kamnek, Miroslav; Hoyerov, Klra; Novk, Ondej; Dobrev, Petre I.; Galuszka, Petr; Klma, Petr; Gaudinov, Alena; ikov, Eva; Hanu, Jan; Dank, Martin; Trvnek, Bohumil; Peek, Bedich; Krupika, Martin; Vakov, Radomra; Strnad, Miroslav; Motyka, Vclav

Identification of phenolic compounds in isolated vacuoles of the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus and their interaction with vacuolar class III peroxidase: an H2O2 affair?
Ferreres, Federico; Figueiredo, Raquel; Bettencourt, Sara; Carqueijeiro, Ins; Oliveira, Juliana; Gil-Izquierdo, Angel; Pereira, David M.; Valento, Patrcia; Andrade, Paula B.; Duarte, Patrcia; Barcel, Alfonso Ros; Sottomayor, Mariana

Demethylation of oligogalacturonides by FaPE1 in the fruits of the wild strawberry Fragaria vesca triggers metabolic and transcriptional changes associated with defence and development of the fruit
Osorio, Sonia; Bombarely, Aureliano; Giavalisco, Patrick; Usadel, Bjrn; Stephens, Camilla; Aragez, Irene; Medina-Escobar, Nieves; Botella, Miguel A.; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Valpuesta, Victoriano

Independent variation in photosynthetic capacity and stomatal conductance leads to differences in intrinsic water use efficiency in 11 soybean genotypes before and during mild drought
Gilbert, Matthew E.; Zwieniecki, Maciej A.; Holbrook, N. Michele

Arsenic accumulation and speciation in rice are affected by root aeration and variation of genotypes
Wu, Chuan; Ye, Zhihong; Shu, Wensheng; Zhu, Yongguan; Wong, Minghung

An arginine decarboxylase gene PtADC from Poncirus trifoliata confers abiotic stress tolerance and promotes primary root growth in Arabidopsis
Wang, Jing; Sun, Pei-Pei; Chen, Chun-Li; Wang, Yin; Fu, Xing-Zheng; Liu, Ji-Hong

Strigolactones interact with ethylene and auxin in regulating root-hair elongation in Arabidopsis
Kapulnik, Yoram; Resnick, Natalie; Mayzlish-Gati, Einav; Kaplan, Yulia; Wininger, Smadar; Hershenhorn, Joseph; Koltai, Hinanit

Regulation of plant MSH2 and MSH6 genes in the UV-B-induced DNA damage response
Lario, Luciana D.; Ramirez-Parra, Elena; Gutierrez, Crisanto; Casati, Paula; Spampinato, Claudia P.

Major genes for Na+ exclusion, Nax1 and Nax2 (wheat HKT1;4 and HKT1;5), decrease Na+ accumulation in bread wheat leaves under saline and waterlogged conditions
James, Richard A.; Blake, Carol; Byrt, Caitlin S.; Munns, Rana

Differential effects of the brefeldin A analogue (6R)-hydroxy-BFA in tobacco and Arabidopsis
Langhans, Markus; Frster, Sebastian; Helmchen, Gnter; Robinson, David G.

Nodulation enhances dark CO2 fixation and recycling in the model legume Lotus japonicus
Fotelli, Mariangela N.; Tsikou, Daniela; Kolliopoulou, Anna; Aivalakis, Georgios; Katinakis, Panagiotis; Udvardi, Michael K.; Rennenberg, Heinz; Flemetakis, Emmanouil

A novel high-throughput in vivo molecular screen for shade avoidance mutants identifies a novel phyA mutation
Wang, Xuewen; Roig-Villanova, Irma; Khan, Safina; Shanahan, Hugh; Quail, Peter H.; Martinez-Garcia, Jaime F.; Devlin, Paul F.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (9), 2011



Contents:

Exploiting the engine of C4 photosynthesis
Sage, Rowan F.; Zhu, Xin-Guang

Strategies for engineering a two-celled C4 photosynthetic pathway into rice
Kajala, Kaisa; Covshoff, Sarah; Karki, Shanta; Woodfield, Helen; Tolley, Ben J.; Dionora, Mary Jaqueline A.; Mogul, Reychelle T.; Mabilangan, Abigail E.; Danila, Florence R.; Hibberd, Julian M.; Quick, William P.

