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Professor Emeritus
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1524 595084
E-mail: m.parry@lancaster.ac.uk
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/people/martin-parry
Area of expertise: Rubisco; photosynthesis; carbon assimilation and partitioning; phenotyping; molecular breeding; biotechnology; mutagenesis, transformation; synthetic biology
Speciality AreaPhotosynthesis and Crop Physiology
Selected Publications:
Page, M.T., Parry, M.A.J. (2025). Shining light on photosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot. 76: 3243–3246.
Baekelandt, A., Saltenis, V.L.R., Nacry, P., Malyska, A., Cornelissen, M., Nanda, A.K., Nair, A., Rogowsky, P., Pauwels, L., Muller, B., Collén, J., Blomme, J., Pribil, M., Scharff, L.B., Davies, J., Wilhelm, R., Rolland, N., Harbinson, J., Boerjan, W., Murchie, E.H., Burgess, A.J., Cohan, J., Debaeke, P., Thomine, S., Inzé, D., Lankhorst, R.K., Parry, M.A.J. (2023) Paving the way towards future‐proofing our crops. Food Energy Secur. 12: e441.
Chen, L., Yang, Y., Zhao, Z., Lu, S., Lu, Q., Cui, C., Parry, M., Hu, Y.G. (2023) Genome-wide identification and comparative analyses of key genes involved in C4 photosynthesis in five main gramineous crops. Front Plant Sci. 14: 1134170.
Gojon, A., Nussaume, L., Luu, D.T., Murchie, E.H., Baekelandt, A., Saltenis, V.L.R., Cohan, J., Desnos, T., Inze, D., Ferguson, J.N., Guiderdonni, E., Krapp, A., Lankhorst, R.K., Maurel, C., Rouached, H., Parry, M.A.J., Pribil, M., Scharff, L.B., Nacry, P. (2023). Approaches and determinants to sustainably improve crop production. Food Energy Secur. 12: e369.
Baekelandt, A., Saltenis, V.L.R., Pribil, M., Nacry, P., Harbinson, J., Rolland, N., Wilhelm, R., Davies, J., Inzé, D., Parry, M.A.J., Klein Lankhorst, R. (2023) CropBooster-P: Towards a roadmap for plant research to future proof crops in Europe. Food Energy Secur. 12: e428.
Pennacchi, J., Virlet, N., Barbosa, J.P.R.A.D., Parry, M., Feuerhelm, D., Hawkesford, M.J., Carmo-Silva, E. (2022) A predictive model of wheat grain yield based on canopy reflectance indices and theoretical definition of yield potential. Theor. Exp. Plant Physiol. 34: 537–550.
Taylor, S., Gonzalez-Escobar, E., Page, R., Parry, M., Long, S., Carmo-Silva, E. (2022). Faster than expected Rubisco deactivation in shade reduces cowpea photosynthetic potential in variable light conditions. Nat. Plants. 8: 118–124.
Scharff, L., Saltenis, V., Jensen, P., Baekelandt, A., Burgess, A., Burow, M., Ceriotti, A., Cohan, J., Geu-Flores, F., Halkier, B., Haslam, R., Inzé, D., Klein Lankhorst, R., Murchie, E., Napier, J., Nacry, P., Parry, M., Santino, A., Scarano, A., Sparvoli, F., Wilhelm, R., Pribil, M. (2022). Prospects to improve the nutritional quality of crops. Food Energy Secur. 11: e327.
Lin, M.T., Orr, D., Worrall, D., Parry, M., Carmo-Silva, E., Hanson, M.R. (2021). A procedure to introduce point mutations into the Rubisco large subunit gene in wild‐type plants. Plant J. 106: 876–887
Cornelissen, M., Małyska, A., Nanda, A., Lankhorst, R., Parry, M., Saltenis, V., Pribil, M., Nacry, P., Inzé, D., Baekelandt, A. (2021) Biotechnology for tomorrow's world: Scenarios to guide directions for future innovation. Trends Biotechnol. 39: 438–444.
Banda, D.M., Pereira, J.H., Liu, A.K., Orr, D., Hammel, M., He, C., Parry, M., Carmo-Silva, E., Adams, P.D., Banfield, J.F., Shih, P.M. (2020) Novel bacterial clade reveals origin of form I Rubisco. Nat. Plants. 6: 1158–1166.
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