Honorary Professor Frederik Botha
Honorary Professor
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Book Chapters
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
Venter, M. and Botha, F. C. (2010). Synthetic promoter engineering. Plant Developmental Biology. (pp. 393-414) Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-04670-4_20
Journal Articles
Botha, Frederik C. and Marquardt, Annelie (2024). Metabolic control of sugarcane internode elongation and sucrose accumulation. Agronomy, 14 (7) 1487, 1487. doi: 10.3390/agronomy14071487
Mason, Patrick J., Hoang, Nam V., Botha, Frederik C., Furtado, Agnelo, Marquardt, Annelie and Henry, Robert J. (2023). Organ-specific expression of genes associated with the UDP-glucose metabolism in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids). BMC Genomics, 24 (1) 18, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09124-8
Botha, Frederik C., Scalia, Gerard, Marquardt, Annelie and Wathen-Dunn, Kate (2023). Sink Strength During Sugarcane Culm Growth: Size Matters. Sugar Tech, 25 (5), 1047-1060. doi: 10.1007/s12355-023-01273-0
Perlo, Virginie, Furtado, Agnelo, Botha, Frederik C., Margarido, Gabriel R. A., Hodgson‐Kratky, Katrina, Choudhary, Hemant, Gladden, John, Simmons, Blake and Henry, Robert J. (2022). Transcriptome and metabolome integration in sugarcane through culm development. Food and Energy Security, 11 (4) e421, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/fes3.421
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
Mason, Patrick J., Hoang, Nam V., Botha, Frederik C., Furtado, Agnelo, Marquardt, Annelie and Henry, Robert J. (2022). Comparison of the root, leaf and internode transcriptomes in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids). Current Research in Biotechnology, 4, 167-178. doi: 10.1016/j.crbiot.2022.02.005
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
Mason, Patrick J., Furtado, Agnelo, Marquardt, Annelie, Hodgson-Kratky, Katrina, Hoang, Nam V., Botha, Frederik C., Papa, Gabriella, Mortimer, Jenny C., Simmons, Blake and Henry, Robert J. (2020). Variation in sugarcane biomass composition and enzymatic saccharification of leaves, internodes and roots. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13 (1) 201, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s13068-020-01837-2
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
Hamonts, Kelly, Trivedi, Pankaj, Garg, Anshu, Janitz, Caroline, Grinyer, Jasmine, Holford, Paul, Botha, Frederik C., Anderson, Ian C. and Singh, Brajesh K. (2018). Field study reveals core plant microbiota and relative importance of their drivers. Environmental Microbiology, 20 (1), 124-140. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14031
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.
Patrick, John W., Botha, Frikkie C. and Birch, Robert G. (2013). Metabolic engineering of sugars and simple sugar derivatives in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 11 (2), 142-156. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12002
O'Kennedy, M. M., Crampton, B. G., Lorito, M., Chakauya, E., Breese, W. A., Burger, J. T. and Botha, F. C. (2011). Expression of a β-1,3-glucanase from a biocontrol fungus in transgenic pearl millet. South African Journal of Botany, 77 (2), 335-345. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.09.016
Rossouw, Debra, Kossmann, Jens, Botha, Frederik C. and Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik (2010). Reduced neutral invertase activity in the culm tissues of transgenic sugarcane plants results in a decrease in respiration and sucrose cycling and an increase in the sucrose to hexose ratio. Functional Plant Biology, 37 (1), 22-31. doi: 10.1071/FP08210
van der Merwe, Margaretha J., Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik, Stitt, Mark, Kossmann, Jens and Botha, Frederik C. (2010). Downregulation of pyrophosphate: D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity in sugarcane culms enhances sucrose accumulation due to elevated hexose-phosphate levels. Planta, 231 (3), 595-608. doi: 10.1007/s00425-009-1069-1
Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik and Botha, Frederik Coenraad (2008). Down-regulation of pyrophosphate: Fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase (PFP) activity in sugarcane enhances sucrose accumulation in immature internodes. Transgenic Research, 17 (1), 85-92. doi: 10.1007/s11248-007-9079-x