Best practice procedures for the establishment of a C4 cycle in transgenic C3 plants
Peterhansel, Christoph

Lessons from engineering a single-cell C4 photosynthetic pathway into rice
Miyao, Mitsue; Masumoto, Chisato; Miyazawa, Shin-Ichi; Fukayama, Hiroshi

Setaria viridis and Setaria italica, model genetic systems for the Panicoid grasses
Li, Pinghua; Brutnell, Thomas P.

The grass leaf developmental gradient as a platform for a systems understanding of the anatomical specialization of C4 leaves
Nelson, Timothy

The role of proteins in C3 plants prior to their recruitment into the C4 pathway
Aubry, Sylvain; Brown, Naomi J.; Hibberd, Julian M.

Malate decarboxylases: evolution and roles of NAD(P)-ME isoforms in species performing C4 and C3 photosynthesis
Maier, Alexandra; Zell, Martina B.; Maurino, Veronica G.

The molecular evolution of -carbonic anhydrase in Flaveria
Ludwig, Martha

Functional evolution of C4 pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase
Chastain, Chris J.; Failing, Christopher J.; Manandhar, Lumu; Zimmerman, Margaret A.; Lakner, Mitchell M.; Nguyen, Tony H. T.

Critical assessment of assembly strategies for non-model species mRNA-Seq data and application of next-generation sequencing to the comparison of C3 and C4 species
Brutigam, Andrea; Mullick, Thomas; Schliesky, Simon; Weber, Andreas P. M.

Evolution of the C4 photosynthetic mechanism: are there really three C4 acid decarboxylation types?
Furbank, Robert T.

The role of transitory starch in C3, CAM, and C4 metabolism and opportunities for engineering leaf starch accumulation
Weise, Sean E.; van Wijk, Klaas J.; Sharkey, Thomas D.

The efficiency of C4 photosynthesis under low light conditions: assumptions and calculations with CO2 isotope discrimination
Ubierna, Nerea; Sun, Wei; Cousins, Asaph B.

Enhancing drought tolerance in C4 crops
Lopes, Marta S.; Araus, Jose Luis; van Heerden, Philippus D. R.; Foyer, Christine H.

The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth
Sage, Rowan F.; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Edwards, Erika J.

C4 eudicots are not younger than C4 monocots
Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Osborne, Colin P.; Sage, Rowan F.; Arakaki, Mnica; Edwards, Erika J.

The occurrence of C2 photosynthesis in Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae)
Sage, Tammy L.; Sage, Rowan F.; Vogan, Patrick J.; Rahman, Beshar; Johnson, Daniel C.; Oakley, Jason C.; Heckel, Marta A.

Development of structural and biochemical characteristics of C4 photosynthesis in two types of Kranz anatomy in genus Suaeda (family Chenopodiaceae)
Koteyeva, Nuria K.; Voznesenskaya, Elena V.; Berry, James O.; Chuong, Simon D. X.; Franceschi, Vincent R.; Edwards, Gerald E.

The avoidance and aggregative movements of mesophyll chloroplasts in C4 monocots in response to blue light and abscisic acid
Maai, Eri; Shimada, Shouu; Yamada, Masahiro; Sugiyama, Tatsuo; Miyake, Hiroshi; Taniguchi, Mitsutaka

Panicum milioides (C3C4) does not have improved water or nitrogen economies relative to C3 and C4 congeners exposed to industrial-age climate change
Pinto, Harshini; Tissue, David T.; Ghannoum, Oula

Impairment of C4 photosynthesis by drought is exacerbated by limiting nitrogen and ameliorated by elevated [CO2] in maize
Markelz, R. J. Cody; Strellner, Reid S.; Leakey, Andrew D. B.

