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Joanne Russell
Current research interests
Research over the past 15 years has focussed on the use of molecular markers to address a wide range of genetic and biological issues in a range of plant species, including conservation, habitat fragmentation, comparative genome analysis and mapping studies.
Diversity and association analysis in barley
Recently we have begun to explore diversity in barley at the gene level by exploiting genomics and informatics technologies via EU and Generation Challenge Program funding, collaborating with European and North American groups and colleagues at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Marker development in temperate and tropical tree species
Several studies focussing on comparative genomics and the development of polymorphic markers (SNPs) for adaptive variation in economically important European tree species have been funded through EU collaborations. Research has also been carried out on tropical tree species including, Calycophyllum spruceanum, Theobroma cacoa and Cocos nucifera, as well as important indigenous fruit trees, Prunus Africana and Allanblackia species from sub-Saharan Africa. Much of this work has been in collaboration with colleagues at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
Conservation and habitat fragmentation
Sequencing and developing gene-based markers in species of high conservation priority offer novel insights into biodiversity, including relating sequence diversity and biological function. Focus of this work is on biodiversity within Scotland and includes a wide-range of plant species including: sub-arctic willow scrub, which is essentially restricted to the Scottish mountains; the rare species Anastrophyllum joergensenii, a dioecious leafy liverwort restricted to cool montane high-rainfall areas; Athyrium distentifolium, a diploid out-crossing fern of montane areas; Koenigia islandica, a diminutive annual and; Scots pine along with associated ground flora. Collaborations are with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
Bibliography
- Saade, S.; Brtien, C.; Pailles, Y.; Berger, B.; Shahid, M.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; Negr?o, S.; Tester, M. (2020) Dissecting new genetic components of salinity tolerance in two-row spring barley at the vegetative and reproductive stages., PLoS ONE, 15, Article No. e0236037.
- Looseley, M.E.; Ramsay, L.; Bull, H.; Swanston, J.S.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2020) Association mapping of malting quality traits in UK spring and winter barley cultivar collections, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 2567-2582.
- Bretani, G.; Rossini, L.; Ferrandi, C.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; Kilian, B.; Bagnaresi, P.; Cattivelli, L.; Fricano, A. (2020) Segmental duplications are hot spots of copy number variants affecting barley gene content., The Plant Journal, 103, 1073-1088.
- Flagmeier, M.; Squirrell, J.; Woodhead, M.; Long, D.G.; Bell, N.E.; Russell, J.; Powell, W.; Hollingsworth, P.M. (2020) Globally rare oceanic-montane liverworts with disjunct distributions: evidence for long-distance dispersal, Biodiversity and Conservation, 29, 3245-3264.
- Houston, K.; Qiu, J.; Wege, S.; Hrmova, M.; Oakey, H.; Qu, Y.; Smith, P.; Situmorang, A.; Macaulay, M.; Flis, P.; Bayer, M.; Roy, S.; Halpin, C.; Russell, J.; Schreiber, M.; Byrt, C.; Gilliham, M.; Salt, D.E.; Waugh, R. (2020) Barley sodium content is regulated by natural variants of the Na+ transporter HvHKT1;5., Communications Biology, 3, Article No. 258.
- Cope, J.E.; Russell, J.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Assessing the variation in manganese use efficiency traits in Scottish barley landrace Bere (Hordeum vulgare L.)., Annals of Botany, 126, 289-300.
- Looseley, M.E.; Ramsay, L.; Bull, H.; Swanston, J.S.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2020) Association mapping of malting quality traits in UK spring and winter barley cultivar collections., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 2567-2582.
- Terrazas, R.A.; Balbirnie-Cumming. K.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Russell, J.; Paterson, E.; Baggs, E.M.; Fridman, E.; Bulgarelli, D. (2020) A footprint of plant eco-geographic adaptation on the composition of the barley rhizosphere bacterial microbiota., Scientific Reports, 10, Article No. 12916.
- Brown, L.K.; Blanz, M.; Wishart, J.; Dieterich, B.; Schmidt, S.B.; Russell, J.; Martin P.; George, T.S. (2020) Is bere barley specifically adapted to fertilisation with seaweed as a nutrient source?, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 118, 149-163.
- Garcia-Gimenez, G.; Russell, J.; Aubert, M.K.; Fincher, G.B.; Burton, R.A.; Waugh, R.; Tucker, M.R.; Houston, K. (2019) Barley grain (1,3;1,4)-beta-glucan content: effects of transcript and sequence variation in genes encoding the corresponding synthase and endohydrolase enzymes., Scientific Reports, 9, Article No. 17250.
- Owen, H.; Pearson, K.; Roberts, A.M.I.; Reid, A.; Russell, J. (2019) Single nucleotide polymorphism assay to distinguish barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties in support of seed certification., Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 66, 1243-1256.
