Rana Ellen Munns
Australian botanist
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- PhD Plant Biology University of Melbourne
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Rana Ellen Munns is an Australian botanist whose primary research has been to determine the traits that underpin salinity tolerance and adaptation to drought in crop plants. Rana was born in Sydney Australia and attended the University of Sydney, receiving her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry in 1966. She completed her Ph.D. in 1972 to begin a lifelong course of research on salt tolerance of plants first as a Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and later at CSIRO Plant Industry in Canberra. In the early 1990s, she found that sodium exclusion was an important trait associated with the salt tolerance in wheat using a seedling stage assay. This work culminated in understanding wheat grain yield in saline soils in terms of genetic components that could be improved by an ancestral transporter gene. This research eventually led to a cultivar of wheat that yielded 25% more on saline soils that in farmers' fields and is used by over thirty wheat seed companies globally.
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Published Works
- Mechanisms of salinity tolerance. (2008) (10036)
- Comparative physiology of salt and water stress. (2002) (6215)
- Mechanisms of salt tolerance in nonhalophytes. (1980) (4214)
- Genes and salt tolerance: bringing them together. (2005) (2641)
- Approaches to increasing the salt tolerance of wheat and other cereals. (2006) (1914)
- Physiological processes limiting plant growth in saline soils: some dogmas and hypotheses (1993) (1584)
- Whole-plant responses to salinity (1986) (1327)
- Screening methods for salinity tolerance: a case study with tetraploid wheat (2003) (838)
- Salinity tolerance of crops - what is the cost? (2015) (751)
- Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na+ transporter gene (2012) (658)
- Sodium chloride toxicity and the cellular basis of salt tolerance in halophytes. (2015) (489)
- Use of wild relatives to improve salt tolerance in wheat. (2006) (487)
- Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops, and the role of physiologically based selection traits (2002) (460)
- The significance of a two-phase growth response to salinity in wheat and barley (1995) (448)
- Soil water status affects the stomatal conductance of fully turgid wheat and sunflower leaves (1986) (427)
- Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production (2013) (405)
- New phenotyping methods for screening wheat and barley for beneficial responses to water deficit. (2010) (365)
- Major genes for Na+ exclusion, Nax1 and Nax2 (wheat HKT1;4 and HKT1;5), decrease Na+ accumulation in bread wheat leaves under saline and waterlogged conditions. (2011) (364)
- HKT1;5-Like Cation Transporters Linked to Na+ Exclusion Loci in Wheat, Nax2 and Kna11[OA] (2007) (345)
- Physiological Characterization of Two Genes for Na+ Exclusion in Durum Wheat, Nax1 and Nax21 (2006) (345)
- Stomatal control in tomato with ABA-deficient roots: response of grafted plants to soil drying. (2002) (333)
- Control of Sodium Transport in Durum Wheat1[w] (2005) (325)
- Factors affecting CO2 assimilation, leaf injury and growth in salt-stressed durum wheat. (2002) (319)
- WHY MEASURE OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT (1988) (309)
- Improving salt tolerance of wheat and barley: future prospects (2005) (308)
- Genetic variation for improving the salt tolerance of durum wheat (2000) (307)
- Stomatal conductance as a screen for osmotic stress tolerance in durum wheat growing in saline soil (2010) (291)
- A Sodium Transporter (HKT7) Is a Candidate for Nax1, a Gene for Salt Tolerance in Durum Wheat1[W][OA] (2006) (267)
- A locus for sodium exclusion (Nax1), a trait for salt tolerance, mapped in durum wheat. (2004) (244)
- Contribution of Sugars to Osmotic Adjustment in Elongating and Expanded Zones of Wheat Leaves During Moderate Water Deficits at Two Light Levels (1981) (212)
- Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants. (2019) (211)
- Sodium Accumulation in Leaves of Triticum Species That Differ in Salt Tolerance (1992) (207)
- Involvement of Abscisic Acid in Controlling Plant Growth in Soils of Low Water Potential (1993) (205)
- Photosynthetic capacity is related to the cellular and subcellular partitioning of Na+, K+ and Cl- in salt-affected barley and durum wheat. (2006) (201)
- Shoot Turgor Does Not Limit Shoot Growth of NaCl-Affected Wheat and Barley. (1985) (197)
