Associate Professor Jonathan Plett

Journal Articles

• Zhang, H., Plett, J., Catunda, K., Churchill, A., Moore, B., Powell, J., Power, S., Yang, J. and Anderson, I. (2024), 'Rapid quantification of biological nitrogen fixation using optical spectroscopy', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol 75, no 3 , pp 760 - 771.
• Zhang, H., Churchill, A., Anderson, I., Igwenagu, C., Power, S., Plett, J., Macdonald, C., Pendall, E., Carrillo, Y. and Powell, J. (2023), 'Ecological stoichiometry and fungal community turnover reveal variation among mycorrhizal partners in their responses to warming and drought', Molecular Ecology, vol 32, no 1 , pp 229 - 243.
• Stuart, E., Singan, V., Amirebrahimi, M., Na, H., Ng, V., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Anderson, I., Plett, J. and Plett, K. (2023), 'Acquisition of host-derived carbon in biomass of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus is correlated to fungal carbon demand and plant defences', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol 99, no 5 .
• Plett, J., Miyauchi, S., Morin, E., Plett, K., Wong-Bajracharya, J., Freitas Pereira, M., Kuo, A., Henrissat, B., Drula, E., Wojtalewicz, D., Riley, R., Pangilinan, J., Andreopoulos, W., LaButti, K., Daum, C., Yoshinaga, Y., Fauchery, L., Ng, V., Lipzen, A., Barry, K., Singan, V., Guo, J., Lebel, T., Dutra Costa, M., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Anderson, I. and Kohler, A. (2023), 'Speciation underpinned by unexpected molecular diversity in the mycorrhizal fungal genus Pisolithus', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol 40, no 3 .
• Fallahzadeh-Mamaghani, V., Mikhael, M. and Plett, J. (2023), 'Chickpea pathogen-resistance-rating correlates with responsiveness to an immune elicitor protein from Phytophthora medicaginis', Rhizosphere, vol 25 .
• Sahu, N., Indic, B., Wong-Bajracharya, J., Merenyi, Z., Ke, H., Ahrendt, S., Monk, T., Kocsube, S., Drula, E., Lipzen, A., Balint, B., Henrissat, B., Andreopoulos, B., Martin, F., Bugge, H., Rigling, D., Ford, K., Foster, G., Pangilinan, J., Papanicolaou, A., Barry, K., LaButti, K., Viragh, M., Koriabine, M., Yan, M., Riley, R., Champramary, S., Plett, K., Grigoriev, I., Tsai, I., Slot, J., Sipos, G., Plett, J., Plett, J. and Nagy, L. (2023), 'Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria', Nature Microbiology, vol 8, no 9 , pp 1668 - 1681.
• Plett, K., Monk, M., Carnegie, A., Powell, J., Green, P. and Plett, J. (2023), 'Reduced growth of Pinus radiata in the presence of the Australian native Allocasuarina nana via direct allelopathy and inhibition of the pine-supporting mycorrhizal community', Applied Soil Ecology, vol 187 .
• Stuart, E., Monk, M., Green, P., Anderson, I., Carnegie, A., Plett, J. and Plett, K. (2023), 'Mycocentric fertilisation of ectomycorrhizae-inoculated Pinus radiata during containerised production alters root microbiome and growth outcomes', Australian Forestry, vol 86, no 3-4 , pp 110 - 128.
• Plett, K., Wojtalewicz, D., Anderson, I. and Plett, J. (2023), '[In Press] Fungal metabolism and free amino acid content may predict nitrogen transfer to the host plant in the ectomycorrhizal relationship between Pisolithus spp. and Eucalyptus grandis', New Phytologist, .
• Hill, R., Wong-Bajracharya, J., Anwar, S., Coles, D., Wang, M., Lipzen, A., Ng, V., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Anderson, I., Cazzonelli, C., Jeffries, T., Plett, K. and Plett, J. (2022), 'Abscisic acid supports colonization of Eucalyptus grandis roots by the mutualistic ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus', New Phytologist, vol 233, no 2 , pp 966 - 982.
• Moffitt, M., Wong-Bajracharya, J., Shuey, L., Park, R., Pegg, G. and Plett, J. (2022), 'Both constitutive and infection-responsive secondary metabolites linked to resistance against Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) in Melaleuca quinquenervia', Microorganisms, vol 10, no 2 .
• Wong-Bajracharya , J., Singan, V., Monti, R., Plett, K., Ng, V., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Anderson, I. and Plett, J. (2022), 'The ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpusencodes a microRNA involved in cross-kingdom gene silencing during symbiosis', Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol 119, no 3 .
