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Publications Sugar Lab (AG Fichtner)

 

 

Peer-reviewed articles (sorted by publication date in descending order) 

  • Göbel, M, Foster, J, Westhoff, P, Skorzinski, N, Lepper, HL, Njo, MF, Schmid, M, Beeckman, T, Tanurdžić, M, Amtmann, A, and Fichtner, F* (2026). Systemic and local regulation of root growth by vascular trehalose 6-phosphate is correlated with re-allocation of primary metabolites between shoots and roots, Plant, Cell & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70599 
     

  • Skopelitis, T, Swentowsky, K, Goldschmidt, A, Muller, L, Feil, R, Iohannes, SD, Westhoff, P, Fichtner, F, Lunn, JE, and Jackson, D (2026). Overcoming redundancy in the arabidopsis TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE family reveals connections to development and iron homeostasis. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71317
     

  • Thome, J, Trimborn, L, Waldmann, H, Reize, C, Weiler-Tersch, L, Schenkel, C, Weeks, H, Fichtner, F, Linstädter, A, de Meaux, J, and Hoecker, U (2026). Plant–Plant Competition Limits Arabidopsis Shoot Branching and Silique Production Independently of Soil Mineral Nutrients, Strigolactones and BRANCHED1. Plant, Cell & Environment, 49: 2413-2429, https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70388
     
  • Lepper, HL, Börnke, LF, Müller, L, Maerten, A, Praena, J, and Fichtner, F* (2026). The Evolution of Sugar Signalling in the Green Lineage. Journal of Plant Physiology 316: 154653,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2025.154653
     

  • Annunziata, MG, Feil, R, Lohse, M, Figueroa, CM, Hartman, MD, Esmailpour, M, Nikoloski, Z, Koehl, K, Stitt, M, Lunn, JE, and Fichtner, F* (2026). The sucrose:trehalose 6-phosphate nexus is conserved in flowering plants with different phloem loading and carbon storage strategies. Journal of Experimental 77 (2): 578-591, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf401
     

  • Fichtner, F* (2025). Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar signalling, metabolism, and development. New Phytologist 248: 2243–2250. http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70533.
     

  • Fichtner, F*, Humphreys, JL, Barbier, FF, Feil, R, Westhoff, P, Moseler, A, Lunn, JE, Smith, SM, and Beveridge, CA* (2024) Strigolactone signalling inhibits trehalose 6-phosphate signalling independently of BRC1 to suppress shoot branching. New Phytologist 244 (3): 900-913, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20072
     

  • Kreisz, P, Hellens, AM, Froeschel, C, Krischke, M, Maag, D, Feil, R, Wildenhain, T, Draken, J, Braune, G, Erdelitsch, L, Cecchino, L, Wagner, TC, Mueller, MJ, Becker, D, Lunn, JE, Hanson, J, Beveridge, CA, Fichtner, F, Barbier, FF, and Weiste, C. (2024). S1 basic leucine zipper transcription factors shape plant architecture by controlling C/N partitioning to apical and lateral organs. PNAS 121 (7): e2313343121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2313343121
     

  • Sheeba, J, Apelt, F, Kumar, A, Acosta, IF, Bents, D, Annunziata, MG, Fichtner, F, Gutjahr, C, Mueller-Roeber, B, and Olas, JJ (2024). Transcription factor HSFA7b controls thermomemory at the shoot apical meristem by regulating ethylene biosynthesis and signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Communications 5 (3): 100743. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100743
     

  • Göbel, M, and Fichtner, F* (2023). Functions of sucrose and trehalose 6-phosphate in controlling plant development. Journal of Plant Physiology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154140 
     

  • Barbier, FF, Fichtner, F, and Beveridge, CA (2023). The strigolactone pathway plays a crucial role in integrating metabolic and nutritional signals in plants. Nature Plants 9: 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01453-6
     