- Pont, C.; Leroy, T.; Seidel, M.; Tondelli, A.; Duchemin, W.; Armisen, D.; Lang, D.; Bustos-Korts, D.; Goue, N.; Balfourier, F.; Molnar-Lang, M.; Lage, J.; Kilian, B.; Ozkan, H.; Waite, D.; Dyer, S.; Letellier, T.; Alaux, M.; Russell, J.; Keller, B.; van Eeuwijk, F.; Spannagl, M.; Mayer, K.F.X.; Waugh, R.; Stein, N.; Cattivelli, L.; Haberer, G.; Charmet, G.; Salse, J. (2019) Tracing the ancestry of modern bread wheats., Nature Genetics, 51, 905-911.
- Darrier, B.; Russel, J.; Milner, S.G.; Hedley, P.E.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Ramsay, L.D.; Halpin, C.; Mascher, M.; Fleury, D.L.; Langridge, P.; Stein, N.; Waugh, R. (2019) A comparison of mainstream genotyping platforms for the evaluation and use of barley genetic resources., Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, Article No. 544.
- Bustos-Korts, D.; Dawson, I.K.; Russell, J.; Tondelli, A.; Guerra, D.; Ferrandi, C.; Strozzi, F.; Nicolazzi, E.L.; Molnar-Land, M.; Ozkan, H.; Megyen, M.; Miko, P.; Cakur, E.; Yaksir, E.; Trabanco, N.; Delbono, S.; Kyriakidis, S.; Booth, A.; Cammarano, D.; Mascher, M.; Werner, P.; Cattivelli, L.; Rossini, L.; Stein, N.; Kilian, B.; Waugh, R.; van Eeuwijk, F.A. (2019) Exome sequences and multi-environment field trials elucidate the genetic basis of adaptation in barley., The Plant Journal, 99, 1172-1191.
- Schmidt, S.D.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Booth, A.; Wishart, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Martin, P.; Russell, J.; Husted, S. (2019) Ancient barley landraces adapted to marginal soils demonstrate exceptional tolerance to manganese limitation., Annals of Botany, 123, 831-843.
- Wallace, M.; Bonhomme, V.; Russell, J.; Stillman, E.; George, T.S.; Ramsay, L.; Wishart, J.; Timpany, S.; Bull, H.; Booth, A.; Martin, P. (2019) Searching for the origins of bere barley: a geometric morphometric approach to cereal landrace recognition in archaeology., Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 26, 1125-1142.
- Bayer, M.; Morris, J.; Booth, C.; Booth, A.; Uzrek, N.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Hedley, P.E. (2019) Exome capture for variant discovery and analysis in barley., In: Harwood, W.A. (ed.). Barley: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1900, Chapter 18, pp283-310.
- De la Fuente Canto, C.; Russell, J.; Hackett, C.A.; Booth, A.; Dancey, S.; George, T.S.; Waugh, R. (2018) Genetic dissection of quantitative and qualitative traits using a minimum set of barley recombinant chromosome substitution lines., BMC Plant Biology, 18, Article No. 340.
- De La Fuente Canto, C.; Kalogiros, D.I.; Ptashnyk, M.; George, T.S.; Waugh, R.; Bengough, A.G.; Russell, J.; Dupuy, L.X. (2018) Morphological and genetic characterisation of the root system architecture of selected barley recombinant chromosome substitution lines using an integrated phenotyping approach., Journal of Theoretical Biology, 447, 84-97.
- Looseley, M.E.; Griffe, L.L.; Buttner, B.; Wright, K.M.; Middlefell-Williams, J.; Bull, H.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Schweizer, G.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Avrova, A. (2018) Resistance to Rhynchosporium commune in a collection of European spring barley germplasm., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 2513-2528.
- Xu, X.; Sharma, R.; Tondelli, A.; Russell, J.; Comadran, J.; Schnaithmann, F.; Pillen, K.; Kilian, B.; Cattivelli, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Flavell, A.J. (2018) Genome-wide association analysis of grain yield-associated traits in a Pan-European barley cultivar collection., Plant Genome, 11, Article No. UNSP 170073.
- Gonzalez-Diaz, P.; Cavers, S.; Iason, G.R.; Booth, A.; Russell, J.; Jump, A.S. (2018) Weak isolation by distance and geographic diversity gradients persist in Scottish relict pine forest, linked to flowering asynchrony and effective gene flow., iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 11, 449-458.
- Schmid, K.; Kilian, B.; Russell, J. (2018) Barley domestication, adaptation and population genomics., In: Stein, N. & Muehlbauer, G. (eds.). The Barley Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, Chapter 17, 317-336.
