Dr Stuart Davies
Recent Publications
Karimazadeh, G., Francis, D. & Davies, M.S. (2004). Low temperature-induced G1-accumulated cells in the callus in winter wheat but not in spring wheat. In: in vitro culture transformation and molecular markers for crop improvement. ed. A S Islam. pp 66-74. Science Publishers Inc. New Hampshire, USA.
West H K., Morgan, A.J., Bowker, D.W., Davies, M.S. & Herbert, R.J. (2003). Evidence of interpopulation differences in life history parameters of adult and F1 generation Lumbricus rubellus. Pedobiologia 47, 535-541.
Morgan, A.J., Evans M., Winters, C., Gane, M. & Davies M.S. (2002). Assaying the effects of chemical ameliorants with earthworms and plants exposed to a heavily polluted metalliferous soil. European Journal of Soil Biology38, 323-327.
West, H.K. Davies, M.S. Morgan, A.J. & Herbert, R.J. (2001). Intraspecific variation in calcium and strontium accumulation/depuration in an epigeic earthworm species. European Journal of Soil Biology 37, 329-332.
West, H.K., Davies, M.S., Morgan A.J. & Herbert, R.J. (2001). The relationship between Sr and Ca accumulation in the major constituents of a terrestrial community resident on a celestitic (SrSO 4) soil in S.W. England. European Journal of Soil Biology37, 333-336.
Herbert, R.J., Vilhar, B., Evett, C., Orchard, C.B., Rogers, H.J., Davies, M.S. & Francis, D. (2001). Ethylene induces cell death at particular phases of the cell cycle in the tobacco TBY-2 cell line. Journal of Experimental Botany52, 1615-1623
Karimazadeh, G, Davies, M.S. & Francis, D (2000). Low temperature induced accumulation of protein is sustained both in root meristems and in callus in winter wheat but not in spring wheat. Annals of Botany85, 769-777.
Hillman, G.C. & Davies, M.S. (1999). Domestication rate in wild wheats and barley under primitive cultivation. In Prehistory of Agriculture: new Experimental and Ethnographic approaches. ed P C Anderson. pp 70-102. UCLA, Los Angeles.
Jafun, F.B., Davies, M.S., Morgan, A.J. & Pal, U.R. (1998) Seasonal response of nitrate reductase activity of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings to nitrogen supply. African Journal of Natural Sciences2, 107-114.
Hanif, M & Davies M. S. (1999). Effects of NaCl induced stress on the mitotic cell cycle and growth fraction in the root meristems of two lines of barley. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences2, 105-108
Hanif, M & Davies M. S. (1998) The influence of NaCl on the cell cycle and growth fraction in the root meristems of Triticum aestivum cvs Lyallpur 73 and Lu-26-S. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1, 252-255
Hanif, M & Davies M. S. (1998). A comparison of the effect of NaCl on the cell doubling time of the root apical meristem in Triticum aestivum (cvs. Lyallpur73, Pak 81 and LU-26-S). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 1, 175-178
Reeves, G., Francis, D., Davies, M.S., Rogers, H.J. & Hodkinson, T.R. (1998). Genome size is negatively correlated with altitude in natural populations of Dactylis glomerata. Annals of Botany82 (supp A), 99-105.
Kinsman, E.A., Lewis, C., Davies, M.S., Young, J.E., Francis, D., Vilhar, B. & Ougham, H.J. (1997). Elevated CO 2 stimulates cells to divide in grass meristems: a differential effect in two natural populations of Dactylis glomerata. Plant Cell and Environment20, 1309-1306