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

Journal Articles
Gao, Yijing, Zhou, Shan, Huang, Yuxin, Zhang, Baoqing, Xu, Yuhui, Zhang, Gemin, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Yang, Rongzhong, Zhou, Hui, Huang, Dongliang, Liu, Junxian, Tan, Hongwei, He, Weizhong, Yang, Cuifang and Duan, Weixing (2022). Quantitative trait loci mapping and Development of KASP marker smut screening assay using high-density genetic map and bulked segregant RNA sequencing in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 796189, 796189. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.796189
Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Singh, Pratiksha, Guo, Dao-Jun, Sharma, Anjney, Li, Dong-Ping, Li, Xiang, Verma, Krishan K., Malviya, Mukesh Kumar, Song, Xiu-Peng, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Yang, Li-Tao and Li, Yang-Rui (2021). Root-derived endophytic diazotrophic bacteria Pantoea cypripedii AF1 and Kosakonia arachidis EF1 promote nitrogen assimilation and growth in sugarcane. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 774707, 774707. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.774707
Lakshmanan, Prakash, Jackson, Phillip, Hemaprabha, G. and Li, Yang Rui (2021). Sugar tech special issue: history of sugarcane breeding, germplasm development and related molecular research. Sugar Tech, 24 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s12355-021-01080-5
Hemaprabha, G., Mohanraj, K., Jackson, P. A., Lakshmanan, P., Ali, G. S., Li, A. M., Huang, D. L. and Ram, B. (2021). Sugarcane genetic diversity and major germplasm collections. Sugar Tech, 24 (1), 279-297. doi: 10.1007/s12355-021-01084-1
Lu, Ming, Liang, Yi, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Guan, Xilin, Liu, Dunyi and Chen, Xinping (2021). Magnesium application reduced heavy metal-associated health risks and improved nutritional quality of field-grown Chinese cabbage. Environmental Pollution, 289 117881, 117881. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117881
Sharma, Anjney, Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Singh, Pratiksha, Vaishnav, Anukool, Guo, Dao-Jun, Verma, Kishan Kumar, Li, Dong-Ping, Song, Xiu-Peng, Malviya, Mukesh Kumar, Khan, Naeem, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Li, Yang-Rui (2021). Insights into the bacterial and nitric oxide-induced salt tolerance in sugarcane and their growth-promoting abilities. Microorganisms, 9 (11) 2203. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9112203
Fan, Zhong-qi, Wei, Wei, Tan, Xiao-li, Shan, Wei, Kuang, Jian-fei, Lu, Wang-jin, Su, Xin-guo, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Lin, He-tong and Chen, Jian-ye (2021). A NAC transcription factor BrNAC087 is involved in gibberellin-delayed leaf senescence in Chinese flowering cabbage. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 181 111673. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111673
Wang, Ci-mei, Zeng, Ze-xiang, Su, Xin-guo, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Shan, Wei, Kuang, Jian-fei, Lu, Wang-jin, Chen, Jian-ye and Zhao, Ya-ting (2021). A transcriptional repressor BrDof2.4 regulates protease genes involved in postharvest leaf senescence in Chinese flowering cabbage. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 181 111680. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111680
Liu, Dunyi, Lu, Ming, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Hu, Ziyi and Chen, Xinping (2021). Increased provision of bioavailable mg through vegetables could significantly reduce the growing health and economic burden caused by mg malnutrition. Foods, 10 (11) 2513. doi: 10.3390/foods10112513
Wang, Xingbang, Zhang, Wushuai, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Qian, Chunrong, Ge, Xuanliang, Hao, Yubo, Wang, Junhe, Liu, Yutao, Yang, Huiying, Zhang, Zhongdong, Guo, Zhengyu, Gong, Shuai, Fan, Tinglu, Zhang, Jianjun, Dong, Guohao, Shen, Dongfeng, Wang, Yuhong, Cheng, Weidong, Lv, Juzhi, Wang, Xiuquan, Lu, Tingqi, Yin, Chaojing, Yang, Huan, Luo, Jinlin, Qiao, Yuan, Yao, Zhi and Chen, Xinping (2021). Public–private partnership model for intensive maize production in China: A synergistic strategy for food security and ecosystem economic budget. Food and Energy Security, 10 (4) e317. doi: 10.1002/fes3.317
