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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
50
Citations
7945
World Ranking
2181
National Ranking
175

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Gibberellin, Botany, Biochemistry, Pisum and Metabolism are his primary areas of study. His research on Gibberellin focuses in particular on Gibberella fujikuroi. His study focuses on the intersection of Botany and fields such as Hormone with connections in the field of Phaseolus and Thin-layer chromatography.

His Pisum study combines topics in areas such as Molecular biology and Sativum. The various areas that Jake MacMillan examines in his Sativum study include Metabolite and Abscisic acid. His Mutant research integrates issues from Hydroxylation, Mutation, Stereochemistry, Gibberellin metabolism and Stem elongation.

His most cited work include:

  • Internode length in Pisum (286 citations)
  • Occurrence of Gibberellins in Vascular Plants, Fungi, and Bacteria. (233 citations)
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Gibberellins in Vegetative Shoots of Normal, dwarf-1, dwarf-2, dwarf-3, and dwarf-5 Seedlings of Zea mays L. (168 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Gibberellin, Stereochemistry, Biochemistry, Botany and Gibberella fujikuroi. His Gibberellin research incorporates elements of Biosynthesis, Mutant, Chromatography, Organic chemistry and Metabolism. His Stereochemistry study incorporates themes from Ring, Cucurbita maxima and Hydroxylation.

His work in the fields of Enzyme, Endosperm and Kaurenoic acid overlaps with other areas such as Monoclonal antibody and Gibberellic acid. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Kovats retention index, Endogeny and Abscisic acid. His studies in Gibberella fujikuroi integrate themes in fields like Strain, Fungus and Gibberellin biosynthesis.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Gibberellin (73.47%)
  • Stereochemistry (34.18%)
  • Biochemistry (28.57%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1986-2010)?

  • Gibberellin (73.47%)
  • Biochemistry (28.57%)
  • Botany (24.49%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Jake MacMillan mainly focuses on Gibberellin, Biochemistry, Botany, Stereochemistry and Biosynthesis. His study in Gibberellin is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Chromatography, Kovats retention index, Shoot and Metabolism. His Endosperm, Enzyme and Mutant study in the realm of Biochemistry interacts with subjects such as Monoclonal antibody.

His work deals with themes such as Endogeny and Abscisic acid, which intersect with Botany. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Gibberella fujikuroi, Zea mays and Diterpene biosynthesis. The Biosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Hormone, Pisum and Terpenoid.

Between 1986 and 2010, his most popular works were:

  • Occurrence of Gibberellins in Vascular Plants, Fungi, and Bacteria. (233 citations)
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Gibberellins in Vegetative Shoots of Normal, dwarf-1, dwarf-2, dwarf-3, and dwarf-5 Seedlings of Zea mays L. (168 citations)
  • Biosynthesis of the gibberellin plant hormones (122 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

Jake MacMillan spends much of his time researching Gibberellin, Botany, Biochemistry, Biosynthesis and Kovats retention index. Jake MacMillan has researched Gibberellin in several fields, including Pisum, Mutant, Molecular biology, Endogeny and Shoot. Many of his research projects under Botany are closely connected to Bacteria with Bacteria, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.

In general Biochemistry, his work in Enzyme and Metabolism is often linked to Gibberellic acid linking many areas of study. His Biosynthesis study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Complementary DNA, Endosperm and Hormone. In Kovats retention index, he works on issues like Quantitative analysis, which are connected to Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and Mass spectrometry.

Best Publications

  • Occurrence of Gibberellins in Vascular Plants, Fungi, and Bacteria.

    Jake MacMillan

  • Internode length in Pisum

    Timothy J. Ingram;Timothy J. Ingram;James B. Reid;Ian C. Murfet;Paul Gaskin

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Gibberellins in Vegetative Shoots of Normal, dwarf-1, dwarf-2, dwarf-3, and dwarf-5 Seedlings of Zea mays L.

