Publications
2019
Kuzay S., Xu Y., Zhang J., Katz A., Pearce S., Su Z., Fraser M., Anderson J., Brown-Guedira G., DeWitt N., Haugrud A., Faris J.D., Akhunov E., Bai G., Dubcovsky J. (2019) Identification of a candidate gene for a QTL for spikelet number per spike on wheat chromosome arm 7AL by high-resolution genetic mapping. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132(9):2689-2705
de Haro, L. A., Arellano, S. M., Novák, O., Feil, R., Dumón, A. D., Mattio, M. F., Tarkowská, D., Llauger, G., Strnad, M., Lunn, J.E., Pearce, S., Figueroa, C.M., Vas, M. (2019). Mal de Río Cuarto virus infection causes hormone imbalance and sugar accumulation in wheat leaves. BMC plant biology, 19(1), 112.
2018
Mo Y., Howell T., Vasquez-Gross H., de Haro L.A., Dubcovsky J., Pearce S. (2018) Mapping causal mutations by exome sequencing in a wheat TILLING population: a tall mutant case study. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 293:463-477.
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Mo Y, Vanzetti L.S., Hale I., Spagnolo E.J., Guidobaldi F., Al-Oboudi J., Odle N., Pearce S., Helguera M., Dubcovsky J. (2018) Identification and characterization of Rht25, a locus on chromosome arm 6AS affecting wheat plant height, heading time, and spike development. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 131:2021-2035.
Mo, Y., Pearce, S., & Dubcovsky, J. (2018). Phenotypic and transcriptomic characterization of a wheat tall mutant carrying an induced mutation in the C-terminal PFYRE motif of RHT-B1b. BMC plant biology, 18(1), 253.
2017
Moretti M.L., Alárcon-Reverte R., Pearce S., Morran S. and Hanson B.D. 2017. Transcriptome of putative tonoplast transporters in response to glyphosate and paraquat stress in Conyza bonariensis and Conyza canadensis and selection of reference genes for qRT-PCR. PLoS ONE 12:e0180794.
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Pearce S., Shaw L.M., Lin H., Cotter J.D., Li C. and Dubcovsky J. 2017. Night-break experiments shed light on the PHOTOPERIOD1-mediated flowering. Plant Physiology 174:1139-1150.
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Tabbita F., Pearce S., and Barneix A.J. 2017. Breeding for increased grain protein and micronutrient content in wheat: Ten years of the GPC-B1 gene. Journal of Cereal Science 73:183-191.
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2016
Pearce S., Kippes N., Chen A., Debernardi J., and Dubcovsky J. 2016. RNA-seq studies using wheat PHYTOCHROME B and PHYTOCHROME C mutants reveal shared and specific functions in the regulation of flowering and shade-avoidance pathways. BMC Plant Biology 16:141
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2015
Pearce S., Vazquez-Gross H., Herin S.Y., Hane D., Wang Y., Gu Y.Q. and Dubcovsky J. 2015. WheatExp: An RNA-seq expression database for polyploid wheat. BMC Plant Biology 15:299.
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Pearce S., Huttly A.K., Prosser I. M., Li Y., Vaughan S. P., Gallova B., Patil A., Coghill J.A., Dubcovsky J., Hedden P. and Phillips A.L. 2015. Heterologous expression and transcript analysis of gibberellin biosynthetic genes of grasses reveals novel functionality in the GA3ox family. BMC Plant Biology 15:130.
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2014
Pearce S., Tabbita F., Cantu C., Buffalo V., Avni R., Vazquez-Gross H., Zhao R., Conley C.J., Distelfeld A. and Dubcovsky J., 2014. Regulation of Zn and Fe transporters by the GPC1 gene during early wheat monocarpic senescence. BMC Plant Biology 14:368.
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Nitcher R., Pearce S., Tranquilli G. and Dubcovsky J., 2014. Effect of the Hope FT-B1 allele on wheat heading time and yield components. Journal of Heredity 105: 666-675.
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Lv B., Nitcher R., Han X., Wang S., Ni F., Li K., Pearce S., Wu J., Dubcovsky J. and Fu D., 2014. Characterization of FLOWERING LOCUS T1 (FT1) gene in Brachypodium and wheat. PLoS ONE 9: e94171.
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Zhu J., *Pearce S., Burke A., See D.R., Skinner D.Z., Dubcovsky J. and Garland Campbell K., 2014. Copy number and haplotype variation at the VRN-A1 and central FR-A2 loci are associated with frost tolerance in hexaploid wheat. Theoretical Applied Genetics 127: 1183-1197. *Joint-first author.
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Avni R., Zhao R., Pearce S., Jun Y., Uauy C., Tabbita F., Fahima T., Slade A., Dubcovsky J. and Distelfeld A., 2014. Functional characterization of GPC-1 genes in hexaploid wheat. Planta 239: 313-324.
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2013
Pearce S., Vanzetti L. and Dubcovsky J., 2013. Exogenous gibberellins induce wheat spike development under short days only in the presence of VRN1. Plant Physiology 163: 1433-1445.
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Pearce S., Zhu J., Boldizsár A., Vágújfalvi A., Burke A., Garland-Campbell K., Galiba G. and Dubcovsky J., 2013. Large deletions in the CBF gene cluster at the Fr-B2 locus are associated with reduced frost tolerance in wheat. Theoretical Applied Genetics 126: 2683-2697.
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Krasileva K.V., Buffalo V., Bailey P., Pearce S., Ayling S., Tabbita F., Soria M., Wang S., IWGS Consortium, Akhunov E., Uauy C. and Dubcovsky J., 2013. Separating homeologs by phasing in the tetraploid wheat transcriptome. Genome Biology 14: R66.
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2012
Distelfeld A., Pearce S., Avni R., Scherer B., Uauy C., Piston F., Slade A., Zhao R. and Dubcovsky J., 2012. Divergent functions of orthologous NAC transcription factors in wheat and rice. Plant Molecular Biology 78: 515-24.
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2011
Pearce S., Saville R., Vaughan S.P., Chandler P.M., Wilhelm E.P., Sparks C.A., Korolev A., Al-Kaff N., Boulton M.I., Phillips A.L., Hedden P., Nicholson P. and Thomas S.G., 2011. Molecular characterisation of Rht-1 dwarfing genes in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum). Plant Physiology 157: 1820-31.
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Cantu D., *Pearce S., Distelfeld A., Christiansen M.W., Uauy C., Akhunov E., Fahima T. and Dubcovsky J., 2011. Effect of the down-regulation of the high Grain Protein Content (GPC) genes on the wheat transcriptome during monocarpic senescence. BMC Genomics 12: 492. *Joint-first author.
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2010
Dhillon T., *Pearce S., Stockinger E.J., Distelfeld A., Li C., Knox A.K., Vashegyi I., Vágújfalvi A., Galiba G. and Dubcovsky J., 2010. Regulation of freezing tolerance and flowering in temperate cereals: the VRN-1 connection. Plant Physiology 153: 1846-58. *Joint-first author.
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2007
Appleford N.E.J., Wilkinson M.D., Ma Q., Evans D.J., Stone M.C., Pearce S., Powers S.J., Thomas S.G., Jones H.D., Phillips A.L., Hedden P. and Lenton J.R., 2007. Decreased shoot stature and grain alpha-amylase activity following ectopic expression of a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene in transgenic wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 3213-26.
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