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Journal of Experimental Botany - 62 (10), 2011



Contents:

Food standards: the cacophony of governance
Busch, Lawrence

How agro-ecological research helps to address food security issues under new IPM and pesticide reduction policies for global crop production systems
E. Birch, A. Nicholas; Begg, Graham S.; Squire, Geoffrey R.

Meeting the challenge of food and energy security
Karp, Angela; Richter, Goetz M.

Generic signal-specific responses: cytokinin and context-dependent cellular responses
Mller, Bruno

First off the mark: early seed germination
Weitbrecht, Karin; Mller, Kerstin; Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard

Auxin regulation of Arabidopsis flower development involves members of the AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE/PLETHORA (AIL/PLT) family
Krizek, Beth A.

Salicylic acid beyond defence: its role in plant growth and development
Rivas-San Vicente, Mariana; Plasencia, Javier

AUXIN-BINDING-PROTEIN1, the second auxin receptor: what is the significance of a two-receptor concept in plant signal transduction?
Scherer, Gnther F. E.

Conservation and divergence of autonomous pathway genes in the flowering regulatory network of Beta vulgaris
Abou-Elwafa, Salah F.; Bttner, Bianca; Chia, Tansy; Schulze-Buxloh, Gretel; Hohmann, Uwe; Mutasa-Gttgens, Effie; Jung, Christian; Mller, Andreas E.

Activation of ethylene-responsive p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase leads to increased tocopherol levels during ripening in mango
Singh, Rajesh K.; Ali, Sharique A.; Nath, Pravendra; Sane, Vidhu A.

Association of an SNP in a novel DREB2-like gene SiDREB2 with stress tolerance in foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.)]
Lata, Charu; Bhutty, Sarita; Bahadur, Ranjit Prasad; Majee, Manoj; Prasad, Manoj

Cold affects the transcription of fatty acid desaturases and oil quality in the fruit of Olea europaea L. genotypes with different cold hardiness
Matteucci, M.; D'Angeli, S.; Errico, S.; Lamanna, R.; Perrotta, G.; Altamura, M. M.

Pp6-FEH1 encodes an enzyme for degradation of highly polymerized levan and is transcriptionally induced by defoliation in timothy (Phleum pratense L.)
Tamura, Ken-ichi; Sanada, Yasuharu; Tase, Kazuhiro; Komatsu, Toshinori; Yoshida, Midori

Interaction between selected bacterial strains and Arabidopsis halleri modulates shoot proteome and cadmium and zinc accumulation
Farinati, Silvia; DalCorso, Giovanni; Panigati, Monica; Furini, Antonella

Alcohol dehydrogenase 1 of barley modulates susceptibility to the parasitic fungus Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei
Pathuri, Indira Priyadarshini; Reitberger, Ines E.; Hckelhoven, Ralph; Proels, Reinhard K.

NPH3- and PGP-like genes are exclusively expressed in the apical tip region essential for blue-light perception and lateral auxin transport in maize coleoptiles
Matsuda, Satomi; Kajizuka, Tomomi; Kadota, Akeo; Nishimura, Takeshi; Koshiba, Tomokazu

Sourcesink imbalance increases with growth temperature in the spring geophyte Erythronium americanum
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Expressional regulation of PpDAM5 and PpDAM6, peach (Prunus persica) dormancy-associated MADS-box genes, by low temperature and dormancy-breaking reagent treatment
Yamane, Hisayo; Ooka, Tomomi; Jotatsu, Hiroaki; Hosaka, Yukari; Sasaki, Ryuta; Tao, Ryutaro

Evaluating a new method to estimate the rate of leaf respiration in the light by analysis of combined gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements
Yin, Xinyou; Sun, Zhouping; Struik, Paul C.; Gu, Junfei

In vivo protein tyrosine nitration in Arabidopsis thaliana
Lozano-Juste, Jorge; Colom-Moreno, Rosa; Len, Jos

Induction of vacuolar invertase inhibitor mRNA in potato tubers contributes to cold-induced sweetening resistance and includes spliced hybrid mRNA variants
Brummell, David A.; Chen, Ronan K. Y.; Harris, John C.; Zhang, Huaibi; Hamiaux, Cyril; Kralicek, Andrew V.; McKenzie, Marian J.

