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Overview

Joanne Russell is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Among their extensive work, plant science stands out as a key subfield, supplemented by genetics, molecular biology, agronomy and crop science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's main research topics emphasize wheat and barley genetics and pathology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and genetics and plant breeding. Additional focus areas include plant stress responses and tolerance, plant micronutrient interactions and effects, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, as well as legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.

Russell has published in a range of scientific journals, contributing notably to the bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) preprint server, as well as Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Frontiers in Plant Science, Communications Biology, and Agronomy. Their recent papers demonstrate a consistent output in plant genetics and related fields:

  • A footprint of plant eco-geographic adaptation on the composition of the barley rhizosphere bacterial microbiota, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Barley sodium content is regulated by natural variants of the Na+ transporter HvHKT1;5, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Dissecting new genetic components of salinity tolerance in two-row spring barley at the vegetative and reproductive stages, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Association mapping of malting quality traits in UK spring and winter barley cultivar collections, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Overcoming barriers to the registration of new plant varieties under the DUS system, 2021, Communications Biology

Collaborations with peers have resulted in frequent coauthorship with several researchers, including Robbie Waugh, Micha Bayer, Pete E. Hedley, Miriam Schreiber, and Luke Ramsay. These relationships highlight a network of scholarly interaction often observed in interdisciplinary and collaborative research environments.

Best Publications

  • A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

    Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close

  • A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

    Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

  • Direct comparison of levels of genetic variation among barley accessions detected by RFLPs, AFLPs, SSRs and RAPDs

    J. R. Russell;J. D. Fuller;M. Macaulay;B. G. Hatz

  • Natural variation in a homolog of Antirrhinum CENTRORADIALIS contributed to spring growth habit and environmental adaptation in cultivated barley

    Jordi Comadran;Benjamin Kilian;Joanne Russell;Luke Ramsay

  • How much effort is required to isolate nuclear microsatellites from plants

    J. Squirrell;P. M. Hollingsworth;M. Woodhead;J. Russell

  • A high density barley microsatellite consensus map with 775 SSR loci

    R. K. Varshney;R. K. Varshney;T. C. Marcel;L. Ramsay;J. Russell

  • Crops that feed the world 4. Barley: a resilient crop? Strengths and weaknesses in the context of food security

    Adrian Clive Newton;Andrew J. Flavell;Timothy S. George;Philip Leat

  • Genome-wide SNP discovery and linkage analysis in barley based on genes responsive to abiotic stress

    Nils Rostoks;Sharon Mudie;Linda Cardle;Joanne Russell

  • Barley: a translational model for adaptation to climate change

    Ian K. Dawson;Joanne Russell;Wayne Powell;Brian Steffenson

  • Wild barley: a source of genes for crop improvement in the 21st century?

    R.P. Ellis;B.P. Forster;D. Robinson;L.L. Handley

  • Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation

    Joanne Russell;Martin Mascher;Ian K Dawson;Stylianos Kyriakidis

  • Development and Evaluation of a Barley 50k iSelect SNP Array.

    Micha M. Bayer;Paulo Rapazote-Flores;Martin Ganal;Pete E. Hedley

  • Extreme population dependent linkage disequilibrium detected in an inbreeding plant species, Hordeum vulgare

    Katherine S. Caldwell;Joanne Russell;Peter Langridge;Peter Langridge;Wayne Powell

  • Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture

    A. C. Newton;T. Akar;J. P. Baresel;P. J. Bebeli

  • Cereal landraces for sustainable agriculture. A review

    A.C. Newton;T. Akar;J.P. Baresel;P.J. Bebeli

  • DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN BARLEY GENOTYPES USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

    J Russell;J Fuller;G Young;B Thomas

  • Tracing the ancestry of modern bread wheats

    Caroline Pont;Thibault Leroy;Thibault Leroy;Michael Seidel;Alessandro Tondelli

  • The USDA Barley Core Collection: Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Potential for Genome-Wide Association Studies

    María Muñoz-Amatriaín;Alfonso Cuesta-Marcos;Jeffrey B. Endelman;Jordi Comadran

  • A retrospective analysis of spring barley germplasm development from 'foundation genotypes' to currently successful cultivars

    Joanne R. Russell;Roger P. Ellis;William T.B. Thomas;Robbie Waugh

  • Evaluating genetic relationships between indigenous coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) accessions from Sri Lanka by means of AFLP profiling

    L. Perera;J. R. Russell;J. Provan;J. W. McNicol

Frequent Co-Authors

Robbie Waugh
Robbie Waugh James Hutton Institute
Wayne Powell
Wayne Powell Scotland's Rural College
Pete E. Hedley
Pete E. Hedley James Hutton Institute
Luke Ramsay
Luke Ramsay James Hutton Institute
William T. B. Thomas
William T. B. Thomas James Hutton Institute
Ian K. Dawson
Ian K. Dawson Scotland's Rural College
Christine A. Hackett
Christine A. Hackett University of Dundee
Andrew J. Flavell
Andrew J. Flavell University of Dundee
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Benjamin Kilian
Benjamin Kilian Leibniz Association

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