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49 Spatial cis-regulation
decouples adaptation from immunity in maize.
COMMENTARY
Tao Zhong, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez.
48 WAK This Way: The
Roles of Wall-Associated Kinases in Plant Disease Resistance.
Tao Zhong, Peter S. Ojiambo, Rubén
Rellán-Álvarez, Peter Balint-Kurti.
47 Two
roads to a full ear: How maize domestication shaped form and
function. COMMENTARY
Rubén Rellán-Álvarez.
46 Uncoupling the effects
of highland maize chromosomal inversion Inv4m from leaf
phosphorus deficiency responses. PREPRINT
Fausto Rodríguez-Zapata, Ruthie Locklear, Allison C. Barnes,
Nirwan Tandukar, Sergio Pérez-Limón, Melanie Perryman, Miguel
A. Piñeros, Jonathan Odilón Ojeda-Rivera, Daniel Runcie, Ruairidh
Sawers, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez.
45 Editing of
photoperiod response genes enables rapid adaptation of tropical maize to
long-day environments. PREPRINT, accepted for
publication.
Destiny Tyson, Esteban Bortiri, Kerry Meier, Sivamani
Elumalai, Yuki Matsuba, Dawn McNamara, Ronald Moore, Samson Nalapalli,
Becca Selby, Yingxiao Zhang, Stephen Rigoulot, Jeongmoo Park,
Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, James Holland, Timothy
Kelliher.
44 The Sorghum Lipid
Database (SoLD): population-scale lipidomics linking environmental and
genetic variation in the Sorghum Association Panel. [SoLD Shiny
app] PREPRINT
Nirwan Tandukar, Ruthie Locklear, Richard Boyles, Zach
Brenton, Katherine Louie, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez.
43 The teosinte
mexicana chromosomal inversion Inv4m modulates maize
flowering time, plant height, and growth regulation gene networks.
PREPRINT
Fausto Rodríguez-Zapata, Hannah Pil, Nirwan Tandukar, Lauren
Insko, Carolina Escalona-Weldt, Zehta Fazler, Alejandro
Aragón-Raygoza, Melanie Perryman, Sergio Pérez-Limón, Sandra Senyo
Fometu, Josh Strable, Daniel Runcie, Ruairidh Sawers, Rubén
Rellán-Álvarez.
42 Zea Lip: an
atlas of glycerolipid profiles across leaf development in maize.
PREPRINT, accepted for publication.
Karla A. Juárez Núñez, Guillaume Lobet, Nirwan
Tandukar, Eric Jadidzadeh, Asher Pasha, Nicholas J. Provart,
James B. Holland, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Allison C.
Barnes.
41 The
MexMAGIC population reveals the genetic architecture of traits
exhibiting clinal variation in Mexican native maize.
Sergio Perez-Limón, Ana Laura Alonso-Nieves, M. Rosario Ramírez-Flores,
G. Carolina Cintora-Martínez, M. Nancy Salazar-Vidal, Jessica
Carcaño-Macías, Melanie G. Perryman, Oliver H. S. Paulson, Jagdeep S.
Sidhu, Peng Yu, Victor Llaca, Kevin A. Fengler, Forrest Li, Daniel E.
Runcie, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, C. Stewart Gillmor, Rubén
Rellán-Álvarez, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers.
