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Barry J. Shelp

Barry J. Shelp

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
11656
World Ranking
14403
National Ranking
505

Overview

Barry J. Shelp is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has contributed extensively to the agricultural and biological sciences. Their research largely focuses on plant science, with particular attention to topics such as GABA and rice research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and plant physiology and cultivation studies. Other areas of study include plant genetic and mutation studies, flowering plant growth and cultivation, growth and nutrition in plants, as well as medicinal plants and neuroprotection.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Barry J. Shelp are:

  • γ-Aminobutyrate (GABA) Regulated Plant Defense: Mechanisms and Opportunities (2021), published in Plants
  • Does the GABA Shunt Regulate Cytosolic GABA? (2020), published in Trends in Plant Science
  • Glutamate decarboxylase-1 is essential for efficient acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to nutritional phosphorus deprivation (2023), published in New Phytologist
  • γ-Aminobutyrate Improves the Postharvest Marketability of Horticultural Commodities: Advances and Prospects (2022), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Further optimization of macronutrient delivery for subirrigated greenhouse-grown chrysanthemums: calcium and magnesium (2020), published in Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Barry J. Shelp has collaborated frequently with other researchers. The most common co-authors include Edward J. Flaherty, Gordon J. Hoover, Alyna J. Donetz, Katherine R. Teeter-Wood, and Morteza Soleimani Aghdam.

Their work has been published predominantly in the Canadian Journal of Plant Science, with additional publications in journals such as Plants, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Trends in Plant Science, and New Phytologist.

Barry J. Shelp's main field of study is categorized broadly under agricultural and biological sciences. Within this, subfields include:

  • Plant Science
  • Food Science
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Their main topics of work cover areas such as:

  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
  • Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
  • Growth and nutrition in plants
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection

Best Publications

  • Metabolism and functions of gamma-aminobutyric acid

    Barry J Shelp;Alan W Bown;Michael D McLean

  • Boron mobility in plants

    Patrick H. Brown;Barry J. Shelp

  • The Metabolism and Functions of [gamma]-Aminobutyric Acid.

    Alan W. Bown;Barry J. Shelp

  • Hypothesis/review: contribution of putrescine to 4-aminobutyrate (GABA) production in response to abiotic stress.

    Barry J. Shelp;Gale G. Bozzo;Christopher P. Trobacher;Adel Zarei

  • GABA controls the level of quorum-sensing signal in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

    Romain Chevrot;Ran Rosen;Elise Haudecoeur;Amélie Cirou

  • Calcium/Calmodulin Activation of Soybean Glutamate Decarboxylase.

    W. A. Snedden;T. Arazi;H. Fromm;B. J. Shelp

  • Plant GABA: Not Just a Metabolite

    Alan W. Bown;Barry J. Shelp

  • Physiology and biochemistry of boron in plants

    B. J. Shelp

  • Gamma-aminobutyrate: defense against invertebrate pests?

    Alan W. Bown;Kennaway B. MacGregor;Barry J. Shelp

  • Molecular and biochemical analysis of calmodulin interactions with the calmodulin-binding domain of plant glutamate decarboxylase.

    Tzahi Arazi;Gideon Baum;Wayne A. Snedden;Barry J. Shelp

  • γ-Hydroxybutyrate accumulation in Arabidopsis and tobacco plants is a general response to abiotic stress: putative regulation by redox balance and glyoxylate reductase isoforms

    Wendy L. Allan;Jeffrey P. Simpson;Shawn M. Clark;Barry J. Shelp

  • Increased nitrogen-use efficiency in transgenic rice plants over-expressing a nitrogen-responsive early nodulin gene identified from rice expression profiling.

    Yong-Mei Bi;Surya Kant;Joseph Clark;Satinder Gidda

  • Extracellular γ-Aminobutyrate Mediates Communication between Plants and Other Organisms

    Barry J. Shelp;Alan W. Bown;Denis Faure

  • Compartmentation of GABA metabolism raises intriguing questions

    Barry J. Shelp;Robert T. Mullen;Jeffrey C. Waller

  • Proline antagonizes GABA-induced quenching of quorum-sensing in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

    E. Haudecoeur;S. Planamente;A. Cirou;M. Tannières

  • Identification and characterization of GABA, proline and quaternary ammonium compound transporters from Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Kevin E. Breitkreuz;Kevin E. Breitkreuz;Barry J. Shelp;Wolf N. Fischer;Rainer Schwacke

  • A Novel γ-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase IDENTIFICATION AND EXPRESSION OF AN ARABIDOPSIS cDNA AND POTENTIAL ROLE UNDER OXYGEN DEFICIENCY

    Kevin E. Breitkreuz;Wendy L. Allan;Owen R. Van Cauwenberghe;Cornelis Jakobs

  • Boron mobility in plants

    Barry J. Shelp;Eduardo Marentes;Alice M. Kitheka;Pathmanathan Vivekanandan

  • Biochemical characterization, mitochondrial localization, expression, and potential functions for an Arabidopsis γ-aminobutyrate transaminase that utilizes both pyruvate and glyoxylate

    Shawn M. Clark;Rosa Di Leo;Preetinder K. Dhanoa;Owen R. Van Cauwenberghe

  • 4-Aminobutyrate (GABA): a metabolite and signal with practical significance

    Barry J. Shelp;Alan W. Bown;Adel Zarei

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer R. DeEll
Jennifer R. DeEll Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Craig A. Atkins
Craig A. Atkins University of Western Australia
Robert T. Mullen
Robert T. Mullen University of Guelph
John S. Pate
John S. Pate University of Western Australia
David B. Layzell
David B. Layzell University of Calgary
Hillel Fromm
Hillel Fromm Tel Aviv University
Doris Rentsch
Doris Rentsch University of Bern
Steven J. Rothstein
Steven J. Rothstein University of Guelph
David T. Canvin
David T. Canvin Queen's University
Jonathan A. Newman
Jonathan A. Newman Wilfrid Laurier University

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