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2026<\/h2>\n

Zhao Y, Lundgren MR.<\/strong> (2026). Potential drivers of fast growth in Paulownia. <\/i><\/a>Plants, People, Planet 8 (2), 516-529.<\/p>\n

2025<\/h2>\n

42) Roberts HR<\/strong>, Collins CF, Cruz AB<\/strong>, Lundgren MR. <\/strong>2025.\u00a0C2 Photosynthesis across Scales. <\/a>Plant Ecophysiology 1 (3), 1<\/p>\n

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41) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Cavanagh AP, Macnaghten P. (2025) Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate. <\/a>Plants, People, Planet 7 (5), 1215-1219.<\/p>\n

2024<\/h2>\n

40) Walsh C<\/strong> & Lundgren MR<\/strong>. 2024. Nutritional quality of photosynthetically diverse crops under future climates.<\/a> Plants, People, Planet 6, 1272-1283.<\/p>\n

39) Bellasio C & Lundgren MR<\/strong>. 2024. The operation of PEPCK increases light harvesting plasticity in C4 <\/sub>NAD\u2013ME and NADP\u2013ME photosynthetic subtypes: a theoretical study.<\/a> Plant Cell & Environment 47, 2288-2309.<\/p>\n

38) Liu H, Ye Q, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Young SNR<\/strong>, Liu X, Luo Q, Lin Y, Ye N, & Hao G. 2024. Phylogeny and climate explain contrasting hydraulic traits in different life forms of 150 woody Fabaceae species.<\/a> Journal of Ecology 112, 741-754.<\/p>\n

2023<\/h2>\n

37) Hern\u00e1ndez-Verdeja, T <\/strong>& Lundgren, MR<\/strong> (2023) GOLDEN2-LIKE transcription factors: A golden ticket to improve crops?<\/a> Plants People Planet.<\/em><\/p>\n

36) Lundgren M<\/strong>, Sage RF, & Sage TL (2023). C4 plants in<\/em> Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. 3rd edition.<\/p>\n

35) Alenazi AS, Bianconi ME, … Lundgren MR<\/strong> … Christin P-A, Dunning LT & Osborne CP(2023). Leaf anatomy explains the strength of C4 activity within the grass species Alloteropsis semialata.<\/a> Plant, Cell & Environment<\/em><\/strong> 46, 2310-2322.<\/p>\n

34) Walsh CA,<\/strong> Br\u00e4utigam A, Roberts MR, Lundgren MR<\/strong>. 2023. Evolutionary implications of C2 photosynthesis: how complex biochemical trade-offs may limit C4 evolution.<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany <\/strong><\/em>(Darwin Review )<\/em> 74, 707\u2013722,<\/p>\n

2022<\/h2>\n

33) Young SNR, Lundgren MR<\/strong>. (2022) C4 photosynthesis in Paulownia? A case of inaccurate citations.<\/a> Plants People Planet <\/strong><\/em>5, 292-303.<\/p>\n

32) Young SNR<\/strong>, Dunning LT,\u00a0 Lui H, Stevens CJ, Lundgren MR <\/strong>(2022) C4<\/sub> trees have broader niches than their close C3<\/sub> relatives<\/a>, Journal of Experimental Botany <\/em><\/strong>73, 3189\u20133204.<\/p>\n

2021<\/h2>\n

31) Olofsson JK , Curran EV, ….Lundgren MR<\/strong>…. et al. 2021. Low dispersal and ploidy differences in a grass maintain photosynthetic diversity despite gene flow and habitat overlap<\/a>. Molecular Ecology<\/strong><\/em> 30, 2116-2130.<\/p>\n

30) Ely KS, Rogers A, \u2026 Lundgren MR <\/strong>\u2026 et al. 2021. A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata<\/a>. Ecological Informatics<\/strong><\/em> 61, 101232.<\/p>\n

2020<\/h2>\n

29) Young SNR<\/strong>, Sack L, Sporck-Koehler MJ, Lundgren MR<\/strong>*. 2020. Why is C4<\/sub> photosynthesis so rare in trees?<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em><\/strong> 71, 4629-4638.<\/p>\n

28) Lundgren MR<\/strong>. 2020. C2<\/sub> photosynthesis: a promising route towards crop improvement?<\/a> New Phytologist<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

27) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Des Marais D. 2020. Life history variation as a model for understanding trade-offs in plant-environment interactions.<\/a> Current Biology<\/strong><\/em>\u00a030, R180-R189.<\/p>\n

26) Lundgren MR<\/strong> & Fleming A. 2020. Perspectives for improving mesophyll conductance<\/a>. The Plant Journal<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0101, 845-857.<\/p>\n

25) Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Curran EV, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Manzi S, Vorontsova MS, Besnard G, Osborne CP, Olofsson JK, Pascal-Antoine Christin*. 2020. Contrasted histories of organelle and nuclear genomes underlying physiological diversification in a grass species. Proc. R. Soc. B. <\/em><\/strong>287, 20201960.<\/p>\n