40 Designing a nitrogen-efficient cold-tolerant maize for modern agricultural systems. Jonathan Odilón Ojeda-Rivera, Allison C Barnes, Elizabeth A Ainsworth, Ruthie Angelovici, Bruno Basso, Lara J Brindisi, Matthew D Brooks, Wolfgang Busch, Gretta L Buttelmann, Michael J Castellano, Junping Chen, Denise E Costich, Natalia de Leon, Bryan D Emmett, David Ertl, Sarah L Fitzsimmons, Sherry A Flint-Garcia, Michael A Gore, Kaiyu Guan, Charles O Hale, Sam Herr, Candice N Hirsch, David H Holding, James B Holland, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Jian Hua, Matthew B Hufford, Shawn M Kaeppler, Emma N Leary, Zong-Yan Liu, Anthony A Mahama, Tyler J McCubbin, Carlos D Messina, Todd P Michael, Sara J Miller, Seth C Murray, Sakiko Okumoto, Elad Oren, Alexa N Park, Miguel A Piñeros, Nicholas Ace Pugh, Victor Raboy, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, M Cinta Romay, Travis Rooney, Rebecca L Roston, Ruairidh JH Sawers, James C Schnable, Aimee J Schulz, M Paul Scott, Nathan M Springer, Jacob D Washburn, Michelle A Zambrano, Jingjing Zhai, Jitao Zou, Edward S Buckler.
39 The utility of environmental data from traditional varieties for climate-adaptive maize breeding. Forrest Li, Daniel J Gates, Edward S Buckler, Matthew B Hufford, Garrett M Janzen, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Fausto Rodríguez-Zapata, J Alberto Romero Navarro, Ruairidh JH Sawers, Samantha J Snodgrass, Kai Sonder, Martha C Willcox, Sarah J Hearne, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Daniel E Runcie.
38 Swin-Roleaf: A new method for characterizing leaf azimuth angle in large-scale maize plants. Weilong He, Joseph L Gage, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Lirong Xiang.
37 Genetic mapping of maize metabolites using high-throughput mass profiling. Tzitziki González-Rodríguez, Sergio Pérez-Limón, Héctor Peniche-Pavía, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Ruairidh J.H. Sawers, Robert Winkler.
36 Allele-specific expression reveals multiple paths to highland adaptation in maize Haixiao Hu, Taylor M Crow, Saghi Nojoomi, Aimee J Schulz, Juan M Estévez-Palmas, Matthew Hufford, Sherry Flint-Garcia, Ruairidh Sawers, Ruben Rellán-Álvarez, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Daniel E Runcie
35 Genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in the genus Zea Lu Chen, Jingyun Luo, Minliang Jin, Ning Yang, Xiangguo Liu, Yong Peng, Wenqiang Li, Alyssa Philips, Brenda Cameron, Julio Bernal, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Ruairidh JH Sawers, Liu Qing, Yuejia Yin, Xinnan Ye, Jiali Yan, Qinghua Zhang, Xiaoting Zhang, Shenshen Wu, Songtao Gui, Wenjie Wei, Yuebin Wang, Yun Luo, Chengling Jiang, Min Deng, Min Jin, Liumei Jian, Yanhui Yu, Maolin Zhang, Xiaohong Yang, Matthew B Hufford, Alisdair R Fernie, Marilyn L Warburton, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Jianbing Yan
34 An adaptive
teosinte mexicana introgression modulates phosphatidylcholine
levels and is associated with maize flowering time.
Fausto Rodríguez-Zapata, Allison C
Barnes, Karla A Blöcher-Juárez, Dan Gates,
Andi Kur, Li Wang, Garrett M Janzen, Sarah Jensen,
Juan M Estévez-Palmas, Taylor Crow, Heli S
Kavi, Hannah D Pil, Ruthie L
Stokes, Kevan T Knizner, Rocío Aguilar-Rangel, Edgar
Demesa-Arevalo, Tara Skopelitis, Sergio Pérez-Limón, Whitney L Stutts,
Peter Thompson, Yu-Chun Chiu, David Jackson, David C Muddiman, Oliver
Fiehn, Daniel Runcie, Edward S Buckler, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Matthew B.
Hufford, Ruairidh JH Sawers and Rubén
Rellán-Álvarez
Using genomic scans,linkage maping, lipidomics we identified HPC1 a teosinte mexicana introgression gene encoding a phospholipase that leads to high levels of phosphotydilcholine and reduces flowering time
33 A B73 × Palomero
Toluqueño mapping population reveals local adaptation in Mexican
highland maize.