- Mascher, M.; Gundlach, H.; Himmelbach, A.; Beier, S.; Twardziok, S.O.; Wicker, T.; Radchuk, V.; Dockter, C.; Hedley, P.E.; Russell, J.; Bayer, M.; Ramsay, L.; Liu, H.; Haberer, G.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Q.; Barrero, R.A.; Li, L.; Taudien, S.; Groth, M.; Felder, M.; Hastie, A.; Simkova, H.; Stankova, H.; Vrana, J.; Chan, S.; Munoz-Amatriain, M.; Ounit, R.; Wanamaker, S.; Bolser, D.; Colmsee, C.; Schmutzer, T.; Aliyeva-Schnorr, L.; Grasso, S.; Tanskanen, J.; Chailyan, A.; Sampath, D.; Heavens, D.; Clissold, L.; Cao, S.; Chapman, B.; Dai, F.; Han, Y.; Li, H.; Li, X.; Lin, C.; McCooke, J.K.; Tan, C.; Wang, P.; Wang, S.; Yin, S.; Zhou, G.; Poland, J.A.; Bellgard, M.I.; Borisjuk, L.; Houben, A.; Dolezel, J.; Ayling, S.; Lonardi, S.; Kersey, P.; Langridge, P.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Clark, M.D.; Caccamo, M.; Schulman, U.; Mayer, K.F.X.; Platzer, M.; Close, T.J.; Scholz, U.; Hansson, M.; Zhang, G.; Braumann, I.; Spannagl, M.; Li, C.; Waugh. R.; Stein, N. (2017) A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome , Nature, 544, 427-433.
- Bayer, M.; Ganal, M.; Hedley, P.E.; Macaulay, M.; Plieske, J.; Ramsay, L.; Rapazote-Flores, P.; Russell, J.; Shaw, P.; Thomas, W.; Waugh, R. (2017) Development and evaluation of a barley 50k iSelect SNP array., Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article No. 1792.
- Looseley, M.E.; Bayer, M.; Bull, H.; Ramsay, L.; Thomas, W.; Booth, A.; De La Fuente Canto, C.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Russell, J. (2017) Association mapping of diastatic power in UK winter and spring barley by exome sequencing of phenotypically contrasting variety sets., Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article No. 1566.
- Martin, P.; Dalmannsdottir, S.; Gerdinum, J.I.I.; Halland, H.; Hermannsson, J.; Kavanagh, V.; MacKenzie, K.; Reykdal, O.; Russell, J.; Sveinsson, S.; Thomsen, M.; Wishart, J. (2017) Recent warming across the North Atlantic region may be contributing to an expansion in barley cultivation., Climatic Change, 145, 351-365.
- Dawson, I.K.; van Breugel, P.; Coe, R.; Kindt, R.; van Zonneveld, M.; Lilleso, J.P.B.; Graudal, L.; Muchugi, A.; Russell, J.; Jamnadass, R. (2017) A meta-analysis of molecular marker genetic datasets for eastern Africa trees supports the utility of potential natural vegetation maps for planning climate-smart restoration initiatives., Tree Genetics and Genomes, 13, Article No. 71.
- Mwafulirwa, L.D.; Baggs, E.M.; Russell, J.; Morley, N.; Sim, A.; Paterson, E. (2017) Combined effects of rhizodeposit C and crop residues on SOM priming, residue mineralization and N supply in soil., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 113, 35-44.
- Bull, H.; Casao, M.C.; Zwirek, M.; Flavell, A.J.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Guo, W.B.; Zhang, R.X.; Rapazote-Flores, P.; Kyriakidis, S.; Russell, J.; Druka, A.; McKim, S.M.; Waugh, R. (2017) Barley SIX-ROWED SPIKE3 encodes a putative Jumonji C-type H3K9me2/me3 demethylase that represses lateral spikelet fertility., Nature Communications, 8, Article No. 936.
- Houston, K.; Russell, J.; Ramsay, L.; Bull, H.; Thomas, B.; Waugh, R. (2016) Marker-assisted crop breeding., eLS, 1-14.
- Mora, F.; Quitral, Y.A.; Matus, I.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; del Pozo, A. (2016) SNP-based QTL mapping of 15 complex traits in barley under rain-fed and well-watered conditions by a mixed modeling approach., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No.909.
- Russell, J.; Mascher, M.; Dawson, I.K.; Kyriakidis, S.; Calixto, C.; Freund, F.; Bayer, M.; Milne, I.; Marshall-Griffiths, T.; Heinen, S.; Hofstad, A.; Sharma, R.; Himmelbach, A.; Knauft, M.; van Zonneveld, M.; Brown, J.W.S.; Schmid, K.; Kilian, B.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Stein, N.; Waugh R. (2016) Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation., Nature Genetics, 48, 1024-1030.
- Mascher, M.; Schuenemann, V.J.; Davidovich, U.; Marom, N.; Himmelbach, A.; Hubner, S.; Korol, A.; David, M.; Reiter, E.; Riehl, S.; Schreiber, M.; Vohr, S.H.; Green, R.E.; Dawson, I.K.; Russell, J.; Kilian, B.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Waugh, R.; Fahima, T.; Krause, J.; Weiss, E.; Stein, N. (2016) Genomic analysis of 6,000-year-old cultivated grain illuminates the domestication history of barley., Nature Genetics, 48, 1089-1093.
