Professor Frederik Botha
Professorial Research Fellow
Centre for Crop Science
Book Chapter
Botha, Frederik C. (2018). Advances in understanding of sugarcane plant growth and physiology. Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane volume 2: breeding, pests and diseases. (pp. 35-58) edited by Philippe Rott. Sawston, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi: 10.19103/AS.2017.0035.03
Journal Articles
Perlo, Virginie, Margarido, Gabriel R. A., Botha, Frederik C., Furtado, Agnelo, Hodgson-Kratky, Katrina, Correr, Fernando H. and Henry, Robert J. (2022). Transcriptome changes in the developing sugarcane culm associated with high yield and early-season high sugar content. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135 (5), 1619-1636. doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04058-3
Rodrigues Alves Margarido, Gabriel, Correr, Fernando Henrique, Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2021). Limited allele-specific gene expression in highly polyploid sugarcane. Genome Research, 32 (2), 297-308. doi: 10.1101/gr.275904.121
Hodgson-Kratky, K., Perlo, V., Furtado, A., Choudhary, H., Gladden, J. M., Simmons, B. A., Botha, F. and Henry, R. J. (2021). Association of gene expression with syringyl to guaiacyl ratio in sugarcane lignin. Plant Molecular Biology, 106 (1-2), 173-192. doi: 10.1007/s11103-021-01136-w
Marquardt, Annelie, Henry, Robert J. and Botha, Frederik C. (2021). Effect of sugar feedback regulation on major genes and proteins of photosynthesis in sugarcane leaves. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 158, 321-333. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.11.022
Perlo, Virginie, Botha, Frederik C., Furtado, Agnelo, Hodgson‐Kratky, Katrina and Henry, Robert J. (2020). Metabolic changes in the developing sugarcane culm associated with high yield and early high sugar content. Plant Direct, 4 (11) e00276, e00276. doi: 10.1002/pld3.276
Hodgson-Kratky, K., Papa, G., Rodriguez, A., Stavila, V., Simmons, B., Botha, F., Furtado, A. and Henry, R. (2019). Relationship between sugarcane culm and leaf biomass composition and saccharification efficiency. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12 (1) 247, 247. doi: 10.1186/s13068-019-1588-3
Marquardt, Annelie, Henry, Robert J. and Botha, Frederik C. (2019). Midrib sucrose accumulation and sugar transporter gene expression in YCS-affected sugarcane leaves. Tropical Plant Biology, 12 (3), 186-205. doi: 10.1007/s12042-019-09221-7
Thirugnanasambandam, Prathima P., Mason, Patrick J., Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2019). Analysis of the diversity and tissue specificity of sucrose synthase genes in the long read transcriptome of sugarcane. BMC Plant Biology, 19 (1) 160, 160. doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-1733-y
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Perlo, Virginie, Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert (2019). The impact of cDNA normalization on long-read sequencing of a complex transcriptome. Frontiers in Genetics, 10 (JUN) 654, 654. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00654
Kasirajan, Lakshmi, Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2018). Transcriptome analysis highlights key differentially expressed genes involved in cellulose and lignin biosynthesis of sugarcane genotypes varying in fiber content. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11612, 11612. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30033-4
Marquardt, Annelie, Wathen-Dunn, Kate, Henry, Robert J. and Botha, Frederik C. (2018). There's yellow, and then there's yellow-which one is YCS?. International Sugar Journal, 120 (1432), 304-310.
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, Thirugnanasambandam, Prathima P., Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2018). De novo assembly and characterizing of the culm-derived meta-transcriptome from the polyploid sugarcane genome based on coding transcripts. Heliyon, 4 (3) e00583, e00583. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00583
Thirugnanasambandam, Prathima P, Hoang, Nam V, Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frederick C and Henry, Robert J (2017). Association of variation in the sugarcane transcriptome with sugar content. BMC genomics, 18 (909) 909, 1-22. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4302-5
Marquardt, Annelie, Scalia, Gerard, Wathen-Dunn, Kate and Botha, Frederik C. (2017). Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) in sugarcane is associated with altered carbon partitioning in the leaf. Sugar Tech, 19 (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s12355-017-0555-1
Hoang, Nam V., Furtado, Agnelo, O'Keeffe, Angela J., Botha, Frederik C. and Henry, Robert J. (2017). Association of gene expression with biomass content and composition in sugarcane. PLoS One, 12 (8) e0183417, e0183417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183417
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
Botha, Frederik C. (2017). Sugarcane RD&E: over managed and underperforming?. Sugar Industry, 142 (2), 104-111. doi: 10.36961/si18168
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, 10 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s12155-016-9801-8
Marquardt, Annelie, Scalia, Gerard, Joyce, Priya, Basnayake, Jaya and Botha, Frederik C. (2016). Changes in photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism in sugarcane during the development of Yellow Canopy Syndrome. Functional Plant Biology, 43 (6), 523-533. doi: 10.1071/FP15335
Boussiengui-Boussiengui, Gino, Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik and Botha, Frederik C. (2015). Metabolic Changes Associated with the Sink-Source Transition During Sprouting of the Axillary Buds on the Sugarcane Culm. Tropical Plant Biology, 9 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s12042-015-9158-8
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 (NOV) 182, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00182
Botha, Frikkie (2014). Selecting for greater profitability. Australasian Biotechnology, 24 (3), 54-55.
Conference Papers
Perlo, Virginie, Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frikkie and Henry, Robert (2020). Analysis of differences in gene expression associated with variation in biomass composition in sugarcane. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13-13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036164
Marquardt, Annelie, Wathen-Dunn, Kate, Henry, Robert J. and Botha, Frederik C. (2017). There's yellow, and then there's yellow-Which one is YCS?. 39th Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ASSCT 2017), Cairns, Australia, 3-5 May 2017. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates.