Publications

Research publications and reports supported by PCGIN funding

2026

Ellis N, Hofer J, Ambrose M, Kite G, Steuernagel B, Paajanen P, Rayner T, Deng S, Wouters RHM, Vikeli E, Horler RSP, Jiang M, Feng C, Cheng S, Domoney C, Chayut N. (2026) Mapped deletions in a publicly available Fast Neutron mutant collection for gene identification in pea. BMC Plant Biology. 

2025

Feng C, Chen B, Hofer J, Shi Y, Jiang M, Song B, Cheng H, Lu L, Wang L, Howard A, Bendahmane A, Fouchal A, Moreau C, Sawada C, LeSignor C, Zhang C, Vikeli E, Tsanakas G, Zhao H, Cheema J, Barclay JE, Hou J, Sayers L, Wingen L, Vigouroux M, Vickers M, Ambrose M, Dalmais M, Higuera-Poveda P, Li P, Yuan Q, Spanner R, Horler R, Wouters R, Chundakkad S, Wu T, Zhao X, Li X, Sun Y, Huang Z, Wu Z, Deng XW, Steuernagel B, Domoney C, Ellis N, Chayut N, Cheng S. (2025) Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes. Nature, 642:8069, 980-989.

Okechukwu EC, Jimenez-Quiros C, Baysal Ö, Kocamaz S, Arıkan B, Webb A, Wood T, Arora S, Domoney C, Studholme DJ, Tör M. (2026) Pea-saving partners: Bacillus and Pseudomonas combat downy mildew in pea crops. Plant Pathology, 75:e70095. 

Warsame AO, Balk J, Domoney C. (2025) Identification of significant genome-wide associations and QTL underlying variation in seed protein composition in pea (Pisum sativum L.). The Plant Genome, 18:e70051. 

Rayner T, Mundy JEA, Bilham LJ, Moreau C, Lawson DM, Domoney C, Wang TL. (2025) A suite of pea (Pisum sativum L.) near-isolines: Genetic resources and molecular tools to breed for seed carbohydrate and protein quality in legumes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26:2612.

Rayner T, Saalbach G, Vickers M, Paajanen P, Martins C, Wouters RHM, Chinoy C, Mulholland F, Bal M, Isaac P, Novak P, Macas J, Ellis N, Steuernagel B, Domoney C. (2025) Rebalancing the seed proteome following deletion of vicilin-related genes in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Journal of Experimental Botany, 76:20, 5830-5860.

2024

Trenk NK, Pacheco-Moreno A, Arora S. (2024) Understanding the root of the problem for tackling pea root rot disease. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15:1441814.

Gutierrez N, Pegard M, Solis I, Sokolović DJ, Lloyd D, Howarth CJ, Torres AM. (2024) Genome-wide association study for yield related traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 15:1328690.

Webb A, Reynolds TR, Wright TI, Caiazzo R, Lloyd D, Thomas JE, Wood TA. (2024) Identification of faba bean genetic loci associated quantitative resistance to the fungus Botrytis fabae, causal agent of chocolate spot. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15:1383396. 

2023

Olías R, Rayner T, Clemente A, Domoney C. (2023) Combination of three null mutations affecting seed protein accumulation in pea (Pisum sativum L.) impacts positively on digestibility. Food Research International, 169:112825.

Ellis N, Hofer J, Sizer-Coverdale E., Lloyd D, Aubert G, Kreplak J, Burstin J, Cheema J, Bal M, Chen Y, Deng S, Wouters RHM, Steuernagel B, Chayut N, Domoney C. (2023) Recombinant inbred lines derived from wide crosses in Pisum. Scientific Reports, 13:20408.

Bhowmik P, Yan W, Hodgins C, Polley B, Warkentin T, Nickerson M, Ro D-K, Marsolais F, Domoney C, Shariati-Ievari S, Aliani M. (2023) CRISPR/Cas9-mediated lipoxygenase gene-editing in yellow pea leads to major changes in fatty acid and flavour profiles. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14:1246905.

Domoney C. (2023) The land crop pea, in: (eds) Pyett S, Jenkins W, van Mierlo B, Trindade LM, Welch D, van Zanten H. Our Future Proteins – A Diversity of Perspectives, Amsterdam: VU University Press, pp. 46-53.

2022

Warsame AO, Michael N, O’Sullivan DM, Tosi P. (2022) Seed development and protein accumulation patterns in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 70, 9295-9304.

Moreau C, Warren FJ, Rayner T, Perez-Moral N, Lawson DM, Wang TL, Domoney C. (2022) An allelic series of starch-branching enzyme mutants in pea (Pisum sativum L.) reveals complex relationships with seed starch phenotypes. Carbohydrate Polymers, 288:119386.

Sawada C, Moreau C, Robinson GHJ, Steuernagel B, Wingen LU, Cheema J, Sizer-Coverdale E, Lloyd D, Domoney C, Ellis N. (2022) An integrated linkage map of three recombinant inbred populations of pea (Pisum sativum L.). Genes, 13:196.

2021

Björnsdotter E, Nadzieja M, Chang W, Escobar-Herrera L, Mancinotti D, Angra D, Xia X, Tacke R, Khazaei H, Crocoll C, Vandenberg A, Link W, Stoddard FL, O’Sullivan DM, Stougaard J, Schulman AH, Andersen SU, Geu-Flores F. (2021) VC1 catalyses a key step in the biosynthesis of vicine in faba bean. Nature Plants, 7, 923-931.

Adhikari KN, Khazaei H, Ghaouti L, Maalouf F, Vandenberg A, Link W, O’Sullivan, DM. (2021) Conventional and molecular breeding tools for accelerating genetic gain in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:744259.

Domoney C. (2021) Reaching for the pulse of the planet and its population. The Biochemist, 43:3, 26-30.

2020

Warsame AO, Michael N, O’Sullivan DM, Tosi P. (2020) Identification and quantification of major faba bean seed proteins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68:32, 8535-8544.