Susan Verrall

Publications

The following Publications have not yet been migrated to the James Hutton Institute's Pure service and relate to the research outputs from the two legacy organisations: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and The Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Journals

• McDougall, G.J.; Martinussen, I.; Junttila, O.; Verrall, S.R.; Stewart, D. (2011) Assessing the influence of genotype and temperature on polyphenol composition in cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L) using a novel mass spectrometric method., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59, 10860-10868.
• Ross, H.A.; Morris, W.L.; Ducreux, L.J.M.; Hancock, R.D.; Verrall, S.R.; Morris, J.A.; Tucker, G.A.; Stewart, D.; Hedley, P.E.; McDougall, G.J.; Taylor, M.A. (2011) Pectin engineering to modify product quality in potato., Plant Biotechnology Journal, 9, 848-856.
• Morris, W.L.; Shepherd, T.; Verrall, S.R.; McNicol, J.W.; Taylor, M.A. (2010) Relationships between volatile and non-volatile metabolites and attributes of processed potato flavour., Phytochemistry, 71, pp. 1765-1773.
• Ross, H.A.; McDougall, G.J.; Vincent, J.F.V.; Stewart, D.; Verrall, S.R.; Taylor, M.A. (2010) Discerning intra-tuber differences in textural properties in cooked Solanum tuberosum group Tuberosum and group Phureja tubers., Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 90, 1527-1832.
• Stushnoff, C.; Ducreux, L.J.M.; Hancock, R.D.; Hedley, P.E.; Holm, D.G.; McDougall, G.J.; McNicol, J.W.; Morris, J.; Morris, W.L.; Sungurtas, J.; Verrall, S.R.; Zuber, T.; Taylor, M.A. (2010) Flavonoid profiling and transcriptome analysis reveals new gene-metabolite correlations in tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., Journal of Experimental Botany, 61, 1225-1238.
• Dobson, G.; Shepherd, T.; Verrall, S.R.; Griffiths, D.W.; Ramsay, G.; McNicol, J.W.; Davies, H.V.; Stewart, D. (2010) A metabolomics study of cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum) groups, Andigena, Phureja, Stenotomum and Tuberosum using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58, 1214-1223.
• Dobson, G.; Shepherd, T.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; McNicol, J.W.; Ramsay, G.; Shepherd, L.V.T.; Davies, H.V.; Stewart, D. (2008) Phytochemical diversity in tubers of potato cultivars and landraces using a GC-MS metabolomics approach., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 56, 10280-10291.
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; McNicol, J.W.; Davies, H.V.; Stewart, D. (2007) Potato metabolomics by GC-MS: what are the limiting factors?., Metabolomics, 3, 475-488.
• Stewart, D.; McDougall, G.J.; Sungurtas, J.; Verrall, S.R.; Graham, J.; Martinussen, I. (2007) Metabolomic approach to identifying bioactive compounds in berries: Advances toward fruit nutritional enhancement., Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 51, 645-651.
• Nuopponen, M.; Shepherd, T.; Birch, G.M.; Verrall, S.R.; Stewart, D. (2006) Hemicelluloses and pectins in 25 tropical hardwoods., Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 40, 735-738.
• Bruce, A.; Verrall, S.R.; Hackett, C.A.; Wheatley, R.E. (2004) Identification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from bacteria and yeast causing growth inhibition of sapstain fungi., Holzforschung, 58, 193-198.
• Bruce, A.; Stewart, D.D.; Verrall, S.R.; Wheatley, R.E. (2003) Effects of volatiles from bacteria and yeast on the growth and pigmentation of sapstain fungi., International Biodeterioration and Degradation, 51, 101-108.
• Bell, K.S.; Roberts, J.; Verrall, S.R.; Cullen, D.W.; Williams, N.A.; Harrison, J.G.; Toth, I.K.; Cooke, D.E.L.; Duncan, J.M.; Claxton, J.R. (2000) Detection and quantification of Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea in soils and on tubers using specific PCR primers., European Journal of Plant Pathology, 105, 905-915.

Books / chapters

• Dobson, G.; Shepherd, T.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; McNicol, J.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2007) Application of metabolite and flavour volatile profiling to studies of biodiversity in Solanum species., In: Nikolau, B.L. & Wurtele, E.S. (eds.). Concepts in Plant Metabolomics. Springer, Dordrecht, 259-268. ISBN: 978-1-4020-5607-9
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2007) Profiling of metabolites and volatile flavour compounds from Solanum species using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry., In: Nikolau, B.L. & Wurtele, E.S. (eds.). Concepts in Plant Metabolomics. Springer, Dordrecht, 208-219. ISBN: 978-1-4020-5607-9

Technical / contract reports

• Ross, H.A.; Morris, W.L.; Ducreux, L.J.M.; Hancock, R.D.; Verrall, S.R.; Morris, J.A.; Stewart, D.; Hedley, P.E.; McDougall, G.J.; Taylor, M.A. (2011) The role of pectin methyl esterase in determining potato tuber textural quality., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2010, pp32-33.
• McNicol, J.W.; Verrall, S.R.; Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Griffiths, D.W.; Ramsay, G.; Davies, H.V.; Stewart, D. (2006) Statistical analysis of metabolomic data., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 2006, pp54-55.

