Professor Anna Koltunow has a formidable record of accomplishment in plant reproduction research and translating that research into gains in agricultural sectors.
Her research focus is on the molecular and genetic mechanisms that regulate development of plant reproductive cell types and, therefore, seed and fruit formation. Accomplishments include developing seedless fruit, a sought-after commodity in the horticultural sector.
She was selected by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to head an international collaborative research venture between six research organisations and a multinational seed company to develop technologies so smallholder African farmers could economically save seed from cowpea and sorghum hybrids. Professor Koltunow led the first five-year phase of this project, called Capturing Heterosis, while at CSIRO. This project finished in July 2019. The second phase, also funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Hy-Gain for smallholders – commenced in March 2020, at The University of Queensland.
The Hy-Gain project is a multi-party international research project comprising seven world leading teams aiming to develop a novel technology to increase seed yield and productivity in sorghum and cowpea crops for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This exciting 5-year project, is led by Professor Koltunow in QAAFI’s Centre for Crop Science. Hy-Gain aims to ensure the technology is compatible with plant breeding to support the future, rapid delivery of new high yielding sorghum and cowpea hybrids and improved varieties. The project has some fundamental discovery work, however its key aim is building and testing the utility of the technology in plants. The research objectives span molecular work in the laboratory to field work involving genetic, genomic and transgenic technologies and testing reproductive productivity of sorghum and cowpea plants in glasshouse and in the field.
Together, the Hy-Gain project team is developing new ways to breed sorghum and cowpea varieties that make it possible to achieve large gains in yields, while increasing resilience to diseases and environmental stress.
Professor Koltunow’s collaborations have had an international focus and she has consistently obtained external research funding from several sources (ARC, Australian rural development corporations, and bilateral funding involving CSIRO and India, China, Japan and Brazil and philanthropic funds). She has participated in EU consortia, trained international researchers and national and international students in plant reproduction research in partnership with national and international University collaborators. She has Professorial Affiliations with the University of Adelaide, La Trobe University and works with Huazhong Agricultural University in China.
Whilst maintaining an international profile in plant reproduction research, Professor Koltunow has also held senior leadership roles at CSIRO (including Program leader and Deputy Chief). She served on the Premier’s science council in South Australia, ARC College of Experts, as President and Past President of the International Association of Plant Reproduction Research and on various scientific boards including a CRC and two New Zealand Crown Research Institutes. She has been involved in the organization of 9 international conferences, works on advisory panels, editorial boards. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.
Academic achievements:
Journal Article: Structural variation and parallel evolution of apomixis in citrus during domestication and diversification
Wang, Nan, Song, Xietian, Ye, Junli, Zhang, Siqi, Cao, Zhen, Zhu, Chenqiao, Hu, Jianbing, Zhou, Yin, Huang, Yue, Cao, Shuo, Liu, Zhongjie, Wu, Xiaomeng, Chai, Lijun, Guo, Wenwu, Xu, Qiang, Gaut, Brandon S, Koltunow, Anna M. G., Zhou, Yongfeng and Deng, Xiuxin (2022). Structural variation and parallel evolution of apomixis in citrus during domestication and diversification. National Science Review, 9 (10) nwac114, 1-16. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwac114
Journal Article: Regulation of nucellar embryony, a mode of sporophytic apomixis in Citrus resembling somatic embryogenesis
Xu, Yuantao, Jia, Huihui, Wu, Xiaomeng, Koltunow, Anna M.G., Deng, Xiuxin and Xu, Qiang (2021). Regulation of nucellar embryony, a mode of sporophytic apomixis in Citrus resembling somatic embryogenesis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 59 101984, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.101984
Journal Article: Unequal contribution of two paralogous CENH3 variants in cowpea centromere function
Ishii, Takayoshi, Juranic, Martina, Maheshwari, Shamoni, Bustamante, Fernanda de Oliveira, Vogt, Maximilian, Salinas-Gamboa, Rigel, Dreissig, Steven, Gursanscky, Nial, How, Tracy, Demidov, Dmitri, Fuchs, Joerg, Schubert, Veit, Spriggs, Andrew, Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe, Comai, Luca, Koltunow, Anna M. G. and Houben, Andreas (2020). Unequal contribution of two paralogous CENH3 variants in cowpea centromere function. Communications Biology, 3 (1) 775, 775. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01507-x
Predicting Perfect Partners: climate resilient seed production technology
(2023–2026) ARC Linkage Projects
Hy-Gain for Smallholders (2020-2025)
(2020–2025) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Regulators of female reproductive development in cowpea
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the genome landscape of heterosis in sorghum
Doctor Philosophy
The central role of the ovule in apomixis and parthenocarpy
Koltunow, Anna M., Vivian-Smith, Adam, Tucker, Matthew R. and Paech, Nicholas (2018). The central role of the ovule in apomixis and parthenocarpy. Annual Plant Reviews online. (pp. 234-270) Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119312994.apr0053
A comparison of in vitro and in vivo asexual embryogenesis
Hand, Melanie L., de Vries, Sacco and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2016). A comparison of in vitro and in vivo asexual embryogenesis. In vitro embryogenesis in higher plants. (pp. 3-23) edited by Maria Antonietta Germanà and Maurizio Lambardi. New York, NY United States: Humana Press . doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3061-6_1
Koltunow, Anna M.G., Ozias-Akins, Peggy and Siddiqi, Imran (2013). Apomixis. Seed Genomics. (pp. 83-110) Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118525524.ch5
Koltunow, Anna (2012). Apomixis. eLS. (pp. ---) Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002035.pub2
Advances in apomixis research: can we fix heterosis?