2019<\/h2>\n

24) Olofsson J, Dunning L, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Barton H, Thompson J, Cuff N, Ariyarathne M, Yakandawala D, Sotelo G, Zeng K, Osborne C, Nosil P, Christin PA.\u00a0 2019. Population-specific selection on standing variation generated by lateral gene transfers in a grass<\/a>. Current Biology<\/strong><\/em> 29, 3921-3927.<\/p>\n

23) Lundgren<\/strong> MR<\/strong>, Mathers A, Baillie AL, Dunn J, Wilson M, Hunt L, Pajor R, Rolfe S, Osborne CP, Sturrock C, Gray JE, Mooney S, Fleming AJ. (2019) Mesophyll porosity is modulated by the presence of functional stomata.<\/a> Nature Communications<\/em><\/strong>\u00a010, Article\u00a0number:\u00a02825<\/span>.<\/p>\n

22) Dunning LT, Moreno-Villena JJ, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Dionora J, Salazar P, Adams C, Nyirenda F, Olofsson JK, Mapaura A, Grundy IM, Kayombo CJ, Dunning LA, Kentatchime F, Ariyarathne M, Yakandawala D, Besnard G, Quick WP, Br\u00e4utigam A, Osborne CP, Christin PA. (2019). Key changes in gene expression identified for different stages of C4<\/sub> evolution in Alloteropsis semialata<\/em>.<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany <\/em><\/strong>70, 3255\u20133268.<\/p>\n

21) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Moreno-Villena JJ; Bouvier JW, Sage T, Khosravesh R, Sultmanis S, Stata M, Ripley B, Vorontsova MS, Besnard G, Adams C, Cuff N, Mapaura A, Bianconi M, Long CM, Christin PA, Osborne CP. (2019). C4<\/sub> anatomy can evolve via a single developmental change.<\/a> Ecology Letters<\/em><\/strong> 22, 302-312.<\/p>\n

2018<\/h2>\n

20) Pignon CP, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Osborne CP, Long SP. (2018). Bundle sheath chloroplast volume can house sufficient Rubisco to avoid limiting C4<\/sub> photosynthesis during chilling.<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em><\/strong> 70, 357-365.<\/p>\n

19) Mathers AW, Hepworth C, Baillie AL, Sloan J, Jones H, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Fleming AJ, Mooney SJ, Sturrock CJ. (2018). Investigating the microstructure of plant leaves in 3D with lab-based X-ray Computed Tomography.<\/a> Plant Methods<\/em><\/strong> 14, 99.<\/p>\n

18) Brautigam A, Schluter U, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Flachbart S, Ebenhoh O, Schonknecht G, Christin PA, Bleuler S, Droz JM, Osborne C, Weber A, Gowick U. 2018. Biochemical mechanisms driving rapid fluxes in C4<\/sub> photosynthesis.\u00a0<\/a>bioRxiv<\/em><\/strong> p.387431.<\/p>\n

17) Liu H, Zhu L, Xu Q, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Yang K, Zhao P, Ye Q. 2018.\u00a0Ecophysiological responses of two closely related Magnoliaceae genera to seasonal changes in subtropical China.<\/a>\u00a0Journal of Plant Ecology<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0DOI: 10.1093\/jpe\/rtx011.<\/p>\n

2017<\/h2>\n

16) Dunning LT, Liabot AL, Olofsson JK, Smith EK, Vorontsova MS, Besnard G, Simpson K, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Addicott E, Gallagher R, Chu Y, Pennington T, Christin PA, Lehmann CER.\u00a02017. The recent and rapid spread of\u00a0Themeda triandra<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0Botany Letters<\/em><\/strong> 164, 327-337.<\/p>\n

15) Lehmeier* C, Pajor* R, Lundgren* M<\/strong>; Mathers A, Sloan J, Bauch M, Mitchell A, Bellasio C, Green A, Bouyer D, Schnittger A, Sturrock C, Osborne C, Rolfe S, Mooney S, Fleming A.\u00a02017. Cell density and airspace patterning in the leaf can be manipulated to increase leaf photosynthetic capacity.<\/a>\u00a0The Plant Journal<\/em><\/strong> 92, 981-994. (*=co-first authors<\/u>).<\/p>\n

14) Liu H, Xu Q, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Ye Q. 2017. Different water relations between flower and leaf periods: a case study in flower-before-leaf-emergence Magnolia <\/em>species.<\/a> Functional Plant Biology<\/em><\/strong> 44, 1098-1110.<\/p>\n

13) Dunning LT*, Lundgren MR*<\/strong>, Moreno-Villena JJ*, Namaganda M, Edwards EJ, Nosil P, Osborne CP, Christin PA. 2017. Reticulate evolution and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C4<\/sub> photosynthesis among close relatives.<\/a> Evolution<\/em><\/strong> 71, 1541-1555. (*=co-first authors<\/u>).<\/p>\n

12) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Christin PA. 2017. Despite phylogenetic effects, C3<\/sub>-C4<\/sub> lineages bridge the ecological gap to C4<\/sub> photosynthesis.<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em><\/strong> 68, 241-254.<\/p>\n

