PCGIN Publications

Publications relevant to the Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network community

Webb A, Reynolds TR, Wright TI, Caiazzo R, Lloyd D, Thomas JE, Wood TA (2024) Identification of faba bean genetic loci associated quantitative resistance to the fungus Botrytis fabae, causal agent of chocolate spot. Frontiers in Plant Science 15. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1383396

Gutierrea N, Pegard M, Solis I, Sokolović DJ, Lloyd D, Howarth CJ, Torres AM (2024) Genome-wide association study for yield related traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 15.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1328690

Olías R, Rayner T, Clemente A and Domoney C (2023) Combination of three null mutations affecting seed protein accumulation in pea (Pisum sativum L.) impacts positively on digestibility. Food Research International 169, 112825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112825

Ellis N, Hofer J, Sizer-Coverdale E., Lloyd D, Aubert G, Kreplak J, Burstin J, Cheema J, Bal M, Chen Y, Deng S, Wouters RHM, Steuernagel B, Chayut N and Domoney C (2023) Recombinant inbred lines derived from wide crosses in Pisum. Scientific Reports 13, 20408. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47329-9

Bhowmik P, Yan W, Hodgins C, Polley B, Warkentin T, Nickerson M, Ro D-K, Marsolais F, Domoney C, Shariati-Ievari S and Aliani M (2023) CRISPR/Cas9-mediated lipoxygenase gene-editing in yellow pea leads to major changes in fatty acid and flavour profiles. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1246905. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1246905

Domoney C (2023) The land crop pea. In: Our Future Proteins – A Diversity of Perspectives, eds S Pyett, W Jenkins et al. VU University Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 46-53, pp. 46-53. https://vuuniversitypress.com/product/ourfutureproteins/?lang=en

Warsame AO, Michael N, O’Sullivan DM, Tosi P (2022) Seed development and protein accumulation patterns in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 70: 9295-9304. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02061

Moreau C, Warren FJ, Rayner T, Perez-Moral N, Lawson DM, Wang TL, Domoney C (2022) An allelic series of starch-branching enzyme mutants in pea (Pisum sativum L.) reveals complex relationships with seed starch phenotypes. Carbohydrate Polymers 288: 119386.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119386

Sawada C, Moreau C, Robinson GHJ, Steuernagel B, Wingen LU, Cheema J, Sizer-Coverdale E, Lloyd D, Domoney C, Ellis N (2022) An integrated linkage map of three recombinant inbred populations of pea (Pisum sativum L.) Genes 13: 196. DOI: 10.3390/genes13020196

Björnsdotter E, Nadzieja M, Chang W, Escobar-Herrera L, Mancinotti D, Angra D, Xia X, Tacke R, Khazaei H, Crocoll C, Vandenberg A, Link W, Stoddard FL, O’Sullivan DM, Stougaard J, Schulman AH, Andersen SU, Geu-Flores F (2021) VC1 catalyses a key step in the biosynthesis of vicine in faba bean. Nature Plants 7: 923–931 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-021-00950-w

Adhikari KN, Khazaei H, Ghaouti L, Maalouf F, Vandenberg A, Link W, O’Sullivan, DM (2021) Conventional and molecular breeding tools for accelerating genetic gain in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 12:744259 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.744259

Domoney C. (2021) Reaching for the pulse of the planet and its population. The Biochemist 43: 26-30. Doi: 10.1042/bio_2021_136

Robinson G.H.J., Domoney C. (2021) Perspectives on the genetic improvement of health- and nutrition-related traits in pea. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 158: 353-362. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.11.020

Capstaff N.M., Domoney C., Miller A.J. (2021) Real-time monitoring of rhizosphere nitrate fluctuations under crops following defoliation. Plant methods doi: 10.1186/s13007-021-00713-w

Khazaei H., O’Sullivan D. M., Stoddard F. L., Adhikari K. N., Paull J. G., Schulman A. H., Andersen S. U. and Vandenberg A. (2021) Recent advances in faba bean genetic and genomic tools for crop improvement. Legume Science. doi: 10.1002/leg3.75

Bishop J. and Nakagawa S. (2021) Quantifying crop pollinator dependence and its heterogeneity using multi-level meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology. ISSN 0021-8901 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13830

Petropoulou K., Salt L.J., Edwards C.H., Warren F.J., Garcia-Perez I., Chambers E.S., Alshaalan R., Khatib M., Perez-Moral N., Gotts K.L., Kellingray L., Stanley R., Koev T., Khimyak Y.Z., Narbad A., Penney N., Serrano-Contreras J.I., Charalambides M.N., Blanco J.M., Seoane R.C., McDonald J.A.K., Marchesi J.R., Holmes E., Godsland I.F., Morrison D.J., Preston T., Domoney C., Wilde P.J., Frost G.S. (2020) A natural mutation in Pisum sativum L. (pea) alters starch assembly and improves glucose homeostasis in humans Nature Food 1 doi: 10.1038/s43016-020-00159-8

Capstaff N.M., Morrison F., Cheema J., Brett P., Hill L., Muñoz-García J.C., Khimyak Y.Z., Domoney C., Miller A.J. (2020) Fulvic acid increases forage legume growth inducing preferential upregulation of nodulation and signalling-related genes. Journal of experimental botany doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa283

Björnsdotter E., Nadzieja M., Chang W., Escobar-Herrera L., Mancinotti D., Angra D., Khazaei H., Crocoll C., Vandenberg A., Stoddard F.L., O’Sullivan D.M., Stougaard J.,  Schulman A.H., Andersen S.U., Geu-Flores F. (2020) VC1 catalyses a rate-limiting step in vicine biosynthesis from GTP in faba bean, BioArxiv

Abd El-Wahab M. M. H., Aljabri M., Sarhan M. S., Osman G., Wang S., Mabrouk M., El-Shabrawi H. M., Gabr A. M. M., Abd El-Haliem A. M., O’Sullivan D. M. and El-Soda M. (2020) High-density SNP-based association mapping of seed traits in fenugreek reveals homology with clover. Genes 11: 893. DOI: 10.3390/genes11080893

Warsame A. O., Michael N., O’Sullivan D. M. and Tosi, P. (2020) Identification and quantification of major faba bean seed proteins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 68: 8535-8544. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02927

Bishop J., Garratt M. and Breeze T. (2020) Yield benefits of additional pollination to faba bean vary with cultivar, scale, yield parameter and experimental method. Scientific Reports, 10. 2102. ISSN 2045-2322 doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58518-1

Gali K.K., Sackville A., Tafesse E.G., Lachagari V.B.R., McPhee K.E., Hybl M., Mikic A., Smýkal P., McGee, R., Burstin J., Domoney C.,  Ellis T.H.N., Tar’an B. and Warkentin T. (2019) Genome-wide association mapping for agronomic and seed quality traits of field pea (Pisum sativum L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1538 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01538

Santos C.S., Carbas B., Castanho A., Vasconcelos M.W., Vaz Patto M.C., Domoney C., Brites C. (2019) Variation in pea (Pisum sativum L.) seed quality traits defined by physicochemical functional properties. Foods 8: 570 doi:10.3390/foods8110570

Robinson G. H. J., Balk J., Domoney C. (2019) Improving pulse crops as a source of protein, starch and micronutrients. Nutrition Bulletin 44: 202-215 doi: 10.1111/nbu.12399

Khazaei, H., Purves, R., Hughes, J., Link, W., O’Sullivan, D. M., Schulman, A., Björnsdotter, E., Geu-Flores,  F., Nadzieja, M., Andersen, S., Stougaard, J., Vandenberg, A., Stoddard, F. (2019) Eliminating vicine and convicine, the main anti-nutritional factors restricting faba bean usage J. Agric. Food Chem. 91:549-556

Moreau C., Knox M., Turner L., Rayner T., Thomas J., Philpott H., Belcher S., Fox K., Ellis N., Domoney C. (2018) Recombinant inbred lines derived from cultivars of pea for understanding the genetic basis of variation in breeders’ traits. Plant Genetic Resources 16: 424-436 doi: 10.1017/S1479262118000345

