Euphytica - 187 (3), 2012

Contents:

    Characterization and molecular mapping of RsrR, a resistant gene to maize head smut
    W. H. Li, X. D. Xu, G. Li, L. Q. Guo, S. W. Wu, Y. Jiang, H. Y. Dong

    Introgression of bacterial leaf blight resistance and aroma genes using functional marker-assisted selection in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
    R. K. Salgotra, B. B. Gupta, Reginald J. Millwood, Muthukumar Balasubramaniam

    Identification and functional analysis of alleles for productivity in two sets of chromosome segment substitution lines of rice
    Kazuhiro Ujiie, Takayuki Kashiwagi, Ken Ishimaru

    A new gene controlling hybrid sterility between Oryza sativa and Oryza longistaminata
    Jiying Zhao, Jing Li, Peng Xu, Jiawu Zhou, Fengyi Hu, Xianneng Deng, Wei Deng

    Identification of QTL for zinc and iron concentration in maize kernel and cob
    Hongni Qin, Yilin Cai, Zhizhai Liu, Guoqiang Wang, Jiuguang Wang, Ying Guo

    Evidence for second division restitution as the basis for 2n + n maternal chromosome transmission in a sugarcane cross
    S. R. Hermann, K. S. Aitken, P. A. Jackson, A. W. George, N. Piperidis, X. Wei

    Detection and integration of gene mapping of downy mildew resistance in maize inbred lines though linkage and association
    Chalermpol Phumichai, Julapark Chunwongse, Sansern Jampatong, Pichet Grudloyma

    Heterotic orientation of tropical maize inbred lines towards populations ZM523 and Suwan-1 under downy mildew infestation
    Pedro Fato, John Derera, Pangirayi Tongoona, Itai Makanda, Julia Sibiya

    Mapping and marker-assisted breeding of a gene allelic to the major Asian rice gall midge resistance gene Gm8
    V. S. A. K. Sama, K. Himabindu, S. Bhaskar Naik, R. M. Sundaram

    SSR markers linked to kernel weight and tiller number in sorghum identified by association mapping
    Hari D. Upadhyaya, Yi-Hong Wang, Shivali Sharma, Sube Singh

    Quantitative trait locus analysis for days-to-heading and morphological traits in an RIL population derived from an extremely late flowering F1 hybrid of sorghum
    Tomoyuki Takai, Jun-ichi Yonemaru, Hirokazu Kaidai, Shigemitsu Kasuga

    Fine mapping of Rf3 and Rf4 fertility restorer loci of WA-CMS of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and validation of the developed marker system for identification of restorer lines
    P. Balaji Suresh, B. Srikanth, V. Hemanth Kishore, I. Subhakara Rao

    Identification of origin and analysis of population structure of field-selected imidazolinone-herbicide resistant red rice (Oryza sativa)
    Ives Clayton Gomes dos Reis Goulart, Marcelo Teixeira Pacheco

    Introgression of bacterial blight resistance genes Xa7, Xa21, Xa22 and Xa23 into hybrid rice restorer lines by molecular marker-assisted selection
    B. Huang, J. Y. Xu, M. S. Hou, J. Ali, T. M. Mou

    Identification and molecular cytology analysis of cold tolerance introgression lines derived from Oryza sativa L. mating with O. rufipogon Griff.
    Xiang-Dong Luo, Liang-Fang Dai, Juan-Fang Cao, Shui-Rong Jian, Ya-Ling Chen


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Euphytica - 187 (2), 2012

Contents:

    Germplasm evaluation and transfer of Verticillium wilt resistance from Pima (Gossypium barbadense) to Upland cotton (G. hirsutum)
    Jinfa Zhang, S. Sanogo, R. Flynn, Jit B. Baral, S. Bajaj, S. E. Hughs

    Genetic effects of nine Gossypium barbadense L. chromosome substitution lines in top crosses with five elite Upland cotton G. hirsutum L. cultivars
    Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty Jr., Jixiang Wu, Russell Hayes

    QTL identification for molecular breeding of fibre yield and fibre quality traits in jute
    Moumita Das, Sumana Banerjee, Niladri Topdar, Avijit Kundu, Reyazul Rouf Mir

    Mapping quantitative trait loci for cottonseed oil, protein and gossypol content in a Gossypium hirsutum × Gossypium barbadense backcross inbred line population
    Jiwen Yu, Shuxun Yu, Shuli Fan, Meizhen Song, Honghong Zhai, Xingli Li

    Development of a core set of SSR markers for the characterization of Gossypium germplasm
    John Z. Yu, David D. Fang, Russell J. Kohel, Mauricio Ulloa, Lori L. Hinze

    Physiological and biochemical dissection of fiber development in colored cotton
    Shuna Yuan, Shuijin Hua, Waqas Malik, Noreen Bibi, Xuede Wang

    Analysis of QTL for yield-related traits in cassava using an F1 population from non-inbred parents
    Xin Chen, Yuhua Fu, Zhiqiang Xia, Li Jie, Haiyan Wang, Cheng Lu, Wenquan Wang

