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David F. Hildebrand is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions focus on plant science, biochemistry, pollution, molecular biology, and food science, with particular attention to lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, soybean genetics and cultivation, seed germination and physiology, plant stress responses and tolerance, heavy metals in the environment, plant genetic and mutation studies, and legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.

Recent publications by Hildebrand include studies across various peer-reviewed journals that illustrate diverse aspects of plant physiology and agricultural science. The following are selected papers demonstrating the range of their work:

  • "Optimized gamma radiation produces physiological and morphological changes that improve seed yield in wheat," 2022, published in Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants
  • "Late-Season Nitrogen Applications Increase Soybean Yield and Seed Protein Concentration," 2021, published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Different acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferases vary widely in function, and a targeted amino acid substitution enhances oil accumulation," 2022, published in Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Temperature Limits for Seed Germination in Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)," 2022, published in Crops
  • "Comparative morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits in sensitive and tolerant maize genotypes in response to salinity and pb stress," 2024, published in Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Hildebrand include:

  • Mohammad Fazel Soltani Gishini
  • Abbas Alemzadeh
  • Pradeep Kachroo
  • Marzieh Shabani
  • Robert L. Geneve

Key publication venues where Hildebrand's work has appeared include:

  • Crops
  • Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Evidence Supporting a Role of Jasmonic Acid in Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence

    Yuehui He;Hirotada Fukushige;David F. Hildebrand;Susheng Gan

  • Design and construction of a versatile system for the expression of foreign genes in plants.

    Christopher L. Schardl;Alfred D. Byrd;Gary Benzion;Mitchell A. Altschuler

  • The Electronic Plant Gene Register

    Matthias Schmidt;Juergen Feierabend;Ya-Hsuan Hsu;Kin-Ying To

  • Involvement of Phospholipase D in Wound-Induced Accumulation of Jasmonic Acid in Arabidopsis

    Cunxi Wang;Christopher A. Zien;Meshack Afitlhile;Ruth Welti

  • Plastidial Fatty Acid Signaling Modulates Salicylic Acid– and Jasmonic Acid–Mediated Defense Pathways in the Arabidopsis ssi2 Mutant

    Aardra Kachroo;Ludmila Lapchyk;Hirotada Fukushige;David Hildebrand

  • Lipid-derived signals that discriminate wound- and pathogen-responsive isoprenoid pathways in plants: methyl jasmonate and the fungal elicitor arachidonic acid induce different 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase genes and antimicrobial isoprenoids in Solanum tuberosum L.

    Doil Choi;Richard M. Bostock;Sergei Avdiushko;David F. Hildebrand

  • The Arabidopsis stearoyl-acyl carrier protein-desaturase family and the contribution of leaf isoforms to oleic acid synthesis.

    Aardra Kachroo;John Shanklin;Edward Whittle;Ludmila Lapchyk

  • Activation of a Stress-Responsive Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Induces the Biosynthesis of Ethylene in Plants

    Cha Young Kim;Yidong Liu;Eleanor T. Thorne;Heping Yang

  • Oleic acid levels regulated by glycerolipid metabolism modulate defense gene expression in Arabidopsis

    Aardra Kachroo;Srivathsa C. Venugopal;Ludmila Lapchyk;Deane Falcone

  • The soybean 94-kilodalton vegetative storage protein is a lipoxygenase that is localized in paraveinal mesophyll cell vacuoles.

    Timothy J. Tranbarger;Vincent R. Franceschi;David F. Hildebrand;Howard D. Grimes

  • DGAT1, DGAT2 and PDAT Expression in Seeds and Other Tissues of Epoxy and Hydroxy Fatty Acid Accumulating Plants

    Runzhi Li;Keshun Yu;David F. Hildebrand

  • A procedure for plant regeneration from immature cotyledon tissue of soybean

    Paul A. Lazzeri;David F. Hildebrand;Glenn B. Collins

  • Recovery of primary transformants of soybean.

    W. A. Parrott;L. M. Hoffman;D. F. Hildebrand;E. G. Williams

  • Effects of some natural volatile compounds on the pathogenic fungiAlternaria alternata andBotrytis cinerea.

    Hamilton-Kemp Tr;McCracken Ct;Loughrin Jh;Andersen Ra

  • Soybean somatic embryogenesis: Effects of hormones and culture manipulations

    Paul A. Lazzeri;David F. Hildebrand;Glenn B. Collins

  • OPTIMIZATION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND EMBRYO GERMINATION IN SOYBEAN

    W. A. Parrott;G. Dryden;S. Vogt;D. F. Hildebrand

  • Peroxidative Responses of Leaves in Two Soybean Genotypes Injured by Twospotted Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)

    D. F. Hildebrand;J. G. Rodriguez;G. C. Brown;K. T. Luu

  • Vernonia DGATs increase accumulation of epoxy fatty acids in oil

    Runzhi Li;Keshun Yu;Tomoko Hatanaka;David F. Hildebrand

  • Agrobacterium induced gall formation in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and formation of shoot-like structures expressing introduced genes

    W. Liu;W. A. Parrott;D. F. Hildebrand;G. B. Collins

  • An Intact Cuticle in Distal Tissues Is Essential for the Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance in Plants

    Ye Xia;Qing-Ming Gao;Keshun Yu;Ludmila Lapchyk

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn B. Collins
Glenn B. Collins University of Kentucky
Wayne A. Parrott
Wayne A. Parrott University of Georgia
Pradeep Kachroo
Pradeep Kachroo University of Kentucky
Xuemin Wang
Xuemin Wang University of Missouri–St. Louis
Aardra Kachroo
Aardra Kachroo University of Kentucky
Timothy D. Phillips
Timothy D. Phillips Texas A&M University
Daniel F. Klessig
Daniel F. Klessig Boyce Thompson Institute
Arthur G. Hunt
Arthur G. Hunt University of Kentucky
Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Joseph Kuć
Joseph Kuć University of Kentucky

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