01/18/2023

05/06/2024

Oiestad, A.J., N.K. Blake, B.J. Tillett, J.P. Cook, and M.J. Giroux. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Leaf Starch During Grain Fill is Linked to Flowering Time and Plant Productivity. Crop Science, in review. December 2023.

 

Glowacka K, Kromdijk J, Salesse-Smith CE, Smith C, Driever SM, Long S. (2023). Is chloroplast size optimal for photosynthetic efficiency? New Phytologist 239: 2197-2211.  http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19091

 

Sahay S, Grzybowski M, Schnable JC, Głowacka K.^. (2023) Genetic control of photoprotection and photosystem II operating efficiency in plants. New Phytologist 239: 1068-1082. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18980

 

Rodrigues de Queiroz A, Hines C, Brown J, Sahay S, Vijayan J, Stone JM, Bickford N, Wuellner M, Glowacka K, Buan NR Roston RL. (2023). The Effects of Exogenously Applied Antioxidants on Plant Growth and Resilience. Phytochemistry Reviews 22: 407-447.  https://doi: 10.1007/s11101-023-09862-3

Sahay S, Shrestha N, Moura Dias H, Mural RV, Grzybowski M, Schnable JC, Glowacka K. Comparative GWAS identifies a role for Mendel’s green pea gene in the nonphotochemical quenching kinetics of sorghum, maize, and arabidopsis. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2023.08.29.555201

Kosola KR, Eller MS, Dohleman FG, Olmedo-Pico L, Bernhard B, Winans E, Barten TJ, Brzostowski L, Murphy LR, Gu C, Ralston L, Hall M, Gillespie KM, Mack D, Below FE, Vyn TJ (2023) Short-stature and tall maize hybrids have a similar yield response to split-rate vs. pre-plant N applications, but differ in biomass and nitrogen partitioning. Field Crops Research 295:108880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.10880.

B Mohanasundaram, S Koley, DK ALLEN, S Pandey: “Interaction between sugar signaling and nitrogen assimilation controls moss growth in elevated CO2” New Phytologist online Nov (2023).

 

Y Xu, R Cook, S Kambhampati, S Morley, J Froehlich, DK ALLEN, C Benning: “Arabidopsis Acyl Carrier Protein 4 and Rhomboid Like 10 Act Independently in Chloroplast Phosphatidic Acid Assembly”  Plant Physiology 193(4):2661-2676 (2023).  

 

SA Morley, F Ma, M Alazem, C Frankfater, H Yi, T Burch-Smith, TE Clemente, V Veena, H Nguyen, DK ALLEN: “Expression of malic enzyme reveals subcellular carbon partitioning for storage reserve production in soybeans” New Phytologist 239:1834-1851 (2023).

 

Hidalgo Martinez D, Melis A (2023) Cyanobacterial phycobilisomes as a platform for the stable production of heterologous enzymes and other proteins. Metabolic Engineering 77:174-187 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2023.04.002

 

Momayyezi,M, Prats, K, McElrone, A, Furze, M. (In review) Biochemical and anatomical

leaf characteristics of oak trees drive differences in photosynthetic capacity between leaf habits. New Phytologist.

 

Pichaco Garcia J, Manandhar A, McAdam SAM. 2024. Mechanical advantage makes stomatal opening speed a function of evaporative demand.  Plant Physiology 10.1093/plphys/kiae023.

 

Mercado-Reyes JA, Soares Pereira T, Manandhar A, Rimer I, McAdam SAM. 2024. Extreme drought can deactivate ABA biosynthesis in embolism resistant species. Plant, Cell and Environment 47: 497-510.

 

Binstock BR, Manandhar A, McAdam SAM. 2024. Characterizing the breakpoint of stomatal response to vapor pressure deficit in an angiosperm. Plant Physiology 194: 732-740.

 

Kane CN, McAdam SAM. 2023. Abscisic acid driven stomatal closure during drought in anisohydric Fagus sylvatica. Journal of Plant Hydraulics 9: 002.

 

McAdam SAM, Manandhar A, Kane CN, Mercado-Reyes JA. 2024. Passive stomatal closure under extreme drought in an angiosperm species. Journal of Experimental Botany 10.1093/jxb/erad510.

 

Li Z, Harper JF, Weigand C, Hua J. (2023) Resting cytosol Ca²⁺ level is maintained by calmodulin regulated Ca²⁺ pumps and affects environmental responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 191(4):2534-2550. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad047.

 

Robichaux KJ, Smith DK, Blea MN, Weigand C, Harper JF, Wallace IS. (2023) Disruption of pollen tube homogalacturonan synthesis relieves pollen tube penetration defects in the Arabidopsis O-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE1 mutant. Plant Reprod. doi: 10.1007/s00497-023-00468-5. PMID: 37222783

 

Hurtado-Castano N, Atkins E, Barnes J, Boxall SF, Dever LV, Knerova J, Hartwell J, Cushman JC, Borland AM. (2023) The starch-deficient plastidic PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE mutant of the constitutive crassulacean acid metabolisms (CAM) species Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi impacts diel regulation and timing of stomatal CO₂ responsiveness. Annals of Botany. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad017.

 

Niechayev NA, Meyer JA, Cushman JC. (2023) Developmental dynamics of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Opuntia ficus-indica. Annals of Botany. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad070

 

Peréz-Lopéz AV, Lim SD, Cushman JC. (2023) Tissue succulence in plants: Carrying water for climate change. Journal of Plant Physiology. 289: 154081. DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154081.

 

Pucker B, Walker-Hale N, Yim WC, Cushman JC, Crum A, Yang Y, Brockington S. (2023) Evolutionary blocks to anthocyanin accumulation and the loss of an anthocyanin carrier protein in betalain-pigmented Caryophylalles. New Phytologist. In press. DOI: 10.1111/nph.19341.

 

Moog MW, Yang X, Bendtsen AK, Dong L, Crocoll C, Imamura T, Mori M, Cushman JC, Kant M, Palmgren M. (2023). Epidermal bladder cells as an herbivore defense mechanism. Current Biology. 33: 4662-4673. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.063.

 

Sage RF, Edwards EJ, Heyduk K, Cushman JC. (2023) Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) at the crossroads: Special issue in the Annals of Botany to honor 50 years of CAM research by Klaus Winter. Annals of Botany. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad160.

 

Mengistu M, Cushman JC. (2023) The role of drought-induced proteins regulating drought tolerance in cereals. In: Developing drought resistant cereals. Burleigh-Dodds Scientific Publishing. In press. DOI:

 

Neupane D, Niechayev NA, Petrusa LM, Heinitz C, Cushman JC. (2023) Biomass production potential of 14 accessions of cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) as a food, feed, and biofuel crop for arid lands. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. Submitted. DOI:

11/02/2024

Aurand E, Moon, T.S, Buan, N.R., Solomon, K.V., Köpke, M., and EBRC Technical Roadmapping Working Group. 2024. Addressing Climate Change Through Engineering Biology. npj Climate Action 3,9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00089-8.

Cook R, Froehlich JE, Yang Y, Korkmaz I, Kramer DM, Benning C. 2024. Chloroplast phosphatases LPPγ and LPPε1 facilitate conversion of extraplastidic phospholipids to galactolipids. Plant Physiol. 195:1506-1520 doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiae100

Costa Netto, J.R., H.L.T. Almtarfi, J. Li, D.T. Anderson, and F.B. Fritschi. 2024. Soybean water-use efficiency increased over 80 years of breeding. Crop Science. In print.

Davis JA, Poulsen LR, Kjeldgaard B, Moog MW, Brown E, Palmgren M, López-Marqués RL, Harper JF. (2024) Deficiencies in cluster-2 ALA lipid flippases result in salicylic acid-dependent growth reductions. Physiol Plant. 176(2):e14228. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14228.