Uys, Lafras, Botha, Frederik C., Hofmeyr, Jan-Hendrik S. and Rohwer, Johann M. (2007). Kinetic model of sucrose accumulation in maturing sugarcane culm tissue. Phytochemistry, 68 (16-18), 2375-2392. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.04.023
Venter, Mauritz, Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik and Botha, Frederik C. (2006). Sequence analysis and transcriptional profiling of two vacuolar H +-pyrophosphatase isoforms in Vitis vinifera. Journal of Plant Research, 119 (5), 469-478. doi: 10.1007/s10265-006-0009-4
Burger, Anita L., Watts, Leonora and Botha, Frederik C. (2006). Grapevine promoter directs gene expression in the nectaries of transgenic tobacco. Physiologia Plantarum, 126 (3), 418-434. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00598.x
Le Roux, M. R., Ward, C. L., Botha, F. C. and Valentine, A. J. (2006). Routes of pyruvate synthesis in phosphorus-deficient lupin roots and nodules. New Phytologist, 169 (2), 399-408. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01594.x
Bourgis, Fabienne, Botha, Fredrik C., Mani, Srikrishnan, Hiten, Fletcher N., Rigden, Daniel J. and Verbruggen, Nathalie (2005). Characterization and functional investigation of an Arabidopsis cDNA encoding a homologue to the d-PGMase superfamily. Journal of Experimental Botany, 56 (414), 1129-1142. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eri105
Schäfer, Wolfgang E., Rohwer, Johann M. and Botha, Frederik C. (2005). Partial purification and characterisation of sucrose synthase in sugarcane. Journal of Plant Physiology, 162 (1), 11-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2004.04.010
Burger, Anita L., Zwiegelaar, Jacobus P. and Botha, Frederik C. (2004). Characterisation of the gene encoding the Merlot ripening-induced protein 1 (mrip1): Evidence that this putative protein is a distinct member of the plant proline-rich protein family. Plant Science, 167 (5), 1075-1089. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.06.010
Schäfer, Wolfgang E., Rohwer, Johann M. and Botha, Frederik C. (2004). A kinetic study of sugarcane sucrose synthase. European Journal of Biochemistry, 271 (20), 3971-3977. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04288.x
Hoepfner, Suzanne W. and Botha, Frederik C. (2004). Purification and characterisation of fructokinase from the culm of sugarcane. Plant Science, 167 (3), 645-654. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.05.020
Burger, A. L. and Botha, F. C. (2004). Ripening-related gene expression during fruit ripening in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and Clairette blanche. Vitis - Journal of Grapevine Research, 43 (2), 59-64.
Schäfer, Wolfgang E., Rohwer, Johann M. and Botha, Frederik C. (2004). Protein-level expression and localization of sucrose synthase in the sugarcane culm. Physiologia Plantarum, 121 (2), 187-195. doi: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00316.x
Bosch, S., Grof, C. P.L. and Botha, F. C. (2004). Expression of neutral invertase in sugarcane. Plant Science, 166 (5), 1125-1133. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.09.020
O'Kennedy, M. M., Burger, J. T. and Botha, F. C. (2004). Pearl millet transformation system using the positive selectable marker gene phosphomannose isomerase. Plant Cell Reports, 22 (9), 684-690. doi: 10.1007/s00299-003-0746-y
Burger, Anita L. and Botha, Frederik C. (2004). Cloning of a specific ripening-related gene from the multiple of ripening-related genes identified from a single band excised from a cDNA-AFLP gel. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 22 (3), 225-236. doi: 10.1007/BF02773133
O'Kennedy, M. M., Smith, G. and Botha, F. C. (2004). Improved regeneration efficiency of a pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R.Br.) breeding line. South African Journal of Botany, 70 (4), 502-508. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30188-5
Venter, Mauritz and Botha, Frederik C. (2004). Promoter analysis and transcription profiling: Integration of genetic data enhances understanding of gene expression. Physiologia Plantarum, 120 (1), 74-83. doi: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.0209.x
Hoepfner, Suzanne W. and Botha, Frederik C. (2003). Expression of fructokinase isoforms in the sugarcane culm. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 41 (8), 741-747. doi: 10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00097-4
