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  1. Surveying Rubisco diversity and temperature response to improve crop photosynthetic efficiency

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  2. Biochemical characterization of predicted Precambrian RuBisCO

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2016, Nature

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  3. TaER Expression Is Associated with Transpiration Efficiency Traits and Yield in Bread Wheat

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2015, PLOS

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  4. Michael Jackson, Brian Ford-Lloyd and Martin Parry (eds.): Plant genetic resources and climate change

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  5. Nitrogen assimilation and transpiration: key processes conditioning responsiveness of wheat to elevated [CO2] and temperature

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  6. The effect of impedance to root growth on plant architecture in wheat

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, richard whalley

  7. Photosynthesis and growth in diverse willow genotypes

    Article • Food and Energy Security, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  8. Optimizing R ubisco and its regulation for greater resource use efficiency

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, September 2014, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  9. A faster Rubisco with potential to increase photosynthesis in crops

    Article • Nature, September 2014, Nature

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  10. Wheat root growth responses to horizontal stratification of fertiliser in a water-limited environment

    Article • Plant and Soil, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, richard whalley

  11. Natural variation in photosynthetic capacity, growth, and yield in 64 field-grown wheat genotypes

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  12. β-Carboxysomal proteins assemble into highly organized structures inNicotianachloroplasts

    Article • The Plant Journal, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Alessandro Occhialini, Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  13. Expanding knowledge of the Rubisco kinetics variability in plant species: environmental and evolutionary trends

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  14. Phenotyping and other breeding approaches for a New Green Revolution

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  15. Progress in TILLING as a tool for functional genomics and improvement of crops

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  16. A non-radioactive method for measuring Rubisco activase activity in the presence of variable ATP: ADP ratios, including modifications for measuring the activity and activation state of Rubisco

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  17. Photosynthetic assimilation of 14C into amino acids in potato (Solanum tuberosum) and asparagine in the tubers

    Article • Planta, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  18. GA-Responsive Dwarfing Gene Rht12 Affects the Developmental and Agronomic Traits in Common Bread Wheat

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  19. Prospects of doubling global wheat yields

    Article • Food and Energy Security, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  20. Achieving yield gains in wheat

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  21. Development and Characterization of a New TILLING Population of Common Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2012, PLOS

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  22. Genotypic variation in the ability of wheat roots to penetrate wax layers

    Article • Plant and Soil, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, richard whalley

  23. Food and energy security: exploring the challenges of attaining secure and sustainable supplies of food and energy

    Article • Food and Energy Security, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  24. Shortcomings in wheat yield predictions

    Article • Nature Climate Change, April 2012, Nature

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  25. An Integrated Approach to Crop Genetic ImprovementF

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  26. Selection for high grain number per unit stem length through four generations from mutants in a durum wheat population to increase yields of individual plants and crops

    Article • Field Crops Research, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  27. 2-Carboxy-D-arabinitol 1-phosphate (CA1P) phosphatase: evidence for a wider role in plant Rubisco regulation

    Article • Biochemical Journal, March 2012, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  28. Agriculture: Africa’s ‘engine for growth’—Plant science and biotechnology hold the key, edited by Toby Bruce, Christine Foyer, Nigel Halford, Alfred Keys, Karl Kunert, David Lawlor, Martin Parry and Graham Russell

    Article • Food Security, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  29. Evidence that abscisic acid promotes degradation of SNF1-related protein kinase (SnRK) 1 in wheat and activation of a putative calcium-dependent SnRK2

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, Professor Nigel G Halford

  30. Genetic and management approaches to boost UK wheat yields by ameliorating water deficits

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  31. An engineered pathway for glyoxylate metabolism in tobacco plants aimed to avoid the release of ammonia in photorespiration

    Article • BMC Biotechnology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  32. Raising yield potential of wheat. I. Overview of a consortium approach and breeding strategies

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  33. Food security: increasing yield and improving resource use efficiency

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, September 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  34. Free Amino Acids and Sugars in Rye Grain: Implications for Acrylamide Formation

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry, Dr Tanya Y Curtis

  35. Sulphur nutrition differentially affects the distribution of asparagine in wheat grain

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  36. Raising yield potential in wheat

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, April 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  37. Rubisco

    Article • March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  38. Drought stress increases the production of 5-hydroxynorvaline in two C4 grasses

    Article • Phytochemistry, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  39. Effects of Genotype and Environment on Free Amino Acid Levels in Wheat Grain: Implications for Acrylamide Formation during Processing

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry, Dr Tanya Y Curtis

  40. Reducing Acrylamide Precursors in Raw Materials Derived from Wheat and Potato

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry, Dr Tanya Y Curtis

  41. Photorespiration in C4grasses remains slow under drought conditions

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, July 2008, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  42. Gene expression, cellular localisation and function of glutamine synthetase isozymes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  43. Discoveries in Rubisco (Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase): a historical perspective

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  44. Changes in Free Amino Acids and Sugars in Potatoes Due to Sulfate Fertilization and the Effect on Acrylamide Formation

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, June 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  45. PAPER PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INCREASING WHEAT YIELD POTENTIAL, CIMMYT, OBREGON, MEXICO, 20–24 MARCH 2006 Prospects for increasing photosynthesis by overcoming the limitations of Rubisco

    Article • The Journal of Agricultural Science, December 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  46. Formation of High Levels of Acrylamide during the Processing of Flour Derived from Sulfate-Deprived Wheat

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Nigel G Halford, Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  47. Rubisco specificity factor tends to be larger in plant species from drier habitats and in species with persistent leaves

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, May 2005, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  48. Specificity of diatom Rubisco