• Paudel, L., Kerr, S., Prentis, P., Tanurd?ic, M., Papanicolaou, A., Plett, J. and Cazzonelli, C. (2022), 'Horticultural innovation by viral-induced gene regulation of carotenogenesis', Horticulture Research, vol 9 .
• Wu, G., Miyauchi, S., Morin, E., Kuo, A., Drula, E., Varga, T., Kohler, A., Feng, B., Cao, Y., Lipzen, A., Daum, C., Hundley, H., Pangilinan, J., Johnson, J., Barry, K., LaButti, K., Ng, V., Ahrendt, S., Min, B., Choi, I., Park, H., Plett, J., Magnuson, J., Spatafora, J., Nagy, L., Henrissat, B., Grigoriev, I., Yang, Z., Xu, J. and Martin, F. (2022), 'Evolutionary innovations through gain and loss of genes in the ectomycorrhizal Boletales', New Phytologist, vol 233, no 3 , pp 1383 - 1400.
• Plett, J., Sabotic, J., Vogt, E., Snijders, F., Kohler, A., Nielsen, U., Kunzler, M., Martin, F. and Veneault-Fourrey, C. (2022), 'Mycorrhiza-induced mycocypins of Laccaria bicolor are potent protease inhibitors with nematotoxic and collembola antifeedant activity', Environmental Microbiology, vol 24, no 10 , pp 4607 - 4622.
• Nayak, J., Anwar, S., Krishna , P., Chen, Z., Plett, J., Foo, E. and Cazzonelli, C. (2022), 'Tangerine tomato roots show increased accumulation of acyclic carotenoids, less abscisic acid, drought sensitivity, and impaired endomycorrhizal colonization', Plant Science, vol 321 .
• Plett, K., Snijders, F., Castaneda-Gomez, L., Wong-Bajracharya, J., Anderson, I., Carrillo, Y. and Plett, J. (2022), 'Nitrogen fertilization differentially affects the symbiotic capacity of two co-occurring ectomycorrhizal species', Environmental Microbiology, vol 24, no 1 , pp 309 - 323.
• Churchill, A., Zhang, H., Fuller, K., Amiji, B., Anderson, I., Barton, C., Barton, C., Carrillo, Y., Catunda, K., Chandregowda, M., Igwenagu, C., Jacob, V., Kim, G., Macdonald, C., Medlyn, B., Moore, B., Pendall, E., Plett, J., Post, A., Powell, J., Tissue, D., Tjoelker, M. and Power, S. (2022), 'Pastures and climate extremes : impacts of cool season warming and drought on the productivity of key pasture species in a field experiment', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol 13 .
• Plett, J. and Plett, K. (2022), 'Leveraging genomics to understand the broader role of fungal small secreted proteins in niche colonization and nutrition', ISME Communications, vol 2 .
• Coles, D., Bithell, S., Mikhael, M., Cuddy, W. and Plett, J. (2022), 'Chickpea roots undergoing colonisation by Phytophthora medicaginis exhibit opposing jasmonic acid and salicylic acid accumulation and signalling profiles to leaf hemibiotrophic models', Microorganisms, vol 10, no 2 .
• Stuart, E., Stuart, E., Castaneda-Gomez, L., Macdonald, C., Wong, W., Anderson, I., Carrillo, Y., Plett, J. and Plett, K. (2022), 'Species-level identity of Pisolithus influences soil phosphorus availability for host plants and is moderated by nitrogen status, but not CO2', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol 165 .
• Carnegie, A., Callaghan, S., Laurence, M., Plett, K., Plett, J., Green, P., Wildman, O., Daly, A. and Summerell, B. (2022), 'Response to the detection of an exotic fungal pathogen, Fusarium commune, in a Pinus radiata production nursery in Australia', Australian Forestry, vol 85, no 4 , pp 187 - 198.
• Plett, K., Kohler, A., Lebel, T., Singan, V., Bauer, D., He, G., Ng, V., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Plett, J. and Anderson, I. (2021), 'Intra-species genetic variability drives carbon metabolism and symbiotic host interactions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus', Environmental Microbiology, vol 23, no 4 , pp 2004 - 2020.
• Zhang, H., Powell, J., Power, S., Churchill, A., Plett, J., Macdonald, C., Jacob, V., Kim, G., Pendall, E., Tissue, D., Catunda, K., Igwenagu, C., Carrillo, Y., Moore, B. and Anderson, I. (2021), 'Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal-mediated reduction in N2O emissions were not impacted by experimental warming for two common pasture species', Pedobiologia, vol 87-88 .