- Mwafulirwa, L.; Baggs, E.M.; Russell, J.; George, T.; Morley, N.; Sim, A.; De la Fuente Canto, C.; Paterson, E. (2016) Barley genotype influences stabilization of rhizodeposition-derived C and soil organic matter mineralization., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 95, 60-69.
- Dawson, I.K.; Russell, J.; Powell, W.; Steffenson, B.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R. (2015) Barley: a translational model for adaptation to climate change., New Phytologist, 206, 913-931.
- Forsberg, N.E.G.; Russell, J.; Macaulay, M.; Leino, M.W.; Hagenblad, J. (2015) Farmers without borders - genetic structuring in century old barley (Hordeum vulgare)., Heredity, 114, 195-206.
- Baker, K.; Bayer, M.; Cook, N.; Dreizig, S.; Dhillon, T.; Russell, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Morris, J.; Ramsay, L.; Colas, I.; Waugh, R.; Steffenson, B.; Milne, I.; Stephen, G.; Marshall, D.; Flavell, A.J. (2014) The low recombining pericentromeric region of barley restricts gene diversity and evolution but not gene expression., The Plant Journal, 79, 981-992.
- Russell, J.; Hackett, C.; Hedley, P.; Lui, H.; Milne, L.; Bayer, M.; Marshall, D.; Jorgensen, L.; Gordon, S.; Brennan, R. (2014) The use of genotyping by sequencing in blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum): developing high-resolution linkage maps in species without reference genome sequences., Molecular Breeding, 33, 835-849.
- Houston, K.; Russell, J.; Schreiber, M.; Halpin, C.; Oakey, H.; Washington, J.M.; Booth, A.; Shirley, N.; Burton, R.A.; Fincher, G.B.; Waugh, R. (2014) A genome wide association scan for (1,3;1,4)-beta-glucan content in the grain of contemporary 2-row Spring and Winter barleys., BMC Genomics, 15, Article No. 907.
- Saade, S.; Brtien, C.; Pailles, Y.; Berger, B.; Shahid, M.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; Negr?o, S.; Tester, M. (2020) Dissecting new genetic components of salinity tolerance in two-row spring barley at the vegetative and reproductive stages., PLoS ONE, 15, Article No. e0236037.
- Looseley, M.E.; Ramsay, L.; Bull, H.; Swanston, J.S.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2020) Association mapping of malting quality traits in UK spring and winter barley cultivar collections, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 2567-2582.
- Bretani, G.; Rossini, L.; Ferrandi, C.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; Kilian, B.; Bagnaresi, P.; Cattivelli, L.; Fricano, A. (2020) Segmental duplications are hot spots of copy number variants affecting barley gene content., The Plant Journal, 103, 1073-1088.
- Flagmeier, M.; Squirrell, J.; Woodhead, M.; Long, D.G.; Bell, N.E.; Russell, J.; Powell, W.; Hollingsworth, P.M. (2020) Globally rare oceanic-montane liverworts with disjunct distributions: evidence for long-distance dispersal, Biodiversity and Conservation, 29, 3245-3264.
- Houston, K.; Qiu, J.; Wege, S.; Hrmova, M.; Oakey, H.; Qu, Y.; Smith, P.; Situmorang, A.; Macaulay, M.; Flis, P.; Bayer, M.; Roy, S.; Halpin, C.; Russell, J.; Schreiber, M.; Byrt, C.; Gilliham, M.; Salt, D.E.; Waugh, R. (2020) Barley sodium content is regulated by natural variants of the Na+ transporter HvHKT1;5., Communications Biology, 3, Article No. 258.
- Cope, J.E.; Russell, J.; Norton, G.J.; George, T.S.; Newton, A.C. (2020) Assessing the variation in manganese use efficiency traits in Scottish barley landrace Bere (Hordeum vulgare L.)., Annals of Botany, 126, 289-300.
- Looseley, M.E.; Ramsay, L.; Bull, H.; Swanston, J.S.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2020) Association mapping of malting quality traits in UK spring and winter barley cultivar collections., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133, 2567-2582.
- Terrazas, R.A.; Balbirnie-Cumming. K.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Russell, J.; Paterson, E.; Baggs, E.M.; Fridman, E.; Bulgarelli, D. (2020) A footprint of plant eco-geographic adaptation on the composition of the barley rhizosphere bacterial microbiota., Scientific Reports, 10, Article No. 12916.
- Brown, L.K.; Blanz, M.; Wishart, J.; Dieterich, B.; Schmidt, S.B.; Russell, J.; Martin P.; George, T.S. (2020) Is bere barley specifically adapted to fertilisation with seaweed as a nutrient source?, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 118, 149-163.
- Garcia-Gimenez, G.; Russell, J.; Aubert, M.K.; Fincher, G.B.; Burton, R.A.; Waugh, R.; Tucker, M.R.; Houston, K. (2019) Barley grain (1,3;1,4)-beta-glucan content: effects of transcript and sequence variation in genes encoding the corresponding synthase and endohydrolase enzymes., Scientific Reports, 9, Article No. 17250.
