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76. JONES RL, OUGHAM H, THOMAS H, WAALAND SD (2012) The Molecular Life of Plants. NJ, Chichester: Wiley (forthcoming)

75. THOMAS H, OUGHAM H, MUR LAJ, JANSSON S (2012) Senescence and programmed cell death. In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants. 2nd edition (eds B Buchanan, W Gruissem, R Jones). NY: Wiley (forthcoming)

74. Mur LAJ, Aubry S, Mondhe M, Kingston-Smith AH, Gallagher JA, Timms-Taravella E, James CL, Papp I, Hortensteiner S, Thomas H, Ougham HJ (2010) Chlorophyll catabolites contribute to the light sensitivity of the hypersensitive response. New Phytologist 188, 161–174

73. Lee MRF, Theobald VJ, Ougham HJ, Veberg Dahl A, Lundby F, Scollan N D, Wold JP (2010) Natural faecal fluorophores and the potential of chlorophyll based markers to optimise fluorescence as a real-time solution for the detection of faecal contamination on carcasses Meat Science 86, 966-975

72. DAVEY C, OUGHAM H, MILLAR A, THOMAS H, TINDAL C, MUETZELFELDT R (2009) PlaSMo: Making existing plant and crop mathematical models available to plant systems biologists. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology volume 153A (No2 suppl).

71. DAVEY C, OUGHAM H, MILLAR A, THOMAS H, TINDAL C, MUETZELFELDT R (2009) PlaSMo: Making existing crop and plant growth models easily available to the wider scientific and policy making communities. In: Integrated Agricultural Systems: Methodologies, Modelling and Measuring (Eds: MacLeod M et al). Association of Applied Biologists. Aspects of Applied Biology 93, 227

70. ARMSTEAD IP, HUANG L, RAVAGNANI A, ROBSON PR, OUGHAM HJ (2009) Bioinformatics in the orphan crops. Briefings in Bioinformatics 10, 645-653

69. Archetti M, Doring TF, Hagen SB, Hughes NM, Leather SR, Lee DW, Lev-YadunS, Manetas SY, Ougham HJ, Schaberg PG, Thomas H (2009) Response to Sinkkonen: Ultraviolet reflectance in autumn leaves and the un-naming of colours. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24, 237-238

68. THOMAS H, HUANG L, YOUNG M, OUGHAM H (2009) Evolution of plant senescence. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, paper 163

67. JONES RN, OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H, PASAKINSKIENE IS (2009) Markers and mapping revisited: finding your gene. New Phytologist 183, 935-966

66. ARCHETTI M, DÖRING TF, HAGEN SB, HUGHES NM, LEATHER SR, LEE DW, LEV-YADUN S, MANETAS Y, OUGHAM HJ, SCHABERG PG, THOMAS H (2009) Unravelling the evolution of autumn colours: an interdisciplinary approach. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24, 166-173

65. OUGHAM H, HÖRTENSTEINER S, ARMSTEAD I, DONNISON I, KING I, THOMAS H, MUR L (2008) The control of chlorophyll catabolism and the status of yellowing as a biomarker of leaf senescence. Plant Biology 10 S1:4-14

64. OUGHAM H, THOMAS H, ARCHETTI M (2008) The adaptive value of leaf colour. New Phytologist 179: 9 - 13

63. GAY A, THOMAS H, ROCA M, JAMES C, TAYLOR J, ROWLAND J, OUGHAM H (2008) Nondestructive analysis of senescence in mesophyll cells by spectral resolution of protein synthesis-dependent pigment metabolism. New Phytologist 179: 663 - 674

62. MUR LAJ, KENTON P, LLOYD AJ, OUGHAM H, PRATS E (2008) The hypersensitive response; the centenary is upon us but how much do we know? Journal of Experimental Botany 59:501-520

61. ARMSTEAD I, HUANG L, KING J, OUGHAM H, THOMAS H, KING I (2007) Rice pseudomolecule-anchored cross-species DNA sequence alignments indicate regional genomic variation in expressed sequence conservation. BMC Genomics 8: 283

60. GOODACRE R, ROBERTS L, ELLIS DI, THOROGOOD D, READER SM, OUGHAM H, KING I (2007) From phenotype to genotype: whole tissue profiling for plant breeding. Metabolomics 3: 1573-3882

59. ZAVALETA-MANCERA H, LÓPEZ-DELGADO H, LOZA-TAVERAC H, MORA-HERRERA M, TREVILLA-GARCÍA C, VARGAS-SUÁREZ M, OUGHAM H (2007) Cytokinin promotes catalase and ascorbate peroxidase activities and preserves the chloroplast integrity during dark-senescence. Journal of Plant Physiology 164: 1572-1582