• Zhang, H., Powell, J., Plett, J., Churchill, A., Power, S., Macdonald, C., Jacob, V., Kim, G., Pendall, E., Tissue, D., Catunda, K., Igwenagu, C., Carrillo, Y., Moore, B. and Anderson, I. (2021), 'Climate warming negates arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal reductions in soil phosphorus leaching with tall fescue but not lucerne', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol 152 .
• Plett, K., Bithell, S., Dando, A. and Plett, J. (2021), 'Chickpea shows genotype-specific nodulation responses across soil nitrogen environment and root disease resistance categories', BMC Plant Biology, vol 21, no 1 .
• Plett, J., Solomon, J., Snijders, F., Marlow-Conway, J., Plett, K. and Bithell, S. (2021), 'Order of microbial succession affects rhizobia-mediated biocontrol efforts against Phytophthora root rot', Microbiological Research, vol 242 .
• Plett, K., Buckley, S., Plett, J., Anderson, I., Lundberg-Felten, J. and Jamtgard, S. (2021), 'Novel microdialysis technique reveals a dramatic shift in metabolite secretion during the early stages of the interaction between the ectomycorrhizal fungus pisolithus microcarpus and its host eucalyptus grandis', Microorganisms, vol 9, no 9 .
• Wong, J., Plett, K., Natera, S., Roessner, U., Anderson, I. and Plett, J. (2020), 'Comparative metabolomics implicates threitol as a fungal signal supporting colonization of Armillaria luteobubalina on eucalypt roots', Plant, Cell and Environment, vol 43, no 2 , pp 374 - 386.
• Plett, K., Singan, V., Wang, M., Ng, V., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Plett, J. and Anderson, I. (2020), 'Inorganic nitrogen availability alters Eucalyptus grandis receptivity to the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus albus but not symbiotic nitrogen transfer', New Phytologist, vol 226, no 1 , pp 221 - 231.
• Plett, J., Plett, K., Wong-Bajracharya, J., Freitas Pereira, M., Dutra Costa, M., Kohler, A., Martin, F. and Anderson, I. (2020), 'Mycorrhizal effector PaMiSSP10b alters polyamine biosynthesis in Eucalyptus root cells and promotes root colonization', New Phytologist Trust, vol 228, no 2 , pp 712 - 727.
• Gilarte Padilla, P., Plett, J., Pendall, E., Carrillo, Y. and Nielsen, U. (2020), 'Direct and indirect trophic interactions of soil nematodes impact chickpea and oat nutrition', Plant and Soil, vol 457 , pp 255 - 268.
• Wong-Bajracharya, J., Castaneda-Gomez, L., Plett, K., Anderson, I., Carrillo, Y. and Plett, J. (2020), 'Untangling the effect of roots and mutualistic ectomycorrhizal fungi on soil metabolite profiles under ambient and elevated carbon dioxide', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol 151 .
• Daguerre, Y., Basso, V., Hartmann-Wittulski, S., Schellenberger, R., Meyer, L., Bailly, J., Kohler, A., Plett, J., Martin, F. and Veneault-Fourrey, C. (2020), 'The mutualism effector MiSSP7 of Laccaria bicolor alters the interactions between the poplar JAZ6 protein and its associated proteins', Scientific Reports, vol 10, no 1 .
• Wong, J., Lutz, A., Natera, S., Wang, M., Ng, V., Grigoriev, I., Martin, F., Roessner, U., Anderson, I. and Plett, J. (2019), 'The influence of contrasting microbial lifestyles on the pre-symbiotic metabolite responses of Eucalyptus grandis roots', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol 7 .
• Naidoo, S., Slippers, B., Plett, J., Coles, D. and Oates, C. (2019), 'The road to resistance in forest trees', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol 10 .
• Wong, J. and Plett, J. (2019), 'Root renovation : how an improved understanding of basic root biology could inform the development of elite crops that foster sustainable soil health', Functional Plant Biology, vol 46, no 7 , pp 597 - 612.
• Egidi, E., Delgado Baquerizo, M., Plett, J., Wang, J., Eldridge, D., Bardgett, R., Maestre, F. and Singh, B. (2019), 'A few Ascomycota taxa dominate soil fungal communities worldwide', Nature Communications, vol 10, no 1 .
• Plett, K., Raposo, A., Anderson, I., Piller, S. and Plett, J. (2019), 'Protein arginine methyltransferase expression affects ectomycorrhizal symbiosis and the regulation of hormone signaling pathways', Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol 32, no 10 , pp 1291 - 1302.
• Plett, J. and Martin, F. (2018), 'Know your enemy, embrace your friend : using omics to understand how plants respond differently to pathogenic and mutualistic microorganisms', The Plant Journal, vol 93, no 4 , pp 729 - 746.
