Dr Nicholas Collins

• Biography/ Background

  Positions held

  2023- ARC Grant Funded Researcher B, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide

  2021- Visiting Research Fellow (Titleholder), School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide

  2016-2019 Research Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide

  2004-2015 Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG), University of Adelaide

  1999-2003 Postdoctoral Scientist, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich

  1996-1999 Postdoctoral Scientist, Plant Industry (CSIRO), Canberra

• Qualifications

  Qualifications

  BSc (Hons), Monash University, 1990

  PhD, University of Adelaide, 1995

• Research Interests

  Current research interests

  Agrivoltaics

  Heat stress tolerance in wheat

  Barley yellow dwarf virus resistance in barley

• Publications

  Refereed journal articles & book chapters

  Emebiri, L., Erena, M. F., Taylor, K., Hildebrand, S., Maccaferri, M., Collins, N. C. (2023). Field screening for heat-stress tolerance of floret fertility in wheat (Triticum aestivum and T. durum). Crop & Pasture Science, 75, CP23214. doi: 10.1071/CP23214

  Erena, M. F., Lohraseb, I., Munoz-Santa, I., Taylor, J. D., Emebiri, L. C., & Collins, N. C. (2021). The WtmsDW locus on wheat chromosome 2B controls major natural variation for floret sterility responses to heat sress at booting stage. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 1-14. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.635397

  Rahman, M. S., Linsell, K. J., Taylor, J. D., Hayden, M. J., Collins, N. C., & Oldach, K. H. (2020). Fine mapping of root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus thornei) resistance loci on chromosomes 6D and 2B of wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 133(2), 635-652. doi:10.1007/s00122-019-03495-x

  Sissons, M., Pleming, D., Taylor, J., Emebiri, L., & Collins, N. (2018). Effects of heat exposure from late sowing on the agronomic and technological quality of tetraploid wheat. Cereal Chemistry, 95(2), 274-287. doi:10.1002/cche.10027

  Lohraseb, I., Collins, N., & Parent, B. (2017). Diverging temperature responses of CO2 assimilation and plant development explain the overall effect of temperature on biomass accumulation in wheat leaves and grains. AoB Plants, 9(1), plw092-1-plw092-13. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plw092

  Kamino, L., Singh, D., Pallotta, M., Collins, N., & Park, R. (2016). Mapping of seedling resistance in barley to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. pseudohordei. Journal of Applied Genetics, 57(1), 37-44. doi:10.1007/s13353-015-0304-7

  Shirdelmoghanloo, H., Taylor, J., Lohraseb, I., Rabie, H., Brien, C., Timmins, A., . . . Collins, N. (2016). A QTL on the short arm of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) chromosome 3B affects the stability of grain weight in plants exposed to a brief heat shock early in grain filling. BMC Plant Biology, 16(1), 100-1-100-15. doi:10.1186/s12870-016-0784-6

  Shirdelmoghanloo, H., Lohraseb, I., Rabie, H., Brien, C., Parent, B., & Collins, N. (2016). Heat susceptibility of grain filling in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) linked with rapid chlorophyll loss during a 3-day heat treatment. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 38(8), 208-1-208-11. doi:10.1007/s11738-016-2208-5

  Pinto, R., Lopes, M., Collins, N., & Reynolds, M. (2016). Modelling and genetic dissection of staygreen under heat stress. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 129(11), 2055-2074. doi:10.1007/s00122-016-2757-4

  Shirdelmoghanloo, H., Cozzolino, D., Lohraseb, I., & Collins, N. (2016). Truncation of grain filling in wheat (Triticum aestivum) triggered by brief heat stress during early grain filling: association with senescence responses and reductions in stem reserves. Functional Plant Biology, 43(10), 919-930. doi:10.1071/FP15384

  Roy, S., Collins, N., & Munns, R. (2016). Abiotic stress genes and mechanisms in wheat. In C. Wrigley, H. Corke, K. Seetharaman, & J. Faubion (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Food Grains (Vol. 4, 2nd ed., pp. 393-397). Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-394437-5.00230-8

  Lüpken, T., Stein, N., Perovic, D., Habekuß, A., Serfling, A., Krämer, I., . . . Ordon, F. (2014). High-resolution mapping of the barley Ryd3 locus controlling tolerance to BYDV. Molecular Breeding, 33(2), 477-488. doi:10.1007/s11032-013-9966-1

