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Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plant to moderately elevated temperature by HANCOCK, ROBERT D., MORRIS, WAYNE L., DUCREUX, LAURENCE J. M., MORRIS, JENNY A., USMAN, MUHAMMAD, VERRALL, SUSAN R., FULLER, JOHN, SIMPSON, CRAIG G., ZHANG, RUNXUAN, HEDLEY, PETE E., TAYLOR, MARK A.

“…As we demonstrate in this study, potato tuber yield is susceptible to mild temperature stress. We demonstrate that despite the decreased tuber yield, there is…”
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Day length dependent restructuring of the leaf transcriptome and metabolome in potato genotypes with contrasting tuberization phenotypes by MORRIS, WAYNE L, HANCOCK, ROBERT D, DUCREUX, LAURENCE J M, MORRIS, JENNY A, USMAN, MUHAMMAD, VERRALL, SUSAN R, SHARMA, SANJEEV K, BRYAN, GLENN, MCNICOL, JAMES W, HEDLEY, PETE E, TAYLOR, MARK A

“…Recent advances have defined some of the components of photoperiodic signalling that lead to tuberization in potato including orthologues of FLOWERING LOCUS T…”
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The role of the potato (Solanum tuberosum) CCD8 gene in stolon and tuber development by Pasare, Stefania A., Ducreux, Laurence J. M., Morris, Wayne L., Campbell, Raymond, Sharma, Sanjeev K., Roumeliotis, Efstathios, Kohlen, Wouter, Krol, Sander, Bramley, Peter M., Roberts, Alison G., Fraser, Paul D., Taylor, Mark A.

“…Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of phytohormones controlling shoot branching. In potato (Solanum tuberosum), tubers develop from underground stolons,…”
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Metabolic engineering of high carotenoid potato tubers containing enhanced levels of β-carotene and lutein by Ducreux, Laurence J. M., Morris, Wayne L., Hedley, Peter E., Shepherd, Tom, Davies, Howard V., Millam, Steve, Taylor, Mark A.

“…In order to enhance the carotenoid content of potato tubers, transgenic potato plants have been produced expressing an Erwinia uredovora crtB gene encoding…”
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Overexpression of a bacterial 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase gene in potato tubers perturbs the isoprenoid metabolic network: implications for the control of the tuber life cycle by Morris, Wayne L, Ducreux, Laurence J.M, Hedden, Peter, Millam, Steve, Taylor, Mark A

“…Potato tubers were engineered to express a bacterial gene encoding 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXS) in order to investigate the effects of…”
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Physiological, Biochemical, and Transcriptional Responses to Single and Combined Abiotic Stress in Stress-Tolerant and Stress-Sensitive Potato Genotypes by Demirel, Ufuk, Morris, Wayne L, Ducreux, Laurence J M, Yavuz, Caner, Asim, Arslan, Tindas, Ilknur, Campbell, Raymond, Morris, Jenny A, Verrall, Susan R, Hedley, Pete E, Gokce, Zahide N O, Caliskan, Sevgi, Aksoy, Emre, Caliskan, Mehmet E, Taylor, Mark A, Hancock, Robert D

“…Potato production is often constrained by abiotic stresses such as drought and high temperatures which are often present in combination. In the present work,…”
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Engineering heat tolerance in potato by temperature‐dependent expression of a specific allele of HEAT‐SHOCK COGNATE 70 by Trapero‐Mozos, Almudena, Morris, Wayne L., Ducreux, Laurence J. M., McLean, Karen, Stephens, Jennifer, Torrance, Lesley, Bryan, Glenn J., Hancock, Robert D., Taylor, Mark A.

“…Summary For many commercial potato cultivars, tuber yield is optimal at average daytime temperatures in the range of 14–22 °C. Further rises in ambient…”
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Expression profiling of potato germplasm differentiated in quality traits leads to the identification of candidate flavour and texture genes by Ducreux, Laurence J.M, Morris, Wayne L, Prosser, Ian M, Morris, Jenny A, Beale, Michael H, Wright, Frank, Shepherd, Tom, Bryan, Glenn J, Hedley, Pete E, Taylor, Mark A

“…Quality traits such as flavour and texture are assuming a greater importance in crop breeding programmes. This study takes advantage of potato germplasm…”
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Light Regulation of Chlorophyll and Glycoalkaloid Biosynthesis During Tuber Greening of Potato S. tuberosum by Okamoto, Haruko, Ducreux, Laurence J M, Allwood, J William, Hedley, Pete E, Wright, Alison, Gururajan, Vidyanath, Terry, Matthew J, Taylor, Mark A

“…Potato, , is one of the most important global crops, but has high levels of waste due to tuber greening under light, which is associated with the accumulation…”
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Metabolic and Developmental Roles of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase4 from Potato by Campbell, Raymond, Ducreux, Laurence J.M, Morris, Wayne L, Morris, Jenny A, Suttle, Jeffrey C, Ramsay, Gavin, Bryan, Glenn J, Hedley, Pete E, Taylor, Mark A

“…The factors that regulate storage organ carotenoid content remain to be fully elucidated, despite the nutritional and economic importance of this class of…”
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Flavonoid profiling and transcriptome analysis reveals new gene-metabolite correlations in tubers of Solanum tuberosum L by Stushnoff, Cecil, Ducreux, Laurence J.M, Hancock, Robert D, Hedley, Pete E, Holm, David G, McDougall, Gordon J, McNicol, James W, Morris, Jenny, Morris, Wayne L, Sungurtas, Julie A, Verrall, Susan R, Zuber, Tatiana, Taylor, Mark A

“…Anthocyanin content of potato tubers is a trait that is attracting increasing attention as the potential nutritional benefits of this class of compound become…”
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Utilisation of the MVA pathway to produce elevated levels of the sesquiterpene α-copaene in potato tubers by Morris, Wayne L., Ducreux, Laurence J.M., Shepherd, Tom, Lewinsohn, Efraim, Davidovich-Rikanati, Rachel, Sitrit, Yaron, Taylor, Mark A.

“…Tuber-specific over-expression of a native sesquiterpene synthase results in elevated levels of the aroma volatile α-copaene but does not affect potato tuber…”
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Umami Compounds Are a Determinant of the Flavor of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Morris, Wayne L, Ross, Heather A, Ducreux, Laurence J. M, Bradshaw, John E, Bryan, Glenn J, Taylor, Mark A

“…Vegetable flavor is an important factor in consumer choice but a trait that is difficult to assess quantitatively. The purpose of this study was to assess the…”
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Engineering ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in potato tubers by Morris, Wayne L., Ducreux, Laurence J.M., Fraser, Paul D., Millam, Steve, Taylor, Mark A.

“…Consumption of astaxanthin is increasingly associated with a range of health benefits. Attempts to engineer ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in plants have been…”
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Pectin engineering to modify product quality in potato by Ross, Heather A, Morris, Wayne L, Ducreux, Laurence J M, Hancock, Robert D, Verrall, Susan R, Morris, Jenny A, Tucker, Gregory A, Stewart, Derek, Hedley, Pete E, McDougall, Gordon J, Taylor, Mark A

“…Although processed potato tuber texture is an important trait that influences consumer preference, a detailed understanding of tuber textural properties at the…”
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TERMINAL FLOWER‐1/CENTRORADIALIS inhibits tuberisation via protein interaction with the tuberigen activation complex by Zhang, Xing, Campbell, Raymond, Ducreux, Laurence J. M., Morris, Jennifer, Hedley, Pete E., Mellado‐Ortega, Elena, Roberts, Alison G., Stephens, Jennifer, Bryan, Glenn J., Torrance, Lesley, Chapman, Sean N., Prat, Salomé, Taylor, Mark A.

“…SUMMARY Potato tuber formation is a secondary developmental programme by which cells in the subapical stolon region divide and radially expand to further…”
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Identification of TIMING OF CAB EXPRESSION 1 as a temperature-sensitive negative regulator of tuberization in potato by Morris, Wayne L, Ducreux, Laurence J M, Morris, Jennifer, Campbell, Raymond, Usman, Muhammad, Hedley, Pete E, Prat, Salomé, Taylor, Mark A

“…For many potato cultivars, tuber yield is optimal at average daytime temperatures in the range 14-22 °C. Above this range, tuber yield is reduced for most…”
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Toward the Design of Potato Tolerant to Abiotic Stress by Campbell, Raymond, Ducreux, Laurence J M, Mellado-Ortega, Elena, Hancock, Robert D, Taylor, Mark A

“…Potato is a major global crop that has an important role to play in food security, reducing poverty and improving human nutrition. Productivity in potato…”
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A reversible light- and genotype-dependent acquired thermotolerance response protects the potato plant from damage due to excessive temperature by Trapero-Mozos, Almudena, Ducreux, Laurence J. M., Bita, Craita E., Morris, Wayne, Wiese, Cosima, Morris, Jenny A., Paterson, Christy, Hedley, Peter E., Hancock, Robert D., Taylor, Mark

“…Potato is particularly vulnerable to increased temperature, considered to be the most important uncontrollable factor affecting growth and yield of this…”
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Optimising ketocarotenoid production in potato tubers: Effect of genetic background, transgene combinations and environment by Campbell, Raymond, Morris, Wayne L., Mortimer, Cara L., Misawa, Norihiko, Ducreux, Laurence J.M., Morris, Jenny A., Hedley, Pete E., Fraser, Paul D., Taylor, Mark A.

“…•Potato tubers have been engineered to accumulation ketocarotenoids.•The level of astaxanthin achieved is nutritionally significant.•Combinations of transgenes…”
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