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Professor Bill Davies

Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Professor

  1. Published

    A mechanism for low temperature-induced stomatal closure.

    Wilkinson, S. & Davies, W. J., 1999, Crop development for cool and wet climate of Europe. Sanchez-Diax, M., Irigoyen, J. J., Aguuirreolea, J. & Pithan, K. (eds.). COST, p. 298-310 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  2. Published

    A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom

    Cusworth, S. J., Davies, W. J., McAinsh, M. R. & Stevens, C. J., 1/03/2024, In: Plants, People, Planet. 6, 2, p. 304-314 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    A Negative Hydraulic Message from Oxygen-Deficient Roots of Tomato Plants? (Influence of Soil Flooding on Leaf Water Potential, Leaf Expansion, and Synchrony between Stomatal Conductance and Root Hydraulic Conductivity).

    Else, M. A., Davies, W. J., Malone, M. & Jackson, M. B., 1995, In: Plant Physiology. 109, 3, p. 1017-1024 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  4. Published

    ABA signalling, grafting, irrigation scheduling, partial rootzone drying, tomato, water use.

    Belimov, A. A., Dodd, I. C., Safronova, V. I., Hontzeas, N. & Davies, W. J., 04/2007, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 58, 6, p. 1485-1495 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    ABA-based chemical signalling : the co-ordination of responses to stress in plants.

    Wilkinson, S. & Davies, W. J., 02/2002, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 25, 2, p. 195-210 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Abscisic acid in leaves and roots of willow : significance for stomatal conductance.

    Liu, L., McDonald, A. J. S., Stadenberg, I. & Davies, W. J., 07/2001, In: Tree Physiology. 21, 11, p. 759-764 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Abscisic acid metabolizing rhizobacteria decrease ABA concentrations in planta and alter plant growth

    Belimov, A. A., Dodd, I. C., Safronova, V. I., Dumova, V. A., Shaposhnikov, A. I., Ladatko, A. G. & Davies, W. J., 01/2014, In: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 74, p. 84-91 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Abscisic acid signalling when soil moisture is heterogeneous: decreased photoperiod sap flow from drying roots limits abscisic acid export to the shoots

    Dodd, I. C., Egea, G. & Davies, W. J., 09/2008, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 31, 9, p. 1263-1274 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Accounting for sap flow from different parts of the root system improves the prediction of xylem ABA concentration in plants grown with heterogeneous soil moisture.

    Dodd, I. C., Egea, G. & Davies, W. J., 11/2008, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 59, 15, p. 4083-4093 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Achieving more crop per drop

    Davies, W. J. & Bennett, M. J., 4/08/2015, In: Nature Plants. 1, 15118.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  11. Published

    Adaption of roots to drought

    Davies, W. J. & Bacon, M. A., 2003, Root ecology. de Kroon, H. & Visser, E. J. W. (eds.). 168 ed. Springer Verlag, p. 173-192 20 p. (Ecological Studies).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. Published

    Agricultural fertilisers contribute substantially to microplastic concentrations in UK soils

    Cusworth, S. J., Davies, W. J., McAinsh, M. R., Gregory, A. S., Storkey, J. & Stevens, C. J., 2/01/2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 7.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Agriculture green development: A model for China and the world

    Shen, J., Zhu, Q., Jiao, X., Ying, H., Wang, H., Wen, X., Xu, W., Li, T., Cong, W., Liu, X., Hou, Y., Cui, Z., Oenema, O., Davies, W. J. & Zhang, F., 2/03/2020, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 7, 1, p. 5-13 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Alternation of wet and dry sides during partial rootzone drying irrigation alters root-to-shoot signalling of abscisic acid.

    Dodd, I. C., Theobald, J. C., Bacon, M. A. & Davies, W. J., 2006, In: Functional Plant Biology. 33, 12, p. 1081-1089 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    An analysis of relative elemental growth rate, epidermal cell size and xyloglucan endotransglycosylase activity through the growing zone of ageing maize leaves.

    Palmer, S. J. & Davies, W. J., 1996, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 47, 3, p. 339-347 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  16. Published

    An analysis of the dynamic response of stomatal conductance to a reduction in humidity over leaves of Cedrella odorata

    Jarvis, A. J., Young, P. J., Taylor, C. J. & Davies, W. J., 08/1999, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 22, 8, p. 913-924 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    An Arabidopsis mutant able to green after extended dark periods shows decreased transcripts of seed protein genes and altered sensitivity to abscisic acid.

    Choy, M-K., Sullivan, J. A., Theobald, J. C., Davies, W. J. & Gray, J. C., 10/2008, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 59, 14, p. 3869-3884 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Applying 'drought' to potted plants by maintaining suboptimal soil moisture improves plant water relations

    Puertolas Simon, J., Larsen, E. K., Davies, W. J. & Dodd, I. C., 1/04/2017, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 68, 9, p. 2413-2424 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Assessing shifts in microbial community structure across a range of grasslands of differing management intensity using CLPP, PLFA and community DNA techniques.

    Grayston, S. J., Campbell, C. D., Bardgett, R. D., Mawdsley, J. L., Clegg, C. D., Ritz, K., Griffiths, B. S., Rodwell, J. S., Edwards, S. J., Davies, W. J. & Elston, D. J., 01/2004, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 25, 1, p. 63-84 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Asymmetric responses of adaxial and abaxial stomata to elevated CO2: impacts on the control of gas exchange by leaves.

    Pearson, M., Davies, W. J. & Mansfield, T. A., 08/1995, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 18, 8, p. 837-843 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  21. Published

    Biomass allocation in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants grown under partial rootzone drying : enhancement of root growth.

    Mingo, D. M., Theobald, J. C., Bacon, M. A., Davies, W. J. & Dodd, I. C., 2004, In: Functional Plant Biology. 31, 10, p. 971-978 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Building the new international science of the agriculture–food–water–environment nexus in China and the world

    Zhu, X., Parry, M., Lu, Y., Heard, M., Ying, G., Vaughan, S., Shen, J., Jenkins, A., Wang, Y., Lacorte, S., Ouyang, T., Salcedo, F. P., Niu, J., Quinton, J., Luo, C., Zhang, F., Zhang, G., Davies, W., Jones, K. & Tyfield, D., 1/11/2016, In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 2, 11, 7 p., e01249.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Can crop science really help us to produce more better quality food while reducing the world-wide environmental footprint of agriculture?

    Davies, W. J., Ward, S. E. & Wilson, A., 2/03/2020, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 7, 1, p. 27-44 17 p., 9299.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Carbon isotope discrimination shows a higher water use efficiency under alternate partial root-zone irrigation of field-grown tomato

    Wei, Z., Du, T., Zhang, J., Xu, S., Cambre, P. & Davies, W. J., 02/2016, In: Agricultural Water Management. 165, p. 33-43 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Chemical regulation of gas exchange and growth of plants in drying soil in the field.

    Dodd, I. C., Stikic, R. & Davies, W. J., 10/1996, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 47, 10, p. 1475-1490 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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