Jesse Beasley

Effect of Rice GDP-L-Galactose Phosphorylase Constitutive Overexpression on Ascorbate Concentration, Stress Tolerance, and Iron Bioavailability in Rice

Ronan C Broad, Julien P Bonneau, Jesse T Beasley, Sally Roden, Pawel Sadowski, Nathaniel Jewell, Chris Brien, Bettina Berger, Elad Tako, Raymond P Glahn, Roger P Hellens, Alexander AT Johnson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Plant Science

Ascorbate (vitamin C) is an essential multifunctional molecule for both plants and mammals. In plants, ascorbate is the most abund..

Nicotianamine-chelated iron positively affects iron status, intestinal morphology and microbial populations in vivo (Gallus gallus)

Jesse T Beasley, Alexander AT Johnson, Nikolai Kolba, Julien P Bonneau, Raymond P Glahn, Lital Ozeri, Omry Koren, Elad Tako

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scientific Reports

Wheat flour iron (Fe) fortification is mandatory in 75 countries worldwide yet many Fe fortificants, such as Fe-ethylenediaminetet..

Genome-wide identification and characterization of the GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase gene family in bread wheat

Ronan C Broad, Julien P Bonneau, Jesse T Beasley, Sally Roden, Joshua G Philips, Ute Baumann, Roger P Hellens, Alexander AT Johnson

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMC Plant Biology

BACKGROUND: Ascorbate is a powerful antioxidant in plants and an essential micronutrient for humans. The GDP-L-galactose phosphory..

Metabolic engineering of bread wheat improves grain iron concentration and bioavailability

Jesse T Beasley, Julien P Bonneau, Jose T Sanchez-Palacios, Laura T Moreno-Moyano, Damien L Callahan, Elad Tako, Raymond P Glahn, Enzo Lombi, Alexander AT Johnson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Plant Biotechnology Journal

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is cultivated on more land than any other crop and produces a fifth of the calories consumed by..

Investigation of Nicotianamine and 2 ' Deoxymugineic Acid as Enhancers of Iron Bioavailability in Caco-2 Cells

Jesse T Beasley, Jonathan J Hart, Elad Tako, Raymond P Glahn, Alexander AT Johnson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Nutrients

Nicotianamine (NA) is a low-molecular weight metal chelator in plants with high affinity for ferrous iron (Fe2+) and other divalen..

A metabolic engineering approach for iron and zinc biofortification of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): impacts on plant growth, grain nutrition and food processing

Jesse Taylor Beasley

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2019

Human iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) deficiencies are among the most prevalent nutritional disorders in the world and manifest as a range..

Investigation of Baseline Iron Levels in Australian Chickpea and Evaluation of a Transgenic Biofortification Approach

Grace ZH Tan, Sudipta S Das Bhowmik, Thi ML Hoang, Mohammad R Karbaschi, Hao Long, Alam Cheng, Julien P Bonneau, Jesse T Beasley, Alexander AT Johnson, Brett Williams, Sagadevan G Mundree

Journal article  |  2018  |  Frontiers in Plant Science

Characterisation of the nicotianamine aminotransferase and deoxymugineic acid synthase genes essential to Strategy II iron uptake in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Jesse T Beasley, Julien P Bonneau, Alexander AT Johnson

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLoS One

Identification and molecular characterization of the nicotianamine synthase gene family in bread wheat

Julien Bonneau, Ute Baumann, Jesse Beasley, Yuan Li, Alexander AT Johnson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Plant Biotechnology Journal