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  1. Baked sorghum tortilla chips: effects of baking conditions on physicochemical properties

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, January 2024, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  2. Indigenous Australian grass seeds as grains: macrostructure, microstructure and histochemistry

    Article • AoB Plants, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Thomas Roberts

  3. Effects of Sorghum Grain and Wort Composition on Dry Grind Fermentation Performance: A Model for Baijiu Production

    Article • Beverages, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Thomas Roberts

  4. Genes Encoding Structurally Conserved Serpins in the Wheat Genome: Identification and Expression Profiles during Plant Development and Abiotic and Biotic Stress

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Thomas Roberts

  5. Health benefits of two important herbs: Mint and thyme

    Article • Journal of Herbal Medicine, December 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Ahmad Arzani, Thomas Roberts, Vida Arzani

  6. Rhizosphere bacteria associated with Chenopodium quinoa promote resistance to Alternaria alternata in tomato

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  7. The effects of thymoquinone on pancreatic cancer: Evidence from preclinical studies

    Article • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, September 2022, Elsevier

    habilitated doctor, chemist Monica BUTNARIU, Thomas Roberts

  8. Impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on aleurone cells and starch granule morphology in domesticated and wild rices

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, January 2022, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  9. Interactive effects of hydrogen sulphide and silicon enhance drought and heat tolerance by modulating hormones, antioxidant defence enzymes and redox status in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    Article • Plant Biology, December 2021, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  10. Sorghum in foods: Functionality and potential in innovative products

    Article • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, August 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Thomas Roberts

  11. Elevated CO2 differentially affects the properties of grain from wild and domesticated rice

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, July 2021, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  12. Carotenoid biosynthesis and the evolution of carotenogenesis genes in rust fungi

    Article • Fungal Biology, May 2021, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  13. Effective bioconversion of farmed chicken products by black soldier fly larvae at commercially relevant growth temperatures

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, March 2021, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  14. Combined ability of salicylic acid and spermidine to mitigate the individual and interactive effects of drought and chromium stress in maize (Zea mays L.)

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, February 2021, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  15. Induction of defense-related enzymes and enhanced disease resistance in maize against Fusarium verticillioides by seed treatment with Jacaranda mimosifolia formulations

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

    Thomas Roberts

  16. Optimal Silver Nitrate Concentration to Inhibit α‐Amylase Activity During Pasting of Rice Flour

    Article • Starch - Stärke, November 2020, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  17. GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antilipoxygenase and cytotoxic activities of Jacaranda mimosifolia methanol leaf extracts and fractions

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2020, PLOS

    Thomas Roberts

  18. Combined seed and foliar pre-treatments with exogenous methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid mitigate drought-induced stress in maize

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2020, PLOS

    Thomas Roberts

  19. Salt‐Treated Roots of Oryza australiensis Seedlings are Enriched with Proteins Involved in Energetics and Transport

    Article • PROTEOMICS, October 2019, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  20. Mango Seed Kernel Fat as a Cocoa Butter Substitute Suitable for the Tropics

    Article • Journal of Food Science, May 2019, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  21. Carotenoid complement of rust spores: Variation among species and pathotype

    Article • Phytochemistry, May 2019, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  22. Salinity tolerance in Australian wild Oryza species varies widely and matches that observed in O. sativa

    Article • Rice, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  23. Leaf canopy architecture determines light interception and carbon gain in wild and domesticated Oryza species

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, November 2018, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  24. Ethnobotany of the genus Taraxacum -Phytochemicals and antimicrobial activity

    Article • Phytotherapy Research, July 2018, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  25. A conditional silencing suppression system for transient expression

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

    Thomas Roberts

  26. Carotenoid pigments in rust fungi: Extraction, separation, quantification and characterisation

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, June 2018, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  27. Fortification of durum wheat semolina with detoxified matri (Lathyrus sativus) flour to improve the nutritional properties of pasta

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr . Abdullah, Thomas Roberts

  28. Effects of Sorghum Malting on Colour, Major Classes of Phenolics and Individual Anthocyanins

    Article • Molecules, October 2017, MDPI AG

    Thomas Roberts

  29. Antimicrobial activity, toxicity and anti-inflammatory potential of methanolic extracts of four ethnomedicinal plant species from Punjab, Pakistan

    Article • BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  30. Peanut protein extraction conditions strongly influence yield of allergens Ara h 1 and 2 and sensitivity of immunoassays

    Article • Food Chemistry, April 2017, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  31. Comparative performance of broiler chickens offered nutritionally equivalent diets based on six diverse, ‘tannin-free’ sorghum varieties with quantified concentrations of phenolic compounds, kafirin, and phytate

    Article • Animal Production Science, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Thomas Roberts

  32. The impacts of hammer-mill screen size and grain particle size on the performance of broiler chickens offered diets based on two red sorghum varieties

    Article • British Poultry Science, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Thomas Roberts

  33. Isolation of viable protoplasts from the aleurone layers of commercial barley malting varieties

    Article • Journal of the Institute of Brewing, October 2016, The Institute of Brewing & Distilling

    Thomas Roberts

  34. Sodium metabisulphite enhances energy utilisation in broiler chickens offered sorghum-based diets with five different grain varieties

    Article • Animal Feed Science and Technology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  35. Activity‐based protein profiling of hydrolytic enzymes induced by gibberellic acid in isolated aleurone layers of malting barley

    Article • FEBS Letters, August 2016, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  36. Comparative performance of broiler chickens offered ten equivalent diets based on three grain sorghum varieties as determined by response surface mixture design