Tan, Xiao-li, Fan, Zhong-qi, Zeng, Ze-xiang, Shan, Wei, Kuang, Jian-fei, Lu, Wang-jin, Su, Xin-guo, Tao, Neng-guo, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Chen, Jian-ye and Zhao, Ya-ting (2021). Exogenous melatonin maintains leaf quality of postharvest Chinese flowering cabbage by modulating respiratory metabolism and energy status. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 177 111524. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111524
Qin, Cui-Xian, Chen, Zhong-Liang, Wang, Miao, Li, Ao-Mei, Liao, Fen, Li, Yang-Rui, Wang, Ming-Qiao, Long, Ming-Hua, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Huang, Dong-Liang (2021). Identification of proteins and metabolic networks associated with sucrose accumulation in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. interspecific hybrids). Journal of Plant Interactions, 16 (1), 166-178. doi: 10.1080/17429145.2021.1912840
Singh, Pratiksha, Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Guo, Dao-Jun, Sharma, Anjney, Singh, Ram Nageena, Li, Dong-Ping, Malviya, Mukesh K., Song, Xiu-Peng, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Yang, Li-Tao and Li, Yang-Rui (2021). Whole genome analysis of sugarcane root-associated endophyte Pseudomonas aeruginosa B18 — a plant growth-promoting bacterium with antagonistic potential against Sporisorium scitamineum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 628376, 628376. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.628376
Zhu, Kai, Yang, Li-Tao, Li, Cheng-Xi, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Xing, Yong-Xiu and Li, Yang-Rui (2021). A transcriptomic analysis of sugarcane response to Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli infection. PLoS One, 16 (2), e0245613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245613
Yang, Linsheng, Deng, Yan, Wang, Xiaozhong, Zhang, Wushuai, Shi, Xiaojun, Chen, Xinping, Lakshmanan, Prakash and Zhang, Fusuo (2021). Global direct nitrous oxide emissions from the bioenergy crop sugarcane (Saccharum spp. inter-specific hybrids). Science of the Total Environment, 752 141795, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141795
Singh, Pratiksha, Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Li, Hai-Bi, Guo, Dao-Jun, Sharma, Anjney, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Malviya, Mukesh K., Song, Xiu-Peng, Solanki, Manoj K., Verma, Krishan K., Yang, Li-Tao and Li, Yang-Rui (2021). Diazotrophic bacteria Pantoea dispersa and Enterobacter asburiae promote sugarcane growth by inducing nitrogen uptake and defense-related gene expression. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 600417, 600417. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.600417
Chen, Zhong-Liang, Gui, Yi-Yun, Wang, Miao, Li, Ao-Mei, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Qin, Cui-Xian and Huang, Dong-Liang (2021). Sucrose synthase genes showed genotype-dependent expression in sugarcane leaves in the early stage of growth. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 25 (3), 715-722. doi: 10.17957/IJAB/15.1722
Singh, Pratiksha, Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Song, Qi-Qi, Li, Hai-Bi, Guo, Dao-Jun, Malviya, Mukesh K., Verma, Krishan K., Song, Xiu-Peng, Lakshmanan, Prakash, Yang, Li-Tao and Li, Yang-Rui (2021). Comparative analysis of protein and differential responses of defense-related gene and enzyme activity reveals the long-term molecular responses of sugarcane inoculated with Sporisorium scitamineum. Journal of Plant Interactions, 16 (1), 12-29. doi: 10.1080/17429145.2020.1867770
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, 172 (2) ppl.13221, 976-989. 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.