Sergio Perez-Limón, Meng Li, G. Carolina Cintora-Martinez, M Rocio
Aguilar-Rangel, M. Nancy Salazar-Vidal, Eric González-Segovia,
Karla Blöcher-Juárez, Alejandro Guerrero-Zavala,
Benjamin Barrales-Gamez, Jessica Carcaño-Macias, Denise E. Costich,
Jorge Nieto-Sotelo, Octavio Martinez de la Vega, June Simpson, Matthew
B. Hufford, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Sherry Flint-Garcia, Luis Diaz-Garcia,
Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers
We describe GxE QTLs using a biparental mapping population grown in highland and lowland environments in México
32 Demonstration of local adaptation of maize landraces by reciprocal transplantation Garrett M. Janzen, María Rocío Aguilar-Rangel, Carolina Cíntora-Martínez, Karla Azucena Blöcher-Juárez, Eric González-Segovia, Anthony J. Studer, Daniel E. Runcie, Sherry A. Flint-Garcia, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Matthew B. Hufford.
Using a panel of highland and lowland landraces from Mesoamerica and South America grown in highland and lowland common gardens in México we show local adaptation of maize landraces
31 ROOT PENETRATION INDEX 3, a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with root system penetrability in ArabidopsisElohim Bello Bello, Thelma Y Rico Cambron, Lesly Abril Ortiz Ramírez, Rubén Rellán Álvarez, Luis Herrera Estrella
30The arches and spandrels of maize domestication, adaptation, and improvement. María Jazmín Abraham-Juárez, Allison C Barnes, Alejandro Aragón-Raygoza, Destiny Tyson, Andi Kur, Josh Strable, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez.
29 Molecular
Parallelism Underlies Convergent Highland Adaptation of Maize
Landraces.
Li Wang, Emily B. Josephs, Kristin M. Lee, Lucas M. Roberts,
Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Matthew B.
Hufford
Maize has adapted to highland environments independently several times. In this study we studied highland adaptation in four highland groups: SWUSA, Mexican Highlands, Guatemalan Highlands and Andes and identified outlier genes involved in highland adaptation
28 Gene
regulatory effects of a large chromosomal inversion in highland
maize.
Taylor Crow, James Ta, Saghi Nojoomi, M. Rocío Aguilar-Rangel, Jorge
Vladimir Torres Rodrǵuez, Daniel Gates, Ruben
Rellan-Alvarez, Ruairidh Sawers, Daniel Runcie
Inv4m is a 13 Mb inversion on chr4 in maize that is the result of highland teosinte mexicana in highland maize. This inversion is suppossed to have contributed to maize adaptation to highlands. Using a combination of association mapping and transcriptomics using NILs containing the highland inverted haplotype in a B73 background we study the role of Inv4m in several fitness traits and identify possible adpative candidates genes within the inversion
27 Single-gene resolution of locally adaptive genetic variation in Mexican maize. Daniel J Gates, Dan Runcie, Garrett M. Janzen, Alberto Romero Navarro, Martha Willcox, Kai Sonder, Samantha J. Snodgrass, Fausto Rodríguez-Zapata, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Rubén Rellán-Álvarez, Edward S. Buckler, Sarah Hearne, Matthew B. Hufford, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra. PREPRINT
In this collaboration with the Ross-Ibarra lab we show that some of our candidate genes involved in determining glycerolipid concentrations overlap identified environmental GWAS and plant peformance by genotype interactions in panel 4000 landraces that were top-crossed and evaluated in several environments in Mexico
26 Inoculation
with the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis modulates
the relationship between root growth and nutrient content in maize
(Zea mays ssp. mays L.).