58. KING J, KING IP, ARMSTEAD IP, DONNISON IS, HARPER JA, ROBERTS LA, THOMAS H, OUGHAM H, THOMAS A, HUANG L (2007) Introgression mapping in the grasses. Chromosome Research 15: 105-113

57. ARMSTEAD IP, DONNISON IS, AUBRY S, HARPER JA, HORTENSTEINER S, JAMES CL, MANI J, MOFFET M, OUGHAM HJ, ROBERTS LA, THOMAS A, WEEDEN N, THOMAS H, KING IP (2007) Cross-species identification of Mendel's I locus. Science 315: 73

56. DONNISON IS, GAY AP, THOMAS H, EDWARDS KJ, EDWARDS D, JAMES CL, THOMAS AM, OUGHAM HJ (2007) Modification of nitrogen remobilisation, grain fill and leaf senescence in maize (Zea mays L) by transposon insertional mutagenensis in a protease gene. New Phytologist 173: 481-494

55. OUGHAM HJ, ARMSTEAD IP, HOWARTH CJ, GALYUON IKA, DONNISON IS, THOMAS H (2007) The genetic control of senescence revealed by mapping quantitative trait loci. In: Senescence Processes in Plants (Annual Plant Reviews series), Susheng Gan, ed, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford

54. CLARE A, KARWATH A, OUGHAM HJ, KING RD (2006) Functional bioinformatics for Arabidopsis thaliana. Bioinformatics 22, 1130-1136

53. FARRELL AD, OUGHAM HJ, TOMOS AD (2006) The effect of gibberellic acid on the response of leaf extension to low temperature. Plant Cell and Environment 29, 1329-1337

52. ARMSTEAD IP, DONNISON IS, AUBRY S, HARPER JA, HORTENSTEINER S, JAMES CL, MANI J, MOFFET M, OUGHAM HJ, ROBERTS LA, THOMAS A, WEEDEN N, THOMAS H, KING IP (2006) From crop to model to crop: identifying the genetic basis of the staygreen mutation in the Lolium/Festuca forage and amenity grasses. New Phytologist 172: 592-597

51. MOORE BJ, DONNISON IS, HARPER JA, ARMSTEAD IP, KING J, THOMAS H, JONES RN, JONES TH, THOMAS HM, MORGAN WG, THOMAS A, OUGHAM HJ, HUANG L, FENTEM PA, ROBERTS LA, KING IP (2005) Molecular tagging of a senescence gene by introgression mapping of a mutant stay-green locus from Festuca pratensis. New Phytologist 165, 801-806

50. OUGHAM HJ, MORRIS P, THOMAS H (2005) The colours of autumn leaves as symptoms of cellular recycling and defences against environmental stresses. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 66, 135-160

49. OUGHAM HJ, HUANG LS (2004) Bioinformatics: bringing data to a usable form for breeders. Developments in Plant Breeding: Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. Proceedings 3rd International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf, Dallas, USA, 18-22 May 2003. Hopkins, A. , Wang, Z-Y. , Mian, R. , Sledge, M. , Barker, R., eds. 11, 261-274

48. ROCA M, JAMES CL, PRUZINSKA A, HORTENSTEINER S, THOMAS H, OUGHAM H (2004) Analysis of the chlorophyll catabolism pathway in leaves of an introgression senescence mutant of Lolium temulentum. Phytochemistry 65, 1231-1238

47. THOMAS H, OUGHAM HJ, WAGSTAFF C, STEAD AJ (2003) Defining senescence and death. Journal of Experimental Botany 54, 1127-1132

46. DEWHURST RJ, SCOLLAN ND, LEE MRF, OUGHAM HJ, HUMPHREYS MO (2003) Forage breeding and management to increase the beneficial fatty acid content of ruminant products. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 62, 329-336

45. FU XD, RICHARDS DE, AIT-ALI T, HYNES LW, OUGHAM HJ, PENG J, OUGHAM HJ, HARBERD NP. (2002) Gibberellin-mediated proteasome-dependent degradation of the barley DELLA protein SLN1 repressor. Plant Cell 14, 3191-3200

44. THOMAS H, OUGHAM HJ, CANTER P, DONNISON I. (2002) What stay-green mutants tell us about nitrogen remobilization in leaf senescence. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 801-808

43. OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS AM, THOMAS BJ, FRICK GA, ARMSTRONG GA. (2001) Both light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase A and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase B are down-regulated in the slender mutant of barley. Journal Of Experimental Botany 52, 1447-1454

42. ABBERTON MT, DONNISON IS, MORRIS P, OUGHAM HJ, ROBBINS MP, THOMAS H (2001) Tooling up for functional genomics. IGER Innovations 5, 6-9

