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Tracy Valentine

Staff picture: Tracy Valentine
Ecological Sciences
Ecological Sciences
Root Biologist
tracy.valentine@hutton.ac.uk
+44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

 

Current research interests

  • Root trait responses to soil physical conditions, including changes in border cell production, exudate production, changes in root meristem and overall root structure.  
  • Variation in responses to physical constraints between barley mutants and cultivars.
  • Utilisation of confocal microscopy and computer vision techniques to develop tools for measuring cell expansion and root elongation.

Past research

  • Movement, replication and suppression of Tobacco mosaic virus and Tobacco rattle virus in tobacco and Arabidopsis. Utilisation of Tobacco rattle virus as a vector for inducing gene silencing of endogenous root development genes (Mylnefield Research Services).
  • Growth and development effects of cell wall carbohydrates (University College London)

Scientific posters/conferences

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File Role of border cells in root growth and rhizosphere interactions 420.13 KB
File Computer visualisation and modelling of plant morphogenesis: Optical flow analysis of time-lapse confocal microscopy images 209.85 KB
File Root growth responses to soil physical properties 192.39 KB
File Genetic variation and interactions of root traits involved in plant:soil physical interactions 134.99 KB
File Plant growth responses to soil physical constraints 203.87 KB
File PlantVis: Quantitative motion analysis of time-lapse confocal laser scanning microscopy images: application to plant root growth 962.38 KB
File Quantitative analysis of root responses to multiple physical constraints: effects of soil pore structure 629.95 KB
File Development of a system for 3D optical imaging of root systems in a heterogeneous, refractive index matched media 162.62 KB
File Development of Methods for Visualising Root-Particle Interactions 4.45 MB
File Defining the soil for controlled environments and in the field : SCRI examples 897 KB
File How do cultivar mixtures perform under defined soil tillage regimes? 411.09 KB
File How does root morphology and response to nutrients relate to life history traits in ecotypes of Capsella bursa-pastoris? 277.99 KB
File Does root morphology and nutrient acquisition explain life history traits in ecotypes of Capsella bursa-pastoris? 175.16 KB
File Viral-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vector development for functional studies in crop plants 154.46 KB
File Viral-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vector development for functional studies in Solanaceae 192.55 KB
File Efficient viral-induced gene silencing in roots using a modified tobacco rattle virus 103.48 KB
File Root growth responses to soil physical conditions 125.51 KB
File Computer visualisation and modelling of plant morphogenesis: In-vivo segmentation and tracking of cells using confocal microscopy 230.65 KB
File Wheat root ideotypes for improved resource use in reduced input agriculture
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The James Hutton Research Institute is the result of the merger in April 2011 of MLURI and SCRI. This merger formed a new powerhouse for research into food, land use, and climate change.