Nicola Bonar

Publications

Journals

• Bonar, N.; Liney, M.; Zhang, R.X.; Austin, C.; Dessoly, J.; Davidson, D.; Stephens, J.; McDougall, G.; Taylor, M.; Bryan, G.J.; Hornyik, C. (2018) Potato miR828 is associated with purple tuber skin and flesh colour., Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 9, Article No. 1742.
• Katsarou, K.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, R.X.; Bonar, N.; Morris, J.; Hedley, P.E.; Bryan, G.J.; Kalantidis, K.; Hornyik, C. (2016) Insight on genes affecting tuber development in potato upon Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) infection., PLoS ONE, 11, Article No. e0150711.
• Houston, K.; McKim, S.; Comadran, J.; Bonar, N.; Druka, I.; Uzrek, E.; Cirillo, E.; Guzy-Wrobelska, J.; Collins, N.; Halpin, C.; Hansson, M.; Dockter, C.; Druka, A.; Waugh, R. (2013) Variation in the interaction between alleles of HvAPETALA2 and microRNA172 determines the density of grains on the barley inflorescence., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 110, 16675-16680.
• Houston, K.; Druka, A.; Bonar, N.; Macaulay, M.; Lundqvist, U.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Morgante, M.; Stein, N.; Waugh, R. (2012) Analysis of the barley bract suppression gene Trd1., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 125, 33-45.
• Druka, A.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Lundqvist, U.; Bonar, N.; Alexander, J.; Houston, K.; Radovic, S.; Shahinnia, F.; Vendramin, V.; Morgante, M.; Stein, N.; Waugh, R. (2011) Genetic dissection of barley morphology and development., Plant Physiology, 155, 617-627.
• Ramsay, L.; Comadran, J.; Druka, A.; Marshall, D.F.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Macaulay, M.; MacKenzie, K.; Simpson, C.G.; Fuller, J.; Bonar, N.; Hayes, P.M.; Lundqvist, U.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Close, T.J.; Muehlbauer, G.; Waugh, R. (2011) INTERMEDIUM-C, a modifier of lateral spikelet fertility in barley, is an ortholog of the maize domestication gene TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1., Nature Genetics, 43, 169-172.
• Druka, A.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Lundqvist, U.; Bonar, N.; Alexander, J.; Guzy-Wrobelska, J.; Ramsay, L.; Druka, I.; Grant, I.; Macaulay, M.; Vendramin, V.; Shahinnia, F.; Radovic, S.; Houston, K.; Harrap, D.; Cardle, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Morgante, M.; Stein, N.; Waugh, R. (2010) Exploiting induced variation to dissect quantitative traits in barley., Biochemical Society Transactions, 38, 683-688.
• Druka, A.; Druka, I.; Centeno, A.G.; Li, H.; Sun, Z.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Bonar, N.; Steffenson, B.J.; Ullrich, S.E.; Kleinhofs, A.; Wise, R.P.; Close, T.J.; Potokina, E.; Luo, Z.W.; Wagner, C.; Schweizer, G.F.; Marshall, D.F.; Kearsey, M.J.; Williams, R.W.; Waugh, R. (2008) Towards systems genetic analyses in barley: Integration of phenotypic, expression and genotype data into GeneNetwork., BMC Genetics, 9(73).
• Druka, A.; Potokina, E.; Luo, Z.W.; Bonar, N.; Druka, I.; Zhang, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Steffenson, B.J.; Close, T.J.; Wise, R.P.; Kleinhofs, A.; Williams, R.W.; Kearsey, M.J.; Waugh, R. (2008) Exploiting regulatory variation to identify genes underlying quantitative resistance to the wheat stem rust pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in barley., Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 117, 261-272.
• Milbourne, D.; Meyer, R.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Baird, E.; Bonar, N.; Provan, J.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R. (1997) Comparison of PCR-based marker systems for the analysis of genetic relationships in cultivated potato., Molecular Breeding, 3, 127-136.
• Waugh, R.; Bonar, N.; Baird, E.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Graner, A.; Hayes, P.; Powell, W. (1997) Homology of AFLP products in three mapping populations of barley., Molecular and General Genetics, 255, 311-321.
• Ellis, R.P.; Forster, B.P.; Waugh, R.; Bonar, N.; Handley, L.L.; Robinson, D.; Gordon, D.C.; Powell, W. (1997) Mapping physiological traits in barley., New Phytologist, 137, 149-157.

Books

• Thomas, W.T.B.; Russell, J.R.; Bonar, N.; Booth, A.; Fuller, J.D.; Lawrence, P.; Macaulay, M.; Ramsay, L.; Waugh, R.; Powell, W. (1997) Simple sequence repeats SSRs and QTL mapping in barley crosses.., In: H. Buerstmayer & P. Ruckenbauer (eds.). Application of Marker Aided Selection in Cereal Breeding Programs. Eucarpia Section Cereals Meeting. Tulln, Austria, 28-29.

Reports

• Waugh, R.; Collins, A.; Milbourne, D.; Ramsay, L.; Meyer, R.C.; Hackett, C.A.; Bradshaw, J.E.; Gebhardt, C.; Bonnel, E.; Bonar, N. (1998) Development of markers for potato genetics and breeding., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1997/98, 86-88.
• Powell, W.; Bonar, N.; Baird, E.; Russell, J.R.; Waugh, R (1995) Molecular marker techniques for barley genome analysis and breeding., Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, 57-58.

Conference papers

• Rostoks, N.; Mudie, S.; Bonar, N.; Cardle, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Waugh, R. (2007) SNP and haplotype diversity in coding and non-coding regions of European spring and winter barley., II International Vavilov Conference Crop Genetic Resources in the 21st Century, St Petersburg, Russia, 26-30 November 2007.
• Rostoks, N.; Mudie, S.; Bonar, N.; Cardle, L.; Marshall, D.F.; Waugh, R. (2005) Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery and mapping in barley., Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) XIII, San Diego, California, 15-19 January 2005.
• Waugh, R.; Bonar, N.; Baird, E.; Lawrence, P.; Harrower, B.E.; Booth, A.; Khalil, W.; Hayes, P.; Graner, A.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Ellis, R.P.; Powell, W. (1996) Conservation of AFLP marker order in different barley populations., VII International Barley Genetics Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada, 5 August 1996, 397-399.
• Thomas, W.T.B.; Powell, W.; Waugh, R.; Baird, E.; Booth, A.; Lawrence, P.; Harrower, B.E.; Bonar, N.; Hayes, P.M. (1996) Comparison of heading date QTLs on chromosome 7 across four barley crosses., VII International Barley Genetics Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada, 5 August 1996, 388-390.
• Ellis, R.P.; Baird, E.; Bonar, N.; Forster, B.P.; Powell, W.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Waugh, R.; Ahman, I.; Kristiansson, B. (1996) Investigation of genetic changes associated with the domestication of barley., VII International Barley Genetics Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada, 5 August 1996, 164-166.
• Powell, W.; Baird, E.; Booth, A.; Lawrence, P.; Macaulay, M.; Bonar, N.; Young, G.; Thomas, W.T.B.; McNicol, J.W.; Waugh, R. (1996) Single locus and multi-locus molecular assays for barley breeding and research., VII International Barley Genetics Symposium, Saskatoon, Canada, 5 August 1996, pp174-181.