Koltunow, Anna M. G. and Tucker, Matthew R. (2003). Advances in apomixis research: can we fix heterosis?. Plant biotechnology 2002 and beyond. (pp. 38-46) Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-2679-5_7
Apomixis — other pathways for reproductive development in angiosperms
Koltunow, Anna M. (1994). Apomixis — other pathways for reproductive development in angiosperms. Genetic control of self-incompatibility and reproductive development in flowering plants. (pp. 486-512) edited by Elizabeth G. Williams, Adrienne E. Clarke and R. Bruce Knox. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-1669-7_23
Wang, Nan, Song, Xietian, Ye, Junli, Zhang, Siqi, Cao, Zhen, Zhu, Chenqiao, Hu, Jianbing, Zhou, Yin, Huang, Yue, Cao, Shuo, Liu, Zhongjie, Wu, Xiaomeng, Chai, Lijun, Guo, Wenwu, Xu, Qiang, Gaut, Brandon S, Koltunow, Anna M. G., Zhou, Yongfeng and Deng, Xiuxin (2022). Structural variation and parallel evolution of apomixis in citrus during domestication and diversification. National Science Review, 9 (10) nwac114, 1-16. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwac114
Xu, Yuantao, Jia, Huihui, Wu, Xiaomeng, Koltunow, Anna M.G., Deng, Xiuxin and Xu, Qiang (2021). Regulation of nucellar embryony, a mode of sporophytic apomixis in Citrus resembling somatic embryogenesis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 59 101984, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.101984
Unequal contribution of two paralogous CENH3 variants in cowpea centromere function
Ishii, Takayoshi, Juranic, Martina, Maheshwari, Shamoni, Bustamante, Fernanda de Oliveira, Vogt, Maximilian, Salinas-Gamboa, Rigel, Dreissig, Steven, Gursanscky, Nial, How, Tracy, Demidov, Dmitri, Fuchs, Joerg, Schubert, Veit, Spriggs, Andrew, Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe, Comai, Luca, Koltunow, Anna M. G. and Houben, Andreas (2020). Unequal contribution of two paralogous CENH3 variants in cowpea centromere function. Communications Biology, 3 (1) 775, 775. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01507-x
Henderson, Sam W., Henderson, Steven T., Goetz, Marc and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2020). Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of an endogenous PHYTOENE DESATURASE gene in T1 progeny of apomictic Hieracium enables new strategies for apomixis gene identification. Genes, 11 (9) 1064, 1064-16. doi: 10.3390/genes11091064
Juranić, Martina, Nagahatenna, Dilrukshi S. K., Salinas-Gamboa, Rigel, Hand, Melanie L., Sánchez-León, Nidia, Leong, Weng Herng, How, Tracy, Bazanova, Natalia, Spriggs, Andrew, Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe, Koltunow, Anna M. G. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2020). A detached leaf assay for testing transient gene expression and gene editing in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.). Plant Methods, 16 (1) 88, 88. doi: 10.1186/s13007-020-00630-4
Phenotypic plasticity of aposporous embryo sac development in Hieracium praealtum
Juranic, Martina, Johnson, Susan D. and Koltunow, Anna M. (2019). Phenotypic plasticity of aposporous embryo sac development in Hieracium praealtum. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 14 (8) e1622981, 1622981. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2019.1622981
Asexual female gametogenesis involves contact with a sexually fated megaspore in apomictic Hieracium
Juranic, Martina, Tucker, Matthew R., Schultz, Carolyn J., Shirley, Neil J., Taylor, Jennifer M., Spriggs, Andrew, Johnson, Susan D., Bulone, Vincent and Koltunow, Anna M. (2018). Asexual female gametogenesis involves contact with a sexually fated megaspore in apomictic Hieracium. Plant Physiology, 177 (3), 1027-1049. doi: 10.1104/pp.18.00342
Spriggs, Andrew, Henderson, Steven T., Hand, Melanie L., Johnson, Susan D., Taylor, Jennifer M. and Koltunow, Anna (2018). Assembled genomic and tissue-specific transcriptomic data resources for two genetically distinct lines of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) walp). Gates Open Research, 2 7, 7. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12777.2
A Genetic Screen for Impaired Systemic RNAi Highlights the Crucial Role of DICER-LIKE 2