• Plett, K., Raposo, A., Bullivant, S., Anderson, I., Piller, S. and Plett, J. (2017), 'Root morphogenic pathways in Eucalyptus grandis are modified by the activity of protein arginine methyltransferases', BMC Plant Biology, vol 17 .
• Plett, J., Yin, H., Mewalal, R., Hu, R., Li, T., Ranjan, P., Jawdy, S., De Paoli, H., Butler, G., Burch-Smith, T., Guo, H., Chen, C., Kohler, A., Anderson, I., Labbe, J., Martin, F., Tuskan, G. and Yang, X. (2017), 'Populus trichocarpa encodes small, effector-like secreted proteins that are highly induced during mutualistic symbiosis', Scientific Reports, vol 7 .
• Hortal, S., Plett, K., Plett, J., Cresswell, T., Johansen, M., Pendall, E. and Anderson, I. (2017), 'Role of plant-fungal nutrient trading and host control in determining the competitive success of ectomycorrhizal fungi', The ISME Journal, vol 11, no 12 , pp 2666 - 2676.
• Lorrain, C., Gervais, J., Petit, Y. and Plett, J. (2017), 'New insights into plant-microbe interactions through advances in fungal genetics', New Phytologist, vol 216, no 3 , pp 647 - 650.
• Plett, J., Plett, K., Bithell, S., Mitchell, C., Moore, K., Powell, J. and Anderson, I. (2016), 'Improved Phytophthora resistance in commercial chickpea (Cicer arietinum) varieties negatively impacts symbiotic gene signalling and symbiotic potential in some varieties', Plant, Cell and Environment, vol 39, no 8 , pp 1858 - 1869.
• Hortal, S., Powell, J., Plett, J., Simonin, A. and Anderson, I. (2016), 'Intraspecific competition between ectomycorrhizal Pisolithus microcarpus isolates impacts plant and fungal performance under elevated CO2 and temperature', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol 92, no 8 .
• Plett, J., Kohler, A., Khachane, A., Keniry, K., Plett, K., Martin, F. and Anderson, I. (2015), 'The effect of elevated carbon dioxide on the interaction between Eucalyptus grandis and diverse isolates of Pisolithus sp. is associated with a complex shift in the root transcriptome', New Phytologist, vol 206, no 4 , pp 1423 - 1436.
• Plett, J., Tisserant, E., Brun, A., Morin, E., Grigoriev, I., Kuo, A., Martin, F. and Kohler, A. (2015), 'The mutualist Laccaria bicolor expresses a core gene regulon during the colonization of diverse host plants and a variable regulon to counteract host-specific defenses', Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol 28, no 3 , pp 261 - 273.
• Plett, J. and Martin, F. (2015), 'Reconsidering mutualistic plant-fungal interactions through the lens of effector biology', Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol 26 , pp 45 - 50.
• Kohler, A., Kuo, A., Nagy, L., Morin, E., Barry, K., Buscot, F., Canback, B., Choi, C., Plett, J. and et al, .. (2015), 'Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists', Nature Genetics, vol 47, no 4 , pp 410 - 415.
• Plett, J., Khachane, A., Ouassou, M., Sundberg, B., Kohler, A. and Martin, F. (2014), 'Ethylene and jasmonic acid act as negative modulators during mutualistic symbiosis between Laccaria bicolor and Populus roots', New Phytologist, vol 202, no 1 , pp 270 - 286.
• Labbe, J., Uehling, J., Payen, T. and Plett, J. (2014), 'Fungal biology : compiling genomes and exploiting them', New Phytologist, vol 203, no 2 , pp 359 - 361.
• Tschaplinski, T., Plett, J., Engle, N., Deveau, A., Cushman, K., Martin, M., Doktycz, M., Tuskan, G., Brun, A., Kohler, A. and Martin, F. (2014), 'Populus trichocarpa and Populus deltoides exhibit different metabolomic responses to colonization by the symbiotic fungus Laccaria bicolor', Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol 27, no 6 , pp 546 - 556.
• Veneault-Fourrey, C., Commun, C., Kohler, A., Morin, E., Balestrini, R., Plett, J., Danchin, E., Coutinho, P., Wiebenga, A., Vries, R., Henrissat, B. and Martin, F. (2014), 'Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of Laccaria bicolor CAZome reveals insights into polysaccharides remodelling during symbiosis establishment', Fungal Genetics and Biology, vol 72 , pp 168 - 181.