    Cytological and genetic analysis of a virescent mutant in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
    Meizhen Song, Zhaoguang Yang, Shuli Fan, Haiyong Zhu, Chaoyou Pang

    Germplasm for genetic improvement of lint yield in Upland cotton: genetic analysis of lint yield with yield components
    Linghe Zeng, Jixiang Wu

    Genome-wide selection in cassava
    Eder Jorge de Oliveira, Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende

    Diallel analysis of field resistance to brown streak disease in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces from Tanzania
    H. P. Kulembeka, M. Ferguson, L. Herselman, E. Kanju, G. Mkamilo, E. Masumba

    Detecting epistatic effects associated with cotton traits by a modified MDR approach
    Jixiang Wu, Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty, Karl Glover

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Euphytica - 185 (1), 2012

Contents:

Can Mediterranean durum wheat landraces contribute to improved grain quality attributes in modern cultivars?
Ruyman Nazco, Dolors Villegas, Karim Ammar, Roberto Javier Pena, Marc Moragues

Mapping stripe rust resistance gene YrSph derived from Tritium sphaerococcum Perc. with SSR, SRAP, and TRAP markers
Shi-Sheng Chen, Guo-Yue Chen, Hua Chen, Yu-Ming Wei, Wei Li, Ya-Xi Liu

AFLP genetic diversity analysis in Russian wheat aphid resistant wheat accessions
G. Srinivas, Yinghua Huang, Brett F. Carver, Do Mornhinweg Pages 

QTL associated with barley (Hordeum vulgare) feed quality traits measured through in situ digestion
Peter W. Gous, Anke Martin, Wendy Lawson, Alison Kelly, Glen P. Fox

Molecular mapping of partial resistance to powdery mildew in winter wheat cultivar Folke
Morten Lillemo, Asmund Bjornstad, Helge Skinnes 

Elite durum wheat genetic map and recombination rate variation in a multiparental connected design
Laurence Vaissayre, Morgane Ardisson, Christiane Borries, Sylvain Santoni

QTL analysis of main and epistatic effects for flour color traits in durum wheat
Pablo F. Roncallo, Gerardo L. Cervigni, Carlos Jensen, Rubén Miranda

Quantitative trait loci for resistance to Fusarium head blight in the Chinese wheat landrace Huangfangzhu
Tao Li, Guihua Bai, Shuangye Wu, Shiliang Gu 

Selection of genetically diverse sea oats lines with improved performance for coastal restoration in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Sarah E. Bertrand-Garcia, Carrie A. Knott, Niranjan Baisakh

Agronomic effects of a reciprocal translocation in a widely grown Spanish barley variety
A. Farré, A. Visioni, I. Lacasa-Benito, L. Cistué, J. Jansen, I. Romagosa 

Effects of inter-varietal diversity, biotic stresses and environmental productivity on grain yield of spring barley variety mixtures
Lars P. Kiar, Ib M. Skovgaard, Hanne Ostergard 

Combining ability for grain chemistry quality traits in a white oat diallelic cross
Maraisa Crestani, Solange Ferreira da Silveira Silveira

Euphytica - 184 (1-3), 2012

Euphytica - 184 (1), 2012


Contents:
    
    Mapping of QTLs associated with important agronomic traits using three populations derived from a super hybrid rice Xieyou9308
    Yongshu Liang, Xiaodeng Zhan, Zhiqiang Gao, Zechuan Lin, Zhanlie Yang
    
    A new gene controlling hybrid sterility in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
    Mingjiang Chen, Zhigang Zhao, Ling Jiang, Jianmin Wan 
 
    Sheath-blight resistance QTLS in japonica rice germplasm
    J. C. Nelson, J. H. Oard, D. Groth, H. S. Utomo, Y. Jia, G. Liu

    Analysis of rice blast resistance gene Pi-z in rice germplasm using pathogenicity assays and DNA markers
    Moytri RoyChowdhury, Yulin Jia, Aaron Jackson, Melissa H. Jia

    Genetic basis of control of Rhynchosporium secalis infection and symptom expression in barley
    M. E. Looseley, A. C. Newton, S. D. Atkins, B. D. L. Fitt, B. A. Fraaije

    Fine mapping of a major quantitative trait locus, qFLL6.2, controlling flag leaf length and yield traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
    Bo Shen, Wei-Dong Yu, Yu-Jun Zhu, Ye-Yang Fan, Jie-Yun Zhuang

    A novel frameshift mutant allele, fzp-10, affecting the panicle architecture of rice
    Tsuneo Kato, Akira Horibata

    Sequence variation in the barley genes encoding sucrose synthase I and sucrose phosphate synthase II, and its association with variation in grain traits and malting quality
    Inge E. Matthies, Shailendra Sharma, Stephan Weise, Marion S. Röder

    Agronomic diversity of naked barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): a potential resource for breeding new food barley for Europe
    Edward Dickin, Katherine Steele, Gareth Edwards-Jones, David Wright