  Maphosa, L., Collins, N., Taylor, J., & Mather, D. (2014). Post-anthesis heat and a Gpc-B1 introgression have similar but non-additive effects in bread wheat. Functional Plant Biology, 41(9), 1002-1008. doi:10.1071/FP14060

  Arthur, K., Collins, N., Yazarlou, A., & Randles, J. (2014). Nucleotide sequence diversity in Velvet tobacco mottle virus: a virus with a unique Australian pathosystem. Virus Genes, 48(1), 168-173. doi:10.1007/s11262-013-1007-y

  Acevedo-Garcia, J., Collins, N., Ahmadinejad, N., Ma, L., Houben, A., Bednarek, P., . . . Panstruga, R. (2013). Fine mapping and chromosome walking towards the Ror1 locus in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 126(12), 2969-2982. doi:10.1007/s00122-013-2186-6

  Houston, K., McKim, S., Comadran, J., Bonar, N., Druka, I., Uzrek, N., . . . 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, 110(41), 16675-16680. doi:10.1073/pnas.1311681110

  Shavrukov, Y., Bovill, J., Afzal, I., Hayes, J., Roy, S., Tester, M., & Collins, N. (2013). HVP10 encoding V-PPase is a prime candidate for the barley HvNax3 sodium exclusion gene: evidence from fine mapping and expression analysis. Planta, 237(4), 1111-1122. doi:10.1007/s00425-012-1827-3

  Arthur, K., Collins, N., & Randles, J. (2012). Mutation rate in Velvet tobacco mottle virus varies between genomic region and virus variant but is not influenced by obligatory mirid transmission. Virus Genes, 45(3), 575-580. doi:10.1007/s11262-012-0801-2

  Rivandi, A., Miyazaki, J., Hrmova, M., Pallotta, M., Tester, M., & Collins, N. (2011). A SOS3 homologue maps to HvNax4, a barley locus controlling an environmentally sensitive Na+ exclusion trait. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62(3), 1201-1216. doi:10.1093/jxb/erq346

  Bulgarelli, D., Biselli, C., Collins, N., Consonni, G., Stanca, A., Schulze-Lefert, P., & Vale, G. (2010). The CC-NB-LRR-Type Rdg2a resistance gene confers immunity to the seed-borne barley leaf stripe pathogen in the absence of hypersensitive cell death. PLoS One, 5(9), 1-14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012599

  Shavrukov, Y., Gupta, N., Miyazaki, J., Baho, M., Chalmers, K., Tester, M., . . . Collins, N. (2010). HvNax3-a locus controlling shoot sodium exclusion derived from wild barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum). Functional & Integrative Genomics, 10(2), 277-291. doi:10.1007/s10142-009-0153-8

  Shi, B., Sutton, T., Collins, N., Pallotta, M., & Langridge, P. (2010). Construction of a barley bacterial artificial chromosome library suitable for cloning genes for boron tolerance, sodium exclusion and high grain zinc content. Plant Breeding, 129(3), 291-296. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2009.01762.x

  Chen, A., Gusta, L., Brule-Babel, A., Leach, R., Baumann, U., Fincher, G., & Collins, N. (2009). Varietal and chromosome 2H locus-specific frost tolerance in reproductive tissues of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) detected using a frost simulation chamber. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 119(4), 685-694. doi:10.1007/s00122-009-1079-1

  Shi, B., Gustafson, J., Button, J., Miyazaki, J., Pallotta, M., Gustafson, N., . . . Collins, N. (2009). Physical analysis of the complex rye (Secale cereale L.) Alt4 aluminium (aluminum) tolerance locus using a whole-genome BAC library of rye cv. Blanco. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 119(4), 695-704. doi:10.1007/s00122-009-1080-8

  Chen, A., Reinheimer, J., Brûlé-Babel, A., Baumann, U., Pallotta, M., Fincher, G., & Collins, N. (2009). Genes and traits associated with chromosome 2H and 5H regions controlling sensitivity of reproductive tissues to frost in barley. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 118(8), 1465-1476. doi:10.1007/s00122-009-0995-4

  Chen, A., Baumann, U., Fincher, G., & Collins, N. (2009). Flt-2L, a locus in barley controlling flowering time, spike density, and plant height. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 9(2), 243-254. doi:10.1007/s10142-009-0114-2

