Professor Stephen A Rolfe

All publications

Books

• (2005) Preface. Cambridge University Press.
• Öpik H & Rolfe SA (2005) The Physiology of Flowering Plants. Cambridge University Press.

Journal articles

• Gómez-Bolívar J, Warburton MP, Mumford AD, Mujica-Alarcón JF, Anguilano L, Onwukwe U, Barnes J, Chronopoulou M, Ju-Nam Y, Thornton SF , Rolfe SA et al (2024) Spectroscopic and microscopic characterisation of microbial biofouling on aircraft fuel tanks. Langmuir. View this article in WRRO
• Thornton S (2024) Potential of stable isotope analysis to deduce anaerobic biodegradation of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) in groundwater: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. View this article in WRRO
• Lawson T, Rolfe S, Bray G & Hofmann TA (2024) Genes to ‘phenes’ To truly unlock the potential of plants, genomic and molecular advances need to be supported by high-tech plant phenotyping. Biologist, 71(3).
• Nicholls HCG, Rolfe SA, Mallinson HEH, Hjort M, Spence MJ, Bonte M & Thornton SF (2022) Distribution of ETBE-degrading microorganisms and functional capability in groundwater, and implications for characterising aquifer ETBE biodegradation potential. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 1223-1238.
• Jackson P, Cameron D, Rolfe S, Dicks LV, Leake J, Caton S, Dye L, Young W, Choudhary S, Evans D , Adolphus K et al (2021) Healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people: An outline of the H3 project. Nutrition Bulletin, 46(4), 497-505.
• Morales-García AL, Walton R, Blakeman JT, Banwart SA, Harding JH, Geoghegan M, Freeman CL & Rolfe SA (2021) The role of extracellular DNA in microbial attachment to oxidized silicon surfaces in the presence of Ca2+ and Na+. Langmuir, 37(32), 9838-9850.
• Mujica-Alarcon JF, Thornton SF & Rolfe SA (2021) Long-term dynamic changes in attached and planktonic microbial communities in a contaminated aquifer. Environmental Pollution, 277.
• Yassin M, Ton J, Rolfe SA, Valentine TA, Cromey M, Holden N & Newton AC (2021) The rise, fall and resurrection of chemical‐induced resistance agents. Pest Management Science, 77(9), 3900-3909.
• Paparokidou C, Leake JR, Beerling DJ & Rolfe SA (2021) Phosphate availability and ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with Pinus sylvestris have independent effects on the Paxillus involutus transcriptome. Mycorrhiza, 31(1), 69-83.
• Soria RI, Rolfe SA, Betancourth MP & Thornton SF (2020) The relationship between properties of plant-based biochars and sorption of Cd(II), Pb(II) and Zn(II) in soil model systems. Heliyon, 6(11).
• Nicholls HCG, Mallinson HEH, Rolfe SA, Hjort M, Spence MJ & Thornton SF (2020) Influence of contaminant exposure on the development of aerobic ETBE biodegradation potential in microbial communities from a gasoline-impacted aquifer. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 388. View this article in WRRO
• Clagnan E, Rolfe SA, Thornton SF, Krol D, Richards KG, Lanigan G, Tuohy P & Fenton O (2020) Nitrogen transformation processes and gaseous emissions from a humic gley soil at two water filled pore spaces. Soil and Tillage Research, 198, 104543-104543.
• Thornton SF, Nicholls HCG, Rolfe SA, Mallinson HEH & Spence MJ (2020) Biodegradation and fate of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) in soil and groundwater: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 391, 122046-122046.
• Lundgren MR, Mathers A, Baillie AL, Dunn J, Wilson MJ, Hunt L, Pajor R, Fradera-Soler M, Rolfe S, Osborne CP , Sturrock CJ et al (2019) Mesophyll porosity is modulated by the presence of functional stomata. Nature Communications, 10(1). View this article in WRRO
• Rolfe SA, Griffiths J & Ton J (2019) Crying out for help with root exudates : adaptive mechanisms by which stressed plants assemble health-promoting soil microbiomes. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 49, 73-82. View this article in WRRO
