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Phospholipids in rice: significance in grain quality and health benefits: a review (with Lei Liu, Terry J. Rose, Jinsong Bao, and Graham J. King), Food Chemistry (2013)

Phospholipids (PLs) are a major class of lipid in rice grain. Although PLs are only...

 

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Analysis of adaptive ribosomal gene diversity in wild plant populations from contrasting climatic environments (with Frances M. Shapter, Tim L. Fitzgerald, Stuart McDonald, Ian H. Chivers, Eviatar Nevo, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Signaling and Behavior (2012)

Plant populations may contain variation that reflects adaptation to local environmental conditions. Clues to adaptive...

 

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Analysis of starch gene diversity in the wild relatives of Oryza sativa (with Shabana Kasem and Robert J. Henry), Tropical Plant Biology (2012)

Genetic loci influencing traits important to humans have been selected during crop domestication. The starch...

 

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Application of large-scale sequencing to marker discovery in plants (with Robert J. Henry, Mark Edwards, Gopala Krishnan S, Peter Bundock, Timothy R. Sexton, Ardashir K. Masouley, Catherine J. Nock, and Julie Pattemore), Journal of Biosciences (2012)

Advances in DNA sequencing provide tools for efficient large-scale discovery of markers for use in...

 

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Chloroplast genome sequence confirms distinctness of Australian and Asian wild rice (with Catherine J. Nock, Nicole Rice, Ryuji Ishikawa, and Robert J. Henry), Ecology and Evolution (2012)

Cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) is an AA genome Oryza species that was most likely domesticated...

 

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Genome-wide DNA polymorphisms in elite indica rice inbreds discovered by whole-genome sequencing (with Gopala K. Subbaiyan, Sanjay K. Katiyar, Ajanahalli R. Sadananda, Satyadev Vaddadi, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2012)

Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies have aided discovery of millions of genome-wide DNA polymorphisms, single...

 

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Chloroplast genome sequences from total DNA for plant identification (with Catherine J. Nock, Mark A. Edwards, Stirling G. Bowen, Nicole Rice, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2011)

Chloroplast DNA sequence data are a versatile tool for plant identification or barcoding and establishing...

 

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Discovery of polymorphisms in starch-related genes in rice germplasm by amplification of pooled DNA and deeply parallel sequencing (with Ardashir Kharabian Masouleh, Russell F. Reinke, and Robert Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2011)

High-throughput sequencing of pooled DNA was applied to polymorphism discovery in candidate genes involved in...

 

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Genome diversity in wild grasses under environmental stress (with Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Frances M. Shapter, Stuart McDonald, Ian H. Chivers, Andre Drenth, Eviatar Nevo, and Robert J. Henry), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2011)

Patterns of diversity distribution in the Isa defense locus in wild-barley populations suggest adaptive selection...

 

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The endosperm morphology of rice and its wild relatives as observed by scanning electron microscopy (with Shabana Kasem, Nicole F. Rice, Frances M. Shapter, and Robert J. Henry), Rice (2011)

While cultivated rice, Oryza sativa, is arguably the world’s most important cereal crop, there is...

 

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Fragrance in rice (Oryza sativa) is associated with reduced yield under salt treatment (with Tim L. Fitzgerald, Lyndon O. Brooks, and Robert J. Henry), Environmental and Experimental Botany (2010)

Fragrance in rice has been shown to result from deletions that cause the loss of...

 

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Melting the secrets of gelatinisation temperature in rice (with Rosa P. Cuevas, Venea D. Daygon, Henry M. Corpuz, Leilani Nora, Russell F. Reinke, and Melissa A. Fitzgerald), Functional Plant Biology (2010)

Gelatinisation temperature (GT) is one of the key traits measured in programs for breeding rice...

 

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Whole grain morphology of Australian rice species (with Shabana Kasem, Nicole F. Rice, Frances M. Shapter, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Genetic Resources (2010)

The grain morphology of 17 wild rice relatives were studied by light and scanning electron...

 

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A high-throughput assay for rapid and simultaneous analysis of perfect markers for important quality and agronomic traits in rice using multiplexed MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (with Ardashir K. Masouleh, Russell F. Reinke, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2009)

The application of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in plant breeding involves the analysis of a...

