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  1. Stomata: an introduction to a Virtual Issue

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2026, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  2. Exchangeable lead (Pb) in lowland paddy soils of Sri Lanka as affected by the differences in agro‐climatic zones, soil orders, and water sources

    Article • Plants People Planet, August 2025, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  3. The potential for glacial flour to impact soil fertility, crop yield and nutrition in mountain regions

    Article • iScience, January 2025, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  4. Isolation and characterization of the gene HvFAR1 encoding acyl‐CoA reductase from the cer‐za.227 mutant of barley (Hordeum vulgare) and analysis of the cuticular barrier functions

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2023, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  5. Introducing Transformative Plant Biotechnology

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2022, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  6. Conserved signalling components coordinate epidermal patterning and cuticle deposition in barley

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  7. Divergent evolutionary trajectories of bryophytes and tracheophytes from a complex common ancestor of land plants

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  8. The Arabidopsis Rab protein RABC1 affects stomatal development by regulating lipid droplet dynamics

    Article • The Plant Cell, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  9. The origin and evolution of stomata

    Article • Current Biology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  10. Countering elevated CO 2 induced Fe and Zn reduction in Arabidopsis seeds

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2022, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  11. New Phytologist Community resources

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2021, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  12. Conditional stomatal closure in a fern shares molecular features with flowering plant active stomatal responses

    Article • Current Biology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  13. “Ceylon cinnamon”: Much more than just a spice

    Article • Plants People Planet, April 2021, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington, Dr. Chalinda C.K. Beneragama

  14. ABA signalling and metabolism are not essential for dark-induced stomatal closure but affect response speed

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  15. Conditional Stomatal Closure in a Fern Shares Molecular Features with Flowering Plant Active Stomatal Responses

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alistair Hetherington

  16. Stomatal responses to carbon dioxide and light require abscisic acid catabolism in Arabidopsis

    Article • Interface Focus, February 2021, Royal Society Publishing

    Alistair Hetherington

  17. Phylogenomic Evidence for the Monophyly of Bryophytes and the Reductive Evolution of Stomata

    Article • Current Biology, June 2020, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  18. ROS of Distinct Sources and Salicylic Acid Separate Elevated CO2-Mediated Stomatal Movements in Arabidopsis

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2020, Frontiers

    Alistair Hetherington

  19. The Circadian Clock Influences the Long-Term Water Use Efficiency of Arabidopsis

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, March 2020, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Alistair Hetherington

  20. Guard cells integrate light and temperature signals to control stomatal aperture

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 2020, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Alistair Hetherington

  21. The role of Arabidopsis ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family in stomatal acclimation and closure signal integration

    Article • Nature Plants, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  22. Short- and Long-Term Effects of UVA on Arabidopsis Are Mediated by a Novel cGMP Phosphodiesterase

    Article • Current Biology, August 2019, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  23. The circadian clock contributes to the long-term water use efficiency of Arabidopsis

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alistair Hetherington

  24. BIG regulates stomatal immunity and jasmonate production in Arabidopsis

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2018, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  25. How Arabidopsis Talks to Itself about Its Water Supply

    Article • Molecular Cell, June 2018, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  26. A Tandem Amino Acid Residue Motif in Guard Cell SLAC1 Anion Channel of Grasses Allows for the Control of Stomatal Aperture by Nitrate

    Article • Current Biology, May 2018, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  27. KIN7 Kinase Regulates the Vacuolar TPK1 K+ Channel during Stomatal Closure

    Article • Current Biology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  28. The BIG protein distinguishes the process of CO2 -induced stomatal closure from the inhibition of stomatal opening by CO2

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2018, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  29. The Evolution of Calcium-Based Signalling in Plants

    Article • Current Biology, July 2017, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  30. Actin filament reorganisation controlled by the SCAR/WAVE complex mediates stomatal response to darkness

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2017, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  31. Microcompartmentation of cytosolic aldolase by interaction with the actin cytoskeleton in Arabidopsis

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  32. Mechanics and band gaps in hierarchical auxetic rectangular perforated composite metamaterials

    Article • Composite Structures, January 2017, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  33. Ethics in scientific publishing

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2016, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  34. Plant virus infections control stomatal development

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2016, Nature

    Alistair Hetherington, Professor Gary D Foster

  35. Evolution of the Calcium-Based Intracellular Signaling System

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  36. The Breakdown of Stored Triacylglycerols Is Required during Light-Induced Stomatal Opening

    Article • Current Biology, March 2016, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  37. Elevated CO 2 -Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling

    Article • Current Biology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington, heather walker

  38. Measuring stress signaling responses of stomata in isolated epidermis of graminaceous species

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2015, Frontiers

    Alistair Hetherington

  39. Viewpoints - a new addition to theNew PhytologistForum

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2015, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  40. New Phytologist next generation scientists

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2014, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  41. phytochrome B Is Required for Light-Mediated Systemic Control of Stomatal Development

    Article • Current Biology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  42. Involvement of two-component signalling systems in the regulation of stomatal aperture by light inArabidopsis thaliana

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2014, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  43. Control of vacuolar dynamics and regulation of stomatal aperture by tonoplast potassium uptake

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Alistair Hetherington, Eduardo O. Leidi

  44. Alistair Hetherington

    Article • Current Biology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  45. Developmental Priming of Stomatal Sensitivity to Abscisic Acid by Leaf Microclimate

    Article • Current Biology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  46. How Do Stomata Sense Reductions in Atmospheric Relative Humidity?