- Owen, H.; Pearson, K.; Roberts, A.M.I.; Reid, A.; Russell, J. (2019) Single nucleotide polymorphism assay to distinguish barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties in support of seed certification., Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 66, 1243-1256.
- Pont, C.; Leroy, T.; Seidel, M.; Tondelli, A.; Duchemin, W.; Armisen, D.; Lang, D.; Bustos-Korts, D.; Goue, N.; Balfourier, F.; Molnar-Lang, M.; Lage, J.; Kilian, B.; Ozkan, H.; Waite, D.; Dyer, S.; Letellier, T.; Alaux, M.; Russell, J.; Keller, B.; van Eeuwijk, F.; Spannagl, M.; Mayer, K.F.X.; Waugh, R.; Stein, N.; Cattivelli, L.; Haberer, G.; Charmet, G.; Salse, J. (2019) Tracing the ancestry of modern bread wheats., Nature Genetics, 51, 905-911.
- Darrier, B.; Russel, J.; Milner, S.G.; Hedley, P.E.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Ramsay, L.D.; Halpin, C.; Mascher, M.; Fleury, D.L.; Langridge, P.; Stein, N.; Waugh, R. (2019) A comparison of mainstream genotyping platforms for the evaluation and use of barley genetic resources., Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, Article No. 544.
- Bustos-Korts, D.; Dawson, I.K.; Russell, J.; Tondelli, A.; Guerra, D.; Ferrandi, C.; Strozzi, F.; Nicolazzi, E.L.; Molnar-Land, M.; Ozkan, H.; Megyen, M.; Miko, P.; Cakur, E.; Yaksir, E.; Trabanco, N.; Delbono, S.; Kyriakidis, S.; Booth, A.; Cammarano, D.; Mascher, M.; Werner, P.; Cattivelli, L.; Rossini, L.; Stein, N.; Kilian, B.; Waugh, R.; van Eeuwijk, F.A. (2019) Exome sequences and multi-environment field trials elucidate the genetic basis of adaptation in barley., The Plant Journal, 99, 1172-1191.
- Schmidt, S.D.; George, T.S.; Brown, L.K.; Booth, A.; Wishart, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Martin, P.; Russell, J.; Husted, S. (2019) Ancient barley landraces adapted to marginal soils demonstrate exceptional tolerance to manganese limitation., Annals of Botany, 123, 831-843.
- Wallace, M.; Bonhomme, V.; Russell, J.; Stillman, E.; George, T.S.; Ramsay, L.; Wishart, J.; Timpany, S.; Bull, H.; Booth, A.; Martin, P. (2019) Searching for the origins of bere barley: a geometric morphometric approach to cereal landrace recognition in archaeology., Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 26, 1125-1142.
- De la Fuente Canto, C.; Russell, J.; Hackett, C.A.; Booth, A.; Dancey, S.; George, T.S.; Waugh, R. (2018) Genetic dissection of quantitative and qualitative traits using a minimum set of barley recombinant chromosome substitution lines., BMC Plant Biology, 18, Article No. 340.
- De La Fuente Canto, C.; Kalogiros, D.I.; Ptashnyk, M.; George, T.S.; Waugh, R.; Bengough, A.G.; Russell, J.; Dupuy, L.X. (2018) Morphological and genetic characterisation of the root system architecture of selected barley recombinant chromosome substitution lines using an integrated phenotyping approach., Journal of Theoretical Biology, 447, 84-97.
- Looseley, M.E.; Griffe, L.L.; Buttner, B.; Wright, K.M.; Middlefell-Williams, J.; Bull, H.; Shaw, P.D.; Macaulay, M.; Booth, A.; Schweizer, G.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Avrova, A. (2018) Resistance to Rhynchosporium commune in a collection of European spring barley germplasm., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 2513-2528.
- Xu, X.; Sharma, R.; Tondelli, A.; Russell, J.; Comadran, J.; Schnaithmann, F.; Pillen, K.; Kilian, B.; Cattivelli, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Flavell, A.J. (2018) Genome-wide association analysis of grain yield-associated traits in a Pan-European barley cultivar collection., Plant Genome, 11, Article No. UNSP 170073.
- Gonzalez-Diaz, P.; Cavers, S.; Iason, G.R.; Booth, A.; Russell, J.; Jump, A.S. (2018) Weak isolation by distance and geographic diversity gradients persist in Scottish relict pine forest, linked to flowering asynchrony and effective gene flow., iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 11, 449-458.
