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David A. Lightfoot is affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions to Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work includes studies in several main topics:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Edible Oils Quality and Analysis

Recent publications by David A. Lightfoot cover a range of subjects in agriculture and plant sciences. Representative papers include:

  • "Molecular studies for drought tolerance in some Egyptian wheat genotypes under different irrigation systems" (2020, Open Agriculture)
  • "Genome Wide MeDIP-Seq Profiling of Wild and Cultivated Olives Trees Suggests DNA Methylation Fingerprint on the Sensory Quality of Olive Oil" (2021, Plants)
  • "First draft genome assembly of the Argane tree (Argania spinosa)" (2020, F1000Research)
  • "EMS-Induced Mutagenesis of Clostridium carboxidivorans for Increased Atmospheric CO2 Reduction Efficiency and Solvent Production" (2020, Microorganisms)
  • "Synthesis of climate and ecological science to support grassland management priorities in the North Central Region" (2023, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Oussama Badad
  • Naoufal Lakhssassi
  • Jonas Meksem
  • Turgay Ünver
  • Khalid Meksem

David A. Lightfoot's publications often appear in a core set of venues, which include:

  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Open Agriculture
  • Plants
  • F1000Research

Best Publications

  • Plant Receptor-Like Serine Threonine Kinases: Roles in Signaling and Plant Defense

    Ahmed J. Afzal;Andrew J. Wood;David A. Lightfoot

  • Active principle from Moringa oleifera Lam leaves effective against two leukemias and a hepatocarcinoma

    Mutasim M. Khalafalla;Eltayb Abdellatef;Hussain Mohammed Dafalla;Amr A. Nassrallah

  • Global agricultural intensification during climate change: a role for genomics.

    Michael Terence Abberton;Jacqueline Batley;Jacqueline Batley;Alison bentley;John Bryant

  • Genome of wild olive and the evolution of oil biosynthesis

    Turgay Unver;Zhangyan Wu;Lieven Sterck;Mine Turktas

  • ‘Forrest’ Resistance to the Soybean Cyst Nematode Is Bigenic: Saturation Mapping of the Rhg1 and Rhg4 Loci

    K. Meksem;P. Pantazopoulos;V.N. Njiti;L.D. Hyten

  • Effect of high temperature on grain filling period, yield, amylose content and activity of starch biosynthesis enzymes in endosperm of basmati rice

    Nisar Ahmed;Ian J Tetlow;Sehar Nawaz;Ahsan Iqbal

  • Conversion of AFLP bands into high-throughput DNA markers.

    K. Meksem;E. Ruben;D. L. Hyten;K. Triwitayakorn

  • Quantitative trait loci in two soybean recombinant inbred line populations segregating for yield and disease resistance

    J. Yuan;V. N. Njiti;K. Meksem;M. J. Iqbal

  • Domestication footprints anchor genomic regions of agronomic importance in soybeans.

    Yingpeng Han;Xue Zhao;Dongyuan Liu;Yinghui Li

  • High temperature effects on photosynthate partitioning and sugar metabolism during ear expansion in maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes

    Ryuichi Suwa;Hiroaki Hakata;Hiromichi Hara;Hany A. El-Shemy

  • An updated ‘Essex’ by ‘Forrest’ linkage map and first composite interval map of QTL underlying six soybean traits

    M. A. Kassem;J. Shultz;J. Shultz;K. Meksem;Y. Cho

  • A BAC- and BIBAC-Based Physical Map of the Soybean Genome

    Chengcang Wu;Shuku Sun;Padmavathi Nimmakayala;Felipe A. Santos

  • Common loci underlie field resistance to soybean sudden death syndrome in Forrest, Pyramid, Essex, and Douglas.

    V. N. Njiti;K. Meksem;M. J. Iqbal;J. E. Johnson

  • Microsatellite markers identify three additional quantitative trait loci for resistance to soybean sudden-death syndrome (SDS) in Essex × Forrest RILs

    M. J. Iqbal;K. Meksem;V. N. Njiti;My. A. Kassem

  • Expression of the bacterial gdhA gene encoding a NADPH glutamate dehydrogenase in tobacco affects plant growth and development

    Rafiqa Ameziane;Karen Bernhard;David Lightfoot

  • The chloroplast-located glutamine synthetase of Phaseolus vulgaris L.: nucleotide sequence, expression in different organs and uptake into isolated chloroplasts.

    David A. Lightfoot;Nicola K. Green;Julie V. Cullimore

  • Metabolite fingerprinting in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum altered by the Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase gene.

    R. Mungur;A. D. M. Glass;D. B. Goodenow;David A. Lightfoot

  • Selecting Soybean Cultivars for Dual Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode and Sudden Death Syndrome Using Two DNA Markers

    R. R. Prabhu;V. N. Njiti;B. Bell-Johnson;J. E. Johnson

  • cDNA sequence and differential expression of the gene encoding the glutamine synthetase γ polypeptide ofPhaseolus vulgaris L.

    Malcolm J. Bennett;David A. Lightfoot;Julie V. Cullimore

  • The development of BAC-end sequence-based microsatellite markers and placement in the physical and genetic maps of soybean

    Jeffry L. Shultz;Samreen Kazi;Rabia Bashir;Jawaad A. Afzal

Frequent Co-Authors

Khalid Meksem
Khalid Meksem Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Nacer Bellaloui
Nacer Bellaloui Agricultural Research Service
Peter M. Gresshoff
Peter M. Gresshoff University of Queensland
Dechun Wang
Dechun Wang Michigan State University
Matt Geisler
Matt Geisler Southern Illinois University Carbondale
David L. Hyten
David L. Hyten University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Hong-Bin Zhang
Hong-Bin Zhang Texas A&M University
Christopher D. Town
Christopher D. Town J. Craig Venter Institute
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne

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