Mahdere Shimels

Random mutagenesis of the nucleotide-binding domain of NRC1 (NB-LRR Required for Hypersensitive Response-Associated Cell Death-1), a downstream signalling nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) protein, identifies gain-of-function mutations in the nucleotide-binding pocket.

A. Petrescu, Laurentiu Spiridon, M. Joosten, 2015, The New phytologist.

Rhizobacterial community structure differences among sorghum cultivars in different growth stages and soils

H. Bouwmeester, E. Kuramae, J. V. van Veen, 2017, FEMS microbiology ecology.

An improved strategy to analyse strigolactones in complex sample matrices using UHPLC–MS/MS

H. Bouwmeester, M. Strnad, O. Novák, 2020, Plant methods.

Mutation in sorghum LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1 alters strigolactones and causes Striga resistance

H. Bouwmeester, T. Mengiste, Daniel Gobena, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The soil microbiome reduces Striga infection of sorghum by modulation of host-derived signaling molecules and root development

Alexander Bucksch, S. Brady, H. Bouwmeester, 2022, bioRxiv.

Back to the roots: defining the core microbiome of sorghum bicolor in agricultural field soils from the centre of origin.

F. Dini-Andreote, J. Raaijmakers, T. Tessema, 2022, FEMS Microbiology Ecology.