Evans SE, Xu Y, Bergman ME, Ford SA, Liu Y, Sharkey TD, Phillips MA (2024) Rubisco supplies pyruvate for the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate pathway. Nature Plants. doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01791-z 

Fu, X., Walker, B.J. Photorespiratory glycine contributes to photosynthetic induction during low to high light transition. Sci Rep 14, 19365 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70201-3

Gamba D, Lorts CM, Haile A, Sahay S, Lopez L, Xia T, Takou M, Kulesza E, Elango D, Kerby J, Yifru M, Bulafu CE, Wondimu T, Glowacka K, Lasky JR. (2024) The genomics and physiology of abiotic stressors associated with global elevation gradients in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20138

Garty Y, Bussi Y, Levin-Zaidman S, Shimoni E, Kirchhoff H, Charuvi D, Nevo R, Reich Z (2024) Thylakoid membrane stacking controls electron transport mode during dark-to-light transition by adjusting the distances between PSI and PSII. Nature Plants 10, 512-524. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01628-9

Gregory, L.M., Roze, L.V. & Walker, B.J. (2023) Increased activity of core photorespiratory enzymes and CO₂ transfer conductances are associated with higher and more optimal photosynthetic rates under elevated temperatures in the extremophile Rhazya stricta. Plant, Cell & Environment, 46, 3704–3720. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14711

Haupt J, Glowacka K. (2024) Chilling- and dark-regulated photoprotection in an economically important C4 grass. Communications Biology (accepted).

Johnson BS, Allen DK, Bates PD. (2024) “Triacylglycerol stability limits futile cycles and inhibition of carbon capture in oil-accumulating tobacco leaves”. Plant Physiology (accepted).

Kambhampati S, Hubbard AH, Koley S, Gomez JD, Marsolais F, Evans BS, Young JD, Allen DK. (2024) “Stable Isotope Labeled Pathway Elucidation (SIMPEL): using stable isotopes to elucidate dynamics of context specific metabolism”. Communications Biology 7:172-183.

Koley S, Jyoti P, Lingwan M, Allen DK. (2024) “Isotopically Nonstationary Metabolic Flux Analysis (INST-MFA) of Plants: Recent Progress and Future Opportunities”. New Phytologist Tansley Insight 242: 1911–1918.

Li F, Grzybowsky M, Roston RL, Schnable JC. “Nighttime Fluorescence Phenotyping Reduces Environmental Variability for Photosynthetic Traits Enabling the Identification of Candidate Loci in Maize”. Under review by BMC Genomics.

Li, Y., S. Huang, Q. Meng, Z. Li, F.B. Fritschi, and P. Wang. 2024. Pre-silking water deficit induced kernel loss through impaired silk growth and ovary carbohydrate dynamics. Plant-Environment Interactions 5:e10141. DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10141.

Loman MH, Sible CN, Below FE (2024) Soybean planting date affects the relationships between soil test values and grain yield. Soil Science Society of America Journal (in press) https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20753

Majhi BK, Melis A (2024) Recombinant protein synthesis and isolation of human interferon alpha-2 in cyanobacteria. Bioresource Technology 400, 130664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130664

Melis A, Hidalgo Martinez D, Betterle N (2023) Perspectives of cyanobacterial cell factories. Photosynth. Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-023-01056-4

Meng S, Chang SKC, Li J, Puppala N (2024) Identification and protein characterization of peanut lines with relatively lower levels of major allergens. Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal 28: 556424. https://doi.org/10.19080/ARTOAJ.2024.28.556424

Mengistu M, Cushman JC. (2023) The role of drought-induced proteins regulating drought tolerance in cereals. Tuberosa, R. (ed.). In: Developing drought-resistant cereals, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK. 4: 117-146. DOI: 10.19103/AS.2022.0109.04

Neupane D, Niechayev A, Petrusa LM, Heinitz C, Cushman JC. (2024) Biomass production potential of 14 accessions of cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) as a food, feed, and biofuel crop for arid lands. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 210: e12704. DOI:10.1111/jac.12705 Cover article.

Oiestad AJ, Blake NK, Tillett BJ, Cook JP, Giroux MJ. (2024) Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Leaf Starch During Grain Fill is Linked to Flowering Time and Plant Productivity. Plants, in review.

Renna L, Stefano G, Puggioni MP, Kim SJ, Lavell A, Froehlich JE, Burkart G, Mancuso S, Benning C, Brandizzi F. 2024. ER-associated VAP27-1 and VAP27-3 proteins functionally link the lipid-binding ORP2A at the ER-chloroplast contact sites. Nat Commun. 15:6008. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50425-7.

Roston RL, Buan N. Engineering Biology Research Consortium. 2024. Engineering Biology for Space Health. https://roadmap.ebrc.org/engineering-biology-for-space-health/.