    Identification of quantitative trait loci for seedling cold tolerance using RILs derived from a cross between japonica and tropical japonica rice cultivars
    J. P. Suh, C. K. Lee, J. H. Lee, J. J. Kim, S. M. Kim, Y. C. Cho, S. H. Park

    Genetic and physical mapping of qHY-8, a pleiotropic QTL for heading date and yield-related traits in rice
    Hai-Ya Cai, Shu Diao, Yong-Gang He, Li-Pan Zhang, Shao-Jia Liu, Ying-Guo Zhu

    Genetic diversity in blast resistance of Bhutan rice landraces
    Bhim Bahadur Ghaley, Jorgen Lindskrog Christiansen, Sven Bode Andersen

    Relationships among seed quality characteristics in a collection of western wheatgrass germplasms
    Joseph G. Robins, Kishor Bhattarai, B. Shaun Bushman, Steven R. Larson

    Substitution mapping of QTLs for blast resistance with SSSLs in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
    Yuexiong Zhang, Jianyuan Yang, Zelin Shan, Shen Chen, Weihua Qiao

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Euphytica - 184 (2), 2012


Contents:

Genetic dissection of intersubgenomic heterosis in Brassica napus carrying genomic components of B. rapa
Donghui Fu, Wei Qian, Jun Zou, Jinling Meng 

A reexamination of molecular markers for use in marker-assisted breeding in tomato
Dilip R. Panthee, Majid R. Foolad

Are specific testing protocols required for organic onion varieties? Analysis of onion variety testing under conventional and organic growing conditions
E. T. Lammerts van Bueren, A. M. Osman, M. Tiemens-Hulscher, P. C. Struik

Quantitative genetic analysis of condensed tannins in oilseed rape meal
Florin Daniel Lipsa, Rod Snowdon, Wolfgang Friedt

Harnessing mutant donor plants for microspore culture in Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern and Coss]
Deepak Prem, Kadambari Gupta, Abha Agnihotri

Fine mapping of two major QTLs conferring resistance to powdery mildew in tomato
Luigi Faino, Shiva Azizinia, Benyamin Houshyani Hassanzadeh, Estelle Verzaux

Influence of the stage for anther excision and heterostyly in embryogenesis induction from eggplant anther cultures
Pablo Salas, Alba Rivas-Sendra, Jaime Prohens, José M. Seguí-Simarro

Analysis of the genetic control of ß-carotene and l-ascorbic acid accumulation in an orange-brownish wild cherry tomato accession
Ana Maria Adalid, Salvador Roselló, Mercedes Valcárcel, Fernando Nuez

Genetic combining ability for concentration of mineral elements in cabbage head (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)
B. K. Singh, S. R. Sharma, B. Singh

Kale population improvement and cultivar production
John E. Bradshaw, Ralph N. Wilson

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Euphytica - 184 (3), 2012


Contents:

Architectural and genetic characterization of Hydrangea aspera subsp. aspera Kawakami group, H. aspera subsp. sargentiana and their hybrids
Laurent Crespel, Philippe Morel, Gilles Galopin

Heritability and genetic correlation in daylily selection
L. A. Fogaça, R. A. Oliveira, F. L. Cuquel, J. C. B. Filho, W. A. Vendrame

Morphology and SSR fingerprinting of newly developed Cynara cardunculus genotypes exploitable as ornamentals
Sergio Lanteri, Ezio Portis, Alberto Acquadro, Rosario P. Mauro

Reproductive biology of three commercially valuable Santalum species: development of flowers and inflorescences, breeding systems, and interspecific crossability
H. T. Tamla, J. P. Cornelius, T. Page

Development of DNA markers that discriminate between white- and blue-flowers in Japanese gentian plants
Takashi Nakatsuka, Misa Saito, Yuka Sato-Ushiku, Eri Yamada, Takashi Nakasato

Morphological changes and self-incompatibility breakdown associated with autopolyploidization in Hylocereus species (Cactaceae)
Hagai Cohen, Noemi Tel-Zur

Genetic variability of banana with ornamental potential
Everton Hilo de Souza, Maria Angélica Pereira de Carvalho Costa

The plant size and the spine characteristics of the first generation progeny obtained through the cross-pollination of different genotypes of Cactaceae
Lucica Mihalte, Radu E. Sestras

The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 (CmCCD4a) gene family encodes a key regulator of petal color mutation in chrysanthemum
Satoshi Yoshioka, Ryutaro Aida, Chihiro Yamamizo, Michio Shibata, Akemi Ohmiya

Confirmation and characterization of interspecific hybrids of Passiflora L. (Passifloraceae) for ornamental use
Eileen Azevedo Santos, Margarete Magalhaes Souza, Priscilla Patrocínio Abreu

Analysis of endosperm development of allotriploid × diploid/tetraploid crosses in Lilium
Shujun Zhou, Kehu Li, Guixue Zhou

