Publications

Melatonin in plants and human diet. Spiritual Botany http://www.spiritualbotany.com/features/melatonin-in-plants-and-human-diet/

A technique for predicting how to better grow rare, endangered and recalcitrant plants. Science Trends. https://sciencetrends.com/technique-predicting-better-grow-rare-endangered-recalcitrant-plants/

Where’s your head at? Plant intelligence and medicinal plants as a new window into this complex case. Spiritual Botany. http://www.spiritualbotany.com/issue-1/wheres-your-head-at-plant-intelligence-and-medicinal-plants-as-a-new-window-into-this-complex-case/

Research Articles

Giebelhaus RT, Erland LAE, Murch SJ. 2022. HormonomicsDB: A novel workflor for the untargeted analysis of plant growth regulators and hormones. F1000Research, 1191(11). https://f1000research.com/articles/11-1191

Erland LAE, Needham AMLW, Kehinde AZ, Adebowale AP, Lincoln AK, Ragone D, Murch SJ. 2022. Impact of microclimate on Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg var Ma’afala fruit and nutritional quality. J Food Comp Anal. 104983 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104983

Hirabayashi K, Murch SJ, Erland LAE. 2022. Predicted impacts of climate change on wild and commercial berry habitats will have food security, conservation and agricultural implications. Science of the Total Environment. 845, 157341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157341

Erland LAE, Dumigan CR, Forsyth JA, Frolova L, Yasunaga AB, Pun W, Li IT, Deyholos MK, Murch SJ. Mammalian Melatonin Agonist Pharmaceuticals Stimulate Rhomboid Proteins in Plants. Biomolecules. 2022 Jun 24;12(7):882. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12070882

Kehinde AZ, Erland LA, Liu Y, Ragone D, Jones AM, Murch SJ. 2022. South Pacific cultivars of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg and A. mariannensis Trécul) and their hybrids (A. altilis× A. mariannensis) have unique dietary starch, protein and fiber. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. Jan 1;105:104228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104228

Erland LAE, Turi CE, and Murch SJ. 2021. Preliminary assessment of the conservation status of medicinal plant species in Canada. Botany. e-First https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2021-0090

Ye, J, Erland, LAE, Gill, SK, Bishop, SL, Verdugo-Meza, A, Murch, SJ, Gibson, DL. 2021. Metabolomics-guided hypothesis generation for mechanisms of intestinal protection by live biotherapeutic products. Biomolecules, 11, 738. https:// doi.org/10.3390/biom11050738

Shukla, MR, Kibler, A, Turi, CE, Erland, LAE, Sullivan, JA, Murch, SJ, Saxena, PK. 2021. Selection and micropropagation of an elite melatonin rich tulsi (Ocimum sanctum L.) germplasm line. Agronomy 11, 207, https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020207

Erland, LAE, Giebelhaus, RT, Victor JMR, Murch, SJ*, Saxena, PK. 2020. The morphoregulatory role of thidiazuron: Metabolomics-guided hypothesis generation for mechanisms of activity. Biomolecules, 19, 1253. doi:10.3390/biom10091253  (IF 4.65)

Forsyth, JA, Erland, LAE, Shipley, PR, Murch SJ* 2020. Plant Perception of Light: The role of indoleamines in Scutellaria species. Melatonin Research 3:2. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32794/mr11250054.

Erland, LAE, Turi, CE, Saxena, PK, Murch, SJ* 2020. Metabolomics and hormonomics to crack the code of filbert growth. Metabolomics 16:62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-020-01684-0 (IF 3.63)

Monthony, AS, Baethke, K, Erland, LAE, Murch SJ*. 2020. Tools for conservation of Balsamorhiza delatoidea and Balsamorhiza sagittata: Karrikin and thidiazuron induce growth. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Plant. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-019-10052-0 (IF 1.057).

Erland, LAE, Saxena, PK*. 2019. Auxin driven indoleamine biosynthesis and the role of tryptophan as an inductive signal in Hypericum perforatum (L.). PlosONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223878 (IF 2.776).

