Anthony J. Travis, Gareth J. Norton, Sutapa Datta, R. N. Sarma et al.
BACKGROUND: Genetic diversity among rice cultivars from Bangladesh and North East India was assessed using a custom 384-SNP microarray assay. A total of 511 cultivars were obtained from several sources, choosing landraces likely to be from the aus subpopulation and modern improved cultivars from Ban...
Peter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan, Abbas Bhuiya, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi et al.
BACKGROUND: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World Health Organization's Member States have called for a 25% reduction in premature NCD mortality by 2025, which can only be...
Gareth J. Norton, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Guilan Duan, Ming Lei et al.
Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice grains is a risk to human health. The mechanism of transfer of As from the shoot into the grain during grain filling is unknown at present. In this study As speciation in the shoot and grains at maturity were examined, and the relationships between phosphorus (P) an...
Gareth J. Norton, Anthony J. Travis, Alex Douglas, Susan Fairley et al.
Growing demand for staple crops like rice will need to be achieved predominately through agricultural intensification and more efficient use of inputs. To meet this demand it is essential that the genetic diversity within rice is fully utilised. The aus subpopulation is considered an underappreciate...
Peter Kim Streatfield, Wasif Ali Khan, Abbas Bhuiya, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi et al.
BACKGROUND: As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been documented at the individual level. Systematic application of verbal autopsy (VA) methods in defined populations provides an...
Idnan Yunas, Md Asiful Islam, Kulandaipalayam Natarajan Sindhu, Adam Devall et al.
<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Background</h3> An understanding of the causes of postpartum haemorrhage is needed to provide appropriate treatment and services. Knowledge of the risk factors for postpartum haemorrhage can help address modifiable risk factors. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to ide...
Katherine A. Suess, John R. Weaver, Sedona H. Price, Richard Pan et al.
Abstract In this paper, we describe the “Medium Bands, Mega Science” JWST Cycle 2 survey (JWST-GO-4111) and demonstrate the power of these data to reveal both the spatially integrated and spatially resolved properties of galaxies from the local Universe to the era of cosmic dawn. Executed in 2023 No...
MalariaGEN, Ishag Adam, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Sisay Getachew Alemu et al.
<ns3:p> This report describes the MalariaGEN Pv4 dataset, a new release of curated genome variation data on 1,895 samples of <ns3:italic>Plasmodium vivax</ns3:italic> collected at 88 worldwide locations between 2001 and 2017. It includes 1,370 new samples contributed by MalariaGEN and VivaxGEN partn...
Zahirul I. Talukder, A.J.S. McDonald, Adam H. Price
Plant disease susceptibility is often increased by nitrogen (N) application. Therefore, it is important to know if resistance loci are effective in different plant N environments. One-hundred lines of the Bala x Azucena rice (Oryza sativa) mapping population were grown in two N treatments and tested...
Gareth J. Norton, Anthony J. Travis, John Danku, David E. Salt et al.
Abstract As the global population grows, demand on food production will also rise. For rice, one limiting factor effecting production could be availability of fresh water, hence adoption of techniques that decrease water usage while maintaining or increasing crop yield are needed. Alternative wettin...
Prashant Kumar, Sarkawt Hama, Rana Alaa Abbass, Thiago Nogueira et al.
Car microenvironments significantly contribute to the daily pollution exposure of commuters, yet health and socioeconomic studies focused on in-car exposure are rare. This study aims to assess the relationship between air pollution levels and socioeconomic indicators (fuel prices, city-specific GDP,...
Caijin Chen, Gareth J. Norton, Adam H. Price
Salinity is a major abiotic stress which inhibits rice production in coastal, arid and semi-aid areas in many countries, such as India and Bangladesh. Identification of salt tolerant cultivars, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and genes is essential for breeding salt tolerant rice. The aus subpopulati...
K. A. Pearson, Gearoid Millar, Gareth J. Norton, Adam H. Price
Abstract Water saving in irrigated agriculture is a critical issue for global food security, and much research has suggested substantial benefits of management systems designed to achieve it. Yet there are likely to be socioeconomic barriers which must be understood if these systems are to be adopte...
Gareth J. Norton, Anthony J. Travis, Partha Talukdar, Mahmud Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Rice is a global staple crop, being the main calorific component of many people living subsistence livelihoods. Rice can accumulate toxic elements such as arsenic, with the crop water management strongly affecting uptake. This study utilises the Bengal and Assam Aus Panel to conduct geno...
Gareth J. Norton, Tapash Dasgupta, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Shofiqul Islam et al.
It has previously been shown that across different arsenic (As) soil environments, a decrease in grain selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), and nickel (Ni) concentrations is associated with an increase in grain As. In this study we aim to determine if there is a genetic element for this observation or if it is...