41. ROBSON PRH, DONNISON IS, THOROGOOD D, COWAN AA, OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H (2001) New ways to stay green. IGER Innovations 5, 12-15

40. THOMAS H, OUGHAM H, HÖRTENSTEINER S. (2001) Recent advances in the cell biology of chlorophyll catabolism. Advances in Botanical Research 35,1-52

39. THOMAS H, THOMAS HM, OUGHAM HJ. (2000) Annuality, perenniality and cell death. Journal of Experimental Botany 51, 1781-1788

38. LANGDON T, SEAGO C, JONES RN, OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H, FORSTER JW, JENKINS G. (2000) De novo evolution of satellite DNA on the rye B chromosome. Genetics 154, 869-884

37. DICKS J, ANDERSON M, CARDLE L, CARTINHOUR S, COUCHMAN M, DAVENPORT G, DICKSON J, GALE MD, MARSHALL D, MAY S, MCWILLIAM H, O'MALIA A, OUGHAM HJ, TRICK M , WALSH S, WAUGH R. (2000) UK CropNet: a collection of databases and bioinformatics resources for crop plant genomics. Nucleic Acids Research 28, 104-107

36. ZAVALETA-MANCERA HA, FRANKLIN KA, OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H, SCOTT IM. (1999) Regreening of senescent Nicotiana leaves I. Reappearance of NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase and light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding protein. Journal of Experimental Botany 50, 1677-1682

35. THOMAS H, MORGAN WG, THOMAS AM, OUGHAM HJ (1999) Expression of the stay-green character introgressed into Lolium temulentum Ceres from a senescence mutant of Festuca pratensis. Theoretical & Applied Genetics 99, 92-99

34. HARRISON J, NICOT C, OUGHAM H (1998) The effect of low temperature on patterns of cell division in developing second leaves of wild-type and slender mutant barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Plant Cell & Environment 21, 79-86

33. THOMAS H, OUGHAM HJ, HÖRTENSTEINER S. (1998) Ring in the new, ring out the old. IGER Innovations 2, 6-9

32. JONES N, OUGHAM H, THOMAS H (1997) Markers and mapping: we are all geneticists now. New Phytologist 137, 165-177

31. MOSES L, OUGHAM HJ, FRANCIS D (1997) The effect of the slow-to-green mutation on cell division during leaf initiation and early leaf growth in Lolium temulentum. New Phytologist 135, 51-57

30. KINSMAN EA, LEWIS C, DAVIES MS, YOUNG JE, FRANCIS D, VILHAR B, OUGHAM HJ (1997) Elevated CO2 stimulates cells to divide in grass meristems: a differential effect in two natural populations of Dactylis glomerata. Plant Cell & Environment 20, 1309-1316

29. OURRY A, MACDUFF JH, OUGHAM HJ (1996) The relationship between mobilization of N reserves and changes in translatable messages following defoliation in Lolium temulentum L and Lolium perenne L. Journal Of Experimental Botany 47, 739-747

28. SCHUNMANN PHD, OUGHAM HJ (1996) Identification of three cDNA clones expressed in the leaf extension zone and with altered patterns of expression in the slender mutant of barley: A tonoplast intrinsic protein, a putative structural protein and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase. Plant Molecular Biology 31, 529-537

27. OUGHAM HJ, LATIPOVA G, VALENTINE J. (1996) Morphological and biochemical characterization of spikelet development in naked oats (Avena sativa). New Phytologist 134, 5-12.

26. KINSMAN EA, LEWIS C, DAVIES MS, YOUNG YE, FRANCIS D, THOMAS ID, CHORLTON KH, OUGHAM HJ. (1996) Effects of temperature and elevated CO2 on cell division in shoot meristems: Differential responses of two natural populations of Dactylis glomerata L. Plant Cell & Environment 19, 775-780.

25. MARRISON, JL, SCHUNMANN PHD, OUGHAM HJ, LEECH RM. (1996) Subcellular visualization of gene transcripts encoding key proteins of the chlorophyll accumulation process in developing chloroplasts. Plant Physiology 110, 1089-1096.

24. OUGHAM HJ. (1995) Painting the lily (and other plants) Chemistry and Industry 6, 221-224

23. MEREDITH MR, MICHAELSON-YEATES TPT, OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H. (1995) Trifolium ambiguum as a source of variation in the breeding of white clover. Euphytica 82, 185-191

22. SCHÜNMANN PHD, OUGHAM HJ, TURK KS. (1994) Leaf extension in the slender barley mutant: delineation of the zone of cell expansion and changes in translatable mRNA during leaf development. Plant, Cell & Environment 17, 1315-1322.