- The art of growing plants for experimental purposes: a practical guide for the plant biologist. (2012) (195)
- 'Salinity Stress: Physiological Constraints and Adaptive Mechanisms' (2012) (192)
- Water relations and leaf expansion: importance of time scale. (2000) (189)
- Abscisic Acid is not the only stomatal inhibitor in the transpiration stream of wheat plants. (1988) (189)
- SOLUTE ACCUMULATION IN THE APEX AND LEAVES OF WHEAT DURING WATER-STRESS (1979) (188)
- Osmotic adjustment and energy limitations to plant growth in saline soil. (2020) (180)
- Comparative mapping of HKT genes in wheat, barley, and rice, key determinants of Na+ transport, and salt tolerance. (2008) (178)
- An Examination of Selection Criteria for Salt Tolerance in Wheat, Barley and Triticale Genotypes (1988) (175)
- Plant Adaptations to Salt and Water Stress: Differences and Commonalities (2011) (164)
- The Na(+) transporter, TaHKT1;5-D, limits shoot Na(+) accumulation in bread wheat. (2014) (160)
- Measuring soluble ion concentrations (Na(+), K(+), Cl(-)) in salt-treated plants. (2010) (153)
- Genetic control of sodium exclusion in durum wheat (2003) (151)
- Hydraulic resistance of plants. II: Effects of rooting medium, and time of day, in barley and lupin (1984) (151)
- Ion Concentration and Carbohydrate Status of the Elongating Leaf Tissue 4Hordeum vulgare Growing at High External NaCl II. CAUSE OF THE GROWTH REDUCTION (1982) (151)
- Genetic variation in tolerance to the osmotic stress componentof salinity stress in durum wheat. (2008) (148)
- Na+, K+ and Cl− in Xylem Sap Flowing to Shoots of NaCl-Treated Barley (1985) (145)
- Effect of salinity on salt accumulation and reproductive development in the apical meristem of wheat and barley (1999) (145)
- Hydraulic resistance of plants. III. Effects of NaCl in barley and lupin (1984) (138)
- Is coordination of leaf and root growth mediated by abscisic acid? Opinion (1996) (138)
- Genetically Engineered Plants Resistant to Soil Drying and Salt Stress: How to Interpret Osmotic Relations? (1996) (137)
- Chloroplast function and ion regulation in plants growing on saline soils: lessons from halophytes. (2017) (136)
- Tissue tolerance: an essential but elusive trait for salt-tolerant crops. (2016) (129)
- The Role of the Stem in the Partitioning of Na+ and K+ in Salt-Treated Barley (1991) (129)
- Rapid environmental changes that affect leaf water status induce transient surges or pauses in leaf expansion rate (2000) (129)
- USE OF CONCENTRATED MACRONUTRIENT SOLUTIONS TO SEPARATE OSMOTIC FROM NACL-SPECIFIC EFFECTS ON PLANT-GROWTH (1986) (128)
- Effect of salinity on water relations and growth of wheat genotypes with contrasting sodium uptake. (2002) (123)
- Root cell wall solutions for crop plants in saline soils. (2018) (123)
- Effect of sodium exclusion trait on chlorophyll retention and growth of durum wheat in saline soil (2003) (114)
- Leaf water status controls day-time but not daily rates of leaf expansion in salt-treated barley (2000) (114)
- Water status and ABA content of floral organs in drought-stressed wheat (1996) (114)
- A screening method to identify genetic variation in root growth response to a salinity gradient. (2011) (111)
- The potential for developing fodder plants for the salt-affected areas of southern and eastern Australia: an overview (2005) (109)
- Effect of foliar applications of glycinebetaine on stomatal conductance, abscisic acid and solute concentrations in leaves of salt- or drought-stressed tomato (1998) (108)
- ABSCISIC ACID LEVELS IN NACL-TREATED BARLEY, COTTON AND SALTBUSH (1991) (107)
- Elevated CO2 Improves the Growth of Wheat Under Salinity (1993) (103)
- Osmotic adjustment leads to anomalously low estimates of relative water content in wheat and barley. (2008) (100)
- Control of salt transport from roots to shoots of wheat in saline soil. (2004) (99)
- Cell-specific localization of Na+ in roots of durum wheat and possible control points for salt exclusion. (2008) (98)
- Water Relations of the Developing Wheat Grain (1980) (97)
- Growth and Development in NaCl-Treated Plants. II. Do Na+ or Cl- Concentrations in Dividing or Expanding Tissues Determine Growth in Barley? (1988) (90)
- Growth and Development in NaCl-Treated Plants. I. Leaf Na+ and Cl- Concentrations Do Not Determine Gas Exchange of Leaf Blades in Barley (1988) (90)
- Ion Concentration and Carbohydrate Status of the Elongating Leaf Tissue 4Hordeum vulgare Growing at High External NaCl I. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOLUTE CONCENTRATION AND GROWTH (1982) (89)