• Plett, J., Daguerre, Y., Wittulsky, S., Vayssieres, A., Deveau, A., Melton, S., Kohler, A., Morrell-Falvey, J., Brun, A., Veneault-Fourrey, C. and Martin, F. (2014), 'Effector MiSSP7 of the mutualistic fungus Laccaria bicolor stabilizes the Populus JAZ6 protein and represses jasmonic acid (JA) responsive genes', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol 111, no 22 , pp 8299 - 8304.
• Plett, J., Williams, M., LeClair, G., Regan, S. and Beardmore, T. (2014), 'Heterologous over-expression of ACC SYNTHASE8 (ACS8) in Populus tremula x P. alba clone 717-1B4 results in elevated levels of ethylene and induces stem dwarfism and reduced leaf size through separate genetic pathways', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol 5, no 514 .
• Tyler, B., Kale, S., Wang, Q., Tao, K., Clark, H., Drews, K., Antignani, V., Rumore, A., Hayes, T., Plett, J., Fudal, I., Gu, B., Qinghe, C., Affeldt, K., Berthier, E., Fischer, G., Dou, D., Shan, W., Keller, N., Martin, F., Rouxel, T. and Lawrence, C. (2013), 'Microbe-independent entry of oomycete RxLR effectors and fungal RxLR-like effectors into plant and animal cells is specific and reproducible', Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol 26, no 6 , pp 611 - 616.
• Plett, J. and Martin, F. (2012), 'Poplar root exudates contain compounds that induce the expression of MiSSP7 in Laccaria bicolor', Plant Signaling & Behavior, vol 7, no 1 , pp 12 - 15.
• Plett, J., Gibon, J., Kohler, A., Duffy, K., Hoegger, P., Velagapudi, R., Han, J., Kues, U., Grigoriev, I. and Martin, F. (2012), 'Phylogenetic, genomic organization and expression analysis of hydrophobin genes in the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor', Fungal Genetics and Biology, vol 49, no 3 , pp 199 - 209.
• Plett, J. and Martin, F. (2011), 'Blurred boundaries : lifestyle lessons from ectomycorrhizal fungal genomes', Trends in Genetics, vol 27, no 1 , pp 14 - 22.
• Plett, J., Montanini, B., Kohler, A., Ottonello, S. and Martin, F. (2011), 'Tapping genomics to unravel ectomycorrhizal symbosis', Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 722 , pp 249 - 281.
• Plett, J., Kemppainen, M., Kale, S., Kohler, A., Legue, V., Brun, A., Tyler, B., Pardo, A. and Martin, F. (2011), 'A secreted effector protein of laccaria bicolor is required for symbiosis development', Current Biology, vol 21, no 14 , pp 1197 - 1203.
• Plett, J., Wilkins, O., Campbell, M., Ralph, S. and Regan, S. (2010), 'Endogenous overexpression of Populus MYB186 increases trichome density, improves insect pest resistance, and impacts plant growth', Plant Journal, vol 64 , pp 419 - 432.
• Plett, J. (2010), 'Ethylene-a key arbitrator to plant-fungal symbiotic interactions?', New Phytologist, vol 185, no 4 , pp 868 - 871.
• McDonnell, L., Plett, J., Andersson-Gunneras, S., Kozela, C., Dugardeyn, J., Van Der Straeten, D., Glick, B., Sundberg, B. and Regan, S. (2009), 'Ethylene levels are regulated by a plant encoded 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase', Physiologia Plantarum, vol 136, no 1 , pp 94 - 109.
• Plett, J., Mathur, J. and Regan, S. (2009), 'Ethylene receptor ETR2 controls trichome branching by regulating microtubule assembly in Arabidopsis thaliana', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol 60, no 13 , pp 3923 - 3933.
• Plett, J., Cvetkovska, M., Makenson, P., Xing, T. and Regan, S. (2009), 'Arabidopsis ethylene receptors have different roles in Fumonisin B1-induced cell death', Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, vol 74, no 1 , pp 18 - 26.
• Plett, J., McDonnell, L. and Regan, S. (2009), 'Plant encoded 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase activity implicated in different aspects of plant development', Plant Signaling and Behavior, vol 4, no 12 , pp 1186 - 1189.
• Harrison, E., Bush, M., Plett, J., McPhee, D., Vitez, R., O'Malley, B., Sharma, V., Bosnich, W., Seguin, A., MacKay, J. and Regan, S. (2007), 'Diverse developmental mutants revealed in an activation-tagged population of poplar', Canadian Journal of Botany, vol 85, no 11 , pp 1071 - 1081.
• Foto, M., Plett, J., Berghout, J. and Miller, J. (2004), 'Modification of the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay for the analysis of glucan in indoor environments', Analytical and Bioanalytical chemistry, vol 379, no 1 , pp 156 - 162.