• Functional phenomics for improved climate resilience in Nordic agriculture 

      Roitsch, Thomas; Himanen, Kristiina; Chawade, Aakash; Jaakola, Laura; Nehe, Ajit; Alexandersson, Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-21)
      The five Nordic countries span the most northern region for field cultivation in the world. This presents challenges per se, with short growing seasons, long days, and a need for frost tolerance. Climate change has additionally increased risks for micro-droughts and water logging, as well as pathogens and pests expanding northwards. Thus, Nordic agriculture demands crops that are adapted to the ...
    • Spatiotemporal modulation of flavonoid metabolism in blueberries 

      Günther, Catrin Sonja; Dare, Andrew P.; McGhie, Tony K.; Deng, Cecilia; Lafferty, Declan J.; Plunkett, Blue J.; Grierson, Ella R.P.; Turner, Janice L.; Jaakola, Laura; Albert, Nick W.; Espley, Richard V. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-13)
      Blueberries are distinguished by their purple-blue fruit color, which develops during ripening and is derived from a characteristic composition of flavonoid-derived anthocyanin pigments. The production of anthocyanins is confined to fruit skin, leaving the colorless fruit flesh devoid of these compounds. By linking accumulation patterns of phenolic metabolites with gene transcription in Northern ...