  • Hellens, AM*, Humphreys, JL, Fichtner, F, Tanurdžić, M, Beveridge, CA, and Barbier, FF* (2023). Genome-wide identification of accessible chromatin regions by ATAC-seq upon induction of the transcription factor bZIP11 in Arabidopsis. Scientific Data, 10 (1): 490. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02395-6 
     

  • Hellens, AM, Chabikwa, TG, Fichtner, F, Brewer, PB, and Beveridge, CA* (2023). Identification of new potential downstream transcriptional targets of the strigolactone pathway including glucosinolate biosynthesis. Plant Direct 7 (3): e486. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.486 
     

  • Cao, D, Barbier, FF, Dun, EA, Fichtner, F, Dong, L, Kerr, SC, and Beveridge, CA* (2023). Auxin-independent effects of apical dominance induce changes in phytohormones correlated with bud outgrowth. Plant physiology 192 (2): 1420-1434. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad034
     

  • Fichtner, F, Barbier, FF, Kerr, S, Dudley, C, Cubas, P, Turnbull, C, Brewer, P, and Beveridge, CA* (2022). Plasticity of bud outgrowth varies at cauline and rosette nodes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 188 (3): 1586-1603. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab586
     

  • Patil, S, Barbier, F*, Zhao, J, Zafar, A, Uzair, M, Sun, Y, Fang, J, Bertheloot, J, Sakr, S, Fichtner, F, Chabikwa, T, Yuan, S, Beveridge, CA*, and Li, X* (2022). Sucrose promotes D53 accumulation and tillering in rice. New Phytologist 234 (1): 122-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17834
     

  • Fichtner, F, and Lunn, JE* (2021). The role of trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) in plant metabolism and development. Annual Review of Plant Biology 72: 737-760. 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-095929
     

  • Barbier, F*, Cao, D#, Fichtner, F#, Weiste, C, Perez-Garcia, M-D, Caradeuc, M, Le gourrierec, J, Sakr, S, and Beveridge, CA* (2021). HEXOKINASE1 signalling promotes shoot branching and interacts with cytokinin and strigolactone pathways. New Phytologist 231: 1088-1104. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17427
     

  • Gabriel, C, Fernhout, J-J, Fichtner, F, Feil, R, Lunn, JE, Kossmann, J, Lloyd, JR, and Van der Vyver, C* (2021). Genetic manipulation of trehalose 6-phosphate synthase results in changes in the soluble sugar profile in transgenic sugarcane stems. Plant Direct 5 (11): e358. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.358
     

  • Fichtner, F, Dissanayake, I, Lacombe, B, and Barbier, F* (2021). Sugar and nitrate sensing: a multi-billion-year story. Trends in Plant Science 26 (4): 352-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.11.006 
     

  • Paterlini, A*, Dorussen, D, Fichtner, F, van Rongen, M, Delacruz, R, Vojnović, A, Helariutta, Y, and Leyser, O* (2021). Callose accumulation in specific phloem cell types reduces axillary bud growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 231: 516-523. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17398
     

  • Olas, JJ, Fichtner, F, Apelt, F* (2020). All roads lead to growth: imaging-based and biochemical methods to measure plant growth. Journal of Experimental Botany 71: 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz406 
     

  • Fichtner, F, Barbier, FF, Feil, R, Watanabe, M, Annunziata, MG, Chabikwa, TG, Höfgen, R, Stitt, M, Beveridge, CA*, and Lunn, JE* (2017). Trehalose 6-phosphate is involved in triggering axillary bud outgrowth in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.). The Plant Journal 92: 611–623. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13705 
     

  • Fichtner, F, Urrea Castellanos, R, and Ülker, B* (2014). Precision genetic modifications: a new era in molecular biology and crop improvement. Planta 239: 921–939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-014-2029-y 

 

Preprints

  • Hellens, A, Kreisz, P, Humphreys, JL, Feil, R, Lunn, JE, Droge-Laser, W, Beveridge, CA, Fichtner, F, Weiste, C, and Barbier, FF* (2023). The transcription factor bZIP11 acts antagonistically with trehalose 6-phosphate to inhibit shoot branching. bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.23.542007