 

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Australian Oryza: utility and conservation (with Robert J. Henry, Nicole F. Rice, Shabana Kasem, Ryuji Ishikawa, Yin Hao, Sally L. Dillon, Darren Crayn, Rod A. Wing, and Duncan Vaughan), Rice (2009)

Australian Oryza are an understudied and underexploited genetic resource for rice improvement. Four species are...

 

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Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase in plants (with Timothy L. Fitzgerald and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biology (2009)

Plant betaine aldehyde dehydrogenases (BADHs) have been the target of substantial research, especially during the...

 

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Endonucleolytic Mutation Analysis by Internal Labeling (EMAIL) (with Michael J. Cross, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Electrophoresis (2008)
 

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Inactivation of an aminoaldehyde dehydrogenase is responsible for fragrance in rice (with Louis MT Bradbury, Susan A. Gillies, Donald J. Brushett, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Molecular Biology (2008)

Rice (Oryza sativa) has two betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase homologs, BAD1 and BAD2, encoded on chromosome...

 

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The effect of salt on betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase transcript levels and 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline concentration in fragrant and non-fragrant rice (Oryza sativa) (with Timothy Liam Fitzgerald and Robert James Henry), Plant Science (2008)

Rice (Oryza sativa) possesses two genes encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH, EC 1.2.1.8) isozymes (BADH1...

 

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Genetic manipulation of starch properties in plants: Patents 2001-2006 (with Robert J. Henry), Recent Patents on Biotechnology (2007)

Starch is the major energy store for many plants and has been extensively exploited by...

 

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Gelatinization temperature of rice explained by polymorphisms in starch synthase (with Robert J. Henry, Russell F. Reinke, and Melissa A. Fitzgerald), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2006)

The cooking quality of rice is associated with the starch gelatinization temperature (GT). Rice genotypes...

 

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Screening for the rice blast resistance gene Pi-ta using LNA displacement probes and real-time PCR (with Brett Kennedy and Robert J. Henry), Molecular Breeding (2006)

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) will become a molecular breeding tool of increasing significance as a...

 

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The ripening wine grape berry skin transcriptome (with Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Science (2006)

Ripening of the grape berry immediately precedes harvesting and is the key phase which determines...

 

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A Perfect Marker for Fragrance Genotyping in Rice (with Louis MT Bradbury, Robert J. Henry, Qingsheng Jin, and Russell F. Reinke), Molecular Breeding (2005)

Allele specific amplification (ASA) is a low-cost, robust technique that can be utilised to discriminate...

 

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The gene for fragrance in rice (with Louis MT Bradbury, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Robert J. Henry, and Qingsheng Jin), Plant Biotechnology (2005)

The flavour or fragrance of basmati and jasmine rice is associated with the presence of...

 

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A comparison of three xylanases on the nutritive value of two wheats for broiler chickens (with M Choct, A Kocher, D Pettersson, and G Ross), British Journal of Nutrition (2004)
 

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cDNA microarray analysis of developing grape (Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz) berry skin (with Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Functional & Intergrative Genomics (2004)

Microarray analysis of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz developing berries has revealed the expression patterns of...

 

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A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) marker linked to fragrance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) (with Qingsheng Jin, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Robert J. Henry, and Russell F. Reinke), Plant Science (2003)

The whole rice genome sequence was used to assist in the identification of a single...

 

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Grape (vitis vinifera L.) BAC library construction, preliminary STC analysis, and Identification of Clones Associated with Flavonoid and Stilbene biosynthesis (with Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Daniel G. Peterson, Tae-Jin Yang, Effie F. Ablett, Robert J. Henry, L Slade Lee, and Rod A. Wing), American Journal Enology and Viticulture (2001)

We have constructed a grape BAC library using the cultivar Syrah. The library contains 55,296...

 

Book chapters

Genotyping by allele specific PCR (with Peter C. Bundock and Robert J. Henry), Plant genotyping II: SNP technology (2008)
 

Conference publications

BADH genes in wheat and their expression (with Keshav N. Shrestha and Nicole Rice), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)

Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) is important enzyme which plays a dual role in cereals. It...

 

Chloroplast genome sequence indicates Australian wild rice represents a source of diversity for rice improvement (with Robert J. Henry, Catherine J. Nock, Nicole Rice, Stirling G. Bowen, and R Ishikawa), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)

Rice (Oryza sativa Japonica) was probably domesticated from wild populations of Oryza rufipogon in Asia....

 

Long range PCR, deep parallel sequencing and multiplexed Maldi-TOF mass spectrometry reveals new SNP variants associated with starch functional properties (with Ardashir K. Masouleh, Russell F. Reinke, and Robert J. Henry), 15th Australian Barley Technical Symposium: Barley for business (2011)

The barley genome sequence will be available soon, allowing barley to follow the rice model...

 

Plant DNA barcoding using chloroplast genome sequences (with Catherine J. Nock, Mervyn Shepherd, Peter C. Bundock, and Robert J. Henry), IBC XVIII International Botanical Congress (2011)

Chloroplast DNA sequence data have played a critical role in the development of plant DNA...

 

Whole organelle genomes from total plant DNA sequencing (with Catherine J. Nock, Mervyn Shepherd, Peter C. Bundock, and Robert J. Henry), Southern Cross Plant Science research papers (2011)

Short gun sequencing of whole plant DNA preparations provides short reads that includes good coverage...

 

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Wild Oryza starch property evaluation (with S Kasem and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)

Of 22 Oryza species, only two are domesticated; Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima. Although the...

 

Development of multiplexed perfect markers for screening key rice traits (with Ardashir K. Masouleh, Russell F. Reinke, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)

Next Generation allows rapid acquisition of genome wide sequence data for a range of key...

 

Genomics and metabolomics for new plant products (with Peter C. Bundock, Hans Wohlmuth, Myrna A. Deseo, Lei Liu, Frances M. Shapter, and Agnelo Furtado), From passion to profit: New Rural Industries Australia Conference (2010)
 

Whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis for exploring plant relationships (with Nicole F. Rice, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Catherine J. Nock, Stirling Bowen, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XVIII Conference (2010)

Shotgun sequencing plant genomic DNA preparations generates large quantities of sequence data in a single...

 

Genetic variation in starch genes in rice and its wild relatives (with Shabana Kasem, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), Cereals 2009: Proceedings of the 59th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2009)
 

Next-generation sequencing of plant genomes (with Nicole F. Rice, Catherine J. Nock, Peter C. Bundock, Mervyn Shepherd, Stirling Bowen, Mark A. Edwards, and Robert J. Henry), NSW Bioinformatics Research Symposium (2009)
 

Rapid multiplexed analysis of perfect markers for important rice traits (with Ardashir K. Masouleh, Russell F. Reinke, and Robert J. Henry), 6th International Rice Genetics Symposium (2009)

Automated DNA Extraction, Next Generation Sequencing and high throughput genotyping technologies used in combination allow...

 

Analysis of BADh transcript and 2AP levels in rice (Oryza sativa) (with Timothy L. Fitzgerald and Robert J. Henry), 58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2008)

Despite not accumulating glycine betaine, rice (Oryza sativa) possesses two genes encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase...

 

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CEL I and the EMAIL mutation scanning assay (with Michael J. Cross, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), International Plant and Animal Genome XVI Conference (2008)

Scanning for unknown mutations has been advanced by mismatch cleavage techniques. Pioneering methods include the...

 

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Evaluation of starch granule morphology in wild relatives of rice using scanning electron microscopy (with Shabana Kasem, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), 58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2008)

Rice grains exhibit unique starch properties and these properties differ among varieties. Starch granule morphology...

 

Grain morphology of wild relatives of Australian rice (with Shabana Kasem, Nicole F. Rice, and Robert J. Henry), 1st Australian Wild Rice Symposium: Australia, a major centre of diversity for rice (2008)

Rice production, exportation and consumption in Australia have increased substantially since 1985. However, unreliable rainfall...