21. SCHÜNMANN PHD, HARRISON J, OUGHAM HJ. (1994) Slender barley - an extension growth mutant. Journal of Experimental Botany 45, 1753-1760.

20. GRIFFITHS PP, OUGHAM HJ, JONES RN. (1994) Genotype and environmental effects on endopolyploidy in the epidermal tissue of Lolium perenne L. and Lolium multiflorum Lam. New Phytologist 128, 339-345.

19. GORDON AJ, OUGHAM HJ, JAMES CL. (1993) Changes in levels of gene transcripts and their corresponding proteins in nodules of soybean plants subjected to dark-induced stress. Journal Of Experimental Botany 44, 1453-1460

18. HOWARTH CJ, OUGHAM HJ. (1993) Gene expression under temperature stress. (Tansley Review). New Phytologist 125, 1-26

17. OUGHAM HJ. (1992) Applying Molecular Biology to Agriculture at IGER. Y Gwyddonydd 30, 30-35 (Welsh Language Science Magazine)

16. OUGHAM HJ, FRANCIS DF. (1992) The molecular basis of mesophyll cell development. In: Crop photosynthesis: spatial and temporal determinants. Eds. Baker, N.R. & Thomas, H. Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp 313-336

15. OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS AM, THOMAS BJ, ROBERTS PC, MUTINDA C, HAYWARD, MD, DALTON SJ. (1992) Leaf development in Lolium temulentum: characterization of a slow-to-green mutant. New Phytologist 122, 261-272

14. THOMAS H, OUGHAM HJ, DAVIES TGE. (1992) Leaf senescence in a non-yellowing mutant of Festuca pratensis. Transcripts and translation products. Journal Of Plant Physiology 139, 403-412.

13. POLLOCK CJ, OUGHAM HJ, STODDART JL. (1991) The Slender mutation of barley. In: Barley: Genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology. Ed. Shewry, P.R. Commonwealth Agriculture Bureau. pp 265-276

12. OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H (1990) Spatial and temporal gradients in grass leaf development. Journal of the Agricultural Society, UCW Aberystwyth 70, 29-30

11. OUGHAM HJ, DAVIES TGE. (1990) Leaf development in Lolium temulentum: Gradients of RNA complement and plastid and non-plastid transcripts. Physiologia Plantarum 79, 331-338.

10. DAVIES TG, OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H, ROGERS LJ. (1989) Leaf development in Lolium temulentum: plastid membrane polypeptides in relation to assembly of the photosynthetic apparatus and leaf growth. Physiologia Plantarum 75, 47-54.

09. OUGHAM HJ , HOWARTH CJ. (1988) Temperature shock proteins in plants. Plants and Temperature, Symposium of the Society for Experimental Biology 42, 59-280

08. OUGHAM HJ, PEACOCK JM, STODDART JL, SOMAN P. (1988) High temperature effects on seedling emergence and embryo protein synthesis of Sorghum. Crop Science 28, 251-253.

07. OUGHAM HJ, JONES TWA, EVANS MLl. (1987) Leaf development in Lolium temulentum L.: progressive changes in soluble polypeptide complement and isoenzymes. Experimental Botany 38, 1689-1696.

06. OUGHAM HJ, THOMAS H, HILDITCH P. (1987) Leaf development in Lolium temulentum L.: gradients of expression of growth and photosynthesis-related polypeptides revealed by immunoblotting. Journal Of Plant Physiology 129, 181-186.

05. OUGHAM HJ. (1987) Gene expression during leaf development in Lolium temulentum: patterns of protein synthesis in response to heat-shock and cold-shock. Physiologia Plantarum 70, 479-484.

04. OUGHAM HJ, STODDART JL. (1986) Synthesis of heat-shock proteins and acquisition of thermotolerance in high-temperature tolerant and high-temperature susceptible lines of Sorghum. Plant Science 44, 163-167.

03. OUGHAM HJ, STODDART JL. (1985) Development of a laboratory screening technique, based on embryo protein synthesis, for the assessment of high-temperature susceptibility during germination of Sorghum bicolor. Experimental Agriculture 21, 343-355

02. OUGHAM HJ, TAYLOR DG, TRUDGILL PW. (1983) Camphor revisited: involvement of a unique monooxygenase in metabolism of 2-oxo-³-4,5,5-trimethyl cyclopentenylacetic acid by Pseudomonas putida. Journal Of Bacteriology 153, 140-152.

01. OUGHAM HJ, TRUDGILL PW. (1982) Metabolism of cyclohexane acetic acid and cyclohexanebutyric acid by Arthrobacter sp. strain CA1. Journal Of Bacteriology 150, 1172-1182.

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