Conference papers

• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; McNicol, J.W.; Davies, H.V.; Stewart, D. (2006) Use and limitations of GC-MS based metabolite profiling methods for the analysis of metabolite content in freeze-dried potato tubers., 4th International Plant Metabolomics Conference, Reading, 7-10 April 2007. Metabolomics, 2(4), p279.
• Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V.; Verrall, S.R.; Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Colquhoun, I.; Le Gall, G. (2004) Metabolic profiling: Platform technologies to detect unintended effects following genetic modification of potato (Solanum tuberosum)., 3rd International Congress on Plant Metabolomics, Iowa, USA, 3-6 June 2004.
• Dobson, G.; Shepherd, T.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; McNicol, J.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2004) Application of metabolite and flavour volatile profiling to studies of biodiversity in Solanum species., 3rd International Congress on Plant Metabolomics, Iowa, USA, 3-6 June 2004.
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2004) Profiling of metabolites and volatile flavour compounds from Solanum species using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry., 3rd International Congress on Plant Metabolomics, Iowa, USA, 3-6 June 2004.
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; McNicol, J.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2004) Application of metabolite profiling to studies of biodiversity in Solanum species., Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meetin,. Heriot-Watt Unviersity, 29 March – 2 April 2004.
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Shepherd, L.V.T.; McNicol, J.W.; Deighton, N.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2003) Can metabolite profiling be used to identify unintended effects in transgenic tubers?, 16th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Edinburgh, 31 August – 5 September 2003.
• Squires, J.N.; Daniell, T.J.; Clegg, C.D.; Griffiths, B.S.; Ritz, K.; Verrall, S.R.; Wheatley, R.E. (2001) Effects of plants on diversity of nitrite-reducing bacteria in an upland grassland., Molecular Microbial Ecology Group, York.
• Daniell, T.J.; Clegg, C.D.; Griffiths, B.S.; Ritz, K.; Squires, J.; Verrall, S.R.; Wheatley, R.E. (2001) Coupling between plants and diversity of nitrite-reducing bacteria in an upland pasture., Interactions in the Microbial World: 9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam, 26-31 August 2001.
• Bruce, A.; Wheatley, R.E.; Verrall, S.R. (2000) Effect of volatiles from bacteria and yeast on the growth and pigmentation of sap-stain fungi., Proceedings of 31st Meeting of International Research Group on Wood Preservation, Hawaii, 14-19 May 2000.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Ross, H.A.; Gordon, S.; McDougall, G.J.; Verrall, S.R.; Wright, K.M.; Cross, J.V.; Berrie, A.; Xu, X.; Brennan, R.M. (2011) Exploring variation in textural properties in blackcurrant germplasm., Xth International Rubus and Ribes Conference, Zlatibor, Serbia, 22-26 June 2011. (Poster)
• Abreu, I.N.; Kanichukattu, E.N.; Sungurtas, J.; Verrall, S.R.; Stewart, D. (2010) Metabolomics as a route to fruit flavour and functionality: blackcurrant as a model study., 28th International Horticultural Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-27 August 2010 (Poster and Talk).
• Verrall, S.R.; McNicol, J.W.; Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Griffiths, D.W.; Ramsay, G.; Stewart, D. (2007) Using hierarchical clustering of metabolomic data to relate clusters to metabolite pathways., 3rd International Metabolomics Society Conference, Manchester, 10-14 June 2007.
• Dobson, G.; Shepherd, T.; Griffiths, D.W.; Ross, H.A.; Verrall, S.R.; Stewart, D. (2007) Studies of tuber developmental stages in the potato Solanum tuberosum group phureja using GC-MS-based metabolomics and volatile analysis approaches., 3rd International Metabolomics Conference. Manchester, 10-14 June 2007.
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2004) Use of gas chromatography-(time-of-flight) mass spectrometry for analysis of metabolites from Solanum species., Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Heriot Watt University, 29 March – 2 April 2004.
• Verrall, S.R.; Deighton, N.; Marshall, R.; Sungurtas, J.; Shepherd, T.; Shepherd, L.V.T.; Dobson, G.; McNicol, J.W.; Davies, H.V. (2003) Can metabolomics identify unintended effects in transgenic tubers?, 2nd International Conference on Plant Metabolomics, Potsdam, Germany, 25-28 April 2003. (Poster)
• Shepherd, T.; Dobson, G.; Marshall, R.; Verrall, S.R.; Conner, S.; Griffiths, D.W.; Stewart, D.; Davies, H.V. (2003) Analysis of metabolites from Solanum species using gas chromatography-(Time-of-Flight) mass spectrometry and automated data analysis., 16th International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Edinburgh, 31 August – 5 September 2003. (Poster)