Taochy, Christelle, Gursanscky, Nial R., Cao, Jiangling, Fletcher, Stephen J., Dressel, Uwe, Mitter, Neena, Tucker, Matthew R., Koltunow, Anna M G., Bowman, John L., Vaucheret, Hervé and Carroll, Bernard J. (2017). A Genetic Screen for Impaired Systemic RNAi Highlights the Crucial Role of DICER-LIKE 2. Plant Physiology, 175 (3), 1424-1437. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.01181
Henderson, Steven T., Johnson, Susan D., Eichmann, Joel and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2017). Genetic analyses of the inheritance and expressivity of autonomous endosperm formation in Hieracium with different modes of embryo sac and seed formation. Annals of Botany, 119 (6), 1001-1010. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcw262
Bicknell, Ross, Catanach, Andrew, Hand, Melanie and Koltunow, Anna (2016). Seeds of doubt: Mendel's choice of Hieracium to study inheritance, a case of right plant, wrong trait. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 129 (12), 2253-2266. doi: 10.1007/s00122-016-2788-x
Rabiger, David S., Taylor, Jennifer M., Spriggs, Andrew, Hand, Melanie L., Henderson, Steven T., Johnson, Susan D., Oelkers, Karsten, Hrmova, Maria, Saito, Keisuke, Suzuki, Go, Mukai, Yasuhiko, Carroll, Bernard J. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2016). Generation of an integrated Hieracium genomic and transcriptomic resource enables exploration of small RNA pathways during apomixis initiation. BMC Biology, 14 (86) 86, 86. doi: 10.1186/s12915-016-0311-0
Mechanisms of endosperm initiation
Hands, Philip, Rabiger, David S. and Koltunow, Anna (2016). Mechanisms of endosperm initiation. Plant Reproduction, 29 (3), 215-225. doi: 10.1007/s00497-016-0290-x
Salinas-Gamboa, Rigel, Johnson, Susan D., Sanchez-Leon, Nidia, Koltunow, Anna M. G. and Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe (2016). New observations on gametogenic development and reproductive experimental tools to support seed yield improvement in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]. Plant Reproduction, 29 (1-2), 165-177. doi: 10.1007/s00497-015-0273-3
Development: turning on endosperm in seeds
Koltunow, Anna and Rabiger, David S. (2015). Development: turning on endosperm in seeds. Nature Plants, 1 (12) 15189. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2015.189
Zhang, Hongyu, Luo, Ming, Day, Robert C., Talbot, Mark J., Ivanova, Aneta, Ashton, Anthony R., Chaudhury, Abed M., Macknight, Richard C., Hrmova, Maria and Koltunow, Anna M. (2015). Developmentally regulated HEART STOPPER, a mitochondrially targeted L18 ribosomal protein gene, is required for cell division, differentiation, and seed development in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66 (19), 5867-5880. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv296
Shirasawa, Kenta, Hand, Melanie L., Henderson, Steven T., Okada, Takashi, Johnson, Susan D., Taylor, Jennifer M., Spriggs, Andrew, Siddons, Hayley, Hirakawa, Hideki, Isobe, Sachiko, Tabata, Satoshi and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2015). A reference genetic linkage map of apomictic Hieracium species based on expressed markers derived from developing ovule transcripts. Annals of Botany, 115 (4), 567-580. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcu249
Hand, M. L., Vit, P., Krahulcova, A., Johnson, S. D., Oelkers, K., Siddons, H., Chrtek, J., Fehrer, J. and Koltunow, A. M. G. (2015). Evolution of apomixis loci in Pilosella and Hieracium (Asteraceae) inferred from the conservation of apomixis-linked markers in natural and experimental populations. Heredity, 114 (1), 17-26. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2014.61
Expression patterns and protein structure of a lipid transfer protein END1 from Arabidopsis
Li, Ming, Lopato, Sergiy, Hrmova, Maria, Pickering, Melissa, Shirley, Neil, Koltunow, Anna M. and Langridge, Peter (2014). Expression patterns and protein structure of a lipid transfer protein END1 from Arabidopsis. Planta, 240 (6), 1319-1334. doi: 10.1007/s00425-014-2155-6
Du, Miru, Luo, Ming, Zhang, Ruofang, Finnegan, E. Jean and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2014). Imprinting in rice: the role of DNA and histone methylation in modulating parent-of-origin specific expression and determining transcript start sites. Plant Journal, 79 (2), 232-242. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12553