Construction of a genetic linkage map with SSR, AFLP and morphological markers to locate QTLs controlling pathotype-specific powdery mildew resistance in diploid roses
Hossein Hosseini Moghaddam, Leen Leus, Jan De Riek, Johan Van Huylenbroeck

Anthocyanin and carotenoid pigmentation in flowers of section Mina, subgenus Quamoclit, genus Ipomoea
Chihiro Yamamizo, Naonobu Noda, Akemi Ohmiya

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Plant Breeding - 131 (1), 2012

Contents:

REVIEW ARTICLE


Breeding for resistance to ear rots caused by Fusarium spp. in maize – a review (pages 1–19)

Ákos Mesterházy, Marc Lemmens and Lana M. Reid


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Identification of candidate gene–based SSR markers for lysine and tryptophan metabolic pathways in maize (Zea mays) (pages 20–27)

Banisetti K. Babu, Pawan K. Agrawal, Hari S. Gupta, Anil Kumar and Jagadeesh C. Bhatt


Inheritance of resistance to Gibberella ear rot and deoxynivalenol contamination in five flint maize crosses (pages 28–32)

Matthias Martin, Baldev S. Dhillon, Thomas Miedaner and Albrecht E. Melchinger


Mapping QTL for heat tolerance at flowering stage in rice using SNP markers (pages 33–41)

Changrong Ye, May A. Argayoso, Edilberto D. Redona, Sheryl N. Sierra, Marcelino A. Laza, Christine J. Dilla, Youngjun Mo, Michael J. Thomson, Joonghyoun Chin, Celia B. Delavina, Genaleen Q. Diaz and Jose E. Hernandez


Mapping of tms8 gene for temperature-sensitive genic male sterility (TGMS) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) (pages 42–47)

Appibhai J. Hussain, Jauhar Ali, Ebrahimali A. Siddiq, Vidya S. Gupta, Umesh K. Reddy and Prabhakar K. Ranjekar


Characterization of quantitative trait loci for number of primary branches in near-isogenic lines from a cross between the Oryza sativa cultivar ‘Hwayeongbyeo’ and the wild relative Oryza rufipogon (pages 48–53)

Shi-Dong Ji, Ping-Rong Yuan, Luo Xiao, Hyun-Sook Lee and Sang-Nag Ahn


Rapid phenotyping for adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in wheat (pages 54–61)

Lee T. Hickey, Peter M. Wilkinson, Cheridan R. Knight, Ian D. Godwin, Olena Y. Kravchuk, Elizabeth A. B. Aitken, Urmil K. Bansal, Harbans S. Bariana, Ian H. De Lacy and Mark J. Dieters


Assessment of the effects of the Gpc-B1 allele on senescence rate, grain protein concentration and mineral content in hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from the Pacific Northwest Region of the USA (pages 62–68)

Arron H. Carter, Dipak K. Santra and Kimberlee K. Kidwell


Development and identification of wheat–barley 2H chromosome translocation lines carrying the Isa gene (pages 69–74)

Hongda Zou, Ying Wu, Hongkui Liu, Zhishan Lin, Xingguo Ye, Xiao Chen and Yaping Yuan


Allelopathic potential of Triticum spp., Secale spp. and Triticosecale spp. and use of chromosome substitutions and translocations to improve weed suppression ability in winter wheat (pages 75–80)

Nils-Ove Bertholdsson, Staffan C. Andersson and Arnulf Merker


Molecular cytogenetic identification of a wheat-Aegilops geniculata Roth spontaneous chromosome substitution and its effects on the growth and physiological responses of seedlings to osmotic stress (pages 81–87)

Svetlana Landjeva, Konstantina Kocheva, Tania Karceva, Adél Sepsi, István Molnár, Annamária Schneider, Ganka Ganeva, Georgi Georgiev and Márta Molnár-Láng


Male parent effects on stigma receptivity and seed set of sorghum A-lines under chilling field temperatures (pages 88–93)

Ma. Eugenia Cisneros-López, Leopoldo E. Mendoza-Onofre and Víctor A. González-Hernández


Influence of types of sterile cytoplasm on the resistance to sorghum shoot fly (Atherigona soccata) (pages 94–99)

Umakanth V. Akula, Padmaja G. Poluru, Ashok Kumar Jangam and Patil V. Jagannath


Quantitative genetic parameters for selection of biomass yield in hybrid rye (pages 100–103)

Thomas Miedaner, Silvia Koch, Andreas Seggl, Brigitta Schmiedchen and Peer Wilde


Estimation of heritability of benzoxazinoid production in rye (Secale cereale) using gas chromatographic analysis (pages 104–109)

Ashley M. Brooks, David A. Danehower, J. Paul Murphy, S. Chris Reberg-Horton and James D. Burton


Efficiency of PowerCore in core set development using amplified fragment length polymorphic markers in mungbean (pages 110–117)

Kyaw Thu Moe, Jae-Gyun Gwag and Yong-Jin Park


Development of EST-derived SSR markers in pea (Pisum sativum) and their potential utility for genetic mapping and transferability (pages 118–124)