• Clagnan E, Thornton S, Rolfe S, Wells N, Knoeller K, Murphy J, Tuohy P, Daly K, Healy M, Ezzati G , von Chamier J et al (2019) An integrated assessment of nitrogen source, transformation and fate within an intensive dairy system to inform management change. PLoS ONE, 14(7). View this article in WRRO
• Cotton TEA, Pétriacq P, Cameron DD, Meselmani MA, Schwarzenbacher R, Rolfe SA & Ton J (2019) Metabolic regulation of the maize rhizobiome by benzoxazinoids. The ISME Journal, 13, 1647-1658. View this article in WRRO
• Corona-Lopez DDJ, Sommer S, Rolfe SA, Podd F & Grieve BD (2019) Electrical impedance tomography as a tool for phenotyping plant roots. Plant Methods, 15(1). View this article in WRRO
• Olszak M, Truman W, Stefanowicz K, Sliwinska E, Ito M, Walerowski P, Rolfe S & Malinowski R (2019) Transcriptional profiling identifies critical steps of cell cycle reprogramming necessary for Plasmodiophora brassicae‐driven gall formation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 97(4), 715-729.
• Veys C, Chatziavgerinos F, AlSuwaidi A, Hibbert J, Hansen M, Bernotas G, Smith M, Yin H, Rolfe S & Grieve B (2019) Multispectral imaging for presymptomatic analysis of light leaf spot in oilseed rape. Plant Methods, 15(1). View this article in WRRO
• Walerowski P, Gündel A, Yahaya N, Truman W, Sobczak M, Olszak M, Rolfe S, Borisjuk L & Malinowski R (2018) Clubroot Disease Stimulates Early Steps of Phloem Differentiation and Recruits SWEET Sucrose Transporters within Developing Galls. The Plant Cell, 30(12), 3058-3073.
• Clagnan E, Thornton SF, Rolfe SA, Wells NS, Knoeller K & Fenton O (2018) Investigating “net” provenance, N source, transformation and fate within hydrologically isolated grassland plots. Agricultural Water Management, 203, 1-8. View this article in WRRO
• Clagnan E, Thornton SF, Rolfe SA, Tuohy P, Peyton D, Wells NS & Fenton O (2018) Influence of artificial drainage system design on the nitrogen attenuation potential of gley soils: Evidence from hydrochemical and isotope studies under field-scale conditions. Journal of Environmental Management, 206, 1028-1038. View this article in WRRO
• Lehmeier C, Pajor R, Lundgren MR, Mathers A, Sloan J, Bauch M, Mitchell A, Bellasio C, Green A, Bouyer D , Schnittger A et al (2017) Cell density and airspace patterning in the leaf can be manipulated to increase leaf photosynthetic capacity. The Plant Journal, 92(6), 981-994. View this article in WRRO
• Pétriacq P, Williams A, Cotton A, McFarlane AE, Rolfe SA & Ton J (2017) Metabolite profiling of non-sterile rhizosphere soil. The Plant Journal, 92(1), 147-162. View this article in WRRO
• Yahaya N, Petriacq P, Burrell M, Walker H, Malinowski R & Rolfe S (2017) Changes of Metabolites Status in Plant Pathogen Interaction. Advanced Science Letters, 23(5), 4623-4626.
• Rolfe SA, Strelkov SE, Links MG, Clarke WE, Robinson SJ, Djavaheri M, Malinowski R, Haddadi P, Kagale S, Parkin IAP , Taheri A et al (2016) The compact genome of the plant pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae is adapted to intracellular interactions with host Brassica spp. BMC Genomics, 17(1). View this article in WRRO
• Malinowski R, Novák O, Borhan MH, Spíchal L, Strnad M & Rolfe SA (2016) The role of cytokinins in clubroot disease. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 145(3), 543-557. View this article in WRRO
• van Campen J, Yaapar MN, Narawatthana S, Lehmeier C, Wanchana S, Thakur V, Chater C, Kelly S, Rolfe SA, Quick WP & Fleming AJ (2016) Combined Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies the P3/P4 Transition as a Key Stage in Rice Leaf Photosynthetic Development. Plant Physiology, 170(3), 1655-1674. View this article in WRRO
• Hedbavna P, Rolfe SA, Huang WE & Thornton SF (2016) Biodegradation of phenolic compounds and their metabolites in contaminated groundwater using microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology, 200, 426-434. View this article in WRRO