The genetic control of apomixis: asexual seed formation
Hand, Melanie L. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2014). The genetic control of apomixis: asexual seed formation. Genetics, 197 (2), 441-450. doi: 10.1534/genetics.114.163105
Kotani, Yoshiko, Henderson, Steven T., Suzuki, Go, Johnson, Susan D., Okada, Takashi, Siddons, Hayley, Mukai, Yasuhiko and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2014). The LOSS OF APOMEIOSIS (LOA) locus in Hieracium praealtum can function independently of the associated large-scale repetitive chromosomal structure. New Phytologist, 201 (3), 973-981. doi: 10.1111/nph.12574
Tucker, Matthew R. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2014). Traffic monitors at the cell periphery: the role of cell walls during early female reproductive cell differentiation in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 17 (1), 137-145. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.11.015
Okada, Takashi, Hu, Yingkao, Tucker, Matthew R., Taylor, Jennifer M., Johnson, Susan D., Spriggs, Andrew, Tsuchiya, Tohru, Oelkers, Karsten, Rodrigues, Julio C.M. and Koltunow, Anna M.G. (2013). Enlarging cells initiating apomixis in Hieracium praealtum transition to an embryo sac program prior to entering mitosis. Plant Physiology, 163 (1), 216-231. doi: 10.1104/pp.113.219485
Ogawa, Daisuke, Johnson, Susan D., Henderson, Steven T. and Koltunow, Anna M.G. (2013). Genetic separation of autonomous endosperm formation (AutE) from the two other components of apomixis in Hieracium. Plant Reproduction, 26 (2), 113-123. doi: 10.1007/s00497-013-0214-y
Sporophytic ovule tissues modulate the initiation and progression of apomixis in Hieracium
Tucker, Matthew R., Okada, Takashi, Johnson, Susan D., Takaiwa, Fumio and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2012). Sporophytic ovule tissues modulate the initiation and progression of apomixis in Hieracium. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63 (8), 3229-3241. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ers047
Tucker, Matthew R., Okada, Takashi, Hu, Yingkao, Scholefield, Andrew, Taylor, Jennifer M. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2012). Somatic small RNA pathways promote the mitotic events of megagametogenesis during female reproductive development in arabidopsis. Development, 139 (8), 1399-1404. doi: 10.1242/dev.075390
Drews, Gary N. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2011). The female gametophyte. The arabidopsis book, 9 e0155, e0155. doi: 10.1199/tab.0155
Okada, Takashi, Ito, Kanae, Johnson, Susan D., Oelkers, Karsten, Suzuki, Go, Houben, Andreas, Mukai, Yasuhiko and Koltunow, Anna M. (2011). Chromosomes carrying meiotic avoidance loci in three apomictic eudicot Hieracium subgenus Pilosella species share structural features with two monocot apomicts. Plant Physiology, 157 (3), 1327-1341. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.181164
Molecular cloning and characterization of a linalool synthase from Lemon Myrtle
Sugiura, Mizue, Ito, Sohei, Saito, Yosuke, Niwa, Yasuo, Koltunow, Anna M., Sugimoto, Osamu and Sakai, Hiroshi (2011). Molecular cloning and characterization of a linalool synthase from Lemon Myrtle. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 75 (7), 1245-1248. doi: 10.1271/bbb.100922
Luo, Ming, Taylor, Jennifer M., Spriggs, Andrew, Zhang, Hongyu, Wu, Xianjun, Russell, Scott, Singh, Mohan and Koltunow, Anna (2011). A Genome-Wide survey of imprinted genes in rice seeds reveals imprinting primarily occurs in the endosperm. PLoS Genetics, 7 (6) e1002125, e1002125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002125
Saito, Yosuke, Ito, Sohei, Koltunow, Anna M. and Sakai, Hiroshi (2011). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of geraniol dehydrogenase from Backhousia citriodora (lemon myrtle). Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 67 (6), 665-667. doi: 10.1107/S1744309111006920
Koltunow, Anna M. G., Johnson, Susan D., Rodrigues, Julio C. M., Okada, Takashi, Hu, Yingkao, Tsuchiya, Tohru, Wilson, Saira, Fletcher, Pam, Ito, Kanae, Suzuki, Go, Mukai, Yasuhiko, Fehrer, Judith and Bicknell, Ross A. (2011). Sexual reproduction is the default mode in apomictic Hieracium subgenus Pilosella, in which two dominant loci function to enable apomixis. Plant Journal, 66 (5), 890-902. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04556.x
