Overview
Background
Dr April Hastwell is a plant molecular biologist with the School of Agriculture and Food Science at The University of Queensland, Australia. The focus of her research group is on roles of short signalling peptides in root development including in molecular networks controlling the beneficial legume-rhizobia symbiosis and nodule development.
Availability
- Dr April Hastwell is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2024
Journal Article
The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling
Hastwell, April H., Chu, Xitong, Liu, Yuhan and Ferguson, Brett J. (2024). The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling. Trends in Plant Science. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.07.014
2024
Book Chapter
Rhizobia and Legume Nodulation Genes
Hastwell, A.H. and Ferguson, B.J. (2024). Rhizobia and Legume Nodulation Genes. Reference Module in Life Sciences. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-822563-9.00185-2
2023
Journal Article
Nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Acacia holosericea plants grown in soil admixed with iron ore tailings
Yu, Lina, You, Fang, Wu, Songlin, Lu, Zhaohua, Hastwell, April, Ferguson, Brett and Huang, Longbin (2023). Nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Acacia holosericea plants grown in soil admixed with iron ore tailings. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 23 (1), 1085-1095. doi: 10.1007/s42729-022-01105-2
2022
Book Chapter
Soybean CLE peptides and their CLAVATA-like signaling pathways
Jones, Candice H., Hastwell, April H., Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2022). Soybean CLE peptides and their CLAVATA-like signaling pathways. Soybean physiology and genetics. (pp. 153-175) edited by Hon-Ming Lam and Man-Wah Li. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.abr.2022.02.006
2021
Journal Article
Characterisation of Medicago truncatula CLE34 and CLE35 in nitrate and rhizobia regulation of nodulation
Mens, Celine, Hastwell, April H., Su, Huanan, Gresshoff, Peter M., Mathesius, Ulrike and Ferguson, Brett J. (2021). Characterisation of Medicago truncatula CLE34 and CLE35 in nitrate and rhizobia regulation of nodulation. New Phytologist, 229 (5) nph.17010, 2525-2534. doi: 10.1111/nph.17010
2020
Other Outputs
Characterisation of Medicago truncatula CLE34 and CLE35 in nodulation control
Mens, Celine, Hastwell, April, Su, Huanan, Gresshoff, Peter, Mathesius, Ulrike and Ferguson, Brett (2020). Characterisation of Medicago truncatula CLE34 and CLE35 in nodulation control.
2019
Journal Article
GmYUC2a mediates auxin biosynthesis during root development and nodulation in soybean
Wang, Youning, Yang, Wei, Zuo, Yanyan, Zhu, Lin, Hastwell, April H., Chen, Liang, Tian, Yinping, Su, Chao, Ferguson, Brett J. and Li, Xia (2019). GmYUC2a mediates auxin biosynthesis during root development and nodulation in soybean. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70 (12), 3165-3176. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erz144
2018
Other Outputs
Functional characterisation of novel peptide hormones in legume nodulation and plant development
Hastwell, April (2018). Functional characterisation of novel peptide hormones in legume nodulation and plant development. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.808
2018
Journal Article
Legume nodulation: the host controls the party
Ferguson, B. J., Mens, C., Hastwell, A. H., Zhang, M. B., Su, H., Jones, C. H., Chu, X. T. and Gresshoff, P. M. (2018). Legume nodulation: the host controls the party. Plant, Cell and Environment, 42 (1), 41-51. doi: 10.1111/pce.13348
2018
Journal Article
Triarabinosylation is required for nodulation-suppressive CLE peptides to systemically inhibit nodulation in Pisum sativum
Hastwell, April H., Corcilius, Leo, Williams, James, Gresshoff, Peter M., Payne, Richard J. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2018). Triarabinosylation is required for nodulation-suppressive CLE peptides to systemically inhibit nodulation in Pisum sativum. Plant, Cell and Environment, 42 (1), 188-197. doi: 10.1111/pce.13325
2018
Book Chapter
Advances in understanding soybean physiology and growth
Zhang, M. B., Chu, X. T., Su, H. N., Hastwell, A. H., Gresshoff, P. M. and Ferguson, B. J. (2018). Advances in understanding soybean physiology and growth. Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans: volume 1 breeding and cultivation techniques. (pp. 3-22) edited by Henry T. Nguyen. Sawston, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi: 10.19103/as.2017.0034.01
2017
Journal Article
Arabinosylation modulates the growth-regulating activity of the peptide hormone CLE40a from soybean
Corcilius, Leo, Hastwell, April H., Zhang, Mengbai, Williams, James, Mackay, Joel P., Gresshoff, Peter M., Ferguson, Brett J. and Payne, Richard J. (2017). Arabinosylation modulates the growth-regulating activity of the peptide hormone CLE40a from soybean. Cell Chemical Biology, 24 (11), 1347-1355. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.08.014
2017
Journal Article
Author Correction: CLE peptide-encoding gene families in Medicago truncatula and lotus japonicus, compared with those of soybean, common bean and Arabidopsis (vol 7, 9384, 2017)
Hastwell, April H., de Bang, Thomas C., Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2017). Author Correction: CLE peptide-encoding gene families in Medicago truncatula and lotus japonicus, compared with those of soybean, common bean and Arabidopsis (vol 7, 9384, 2017). Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15474, 15474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14991-9