Bindon, Keren A. and Botha, Frederick C. (2002). Carbon allocation to the insoluble fraction, respiration and triose-phosphate cycling in the sugarcane culm. Physiologia Plantarum, 116 (1), 12-19. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1160102.x
Carson, D. and Botha, F. (2002). Genes expressed in sugarcane maturing internodal tissue. Plant Cell Reports, 20 (11), 1075-1081. doi: 10.1007/s00299-002-0444-1
Mienie, C. M.S., Fourie, H., Smit, M. A., Van Staden, J. and Botha, F. C. (2002). Identification of AFLP markers in soybean linked to resistance to Meloidogyne javanica and conversion to Sequence Characterized Amplified Regions (SCARs). Plant Growth Regulation, 37 (2), 157-166. doi: 10.1023/A:1020585023976
Carson, Deborah L., Huckett, Barbara I. and Botha, Frederik C. (2002). Sugarcane ESTs differentially expressed in immature and maturing internodal tissue. Plant Science, 162 (2), 289-300. doi: 10.1016/S0168-9452(01)00570-2
Carson, D. L., Huckett, B. I. and Botha, F. C. (2002). Differential gene expression in sugarcane leaf and internodal tissues of varying maturity. South African Journal of Botany, 68 (4), 434-442. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30370-7
Turner, William and Botha, Frederik C. (2002). Purification and kinetic properties of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase from sugarcane. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 407 (2), 209-216. doi: 10.1016/S0003-9861(02)00500-3
Rohwer, J. M. and Botha, F. C. (2001). Analysis of sucrose accumulation in the sugar cane culm on the basis of in vitro kinetic data. Biochemical Journal, 358 (2), 437-445. doi: 10.1042/0264-6021:3580437
Bindon, K. A. and Botha, F. C. (2001). Tissue discs as an experimental system for metabolic flux analysis in the sugarcane culm. South African Journal of Botany, 67 (2), 244-249. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31125-X
Groenewald, J. H., Hiten, N. F. and Botha, F. C. (2000). The introduction of an inverted repeat to the 5' untranslated leader sequence of a transgene strongly inhibits gene expression. Plant Cell Reports, 19 (11), 1098-1101. doi: 10.1007/s002990000262
Rose, Susan and Botha, Frederik C. (2000). Distribution patterns of neutral invertase and sugar content in sugarcane internodal tissues. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 38 (11), 819-824. doi: 10.1016/S0981-9428(00)01190-6
Carson, D. L. and Botha, F. C. (2000). Preliminary analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags for sugarcane. Crop Science, 40 (6), 1769-1779. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2000.4061769x
Botha, Frederik C. and Black, Kevin G. (2000). Sucrose phosphate synthase and sucrose synthase activity during maturation of internodal tissue in sugarcane. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 27 (1), 81-85. doi: 10.1071/pp99098
Whittaker, Anne and Botha, Frederik C. (1999). Pyrophosphate:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity patterns in relation to sucrose storage across sugarcane varieties. Physiologia Plantarum, 107 (4), 379-386. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100402.x
Vorster, Darren J. and Botha, Frederik C. (1999). Sugarcane internodal invertases and tissue maturity. Journal of Plant Physiology, 155 (4-5), 470-476. doi: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80041-8
Groenewald, S. and Botha, F. C. (1999). The differential display technique using short primers is not suited for the routine isolation of differentially expressed sequences in sugarcane. South African Journal of Botany, 65 (5-6), 398-403. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31029-2
Vorster, Darren J. and Botha, Frederik C. (1998). Partial purification and characterisation of sugarcane neutral invertase. Phytochemistry, 49 (3), 651-655. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00204-0
Botha, Frederik C. and O'Kennedy, Maretha M. (1998). Carbohydrate utilisation by cell suspension cultures of Phaseolus vulgaris. Physiologia Plantarum, 102 (3), 429-436. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020311.x
Botha, A. M., Nagel, M. A.C., Van Der Westhuizen, A. J. and Botha, F. C. (1998). Chitinase isoenzymes in near-isogenic wheat lines challenged with Russian wheat aphid, exogenous ethylene, and mechanical wounding. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, 39 (2), 99-106.
