Robert L Last
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Recent Articles
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Bandopadhyay S, Li X, Bowsher A, Last R, Shade A
Nat Commun
. 2024 Jul;
15(1):6347.
PMID: 39068162
Mitigating the effects of climate stress on crops is important for global food security. The microbiome associated with plant roots, the rhizobiome, can harbor beneficial microbes that alleviate stress, but...
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Zhao Y, Deng L, Last R, Hua W, Liu J
Plant J
. 2024 May;
119(3):1226-1238.
PMID: 38796842
Enhancing the efficiency of photosynthesis represents a promising strategy to improve crop yields, with keeping the steady state of PSII being key to determining the photosynthetic performance. However, the mechanisms...
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Fiesel P, Kerwin R, Jones A, Last R
Plant Physiol
. 2024 May;
196(2):1231-1253.
PMID: 38748602
Solanaceae (nightshade family) species synthesize a remarkable array of clade- and tissue-specific specialized metabolites. Protective acylsugars, one such class of structurally diverse metabolites, are produced by ACYLSUGAR ACYLTRANSFERASE (ASAT) enzymes...
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Kerwin R, Hart J, Fiesel P, Lou Y, Fan P, Jones A, et al.
Sci Adv
. 2024 Apr;
10(17):eadn3991.
PMID: 38657073
Tremendous plant metabolic diversity arises from phylogenetically restricted specialized metabolic pathways. Specialized metabolites are synthesized in dedicated cells or tissues, with pathway genes sometimes colocalizing in biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs)....
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Li X, Chou M, Bonito G, Last R
Commun Biol
. 2023 Sep;
6(1):917.
PMID: 37679469
Plant derived bioactive small molecules have attracted attention of scientists across fundamental and applied scientific disciplines. We seek to understand the influence of these phytochemicals on rhizosphere and root-associated fungi....
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Fiesel P, Kerwin R, Jones A, Last R
bioRxiv
. 2023 Jun;
PMID: 37333341
Solanaceae (nightshade family) species synthesize a remarkable array of clade- and tissue-specific specialized metabolites. Protective acylsugars, one such class of structurally diverse metabolites, are produced by AcylSugar AcylTransferases from sugars...
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Fiesel P, Parks H, Last R, Barry C
Nat Prod Rep
. 2022 Sep;
39(10):1993-1994.
PMID: 36124957
Correction for 'Fruity, sticky, stinky, spicy, bitter, addictive, and deadly: evolutionary signatures of metabolic complexity in the Solanaceae' by Paul D. Fiesel , , 2022, , 1438-1464, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NP00003B.
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Tiedge K, Li X, Merrill A, Davisson D, Chen Y, Yu P, et al.
New Phytol
. 2022 Aug;
236(4):1393-1408.
PMID: 36028985
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a bioenergy model crop valued for its energy efficiency and drought tolerance. The related monocot species rice (Oryza sativa) and maize (Zea mays) deploy species-specific, specialized...
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Leong B, Hurney S, Fiesel P, Anthony T, Moghe G, Jones A, et al.
Plant Direct
. 2022 Jul;
6(6):e415.
PMID: 35774622
Plants make a variety of specialized metabolites that can mediate interactions with animals, microbes, and competitor plants. Understanding how plants synthesize these compounds enables studies of their biological roles by...
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Li X, Sarma S, Sumner L, Jones A, Last R
J Agric Food Chem
. 2022 Jun;
70(26):8010-8023.
PMID: 35729681
Switchgrass ( L.) is a bioenergy crop that grows productively on lands not suitable for food production and is an excellent target for low-pesticide input biomass production. We hypothesize that...