R
Rana Munns
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 147
Citations - 45642
Rana Munns is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Salinity & Hordeum vulgare. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 142 publications receiving 40530 citations. Previous affiliations of Rana Munns include Grains Research and Development Corporation & Cooperative Research Centre.
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Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops, and the role of physiologically based selection traits
Rana Munns,Shazia Husain,Anna Rita Rivelli,Richard A. James,Anthony G. Condon,Megan P. Lindsay,Evans Lagudah,Daniel P. Schachtman,Ray A. Hare +8 more
TL;DR: The potential for marker-assisted selection based on sound physiological principles in producing salt-tolerant crop cultivars is illustrated with current work on durum wheat, on selection for the trait of sodium exclusion.
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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
TL;DR: Two major genes for Na(+) exclusion in durum wheat, Nax1 and Nax2, were transferred into bread wheat in order to increase its capacity to restrict the accumulation of Na(+.
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New phenotyping methods for screening wheat and barley for beneficial responses to water deficit
TL;DR: Developments in infrared thermography provide new and feasible screening methods for detecting genetic variation in the stomatal response to water deficit in controlled environments and in the field.
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HKT1;5-Like Cation Transporters Linked to Na+ Exclusion Loci in Wheat, Nax2 and Kna1
Caitlin S. Byrt,John Damien Platten,Wolfgang Spielmeyer,Richard A. James,Evans Lagudah,Elizabeth S. Dennis,Mark Tester,Rana Munns +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence that Nax2 and Kna1 are strongly associated with HKT1;5 genes is provided, providing evidence that bread wheat has a greater ability to exclude Na+ from its leaves and is more salt tolerant than durum wheat.
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Physiological Characterization of Two Genes for Na+ Exclusion in Durum Wheat, Nax1 and Nax2
TL;DR: The Nax2 gene has a similar function to Kna1 in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) by unloading Na+ from the xylem as it entered the shoot so that Na+ was retained in the base of the leaf, leading to a high sheath to blade ratio of Na+.