Novel Methods for the Production of Micronutrient-Enriched Rice

A Model to Incorporate the bHLH Transcription Factor OsIRO3 within the Rice Iron Homeostasis Regulatory Network

O Carey-Fung, M O’brien, JT Beasley, AAT Johnson

2022-02-01

Iron (Fe) homeostasis in plants is governed by a complex network of regulatory elements and transcription factors (TFs), as both F..

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

JT Beasley, JP Bonneau, AAT Johnson

2017-05-01

Iron (Fe) uptake in graminaceous plant species occurs via the release and uptake of Fe-chelating compounds known as mugineic acid ..

Diurnal Changes in Transcript and Metabolite Levels during the Iron Deficiency Response of Rice

Jamie Selby-Pham, Adrian Lutz, Laura T Moreno-Moyano, Berin A Boughton, Ute Roessner, Alexander AT Johnson

2017-04-20

Background Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is highly susceptible to iron (Fe) deficiency due to low secretion levels of the mugineic acid (..

Increasing ascorbate levels in crops to enhance human nutrition and plant abiotic stress tolerance

RC Macknight, WA Laing, SM Bulley, RC Broad, AA Johnson, RP Hellens

2017-04-01

Ascorbate (or vitamin C) is an essential human micronutrient predominantly obtained from plants. In addition to preventing scurvy,..

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

J Bonneau, U Baumann, J Beasley, Y Li, AAT Johnson

2016-12-01

Nicotianamine (NA) is a non-protein amino acid involved in fundamental aspects of metal uptake, transport and homeostasis in all p..