Publications and Conference Activities

Some of our recent publications organized by topic:

Ear photosynthesis / Leaf photosynthesis yield and phenotyping

-Sanchez-Bragado, R., Molero, G., Araus, J. L., & Slafer, G. A. 2022. Awned versus awnless wheat spikes: does it matter? Trends in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.10.010

–Martínez-Peña, R., Schlereth, A., Höhne, M., Encke, B., Morcuende, R., Nieto-Taladriz, M.T., Araus, J.L., Aparicio, N., Vicente, R. 2022. Source-dink dynamics in field-grown durum wheat under contrasting nitrogen supplies: key role of non-foliar organs during grain filling. Frontiers in Plant Science 13. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.869680

–Martínez-Peña, R., Vergara-Díaz, O., Schlereth, A., Höhne, M., Morcuende, R., Nieto-Taladriz, M.T., Araus, J.L., Aparicio, N., Vicente. R. 2022. Analysis of durum wheat photosynthetic organs during grain filling reveals the ear as a water stress-tolerant organ and the peduncle as the largest pool of primary metabolites. Planta (in press).

-Martínez-Peña, R., Schlereth, A., Höhne, M., Encke, B., Morcuende, R., Nieto-Taladriz, M.T., Araus, J.L., Aparicio, N., Vicente, R. 2022. Source-sink dynamics in field-grown durum wheat under contrasting nitrogen supplies: key role of non-foliar organs during grain filling. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 869680.

-Buchaillot, M., Soba, D., Shu, T., Liu, J., Aranjuelo, I., Araus, J. L., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Kefauver, S.C., Sanz-Saez, A. 2022. Estimating peanut and soybean photosynthetic traits using leaf spectral reflectance and advance regression models. Planta, 255(4), 1-19.

-Araus, J.L., Vicente, R. Sanchez-Bragado, R. 2021. Improving crop yield and resilience through photosynthesis optimisation: panacea or pipe dream. Journal of Experimental Botany 72, 3936–3955

-Tambussi, E. A., Maydup, M. L., Carrión, C. A., Guiamet, J. J., & Araus, J. L. 2021. Ear photosynthesis in C3 cereals and its contribution to grain yield: methodologies, controversies, and perspectives. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72, 3956-3970.

-Vergara-Diaz, O., Vatter, T., Vicente, R., Obata, T., Nieto-Taladriz, M.T., Aparicio, N., Kefauver, S.C., Fernie, A., Araus, J.L. 2020. Metabolome Profiling Supports the Key Role of the Spike in Wheat Yield Performance. Cells 9:1025

-Sanchez Bragado, R., Kim, J., Alma Rivera-Amado, C., Molero, G., Araus, J.L., Savin, R., Slafer, G.A. 2020. Are awns truly relevant for wheat yields? A study of performance of awned/awnless isogenic lines and their response to source-sink manipulations. Field Crops Research 254, 107827.

-Sanchez-Bragado, R., Vicente, R., Molero, G., Serret, M.D., Maydup, M.L., Araus, J.L. 2020. New avenues for increasing yield and stability in C3 cereals: exploring ear photosynthesis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 56, 223-234.

-Vergara-Díaz, O., Kefauver, S., Araus, J.L., Aranjuelo, I. 2020. Development of novel technological approaches for a reliable crop characterization under changing environmental conditions. NIR news 31: 14–19

-Fernandez-Gallego, J.A., Lootens, P., Borra-Serrano, I., Derycke, V., Haesaert, G., Roldán-Ruiz, I., Araus, J.L., Kefauver, S.C. 2020. Automatic wheat ear counting using machine learning based on RGB UAV imagery. The Plant Journal 103:1603-1613.

Phenotyping for yield and quality: ground

–Estrada, F.,  Flexas, J., Araus, J.L.,  Mora-Poblete, F.,  Gonzalez-Talice, J., ,  Castillo, D.G.,  Mendez-Espinoza, A.M., Garriga, M.,  Araya-Riquelme, C., Douthe, C.,  Castillo, B., del Pozo, A.,    Lobos, G.A. 2023. *Exploring plant responses to abiotic stress by contrasting spectral signature changes. Frontiers Plant Science. – Plant Abiotic Stress

-Araus, J.L., Kefauver, S.C., Vergara Díaz, O., Gracia-Romero, A., Rezzouk, F.Z., Segarra, J., Buchaillot, M.L., Chang-Espino, M., Vatter, T., Sanchez-Bragado, R., Fernandez Gallego, J.A., Serret, M.D., Bort, J. 2022. Crop phenotyping in a context of Global Change: what to measure and how to do it. Journal Integrative Plant Biology 64, 592-618.

–Sanchez-Bragado, R., Newcomb, M., Chairi, F., Condorelli, G.E., Ward, R., White, J.W., Maccaferri, M., Tuberosa, R., Araus, J.L., Serret, M.D. 2020. Carbon isotope composition and the NDVI as phenotyping approaches for drought adaptation in durum wheat: beyond trait selection Agronomy 10: 1679.

–Araus, J.L., Buchaillot, M.L. and Kefauver, S.C., 2022. High Throughput Field Phenotyping. In Wheat Improvement (pp. 495-512). Springer, Cham.

Proximal and UAV-based spectral and analytical techniques

-Vatter, T., Gracia-Romero, A., Kefauver, S.C., Nieto, M.T. Taladriz, Aparicio Gutiérrez, N., Araus, J.L. 2022. Preharvest phenotypic prediction of grain quality and yield of durum wheat using multispectral imaging. The Plant Journal 109: 1507-1518.

