Publications

39. Jago, S., Elliott, K. F. V. A., Tovar, C., Soto Gomez, M., Starnes, T., Abebe, W., … & Borrell, J. S. (2024). Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity. Nature Sustainability, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01427-2

38. Jago, S., & Borrell, J. S. (2024). Agrobiodiversity conservation enables sustainable and equitable land sparing. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39(10), 877-880. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.08.009

37. Rampersad, C., Geto, T., Samuel, T., Abebe, M., Gomez, M. S., Pironon, S., … & Borrell, J. S. (2023). Indigenous crop diversity maintained despite the introduction of major global crops in an African centre of agrobiodiversity. Plants, People, Planet, 5(6), 985-996. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10407

36. White, O. W., Biswas, M. K., Abebe, W. M., Dussert, Y., Kebede, F., Nichols, R. A., … & Borrell, J. S. (2023). Maintenance and expansion of genetic and trait variation following domestication in a clonal crop. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17033

35. Chase, R. R., Buchi, L., Rodenburg, J., Roux, N., Wendawek, A., & Borrell, J. S. (2023). Smallholder farmers expand production area of the perennial crop enset as a climate coping strategy in a drought-prone indigenous agrisystem. Plants People Planet, (2023), 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10339

34. Morrow, N., Borrell, J. S., Mock, N. B., Büchi, L., Gatto, A., & Lulekal, E. (2023). Measure of indigenous perennial staple crop, Ensete ventricosum, associated with positive food security outcomes in southern Ethiopian highlands. Food Policy, 117, 102451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102451

33. Rampersad, C., Geto, T., Samuel, T., Abebe, M., Gomez, M. S., Pironon, S., … & Borrell, J. S. (2023). Indigenous crop diversity maintained despite the introduction of major global crops in an African centre of agrobiodiversity. Plants, People, Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10407

32. Ralimanana, H., Perrigo, A. L., Smith, R. J., Borrell, J. S., Faurby, S., Rajaonah, M. T., … & Antonelli, A. (2022). Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities. Science, 378(6623), eadf1466. DOI: 10.1126/science.adf1466

31. Antonelli, A., Smith, R. J., Perrigo, A. L., Crottini, A., Hackel, J., Testo, W., … & Ralimanana, H. (2022). Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use. Science, 378(6623), eabf0869. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abf0869

30. Qi, S., Twyford, A. D., Ding, J. Y., Borrell, J. S., Wang, L. Z., Ma, Y. P., & Wang, N. (2022). Natural interploidy hybridization among the key taxa involved in the origin of horticultural chrysanthemums. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 60(6), 1281-1290. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12810

29. Tamrat, S., Borrell, J. S., Shiferaw, E., Wondimu, T., Kallow, S., Davies, R. M., … & Wilkin, P. (2022). Reproductive biology of wild and domesticated Ensete ventricosum: Further evidence for maintenance of sexual reproductive capacity in a vegetatively propagated perennial crop. Plant Biology, 24(3), 482-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13390

28. Wang, L., Ding, J., Borrell, J. S., Cheek, M., McAllister, H. A., Wang, F., … & Wang, N. (2022). Molecular and morphological analyses clarify species delimitation in section Costatae and reveal Betula buggsii sp. nov.(sect. Costatae, Betulaceae) in China. Annals of Botany, 129(4), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac001

27. Nuraga, G. W., Feyissa, T., Tesfaye, K., Biswas, M. K., Schwarzacher, T., Borrell, J. S., … & Heslop-Harrison, J. S. (2022). The genetic diversity of enset (ensete ventricosum) landraces used in traditional medicine is similar to the diversity found in non-medicinal landraces. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 756182. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.756182

26. Cowell, C., Paton, A., Borrell, J. S., Williams, C., Wilkin, P., Antonelli, A., … & Kersey, P. J. (2022). Uses and benefits of digital sequence information from plant genetic resources: Lessons learnt from botanical collections. Plants, People, Planet, 4(1), 33-43.https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10216

25. Qi, S., Twyford, A.D., Ding, J.-Y., Borrell, J.S., Wang, L.-Z., Ma, Y.-P. and Wang, N. (2022), Natural interploidy hybridization among the key taxa involved in the origin of horticultural chrysanthemums. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12810

24. Koch, O., Mengesha, W. A., Pironon, S., Tim, P., Ondo, I., Rosa, I. M., … & Borrell, J. S. (2021). Modelling potential range expansion of an underutilised food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Research Letters. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac40b2/meta

23. Borrell, J.S., Gebremariam, Z. & Abebe, W.M. Utilize existing genetic diversity before genetic modification in indigenous crops. Nature Biotechnology 39, 1064–1065 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-01048-6

22. Ding, J, Hua, D, Borrell, JS, et al. Introgression between Betula tianshanica and Betula microphylla and its implications for conservation. Plants, People, Planet. (2021); 3: 363– 374. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10182

21. Nuraga, G. W., Feyissa, T., Tesfaye, K., Biswas, M., Schwarzacher, T., Borrell, J. S., … & Heslop-Harrison, J. S. (2021) The Genetic Diversity of Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Landraces Used in Traditional Medicine Is Similar to the Diversity Found in Non-medicinal Landraces. Frontiers in Plant Science, 3166.