- Mascher, M.; Gundlach, H.; Himmelbach, A.; Beier, S.; Twardziok, S.O.; Wicker, T.; Radchuk, V.; Dockter, C.; Hedley, P.E.; Russell, J.; Bayer, M.; Ramsay, L.; Liu, H.; Haberer, G.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Q.; Barrero, R.A.; Li, L.; Taudien, S.; Groth, M.; Felder, M.; Hastie, A.; Simkova, H.; Stankova, H.; Vrana, J.; Chan, S.; Munoz-Amatriain, M.; Ounit, R.; Wanamaker, S.; Bolser, D.; Colmsee, C.; Schmutzer, T.; Aliyeva-Schnorr, L.; Grasso, S.; Tanskanen, J.; Chailyan, A.; Sampath, D.; Heavens, D.; Clissold, L.; Cao, S.; Chapman, B.; Dai, F.; Han, Y.; Li, H.; Li, X.; Lin, C.; McCooke, J.K.; Tan, C.; Wang, P.; Wang, S.; Yin, S.; Zhou, G.; Poland, J.A.; Bellgard, M.I.; Borisjuk, L.; Houben, A.; Dolezel, J.; Ayling, S.; Lonardi, S.; Kersey, P.; Langridge, P.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Clark, M.D.; Caccamo, M.; Schulman, U.; Mayer, K.F.X.; Platzer, M.; Close, T.J.; Scholz, U.; Hansson, M.; Zhang, G.; Braumann, I.; Spannagl, M.; Li, C.; Waugh. R.; Stein, N. (2017) A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome , Nature, 544, 427-433.
- Bayer, M.; Ganal, M.; Hedley, P.E.; Macaulay, M.; Plieske, J.; Ramsay, L.; Rapazote-Flores, P.; Russell, J.; Shaw, P.; Thomas, W.; Waugh, R. (2017) Development and evaluation of a barley 50k iSelect SNP array., Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article No. 1792.
- Looseley, M.E.; Bayer, M.; Bull, H.; Ramsay, L.; Thomas, W.; Booth, A.; De La Fuente Canto, C.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Russell, J. (2017) Association mapping of diastatic power in UK winter and spring barley by exome sequencing of phenotypically contrasting variety sets., Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article No. 1566.
- Martin, P.; Dalmannsdottir, S.; Gerdinum, J.I.I.; Halland, H.; Hermannsson, J.; Kavanagh, V.; MacKenzie, K.; Reykdal, O.; Russell, J.; Sveinsson, S.; Thomsen, M.; Wishart, J. (2017) Recent warming across the North Atlantic region may be contributing to an expansion in barley cultivation., Climatic Change, 145, 351-365.
- Dawson, I.K.; van Breugel, P.; Coe, R.; Kindt, R.; van Zonneveld, M.; Lilleso, J.P.B.; Graudal, L.; Muchugi, A.; Russell, J.; Jamnadass, R. (2017) A meta-analysis of molecular marker genetic datasets for eastern Africa trees supports the utility of potential natural vegetation maps for planning climate-smart restoration initiatives., Tree Genetics and Genomes, 13, Article No. 71.
- Mwafulirwa, L.D.; Baggs, E.M.; Russell, J.; Morley, N.; Sim, A.; Paterson, E. (2017) Combined effects of rhizodeposit C and crop residues on SOM priming, residue mineralization and N supply in soil., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 113, 35-44.
- Bull, H.; Casao, M.C.; Zwirek, M.; Flavell, A.J.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Guo, W.B.; Zhang, R.X.; Rapazote-Flores, P.; Kyriakidis, S.; Russell, J.; Druka, A.; McKim, S.M.; Waugh, R. (2017) Barley SIX-ROWED SPIKE3 encodes a putative Jumonji C-type H3K9me2/me3 demethylase that represses lateral spikelet fertility., Nature Communications, 8, Article No. 936.
- Houston, K.; Russell, J.; Ramsay, L.; Bull, H.; Thomas, B.; Waugh, R. (2016) Marker-assisted crop breeding., eLS, 1-14.
- Mora, F.; Quitral, Y.A.; Matus, I.; Russell, J.; Waugh, R.; del Pozo, A. (2016) SNP-based QTL mapping of 15 complex traits in barley under rain-fed and well-watered conditions by a mixed modeling approach., Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article No.909.
- Russell, J.; Mascher, M.; Dawson, I.K.; Kyriakidis, S.; Calixto, C.; Freund, F.; Bayer, M.; Milne, I.; Marshall-Griffiths, T.; Heinen, S.; Hofstad, A.; Sharma, R.; Himmelbach, A.; Knauft, M.; van Zonneveld, M.; Brown, J.W.S.; Schmid, K.; Kilian, B.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Stein, N.; Waugh R. (2016) Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation., Nature Genetics, 48, 1024-1030.
- Mascher, M.; Schuenemann, V.J.; Davidovich, U.; Marom, N.; Himmelbach, A.; Hubner, S.; Korol, A.; David, M.; Reiter, E.; Riehl, S.; Schreiber, M.; Vohr, S.H.; Green, R.E.; Dawson, I.K.; Russell, J.; Kilian, B.; Muehlbauer, G.J.; Waugh, R.; Fahima, T.; Krause, J.; Weiss, E.; Stein, N. (2016) Genomic analysis of 6,000-year-old cultivated grain illuminates the domestication history of barley., Nature Genetics, 48, 1089-1093.