    Shozo Fujioka;Hisakazu Yamane;Clive R. Spray;Paul Gaskin

  • The dominant non-gibberellin-responding dwarf mutant (D8) of maize accumulates native gibberellins.

    Shozo Fujioka;Hisakazu Yamane;Clive R. Spray;Masayuki Katsumi

  • Biosynthesis of the gibberellin plant hormones

    Jake MacMillan

  • Internode length in Zea mays L. : The dwarf-1 mutation controls the 3β-hydroxylation of gibberellin A20 to gibberellin A 1.

    Clive Spray;Bernard O. Phinney;Paul Gaskin;Sarah J. Gilmour

  • Plant hormones—VIII

    R. Binks;J. MacMillan;R.J. Pryce

  • Thin Layer Chromatography of the Gibberellins

    J. Macmillan;P. J. Suter

  • The dwarf-1 (dt) Mutant of Zea mays blocks three steps in the gibberellin-biosynthetic pathway.

    Clive R. Spray;Masatomo Kobayashi;Yoshihito Suzuki;Bernard O. Phinney

  • Proposed procedure for the allocation of trivial names to the gibberellins.

    J MacMillan;N Takahashi

  • The quantitative relationship between gibberellin A1 and internode growth in Pisum sativum L.

    T. J. Ingram;J. B. Reid;J. MacMillan

  • Qualitative and quantitative analyses of gibberellins throughout seed maturation in Pisum sativum cv. Progress No. 9.

    Valerie M. Frydman;Paul Gaskin;Jake MacMillan

  • Plant hormones—I: Isolation of gibberellin A1 and gibberellin A5 from Phaseolus multiflorus

    J. MacMillan;J.C. Seaton;P.J. Suter

  • Internode length in Pisum. Estimation of GA1 levels in genotypes Le, le and led

    John J. Ross;James B. Reid;Paul Gaskin;Jake MacMillan

  • “Parafilm”: A convenient source of n-alkane standards for the determination of gas chromatographic retention indices

    P. Gaskin;J. MacMillan;R.D. Firn;R.J. Pryce

  • Gibberellin A3 Is Biosynthesized from Gibberellin A20 via Gibberellin A5 in Shoots of Zea mays L.

    Shozo Fujioka;Hisakazu Yamane;Clive R. Spray;Bernard O. Phinney

  • Investigation of gibberellins and other growth substances in the seed of Phaseolus multiflorus and of Phaseolus vulgaris by gas chromatography and by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

    R.C. Durley;J. MacMillan;R.J. Pryce

  • Gibberellins and Other Growth Hormones in Apple Seeds

    Unknown

  • Fungal products. Part XIV. Metabolic pathways from ent-kaurenoic acid to the fungal gibberellins in mutant B1-41a of Gibberella fujikuroi

    John R. Bearder;Jake MacMillan;Bernard O. Phinney

  • Biosynthesis of gibberellins A12, A15, A24, A36, and A37 by a cell-free system from Cucurbita maxima

    Jan E. Graebe;Peter Hedden;Paul Gaskin;Jake MacMillan

  • 2.08 – Diterpene Biosynthesis

    Jake MacMillan;Michael H. Beale

  • Plant hormones-III. Identification of gibberellic acid in immature barley and immature grass

    D.F. Jones;J. Macmillan;M. Radley

  • The occurrence of gibberellin A1 in higher plants: Isolation from the seed of runner bean (Phaseolus multiflorus)

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard O. Phinney
Bernard O. Phinney University of California, Los Angeles
Michael H. Beale
Michael H. Beale Rothamsted Research
Christine L. Willis
Christine L. Willis University of Bristol
Peter Hedden
Peter Hedden Rothamsted Research
Thomas J. Simpson
Thomas J. Simpson University of Bristol
Hisakazu Yamane
Hisakazu Yamane Teikyo University
James B. Reid
James B. Reid University of Tasmania
Masatomo Kobayashi
Masatomo Kobayashi RIKEN BioResource Research Center
David M. Reid
David M. Reid University of Calgary

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