Dr Agnelo Furtado
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
+61 7 334 60640
Book Chapters
Healey, Adam, Furtado, Agnelo and Henry, Robert J. (2014). Structural genomics of eucalypts. In Robert Henry and Chittaranjan Kole (Ed.), Genetics, genomics and breeding of eucalypts (pp. 103-120) Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Furtado, Agnelo (2014). Cloning of DNA fragments: Ligation reactions in agarose gel. In Robert J. Henry and Agnelo Furtado (Ed.), Cereal genomics: methods and protocols (pp. 117-121) New York, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-715-0_10
Furtado A. (2014). DNA extraction from vegetative tissue for next-generation sequencing. In Robert J. Henry and Agnelo Furtado (Ed.), Cereal genomics: methods and protocols (pp. 1-5) New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-715-0
Furtado, Agnelo (2014). RNA extraction from developing or mature wheat seeds. In Robert J. Henry and Agnelo Furtado (Ed.), Cereal Genomics: Methods and Protocols (pp. 23-28) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-715-0
Journal Articles
Tikapunya, Tiparat, Zou, Wei, Yu, Wenwen, Powell, Prudence O., Fox, Glen P., Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and Gilbert, Robert G. (2017) Molecular structures and properties of starches of Australian wild rice. Carbohydrate Polymers, 172 213-222. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.05.046
Brozynska, Marta, Copetti, Dario, Furtado, Agnelo, Wing, Rod A., Crayn, Darren, Fox, Glen, Ishikawa, Ryuji and Henry, Robert J. (2017) Sequencing of Australian wild rice genomes reveals ancestral relationships with domesticated rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 15 6: 765-774. doi:10.1111/pbi.12674
Tran, Hue T. M., Vargas, Carlos Alberto Cordero, Lee, L. Slade, Furtado, Agnelo, Smyth, Heather and Henry, Robert (2017) Variation in bean morphology and biochemical composition measured in different genetic groups of arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.). Tree Genetics and Genomes, 13 3: . doi:10.1007/s11295-017-1138-8
Survase, Abhijeet, Furtado, Agnelo, Thengane, Ratnakar, Fox, Glen, Taylor, Terence and Henry, Robert (2017) Comparison of chapatti and breadmaking quality of wheat genotypes. Cereal Chemistry, 94 3: 409-416. doi:10.1094/CCEM-04-16-0090-R
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Mason, Patrick J., Marquardt, Annelie, Kasirajan, Lakshmi, Thirugnanasambandam, Prathima P., Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2017) A survey of the complex transcriptome from the highly polyploid sugarcane genome using full-length isoform sequencing and de novo assembly from short read sequencing. BMC Genomics, 18 1: 395-395. doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3757-8
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Donnan, Laura, Keeffe, Eloise C., Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2016) High-throughput profiling of the fiber and sugar composition of sugarcane biomass. Bioenergy Research, 1-17. doi:10.1007/s12155-016-9801-8
Cheng, Bing, Furtado, Agnelo, Smyth, Heather E. and Henry, Robert J. (2016) Influence of genotype and environment on coffee quality. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 57 A: 20-30. doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2016.09.003
Nock, Catherine J., Baten, Abdul, Barkla, Bronwyn J., Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and King, Graham J. (2016) Genome and transcriptome sequencing characterises the gene space of Macadamia integrifolia (Proteaceae). BMC Genomics, 17 1: . doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3272-3
Rangan, Parimalan, Furtado, Agnelo and Henry, Robert J. (2016) Commentary: new evidence for grain specific C4 photosynthesis in wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 OCTOBER2016: . doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01537
Nirmal, Ravi C., Furtado, Agnelo, Wrigley, Colin and Henry, Robert J. (2016) Influence of gene expression on hardness in wheat. PLoS ONE, 11 10: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164746
Rangan, Parimalan, Furtado, Agnelo and Henry, Robert J. (2016) New evidence for grain specific C4 photosynthesis in wheat. Scientific Reports, 6 . doi:10.1038/srep31721
Tran, Hue T. M., Lee, L. Slade, Furtado, Agnelo, Smyth, Heather and Henry, Robert J. (2016) Advances in genomics for the improvement of quality in coffee. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 96 10: 3300-3312. doi:10.1002/jsfa.7692
Henry, Robert J., Rangan, Parimalan and Furtado, Agnelo (2016) Functional cereals for production in new and variable climates. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 30 11-18. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2015.12.008
Tikapunya, Tiparat, Fox, Glen, Furtado, Agnelo and Henry, Robert (2016) Grain physical characteristics of the Australian wild rices. Plant Genetic Resources, 1-12. doi:10.1017/S1479262116000083
Healey, Adam L., Lee, David J., Furtado, Agnelo, Simmons, Blake A. and Henry, Robert J. (2015) Efficient eucalypt cell wall deconstruction and conversion for sustainable lignocellulosic biofuels. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 3 190.1-190.14. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2015.00190
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frederik C., Simmons, Blake A. and Henry, Robert J. (2015) Potential for genetic improvement of sugarcane as a source of biomass for biofuels. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 3 1-15. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2015.00182
Wambugu, Peterson W., Brozynska, Marta, Furtado, Angelo, Waters, Daniel L. and Henry, Robert J. (2015) Relationships of wild and domesticated rices (Oryza AA genome species) based upon whole chloroplast genome sequences. Scientific Reports, 5 Art No.: 13957: . doi:10.1038/srep13957