• Healy MG, Barrett M, Lanigan GJ, João Serrenho A, Ibrahim TG, Thornton SF, Rolfe SA, Huang WE & Fenton O (2015) Optimizing nitrate removal and evaluating pollution swapping trade-offs from laboratory denitrification bioreactors. Ecological Engineering, 74, 290-301.
• Thornton SF, Baker KM, Bottrell SH, Rolfe SA, McNamee P, Forrest F, Duffield P, Wilson RD, Fairburn AW & Cieslak LA (2014) Enhancement of in situ biodegradation of organic compounds in groundwater by targeted pump and treat intervention. Applied Geochemistry, 48, 28-40.
• Dorca-Fornell C, Pajor R, Lehmeier C, Pérez-Bueno M, Bauch M, Sloan J, Osborne C, Rolfe S, Sturrock C, Mooney S & Fleming A (2013) Increased leaf mesophyll porosity following transient retinoblastoma-related protein silencing is revealed by microcomputed tomography imaging and leads to a system-level physiological response to the altered cell division pattern. The Plant Journal, 76(6), 914-929. View this article in WRRO
• Rizoulis A, Elliott DR, Rolfe SA, Thornton SF, Banwart SA, Pickup RW & Scholes JD (2013) Diversity of Planktonic and Attached Bacterial Communities in a Phenol-Contaminated Sandstone Aquifer. Microbial Ecology, 66(1), 84-95.
• Pajor R, Fleming A, Osborne CP, Rolfe SA, Sturrock CJ & Mooney SJ (2013) Seeing space: Visualization and quantification of plant leaf structure using X-ray micro-computed tomography. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(2), 385-390.
• Malinowski R, Smith JA, Fleming AJ, Scholes JD & Rolfe SA (2012) Gall formation in clubroot-infected Arabidopsis results from an increase in existing meristematic activities of the host but is not essential for the completion of the pathogen life cycle.. Plant J, 71(2), 226-238.
• Malinowski R, Smith JA, Fleming AJ, Scholes JD & Rolfe SA (2012) Gall formation in clubroot-infected Arabidopsis results from an increase in existing meristematic activities of the host but is not essential for the completion of the pathogen life cycle. Plant Journal, 71(2), 226-238.
• Rolfe SA & Scholes JD (2010) Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging of plant-pathogen interactions.. Protoplasma, 247(3-4), 163-175.
• Andrews JS, Rolfe SA, Huang WE, Scholes JD & Banwart SA (2010) Biofilm formation in environmental bacteria is influenced by different macromolecules depending on genus and species.. Environ Microbiol, 12(9), 2496-2507.
• Elliott DR, Scholes JD, Thornton SF, Rizoulis A, Banwart SA & Rolfe SA (2010) Dynamic changes in microbial community structure and function in phenol-degrading microcosms inoculated with cells from a contaminated aquifer.. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 71(2), 247-259.
• Kocabek T, Svoboda Z, Al-Zwi AM, Rolfe SA & Fellner M (2009) Boron-regulated hypocotyl elongation is affected in Arabidopsis mutants with defects in light signalling pathways. ENVIRON EXP BOT, 67(1), 101-111.
• Ludwig-Muller J, Prinsen E, Rolfe SA & Scholes JD (2009) Metabolism and Plant Hormone Action During Clubroot Disease. J PLANT GROWTH REGUL, 28(3), 229-244.
• Janacek SH, Trenkamp S, Palmer B, Brown NJ, Parsley K, Stanley S, Astley HM, Rolfe SA, Quick WP, Fernie AR & Hibberd JM (2009) Photosynthesis in cells around veins of the C-3 plant Arabidopsis thaliana is important for both the shikimate pathway and leaf senescence as well as contributing to plant fitness. PLANT J, 59(2), 329-343.
• Scholes JD & Rolfe SA (2009) Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging as tool for understanding the impact of fungal diseases on plant performance: a phenomics perspective. FUNCT PLANT BIOL, 36(10-11), 880-892.
• Geoghegan M, Andrews JS, Biggs CA, Eboigbodin KE, Elliott DR, Rolfe S, Scholes J, Ojeda JJ, Romero-Gonzales ME, Edyvean RGJ , Swanson L et al (2008) The polymer physics and chemistry of microbial cell attachment and adhesion. Faraday Discussions, 139, 85-103.
• Quilliam RS, Swarbrick PJ, Scholes JD & Rolfe SA (2006) Imaging photosynthesis in wounded leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana.. J Exp Bot, 57(1), 55-69.