Whittaker, Anne and Botha, Frederik C. (1997). Carbon partitioning during sucrose accumulation in sugarcane internodal tissue. Plant Physiology, 115 (4), 1651-1659. doi: 10.1104/pp.115.4.1651
Snyman, S. J., Meyer, G. M., Carson, D. L. and Botha, F. C. (1996). Establishment of embryogenic callus and transient gene expression in selected sugarcane varieties. South African Journal of Botany, 62 (3), 151-154. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30615-3
Harvey, M. and Botha, F. C. (1996). Use of PCR-based methodologies for the determination of DNA diversity between Saccharum varieties. Euphytica, 89 (2), 257-265. doi: 10.1007/BF00034614
Huckett, B. I. and Botha, F. C. (1995). Stability and potential use of RAPD markers in a sugarcane genealogy. Euphytica, 86 (2), 117-125. doi: 10.1007/BF00022017
van der Westhuizen, A. J. and Botha, F. C. (1993). Effect of the Russian Wheat Aphid on the Composition and Synthesis of Water Soluble Proteins in Resistant and Susceptible Wheat. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 170 (5), 322-326. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.1993.tb01091.x
Botha, Anna-Maria and Botha, Frederik C. (1993). Induction of pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) cotyledons coincides with insufficient cytosolic D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate 1-phosphohydrolase to sustain gluconeogenesis. Plant Physiology, 101 (4), 1385-1390. doi: 10.1104/pp.101.4.1385
Botha, F. C., Potgieter, G. P. and Botha, A. M. (1992). Respiratory metabolism and gene expression during seed germination. Plant Growth Regulation, 11 (3), 211-224. doi: 10.1007/BF00024560
Botha, Frederik C., O'kenndey, Martha and Plessis, Sandra Du (1992). Activity of key enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism in phaseolus vulgaris cell suspension cultures. Plant and Cell Physiology, 33 (4), 477-483.
Botha, Anna-Maria and Botha, Frederik C. (1991). Effect of anoxia on the expression and molecular form of the pyrophosphate dependent phosphofructokinase. Plant and Cell Physiology, 32 (8), 1299-1302.
Small, Chris, Botha, Frederik C., Pretorius, Johan C. and Hoffman, Erika (1991). Evidence for an ethylene requirement to reduce soaking injury in bean seeds and the beneficial effect of heavy metals. Journal of Experimental Botany, 42 (2), 277-280. doi: 10.1093/jxb/42.2.277
Botha, Anna-Maria and Botha, Frederik C. (1991). Pyrophosphate dependent phosphofructokinase of citrullus lanatus: Molecular forms and expression of subunits. Plant Physiology, 96 (4), 1185-1192. doi: 10.1104/pp.96.4.1185
Botha, Anna-Maria and Botha, Frederik C. (1990). Control of pyrophosphate:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity in the cotyledons of Citrullus lanatus. Plant Physiology, 93 (2), 683-688. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.2.683
Botha, Frederik C. and Turpin, David H. (1990). Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in the green alga Selenastrum minutum: I. Evidence for the presence of isoenzymes. Plant Physiology, 93 (4), 1460-1465. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.4.1460
Botha, Frederik C. and Turpin, David H. (1990). Molecular, kinetic, and immunological properties of the 6-phosphofructokinase from the green alga Selenastrum minutum: Activation during biosynthetic carbon flow. Plant Physiology, 93 (3), 871-879. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.3.871
Turpin, David H., Botha, Frederik C., Smith, Ronald G., Feil, Regina, Horsey, Anne K. and Vanlerberghe, Greg C. (1990). Regulation of carbon partitioning to respiration during dark ammonium assimilation by the green alga Selenastrum minutum. Plant Physiology, 93 (1), 166-175. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.1.166
Small, J. G. Chris, Potgieter, Gerhard P. and Botha, Frederik C. (1989). Anoxic seed germination of Erythrina caffra: Ethanol fermentation and response to metabolic inhibitors. Journal of Experimental Botany, 40 (3), 375-381. doi: 10.1093/jxb/40.3.375
Botha, Frederik C. and O'Kennedy, Martha M. (1989). Characterization of the Cytosolic Aldolase from Germinating Phaseolus vulgaris Seeds. Journal of Plant Physiology, 135 (4), 433-438. doi: 10.1016/S0176-1617(89)80100-2
Rabie, Annelien C., Small, J.G.Chris and Botha, Frederik C. (1989). The effect of submergence on germination and some aspects of the respiratory metabolism of Cucumis sativus L. seeds. Plant Science, 63 (1), 7-13. doi: 10.1016/0168-9452(89)90095-2
Botha, Frederik C., Cawood, Mareta C. and Small, J. G. Chris (1988). Kinetic properties of the ATP-dependent phosphofructokinase isoenzymes from cucumber seeds. Plant and Cell Physiology, 29 (3), 415-421.
Botha, Fredrik C., Vries, Christa De and Small, J. G. Chris (1988). Immunological characterization of the pyrophosphate dependent fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase. Plant and Cell Physiology, 29 (2), 223-229.
Cawood, Marieta E., Botha, Frederik C. and Chris, J. G. Small (1988). Molecular properties of the ATP:D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase isoenzymes from cucumis sativus. Plant and Cell Physiology, 29 (1), 195-199.
