Dr Prakash Lakshmanan
Honorary Professor
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Journal Articles
Liang, Shu-min, Chen, Si-cen, Liu, Zong-li, Shan, Wei, Chen, Jian-ye, Lu, Wang-jin, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Kuang, Jian-fei (2020). MabZIP74 interacts with MaMAPK11-3 to regulate the transcription of MaACO1/4 during banana fruit ripening. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 169 111293, 111293. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2020.111293
Fan, Zhong-qi, Tan, Xiao-li, Shan, Wei, Kuang, Jian-fei, Lu, Wang-jin, Lin, He-tong, Su, Xin-guo, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Zhao, Ming-lei and Chen, Jian-ye (2020). Involvement of BrNAC041 in ABA-GA antagonism in the leaf senescence of Chinese flowering cabbage. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 168 111254, 111254. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2020.111254
Natarajan, Sijesh, Basnayake, Jaya, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Fukai, Shu (2020). Genotypic variation in intrinsic transpiration efficiency correlates with sugarcane yield under rainfed and irrigated field conditions. Physiologia Plantarum ppl.13221. doi: 10.1111/ppl.13221
Li, Aomei, Lakshmanan, Prakash, He, Weizhong, Tan, Hongwei, Liu, Limin, Liu, Hongjian, Liu, Junxian, Huang, Dongliang and Chen, Zhongliang (2020). Transcriptome profiling provides molecular insights into auxin-induced adventitious root formation in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. interspecific hybrids) microshoots. Plants, 9 (8) 931, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/plants9080931
Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Singh, Pratiksha, Li, Hai-Bi, Song, Qi-Qi, Guo, Dao-Jun, Solanki, Manoj K., Verma, Krishan K., Malviya, Mukesh K., Song, Xiu-Peng, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Yang, Li-Tao and Li, Yang-Rui (2020). Diversity of nitrogen-fixing rhizobacteria associated with sugarcane: A comprehensive study of plant-microbe interactions for growth enhancement in Saccharum spp. BMC Plant Biology, 20 (1) 220, 220. doi: 10.1186/s12870-020-02400-9
Natarajan, Sijesh, Basnayake, Jaya, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Fukai, Shu (2020). Limited contribution of water availability in genotype‐by‐environment interaction in sugarcane yield and yield components. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 206 (6) jac.12407, 665-678. doi: 10.1111/jac.12407
Chen, Zhongliang, Qin, Cuixian, Wang, Miao, Liao, Fen, Liao, Qing, Liu, Xihui, Li, Yangrui, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Long, Minghua and Huang, Dongliang (2019). Ethylene-mediated improvement in sucrose accumulation in ripening sugarcane involves increased sink strength. BMC Plant Biology, 19 (1) 285, 285. doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-1882-z
Matsubara, Victor Haruo, Wang, Yi, Bandara, H. M. H. N., Mayerm, Marcia Pinto Alves and Samaranayake, Lakshman P. (2016). Probiotic lactobacilli inhibit early stages of Candida albicans biofilm development by reducing their growth, cell adhesion, and filamentation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100 (14), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00253-016-7527-3
Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Chanyarat, Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Yeoh, Yun Kit, Webb, Richard I., Lakshmanan, Prakash, Chan, Cheong Xin, Lim, Phaik-Eem, Ragan, Mark A., Schmidt, Susanne and Hugenholtz, Philip (2014). A new species of Burkholderia isolated from sugarcane roots promotes plant growth. Microbial Biotechnology, 7 (2), 142-154. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12105
Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2013). Microbial function in adjacent subtropical forest and agricultural soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 57, 68-77. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.015
Whan, Alex, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Schmidt, Susanne and Aitken, Karen (2010). A quantitative genetics approach to nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane. Functional Plant Biology, 37 (5), 448-454. doi: 10.1071/FP09260
Robinson, N., Fletcher, A., Whan, A., Vinall, K., Brackin, R., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2008). Sustainable sugarcane production systems: Reducing plant nitrogen demand. Sugar Cane International, 26 (5), 9-12.
Robinson, Nicole, Fletcher, Andrew, Whan, Alex, Critchley, Christa, von Wiren, Nicolaus, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2007). Sugarcane genotypes differ in internal nitrogen use efficiency. Functional Plant Biology, 34 (12), 1122-1129. doi: 10.1071/FP07183
Lakshmanan, Prakash (2006). Somatic embryogenesis in sugarcane - An addendum to the invited review 'Sugarcane biotechnology: The challenges and opportunities,' in vitro cell. Dev. Biol. Plant 41(4): 345-363; 2005. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 42 (3), 201-205. doi: 10.1079/IVP2006772
Conference Papers
Robinson, N., Brackin, R., Paungfoo-Lonhienne, C., Lonhienne, T., Westermann, M., Salazar, M., Yeoh, Y. K ., Hugenholtz, P., Ragan, M. A., Redding, M., Pratt, C., Wang, W. J., Royle, A., DiBella, L., Lakshmanan, P. and Schmidt, S. (2016). Addressing the nitrogen problem in sugarcane production to reduce pollution of the Great Barrier Reef. International Nitrogen Initiative Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 4-8 December 2016. Melbourne, Australia: International Nitrogen Initiative.
Brackin, Richard, Nasholm, Torgny, Robinson, Nicole, Guillou, Stephane, Vinall, Kerry, Buckley, Scott, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Schmidt, Susanne and Inselsbacher, Erich (2016). Microdialysis – a new technology for investigating soil nitrogen fluxes in the rhizosphere. International Nitrogen Initiative Conference, Melbourne VIC Australia, 4-8 December 2016. Melbourne VIC Australia: International Nitrogen Initiative.
Brackin, Richard, Robinson, Nicole, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Schmidt, Susanne (2012). Microbial dynamics in forest and sugarcane soils of Queensland. Soil Science: Joint Australian and New Zealand Soil Science Conference: Soil solutions for diverse landscapes, Hobart, Australia, 2-7 December 2012. Warragul, Victoria: Australian Society of Soil Science.