Journal articles

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Analysis of adaptive ribosomal gene diversity in wild plant populations from contrasting climatic environments (with Tim L. Fitzgerald, Daniel LE Waters, 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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Characterising homologues of crop domestication genes in poorly described wild crop relatives by high throughput sequencing of whole genomes (with Sylvia Malory, Martin S. Elphinstone, Ian H. Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), Plant Biotechnology Journal (2011)

Wild crop relatives represent a source of novel alleles for crop genetic improvement. Screening biodiversity...

 

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Genome diversity in wild grasses under environmental stress (with Timothy L. Fitzgerald, Stuart McDonald, Daniel LE Waters, 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, Daniel LE Waters, 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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Whole grain morphology of Australian rice species (with Shabana Kasem, Daniel LE Waters, Nicole F. Rice, 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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Aleurone and subaleurone morphology in native Australian wild cereal relatives (with Maxine P. Dawes, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Australian Journal of Botany (2009)

The pericarp and aleurone layer of cereal grains are associated with the accumulation of anti-nutritional...

 

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Variation in Granule Bound Starch Synthase I (GBSSI) loci amongst Australian wild cereal relatives (Poaceae) (with Peter Eggler, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Journal of Cereal Science (2009)

A complex cascade of enzymes is responsible for the development of starch granules in grain...

 

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Endosperm and starch granule morphology in wild cereal relatives (with L Slade Lee and Robert J. Henry), Plant Genetic Resources (2008)

Australia's native grass species contain a diverse array of wild cereal relatives which are adapted...

 

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Domestication to crop improvement: genetic resources for sorghum and saccharum (Andropogoneae) (with Sally L. Dillon, Robert J. Henry, Giovanni Cordeiro, Liz Izquierdo, and L Slade Lee), Annals of Botany (2007)

Background: Both sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) are members of the Andropogoneae tribe...

 

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Robust allele-specific PCR markers developed for SNP’s in expressed barley sequences (with Peter C. Bundock, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2006)

Many methods have been developed to assay for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), but generally these...

 

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Robust allele-specific polymerase chain reaction markers developed for single nucleotide polymorphisms in expressed barley sequences (with Peter C. Bundock, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2006)

Many methods have been developed to assay for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), but generally these...

 

Book chapters

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Sorghum (with Anjanabha Bhattacharya, Nicole Rice, Sally L. Norton, and Robert J. Henry), Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources : cereals (2011)

Sorghum is an important cereal and fodder crop, which is adaptable to extreme climatic conditions...

 

Conference publications

Mining homologues of rice domestication genes in an Australian wild grass species (with Sylvia Malory, Martin S. Elphinstone, Ian Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)

Extensive sequencing and comparative mapping has established a high degree of conservation between rice and...

 

Utility of mutagenesis and next generation sequencing for accelerating the domestication of a new niche cereal (with Gary A. Ablett, Michael Cross, Silvia Malory, Martin S. Elphinstone, Ian H. Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genome XIX Conference (2011)

A native Australian perennial grass has been targeted for accelerated domestication utilising a combination of...

 

A new niche cereal may offer on-farm diversification that mitigates risks associated with climate variability (with Ian H. Chivers and Robert J. Henry), From passion to profit: New Rural Industries Australia Conference (2010)

An Australian native grass, Microlaena stipoides, has been targeted for accelerated domestication utilising a combination...

 

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

Mining rice domestication related genes in in Microlaena stipoides (with S Malory, Martin S. Elphinstone, I H. Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), Molecular Farming Workshop (2010)

Microlaena stipoides, commonly known as weeping grass, is a distant relative of rice. It is...

 

Towards the domestication of a wild rice relative, Microlaena stipoides using large scale gene sequencing (with Sylvia Malory, Ian H. Chivers, and Robert J Henry), OzBio 2010 The Molecules of Life - from Discovery to Biotechnology (2010)

Microlaena stipoides, commonly known as weeping grass, is a distant relative of rice. It is...