Brozynska, Marta., Furtado, Agnelo. and Henry, Robert J. (2015) Genomics of crop wild relatives: Expanding the gene pool for crop improvement. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 14 4: 1070-1085. doi:10.1111/pbi.12454
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, McQualter, Richard B. and Henry, Robert J. (2015) Next Generation Sequencing of total DNA from sugarcane provides no evidence for chloroplast heteroplasmy. New Negatives in Plant Science, 1-2 33-45. doi:doi:10.1016/j.neps.2015.10.001
Furtado, A., Bundock, P. C., Banks, P. M., Fox, G., Yin, X. and Henry, R. J. (2015) A novel highly differentially expressed gene in wheat endosperm associated with bread quality. Scientific Reports, 5 10446: 1-14. doi:10.1038/srep10446
Henry, Robert J., Rangan, Parimalan and Furtado, Agnelo (2015) Developing cereals acceptable to consumers for production in new and variable climates. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 29 9-10. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.128
Furtado, Agnelo, Lupoi, Jason S., Hoang, Nam V., Healey, Adam, Singh, Seema, Simmons, Blake A. and Henry, Robert J. (2014) Modifying plants for biofuel and biomaterial production. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 12 9: 1246-1258. doi:10.1111/pbi.12300
Brozynska, Marta, Omar, Ernnie Syafika, Furtado, Agnelo, Crayn, Darren, Simon, Bryan, Ishikawa, Ryuji and Henry, Robert James (2014) Chloroplast genome of novel rice germplasm identified in Northern Australia. Tropical Plant Biology, 7 3-4: 111-120. doi:10.1007/s12042-014-9142-8
Brozynska, Marta, Furtado, Angelo and Henry, Robert James (2014) Direct Chloroplast sequencing: Comparison of sequencing platforms and analysis tools for whole chloroplast barcoding. PLoS One, 9 10: e110387.1-e110387.10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110387
Healey, Adam, Furtado, Agnelo, Cooper, Tal and Henry, Robert J. (2014) Protocol: a simple method for extracting next-generation sequencing quality genomic DNA from recalcitrant plant species. Plant Methods, 10 1: 1-8. doi:10.1186/1746-4811-10-21
Wambugu, Peterson W., Furtado, Agnelo, Le Waters, Daniel, Nyamongo, Desterio O. and Henry, Robert J. (2013) Conservation and utilization of African Oryza genetic resources. Rice, 6 1: 29.1-29.13. doi:10.1186/1939-8433-6-29
Gillies, Susan A., Futardo, Agnelo and Henry, Robert J. (2012) Gene expression in the developing aleurone and starchy endosperm of wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 10 6: 668-679. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00705.x
Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and Pellegrineschi, Alessandro (2009) Analysis of promoters in transgenic barley and wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 7 3: 240-253. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00394.x
Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and Takaiwa, Fumio (2008) Comparison of promoters in transgenic rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 6 7: 679-693. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00352.x
Furtado, Agnelo and Henry, Robert James (2005) The wheat Em promoter drives reporter gene expression in embryo and aleurone tissue of transgenic barley and rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 3 4: 421-434. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00135.x
Furtado, A, Henry, R, Scott, K and Meech, S (2003) The promoter of the asi gene directs expression in the maternal tissues of the seed in transgenic barley. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 52 4: 787-799. doi:10.1023/A:1025097218768
Furtado, A and Henry, R (2002) Measurement of green fluorescent protein concentration in single cells by image analysis. ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 310 1: 84-92. doi:10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00281-6
Conference Papers
Cooper, T., Furtado, A., Henry, R. J. and Crayn, D. (2015). Analysis of the chloroplast genome of a coffee relative from northern Australia. In: Proceedings of the IV International Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources. International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, (177-182). 17-22 August 2014. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1101.27
Furtado, A., Piperidus, G., Croft, B. J., Cox, M., Mcintyre, C. L., Smith, G. R. and Brumbley, S. M. (2003). Identification of molecular markers to smut resistance in sugarcane. In: ISSCT Molecular Biology - Genome Analysis and Molecular Physiology, Montpellier, France, (). 7-11 April 2003.
Furtado, A., Piperidus, G., Croft, B. J., Cox, M., Mcintyre, C. L., Smith, G. R. and Brumbley, S. M. (2003). Identification of molecular markers to smut resistance in sugarcane. In: IVth International Workshop on Plant Biotechnology and Sustainable Development (BioVeg) 2003, Ciego de Avila, Cuba, (). 14-19 April 2003.
Reyes, M., Waldron, J., Furtado, A., Klimyuk, V., Jones, J. D., Wang, J. S., Scott, K. J. and Carroll, B. J. (2000). Transposon tagging of DNA sequences for alleviating transgene silencing. In: 21st Annual Conference on the Organisation and Expression of the Genome. The Genome Conference 2000, Lorne, Victoria, Australia, (202). 13 - 17 February 2000.
Carroll, B. J., Reyes, M., Waldron, J., Furtado, A., Klimyuk, V., Wang, J. S., Scott, K. J. and Jones, J. D. (1999). Transposon tagging or DNA sequences for alleviating transgene silencing. In: Combined Conference Abstracts: 43rd Annual ASBMB, 18th Annual ANZSCDB and 39th Annual ASPP. ComBio 99, Conrad Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast, (Pos-Wed-06). 27-30 September, 1999.
Waldron, J., Reyes, M., Furtado, A., Klimyuk, V., Wang, J. S., Godwin, I. D., Scott, K. J., Jones, J. D. and Carroll, B. J. (1999). Transposon tagging of chromosomal regions responsible for alleviating transgene silencing. In: HGM'99. Human Genome Meeting, Brisbane Convention Cen., Brisbane, (83). 27th -30th March, 1999.