 

Oryza sativa breeding and traits that might be sourced from Australian wild rice (with Robert J. Henry), 1st Australian Wild Rice Symposium: Australia, a major centre of diversity for rice (2008)
 

Personalised plant genetic analysis (with Julie A. Pattemore, Peter C. Bundock, Nicole F. Rice, Frances G. Eliott, and Robert J. Henry), 58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2008)

Individual people respond to drugs differently in a genotype dependant manner. One of the key...

 

A novel detection strategy for scanning multiple mutations using CEL I mismatch cleavage and capillary electrophoresis (with Michael J. Cross, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes XV Conference (2007)

CEL I endonuclease cleavage of heteroduplex DNA is noted as an efficient, high-throughput technique for...

 

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Analysis of BAD gene expression in Oryza sativa using qRTPCR (with Timothy L. Fitzgerald and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XV (2007)

Fragrance in rice (Oryza sativa), known to be primarily associated with grain 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline (2AP) concentration,...

 

Functional analysis of rice genes determining fragrance (with Robert J. Henry, Louis MT Bradbury, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Susan A. Gillies, and N Slater), 5th Rice Functional Genomics Symposium (2007)

The fragrance of rice has been associated with a deletion resulting in the apparent loss...

 

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Generation of simple, perfect markers for cereal quality traits (with Louis MT Bradbury and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XV, Molecular Markers for Plant Breeding Workshop (2007)

Commercially important traits including fragrance and starch gelatinisation temperature (GT) are difficult phenotypes for breeders...

 

Cereal quality improvement using genomic tools (with Robert J. Henry, Louis MT Bradbury, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Toni Pacey-Miller, Allison C. Crawford, Loraine Watson, Shane McIntosh, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Daniel Barbary, and Peter C. Bundock), ISPMB 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology (2006)
 

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Competitive allele specific PCR molecular markers for rice [Oryza sativa] starch gelatinisation temperature (with Robert J. Henry and Russell F. Reinke), Breeding for success: diversity in action: proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2006)
 

Cooking properties of rice crossbreds in relation to allelic combination of the key starch synthetic enzyme genes (with Arun Aryan, Margrit Martin, Peter Snell, Russell F. Reinke, and Robert J. Henry), 56th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference and Indian Ocean Rim Symposium (2006)
 

Discovery of genes for quality and nutritional traits in rice (with Robert J. Henry, Louis MT Bradbury, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, and Brett G. Kennedy), Tropical Crop Biotechnology Conference (2006)

The appeal of rice to human consumers is influenced by the flavour or fragrance, and...

 

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Genotyping of the fragrance allele in rice (with Louis MT Bradbury, Robert J. Henry, Qingsheng Jin, and Russell F. Reinke), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)

We have previously determined that fragrance in rice, a recessive trait, is due to a...

 

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Improving cereals for human health (with Shane R. McIntosh, Louis MT Bradbury, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, and Robert J. Henry), Unlocking the potential of agricultural biotechnology: Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (2006)
 

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Improving rice for human health (with Shane R. McIntosh, Louis MT Bradbury, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, and Robert J. Henry), Tropical Crop Biotechnology Conference (2006)
 

Mining genomes for improved product quality and human nutrition (with Robert J. Henry, Louis MT Bradbury, Peter C. Bundock, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Michael J. Cross, Allison C. Crawford, Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Liz Izquierdo, Brett G. Kennedy, L Slade Lee, Shane R. McIntosh, Toni Pacey-Miller, Nicole F. Rice, Frances M. Shapter, Loraine Watson, and Jessica F. White), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)

Analysis of polymorphisms at the SNP level has been facilitated by the development and application...

 

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Rice genome sequence accelerates the discovery of commercially important genes and polymorphisms (with Louis MT Bradbury, Russell F. Reinke, Melissa A. Fitzgerald, Qingsheng Jin, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)

Traditionally, identification of genes which control important traits has been labour intensive and time consuming....