- Ion Concentration and Carbohydrate Status of the Elongating Leaf Tissue of Hordeum vulgare Growing at High External NaCl (1982) (89)
- Salinity, Growth and Phytohormones (2002) (88)
- Nax loci affect SOS1-like Na+/H+ exchanger expression and activity in wheat (2015) (87)
- A Leaf Elongation Assay Detects an Unknown Growth Inhibitor in Xylem Sap from "Wheat and Barley (1992) (86)
- Impact of ancestral wheat sodium exclusion genes Nax1 and Nax2 on grain yield of durum wheat on saline soils. (2012) (84)
- Plant Responses to Salinity Under Elevated Atmospheric Concentrations of CO2 (1992) (83)
- Effect of Prolonged Exposure to NaCl on the Osmotic Pressure of Leaf Xylem Sap from Intact, Transpiring Barley Plants (1984) (82)
- Interactions between growth, uptake of Cl− and Na+, and water relations of plants in saline environments. II. Highly vacuolated cells (1983) (81)
- Effect of high external NaCl concentration on ion transport within the shoot of Lupinus albus. II. Ions in phloem sap (1988) (78)
- Leaf expansion in sunflower as influenced by salinity and short-term changes in carbon fixation (1984) (78)
- Interactions between Rising CO2, Soil Salinity, and Plant Growth (1999) (76)
- Concentrations and Transport of Solutes in Xylem and Phloem along the Leaf Axis of NaCl-treated Hordeum vulgare (1990) (75)
- The expression of salt tolerance from Triticum tauschii in hexaploid wheat (1992) (73)
- Critical knowledge gaps and research priorities in global soil salinity (2021) (66)
- Effect of Water Deficit on Photosynthesis and Tuber Metabolism in Potatoes (1975) (65)
- Effect of Water Deficit on Translocation of Carbohydrate in Solanum tuberosum (1974) (64)
- Reduced growth and yield of wheat with conservation cropping. II. Soil biological factors limit growth under direct drilling (1995) (61)
- NA+ AND CL- TRANSPORT IN THE PHLOEM FROM LEAVES OF NACL-TREATED BARLEY (1986) (61)
- Drought responses of apical meristems. (1980) (56)
- Growth of tomato and an ABA‐deficient mutant (sitiens) under saline conditions (2003) (56)
- Strategies for Crop Improvement in Saline Soils (2009) (54)
- Approaches to identifying genes for salinity tolerance and the importance of timescale. (2010) (54)
- Stored xylem sap from wheat and barley in drying soil contains a transpiration inhibitor with a large molecular size (1993) (53)
- HKT 1 ; 5-Like Cation Transporters Linked to Na 1 Exclusion Loci in Wheat , Nax 2 and Kna 1 1 [ OA ] (2007) (49)
- Energy costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants. (2018) (49)
- A Sodium Transporter HvHKT1;1 Confers Salt Tolerance in Barley via Regulating Tissue and Cell Ion Homeostasis (2018) (47)
- Breeding strategies for structuring salinity tolerance in wheat (2019) (46)
- A Sodium Transporter ( HKT 7 ) Is a Candidate for Nax 1 , a Gene for Salt Tolerance in Durum Wheat 1 [ W ] [ OA ] (2006) (45)
- Turgor Pressure, Volumetric Elastic Modulus, Osmotic Volume and Ultrastructure of Chlorella emersonii Grown at High and Low External NaCl (1983) (42)
- Water Potential, Growth, and Polyribosome Content of the Stressed Wheat Apex (1977) (41)
- Recent Advances in Breeding Wheat for Drought and Salt Stresses (2007) (41)
- Utilizing genetic resources to enhance productivity of salt-prone land. (2007) (38)
- Interactions between growth, Cl− and Na+ uptake, and water relations of plants in saline environments. I. Slightly vacuolated cells (1983) (36)
- Salt tolerance, date of flowering and rain affect the productivity of wheat and barley on rainfed saline land (2016) (34)
- Adaptation of sugarcane plants to saline soil (2019) (33)
- Structural variations in wheat HKT1;5 underpin differences in Na+ transport capacity (2018) (32)
- Polyribosome Content in Young and Aged Wheat Leaves Subjected to Drought (1979) (31)
- Hordeum marinum-wheat amphiploids maintain higher leaf K+:Na+ and suffer less leaf injury than wheat parents in saline conditions (2011) (31)
- Living with salinity. (2008) (29)
- Chloroplast and cytoplasmic ribosomes in Euglena gracilis (1970) (24)
- Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops (2001) (23)
- Soil Water Status Affects the Stomata1 (1986) (22)
- Does shoot water status limit leaf expansion of nitrogen-deprived barley? (2002) (22)
- Use of genetic tolerance in grain crops to overcome subsoil constraints in alkaline cropping soils (2010) (21)
- A unique web resource for physiology, ecology and the environmental sciences: PrometheusWiki (2010) (21)
- Functional Plant Biology (2010) (21)
- Chemical signals moving from roots to shoots: the case against ABA. (1990) (20)
