Janet I. Sprent, publications 2006-2010 (excluding those under review)
Books and book chapters
Dilworth, MJ, James EK, Sprent JI, Newton WE. 2008 (eds) Nitrogen-fixing Legume Symbioses Springer,
Dordrecht
Sprent JI 2009 Legume Nodulation: a global perspective. Wiley-Blackwell
Pawlowski K. & Sprent, J.I. (2006) Comparison between actinorhizal and legume sysmbioses, In: K.Pawlowski &
W.E. Newton (eds) Actinorhizal Symbioses Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 261-288.
Sprent J.I.. 2008. Evolution and diversity of legume symbioses.In: James EK, Sprent JI, Dilworth MJ, Newton
WE. eds. Nitrogen Fixing Leguminous Symbioses. Springer, The Netherlands, 1-21
Sprent, J.I. & James, E.K. 2009 Away from the usual Suspects: some potentially useful but understudied
nodulated legumes and their symbionts. In: Emerich, D. W., Krishnan, H. B. eds. Nitrogen Fixation in Crop
Production American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America.
Madison, Wisconsin 25-34.
Papers in refereed journals
Andrews M., Raven, J.A., Lea, P. and Sprent, J.I. (2006) A role for shoot-root allocation in higher plants: a view
point. Annals of Botany 97, 3-10.
Chen, W-M., James, E.K., Coenye,T., Chou, J-H., Barrios, E., F.,de Faria, S.M., Elliott, G.N., Sheu, S-Y., Sprent, J.I.
and Vandamme,P. (2006). Burkholderia mimosae sp. nov. isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. from
Taiwan and South America. International Journal of Evolutionary and Systematic Microbiology 56, 1847-1851.
Elliott. G.N., Chen W-M, Chou J-H, Wang H-C, Sheu S-Y, Perin L, Reis V.M, Moulin L, Simon M.F, Bontemps
C.,Sutherland J.M, Bessi R, de Faria S.M, Trinick M.J, Prescott A.R, Sprent J.I, James E.K. 2007. Burkholderia
phymatum is a highly effective nitrogen-fixing symbiont of Mimosa spp. and fixes nitrogen ex planta. New
Phytologist 173, 168-180
Chou, Y-J, Elliott GN, James EK, Lin K-Y, Chou J-H, Sheu S-H, Sheu D-S, Sprent JI, Chen W-M. 2007. Labrys
neptunieae sp. nov. isolated form the root nodules of the aquatic legume Neptunia oleracea.. International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, 577-581.
Andrews, M., Raven, J.A., Sprent, J.I. & Lea, P.J. 2007. Is shoot growth correlated to leaf protein concentration?
Trends in Plant Science 12, 531-532.
Sprent JI, 2007 Evolving ideas of legume evolution and diversity: a taxonomic perspective of the occurrence of
nodulation. New Phytologist 174, 11-25.
Sprent JI, James EK 2007. Legume evolution: where do nodules and mycorrhizas fit in? Plant Physiology 144,
575-581
Chen, W-M, de Faria S.M., James, E.K., Elliott, G.N., Lin, K-Y, Chou J-H, Sheu, S-Y, Cnockaert M, Sprent J.I. and
Vandamme, P. 2007 Burkholderia nodosa sp. nov. isolated from root nodules of the woody Brazilian legumes
Mimosa bimucronata and Mimosa scabrella. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
57, 1055-1059.
Elliott G.N. Chen W-M, Bontemps C., Chou J-H., Young P.W., Sprent, J.I. and James E.K. 2007 Nodulation of
Cyclopia spp (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) by Burkholderia tuberum. Annals of Botany 100, 1403-1411.
Wajja-Musukwe, T-N, Wilson J., Sprent J I, Ong C K, Deans D and Okorio J 2007. Tree growth and management
in Ugandan agroforestry systems: effects of root pruning on tree growth and crop yield. Tree Physiology 28,
233-242
Sprent, J.I. 2008. 60Ma of legume nodulation: what’s new? What’s changing? Journal of Experimental Botany,
59, 1081-1084.
Chen, WM, Faria, SM de, Chou J-H, Janes EK, Elliott GN, Sprent JI, Bontemps SC, Young JPW, Vandamme P.
2008. Burkholderia sabieae sp. nov. isolated from root nodules of Mimosa caesalpinifolia. International Journal
of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58, 2174-2179.
Elliott, GN, Chou J-H, Chen W-M. Bloemberg, GV, Bontemps, C, Martinez-Romero, Velàzquez E, Young JPW,
Sprent JI, Kames EK. 2008. Burkholderia spp are more competitive than Rhizobium spp or Cupriavidus
taiwanense especially in N-limited conditions. Environmental Microbiology 11:762-778
Cummings, S.P., Gyaneshwar, G., Vinueas, P., Farrugia, F.T., Andrews, M., Humphry, D., Elliott, G.N., Nelson, A.,
Orr, C., Pettit, D., Shah, G.R., Santos, S.R., Krishnans, H.B., Odee. D.W., Moreira F.M.S., Sprent. J.I., Young,
J.P.W., James, E.K. 2009 Nodulation of Sesbania species by Rhizobium (Agrobacterium) strain IRBG74 and other
rhizobia. Environmental Microbiology 11: 2610-2625.
Sprent JI., Odee. DW., Dakora FD. 2010 . African legumes: a vital but under-utilised resource Journal of
Experimental Botany 61: 1257-1265.
Bontemps, C., Elliott.GN, Simon, MF, dos Reis Jnr, FB, Gross, E., Lawton, RC, Neto, NE, de Fatima Loureiro F.
De Faria SM., Sprent JI., James EK., Young, JPW. 2010. Burkholderia species are ancient symbionts of legumes.
Molecular Ecology 19: 44-52.
Oono, R., Schmitt, I., Sprent, JI., Denison, RF. 2010. Multiple origins of legume traits leading to extreme
rhizobial differentiation. New Phytologist 187: 508-520.
Dos Reis Jn FB., Simon, MF., Gross E., Boddey RM., Elliott GN., Neto NE., Fatima Loureiro M de., de Queiroz LP.,
Scotti, MR., Chen W-M., Noren A., Rubio MC., de Faria SM., Bontemps, C., Goi, Sr., Young JPW., Sprent JI,
James, EK. 2010. Nodulation and nitrogen fixation by Mimosa spp. In the Cerrado and Caatinga biomesof
Brazil. New Phytologist 186: 934-946.