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Overview

George J. Wagner is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Within these broader areas, their work addresses various subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Food Science, and Biochemistry.

Their recent publications include the paper titled "Patterns of inheritance of acylsugar acyl groups in selected interspecific hybrids of genus Nicotiana" published in 2020 in the Journal of Plant Research. Another publication is "Exploring the Potential of Artemisia Annua for Therapeutic Uses in Heated Tobacco Devices," which appeared in 2025 in the Journal of Herbs Spices & Medicinal Plants.

George J. Wagner frequently collaborates with several researchers such as Antoaneta B. Mihaylova-Kroumova, Victor Korenkov, Ivan Artiouchine, and Jeffrey Kinney. These partnerships have contributed to the body of work across their research topics and publication venues.

The scientist's studies cover key topics including:

  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Herbal Medicine Research Studies

Their work has appeared notably in these venues:

  • Journal of Plant Research
  • Journal of Herbs Spices & Medicinal Plants

Best Publications

  • Accumulation of Cadmium in Crop Plants and Its Consequences to Human Health

    George J. Wagner

  • New approaches for studying and exploiting an old protuberance, the plant trichome.

    G. J. Wagner;E. Wang;R. W. Shepherd

  • Subcellular Localization of Cadmium and Cadmium-Binding Peptides in Tobacco Leaves: Implication of a Transport Function for Cadmium-Binding Peptides

    Regina Vögeli-Lange;George J. Wagner

  • Secreting glandular trichomes: more than just hairs

    George J. Wagner

  • Expression of arabidopsis CAX2 in tobacco. Altered metal accumulation and increased manganese tolerance.

    Kendal D. Hirschi;Victor D. Korenkov;Nathaniel L. Wilganowski;George J. Wagner

  • Suppression of a P450 hydroxylase gene in plant trichome glands enhances natural-product-based aphid resistance

    Erming Wang;Rui Wang;Rui Wang;Joseph DeParasis;John H. Loughrin;John H. Loughrin

  • Cadmium transport across tonoplast of vesicles from oat roots. Evidence for a Cd2+/H+ antiport activity.

    D E Salt;G J Wagner

  • Metabolic pathways as enzyme complexes: evidence for the synthesis of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids on membrane associated enzyme complexes.

    Geza Hrazdina;George J. Wagner

  • Enhancing tonoplast Cd/H antiport activity increases Cd, Zn, and Mn tolerance, and impacts root/shoot Cd partitioning in Nicotiana tabacum L.

    Victor Korenkov;Kendal Hirschi;James D. Crutchfield;George J. Wagner

  • Relationships between Cadmium, Zinc, Cd-Peptide, and Organic Acid in Tobacco Suspension Cells

    Rachel M. Krotz;Bill P. Evangelou;George J. Wagner

  • Large-Scale Isolation of Intact Vacuoles and Isolation of Chloroplasts from Protoplasts of Mature Plant Tissues

    George J. Wagner;H. W. Siegelman

  • Phylloplanins of Tobacco Are Defensive Proteins Deployed on Aerial Surfaces by Short Glandular Trichomes

    Ryan W. Shepherd;W. Troy Bass;Robert L. Houtz;George J. Wagner

  • Elucidation of the functions of genes central to diterpene metabolism in tobacco trichomes using posttranscriptional gene silencing.

    Erming Wang;George J. Wagner

  • Critical Review of the Scienceand Options for Reducing Cadmium in Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L. ) and Other Plants

    N Lugon-Moulin;M Zhang;F Gadani;L Rossi

  • Relationship between cadmium, glutathione and cadmium-binding peptides (phytochelatins) in leaves of intact tobacco seedlings

    Regina Vögeli-Lange;George J. Wagner

  • Enhanced Cd2+-selective root-tonoplast-transport in tobaccos expressing Arabidopsis cation exchangers

    V. Koren'kov;S. Park;N. H. Cheng;N. H. Cheng;C. Sreevidya;C. Sreevidya

  • Direct demonstration of duvatrienediol biosynthesis in glandular heads of tobacco trichomes.

    Carolyn K. Keene;George J. Wagner

  • Inducible Cadmium Binding Complexes of Cabbage and Tobacco

    George J. Wagner;Melvin M. Trotter

  • Different elongation pathways in the biosynthesis of acyl groups of trichome exudate sugar esters from various solanaceous plants

    Antoaneta B. Kroumova;George J. Wagner

  • Variation in cadmium accumulation potential and tissue distribution of cadmium in tobacco.

    George J. Wagner;Ricky Yeargan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kendal D. Hirschi
Kendal D. Hirschi Baylor College of Medicine
Arthur G. Hunt
Arthur G. Hunt University of Kentucky
Susheng Gan
Susheng Gan Cornell University
Brian King
Brian King Texas A&M University
Paul M. Bertsch
Paul M. Bertsch University of Queensland
Jerome A. Schiff
Jerome A. Schiff Brandeis University

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