Ghosh S., Watson A., Gonzalez-Navarro O. E., Ramirez-Gonzalez R., Yanes L., Mendoza-Suarez M., Simmonds J., Wells R., Rayner T., Green P., Hafeez A., Hayta S., Melton R. E., Steed A., Sarkar A., Carter J., Perkins L., Lord J., Tester M., Osbourn A., Moscou M. J., NICHOLSON P., Harwood W., Martin C., Domoney C., Uauy C., Hazard B., Wulff B. B. H., Hickey L. (2018) Speed breeding in growth chambers and glasshouses for crop breeding and model plant research. Nature Protocols 13: 2944-2963 doi: 10.1038/s41596-018-0072-z

Ellis N., Hattori C., Cheema J., Donarski J., Charlton A., Dickinson M., Venditti G., Kaló P., Szabó Z., Kiss G., Domoney C. (2018) NMR metabolomics defining genetic variation in pea seed metabolites. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 102.2 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01022

Perez-Moral N., Plankeele J. M., Domoney C., Warren F. J. (2018) Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-size exclusion chromatography (UPLC-SEC) as an efficient tool for the rapid and highly informative characterisation of biopolymers. Carbohydrate Polymers 196: 422-426 doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.05.049

Rayner T., Moreau C., Isaac P. G., Domoney C. (2018) Genetic diversity and strategies for seed quality enhancement in Pisum (pea). Aspects of Applied Biology 138: 141-147

Maalouf F., Hu J., O’Sullivan D.M., Zong X., Hamwieh A., Kumar S. Baum M. (2018) Breeding and genomics status in faba bean (Vicia faba L) Plant Breeding 2018: 1-9 doi: 138:465-473

Ghosh S., Watson A., Gonzalez-Navarro O. E., Ramirez-Gonzalez R., Yanes L., Mendoza-Suárez M., Simmonds J., Wells R., Rayner T., Green P., Hafeez A., Hayta S., Melton R. E., Steed A., Sarkar A., Carter J., Perkins L., Lord J., Tester M., Osbourn A., Moscou M. J., Nicholson P., Harwood W., Martin C., Domoney C., Uauy C., Hazard B., Wulff B. B. H., Hickey L. T. (2018) Speed breeding in growth chambers and glasshouses for crop breeding and model plant research. bioRxiv doi: 10.1038/s41596-018-0072-z

Moreau C., Hofer J. M. I., Eléouët M., Sinjushin A., Ambrose M., Skøt K., Blackmore T., Swain M., Hegarty M., Balanzà V., Ferrándiz C., Ellis T. H. N. (2018) Identification of Stipules reduced, a leaf morphology gene in pea (Pisum sativum). New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/nph.15286

Moore K. L., Rodriguez-Ramiro I., Jones E. R., Jones E. J., Rodriguez-Celma J., Halsey K., Domoney C., Shewry P. R., Fairweather-Tait S., Balk J. (2018) The stage of seed development influences iron bioavailability in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Scientific Reports 8: 6865 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25130-3

Watson A., Ghosh S., Williams M. J., Cuddy W. S., Simmonds J., Rey M-D., Hatta M. A. M., Hinchliffe A., Steed A., Reynolds D., Adamski N. M., Breakspear A., Korolev A., Rayner T., Dixon L.E., Riaz A., Martin W., Ryan M., Edwards D., Batley J., Raman H., Carter J., Rogers C., Domoney C., Moore G., Harwood W., Nicholson P., Dieters M. J., Delacy I. H., Zhou J., Uauy C., Boden S. A., Park R. F., Wulff B. B. H., Hickey L. T. (2018) Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding. Nature Plants 4: 23–29 doi: 10.1038/s41477-017-0083-8

Warsame, A., O’Sullivan, D. M., Tosi, P. (2018) Seed storage proteins of faba bean (Vicia faba): current status and prospects for genetic improvement. J. Agric. Food Chem. 66:12617-12626

Rayner T., Moreau C., Ambrose M., Isaac P. G., Ellis N., Domoney C. (2017) Genetic variation controlling wrinkled seed phenotypes in Pisum: how lucky was Mendel? International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18(6): 1205. doi:10.3390/ijms18061205