- Mwafulirwa, L.; Baggs, E.M.; Russell, J.; George, T.; Morley, N.; Sim, A.; De la Fuente Canto, C.; Paterson, E. (2016) Barley genotype influences stabilization of rhizodeposition-derived C and soil organic matter mineralization., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 95, 60-69.
- Dawson, I.K.; Russell, J.; Powell, W.; Steffenson, B.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R. (2015) Barley: a translational model for adaptation to climate change., New Phytologist, 206, 913-931.
- Forsberg, N.E.G.; Russell, J.; Macaulay, M.; Leino, M.W.; Hagenblad, J. (2015) Farmers without borders - genetic structuring in century old barley (Hordeum vulgare)., Heredity, 114, 195-206.
- Baker, K.; Bayer, M.; Cook, N.; Dreizig, S.; Dhillon, T.; Russell, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Morris, J.; Ramsay, L.; Colas, I.; Waugh, R.; Steffenson, B.; Milne, I.; Stephen, G.; Marshall, D.; Flavell, A.J. (2014) The low recombining pericentromeric region of barley restricts gene diversity and evolution but not gene expression., The Plant Journal, 79, 981-992.
- Russell, J.; van Zonneveld, M.; Dawson, I.K.; Booth, A.; Waugh, R.; Steffenson, B. (2014) Genetic diversity and ecological niche modelling of wild barley: refugia, large-scale post-LGM range expansion and limited mid-future climate threats?, PLoS ONE, 9, Article No. e86021.
- McGrann, G.R.D.; Stavrinides, A.; Russell, J.; Corbitt, M.M.; Booth, A.; Chartrain, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Brown, J.K.M. (2014) A trade off between mlo resistance to powdery mildew and increased susceptibility of barley to a newly important disease, Ramularia leaf spot., Journal of Experimental Botany, 65, 1025-1037.
- Russell, J.; Hackett, C.; Hedley, P.; Lui, H.; Milne, L.; Bayer, M.; Marshall, D.; Jorgensen, L.; Gordon, S.; Brennan, R. (2014) The use of genotyping by sequencing in blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum): developing high-resolution linkage maps in species without reference genome sequences., Molecular Breeding, 33, 835-849.
- Houston, K.; Russell, J.; Schreiber, M.; Halpin, C.; Oakey, H.; Washington, J.M.; Booth, A.; Shirley, N.; Burton, R.A.; Fincher, G.B.; Waugh, R. (2014) A genome wide association scan for (1,3;1,4)-beta-glucan content in the grain of contemporary 2-row Spring and Winter barleys., BMC Genomics, 15, Article No. 907.
- Bayer, M.; Morris, J.; Booth, C.; Booth, A.; Uzrek, N.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R.; Hedley, P.E. (2019) Exome capture for variant discovery and analysis in barley., In: Harwood, W.A. (ed.). Barley: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, New York, Volume 1900, Chapter 18, pp283-310.
- Schmid, K.; Kilian, B.; Russell, J. (2018) Barley domestication, adaptation and population genomics., In: Stein, N. & Muehlbauer, G. (eds.). The Barley Genome, Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, Chapter 17, 317-336.
- Waugh, R.; Flavell, A.J.; Russell, J.R.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J. (2014) Exploiting barley genetic resources for Genome Wide Association Scans (GWAS)., Tuberosa, R., Graner, A. & Frison, E. (eds.). Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources. Volume 1. Managing, Sequencing and Mining Genetic Resources. Springer, The Netherlands, Chapter 10, pp237-254.
- Newton, A.C.; Akar, T.; Baresel, J.P.; Bebeli, P.J.; Bettencourt, E.; Bladenopoulos, K.V.; Czembor, J.H.; Fasoula, D.A.; Katsiotis, A.; Koutis, K.; Koutsika-Sotiriou, M.; Kovacs, G.; Larsson, H.; Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A.; Rubiales, D.; Russell, J.R.; dos Santos, T.M.; Vaz Patto, M.C. (2011) Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture., In: Lichtfouse, E., Hamelin, M., Navarrete, M. & Debaeke, P. (eds.). Sustainable Agriculture, Volume 2, Springer, Netherlands, 147-186.
- Powell, W.; Waugh, R.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Russell, J.R.; Ramsay, L. (2006) Introduction to classical genetics and plant breeding., In: Christou, P. & Klee, H. (eds.). Handbook of Plant Biotechnology. 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, pp3-29.
- Provan, J.; Russell, J.R.; Wilson, N.J.; McNicol, J.W.; Morgante, M.; Powell, W. (1999) The use of uniparentally inherited simple sequence repeat markers in plant population studies and systematics.., In: Hollingsworth, P.M., Bateman, R.M. & Gornall, R.J. (eds). Molecular Systematics and Plant Evolution. Taylor & Francis. London, pp35-50.