Effects of the source:sink ratio on the phenotypic plasticity of stem water potential in olive (Olea europaea L.)
Trentacoste, Eduardo R.; Sadras, Vctor Oscar; Puertas, Carlos Marcelo

Identification of genes involved in cell wall biogenesis in grasses by differential gene expression profiling of elongating and non-elongating maize internodes
Bosch, Maurice; Mayer, Claus-Dieter; Cookson, Alan; Donnison, Iain S.

Microarray-based analysis of cadmium-responsive microRNAs in rice (Oryza sativa)
Ding, Yanfei; Chen, Zhen; Zhu, Cheng

Cellulose and lignin biosynthesis is altered by ozone in wood of hybrid poplar (Populus tremulaalba)
Richet, Nicolas; Afif, Dany; Huber, Franoise; Pollet, Brigitte; Banvoy, Jacques; El Zein, Rana; Lapierre, Catherine; Dizengremel, Pierre; Perr, Patrick; Caban, Mireille

Polyploidization mechanisms: temperature environment can induce diploid gamete formation in Rosa sp.
Pcrix, Yann; Rallo, Graldine; Folzer, Hlne; Cigna, Mireille; Gudin, Serge; Le Bris, Manuel

Mutational analysis of the major soybean UreF paralogue involved in urease activation
Polacco, Joe C.; Hyten, David L.; Medeiros-Silva, Mnica; Sleper, David A.; Bilyeu, Kristin D.

Involvement of the Arabidopsis HIT1/AtVPS53 tethering protein homologue in the acclimation of the plasma membrane to heat stress
Wang, Lian-Chin; Tsai, Ming-Chieh; Chang, Kai-Yu; Fan, Yu-Shan; Yeh, Ching-Hui; Wu, Shaw-Jye

Anthesis date mainly explained correlations between post-anthesis leaf senescence, grain yield, and grain protein concentration in a winter wheat population segregating for flowering time QTLs
Bogard, Matthieu; Jourdan, Matthieu; Allard, Vincent; Martre, Pierre; Perretant, Marie Reine; Ravel, Catherine; Heumez, Emmanuel; Orford, Simon; Snape, John; Griffiths, Simon; Gaju, Oorbessy; Foulkes, John; Le Gouis, Jacques

Relationship between ultrasonic properties and structural changes in the mesophyll during leaf dehydration
Sancho-Knapik, Domingo; lvarez-Arenas, Toms Gmez; Peguero-Pina, Jos Javier; Fernndez, Victoria; Gil-Pelegrn, Eustaquio

Expression of aspartyl protease and C3HC4-type RING zinc finger genes are responsive to ascorbic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana
Gao, Yongshun; Nishikawa, Hitoshi; Badejo, Adebanjo Ayobamidele; Shibata, Hitoshi; Sawa, Yoshihiro; Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi; Maruta, Takanori; Shigeoka, Shigeru; Smirnoff, Nicholas; Ishikawa, Takahiro

Functional characterization of various algal carotenoid ketolases reveals that ketolating zeaxanthin efficiently is essential for high production of astaxanthin in transgenic Arabidopsis
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Urquhart, William; Chin, Kimberley; Ung, Huoi; Moeder, Wolfgang; Yoshioka, Keiko

Evidence for alternative trapping strategies in two forms of the pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana
Bauer, Ulrike; Grafe, T. Ulmar; Federle, Walter

Nodulation of Crotalaria podocarpa DC. by Methylobacterium nodulans displays very unusual features
Renier, Adeline; De Faria, Sergio Miana; Jourand, Philippe; Giraud, Eric; Dreyfus, Bernard; Rapior, Sylvie; Prin, Yves

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