  Chen, A., Brûlé-Babel, A., Baumann, U., & Collins, N. (2009). Structure-function analysis of the barley genome: the gene-rich region of chromosome 2HL. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 9(1), 67-79. doi:10.1007/s10142-008-0099-2

  Haegi, A., Bonardi, V., Dall'aglio, E., Glissant, D., Tumino, G., Collins, N., . . . Vale, G. (2008). Histological and molecular analysis of Rdg2a barley resistance to leaf stripe. Molecular Plant Pathology, 9(4), 463-478. doi:10.1111/J.1364-3703.2008.00479.X

  Collins, N., Tardieu, F., & Tuberosa, R. (2008). Quantitative trait loci and crop performance under abiotic stress: Where do we stand?. Plant Physiology, 147(2), 469-486. doi:10.1104/pp.108.118117

  Collins, N., Shirley, N., Saeed, M., Pallotta, M., & Gustafson, J. (2008). An ALMT1 gene cluster controlling aluminum tolerance at the Alt4 locus of rye (Secale cereale L.). Genetics, 179(1), 669-682. doi:10.1534/genetics.107.083451

  Collins, N., Niks, R., & Schulze-Lefert, P. (2007). Resistance to cereal rusts at the plant cell wall-what can we learn from other host-pathogen systems?. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 58(6), 476-789. doi:10.1071/AR06065

  Shi, B., Miftahudin, T., Collins, N., Langridge, P., & Gustafson, P. (2007). Construction of a rye cv. Blanco BAC library, and progress towards cloning the rye Alt3 aluminium [aluminum] tolerance gene. Vortraege fuer Pflanzenzuechtung, 2007(71), 205-209.

   Sutton, T., Baumann, U., Hayes, J., Collins, N., Shi, B., Schnurbusch, T., . . . Langridge, P. (2007). Boron toxicity tolerance in barley arising from efflux transporter amplification. Science, 318(5855), 1446-1449. doi:10.1126/science.1146853

  Schnurbusch, T., Collins, N., Eastwood, R., Sutton, T., Jefferies, S., & Langridge, P. (2007). Fine mapping and targeted SNP survey using rice-wheat gene colinearity in the region of the Bo1 boron toxicity tolerance locus of bread wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 115(4), 451-461. doi:10.1007/s00122-007-0579-0

  Tacconi, G., Baldassarre, V., Collins, N., Bulgarelli, D., Stanca, A., & Vale, G. (2006). Haplotype characterization and markers at the barley Mlo powdery mildew resistance locus as tools for marker-assisted selection. Genome, 49(8), 864-872. doi:10.1139/G06-044

  Jarosch, B., Collins, N., Zellerhoff, N., & Schaffrath, U. (2005). RAR1, ROR1, and the actin cytoskeleton contribute to basal resistance to magnaporthe grisea in barley. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 18(5), 397-404. doi:10.1094/MPMI-18-0397

  Reinheimer, J., Collins, N., & Eglinton, J. (2004). Reproductive frost tolerance - synteny in cereals providing clues for future wheat improvement. In C. Black, J. Panozzo, & G. Rebetzke (Eds.), Proceedings of the 54th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference and 11th Wheat Breeders Assembly 2004 (pp. 44-47). North Melbourne, Australia: Cereal Chemistry Division, RACI.

  Bulgarelli, D., Collins, N., Tacconi, G., Kleinhofs, A., Stanca, A., Vale, G., . . . Brueggeman, R. (2004). High-resolution genetic mapping of the leaf stripe resistance gene Rdg2a in barley. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 108(7), 1401-1408. doi:10.1007/s00122-003-1557-9

  Madsen, L., Collins, N., Rakwalska, M., Backes, G., Sandal, N., Krusell, L., . . . Stougaard, J. (2003). Barley disease resistance gene analogs of the NBS-LRR class: identification and mapping. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 269(1), 150-161. doi:10.1007/s00438-003-0823-5

  Collins, N., Thordal-Christensen, H., Lipka, V., Bau, S., Kombrink, E., Qiu, J., . . . Schulze-Lefert, P. (2003). SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall. Nature, 425(6961), 973-977. doi:10.1038/nature02076

  Webb, C., Richter, T., Collins, N., Nicolas, M., Trick,, H., Pryor, A., & Hulbert, S. (2002). Genetic and molecular characterization of the maize rp3 rust resistance locus. Genetics, 162(1), 381-394. doi:10.1093/genetics/162.1.381

  Toyoda, K., Collins, N., & Takahashi, A. (2002). Resistance and Susceptibility of Plants to Fungal Pathogens. Transgenic Research, 11(6), 567-582. doi:10.1023/A:1021182111770

  Collins, N., Sadanandom, A., & Schulze-Lefert, P. (2002). Genes and molecular mechanisms controlling powdery mildew resistance in barley. In The Powdery mildews : a comprehensive treatise (pp. 134-145). The American Phytopathological Society.