• Rolfe S (2006) Preface to The Visible Plant Cell: Biosensors and Bioreporters. Journal of Experimental Botany, 57(1), 24-24.
• Wright DP, Scholes JD, Read DJ & Rolfe SA (2005) European and African maize cultivars differ in their physiological and molecular responses to mycorrhizal infection.. New Phytol, 167(3), 881-896.
• Baxter CJ, Foyer CH, Turner J, Rolfe SA & Quick WP (2003) Elevated sucrose-phosphate synthase activity in transgenic tobacco sustains photosynthesis in older leaves and alters development.. J Exp Bot, 54(389), 1813-1820.
• Walters RG, Shephard F, Rogers JJM, Rolfe SA & Horton P (2003) Identification of mutants of Arabidopsis defective in acclimation of photosynthesis to the light environment.. Plant Physiol, 131(2), 472-481.
• R. Bahrami A, Rolfe S, Price C & Gray JE (2002) A role for nuclear localised proteasomes in mediating auxin action. The Plant Journal, 30(6), 691-698.
• Rolfe SA & Scholes JD (2002) Extended depth-of-focus imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence from intact leaves.. Photosynth Res, 72(1), 107-115.
• Shaikh NU, Quick WP & Rolfe SA (2000) The base of the leaf acts as a localized sink for photosynthate in mature barley leaves. NEW PHYTOL, 148(2), 257-266.
• Chou HM, Bundock N, Rolfe SA & Scholes JD (2000) Infection of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves with Albugo candida (white blister rust) causes a reprogramming of host metabolism.. Mol Plant Pathol, 1(2), 99-113.
• Wright DP, Scholes JD, Read DJ & Rolfe SA (2000) Changes in carbon allocation and expression of carbon transporter genes in Betula pendula Roth. colonized by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus (Batsch) Fr.. PLANT CELL ENVIRON, 23(1), 39-49.
• Scholes J, Bundock N, Wilde R & Rolfe S (1996) The impact of reduced vacuolar invertase activity on the photosynthetic and carbohydrate metabolism of tomato. Planta, 200(2).
• Tang X, Rolfe SA & Scholes JD (1996) The effect of Albugo candida (white blister rust) on the photosynthetic and carbohydrate metabolism of leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT CELL ENVIRON, 19(8), 967-975.
• Scholes JD & Rolfe SA (1996) Photosynthesis in localised regions of oat leaves infected with crown rust (Puccinia coronata): Quantitative imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence. PLANTA, 199(4), 573-582.
• Tang X, Ruffner HP, Scholes JD & Rolfe SA (1996) Purification and characterisation of soluble invertases from leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana.. Planta, 198(1), 17-23.
• ROLFE SA & SCHOLES JD (1995) QUANTITATIVE IMAGING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE. NEW PHYTOL, 131(1), 69-79.
• Rolfe SA & Tobin EM (1991) Deletion analysis of a phytochrome-regulated monocot rbcS promoter in a transient assay system.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 88(7), 2683-2686.
• Silverthorne J, Wimpee CF, Yamada T, Rolfe SA & Tobin EM (1990) Differential expression of individual genes encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in Lemna gibba. Plant Molecular Biology, 15(1), 49-58.
• Rolfe SA & Bendall DS (1989) The role of an extrinsic 9 kDa polypeptide in oxygen evolution by Photosystem II particles from Phormidium laminosum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 973(2), 220-226.
• Bendall DS & Rolfe SA (1987) [27] Characterization of chloroplast cytochromes, 259-273.
• Rolfe SA, Sanguansermsri M & Bendall DS (1987) Cytochrome b-560, a new component of thylakoid membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 894(3), 434-442.
• Nicholls HCG, Mallinson HE, Thornton SF, Hjort M & Rolfe SA () Identification of Aerobic ETBE‐Degrading Microorganisms in Groundwater Using Stable Isotope Probing. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation.
• Wang Y, Chen Y, Zhou Q, Huang S, Ning K, Xu J, Kalin RM, Rolfe S & Huang WE () A Culture-Independent Approach to Unravel Uncultured Bacteria and Functional Genes in a Complex Microbial Community. PLoS ONE, 7(10), e47530-e47530. View this article in WRRO