Apomixis in hawkweed: Mendel's experimental nemesis
Koltunow, Anna M. G., Johnson, Susan D. and Okada, Takashi (2011). Apomixis in hawkweed: Mendel's experimental nemesis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62 (5), 1699-1707. doi: 10.1093/jxb/err011
Rodrigues, Julio C.M., Okada, Takashi, Johnson, Susan D. and Koltunow, Anna M. (2010). A MULTICOPY SUPPRESSOR OF IRA1 (MSI1) homologue is not associated with the switch to autonomous seed development in apomictic (asexual) Hieracium plants. Plant Science, 179 (6), 590-597. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.05.005
Polycomb group gene function in sexual and asexual seed development in angiosperms
Rodrigues, Julio C.M., Luo, Ming, Berger, Frédéric and Koltunow, Anna M.G. (2010). Polycomb group gene function in sexual and asexual seed development in angiosperms. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 23 (2), 123-133. doi: 10.1007/s00497-009-0131-2
Tucker, Matthew R. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2009). Sexual and asexual (apomictic) seed development in flowering plants: Molecular, morphological and evolutionary relationships. Functional Plant Biology, 36 (6), 490-504. doi: 10.1071/FP09078
Song, Feng Li, Milliken, Olga Nicolaou, Pham, Hanh, Seyit, Reg, Napoli, Ross, Preston, Jeremy, Koltunow, Anna M. and Parish, Roger W. (2009). The Arabidopsis MYB5 transcription factor regulates mucilage synthesis, seed coat development, and trichome morphogenesis. Plant Cell, 21 (1), 72-89. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.063503
Koltunow, Anna M. G. and Tucker, Matthew R. (2008). Functional embryo sac formation in Arabidopsis without meiosis - One step towards asexual seed formation (apomixis) in crops?. Journal of Biosciences, 33 (3), 309-311. doi: 10.1007/s12038-008-0049-0
Rodrigues, Julio C. M., Tucker, Matthew R., Johnson, Susan D., Hrmova, Maria and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2008). Sexual and apomictic seed formation in Hieracium requires the plant polycomb-group gene FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT ENDOSPERM. Plant Cell, 20 (9), 2372-2386. doi: 10.1105/tpc.108.059287
An Hieracium mutant, loss of apomeiosis 1 (loa1) is defective in the initiation of apomixis
Okada, Takashi, Catanach, Andrew S., Johnson, Susan D., Bicknell, Ross A. and Koltunow, Anna M. (2007). An Hieracium mutant, loss of apomeiosis 1 (loa1) is defective in the initiation of apomixis. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 20 (4), 199-211. doi: 10.1007/s00497-007-0057-5
Goetz, Marc, Hooper, Lauren C., Johnson, Susan D., Rodrigues, Julio Carlyle Macedo, Vivian-Smith, Adam and Koltunow, Anna M. (2007). Expression of aberrant forms of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 stimulates parthenocarpy in arabidopsis and tomato. Plant Physiology, 145 (2), 351-366. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.104174
AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 is a negative regulator of fruit initiation in Arabidopsis
Goetz, Marc, Vivian-Smith, Adam, Johnson, Susan D. and Koltunow, Anna M. (2006). AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 is a negative regulator of fruit initiation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 18 (8), 1873-1886. doi: 10.1105/tpc.105.037192
8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology—Final Scientific Program
Koltunow, Anna (2006). 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology—Final Scientific Program. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 24 (2), 141-160. doi: 10.1007/bf02914054
Single-stranded DNA of Tomato leaf curl virus accumulates in the cytoplasm of phloem cells
Rasheed, M. Saif, Selth, Luke A., Koltunow, Anna M.G., Randles, John W. and Rezaian, M. Ali (2006). Single-stranded DNA of Tomato leaf curl virus accumulates in the cytoplasm of phloem cells. Virology, 348 (1), 120-132. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.11.054
Epigenetic aspects of sexual and asexual seed development
Rodrigues, Julio C. M. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2005). Epigenetic aspects of sexual and asexual seed development. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica, 47 (1), 37-49.