Flores-Ramirez R, Elohim Bello-Bello,
Rellán-Álvarez R, Sawers R., Olalde-Portugal V
We studied the interaction of nutrient uptake with arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Most nutrients showed a correlation of nutrient uptake with enhanced root growth due to mycorrhizal colonization but some nutrients like P accumulated to levels that are indicative of an active fungal delivery to the roots
25 Coordinated
changes in the accumulation of metal ions in maize (Zea mays ssp.
mays L.) in response to inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungus Funneliformis mosseae.
Flores-Ramirez R, Rellán-Álvarez R, Wozniak B,
Gebreselassie M-F, Jakobsen I, Olalde-Portugal V, Baxter I, Paszkowski
U, Sawers R.
We study the effect of mycorrizhal colonization on the ionome of a maize diversity panel a found patterns of coordinated changes among ions with similar biochemical properties
24 Morphological
plant modeling: Unleashing geometric and topological potential within
the plant sciences.
Bucksch A, Atta-Boateng A, Fortune Azihou A, Balduzzi M, Battogtokh D,
Baumgartner A, Binder B, Braybrook S, Chang C, Coneva V, DeWitt T,
Fletcher A, Gehan M, Hernan Diaz Martinez D, Hong L, Iyer-Pascuzzi A,
Klein L, Leiboff S, Li M, Lynch J, Maizel A, Maloof J, Markelz RJ,
Martinez C, Miller L, Mio W, Palubicki W, Poorter H, Pradal C, Price C,
Puttonen E, Reese J, Rellán-Alvarez R, Spalding E,
Sparks E, Topp C, Williams J, Chitwood D.
23 Malate-dependent Fe
accumulation is a critical checkpoint in the root developmental response
to low phosphate
Mora-Macias J, Odilon Ojeda-Rivera J, Gutierrez-Alanis
D, Yong-Villalobos L, Oropeza-Aburto A, Raya-González J,
Jiménez-Doménguez G, Chavez-Calvillo G, ** Rellán-Álvarez R**,
Herrera-Estrella LR.
22 Grasses suppress
shoot-borne roots to conserve water during drought
Sebastian J, Yee M-C, Goudinho Viana W, Rellán-Álvarez
R, Feldman M, Priest HD, Trontin C, Lee T, Jiang H, Baxter I,
Mockler TC, Hochholdinger F, Brutnell TP, Dinneny JR.
21 Plant
scientists:GM technology is safe [Github
repo].
Fahlgren N, Bart R, Herrera-Estrella L, Rellán-Álvarez
R, Chitwood DH, Dinneny JR.
20 Environmental
control of Root System Biology.
Rellán-Álvarez R, Lobet G, Dinneny J.R.
19 GLO-Roots: an imaging
platform enabling multidimensional characterization of soil-grown roots
systems. [Github
repo].
Rellán-Álvarez R, Lobet G, Hildner H, Pradier PL,
Sebastian J, Yee MC, Yu G, La Rue T, Trontin C, Schrager A, Haney C,
Nieu R, Maloof J, Vogel J, Dinneny JR
18 Iron-dependent
modifications of the flower transcriptome, proteome, metabolome and
hormonal content in an Arabidopsis ferritin mutant.
Sudre D, Gutiérrez-Carbonell E, Lattanzio G, Rellán-Álvarez
R, Gaymard F, Wohlgemuth G, Fiehn O, Álvarez Fernández A,
Zamarreño AM, Bacaicoa E, Duy D, Garcíamina JM, Abadía J, Philippar K,
López-Millán AF, Briat JF.
17 New
functions of nicotianamine in the phloem-based transport of iron to sink
organs, in pollen development and in pollen tube growth.
Schüler M, Rellán-Álvarez R, Fink-Straube C, Abadía J,
Petra Bauer.
16 Oxidative
stress is a consequence, not a cause, of aluminum toxicity in the forage
legume Lotus corniculatus.
Navascués J, Pérez-Rontomé C, Sánchez DH, Staudinger C, Wienkoop S,
Rellán- Álvarez R, Becana M.