Sah SK, Popescu GV, Reddy KR, Klink VP, Li J (2024) The Glycine max abscisic acid-activated protein kinase-like kinase 1 (GmAALK1) modulates drought stress response. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11287-x

Sahay S, Grzybowski M, Schnable JC, Głowacka K. (2024) Genotype-specific nonphotochemical quenching responses to nitrogen deficit are linked to chlorophyll a to b ratios. Journal of Plant Physiology 297, 154261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154261

Sahay S, Shrestha N, Dias HM, Mural RV, Grzybowski M, Schnable JC, Głowacka K. (2024) Nonphotochemical quenching kinetics GWAS in sorghum identifies genes that may play conserved roles in maize and Arabidopsis thaliana photoprotection. The Plant Journal DOI:10.1111/tpj.16967

Shomo ZD, Li F, Smith CN, Edmonds SR*, Roston RL. 2024. "From Sensing to Acclimation: The Role of Membrane Lipid Remodeling in Plant Responses to Low Temperatures" Plant Physiology, kiae382, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae382

Sible CN, Kent AD, Margenot AJ, Below FE (2024) Long-term continuous maize: Impacts on the soil microbiome and implications for residue management. Soil Science Society of America Journal (in press) https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20681

Sobańska K, Mokrzycka M, Przewoźnik M, Pniewski T, Budka A, Głowacka K. (2024) Exploring Chilling Stress and Recovery Dynamics in C4 perennial grass of Miscanthus sinensis. PLOS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0308162

Svoboda V, Oung HMO, Koochak H, Yarbrough R, Mckenzie SD, Puthiyaveetil S, Kirchhoff H (2023) Quantification of energy-converting protein complexes in plant thylakoid membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1864, 148945. doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148945

Sze H, Klodová B, Ward JM, Harper JF, Palanivelu R, Johnson MA, Honys D. (2024) A wave of specific transcript and protein accumulation accompanies pollen dehydration. Plant Physiol. 195(3):1775-1795. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiae177.

Turc B, Sahay S, Haupt J, Santos TdO, Bai G, Glowacka K. (2024) Up-regulation of non-photochemical quenching improves water use efficiency and reduces whole-plant water consumption under drought in Nicotiana tabacum. Journal of Experimental Botany 75, 3959–3972. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae113

Woodward LP, Sible CN, Seebauer JR, Below FE (2024) Soil inoculation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria to supplement maize fertilizer need. Agronomy Journal (in press) https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21729

Xie N, Sharma C, Rusche K, Wang X. 2024. Phosphoketolase and KDPG aldolase metabolisms modulate photosynthetic carbon yield in cyanobacteria. Plant Cell. (accepted)

Xu C, Shaw T, Choppararu SA, Lu Y, Hudson M, Weekley B, Fisher M, He F, Da Silva Nascimento JR, Wergeles N, Joshi T, Bates P, Koo A, Allen DK, Cahoon E, Thelen J, Xu D. (2024) “FatPlants: A Comprehensive Information System for Lipid-Related Genes and Metabolic Pathways in Plants”. DATABASE baae074:1-10.

Xu Y, Koroma AA, Weise SE, Fu X, Sharkey TD, Shachar-Hill Y (2024) Daylength variation affects growth, photosynthesis, leaf metabolism, partitioning, and metabolic fluxes. Plant Physiol 194:475-490. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiad507

Zhang Y, Kaiser E, Dutta S, Sharkey TD, Marcelis LFM, Li T (2024) Short-term salt stress reduces photosynthetic oscillations under triose phosphate utilization limitation in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany 75 (10):2994-3008. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae089

Zhang NN, Venn B, Bailey C, Xia M, Mattoon EM, Mühlhaus T, Zhang R. Moderate High Temperature is Beneficial or Detrimental Depending on Carbon Availability in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37877811/

 

Patents                      NC1200         2024

Hines, C., Roston, R., Erickson, D. and N.R. Buan, 2024. Synthetic operon for the production of 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate (coenzyme M). US patent application 63/659,271.

Rodriguez de Quieroz, A., Brown, J., Vijayan, J., Hines, C. Ramos, N.F., Stone, J.M., Bickford, N. Glowacka, K., N.R. Buan, and R. Roston. 2024. Use of a small, effective antioxidant to increase plant and microbial biomass. US patent application 63/659,175.