The strength of the Plant Chronobiology Hub lies in its deep interdisciplinary integration. The following selected publications were direct collaborations between all three co-directors (Davis, Ezer, and Ronald), which each dissect different aspects of biological time.
This study establishes how circadian transcriptional regulation shifts across plant development, identifying genes that remain stable versus those that change dynamically over time.
Using modelling and Arabidopsis and barley mutants, this research reveals how the clock component ELF3 shapes population-level trait variability by tuning maturation rates.
By analysing recombinant inbred lines, this paper demonstrates that circadian traits in seedlings can predict flowering time and synchronisation in mature plant populations.
This work utilises single-plant transcriptomics to resolve the precise cascade of transcriptional events occurring during the rapid transition from vegetative growth to flowering.
A community resource combining single-cell and bulk RNA-seq data to map cell-type-specific gene expression changes across diurnal and developmental timescales.
This study uncovers the intricate genetic relationships between key clock genes ELF3, PRR9, and PRR7, revealing their combined impact on hypocotyl growth, root thermomorphogenesis, and flowering.