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Recent Publications
The ancestral environment of teosinte populations shapes their root microbiome
Barnes, C. J., Bünner, M. S., Ramírez-Flores, M. R., Nielsen, I. B., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Zharikova, D., McLaughlin, C. M., Gilbert, M. T. & Sawers, R. J. H., Dec 2024, In: Environmental Microbiome. 19, 1, 64.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interplay between developmental cues and rhizosphere signals from mycorrhizal fungi shape root anatomy, impacting crop productivity
Grondin, A., Li, M., Bhosale, R., Sawers, R. & Schneider, H. M., Oct 2024, In: Plant and Soil. 503, 1-2, p. 587-594 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties
He, X., Wang, D., Jiang, Y., Li, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., McLaughlin, C., Marcon, C., Guo, L., Baer, M., Moya, Y. A. T., von Wirén, N., Deichmann, M., Schaaf, G., Piepho, H. P., Yang, Z., Yang, J., Yim, B., Smalla, K., Goormachtig, S. & de Vries, F. T. & 7 others, , Apr 2024, In: Nature Plants. 10, 4, p. 598-617 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence that variation in root anatomy contributes to local adaptation in Mexican native maize
McLaughlin, C. M., Li, M., Perryman, M., Heymans, A., Schneider, H., Lasky, J. R. & Sawers, R. J. H., Mar 2024, In: Evolutionary Applications. 17, 3, e13673.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Teosinte populations exhibit weak local adaptation to their rhizosphere biota despite strong effects of biota source on teosinte fitness and traits
O'Brien, A. M., Sawers, R. J. H., Gasca-Pineda, J., Baxter, I., Eguiarte, L. E., Ross-Ibarra, J. & Strauss, S. Y., Dec 1 2024, In: Evolution. 78, 12, p. 1991-2005 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Maize zinc uptake is influenced by arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis under various soil phosphorus availabilities
Yu, B., Zhou, C., Wang, Z., Bucher, M., Schaaf, G., Sawers, R. J. H., Chen, X., Hochholdinger, F., Zou, C. & Yu, P., Sep 2024, In: New Phytologist. 243, 5, p. 1936-1950 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion
Yu, P., Li, C., Li, M., He, X., Wang, D., Li, H., Marcon, C., Li, Y., Perez-Limón, S., Chen, X., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Koller, R., Metzner, R., van Dusschoten, D., Pflugfelder, D., Borisjuk, L., Plutenko, I., Mahon, A., Resende, M. F. R. & Salvi, S. & 18 others, , Jun 2024, In: Nature Genetics. 56, 6, p. 1245-1256 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Differences in mucilage properties and stomatal sensitivity of locally adapted Zea mays in relation with precipitation seasonality and vapour pressure deficit regime of their native environment
Berauer, B. J., Akale, A., Schweiger, A. H., Knott, M., Diehl, D., Wolf, M. P., Sawers, R. J. H. & Ahmed, M. A., Aug 2023, In: Plant Direct. 7, 8, e519.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic mapping of maize metabolites using high-throughput mass profiling
González-Rodríguez, T., Pérez-Limón, S., Peniche-Pavía, H., Rellán-Álvarez, R., Sawers, R. J. H. & Winkler, R., Jan 2023, In: Plant Science. 326, 111530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species
Keagy, J., Drummond, C. P., Gilbert, K. J., Grozinger, C. M., Hamilton, J., Hines, H. M., Lasky, J., Logan, C. A., Sawers, R. & Wagner, T., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Molecular Ecology Resources.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Mycorrhizal status and host genotype interact to shape plant nutrition in field grown maize (Zea mays ssp. mays)
Li, M., Perez-Limón, S., Ramírez-Flores, M. R., Barrales-Gamez, B., Meraz-Mercado, M. A., Ziegler, G., Baxter, I., Olalde-Portugal, V. & Sawers, R. J. H., Nov 2023, In: Mycorrhiza. 33, 5-6, p. 345-358 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of domestication-related traits in chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
Lopez-Moreno, H., Basurto-Garduño, A. C., Torres-Meraz, M. A., Diaz-Valenzuela, E., Arellano-Arciniega, S., Zalapa, J., Sawers, R. J. H., Cibrián-Jaramillo, A. & Diaz-Garcia, L., 2023, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 14, 1101401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The pho1;2a′-m1.1 allele of Phosphate1 conditions misregulation of the phosphorus starvation response in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.)
Alonso-Nieves, A. L., Salazar-Vidal, M. N., Torres-Rodríguez, J. V., Pérez-Vázquez, L. M., Massange-Sánchez, J. A., Gillmor, C. S. & Sawers, R. J. H., Jul 2022, In: Plant Direct. 6, 7, e416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An adaptive teosinte mexicana introgression modulates phosphatidylcholine levels and is associated with maize flowering time
Barnes, A. C., Rodríguez-Zapata, F., Juárez-Núñez, K. A., Gates, D. J., Janzen, G. M., Kur, A., Wang, L., Jensen, S. E., Estévez-Palmas, J. M., Crow, T. M., Kavi, H. S., Pil, H. D., Stokes, R. L., Knizner, K. T., Aguilar-Rangel, M. R., Demesa-Arévalo, E., Skopelitis, T., Pérez-Limón, S., Stutts, W. L. & Thompson, P. & 10 others, , Jul 5 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 27, e2100036119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in the genus Zea
Chen, L., Luo, J., Jin, M., Yang, N., Liu, X., Peng, Y., Li, W., Phillips, A., Cameron, B., Bernal, J. S., Rellán-Álvarez, R., Sawers, R. J. H., Liu, Q., Yin, Y., Ye, X., Yan, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, X., Wu, S. & Gui, S. & 15 others, , Nov 2022, In: Nature Genetics. 54, 11, p. 1736-1745 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review