Raghvendra K. Mishra, Baniekal H. Gangadhar, Akula Nookaraju, Sushil Kumar and Se W. Park


Participatory approach in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding for drought tolerance for southern Ethiopia (pages 125–134)

Asrat Asfaw, Conny J. M. Almekinders, Matthew W. Blair and Paul C. Struik


Meiotic analysis of the hybrids between cultivated and synthetic tetraploid groundnuts (pages 135–138)

Nalini Mallikarjuna, Sandhya Srikanth, Ravi K. Vellanki, Deepak R. Jadhav, Kumkum Das and Hari D. Upadhyaya


Highly informative genic and genomic SSR markers to facilitate molecular breeding in cultivated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) (pages 139–147)

Manish K. Pandey, Bhimana Gautami, Thandoniappan Jayakumar, Manda Sriswathi, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Makanahally V. Chennabyre Gowda, Thankappan Radhakrishnan, David J. Bertioli, Steven J. Knapp, Duglas R. Cook and Rajeev K. Varshney


Evaluation of a peanut collection for shell-colour traits in two diverse soil types (pages 148–154)

Ran Hovav, Hana Badani, Idit Ginzberg, Ilan Chedvat, Yael Brand and Shmuel Galili


Male Sterility in three crop Lupinus species (pages 155–163)

Jon C. Clements, Julia Wilson, Mark W. Sweetingham, John Quealy and Gordon Francis


Improved production of doubled haploids in Brassica rapa through microspore culture (pages 164–169)

Yun Zhang, Aijie Wang, Yang Liu, Yushu Wang and Hui Feng


The downy mildew resistance locus Pp523 is located on chromosome C8 of Brassica oleracea L. (pages 170–175)

Jorge D. Carlier, Claudia A. Alabaça, Paula S. Coelho, António A. Monteiro and José M. Leitao


A simple and rapid procedure for identification of seed coat colour at the early developmental stage of Brassica juncea and Brassica napus seeds (pages 176–179)

Ying Lu, Xianjun Liu, Shuyan Liu, Yingchun Yue, Chunyun Guan and Zhongsong Liu


Morphological traits of phytomers and shoots in the first year of growth as markers for predicting apple tree canopy architecture (pages 180–185)

Vidmantas Bendokas, Dalia Gelvonauskiene, Tadeusas Siksnianas, Grazina Staniene, Jurate B. Siksnianiene, Bronislovas Gelvonauskis and Vidmantas Stanys


Development of sequence-tagged site markers linked to the pillar growth type in peach (Prunus persica) (pages 186–192)

Osama Sajer, Ralph Scorza, Chris Dardick, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Albert G. Abbott and Renate Horn


Chromosomal regions associated with dollar spot resistance in colonial bentgrass (pages 193–197)

David Rotter, Emily Merewitz, Bingru Huang and Faith C. Belanger


Recurrent selection for increased seed germination in sand bluestem (Andropogon hallii) (pages 198–202)

Tim L. Springer


Parent–offspring correlation estimate of heritability for late blight resistance conferred by an accession of the tomato wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium (pages 203–210)

Heather L. Merk and Majid R. Foolad


The expression of pectin methylesterase in onion flower buds is associated with the dominant male-fertility restoration allele (pages 211–216)

Yumeng Huo, Jun Miao, Bingjiang Liu, Yanyan Yang, Yihui Zhang, Yasuki Tahara, Qingwei Meng, Qiwei He, Hidemi Kitano and Xiong Wu


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS


Inheritance of foliar blast resistance in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) (pages 217–219)

Shashi K. Gupta, Rajan Sharma, Kedar N. Rai and Ram P. Thakur


Inheritance of resistance to sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) in an interspecific cross between Helianthus annuus and Helianthus debilis subsp. tardiflorus (pages 220–221)

Leonardo Velasco, Begona Pérez-Vich, Ahmed A. M. Yassein, Chao-Chien Jan and José M. Fernández-Martínez


Additional pea EST-SSR markers for comparative mapping in pea (Pisum sativum L.) (pages 222–226)

Jason De Caire , Clarice J. Coyne, Sarah Brumett and Jeffry L. Shultz


Genomic variation of new cultivars selected from distant hybridization in Lilium (pages 227–230)

Xianxian Zhang, Guiling Ren, Kehu Li, Guixue Zhou and Shujun Zhou


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (4-9), 2011

Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (4), 2011


Contents:

Pathogen profiles


Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the black leaf streak pathogen of banana: progress towards understanding pathogen biology and detection, disease development, and the challenges of control (pages 307–328)

ALICE C. L. CHURCHILL


Burkholderia glumae: next major pathogen of rice? (pages 329–339)

JONG HYUN HAM, REBECCA A. MELANSON and MILTON C. RUSH


Original articles


The beneficial effect of Trichoderma spp. on tomato is modulated by the plant genotype (pages 341–354)