Bishop J., Jones H.E., O’sullivan D.M., Potts S.G. (2017). Elevated temperature drives a shift from selfing to outcrossing in the insect-pollinated legume, faba bean (Vicia faba). Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 2055-63. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erw430

Petropoulou K., Chambers E.S., Morrison D.J., Preston T., Godsland I.F., Wilde P., Narbad A, Parker R, Salt L., Morris V.J., Domoney C, Persaud S.J., Holmes E., Penson S., Watson J., Stocks M., Buurman M., Luterbacher M., Frost G. (2016) Identifying crop variants with high resistant starch content to maintain healthy glucose homeostasis. Nutrition Bulletin 41(4): p372–377. doi: 10.1111/nbu.12240

Smýkal P., Varshney R.K., Singh V.K., Coyne C.J. Domoney C., Kejnovský E., Warkentin T. (2016) From Mendel’s discovery on pea to today’s plant genetics and breeding, Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the reading of Mendel’s discovery. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 129(12): p2267–2280. doi: 10.1007/s00122-016-2803-2

O’Sullivan D.M., Angra D. (2016) Advances in faba bean genetics and genomics. Frontiers in Genetics 7: 150. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00150

Webb A., Cottage A., Wood T., Khamassi K., Hobbs D., Gostkiewicz K., Duc G., Stoddard F., Maalouf F., Ogbonnaya F., Link W., Thomas J. O’Sullivan D.M. (2016) A SNP-based consensus genetic map for synteny-based trait targeting in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal 14:177-85. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12371

Bell A., Moreau C., Chinoy C., Spanner R., Dalmais M., Le Signor C., Bendahmane A., Klenell M., Domoney C. (2015) SGRL can regulate chlorophyll metabolism and contributes to normal plant growth and development in Pisum sativum L. Plant Molecular Biology 89(6): p539-558. doi: 10.1007/s11103-015-0372-4

Clemente A., Arques M.C., Dalmais M., Le Signor C., Chinoy C., Olias R., Rayner T., Isaac P.G., Lawson D.M., Bendahmane A., Domoney C. (2015) Eliminating anti-nutritional plant food proteins: the case of seed protease inhibitors in Pea. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0134634. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134634

Khazaei H., O’Sullivan D.M., Jones H., Pitt N., Sillanpää M.J., Pärssinen P., Manninen O. Stoddard F. (2015) SNP markers linked to the locus controlling levels of the anti-nutritional factors vicine and convicine in Vicia faba L. Molecular Breeding, 35: 38. doi: 10.1007/s11032-015-0214-8

Warkentin T., Smykal P., Coyne C., Weeden N., Domoney C., Bing D., Leonforte T., Xuxiao Z., Dixit G., Boros L., Mcphee K., Mcgee R., Burstin J., Ellis N. (2014) Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Grain Legumes. (Handbook of Plant Breeding Vol 10) Springer Science and Business Media Grain Legumes. ISBN 978-1-4939-2796-8

Vaz Patto M., Amarowicz R., Aryee A., Boye J., Chung H., Martin-Cabrejas M., Domoney C. (2014) Achievements and challenges in improving the nutritional quality of food legumes. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 34(1-3): 105-143. doi: 10.1080/07352689.2014.897907

Khazaei H., O’Sullivan D.M., Sillanpaa M.J., Stoddard F.L. (2014). Use of synteny to identify candidate genes underlying QTL controlling stomatal traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 127: 2371-85. doi: 10.1007/s00122-014-2383-y

Khazaei H., O’Sullivan D.M., Sillanpää M.J. Stoddard F.L. (2014) Genetic analysis reveals a novel locus in Vicia faba decoupling pigmentation in the flower from that in the extra-floral nectaries. Molecular Breeding 3:1507-1513.