Conference posters

• Bonar, N.; Rahamkulov, I.; Dangol, S.D.; Zhang, R.; Dessoly, J.; Stephens, J.; Barakate, A.; Taylor, M.; Hornyik, C. (2019) Post-transcriptional gene regulation and gene editing in potato., 6th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress and Micobiome for Agriculture Congress, Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 July 2019. (Abstract).
• McKenzie, G. (2019) Good things come in small packages: the importance of pollen at The James Hutton Institute., Plant Power Day, University of Dundee Botanic Garden, 25 May 2019. (Poster)
• Bonar, N.S.; Hornyik, C. (2019) Pollen and pollinators: No pollen – No plants – No food., Plant Power Day, University of Dundee Botanic Garden, 25 May 2019. (Poster)
• Sharma, S.K.; Yildiz, J.; Wilde, G.; McKenzie, G.; Morris, W.; Taylor, M.; Hornyik, C.; Bonar, N. (2018) Science behind the spud – Potato@Hutton., Plant Power Day 2018, Dundee, Botanic Garden, UK, 20 May 2018. (Poster)
• Barlagne, C.; Bonar, N.; Duckett, D.; Hornyik, C.; Kyle, C.; McKenzie, G.; Stirton, G. (2017) One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four… Conserving and enhancing potato varieties in Scotland. , The Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh, 22-25 June 2017. (Poster)
• Barlagne, C.; Bonar, N.; Duckett, D.; Hornyik, C.; Kyle, C.; McKenzie, G.; Stirton, G. (2017) One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four… Conserving and enhancing potato varieties in Scotland., Fascination of Plants Day 2017. The University of Dundee Botanic Gardens, 21 May 2017. Poster.
• Druka, A.; Bonar, N.; Houston, K.; Waugh, R. (2010) Genetic dissection of barley morphology and development., Scottish Plant Biology Meeting, University of Dundee, 22 April 2010 (Poster).
• Druka, A.; Bonar, N.; Houston, K.; Waugh, R. (2010) Genetic dissection of barley morphology and development., Monogram Network Workshop, Norwich, 2-4 March 2010 (Poster).
• Houston, K.; Druka, A.; Bonar, N.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Lundqvist, U.; Alexander, J.; Morgante, M.; Stein, N.; Harrap, D.; Waugh, R. (2010) Fine mapping and identification of the candidate genes for barley third outer glume (trd) locus., Plant & Animal Genome XVIII, San Diego, California, USA, 9-13 January 2010 (Poster).
• Huttley, A.; Shewry, P.; King, G.; Mitchell, R.; Snape, J.; Doonan, J.H.; Shaw, P.; Griffiths, S.; Wall, K.; Dickinson, H.; Li, N.; Scott, R.; Tiwari, S.; Druka, A.; Alexander, J.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Bonar, N.; Waugh, R. (2009) Optimising grain size and shape for improved processing quality., BBSRC Grant Holders Workshop, Cotswolds (Poster).
• Vendramin, V.; Radovic, S.; Druka, A.; Bonar, N.; Alexander, J.; Waugh, R.; Morgante, M. (2009) A new tool to facilitate a positional cloning approach using barley morphological mutants (NILs)., 19th International Triticeae Mapping Initiative – 3rd COST Tritigen Workshop, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 31 August-4 September 2009 (Poster).
• Waugh, R.; Franckowiak, J.D.; Bonar, N.; Close, T.J.; Druka, A. (2008) Genomic dissection of barley morphology and development., Plant & Animal Genome XVI. San Diego, California, 12-16 January 2008, 16 (Abstract).
• Druka, A.; Alexander, J.; Bonar, N.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Frankowiak, J.; Ramsay, L.; Leader, D.J.; Waugh, R. (2008) Genetics of barley grain morphometric traits: Integration of the natural and induced variation., Plant & Animal Genome XVI, San Diego, California, 12-16 January 2008, 197 (Abstract).
• Druka, A.; Potokina, E.; Luo, Z.W.; Bonar, N.; Druka, I.; Zhang, L.; Thomas, W.T.B.; Marshall, D.F.; Ullrich, S.E.; Steffenson, B.; Close, T.; Wise, R.; Kleinhofs, A.; Williams, R.W.; Kearsey, M.J.; Waugh, R. (2008) Regulatory variation underlying developmental and quality traits in barley., Plant & Animal Genome XVI, San Diego, California, 12-16 January 2008, 284 (Abstract).