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  1. Fine-tuning RIPENING INHIBITOR (RIN) expression by introducing allelic mutations in its promoter using CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing

    Article • Molecular Horticulture, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  2. Unveiling distinct storage composition and starch properties in developing indica rice grains via transcriptional profiling and enzymatic activity analysis

    Article • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, November 2025, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  3. Fine-tuning RIPENING INHIBITOR (RIN) expression by introducing allelic mutations in its promoter using CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing

    Article • July 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Diane Beckles

  4. A Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes for heat tolerance in adult cucumber plants

    Article • Horticultural Plant Journal, March 2025, Tsinghua University Press

    Diane Beckles

  5. Plasticity of Root System Architecture and Whole Transcriptome Responses Underlying Nitrogen Deficiency Tolerance Conferred by a Wild Emmer Wheat QTL

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, January 2025, Wiley

    Diane Beckles

  6. Role of enzymatic browning and calcium transporters in internal browning of pineapple fruit

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  7. Correction: Starch branching enzymes as putative determinants of postharvest quality in horticultural crops

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  8. Ectopic overexpression of ShCBF1 and SlCBF1 in tomato suggests an alternative view of fruit responses to chilling stress postharvest

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2024, Frontiers

    Diane Beckles

  9. A near-complete cucumber reference genome assembly and Cucumber-DB, a multi-omics database

    Article • Molecular Plant, August 2024, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  10. Nitrogen deficiency tolerance conferred by introgression of a QTL derived from wild emmer into bread wheat

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Genetics, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  11. Genome-wide association analysis reveal candidate genes and haplotypes related to root weight in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2024, Frontiers

    Diane Beckles

  12. Integrative analysis of the methylome and transcriptome of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.) induced by postharvest handling

    Article • Horticulture Research, April 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Diane Beckles

  13. CsMLO8/11 are required for full susceptibility of cucumber stem to powdery mildew and interact with CsCRK2 and CsRbohD

    Article • Horticulture Research, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Diane Beckles

  14. Integrative analysis of the methylome and transcriptome of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.) induced by postharvest handling

    Article • October 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Diane Beckles

  15. Natural variation in STAYGREEN contributes to low temperature tolerance in cucumber

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, October 2023, Wiley

    Diane Beckles

  16. Reducing crop losses by gene-editing control of organ developmental physiology

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, June 2023, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  17. GWAS reveals novel loci and identifies a pentatricopeptide repeat-containing protein (CsPPR) that improves low temperature germination in cucumber

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2023, Frontiers

    Diane Beckles

  18. Chemical induction of the Arabidopsis thaliana CBF1 gene in transgenic tomato fruit to study postharvest chilling injury

    Article • Current Plant Biology, January 2023, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  19. Dissecting postharvest chilling injury through biotechnology

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, December 2022, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  20. Starch and sugars as determinants of postharvest shelf life and quality: some new and surprising roles

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, December 2022, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  21. Identification of QTLs controlling cold tolerance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, November 2022, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  22. Ectopic Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana zDof1.3 in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Is Associated with Improved Greenhouse Productivity and Enhanced Carbon and Nitrogen Use

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  23. Physiological and Metabolic Responses of Gac Leaf (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng.) to Salinity Stress

    Article • Plants, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  24. Genome-Wide Association Study in Bread Wheat Identifies Genomic Regions Associated with Grain Yield and Quality under Contrasting Water Availability

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  25. Fine mapping a quantitative trait locus underlying seedling resistance to gummy stem blight using a residual heterozygous lines-derived strategy in cucumber

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2022, Frontiers

    Diane Beckles

  26. Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of gummy stem blight resistance in cucumber stem

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Genetics, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  27. The qLTG1.1 candidate gene CsGAI regulates low temperature seed germination in cucumber

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Genetics, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  28. Editorial: Postharvest Ripening, Senescence, and Technology

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, June 2022, Frontiers

    Diane Beckles

  29. Discriminating pineapple batches for susceptibility to postharvest internal browning

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, June 2022, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  30. Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of gummy stem blight resistance in cucumber stem

    Article • April 2022, Research Square

    Diane Beckles

  31. Starch branching enzymes as putative determinants of postharvest quality in horticultural crops

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  32. Enzymatic Browning in Banana Blossoms and Techniques for Its Reduction

    Article • Horticulturae, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  33. Crops for Carbon Farming

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2021, Frontiers

    Diane Beckles

  34. Lipidomic and metabolomic profiles of Coffea canephora L. beans cultivated in Southwestern Nigeria

    Article • PLOS One, February 2021, PLOS

    Diane Beckles

  35. Can gene editing reduce postharvest waste and loss of fruit, vegetables, and ornamentals?

    Article • Horticulture Research, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  36. Genome-Wide Characterization of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) GRAS Genes and Their Response to Various Abiotic Stresses

    Article • Horticulturae, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  37. Investigating postharvest chilling injury in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit using magnetic resonance imaging and 5-azacytidine, a hypomethylation agent

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, April 2020, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Diane Beckles

  38. A Cytosolic Protein Kinase STY46 in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Involved in Plant Growth and Abiotic Stress Response