- Does water and phosphorus uptake limit leaf growth of Rhizoctonia-infected wheat seedlings? (1999) (18)
- Reliability of ion accumulation and growth components for selecting salt tolerant lines in large populations of rice. (2014) (17)
- Effect of water stress on cell division and Cdc2-like cell cycle kinase activity in wheat leaves. [Erratum: Aug 1998, v. 117 (4), p. 1528.] (1998) (15)
- Prophylactively parking sodium in the plant. (2007) (14)
- RNA synthesis during chloroplast development in Euglena gracilis (1972) (14)
- Effects of accumulation of 3‐O‐methylglucose on levels of endogenous osmotic solutes in Chlorella emersonii (1982) (12)
- Commercial Forest Plantations on Saline Lands (2001) (10)
- Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with salinity tolerance in synthetic derived backcrossed bread lines (2008) (9)
- Contribution of Rhizoctonia to reduced seedling growth of direct-drilled wheat: studies with intact cores (1997) (8)
- Proteomic analysis of young sugarcane plants with contrasting salt tolerance. (2021) (6)
- Distinct salinity-induced changes in wheat metabolic machinery in different root tissue types. (2022) (6)
- Rapidly labelled ribosomal RNA from the agranular microsomal membranes of rat liver. (1968) (6)
- Effects of accumulation of 3-O-methylglucose on growth and osmotic regulation in Chlorella emersonii (1982) (6)
- Corrigendum to: The potential for developing fodder plants for the salt-affected areas of southern and eastern Australia: an overview (2006) (6)
- Yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus) tolerates waterlogging better than narrow-leafed lupin (L. angustifolius). IV. Root genotype is more important than shoot genotype. (2000) (6)
- Chapter 6-Growth analysis : a quantitative approach (2016) (4)
- Interactions between growth , Cl-and Na + uptake , and i / vater relations of plants in saline environments (4)
- What makes a plant science manuscript successful for publication? (2020) (3)
- Increasing salt tolerance in monocotyledonous plants, with emphasis on wheat (2005) (2)
- Handbook of plant and crop stress: Mohammad Pessarakli (Editor). Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1993. Hardback, IBSN 0-8247-8987-3, 720 pp., US$150.00 (1994) (2)
- Charles Darwin: an inspiring plant biologist and author. (2009) (1)
- Plants and salt. (2000) (1)
- Editorial: The year 2009, and plans for 2010 (2010) (1)
- Editorial: New series: the evolution of plant function. (2008) (1)
- Editorial: Food security, climate change and biofuels: Integrative plant biology is now in the spotlight. (2008) (1)
- Abiotic Stress Genes and Mechanisms in Wheat (2016) (1)
- Crop root system plasticity for improved yields in saline soils (2023) (0)
- IMPORTANCE OF TIME : WHEN DO SALT-SPECIFIC (2002) (0)
- Structural variations in wheat HKT1;5 underpin differences in Na+ transport capacity (2017) (0)
- Eco-geographic Distribution of Two Genes for Salinity Tolerance in Diploid wheats (2008) (0)
- Editorial: Update on Functional Plant Biology. (2012) (0)
- Perplexities in the hydraulic conductance of roots (1990) (0)
- Regulation of Shoot Growth in Dry Soils by Abscisic Acid and by Root Messages (1994) (0)
- Editorial: New editorial structure for Functional Plant Biology. (2008) (0)
- Partial cloning and expression analysis under salt stress of MTTRE 1 , a Medicago truncatula gene coding for trehalase (2005) (0)
- Suitable Species for the Reclamation and Sustainability of Saline Land in Southern Australia (2020) (0)
- 2010 Reviewer Thank You (2010) (0)
- Salt tolerace, biotechnology and plant improvement: a review of progress in barley and wheat (2004) (0)
- Application of Enzyme Technology to Remediate Tar Planings (2009) (0)
- Protocols and phenotyping: new wikis and manuals. (2014) (0)
- Book announcement (2004) (0)
- 2008 Reviewer Thank You (2009) (0)
- Chapter 17 - Salt: an environmental stress (1999) (0)
- Introgression of Nax genes into durum and bread wheat reduce leaf Na+ and increase yield on saline soil (2011) (0)
- Editorial: New developments for Functional Plant Biology. (2008) (0)
- New ventures in scientific publication (2010) (0)
- Proteomic responses of wheat root tissues to salt stress in relation to root physiology (2020) (0)
- Distinct changes in mature root and growing root tip proteomes underlie physiological responses of bread wheat to salinity stress (2021) (0)
- Influence of salinity exposure on wheat root metabolism in the context of tissue tolerance and susceptibility (2019) (0)
- Chapter 14 – Temperature and acclimation (2016) (0)
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