Chapters

• Thornton SF, Morgan P & Rolfe SA (2016) Bioremediation of Hydrocarbons and Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater: Characterisation, Design and Performance Assessment, Springer Protocols Handbooks (pp. 11-64). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• (2005) Photomorphogenesis, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 246-269). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Growth as a quantitative process, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 161-176). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Cell growth and differentiation, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 205-220). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Translocation of organic compounds, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 133-158). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Resistance to stress, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 344-372). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Introduction, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 1-6). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Plant growth hormones, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 177-204). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Flow of energy and carbon through the plant: photosynthesis and respiration, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 9-59). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Growth movements, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 318-343). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Water relations, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 60-99). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Mineral nutrition, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 100-132). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Reproductive development, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 270-317). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Vegetative development, The Physiology of Flowering Plants (pp. 221-245). Cambridge University Press
• (2005) Appendix (pp. 373-375). Cambridge University Press
• Tobin EM, Brusslan JA, Buzby JA, Karlin-Neumann GA, Kehoe DM, Okubara PA, Rolfe SA, Sun L & Weatherwax SC (1991) Approaches to Understanding Phytochrome Regulation of Transcription in Lemna Gibba and Arabidopsis Thaliana, Plant Molecular Biology 2 (pp. 509-517). Springer US
• Tobin EM, Brusslan JA, Buzby JS, Karlin-Neumann GA, Kehoe DM, Okubara PA, Rolfe SA, Sun L & Yamada T (1991) Phytochrome Regulation of Transcription: Biochemical and Genetic Approaches, Phytochrome Properties and Biological Action (pp. 167-179). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings papers

• Stassen J, Chatziavgerinos F, Ton J, Voigt C & Rolfe S (2019) Phenomics for plant quantitative disease resistance. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 32(10S) (pp 26-26). Glasgow, Scotland, 14 July 2019 - 18 July 2019.
• Yassin M, Moffat EK, Stassen J, Rolfe S, Cromey M, Holden N, Valentine TA, Newton AC & Ton J (2019) Assessing the costs and benefits of chemical defence priming agents using emerging hyperspectral imaging technologies. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, Vol. 32(10) (pp S1.32-S1.32). Glasgow, Scotland, 14 July 2019 - 18 July 2019.
• Moffat EK, Yassin M, Rolfe S, Stassen J & Ton J (2019) The impacts of quantitative disease resistance on downy mildew epidemiology in mixed host populations. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, Vol. 32(10) (pp 19-19)
• McFarlane A, Thornton S & Rolfe S (2015) How will novel fuels and materials impact microbial contamination in aircraft fuel systems?. IASH 2015 - 14th International Symposium on Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels
• Hall AR, Garcia ALM, Eley AR, Rogers ME, Rolfe SA & Geoghegan M (2011) The study of cells using scanning force microscopy. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 40 (pp 149-149)
• Morales-Garcia AL, Hall AR, Althagafi T, Geoghegan M & Rolfe SA (2011) SFM study of bacterial cell walls. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 40 (pp 151-151)
• Andrews JS, Pouran HM, Scholes J, Rolfe SA & Banwart SA (2009) Multi-factorial analysis of surface interactions in single species environmental bacteria and model surfaces. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, Vol. 73(13) (pp A44-A44)
• Baxter CJ, Foyer CH, Rolfe SA & Quick WP (2001) A comparison of the carbohydrate composition and kinetic properties of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaves expressing maize SPS protein with untransformed controls. ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY, Vol. 138(1) (pp 47-55)

Preprints

• Hõrak H, Rolfe SA, Ton J & Gray JE (2023) NPR1 protects young leaves from systemic salicylic acid-induced damage during bacterial infection, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.