    Article • Plants, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  39. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Genotype-By-Sequencing Analyses Reveal the Bean Chemical Profiles and Relatedness of Coffea canephora Genotypes in Nigeria

    Article • Plants, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Diane Beckles

  40. Chilling-stress modifies DNA methylation level in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedling radicle to regulate elongation rate

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, June 2019, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  41. Lycopene Accumulation in Pummelo (Citrus Maxima[Burm.] Merr.) Is Influenced by Growing Temperature

    Article • International Journal of Fruit Science, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Diane Beckles

  42. Dynamic changes in the starch-sugar interconversion within plant source and sink tissues promote a better abiotic stress response

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, March 2019, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  43. Integrative analysis of postharvest chilling injury in cherry tomato fruit reveals contrapuntal spatio-temporal responses to ripening and cold stress

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  44. Opportunities to Commercialize Cassava Production for Poverty Alleviation and Improved Food Security in Tanzania

    Article • February 2019, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

    Diane Beckles

  45. A pivotal role for starch in the reconfiguration of 14C-partitioning and allocation in Arabidopsis thaliana under short-term abiotic stress

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  46. Identification of physiological changes and key metabolites coincident with postharvest internal browning of pineapple ( Ananas comosus L.) fruit

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  47. How rice Glycogen Synthase Kinase-like 5 (OsGSK5) integrates salinity stress response to source-sink adaptation: A proposed model

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Diane Beckles

  48. Overexpression of GSK3-like Kinase 5 (OsGSK5) in rice (Oryza sativa) enhances salinity tolerance in part via preferential carbon allocation to root starch

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Diane Beckles

  49. Postharvest internal browning of pineapple fruit originates at the phloem

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  50. Assessing variation in physicochemical, structural, and functional properties of root starches from novel Tanzanian cassava (Manihot esculentaCrantz.) landraces

    Article • Starch - Stärke, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Mariam Kom Mtunguja, Diane Beckles

  51. Effects of Timing and Severity of Salinity Stress on Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Yield, Grain Composition, and Starch Functionality

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Diane Beckles

  52. Magnetic resonance imaging provides spatial resolution of Chilling Injury in Micro-Tom tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  53. Postharvest quality and storage life of ‘Makapuno’ coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, August 2014, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  54. The impact of elevated CO2concentration on the quality of algal starch as a potential biofuel feedstock

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, February 2014, Wiley

    Diane Beckles

  55. How environmental stress affects starch composition and functionality in cereal endosperm

    Article • Starch - Stärke, December 2013, Wiley

    Diane Beckles

  56. Effects of environmental factors on cereal starch biosynthesis and composition

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, July 2012, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  57. Induced Mutations in the Starch Branching Enzyme II ( SBEII ) Genes Increase Amylose and Resistant Starch Content in Durum Wheat

    Article • Crop Science, July 2012, Wiley

    Diane Beckles

  58. Starch Characteristics of Transgenic Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Overexpressing the Dx5 High Molecular Weight Glutenin Subunit are Substantially Equivalent to Those in Nonmodified Wheat

    Article • Journal of Food Science, April 2012, Wiley

    Diane Beckles

  59. Chilling-injury of harvested tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cv. Micro-Tom fruit is reduced by temperature pre-treatments

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  60. Factors affecting the postharvest soluble solids and sugar content of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  61. Metabolite content of harvested Micro-Tom tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit is altered by chilling and protective heat-shock treatments as shown by GC–MS metabolic profiling

    Article • Postharvest Biology and Technology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  62. Metabolomics for Salinity Research

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  63. Plant metabolomics

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  64. Biochemical factors contributing to tomato fruit sugar content: a review

    Article • Fruits, December 2011, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Diane Beckles

  65. Comparison of Leaf and Fruit Metabolism in Two Tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) Genotypes Varying in Total Soluble Solids

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Diane Beckles

  66. Use of Biotechnology to Engineer Starch in Cereals

    Article • July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Diane Beckles

  67. Starch Molecular Structure Shows Little Association with Fruit Physiology and Starch Metabolism in Tomato

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Diane Beckles

  68. Starch Granules in Tomato Fruit Show a Complex Pattern of Degradation

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Diane Beckles

  69. Structural Investigations and Morphology of Tomato Fruit Starch

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Diane Beckles

  70. Metabolic profiling of transgenic wheat over-expressing the high-molecular-weight Dx5 glutenin subunit

    Article • Metabolomics, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  71. Metabolite Measurements

    Article • April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  72. Cloning, characterisation and comparative analysis of a starch synthase IV gene in wheat: functional and evolutionary implications

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  73. Transcriptional profiling of wheat caryopsis development using cDNA microarrays

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Diane Beckles

  74. A Triticum tauschii protein kinase related to wheat PKABA1 is associated with ABA signaling and is distributed between the nucleus and cytosol

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, May 2005, Elsevier

    Diane Beckles

  75. Characterization of the Genes Encoding the Cytosolic and Plastidial Forms of ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in Wheat Endosperm

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, October 2002, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Diane Beckles

  76. ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Is Located in the Plastid in Developing Tomato Fruit

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, May 2001, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Diane Beckles

  77. A Cytosolic ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Is a Feature of Graminaceous Endosperms, But Not of Other Starch-Storing Organs

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2001, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Diane Beckles