 

SCAMinG an efficient high through put approach to discovery and analysis of SNP for genotyping of agricultural and food species (with Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Nicole F. Rice, Stirling Bowen, Frances G. Eliott, Stephen D. Williams, and Robert J. Henry), Unlocking the Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (2006)
 

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SCAMing: an efficient high throughput approach to discovery and analysis of Snps for genotyping of tropical crop species (with Frances G. Eliott, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Nicole F. Rice, James K. Cronin, Peter C. Bundock, Stirling Bowen, and Robert J. Henry), Tropical Crop Biotechnology Conference (2006)

Model organisms have well established genetic marker tools. However, genotyping of the wide range of...

 

Application of SNP and SSR markers in rice improvement (with Robert J. Henry), Rice genetics V: Proceedings of the fifth International Rice Genetics Symposium (2005)
 

Fragrance of rice is associated with an altered form of BAD2 on chromosome 8 (with Robert J. Henry, Louis MT Bradbury, Tim L. Fitzgerald, and Qingsheng Jin), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIII (2005)

Fragrance is a desirable trait of Basmati and other rice varieties associated with a recessive...

 

The Gene for Fragrance in Rice (with L Bradbury, T L. Fitzgerald, Robert J. Henry, and Qingsheng Jin), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIII (2005)
 

The gene for fragrance in rice (Presentation) (with Louis MT Bradbury, Tim L. Fitzgerald, Robert J. Henry, and Qingsheng Jin), Connect 2005: chemical challenges for the 21st century: the 12th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Convention (2005)
 

cDNA microarray analysis of developing vitis vinifera cv shiraz berry skin (with Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome XII Conference (2004)

Microarray analysis of grape berry skin development was undertaken using RNA derived from flowers, 2...

 

Development of molecular markers for the Australian Rice Breeding Program (with J Qingsheng, G M. Cordeiro, Robert J. Henry, and R Reinke), Plant and Animal Genomes XII Conference (2004)

The Australian rice industry is the most productive in the world per unit land area....

 

Development and application of molecular markers to the Australian rice breeding program (with Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Robert J. Henry, and Russell F. Reinke), Barley Technical / Cereal Chemistry Conference: Proceedings of the 11th Australian Barley Symposium and the 53rd Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2003)
 

Gene discovery in grapes: the grape genome project (with Effie M. Ablett, L Slade Lee, Toni Pacey-Miller, Guo-Hua Miao, Maureen Dolan, Michael Hanafey, Scott V. Tingey, and Robert J. Henry), Congress on In Vitro Biology (2003)

The grape genome project is combining large-scale EST analysis, a 16 times BAC library, and...

 

Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in support of plant breeding (with Robert J. Henry, Peter C. Bundock, Toni Pacey-Miller, Brett G. Kennedy, Gary A. Ablett, and Qingsheng Jin), 12th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2003)
 

SNP discovery and analysis in plant genomes (with Robert J. Henry, Toni Pacey-Miller, Brett G. Kennedy, Peter C. Bundock, Gary A. Ablett, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, and Mervyn Shepherd), Genomes: the Linkage to Life: XIX International Genetics Congress (2003)
 

A BAC library for grape and strategies for the development of a physical framework for the grape genome (with Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Daniel G. Peterson, Tae-Jin Yang, Dorrie Main, Effie M. Ablett, Robert J. Henry, L Slade Lee, Timothy A. Holton, and Rod A. Wing), Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference (2002)

We have constructed a grape BAC library using the cultivar Syrah. The library contains 55,296...

 

Grapevine ESTs: expression comparisons and access to sequences (with L Slade Lee, Effie M. Ablett, Giovanni M. Cordeiro, Toni Pacey-Miller, and Robert J. Henry), Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference (2002)
 

Flavonoid biosynthesis genes from grape (Vitis vinifera) isolated by EST analysis (with Timothy A. Holton, Effie M. Ablett, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), ComBio 2000 (2000)
 

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A simple method for the measurement of endogenous ß-glucanase activity in wheat (with M Choct), Australian Poultry Science Symposium (1998)
 

The influence of charge upon the catalysis by para-Hydroxybenzoate Hydroxylase as found from the study of specific mutants (with B Entsch, G Moran, B Palfrey, and B Ballou), Flavins and flavoproteins 1996: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium (1996)