2017
Journal Article
CLE peptide-encoding gene families in Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus, compared with those of soybean, common bean and Arabidopsis
Hastwell, April H., de Bang, Thomas C., Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2017). CLE peptide-encoding gene families in Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus, compared with those of soybean, common bean and Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 9384, 9384. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09296-w
2015
Journal Article
Genome-wide annotation and characterization of CLAVATA/ESR (CLE) peptide hormones of soybean (Glycine max) and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and their orthologues of Arabidopsis thaliana
Hastwell, April H., Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2015). Genome-wide annotation and characterization of CLAVATA/ESR (CLE) peptide hormones of soybean (Glycine max) and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and their orthologues of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66 (17), 5271-5287. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv351
2015
Journal Article
The structure and activity of nodulation-suppressing CLE peptide hormones of legumes
Hastwell, April H., Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2015). The structure and activity of nodulation-suppressing CLE peptide hormones of legumes. Functional Plant Biology, 42 (3), 229-238. doi: 10.1071/FP14222
2014
Journal Article
The soybean (Glycine max) nodulation-suppressive CLE peptide, GmRIC1, functions interspecifically in common white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), but not in a supernodulating line mutated in PvNARK
Ferguson, Brett J., Li, Dongxue, Hastwell, April H., Reid, Dugald E., Li, Yupeng, Jackson, Scott A. and Gresshoff, Peter M. (2014). The soybean (Glycine max) nodulation-suppressive CLE peptide, GmRIC1, functions interspecifically in common white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), but not in a supernodulating line mutated in PvNARK. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 12 (8), 1085-1097. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12216
2014
Journal Article
The value of biodiversity in legume symbiotic nitrogen fixation and nodulation for biofuel and food production.
Gresshoff, Peter M., Hayashi, Satomi, Biswas, Bandana, Mirzaei, Saeid, Indrasumunar, Arief, Reid, Dugald, Samuel, Sharon, Tollenaere, Alina, van Hameren, Bethany, Hastwell, April, Scott, Paul and Ferguson, Brett J. (2014). The value of biodiversity in legume symbiotic nitrogen fixation and nodulation for biofuel and food production.. Journal of Plant Physiology, 172 (2-3), 128-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.05.013
2014
Conference Publication
Negative regulation of legume nodules by inducible signal peptides
Hastwell, April, Li, Dongxue, Tollenaere, Alina, Gresshoff, Peter M. and Ferguson, Brett J. (2014). Negative regulation of legume nodules by inducible signal peptides. 17th Australian Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 28 September - 2 October 2014.
Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Peptide regulation of plant-microbe interactions in legumes
Legumes are capable of forming beneficial symbioses with bacteria and fungal microbes within the soil, however, they are also at risk from harmful microbial pathogens. While the beneficial symbioses allow the plant to uptake valuable nutrients, reducing the amount of agricultural inputs, pathogenic organisms significantly impact the plant fitness and untimely yield. When the plant and a microbe interact, there are numerous plant signalling pathways that are activated to enable or prevent the interaction from occurring. Many small signalling proteins, known as peptides, are at the centre of these interactions. These peptides are small, mobile signals and often contain complex post-translational modifications to enable important messages to be relayed across cells and organs.
Aspects of this project will use bioinformatics, molecular biology, microbiology and plant physiology to help understand how groups of different signalling peptides are involved and how they help control plant-microbe interactions.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Characterisation of Root Meristem Growth Factor (RGF)/GOLVEN (GLV)/CLE-Like (CLEL) Peptides in Soybean Root Development and Nodulation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Brett Ferguson
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Doctor Philosophy
Molecular analysis of novel CLE peptide hormones that respond to legume pathogens
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Ferguson
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Doctor Philosophy
Use of beneficial microbes to improve growth, disease resistance and nutritional value in plants and algae
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Evgeny Sagulenko, Dr Peter Dart
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Doctor Philosophy
Revolutionising CRISPR genome editing to generate superior legume crops
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Brett Ferguson
Completed supervision
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2022
Master Philosophy
Characterising novel molecular players in soybean nodulation under low pH conditions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Brett Ferguson
Media
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