2016<\/h2>\n

11) Olofsson JK, Bianconi M, Besnard G, Dunning LT, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Holota H, Vorontsova MS, Hidalgo O, Leitch IJ, Nosil P, Osborne CP, Christin PA. 2016. Genome biogeography reveals the intraspecific spread of adaptive mutations for a complex trait.<\/a> Molecular Ecology<\/em><\/strong> 25, 6107-6123.<\/p>\n

10) Amsbury S, Hunt L, Elhaddad N, Baillie A, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Vertbrugghen Y, Scheller HV, Knox JP, Fleming A, Gray J. 2016. Stomatal function requires pectin de-methyl-esterification of the guard cell wall.<\/a> Current Biology<\/em><\/strong> 26, 2899-2906.<\/p>\n

9) Bellasio C, Lundgren MR<\/strong>. 2016. Anatomical constraints to C4<\/sub> evolution: light harvesting capacity in the bundle sheath.<\/a> New Phytologist<\/em><\/strong> 212, 485-496.<\/p>\n

8) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Christin PA, Gonzalez Escobar E, Ripley BS, Besnard G, Long CM, Hattersley PW, Ellis RP, Leegood RC, Osborne CP. 2016. Evolutionary implications of C3<\/sub>-C4<\/sub> intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata<\/em>.<\/a> Plant, Cell & Environment<\/em><\/strong> 39, 1974-1885.<\/p>\n

7) Liu H, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Freckleton RP, Xu Q, Ye Q. 2016. Uncovering the spatio-temporal drivers of species trait variances: a case study of Magnoliaceae in China.<\/a> Journal of Biogeography <\/em><\/strong>43, 1179-1191.<\/p>\n

2015<\/h2>\n

6) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Besnard G, Ripley BS, Lehmann CER, Chatelet DS, Ralf G. Kynast, Namaganda M, Vorontsova MS, Hall RC, Elia J, Osborne CP, Christin PA. 2015. Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species.<\/a> Ecology Letters<\/em><\/strong> 18, 1021-1029.<\/p>\n

5) Vorontsova MS, Haevermans T, Haevermans A, Razanatsoa J, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Besnard G. 2015. The Genus Sartidia<\/em> (Poaceae: Aristidoideae) in Madagascar.\u00a0<\/a> Systematic Botany<\/em><\/strong> 40, 448-453.<\/p>\n

2014<\/h2>\n

4) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Osborne CP, Christin PA. 2014. Deconstructing Kranz anatomy to understand C4<\/sub> evolution.<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em><\/strong> 65, 3357-3369.<\/p>\n

2013<\/h2>\n

3) Hymus GJ, Cai S., Kohl EA, Holtan HE, Marion CM, Tiwari S, Maszle DR, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Hong MC, Channa N, Loida P, Thompson R, Taylor JP, Rice E, Repetti PP, Ratcliffe OJ, Reuber LT, Creelman RA. 2013. Application of HB17, an Arabidopsis class II homeodomain-leucine zipper transcription factor, to regulate chloroplast number and photosynthetic capacity.<\/a> Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em> <\/strong>64, 4479-4490.<\/p>\n

BEFORE 2013<\/h2>\n

2) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Sultan SE. 2005 Seedling expression of cross-generational plasticity depends on reproductive architecture.<\/a> American Journal of Botany<\/em><\/strong> 92, 377-381.<\/p>\n

1) Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Small CJ, Dreyer GD. 2004. Influence of land use and site characteristics on invasive plant abundance in the Quinebaug Highlands of southern New England.<\/a> Northeastern Naturalist<\/em><\/strong> 11, 313-332.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

PATENTS<\/em><\/h2>\n

[1] Creelman, RE, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Cai, S, Holtan, HE, Hymus GJ, Ratcliffe OJ, Reuber TL, Burek AJ, Tiwari SB, Adam LJ, Marion CM, Lau M, Brayton BR, Shen Y. 2013-2020. Mutation of the EAR motif of class II HD-zip polypeptides. Patent PCT\/US2013\/035640.<\/p>\n

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PREPRINTS<\/em><\/h2>\n

[3] Olofsson J, Curran E, Nyirenda F, Bianconi M, Dunning L, Milenkovic V, Sotelo G, Hidalgo O, Powell R, Lundgren M, Leitch IJ, Nosil P, Osborne CP, Christin P-A. 2020. Low dispersal and recurrent polyploidization in a grass maintain photosynthetic diversity despite gene flow and habitat overlap.<\/a> Authorea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]\u00a0 Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Curran EV, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Lundgren MR,<\/strong> Manzi S, Vorontsova MS, Besnard G, Osborne CP, Olofsson JK, Christin PA. 2020. Physiological diversity enhanced by recurrent divergence and secondary gene flow within a grass species.<\/a> bioRxiv.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>[1] Brautigam A, Schluter U, Lundgren MR<\/strong>, Flachbart S, Ebenhoh O, Schonknecht G, Christin PA, Bleuler S, Droz JM, Osborne C, Weber A, Gowick U. 2018. Biochemical mechanisms driving rapid fluxes in C4<\/sub> photosynthesis.<\/a>\u00a0bioRxiv.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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