MARINA TUCCI, MICHELINA RUOCCO, LUIGI DE MASI, MONICA DE PALMA and MATTEO LORITO


Expression of Arabidopsis pathogenesis-related genes during nematode infection (pages 355–364)

NOUREDDINE HAMAMOUCH, CHUNYING LI, PIL JOON SEO, CHUNG-MO PARK and ERIC L. DAVIS


Modification of recombinant maize ChitA chitinase by fungal chitinase-modifying proteins (pages 365–372)

TODD A. NAUMANN


An HrpB-dependent but type III-independent extracellular aspartic protease is a virulence factor of Ralstonia solanacearum (pages 373–380)

YEONHWA JEONG, HOON CHEONG, OKHEE CHOI, JUNG KYU KIM, YONGSUNG KANG, JINWOO KIM, SEUNGDON LEE, SERRY KOH, JAE SUN MOON and INGYU HWANG


The wxacO gene of Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri encodes a protein with a role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, biofilm formation, stress tolerance and virulence (pages 381–396)

JINYUN LI and NIAN WANG


Organ identity and environmental conditions determine the effectiveness of nonhost resistance in the interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and Magnaporthe oryzae (pages 397–402)

CHRISTINE SCHREIBER, ALAN J. SLUSARENKO and ULRICH SCHAFFRATH


Review


The coat protein leads the way: an update on basic and applied studies with the Brome mosaic virus coat protein (pages 403–412)

C. CHENG KAO, PENG NI, MASARAPU HEMA, XINLEI HUANG and BOGDAN DRAGNEA


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (5), 2011




Contents:

Pathogen profile update


Mycosphaerella graminicola: from genomics to disease control (pages 413–424)

ELIZABETH S. ORTON, SIAN DELLER and JAMES K. M. BROWN


Original articles


Involvement of a putative response regulator FgRrg-1 in osmotic stress response, fungicide resistance and virulence in Fusarium graminearum (pages 425–436)

JINHUA JIANG, YINGZI YUN, JING FU, WON-BO SHIM and ZHONGHUA MA


Long-term protection against tobacco mosaic virus induced by the marine alga oligo-sulphated-galactan Poly-Ga in tobacco plants (pages 437–447)

JEANNETTE VERA, JORGE CASTRO, ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ, HERNA BARRIENTOS, BETTY MATSUHIRO, PATRICIO ARCE, GUSTAVO ZUNIGA and ALEJANDRA MOENNE


Inactivation of Snt2, a BAH/PHD-containing transcription factor, impairs pathogenicity and increases autophagosome abundance in Fusarium oxysporum (pages 449–461)

YOULIA DENISOV, STANLEY FREEMAN and ODED YARDEN


Identification of differentially expressed genes in a resistant versus a susceptible blueberry cultivar after infection by Colletotrichum acutatum (pages 463–477)

TIMOTHY D. MILES, BRAD DAY and ANNEMIEK C. SCHILDER


Regulators of G-protein signalling in Fusarium verticillioides mediate differential host–pathogen responses on nonviable versus viable maize kernels (pages 479–491)

MALA MUKHERJEE, JUNG-EUN KIM, YONG-SOON PARK, MICHAEL V. KOLOMIETS and WON-BO SHIM


Identification of serine/threonine kinase and nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes in the fire blight resistance quantitative trait locus of apple cultivar ‘Evereste’ (pages 493–505)

GABRIELLA PARRAVICINI, CESARE GESSLER, CAROLINE DENANCÉ, PAULINE LASSERRE-ZUBER, EMILIE VERGNE, MARIE-NOËLLE BRISSET, ANDREA PATOCCHI, CHARLES-ERIC DUREL and GIOVANNI A. L. BROGGINI


Review


Fungal pathogenicity genes in the age of ‘omics’ (pages 507–514)

ANGELA P. VAN DE WOUW and BARBARA J. HOWLETT


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (6), 2011




Contents:

Pathogen profile


Secrets of the subterranean pathosystem of Armillaria (pages 515–534)

KENDRA BAUMGARTNER, MARTIN P. A. COETZEE and DIRK HOFFMEISTER


Original articles


Narrowing down the apricot Plum pox virus resistance locus and comparative analysis with the peach genome syntenic region (pages 535–547)

ELSA MARÍA VERA RUIZ, JOSÉ MIGUEL SORIANO, CARLOS ROMERO, TETYANA ZHEBENTYAYEVA, JAVIER TEROL, ELENA ZURIAGA, GERARDO LLÁCER, ALBERT GLENN ABBOTT and MARÍA LUISA BADENES


The FRP1 F-box gene has different functions in sexuality, pathogenicity and metabolism in three fungal pathogens (pages 548–563)

WILFRIED JONKERS, JAN A. L. VAN KAN, PATRICK TIJM, YIN-WON LEE, PAUL TUDZYNSKI, MARTIJN REP and CAROLINE B. MICHIELSE


The Botrytis cinerea phytotoxin botcinic acid requires two polyketide synthases for production and has a redundant role in virulence with botrydial (pages 564–579)