    Article • Animal Feed Science and Technology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  37. Barley germination: Spatio-temporal considerations for designing and interpreting ‘omics’ experiments

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, July 2016, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  38. Chimeric DCL1-Partnering Proteins Provide Insights into the MicroRNA Pathway

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2016, Frontiers

    Thomas Roberts

  39. Concentrations of specific phenolic compounds in six red sorghums influence nutrient utilisation in broiler chickens

    Article • Animal Feed Science and Technology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  40. Performance of broiler chickens offered nutritionally-equivalent diets based on two red grain sorghums with quantified kafirin concentrations as intact pellets or re-ground mash following steam-pelleting at 65 or 97°C conditioning temperatures

    Article • Animal Nutrition, September 2015, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  41. Mechanisms of growth and patterns of gene expression in oxygen‐deprived rice coleoptiles

    Article • The Plant Journal, March 2015, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  42. Pomegranate oil as a valuable pharmaceutical and nutraceutical

    Article • Lipid Technology, February 2015, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  43. Phytase supplementation of maize-, sorghum- and wheat-based broiler diets with identified starch pasting properties influences phytate (IP6) and sodium jejunal and ileal digestibility

    Article • Animal Feed Science and Technology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  44. Pathogenesis-Related Protein Expression in the Apoplast of Wheat Leaves Protected Against Leaf Rust Following Application of Plant Extracts

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2014, Scientific Societies

    Thomas Roberts

  45. Graded inclusions of sodium metabisulphite in sorghum-based diets: II. Modification of starch pasting properties in vitro and beneficial impacts on starch digestion dynamics in broiler chickens

    Article • Animal Feed Science and Technology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  46. Physico-chemical properties and fatty acid profile of seed oils from pomegranate (Punica granatumL.) extracted by cold pressing

    Article • European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, February 2014, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  47. Analysis of Crude Protein and Allergen Abundance in Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea cv. Walter) from Three Growing Regions in Australia

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Thomas Roberts

  48. Techniques for Analysis of Plant Phenolic Compounds

    Article • Molecules, February 2013, MDPI AG

    Thomas Roberts

  49. Serpins in rice: protein sequence analysis, phylogeny and gene expression during development

    Article • BMC Genomics, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  50. Quantifying ATP turnover in anoxic coleoptiles of rice (Oryza sativa) demonstrates preferential allocation of energy to protein synthesis

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Thomas Roberts

  51. Chilling-induced ultrastructural changes to mesophyll cells of Arabidopsis grown under short days are almost completely reversible by plant re-warming

    Article • PROTOPLASMA, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  52. Serpin protease inhibitors in plant biology

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, December 2011, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  53. Plants and the Study of Serpin Biology

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  54. Arabidopsis AtSerpin1, Crystal Structure and in Vivo Interaction with Its Target Protease RESPONSIVE TO DESICCATION-21 (RD21)

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2010, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  55. Strategic Distribution of Protective Proteins within Bran Layers of Wheat Protects the Nutrient-Rich Endosperm

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Thomas Roberts

  56. Serpin genes AtSRP2 and AtSRP3 are required for normal growth sensitivity to a DNA alkylating agent in Arabidopsis

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  57. Germination of Wheat: A Functional Proteomics Analysis of the Embryo

    Article • Cereal Chemistry, May 2009, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  58. Fungi from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faeces exhibit a broad range of enzyme activities against recalcitrant substrates

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, February 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Thomas Roberts

  59. Serpins in plants and green algae

    Article • Functional & Integrative Genomics, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  60. Subcellular shotgun proteomics in plants: Looking beyond the usual suspects

    Article • PROTEOMICS, August 2007, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  61. Black Point is associated with reduced levels of stress, disease‐ and defence‐related proteins in wheat grain

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, April 2006, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  62. Serpins in fruit and vegetative tissues of apple (Malus domestica): expression of four serpins with distinct reactive centres and characterisation of a major inhibitory seed form, MdZ1b

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Thomas Roberts

  63. Optimised expression and purification of recombinant human indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, October 2004, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  64. Serpins in Unicellular Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria: Sequence Analysis and Evolution

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Thomas Roberts

  65. Differential gene expression for suicide-substrate serine proteinase inhibitors (serpins) in vegetative and grain tissues of barley

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

    Thomas Roberts

  66. Inactivation of Mg Chelatase during Transition from Anaerobic to Aerobic Growth in Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2003, ASM Journals

    Thomas Roberts

  67. Three semidominant barley mutants with single amino acid substitutions in the smallest magnesium chelatase subunit form defective AAA + hexamers

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Thomas Roberts

  68. Inhibitory Serpins from Wheat Grain with Reactive Centers Resembling Glutamine-rich Repeats of Prolamin Storage Proteins

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2000, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  69. Evidence for the presence of two rotenone-insensitive NAD(P)H dehydrogenases on the inner surface of the inner membrane of potato tuber mitochondria

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, September 1996, Elsevier

    Thomas Roberts

  70. Ubiquinone-1 Induces External Deamino-NADH Oxidation in Potato Tuber Mitochondria

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, September 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Thomas Roberts

  71. Platanetin and 7-iodo-acridone-4-carboxylic acid are not specific inhibitors of respiratory NAD(P)H dehydrogenases in potato tuber mitochondria

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, February 1996, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  72. Platanetin and 7‐iodo‐acridone‐4‐carboxylic acid are not specific inhibitors of respiratory NAD(P)H dehydrogenases in potato tuber mitochondria

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, February 1996, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts

  73. Direct evidence for the presence of two external NAD(P)H dehydrogenases coupled to the electron transport chain in plant mitochondria

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 1995, Wiley

    Thomas Roberts