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  49. Loss of decreased-rubisco phenotype between generations of wheat transformed with antisense and sense rbcS

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, October 2004, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  50. Expression profiling of the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to methanol stimulation

    Article • Phytochemistry, August 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  51. Manipulation of Rubisco: the amount, activity, function and regulation

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  52. Genotype-phenotype: narrowing the gap

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, February 2003, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  53. Rubisco Activity: Effects of Drought Stress

    Article • Annals of Botany, June 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  54. Potential for manipulating carbon metabolism in wheat

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, February 2001, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  55. 2′-Carboxy-D-arabitinol 1-phosphate protects ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase against proteolytic breakdown

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 1999, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  56. Effects of CO2 and sugars on photosynthesis and composition of avocado leaves grown in vitro

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, July 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  57. The localisation of 2-carboxy-d -arabinitol 1-phosphate and inhibition of Rubisco in leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L

    Article • FEBS Letters, February 1999, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  58. Effect of mutation of lysine-128 of the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Anacystis nidulans

    Article • Biochemical Journal, December 1998, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  59. Separation of the branch chain hexose, hamamelose, by high-performance liquid chromatography, and amperometric detection of hamamelose and related compounds

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, July 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  60. Long term water stress inactivates Rubisco in subterranean clover

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, December 1997, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  61. Synthesis of 2 1 -carboxy-D-arabinitol-1-phosphate in French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.): a search for precursors

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Wayne Martindale, Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  62. The regulation of component processes of photosynthesis in transgenic tobacco with decreased phosphoribulokinase activity

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, August 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  63. 2-Carboxyarabinitol 1-phosphate (CA1P) formation through a phosphate exchange reaction catalysed by the CA1P phosphatase from French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

    Article • Biochemical Journal, June 1996, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  64. A point mutation in the gene encoding the Rubisco large subunit interferes with holoenzyme assembly

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, May 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  65. Altered Rubisco activity and amounts of a daytime tightbinding inhibitor in transgenic tobacco expressing limiting amounts of phosphoribulokinase

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  66. Increased capacity for photosynthesis in wheat grown at elevated CO2: the relationship between electron transport and carbon metabolism

    Article • Planta, October 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  67. Is there another player in the game of Rubisco regulation?

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, September 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  68. Engineering Rubisco to change its catalytic properties

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, September 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  69. Species variation in Rubisco specificity factor

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  70. The absence of Rubisco activase activity in total wheat leaf extracts is recovered in the purified protein

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  71. Photosynthetic Acclimation of Winter Wheat to Elevated CO2 and Temperature

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  72. Interacting effects of CO2 concentration, temperature and nitrogen supply on the photosynthesis and composition of winter wheat leaves

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, November 1994, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  73. Photosynthesis, Ribulose-1,5- bis phosphate Carboxylase and Leaf Characteristics of Nicotiana tabacum L. Genotypes Selected by Survival at Low CO 2 Concentrations

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  74. Analysis of Two Rubisco-Deficient Tobacco Mutants, H7 and Sp25; Evidence for the Production of Rubisco Large Subunits in the Sp25 Mutant that Form Clusters and are Inactive

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  75. Changed CO2/O2 Specificity in Mutants of Rubisco

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  76. Stopped Flow Kinetics of the Co2+-Activated Cyanobacterial RubisCO

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry, Professor Nigel G Halford

  77. A Specific Phosphatase for 2-Carboxyarabinitol-1-Phosphate in Leaves

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  78. Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Amino Acids Associated with the Active Site of Rubisco from Anacystis Nidulans

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  79. Variation in Net Photosynthesis, Rubisco Activity and Chloroplast Ultrastructure Among Somatic Hybrids of Solanum tuberosum and S. brevidens

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  80. Chimaeras of the Rubisco Large Subunit from Wheat and Anacystis do not Assemble into Active Enzyme in E. coli

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1990, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  81. Comparison of the specific activity of ribulose-1,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase-oxygenase from some C3 and C4 plants

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, October 1988, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  82. The role of the N-terminus of the large subunit of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase investigated by construction and expression of chimaeric genes

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 1987, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  83. Properties of Rubisco in Relation to the Control of Photorespiration

    Article • January 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  84. Binding of activating CO 2 and bisphosphate to an inactive form of Rubisco: a new region of the enzyme structure essential for catalysis

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, February 1986, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  85. Regions of the Large Subunit of Rubisco that Compose the Active Site

    Article • January 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  86. Stimulation of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Activity by Inorganic Orthophosphate without an Increase in Bound Activating CO 2 : Co-operativity between the Subunits of the Enzyme

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1985, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  87. Inactive forms of wheat ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase. Conversion from the slowly activating into the rapidly activating form

    Article • Biochemical Journal, June 1984, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  88. An investigation of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase activity by high resolution 1 H NMR

    Article • FEBS Letters, May 1984, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  89. The Effect of SO32- and SO42- Ions on the Reactions of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  90. Effects of Anions on the Activation and Catalytic Properties of Rubisco

    Article • January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  91. Purified Ribulose-P2 carboxylase from wheat with high specific activity and with fast activation

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  92. Activation of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase by Ca2+

    Article • FEBS Letters, August 1983, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  93. The Reactions between Active and Inactive Forms of Wheat Ribulosebisphosphate Carboxylase and Effectors

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 1982, Wiley

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  94. INFLUENCE OF AERIAL POLLUTION ON CROP GROWTH AND YIELD

    Article • January 1982, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  95. An improved open-topped chamber for pollution studies on crop growth

    Article • Environmental Pollution Series B Chemical and Physical, November 1981, Elsevier

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry

  96. Photosynthesis and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Martin Afan John Parry