-Nehe, A.S., Foulkes, M.J., Ozturk, I., Rasheed, A., York, L., Kefauver, S.C., Ozdemir, F. and Morgounov, A., 2021. Root and canopy traits and adaptability genes explain drought tolerance responses in winter wheat. PloS one, 16(4), p.e0242472.

-Berger, K., Machwitz, M., Kycko, M., Kefauver, S.C., Van Wittenberghe, S., Gerhards, M., Verrelst, J., Atzberger, C., van der Tol, C., Damm, A. and Rascher, U., 2022. Multi-sensor spectral synergies for crop stress detection and monitoring in the optical domain: A review. Remote sensing of environment, 280, p.113198.

-Santini, F., Kefauver, S.C., Araus, J.L., Resco de Dios, V., Martín García, S., Grivet, D. and Voltas, J., 2021. Bridging the genotype–phenotype gap for a Mediterranean pine by semi‐automatic crown identification and multispectral imagery. New Phytologist, 229(1), pp.245-258.

Farm/regional evaluation from satellite imaging

-Segarra, J., Araus, J.L., Kefauver, S.C. 2022. Farming and Earth Observation: Sentinel-2 data to estimate within-field wheat grain yield. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 107, 102697.

–Segarra, J., Rezzouk, F.Z., Aparicio, N., González-Torralba, J., Aranjuelo, I., Gracia-Romero, A., Araus, J.L., Kefauver, S.C. 2022.  Multiscale assessment of ground, aerial and satellite spectral data for monitoring wheat grain nitrogen content. Information Professing in Agriculture.

-Segarra, J., Buchaillot, M.L., Araus, J.L., Kefauver, S.C. 2020. Remote sensing for agriculture monitoring: Sentinel-2 features and precision agriculture. Agronomy 10, 641

-Buchaillot, M.L., Cairns, J., Hamadziripi, E., Wilson, K., Hughes, D., Chelal, J., McCloskey, P., Kehs, A., Clinton, N., Araus, J.L. and Kefauver, S.C., 2022. Regional Monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) Using Early Warning Systems. Remote Sensing, 14(19), p.5003.

-Segarra, J., González-Torralba, J., Aranjuelo, Í., Araus, J.L. and Kefauver, S.C., 2020. Estimating wheat grain yield using Sentinel-2 imagery and exploring topographic features and rainfall effects on wheat performance in Navarre, Spain. Remote Sensing, 12(14), p.2278

Grain nutritional quality

–Caldelas, C., Rezzouk, F.Z., Aparicio Gutiérrez, N., Diez‑Fraile, M.C., Araus Ortega, J-L- 2023. Interaction of genotype, water availability, and nitrogen fertilization on the mineral content of wheat grain. Food Chemistry, 404, 134565

Ideotyping

-Rezzouk, F.Z., Gracia-Romero, A., Kefauver, S.C., Nieto-Taladriz, M.T., Serret, M.D., Araus, J.L. 2022. Durum wheat ideotypes in Mediterranean environments differing in water and temperature conditions. Agricultural Water Management  259, 107257

-Rezzouk, F.Z., Gracia-Romero, A., Kefauver, S. C., Nieto-Taladriz, M. T., Serret, M.D., Araus, J.L. 2021. Dataset of above and below ground traits assessed in Durum wheat cultivars grown under Mediterranean environments differing in water and temperature conditions. Data in Brief, 107754.

-de Lima, V.J., Gracia-Romero, A., Rezzouk, F.Z., Diez-Fraile, M.C., Araus-Gonzalez^, I., Kamphorst, S.H., Teixeira do Amaral Júnior, A., Kefauver, S.C., Aparicio, N., Araus, J.L. 2021. Comparative performance of high-yielding European wheat cultivars under contrasting Mediterranean conditions. Frontiers Plant Science 12: 687622.

-Chairi, F., Aparicio, N., Serret, M.D., Araus, J.L. 2020. Breeding effects on the genotype × environment interaction for yield of durum wheat grown after the Green Revolution: the case of Spain. The Crop Journal 8:623-634

-Chairi, F., Sanchez-Bragado, R., Serret, M.D., Aparicio, N., Nieto-Taladriz, M.T. and Araus, J.L., 2020. Agronomic and physiological traits related to the genetic advance of semi-dwarf durum wheat: the case of Spain. Plant Science, 295, 110210.

Bioestimulants

-Boudabbous, K., Bouhaouel, I., Jerbi, M., Chamekh, Z., Karmous, C., Benaissa, N., Trifa, Y., Sahli, A., Slim Amara, H., Araus, J.L.A. 2022. Relationships between mycorrhizal attributes and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in a semi-arid environment as influenced by durum wheat cultivars and salinity level. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 22(4), 4327-4343.

-Ben Jabeur, M., Zoubeir, C., Jallouli, S., Kthiri, Z., Ayadi, S., Serret, M.D., Araus, J.L., Trifa, Y., Hamada, W. 2022. Comparative effect of seed treatment with thyme essential oil and Paraburkholderia phytofirmans on growth, photosynthetic capacity, grain yield, δ¹⁵N, and δ¹³C of durum wheat under drought and heat stress. Annals of Applied Biology 181, 58-69

-Kthiri, Z., Ben Jabeur, M., Harbaoui, K., Chahine, K., Chamekh, Z., Chairi, F., Serret, M.D., Araus, J.L., Hamada W. 2021. Comparative performances of beneficial microorganisms on the induction of durum wheat tolerance to Fusarium head blight. Microorganisms MDI 9, 2410