15 Metabolite
profile changes in xylem sap and leaves of Strategy I plants in response
to iron deficiency and iron resupply.
Rellán-Álvarez R, El Jendoubi H, Wohlgemuth G, Fiehn O,
Abadía A, Abadía J, Álvarez Fernández A.
14 Development of a
new high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization
time-of-flight mass spectrometry method for the determination of low
molecular mass organic acids in plant tissue extracts. [PDF]
Rellán-Álvarez R, López-Gomollón S, Abadía J,
Álvarez-Fernández A.
13 Towards
a knowledge-based correction of iron chlorosis. [PDF]
Abadía J, Vázquez S, Rellán-Álvarez R, El Jendoubi H,
Abadía A, Álvarez- Fernández A, López-Millán AF.
12 Carboxylate
metabolism in sugar beet plants grown with excess Zn. [PDF]
Sagardoy R, Morales F, Rellán-Álvarez R, Abadía A,
Abadía J, López-Millán AF.
11 Metabolic
response in roots of Prunus rootstocks submitted to iron
chlorosis.
Jiménez S, Ollat N, Deborde C, Maucourt M, Rellán-Álvarez
R, Moreno MA, Gogorcena Y.
10 Changes in the
proteomic and metabolic profiles of Beta vulgaris root tips in response
to iron deficiency and resupply.
Rellán-Álvarez R, Andaluz S, Rodríguez-Celma J,
Wohlgemuth G, Zocchi G, Álvarez-Fernández A, Fiehn O, López-Millán AF,
Abadía J.
9 Changes
induced by two levels of cadmium toxicity in the 2-DE protein profile of
tomato roots. [PDF]
Rodríguez-Celma J, Rellán-Álvarez R, Abadía A, Abadía
J, López-Millán AF.
8 Growth, yield and fruit quality of pepper plants amended with two sanitized sewage sludges. [PDF] Pascual I, Azcona I, Aguirreolea J, Morales F, Corpas FJ, Palma JM Rellán-Álvarez R, Sánchez-Díaz M. G.
7 Identification of a
tri-iron(III), tri-citrate complex in the xylem sap of iron-deficient
tomato resupplied with iron: new insights into plant iron long-distance
transport.
Rellán-Álvarez R, Giner-Martínez-Sierra J, Orduna J,
Orera I, Rodríguez- Castrillón JA, García-Alonso JI, Abadía J,
Álvarez-Fernández A.
6 Effect
of oil refinery sludges on the growth and antioxidant system of alfalfa
plants. [PDF]
Martí MC, Camejo D, Fernández-García N, Rellán-Álvarez
R, Marques S, Sevilla F, Jiménez A.
5 Formation
of metal- nicotianamine complexes as affected by pH, ligand exchange
with citrate and metal exchange. A study by electrospray ionization
time-of-flight mass spectrometry. [PDF]
Rellán-Álvarez R, Abadía J, Álvarez-Fernández A.
4 Rapid
alteration of cellular redox homeostasis upon exposure to cadmium and
mercury in alfalfa seedlings.
Ortega-Villasante C, Hernández LE, Rellán-Álvarez R,
Del Campo FF, Carpena- Ruíz RO.
3 Direct
and simultaneous determination of reduced and oxidized glutathione and
homoglutathione by liquid chromatography-electrospray/mass spectrometry
in plant tissue extracts. [PDF]
Rellán-Álvarez R, Hernández LE, Abadía J,
Álvarez-Fernández A.
2 Stress
responses of Zea mays to cadmium and mercury. [PDF]
Rellán-Álvarez R, Ortega-Villasante C,Álvarez-Fernández
A, Del Campo FF, Hernández LE.
1 Cellular
damage induced by cadmium and mercury in Medicago sativa.
Ortega-Villasante C, Rellán-Álvarez R, Del Campo FF,
Carpena-Ruíz RO, Hernández LE.