Isolation and characterization of microsatellites loci in the lemon (Citrus limon)
Golein, B., Koltunow, A. M., Talaie, A., Zamani, Z. and Ebadi, A. (2005). Isolation and characterization of microsatellites loci in the lemon (Citrus limon). Molecular Ecology Notes, 5 (2), 253-255. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00896.x
Frontier food technologies - Australia looks ahead
Stephens, Bill, Cox, David, Green, Allan, Preston, Nigel, Chalmers, Andrew, Koltunow, Anna, Trowell, Stephen, Morell, Matthew, Cameron, Fiona and Lee, Bruce (2004). Frontier food technologies - Australia looks ahead. Food Science and Technology, 18 (3), 40-41.
Payne, Thomas, Johnson, Susan D. and Koltunow, Anna M. (2004). KNUCKLES (KNU) encodes a C2H2 zinc-finger protein that regulates development of basal pattern elements of the Arabidopsis gynoecium. Development, 131 (15), 3737-3749. doi: 10.1242/dev.01216
Understanding apomixis: Recent advances and remaining conundrums
Bicknell, Ross A. and Koltunow, Anna M. (2004). Understanding apomixis: Recent advances and remaining conundrums. Plant Cell, 16 (SUPPL.), S228-S245. doi: 10.1105/tpc.017921
Koltunow, Anna (2004). 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Adelaide, South Australia, August 20–25, 2006 : An invitation from the organising committee of ISPMB 2006. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 22 (2), 127-127. doi: 10.1007/bf02772718
Koltunow, Anna (2004). 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Adelaide, South Australia, August 20–25, 2006 : An invitation from the Organising Committee of ISPMB 2006. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 22 (1), 3-3. doi: 10.1007/bf02773341
Apomixis: A Developmental Perspective
Koltunow, Anna M. and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2003). Apomixis: A Developmental Perspective. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 54 (1), 547-574. doi: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.54.110901.160842
Tucker, Matthew R., Araujo, Ana-Claudia G., Paech, Nicholas A., Hecht, Valerie, Schmidt, Ed D. L., Rossell, Jan-Bart, De Vries, Sacco C. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2003). Sexual and apomictic reproduction in Hieracium subgenus Pilosella are closely interrelated developmental pathways. Plant Cell, 15 (7), 1524-1537. doi: 10.1105/tpc.011742
Koltunow, Anna (2001). Apomixis takes centre stage. Trends in Plant Science, 6 (11), 543-543. doi: 10.1016/s1360-1385(01)02122-7
Fruit development is actively restricted in the absence of fertilization in Arabidopsis
Vivian-Smith, A., Luo, M., Chaudhury, A. and Koltunow, A. (2001). Fruit development is actively restricted in the absence of fertilization in Arabidopsis. Development, 128 (12), 2321-2331.
Tucker, Matthew R., Paech, Nicholas A., Willemse, Michiel T. M. and Koltunow, Anna M. G. (2001). Dynamics of callose deposition and β-1,3-glucanase expression during reproductive events in sexual and apomictic Hieracium. Planta, 212 (4), 487-498. doi: 10.1007/s004250000445
Koltunow, Anna M., Johnson, Susan D., Lynch, Matthew, Yoshihara, Toshihiro and Costantino, Paolo (2001). Expression of rolB in apomictic Hieracium piloselloides Vill. causes ectopic meristems in planta and changes in ovule formation, where apomixis initiates at higher frequency. Planta, 214 (2), 196-205. doi: 10.1007/s004250100612
The genetic and molecular analysis of apomixis in the model plant Hieracium
Koltunow, Anna M. (2000). The genetic and molecular analysis of apomixis in the model plant Hieracium. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica, 42 (2), 61-72.
