Dr Matthew Wilson

Journal articles

• Wilson MJ, McGregor S, Durney CH, Tomkins M, Armand J, Smith RS, Gray JE, Morris RJ & Fleming AJ (2025) Symplastic guard cell connections buffer pressure fluctuations to promote stomatal function in grasses. New Phytologist, 246(1), 192-203. View this article in WRRO
• Sloan J, Wang S, Ngai QY, Xiao Y, Armand J, Wilson MJ, Zhu X & Fleming AJ (2023) Conserved cellular patterning in the mesophyll of rice leaves. Plant Direct, 7(12). View this article in WRRO
• Durney CH, Wilson MJ, McGregor S, Armand J, Smith RS, Gray JE, Morris RJ & Fleming AJ (2023) Grasses exploit geometry to achieve improved guard cell dynamics. Current Biology, 33(13), 2814-2822.e4. View this article in WRRO
• Sloan JM, Mujab AAM, Mashitah J, Zulkarami B, Wilson MJ, Toh LS, Nur Zahirah AJ, Afiq K, Asyraf AT, Zhu X-G , Yaapar N et al (2023) Elevated CO2 priming as a sustainable approach to increasing rice tiller number and yield potential. Rice, 16. View this article in WRRO
• Wilson MJ, Fradera‐Soler M, Summers R, Sturrock CJ & Fleming AJ (2021) Ploidy influences wheat mesophyll cell geometry, packing and leaf function. Plant Direct, 5(4).
• 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

Preprints

• White E, Wilson MJ, Summers R, Uauy C & Fleming A (2025) The cellular architecture of wheat leaves supports a conservation of spatial patterning of the mesophyll in grasses, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Jen S, Saranrat I-C, Ngai QY, Yi X, Jodie A, Wilson MJ, Xin-Guang Z & Fleming AJ (2022) Stomatal density affects rice mesophyll cell size and shape and modulates a conserved pattern of cells through the leaf, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.