BÉRENGERE DALMAIS, JULIA SCHUMACHER, JAVIER MORAGA, PASCAL LE PECHEUR, BETTINA TUDZYNSKI, ISIDRO GONZALEZ COLLADO and MURIEL VIAUD


Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of the carrot bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae M081, for insights into pathogenicity and applications in molecular diagnostics (pages 580–594)

JEFFREY A. KIMBREL, SCOTT A. GIVAN, TODD N. TEMPLE, KENNETH B. JOHNSON and JEFF H. CHANG


Satellite RNA reduces expression of the 2b suppressor protein resulting in the attenuation of symptoms caused by Cucumber mosaic virus infection (pages 595–605)

WEI-NA HOU, CHENG-GUO DUAN, RONG-XIANG FANG, XIAO-YANG ZHOU and HUI-SHAN GUO


Flux of nitric oxide between the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea and the host plant (pages 606–616)

JUAN L. TURRION-GOMEZ and ERNESTO P. BENITO


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Contents:

Pathogen profiles


Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola: from ‘has bean’ to supermodel (pages 617–627)

DAWN L. ARNOLD, HELEN C. LOVELL, ROBERT W. JACKSON and JOHN W. MANSFIELD


Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii: lessons learned from a xylem-dwelling pathogen of sweet corn (pages 628–637)

M. CAROLINE ROPER


Original articles


Invertases involved in the development of the parasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa: characterization of the dominant soluble acid isoform, PrSAI1 (pages 638–652)

RIDA DRAIE, THOMAS PÉRON, JEAN-BERNARD POUVREAU, CHRISTOPHE VÉRONÉSI, SANDRINE JÉGOU, PHILIPPE DELAVAULT, SÉVERINE THOIRON and PHILIPPE SIMIER


The SLT2 mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated signalling pathway governs conidiation, morphogenesis, fungal virulence and production of toxin and melanin in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata (pages 653–665)

JONAR INGAN YAGO, CHING-HSUAN LIN and KUANG-REN CHUNG


Garlic virus X 11-kDa protein granules move within the cytoplasm and traffic a host protein normally found in the nucleolus (pages 666–676)

YUWEN LU, FEI YAN, WEI GUO, HONGYING ZHENG, LIN LIN, JIEJUN PENG, MICHAEL J. ADAMS and JIANPING CHEN


RNAi-mediated resistance to Cassava brown streak Uganda virus in transgenic cassava (pages 677–687)

JITENDER S. YADAV, EMMANUEL OGWOK, HENRY WAGABA, BASAVAPRABHU L. PATIL, BASAVARAJ BAGEWADI, TITUS ALICAI, ELIANA GAITAN-SOLIS, NIGEL J. TAYLOR and CLAUDE M. FAUQUET


Mapping studies of the Peach latent mosaic viroid reveal novel structural features (pages 688–701)

AUDREY DUBÉ, FRANÇOIS BOLDUC, MARTIN BISAILLON and JEAN-PIERRE PERREAULT


Physical association of pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI) immune receptors in Arabidopsis (pages 702–708)

YIPING QI, KENICHI TSUDA, JANE GLAZEBROOK and FUMIAKI KATAGIRI


Degeneration of hrpZ gene in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci to evade tobacco defence: an arms race between tobacco and its bacterial pathogen (pages 709–714)

KAZUHIKO TSUNEMI, FUMIKO TAGUCHI, MIZURI MARUTANI, MEGUMI WATANABE-SUGIMOTO, YOSHISHIGE INAGAKI, KAZUHIRO TOYODA, TOMONORI SHIRAISHI and YUKI ICHINOSE


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Contents:

Original articles


Comparative analysis of the XopD type III secretion (T3S) effector family in plant pathogenic bacteria (pages 715–730)

JUNG-GUN KIM, KYLE W. TAYLOR and MARY BETH MUDGETT


Type III secretion-dependent host defence elicitation and type III secretion-independent growth within leaves by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (pages 731–745)

WENXIAN SUN, LIJUAN LIU and ANDREW F. BENT


Negative regulation of defence signalling pathways by the EDR1 protein kinase (pages 746–758)

KATY M. CHRISTIANSEN, YANGNAN GU, NATALIE RODIBAUGH and ROGER W. INNES


Altered trichothecene biosynthesis in TRI6-silenced transformants of Fusarium culmorum influences the severity of crown and foot rot on durum wheat seedlings (pages 759–771)

BARBARA SCHERM, MARCELLA ORRU, VIRGILIO BALMAS, FRANCESCA SPANU, EMANUELA AZARA, GIOVANNA DELOGU, THOMAS M. HAMMOND, NANCY P. KELLER and QUIRICO MIGHELI


Evidence for involvement of Dicer-like, Argonaute and histone deacetylase proteins in gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans (pages 772–785)

RAMESH R. VETUKURI, ANNA O. AVROVA, LAURA J. GRENVILLE-BRIGGS, PIETER VAN WEST, FREDRIK SÖDERBOM, EUGENE I. SAVENKOV, STEPHEN C. WHISSON and CHRISTINA DIXELIUS