Monogenic inheritance of apomixis in two Hieracium species with distinct developmental mechanisms
Bicknell, R. A., Borst, N. K. and Koltunow, A. M. (2000). Monogenic inheritance of apomixis in two Hieracium species with distinct developmental mechanisms. Heredity, 84 (2), 228-237. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00663.x
A DEFICIENS homologue is down-regulated during apomictic initiation in ovules of Hieracium
Guerin, Jenny, Rossel, Jan Bart, Robert, Stanley, Tsuchiya, Tohru and Koltunow, Anna (2000). A DEFICIENS homologue is down-regulated during apomictic initiation in ovules of Hieracium. Planta, 210 (6), 914-920. doi: 10.1007/s004250050697
Koltunow, Anna M., Johnson, Susan D. and Bicknell, Ross A. (2000). Apomixis is not developmentally conserved in related, genetically characterized Hieracium plants of varying ploidy. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 12 (5), 253-266. doi: 10.1007/s004970050193
Genes controlling fertilization-independent seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Luo, Ming, Bilodeau, Pierre, Koltunow, Anna, Dennis, Elizabeth S., Peacock, W. James and Chaudhury, Abdul M. (1999). Genes controlling fertilization-independent seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 96 (1), 296-301. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.1.296
Genetic analysis of growth-regulator-induced parthenocarpy in Arabidopsis
Vivian-Smith, Adam and Koltunow, Anna M. (1999). Genetic analysis of growth-regulator-induced parthenocarpy in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 121 (2), 437-451. doi: 10.1104/pp.121.2.437
Grossniklaus, Ueli, Koltunow, Anna and Van Lookeren Campagne, Michiel (1998). A bright future for apomixis. Trends in Plant Science, 3 (11), 415-416. doi: 10.1016/S1360-1385(98)01338-7
Evaluation of genes to reduce seed size in Arabidopsis and tobacco and their application to Citrus
Koltunow, A. M., Brennan, P., Bond, J. E. and Barker, S. J. (1998). Evaluation of genes to reduce seed size in Arabidopsis and tobacco and their application to Citrus. Molecular Breeding, 4 (3), 235-251. doi: 10.1023/A:1009610819338
Koltunow, Anna M. and Brennan, Peter (1998). Paternal transmission of a seed size reduction gene varies with age of a primary transformant and seed set is also influenced by gene expression in maternal tissues. Molecular Breeding, 4 (3), 253-261. doi: 10.1023/A:1009615103408
Sexual and apomictic development in Hieracium
Koltunow, Anna M., Johnson, Susan D. and Bicknell, Ross A. (1998). Sexual and apomictic development in Hieracium. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 11 (4), 213-230. doi: 10.1007/s004970050144
Dunn, Stephanie M., Drews, Gary N., Fischer, Robert L., Harada, John J., Goldberg, Robert B. and Koltunow, Anna M. (1997). fist: An Arabidopsis mutant with altered cell division planes and radial pattern disruption during embryogenesis. Sexual Plant Reproduction, 10 (6), 358-367. doi: 10.1007/s004970050110
Random sequencing of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) cDNA library derived-from young seeds
Hisada, Sunao, Moriguchi, Takaya, Hidaka, Tetsushi, Koltunow, Anna M., Akihama, Tomoya and Omura, Mitsuo (1996). Random sequencing of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) cDNA library derived-from young seeds. Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 65 (3), 487-495. doi: 10.2503/jjshs.65.487
Koltunow, Anna M., Hidaka, Tetsushi and Robinson, Simon P. (1996). Polyembryony in Citrus: Accumulation of seed storage proteins in seeds and in embryos cultured in vitro. Plant Physiology, 110 (2), 599-609. doi: 10.1104/pp.110.2.599
Anther, ovule, seed, and nucellar embryo development in Citrus sinensis cv. Valencia
Koltunow, A. M., Soltys, K., Nito, N. and McClure, S. (1995). Anther, ovule, seed, and nucellar embryo development in Citrus sinensis cv. Valencia. Canadian Journal of Botany, 73 (10), 1567-1582. doi: 10.1139/b95-170
Koltunow, A. M., Bicknell, R. A. and Chaudhury, A. M. (1995). Apomixis: Molecular strategies for the generation of genetically identical seeds without fertilization. Plant Physiology, 108 (4), 1345-1352. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.4.1345
Cell differentiation and morphogenesis are uncoupled in Arabidopsis raspberry embryos
Yadegari, R., de Paiva, G. R., Laux, T., Koltunow, A. M., Apuya, N., Zimmerman, J. L., Fischer, R. L., Harada, J. J. and Goldberg, R. B. (1994). Cell differentiation and morphogenesis are uncoupled in Arabidopsis raspberry embryos. Plant Cell, 6 (12), 1713-1729. doi: 10.1105/tpc.6.12.1713