    Article • Molecular Plant, September 2013, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  47. Introduction to aVirtual Special Issueto mark the publication of the 200thvolume ofNew Phytologist

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2013, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  48. The Stomatal Response to Reduced Relative Humidity Requires Guard Cell-Autonomous ABA Synthesis

    Article • Current Biology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  49. Threats and opportunities

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2012, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  50. TheNew Phytologistclass of 2012 - welcome to new Editors

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2012, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  51. GSK3-Like Kinases Integrate Brassinosteroid Signaling and Stomatal Development

    Article • Science Signaling, July 2012, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Alistair Hetherington

  52. A stress‐specific calcium signature regulating an ozone‐responsive gene expression network in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Journal, July 2012, Wiley

    Martin McAinsh, Alistair Hetherington

  53. New editorial leadership: new ideas, but same old values

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2012, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  54. High temperature exposure increases plant cooling capacity

    Article • Current Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  55. The ARP2/3 Complex Mediates Guard Cell Actin Reorganization and Stomatal Movement in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Cell, May 2012, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Alistair Hetherington

  56. Physiological framework for adaptation of stomata to CO2 from glacial to future concentrations

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Peter J Franks, Alistair Hetherington

  57. Introduction to a Virtual Special Issue on calcium signalling in plants

    Article • New Phytologist, November 2011, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  58. Land Plants Acquired Active Stomatal Control Early in Their Evolutionary History

    Article • Current Biology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  59. Plant Signalling Pathways: A Comparative Evolutionary Overview

    Article • Current Biology, May 2011, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  60. The New Phytologist Tansley Medal 2010

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2011, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  61. cGMP-dependent ABA-induced stomatal closure in the ABA-insensitive Arabidopsis mutant abi1-1

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2011, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  62. Cell wall composition contributes to the control of transpiration efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • The Plant Journal, October 2010, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  63. The New Phytologist Tansley Medal

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2010, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  64. Environmental regulation of stomatal development

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  65. Biological Approaches to Global Environment Change Mitigation and Remediation

    Article • Current Biology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  66. phytochrome B and PIF4 Regulate Stomatal Development in Response to Light Quantity

    Article • Current Biology, February 2009, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  67. Tackling Regional Climate Change By Leaf Albedo Bio-geoengineering

    Article • Current Biology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  68. Practical Systems Biology

    Article • November 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Alistair Hetherington

  69. Involvement of sphingosine kinase in plant cell signalling

    Article • The Plant Journal, October 2008, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  70. Plant neurobiology: no brain, no gain?

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, April 2007, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  71. New Phytologist on ‘Physiology & Development’

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2006, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  72. The Identification of Genes Involved in the Stomatal Response to Reduced Atmospheric Relative Humidity

    Article • Current Biology, May 2006, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  73. Biolistic delivery of Ca2+dyes into plant and algal cells

    Article • The Plant Journal, April 2006, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  74. AtMYB61, an R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor Controlling Stomatal Aperture in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Current Biology, July 2005, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  75. The vacuolar Ca2+-activated channel TPC1 regulates germination and stomatal movement

    Article • Nature, March 2005, Nature

    Alistair Hetherington

  76. ROS perception in Arabidopsis thaliana: the ozone-induced calcium response

    Article • The Plant Journal, January 2005, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  77. THE GENERATION OF Ca2+SIGNALS IN PLANTS

    Article • Annual Review of Plant Biology, June 2004, Annual Reviews

    Alistair Hetherington

  78. Plant Development: YODA the Stomatal Switch

    Article • Current Biology, June 2004, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  79. Seeing 'cool' and 'hot'--infrared thermography as a tool for non-invasive, high-throughput screening of Arabidopsis guard cell signalling mutants

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, April 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  80. Mitochondria Provide the Main Source of Cytosolic ATP for Activation of Outward-rectifying K+Channels in Mesophyll Protoplast of Chlorophyll-deficient Mutant Rice (OsCHLH) Seedlings

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Alistair Hetherington

  81. The effects of manipulating phospholipase C on guard cell ABA-signalling

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  82. The role of stomata in sensing and driving environmental change

    Article • Nature, August 2003, Nature

    Alistair Hetherington

  83. Sphingolipids, new players in plant signaling

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, July 2003, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  84. Phospholipase C is required for the control of stomatal aperture by ABA

    Article • The Plant Journal, April 2003, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  85. Cell signalling and gene regulation, the complexity of signals and levels of gene regulation in plants

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, October 2002, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  86. A role for the cuticular waxes in the environmental control of stomatal development

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2002, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  87. The role of calcium in ABA-induced gene expression and stomatal movements

    Article • The Plant Journal, December 2001, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  88. Guard Cell Signaling

    Article • Cell, December 2001, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  89. Sphingolipid-mediated Signalling in Plants,

    Article • Annals of Botany, December 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  90. Calcium oscillations in higher plants

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, October 2001, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  91. Guard cells

    Article • Current Biology, August 2001, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  92. Calcium-based signalling systems in guard cells

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2001, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  93. Article • Nature, March 2001, Nature

    Alistair Hetherington

  94. Plant physiology: The ups and downs of guard cell signalling

    Article • Current Biology, February 2001, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  95. Article • Nature, December 2000, Nature

    Alistair Hetherington

  96. Ca2+ signalling in stomatal guard cells

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, August 2000, Portland Press Ltd.