 

Accelerated domestication of an Australian native grain utilising advances in molecular technology (with Silvia Malory, Ian Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), 14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) held in conjunction with the 11th Society for the Advancement of Breeding Research in Asia and Oceania (SABRAO) Congress (2009)
 

Domestication of a wild relative of rice, Microlaena stipoides (with Sylvia Malory, Robert J. Henry, and Ian Chivers), Plant Genomics and Beyond (2009)
 

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Accelerated domestication of Australian grasses as new sustainable food and fodder crops (with Sylvia Malory, Ian Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), 58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference (2008)

Global cereal production is sourced from approximately only 0.2% of the world’s grass (Poaceae) species....

 

Accelerated domestication of Australian native grasses (with Robert J. Henry), Native Grasses Workshop (2008)

Australia is home to 10% of the world’s 10,000 grass species (Figure 1) and yet...

 

Australian Wild Rice: an opportunity to develop new sustainable food crops (with Sylvia Malory, Ian Chivers, and Robert J. Henry), 1st Australian Wild Rice Symposium: Australia, a major centre of diversity for rice (2008)

With global cereal production sourced from approximately only 0.2% of the world’s grass (Poaceae) species,...

 

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Domestication of Australian grasses (with Robert J. Henry, Sylvia Malory, and Ian Chivers), Harlan II. An International Symposium BIODIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURE: Domestication, Evolution, & Sustainability (2008)

Australian grasses represent a significant and diverse resource that has not been subjected to domestication....

 

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Domestication of Australian grasses as bioenergy crops (with Robert J. Henry, Sylvia Malory, and Ian Chivers), 6th National Native Grasslands Conference – Regenerative Native Grassland Management for Profitable, Ecological and Social Gains (2008)

Due to geographic isolation and a short agricultural history, plant species from Australia have not...

 

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Domestication of Australian grasses as bioenergy crops (ASPB Pan American Congress Presentation) (with Robert J. Henry, Sylvia Malory, and Ian Chivers), ASPB Pan American Congress on Plants & Bioenergy (2008)

Due to geographic isolation and a short agricultural history, plant species from Australia have not...

 

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Domestication of Australian grasses as bioenergy crops (Bioenergy Australia Presentation) (with Robert J. Henry, Sylvia Malory, and Ian Chivers), Bioenergy Australia - Sustainable Bioenergy Opportunities for Australia (2008)

Due to geographic isolation and a short agricultural history, plant species from Australia have not...

 

A phylogenetic analysis of the waxy gene in a selection of Australian native cereal species and their closest commercial cereal relatives (with Peter Eggler, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), Breeding for success: diversity in action: proceedings of the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (2006)
 

An analysis of the variation in the waxy gene in Australian native grass species (with L Slade Lee and Robert J. Henry), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)

Global cereal consumption is derived from just eight of the 650 different genera within the...

 

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, Loraine Watson, Jessica F. White, and Daniel LE Waters), Plant and Animal Genomes Conference XIV (2006)

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

 

A scanning electron microscope study of endosperm morphology in native grains (with Maxine P. Dawes, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), to Connect 2005: chemical challenges for the 21st century: the 12th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Convention (2005)
 

A scanning electron microscope study of endosperm morphology in native sorghums (with Maxine P. Dawes, L Slade Lee, and Robert J. Henry), 8th International Workshop on Seed Biology (2005)
 

Allele specific PCR markers for single nucleotide polymorphisms in barley (with Peter C. Bundock, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), 12th Australian Barley Technical Symposium (2005)
 

Development of robust allele specific PCR based SNP markers for barley (with Peter C. Bundock, Michael J. Cross, and Robert J. Henry), Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference (2005)

Numerous methods have been developed for genotyping SNPs, however many of these depend on expensive...

 

SNP discovery in microsatellites and ESTs in hexaploid wheat using pryosequencing (with Gary A. Ablett, Stirling Bowen, and Robert J. Henry), 10th International Wheat Genetics Symposium (2003)