Erland, LAE, Yasunaga, A, Li, TS, Murch, SJ, Saxena, PK*. 2019. Direct visualization of location and uptake of applied melatonin and serotonin in living tissues and their redistribution in plants in response to thermal stress. Journal of Pineal Research. doi: 10.1111/jpi12527. (IF 15.221)

Erland, LAE, Shukla, MR, Singh, AS, Murch, SJ, Saxena, PK*. 2018. Melatonin and serotonin mediators in the symphony of plant morphogenesis. J Pineal Res 64(2):e12452 (IF 15.221)

 Chattopadhyay, A, Erland, LAE, Jones, AMP, Saxena, PK*. 2018. Indoleamines and phenylpropanoids modify development in the bryophyte Plagiomnium cuspidatum(Hedw.) T.J. Kop. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol – Plant. 54(4):454-464.  (IF. 1.057)

Erland, LAE, Shukla, MR, Glover, WB, Saxena, PK*. 2017. A simple and efficient method for the determination of plant growth regulating compounds in diverse plant species and tissues. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult. 131(3):459-470. (IF 2.004)

Sherif, SM, Erland, LA, Shukla MR, Saxena PK. 2017. Bark and wood tissues of American elm exhibit distinct responses to Dutch elm disease. Sci Rep. 7:7114 (IF 4.122)

Erland, LAE, Saxena, PK*. 2017. Melatonin natural health products and supplements –significant variability of melatonin and serotonin content. J Clin Sleep Med. 13(2):275-281.(IF 3.396) 

Erland, LAE, Chattopadhyay, A, Jones, AMP, Saxena, PK*. 2016. Melatonin in plants and plant culture systems: variability, stability and efficient quantification. Front Plant Sci 7:1721. (IF 4.928)

 Erland, LAE, Bitcon, CR, Lemke, AD, Mahmoud, SS*. 2016. Antifungal screening of lavender essential oils and essential oil constituents on three post-harvest fungal pathogens. Nat Prod Comm. 11:1-5. (IF 4.298)

Erland, LAE, Rheault, MR, Mahmoud, SS*. 2015. Insecticidal and oviposition deterrent effects of commercial essential oils and their constituents against the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii. Crop Prot. 28, 20-26. (IF 2.149) 

Erland, LAE, Mahmoud, SS*. 2014. An efficient method for regeneration of lavandin (Lavandulax intermediacv. 'Grosso'). In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Plant. 50(5), 646-654.  (IF. 1.057)

Demissie ZA, Erland LAE, Rheault MR, Mahmoud SS*. 2013. The biosynthetic origin of irregular monoterpenes in Lavandula: isolation and biochemical characterization of a novel cis prenyl diphosphate synthase gene - lavandulyl diphosphate synthase. J Biol Chem. 288, 6333-6341. (IF 4.011)

Reviews

Murch, SJ, Erland, LAE*. 2021. A Systematic Review of Melatonin in Plants: An example of evolution of literature. Front Plant Sci, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.683047

Erland, LAE, Saxena PK*. 2018. Melatonin in morphogenesis. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol – Plant. 54:3-24. (IF. 1.057)

Erland, LAE, Saxena, PK, Murch, SJ*. 2018. Melatonin in plant signaling and behavior. Func Plant Biol. 45(2):58-69. (IF 2.083)

 Erland, LAE, Turi, CE, Saxena PK*. 2016. Serotonin: An ancient molecule and important regulator of modern plant processes. Biotechnol Adv. 34:1347-1361. (IF 11.452)

 Erland, LAE, Murch, SJ, Saxena, PK*. 2015. A new balancing act: The many roles of melatonin and serotonin in plant growth and development. Plant Signal Behav. 10(11), e1096469. (Not Indexed)

Book Chapters

Erland L.A.E. 2020 Seeing is Believing: Quantum Dot Visualization Provides New Insights into Indoleamine Signalling Networks. In: Baluška F., Mukherjee S., Ramakrishna A. (eds) Neurotransmitters in Plant Signaling and Communication. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54478-2_1

Erland LAE, Saxena PK. 2019. Melatonin and serotonin in plant morphogenesis and development. In: Neurotransmitters in plants: Possible physiological functions. Ed. Ramakrishna, A and Roshchina, V.V. Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), USA 57-70. 

Erland LAE, Turi CE, Saxena PK. 2019. Serotonin in plants: origin, functions and implications. In: Serotonin – the mediator that spans evolution. Ed. Pilowsky, P., Academic Press. 23-46.

Erland LAE, Saxena PK. 2019. Mammalian neurotransmitters are important signals mediating plant morphogenesis. In: Sensory Biology of Plants. Ed. Sopory. 411-449.

 Erland LAE, Mahmoud SS. 2015. Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia). In: Essential oils in food flavour, preservation and safety. Ed. Preedy, V, Academic Press. 501-508.

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) one of the first plants melatonin was measured in.