    Alistair Hetherington

  97. Specificity and integration of responses: Ca2+ as a signal in polarity and osmotic regulation

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, June 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  98. Abscisic acid induces oscillations in guard-cell cytosolic free calcium that involve phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 1999, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Alistair Hetherington

  99. Abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure mediated by cyclic ADP-ribose

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 1998, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Alistair Hetherington

  100. The control of specificity in guard cell signal transduction

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 1998, Royal Society Publishing

    Alistair Hetherington

  101. Article • Plant Molecular Biology, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  102. Encoding specificity in Ca2+ signalling systems

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, January 1998, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  103. Convergence of the Abscisic Acid, CO2, and Extracellular Calcium Signal Transduction Pathways in Stomatal Guard Cells

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, August 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  104. Calcium ions as second messengers in guard cell signal transduction

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, May 1997, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  105. Calcium Ions as Intracellular Second Messengers in Higher Plants

    Article • January 1996, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  106. ABA-regulated promoter activity in stomatal guard cells

    Article • The Plant Journal, January 1995, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  107. Actions of abscisic acid and the analogue SD217595 on calcium mediated activity of rat vas deferens smooth muscle

    Article • General Pharmacology The Vascular System, May 1994, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  108. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate specific phospholipase C inPharbitis nil membranes

    Article • Biologia Plantarum, September 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  109. Visualizing Changes in Cytosolic-Free Ca 2+ during the Response of Stomatal Guard Cells to Abscisic Acid

    Article • The Plant Cell, September 1992, JSTOR

    Alistair Hetherington

  110. Maternal mRNA and early development in Fucus serratus

    Article • The Plant Journal, July 1992, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  111. Inositol-containing lipids in higher plants

    Article • Progress in Lipid Research, January 1992, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  112. Mechanisms of action of abscisic acid at the cellular level

    Article • New Phytologist, September 1991, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  113. The effects of infection by powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei) and low temperature on the respiratory activity of winter barley

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, July 1991, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  114. Sensing of soil water status and the regulation of plant growth and development

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, September 1990, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  115. The respiration of protoplasts from leaves of barley infected by powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis F.SP. Hordei)

    Article • Plant Science, January 1989, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  116. Calcium channel inhibitors that bind to plant cell membranes block calcium entry into protoplasts

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1988, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Alistair Hetherington

  117. Calcium, Calmodulin and the Control of Respiration in Protoplasts Isolated from Meristematic Tissues8

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1987, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  118. Inhibition of Respiration in Protoplasts from Meristematic Tissues3

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1987, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alistair Hetherington

  119. The formation of inositol phosphate derivatives by isolated membranes fromAcer pseudoplatanusis stimulated by guanine nucleotides

    Article • FEBS Letters, November 1986, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  120. IS ABSCISIC ACID A UNIVERSALLY ACTIVE CALCIUM AGONIST?

    Article • New Phytologist, October 1986, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  121. THE ROLE OF ABSCISIC ACID AND CALCIUM IN DETERMINING THE BEHAVIOUR OF ADAXIAL AND ABAXIAL STOMATA

    Article • New Phytologist, September 1986, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  122. Lysine-sensitive plant aspartate kinase is not regulated by calcium or calmodulin

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 1986, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  123. SUGGESTED INVOLVEMENT OF CALCIUM AND CALMODULIN IN THE RESPONSES OF STOMATA TO ABSCISIC ACID

    Article • New Phytologist, December 1985, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  124. Isolation of plasma-membrane-bound calcium/calmodulin-regulated protein kinase from pea using Western blotting

    Article • Planta, October 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  125. SYNERGISM BETWEEN CALCIUM IONS AND ABSCISIC ACID IN PREVENTING STOMATAL OPENING

    Article • New Phytologist, August 1985, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  126. Activation of a pea membrane protein kinase by calcium ions

    Article • Planta, July 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alistair Hetherington

  127. Binding of nitrendipine, a calcium channel blocker, to pea shoot membranes

    Article • Plant Science Letters, June 1984, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  128. Evidence contrary to the existence of storage lipid in leaves of plants inhabiting cold climates.

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, April 1984, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  129. Lipid peroxidation—a factor in anoxia intolerance in Iris species?

    Article • Phytochemistry, January 1983, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington

  130. Calcium-dependent protein kinase in pea shoot membranes

    Article • FEBS Letters, August 1982, Wiley

    Alistair Hetherington

  131. Contrasting effects of anoxia on rhizome lipids in Iris species

    Article • Phytochemistry, January 1982, Elsevier

    Alistair Hetherington