20. Tamrat, S., Borrell, J. S., Biswas, M. K., Gashu, D., Wondimu, T., Vásquez-Londoño, C. A., … & Howes, M. J. R. (2020). Micronutrient composition and microbial community analysis across diverse landraces of the Ethiopian orphan crop enset. Food Research International, 137, 109636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109636

19. A Antonelli, R.J. Smith, C. Fry, Monique S.J. Simmonds, Paul J Kersey, et al.. State of the World’s Plants and Fungi. Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew); Sfumato Foundation. 2020. ⟨hal-02957519⟩

18. Biswas, M.K., Darbar, J.N., Borrell, J.S. et al. The landscape of microsatellites in the enset (Ensete ventricosum) genome and web-based marker resource development. Scientific Reports 10, 15312 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71984-x

17. Ulian, T, Diazgranados, M, Pironon, S, et al. Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture. Plants, People, Planet. 2020; 2: 421– 445. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10145

16. Pironon, S.; Borrell, J.S.; Ondo, I.; Douglas, R.; Phillips, C.; Khoury, C.K.; Kantar, M.B.; Fumia, N.; Soto Gomez, M.; Viruel, J.; Govaerts, R.; Forest, F.; Antonelli, A. Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity. Plants 2020, 9, 1128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091128

15. Borrell, JS, Goodwin, M, Blomme, G, et al. Enset-based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative. Plants, People, Planet. 2020; 2: 212– 228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10084

14. Borrell, J. S., Dodsworth, S., Forest, F., Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Lee, M. A., Mattana, E., … & Pironon, S. (2020). The climatic challenge: Which plants will people use in the next century?. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 170, 103872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103872

13. Borrell, JS, Zohren, J, Nichols, RA, Buggs, RJA. Genomic assessment of local adaptation in dwarf birch to inform assisted gene flow. Evolutionary Applications. 2019; 13: 161– 175. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12883

12. Pironon, S., Etherington, T.R., Borrell, J.S. et al. Potential adaptive strategies for 29 sub-Saharan crops under future climate change. Nature Climate Change. 9, 758–763 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0585-7

11. Borrell, J. S., Al Issaey, G., Lupton, D. A., Starnes, T., Al Hinai, A., Al Hatmi, S., … & Patzelt, A. (2019). Islands in the desert: environmental distribution modelling of endemic flora reveals the extent of Pleistocene tropical relict vegetation in southern Arabia. Annals of botany, 124(3), 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz085

10. Borrell, J. S., Biswas, M. K., Goodwin, M., Blomme, G., Schwarzacher, T., Heslop-Harrison, J. S., … & Wilkin, P. (2019). Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple. Annals of botany, 123(5), 747-766. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy214

9. Borrell, J.S., Wang, N., Nichols, R.A. et al. Genetic diversity maintained among fragmented populations of a tree undergoing range contraction. Heredity 121, 304–318 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0132-8

8. Scherz, M. D., Vences, M., Borrell, J., Ball, L., Herizo Nomenjanahary, D., Parker, D., … & Glaw, F. (2017). A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 93(2), 451-466. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.14906

7. Ball, L.D. and Borrell, J.S. 2016. An inventory of herpetofauna from Wadi Sayq, Dhofar, Oman. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8, 12 (Oct. 2016), 9454–9460. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2373.8.12.9454-9460

6. Zohren, J., Wang, N., Kardailsky, I., Borrell, J.S., Joecker, A., Nichols, R.A. and Buggs, R.J.A. (2016), Unidirectional diploid–tetraploid introgression among British birch trees with shifting ranges shown by restriction site-associated markers. Molecular Ecology, 25: 2413-2426. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13644

5. Ball, L., Al Fazari, W., & Borrell, J. (2015). Birds of Wadi Sayq, Dhofar, Oman: British Exploring Society expeditions January–March 2012 and 2013. Sandgrouse, 37(1), 2-12. (link)

4. Wang, N., Borrell, J. S., & Buggs, R. J. A. (2014). Is the Atkinson discriminant function a reliable method for distinguishing between Betula pendula and B. pubescens (Betulaceae)?. New Journal of Botany, 4(2), 90-94. https://doi.org/10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000044

3. Wang, N., Borrell, J.S., Bodles, W.J.A., Kuttapitiya, A., Nichols, R.A. and Buggs, R.J.A. (2014), Molecular footprints of the Holocene retreat of dwarf birch in Britain. Molecular Ecology, 23: 2771-2782. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12768

2. Borrell, J. (2014). Lessons From A Year Of Citizen Science. Human Computation, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.15346/hc.v1i2.3

1. Borrell, J. Rapid assessment protocol for pollen settling velocity: implications for habitat fragmentation, Bioscience Horizons: The International Journal of Student Research, Volume 5, (2012), hzs002, https://doi.org/10.1093/biohorizons/hzs002