- Russell, J.R.; Hosein, F.; Johnson, E.; Forster, B.P.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (1998) The use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA to discriminate between closely related Theobroma cacao genotypes., In: Naqvi, S.S.M. (ed.). New Genetical Approaches to Crop Improvement. Atomic Energy Research Centre. Tambo Jam 70060, Pakistan, 579-584.
- Waugh, R.; Russell, J.R. (1998) Screening for useful variation: RAPD markers., In: Karp, A. & Issaci, P.G. (eds.). Molecular tools for screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals. Springer, The Netherlands, Chapter 23, pp459-463.
- Thomas, W.T.B.; Russell, J.R.; Bonar, N.; Booth, A.; Fuller, J.D.; Lawrence, P.; Macaulay, M.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1997) Simple sequence repeats SSRs and QTL mapping in barley crosses.., In: H. Buerstmayer & P. Ruckenbauer (eds.). Application of Marker Aided Selection in Cereal Breeding Programs. Eucarpia Section Cereals Meeting. Tulln, Austria, 28-29.
- Russell, J.R.; Milbourne, D.; Waugh, R. (1997) Comparison of PCR marker systems to examine genetic diversity., In: Karp, A., Isaac, P.G. & Ingram, D.S. (eds.). Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals. Chapman and Hall.
- Russell, J.R.; Hosein, F.; Johnson, E.; Van der Ven, W.T.G.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1995) The use of RAPD markers to genetically differentiate between cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) populations., In: Baradat, A.M.S., Adams, W.T., Muller-Stack, G. (eds.). Population Genetics and Conservation of Forest Trees. Kugler Publications, pp135-138.
- Russell, J.R.; Hosein, F.; Johnson, E.; Forster, B.P.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (1992) The use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers to discriminate between closely related Theobroma cacao genotypes., In: Siddiqui, K.A. (ed.). New Vistas in Plant Genetics. Atomic Energy Agricultural Research Centre.
- Russell, J.R.; Dawson, I.K.; Booth, A.; Flavell, A.J.; Steffenson, B.J.; Weltzien, E.; Ceccarelli, S.; Waugh, R. (2010) Relationship between genetic distances and geographic distances among populations of barley landraces., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp20-21.
- Brennan, R.M.; Jones, H.G.; Russell, J.R.; Hedley, P.E.; Jorgensen, L.; Hackett, C.A.; Gordon, S. (2010) Dormancy in blackcurrant and the potential effects of future climatic conditions., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2009, pp10-11.
- Comadran, J.; Romagosa, I.; van Eeuwijk, F.A.; Hackett, C.A.; Russell, J.R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2008) Drought tolerance in Mediterranean barley: an association genetics approach., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2007, 14-15.
- Macaulay, M.; Russell, J.R.; Ramsay, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R.; Thomas, W.T.B. (2004) Lessons from barley recommended lists., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2003/2004, pp144-145.
- Russell, J.R.; Meyer, R.C.; Hackett, C.A.; Lawrence, P.; Young, G.R.; Forster, B.P.; Powell, W. (2003) Diversity of wild barley in 'Evolution Canyon'., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, p115.
- Ramsay, L.; Caldwell, K.; Russell, J.R.; Macaulay, M.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (2003) Linkage disequilibrium in barley., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2002/2003, p114.
- Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R.; Ramsay, L.; Russell, J.R.; Powell, W.; Meyer, R.C.; Young, G.R.; Lawrence, P.E.; Booth, A.; Swanston, J.S.; Newton, A.C. (2002) Molecular markers for agriculturally important traits in barley., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2001/2002, 162-164.
- Ellis, R.P.; Ferguson, E.; Swanston, J.S.; Forrest, J.; Fuller, J.D.; Lawrence, P.E.; Powell, W.; Russell, J.R.; Tester, R.F.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Young, G.R. (1999) Use of DNA marker-based assays to define and select malting characteristics in barley., Home-Grown Cereals Authority Report, 183.
- Squire, G.R.; Augustin, N.; Bown, J.; Crawford, J.C.; Dunlop, G.; Graham, J.; Hillman, J.R.; Marshall, B.; Marshall, D.F.; Ramsay, G.; Robinson, D.J.; Russell, J.R.; Thompson, C.; Wright, G.M. (1999) Gene flow in the environment: genetic pollution?, Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, pp45-54.
- Ellis, R.P.; Russell, J.R.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1999) Barley domestication - Hordeum spontaneum, a source of new genes for crop improvement., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1998/99, 97-100.
- Macaulay, M.; Provan, J.; Russell, J.R.; Fuller, J.D.; Dewar, H.; Milbourne, D.; Meyer, R.; Collins, A.; White, G.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (1996) Isolation, characterisation and use of SSRs as genetic markers., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1995, pp54-55.
- Powell, W.; Bonar, N.; Baird, E.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R (1995) Molecular marker techniques for barley genome analysis and breeding., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, 57-58.
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