Cawood, Marieta E., Botha, Frederik C. and Small, J.G. Chris (1988). Properties of the Phosphofructokinase Isoenzymes from Germinating Cucumber Seeds. Journal of Plant Physiology, 132 (2), 204-209. doi: 10.1016/S0176-1617(88)80162-7
Botha, Frederik C. and Chris Small, J. G. (1988). The Germination Response of the Negatively Photoblastic Seeds of Citrullus lanatus to Light of Different Spectral Compositions. Journal of Plant Physiology, 132 (6), 750-753. doi: 10.1016/S0176-1617(88)80240-2
ZIETSMAN, PC and BOTHA, FC (1987). SEED-GERMINATION OF ZIZIPHUS-MUCRONATA SUBSP MUCRONATA. South African Journal of Botany, 53 (5), 341-344. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31394-1
BOTHA, FC and DENNIS, DT (1987). PHOSPHOGLYCEROMUTASE ACTIVITY AND CONCENTRATION IN THE ENDOSPERM OF DEVELOPING AND GERMINATING RICINUS-COMMUNIS SEEDS. Canadian Journal of Botany-Revue Canadienne De Botanique, 65 (9), 1908-1912. doi: 10.1139/b87-261
BOTHA, FC and SMALL, JGC (1987). COMPARISON OF THE ACTIVITIES AND SOME PROPERTIES OF PYROPHOSPHATE AND ATP DEPENDENT FRUCTOSE-6-PHOSPHATE 1-PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES OF PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS SEEDS. Plant Physiology, 83 (4), 772-777. doi: 10.1104/pp.83.4.772
Botha, Frederick C., Chris Small, J. G. and Burger, Anita L. (1987). Characterisation of pyrophosphate dependent phosphofructokinase from germinating bean seeds. Plant Science, 51 (2-3), 151-157. doi: 10.1016/0168-9452(87)90187-7
Botha, Frederick C. and Chris Small, J. G. (1987). Control of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase synthesis in the cotyledons of Citrullus lanatus. Plant Science, 53 (2), 121-129. doi: 10.1016/0168-9452(87)90121-X
Botha, Frederik C. and Dennis, David T. (1986). Isozymes of phosphoglyceromutase from the developing endosperm of Ricinus communis: Isolation and kinetic properties. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 245 (1), 96-103. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(86)90193-1
BOTHA, FC, SMALL, JGC and GROBBELAAR, N (1986). THE EFFECT OF CYANIDE, SHAM AND AZIDE ON THE GERMINATION AND RESPIRATION OF CITRULLUS-LANATUS SEEDS. South African Journal of Botany, 52 (1), 77-80. doi: 10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31606-4
Botha, Frederik C., Small, J.G. Chris and De Vries, Christa (1986). Isolation and characterization of pyrophosphate:d-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase from cucumber seeds. Plant and Cell Physiology, 27 (7), 1285-1295. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077227
BOTHA, FC and SMALL, JGC (1985). EFFECT OF WATER-STRESS ON THE CARBOHYDRATE-METABOLISM OF CITRULLUS-LANATUS SEEDS DURING GERMINATION. Plant Physiology, 77 (1), 79-82. doi: 10.1104/pp.77.1.79
Eller, B. M., Botha, F. C., Grobbelaar, N. and Small, J. G.C. (1982). Seed germination in Citrullus lanatus. Part 3. The possibility of light as an inhibitory factor for germination of seeds within the fruits based on light measurement studies. South African Journal of Botany, 1 (4), 134-138. doi: 10.1016/S0022-4618(16)30163-2
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.
Olsen, D. J., Shafiei, R. and Botha, F. C. (2016). The fast fluorescence kinetics: A sensitive tool for early detection of water stress in sugarcane. 38th Annual Conference Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2016, Mackay, QLD Australia, 27-29 April 2016. Mackay, QLD Australia: Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.
Botha, F. C. and McDonald, Z. A. (2010). Carbon partitioning in the sugarcane stalk. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.
Botha, F. C. (2009). Energy yield and cost in a sugarcane biomass system. Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists.
Watt, D. A., McCormick, A. J., Govender, C., Carson, D. L., Cramer, M. D., Huckett, B. I. and Botha, F. C. (2005). Increasing the utility of genomics in unravelling sucrose accumulation. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.01.012
Snyman, S. J., Huckett, B. I., Botha, F. C. and Watt, M. P. (2001). A comparison of direct and indirect somatic morphogenesis for the production of transgenic sugarcane (Saccharum SPP. hybrids). International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.560.13