  Piffanelli, P., Zhou, F., Casais, C., Orme, J., Jarosch, B., Schaffrath, U., . . . Schulze-Lefert, P. (2002). The barley MLO modulator of defense and cell death Is responsive to biotic and abiotic stress stimuli. Plant Physiology, 129(3), 1076-1085. doi:10.1104/pp.010954

  King, B., Paltridge, N., Collins, N., Ford, C., Li, R., Symons, R., & Langridge, P. (2002). A map-based approach towards cloning the Yd2 resistance gene in barley. In M. Henry, & A. McNab (Eds.), Barley yellow dwarf disease: Recent advances and future strategies (pp. 75-77). Mexico: CIMMYT.

  Collins, N., Park, R., Spielmeyer, W., Pryor, A., & Ellis, J. (2001). Resistance gene analogs in barley and their relationships to rust resistance genes.. Genome, 44(3), 375-381. doi:10.1139/g01-016

  Sun, Q., Collins, N., Ayliffe, M., Smith, S., Drake, J., Pryor, A., & Hulbert, S. (2001). Recombination between paralogues at the rp1 rust resistance locus in maize. Genetics, 158(1), 423-438. doi:10.1093/genetics/158.1.423

  Collins, N., Lahaye, T., Peterhansel, C., Freialdenhoven, A., Corbitt, M., & Schulze-Lefert, P. (2001). Sequence haplotypes revealed by sequence-tagged site fine mapping of the Ror1 gene in the centromeric region of barley chromosome 1H. Plant Physiology, 125(3), 1236-1247. doi:10.1104/pp.125.3.1236

  Ayliffe, M. A., Collins, N. C., Ellis, J. G., & Pryor, A. (2000). The maize rp1 rust resistance gene identifies homologues in barley that have been subjected to diversifying selection. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 100(7), 1144-1154. doi:10.1007/s001220051398

  Collins, N., Drake, J., Ayliffe, M., Sun, Q., Ellis, J., Hulbert, S., & Pryor, T. (1999). Molecular Characterization of the Maize Rp1-D Rust Resistance Haplotype and Its Mutants. The Plant Cell, 11(7), 1365-1376. doi:10.1105/tpc.11.7.1365

  Collins, N. C., Webb, C. A., Seah, S., Ellis, J. G., Hulbert, S. H., & Pryor, A. (1998). The Isolation and Mapping of Disease Resistance Gene Analogs in Maize. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 11(10), 968-978. doi:10.1094/mpmi.1998.11.10.968

  Spielmeyer, W., Robertson, M., Collins, N., Leister, D., Schulze-Lefert, P., Seah, S., . . . Lagudah, E. S. (1998). A superfamily of disease resistance gene analogs is located on all homoeologous chromosome groups of wheat (Triticum aestivum). Genome, 41(6), 782-788. doi:10.1139/gen-41-6-782

  Paltridge, N., Collins, N., Bendahmane, A., & Symons, R. (1998). Development of YLM, a codominant PCR marker closely linked to the Yd2 gene for resistance to barley yellow dwarf disease. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 96(8), 1170-1177. doi:10.1007/s001220050853

  Ellis, J., Lawrence, G., Ayliffe, M., Anderson, P., Collins, N., Finnegan, J., . . . Pryor, T. (1997). Advances in the molecular genetic analysis of the flax-flax rust interaction. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 35(1), 271-291. doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.35.1.271

  Collins, N., Paltridge, N., Ford, C., & Symons, R. (1996). The Yd2 gene for barley yellow dwarf virus resistance maps close to the centromere on the long arm of barley chromosome 3. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 92(7), 858-864. doi:10.1007/BF00221898

  Langridge, P., Karakousis, A., Collins, N., Kretschmer, J., & Manning, S. (1995). A consensus linkage map of barley. Molecular Breeding, 1(4), 389-395. doi:10.1007/BF01248416

   

   

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