Domoney C., Knox M., Moreau C., Ambrose M., Palmer S., Smith P., Christodoulou V., Isaac P., Hegarty M., Blackmore T., Swain M., Ellis N. (2013) Exploiting a fast neutron mutant genetic resource in Pisum sativum (pea) for functional genomics. Functional Plant Biology 40: 1261-1270. doi: 10.1071/FP13147

Clemente A., Marin-Manzano M., Arques M., Domoney C. (2013) Bowman-Birk inhibitors from legumes: utilisation in disease prevention and therapy. Bioactive Food Peptides in Health and Disease (Editors: Hernandez-Ledesma B., Hsieh C. C.) INTECH 23-44. doi: 10.5772/51262

Khamassi K., Ben Jeddi F., Hobbs D., Irigoyen J., Stoddard F., O’Sullivan D.M., Jones H. (2013). A baseline study of vicine-convicine levels in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) germplasm. Plant Genetic Resources 11: 250-7.

Clemente A., Marin-Manzano C., Jimenez E., Arques M., Domoney C. (2012) The anti-proliferative effect of TI1B, a major Bowman-Birk isoinhibitor from pea (Pisum sativum L.), on HT29 colon cancer cells is mediated through protease inhibition. British Journal of Nutrition 108: S135-S144. doi: 10.1017/S000711451200075X

Cottage A., Gostkiewicz K., Thomas J., Borrows R., Torres A-M., O’Sullivan D. (2012) Heterozygosity and diversity analysis using mapped SNPs in a faba bean inbreeding programme. Molecular Breeding 30: 1799–1809. doi: 10.1007/s11032-012-9745-4

Clemente A., Sonnante G., Domoney C. (2011) Bowman-Birk inhibitors from legumes and human gastrointestinal health: current status and perspectives. Current Protein and Peptide Science 12: 358-373. PMID: 21418025

Rubiales D., Ambrose M., Domoney C., Burstin J. (2011) Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Genetics, Genomics and Breeding in Crop Plants: Cool Season Food Legumes (Editors: de la Vega M. P., Torres A. M., Cubero J. I., Kole C.) Science Pubs Inc., USA, New Hampshire, Jersey, Plymouth, 1-49. ISBN: 978-1-4398-8339-6

Clemente A., Marin-Manzano M., Domoney C. (2011) Exploiting natural variation in legume Bowman-Birk inhibitors to dissect their potential role in human health-promoting programmes. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 91: 377-378. doi: 10.4141/CJPS11501

Chinoy C., Welham T., Turner L., Moreau C., Domoney C. (2011) The genetic control of seed quality traits: effects of allelic variation at the Tri and Vc-2 genetic loci in Pisum sativum L. Euphytica 180: 107-122 doi: 10.1007/s10681-011-0363-8

Ellis N. (2011) Germplasm resources in legumes. Plant Genetic Resources 9: 1-3. doi: 10.1017/S1479262110000432

Smykal P., Kenicer G., Flavell A., Corander J., Kosterin O., Redden R., Ford R., Coyne C., Maxted N., Ambrose M., Ellis N. (2011) Phylogeny, phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Pisum genus. Plant Genetic Resources 9: 4-18. doi: 10.1017/S147926211000033X

Clemente A., Moreno F., Marin-Manzano M., Jimenez E., Domoney C. (2010) The cytotoxic effect of Bowman-Birk isoinhibitors, IBB1 and IBBD2, from soybean (Glycine max) on HT29 human colorectal cancer cells is related to their intrinsic ability to inhibit serine proteases. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 54: 396-405. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200900122

Hofer J., Turner L., Moreau C., Ambrose M., Isaac P., Butcher S., Weller J., Dupin A., Dalmais M., Le Signor C., Bendahmane A., Ellis N. (2009) Tendril-less regulates tendril formation in pea leaves. Plant Cell 21: 420-428. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.064071

Vigeolas H., Chinoy C., Zuther E., Blessington B., Geigenberger P., Domoney C. (2008) Combined metabolomic and genetic approaches reveal a link between the polyamine pathway and albumin 2 in developing pea seeds. Plant Physiology 146: 74-82. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.111369

Charlton A., Donarski J., Harrison M., Jones S., Godward J., Oehlschlager S., Arques J., Ambrose M., Chinoy C., Mullineaux P., Domoney C. (2008) Responses of the pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaf metabolome to drought stress assessed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Metabolomics 4: 312-327. doi: 10.1007/s11306-008-0128-0