Apomixis: Embryo sacs and embryos formed without meiosis or fertilization in ovules
Koltunow, A. M. (1993). Apomixis: Embryo sacs and embryos formed without meiosis or fertilization in ovules. Plant Cell, 5 (10), 1425-1437. doi: 10.1105/tpc.5.10.1425
Different temporal and spatial gene expression patterns occur during anther development
Koltunow, Anna M., Truettner, Jessie, Cox, Kathleen H., Wallroth, Marco and Goldberg, Robert B. (1990). Different temporal and spatial gene expression patterns occur during anther development. Plant Cell, 2 (12), 1201-1224. doi: 10.2307/3869340
A scheme for viroid classification
Koltunow, A. M. and Rezaian, M. A. (1989). A scheme for viroid classification. Intervirology, 30 (4), 194-201. doi: 10.1159/000150093
Koltunow, Anna M. and Ali Rezaian, M. (1989). Grapevine viroid 1B, a new member of the apple scar skin viroid group contains the left terminal region of tomato planta macho viroid. Virology, 170 (2), 575-578. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(89)90450-9
Two related viroids cause grapevine yellow speckle disease independently
Koltunow, A. M., Krake, L. R., Johnson, S. D. and Rezaian, M. A. (1989). Two related viroids cause grapevine yellow speckle disease independently. Journal of General Virology, 70 (12), 3411-3419. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-70-12-3411
Hop stunt viroid in Australian grapevine cultivars: potential for hop infection
Koltunow, A. M., Krake, L. R. and Rezaian, M. A. (1988). Hop stunt viroid in Australian grapevine cultivars: potential for hop infection. Australasian Plant Pathology, 17 (1), 7-10. doi: 10.1071/APP9880007
Grapevine yellow speckle viroid: Structural features of a new viroid group
Koltunow, Anna M. and Rezaian, M.Ali (1988). Grapevine yellow speckle viroid: Structural features of a new viroid group. Nucleic Acids Research, 16 (3), 849-864. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.3.849
Isolation of three viroids and a circular RNA from grapevines
Rezaian, M. A., Koltunow, A. M. and Krake, L. R. (1988). Isolation of three viroids and a circular RNA from grapevines. The Journal of general virology, 69 ( Pt 2), 413-422. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-69-2-413
Promoter efficiency depends upon intragenic sequences
Koltunow, A. M., Gregg, K. and Rogers, G. E. (1987). Promoter efficiency depends upon intragenic sequences. Nucleic Acids Research, 15 (19), 7795-7807. doi: 10.1093/nar/15.19.7795
Intron sequences modulate feather keratin gene transcription in Xenopus oocytes
Koltunow, A. M., Gregg, K. and Rogers, G. E. (1986). Intron sequences modulate feather keratin gene transcription in Xenopus oocytes. Nucleic Acids Research, 14 (16), 6375-6392. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.16.6375
Elliott, D.C and Koltunow, A. (1983). Cycloheximide inhibition of cytokinin-dependent protein synthesis: correlation with betacyanin synthesis. Functional Plant Biology, 10 (2), 145-151. doi: 10.1071/pp9830145
Harnessing asexual seed formation to preserve hybrid vigour and complex yield traits
Koltunow, Anna M.G. (2019). Harnessing asexual seed formation to preserve hybrid vigour and complex yield traits. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference TropAg 2019 , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036003
Control of early seed development
Chaudhury, A. M., Koltunow, A., Payne, T., Luo, M., Tucker, M. R., Dennis, E. S. and Peacock, W. J. (2001). Control of early seed development. doi: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.17.1.677
The use of apomixis in cloning horticultural plants: Current applications and molecular prospects
Koltunow, A. M., Scott, N. S. and Chaudhury, A. M. (2001). The use of apomixis in cloning horticultural plants: Current applications and molecular prospects. International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2001.560.64
Molecular and conventional breeding strategies for Seedless citrus
Koltunow, A. M., Vivian-Smith, A. and Sykes, S. R. (2000). Molecular and conventional breeding strategies for Seedless citrus. International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.535.20
Regeneration of West Indian limes (Citrus aurantifolia) containing genes for decreased seed set
Koltunow, A. M., Brennan, P., Protopsaltis, S. and Nito, N. (2000). Regeneration of West Indian limes (Citrus aurantifolia) containing genes for decreased seed set. International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.535.8
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