2023

Faehn, C. Galloway, AF. Kirsten, K. (2023). Plant Slime: How Plants Use Sticky Sugars. Froniters for Young Minds. 11:1122960. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1122960. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1122960 

Media Article: Galloway, AF. (2023). Who were the founding members of the SEB? https://www.sebiology.org/resource/who-were-the-founding-members-of-the-seb.html 

2022

Media Article: Galloway, AF. (2022). First Author profile. [online] https://plantae.org/andrew-fife-galloway-plant-physiology-first-author/ 

Galloway, AF. Akhtar, J. Burak, E. Marcus, SE. Field, K. Dodd, IC. Knox, JP. (2022). Altered properties and structures of root exudate polysaccharides in a root hairless mutant of barley doi/10.1093/plphys/kiac341/6649707

• The polysaccharides secreted by the roots of barley are able to maintain root-soil contact to keep resource uptake.

Media Article: Galloway, AF. (2022). Basic Research that had Unintended Consequences. [online] https://www.sebiology.org/OED/science-communication/basic-research-that-had-unintended-consequences 

2021

Media Article: Galloway, AF. (2021). Who are radiographers and what do they do? [online] https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/who-are-radiographers-and-what-do-they-do

Media Article: Galloway, AF. (2021). The Ever-Increasing Role that Sunflowers Play in Society. Society of Experimental Biology. [Online] http://www.sebiology.org/OED/science-communication/the-ever-increasing-role-that-sunflowers-play-in-society 

Media Article: Galloway, AF. (2021). The Beauty and Versatility of Sunflowers. Society of Experimental Biology. [Online] https://www.sebiology.org/OED/science-communication/the-beauty-and-versatility-of-sunflowers 

PRE-PRINT: Galloway, AF. Akhtar, J. Burak, E. Marcus, SE. Field, K. Dodd, IC. Knox, JP. (2021). A Soil-binding polysaccharide complex released from root hairs functions in rhizosheath formation. BioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.15.440065

• There's a complex multi-polysaccharide within the mucilage of wheat released from the root hairs, which aids root soil contact. 

2020

Galloway, AF. Akhtar, J. Marcus, SE. Fletcher, N. Field, K. Knox, JP. (2020). Cereal root exudates contain highly structurally complex polysaccharides with soil-binding properties. Plant J. 103: 1666-1678 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14852 

• Cereal roots secrete a sticky mucilage made of polysaccharides that can bind soil to help maintain water intake during drought.

2019

Galloway AF, Knox JP, Krause K. (2019). Sticky Mucilages and Exudates of Plants - Putative Microenvironmental Design Elements with Biotechnology Value. New Phytol. doi.org/ 10.1111/nph.16144  

• Plants secrete mucilage via a wide range of tissues including leaves, stems, seeds and roots that perform a range of roles to help them shape their surrounding environment. 

2018

Akhtar J, Galloway AF, Nikolopoulos G, Field KJ, Knox JP (2018). A quantitative method for the high throughput screening for the soil adhesion properties of plant and microbial polysaccharides and exudates. Plant & Soil. 3670: 1-9. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3670-1

• A new method was developed to test how strong mucilage binds soil particles together.

Galloway AF, Pedersen MJ, Merry B, Marcus SE, Blacker J, Benning LG, Field KJ, Knox JP (2018). Xyloglucan is released by plants and promotes soil particle aggregation. New Phytol. 217: 1128-1136. doi.org/10.1111/nph.14897

• Some crops secrete a polysaccharide that contributes to the viscosity of mucilage that promotes soil particles to stick together.