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Elison B. Blancaflor is affiliated with the Noble Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Soil Science, Geophysics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Reproductive Biology, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement.

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by Elison B. Blancaflor are:

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs (2020, New Phytologist)
  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements (2021, New Phytologist)
  • RhizoVision Crown: An Integrated Hardware and Software Platform for Root Crown Phenotyping (2020, Plant Phenomics)
  • Imaging of plant current pathways for non-invasive root Phenotyping using a newly developed electrical current source density approach (2020, Plant and Soil)
  • The ARP2/3 complex, acting cooperatively with Class I formins, modulates penetration resistance in Arabidopsis against powdery mildew invasion (2021, The Plant Cell)

Elison B. Blancaflor has published frequently in a range of scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Sabrina Chin
  • J. Alan Sparks
  • Bibi Rafeiza Khan
  • Xuefeng Ma
  • Simon Gilroy

Best Publications

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Overexpression of WXP1, a putative Medicago truncatula AP2 domain-containing transcription factor gene, increases cuticular wax accumulation and enhances drought tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa).

    Ji-Yi Zhang;Corey D. Broeckling;Elison B. Blancaflor;Mary K. Sledge

  • Root Traits and Phenotyping Strategies for Plant Improvement

    Ana Paez-Garcia;Christy M. Motes;Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible;Rujin Chen

  • Colocalization of l-Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase and Cinnamate 4-Hydroxylase for Metabolic Channeling in Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis

    Lahoucine Achnine;Elison B. Blancaflor;Susanne Rasmussen;Richard A. Dixon

  • Plant Gravitropism. Unraveling the Ups and Downs of a Complex Process

    Elison B. Blancaflor;Patrick H. Masson

  • Mapping the Functional Roles of Cap Cells in the Response of Arabidopsis Primary Roots to Gravity

    Elison B. Blancaflor;Jeremiah M. Fasano;Simon Gilroy

  • Medicago truncatula and Glomus intraradices gene expression in cortical cells harboring arbuscules in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    S Karen Gomez;Hélène Javot;Hélène Javot;Prasit Deewatthanawong;Ivone Torres-Jerez

  • Microtubules regulate tip growth and orientation in root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tatiana N. Bibikova;Elison B. Blancaflor;Simon Gilroy

  • Auxin, actin and growth of the Arabidopsis thaliana primary root

    Abidur Rahman;Alex Bannigan;Waheeda Sulaman;Priit Pechter

  • Changes in root cap pH are required for the gravity response of the Arabidopsis root.

    Jeremiah M. Fasano;Sarah J. Swanson;Elison B. Blancaflor;Peter E. Dowd

  • Spatial coordination of aluminium uptake, production of reactive oxygen species, callose production and wall rigidification in maize roots.

    D. L. Jones;E. B. Blancaflor;L. V. Kochian;S. Gilroy

  • Alterations in the Cytoskeleton Accompany Aluminum-Induced Growth Inhibition and Morphological Changes in Primary Roots of Maize

    Elison B. Blancaflor;David L. Jones;Simon Gilroy

  • Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis PHT4 family of intracellular phosphate transporters

    B. Guo;Y. Jin;C. Wussler;E. B. Blancaflor

  • Cytoplasmic free Ca2+ in Arabidopsis roots changes in response to touch but not gravity.

    V Legué;E Blancaflor;C Wymer;G Perbal

  • TCP1 modulates brassinosteroid biosynthesis by regulating the expression of the key biosynthetic gene DWARF4 in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Zhongxin Guo;Shozo Fujioka;Elison B. Blancaflor;Sen Miao

  • Improved imaging of actin filaments in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing a green fluorescent protein fusion to the C- and N-termini of the fimbrin actin-binding domain 2.

    Yuhâ€Shuh Wang;Cheolâ€Min Yoo;Elison B. Blancaflor

  • The tobacco mosaic virus 126-kilodalton protein, a constituent of the virus replication complex, alone or within the complex aligns with and traffics along microfilaments.

    Jian-Zhong Liu;Elison B. Blancaflor;Richard S. Nelson

  • Functional analysis of the cellulose synthase-like genes CSLD1, CSLD2, and CSLD4 in tip-growing Arabidopsis cells.

    Adriana J. Bernal;Cheol-Min Yoo;Marek Mutwil;Jakob Kriiger Jensen

  • The potato virus X TGBp2 movement protein associates with endoplasmic reticulum-derived vesicles during virus infection

    Ho-Jong Ju;Timmy D. Samuels;Yuh-Shuh Wang;Elison Blancaflor

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent D. Chapman
Kent D. Chapman University of North Texas
Simon Gilroy
Simon Gilroy University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Kirankumar S. Mysore
Kirankumar S. Mysore Oklahoma State University
Lloyd W. Sumner
Lloyd W. Sumner University of Missouri
Sivakumar Pattathil
Sivakumar Pattathil University of Georgia
Michael G. Hahn
Michael G. Hahn University of Georgia
Richard S. Nelson
Richard S. Nelson Oklahoma State University
Michael K. Udvardi
Michael K. Udvardi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zeng-Yu Wang
Zeng-Yu Wang Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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