Expression of coordinately regulated defence response genes and analysis of their role in disease resistance in Medicago truncatula (pages 786–798)

DEBORAH A. SAMAC, SILVIA PENUELA, JUDY A. SCHNURR, E. NICOLE HUNT, DAWN FOSTER-HARTNETT, KATHRYN A. VANDENBOSCH and J. STEPHEN GANTT


Amino acid changes in P3, and not the overlapping pipo-encoded protein, determine virulence of Soybean mosaic virus on functionally immune Rsv1-genotype soybean (pages 799–807)

R-H. WEN, M. A. SAGHAI MAROOF and M. R. HAJIMORAD


p2 of Rice stripe virus (RSV) interacts with OsSGS3 and is a silencing suppressor (pages 808–814)

ZHENGUO DU, DONGLAI XIAO, JIANGUO WU, DONGSHENG JIA, ZHENGJIE YUAN, YING LIU, LIUYANG HU, ZHAO HAN, TAIYUN WEI, QIYING LIN, ZUJIAN WU and LIANHUI XIE


Review


Applications of flow cytometry in plant pathology for genome size determination, detection and physiological status (pages 815–828)

LIESBET D'HONDT, MONICA HÖFTE, ERIK VAN BOCKSTAELE and LEEN LEUS


Micro-Review


Application of high-throughput genome sequencing to intrapathovar variation in Pseudomonas syringae (pages 829–838)

DAVID J. STUDHOLME


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Contents:

Original articles


The biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf29Arp strain affects the pathogenesis-related gene expression of the take-all fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici on wheat roots (pages 839–854)

STÉPHANIE DAVAL, LIONEL LEBRETON, KÉVIN GAZENGEL, MORGANE BOUTIN, ANNE-YVONNE GUILLERM-ERCKELBOUDT and ALAIN SARNIGUET


Arabidopsis thaliana cdd1 mutant uncouples the constitutive activation of salicylic acid signalling from growth defects (pages 855–865)

SWADHIN SWAIN, SHWETA ROY, JYOTI SHAH, SASKIA VAN WEES, CORNÉ M. PIETERSE and ASHIS K. NANDI


Durable broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance in pea er1 plants is conferred by natural loss-of-function mutations in PsMLO1 (pages 866–878)

MATT HUMPHRY, ANJA REINSTÄDLER, SERGEY IVANOV, TON BISSELING and RALPH PANSTRUGA


Transcriptomic profiling of citrus fruit peel tissues reveals fundamental effects of phenylpropanoids and ethylene on induced resistance (pages 879–897)

ANA-ROSA BALLESTER, M. TERESA LAFUENTE, JAVIER FORMENT, JOSÉ GADEA, RIC C. H. DE VOS, ARNAUD G. BOVY and LUIS GONZÁLEZ-CANDELAS


Ectopic expression of the p23 silencing suppressor of Citrus tristeza virus differentially modifies viral accumulation and tropism in two transgenic woody hosts (pages 898–910)

CARMEN FAGOAGA, GIOVANNI PENSABENE-BELLAVIA, PEDRO MORENO, LUÍS NAVARRO, RICARDO FLORES and LEANDRO PENA


Genetic background matters: a plant–virus gene-for-gene interaction is strongly influenced by genetic contexts (pages 911–920)

JOSSELIN MONTARRY, JULIETTE DOUMAYROU, VINCENT SIMON and BENOIT MOURY


Targets of selection in a disease resistance network in wild tomatoes (pages 921–927)

LAURA E. ROSE, LUKASZ GRZESKOWIAK (ŁUKASZ GRZEŚKOWIAK), ANJA C. HÖRGER, MARTIN GROTH and WOLFGANG STEPHAN


Reviews


The YopJ superfamily in plant-associated bacteria (pages 928–937)

JENNIFER D. LEWIS, AMY LEE, WENBO MA, HUANBIN ZHOU, DAVID S. GUTTMAN and DARRELL DESVEAUX


Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology (pages 938–954)

KAREN-BETH G. SCHOLTHOF, SCOTT ADKINS, HENRYK CZOSNEK, PETER PALUKAITIS, EMMANUEL JACQUOT, THOMAS HOHN, BARBARA HOHN, KEITH SAUNDERS, THIERRY CANDRESSE, PAUL AHLQUIST, CYNTHIA HEMENWAY and GARY D. FOSTER


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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

Corrigendum


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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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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
Gandin, Anthony; Gutjahr, Sylvain; Dizengremel, Pierre; Lapointe, Line

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
Zhong, Yu-Juan; Huang, Jun-Chao; Liu, Jin; Li, Yin; Jiang, Yue; Xu, Zeng-Fu; Sandmann, Gerhard; Chen, Feng

The cyclic nucleotide-gated channels AtCNGC11 and 12 are involved in multiple Ca2-dependent physiological responses and act in a synergistic manner
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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