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47614
World Ranking
671
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339

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James J. Giovannoni is affiliated with the Boyce Thompson Institute in the United States. They have contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on plant science and molecular biology.

The scientist's work spans numerous topics related to plant biology, including:

  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

James J. Giovannoni has frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • The Plant Cell
  • Scientific Reports

Recent publications include:

  • "Phytohormones in fruit development and maturation," 2020, The Plant Journal
  • "The NAC transcription factor FaRIF controls fruit ripening in strawberry," 2021, The Plant Cell
  • "SlERF.F12 modulates the transition to ripening in tomato fruit by recruiting the co-repressor TOPLESS and histone deacetylases to repress key ripening genes," 2022, The Plant Cell
  • "Genome of Solanum pimpinellifolium provides insights into structural variants during tomato breeding," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A tomato LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES transcription factor, SlLOB1, predominantly regulates cell wall and softening components of ripening," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Zhangjun Fei
  • Julia Vrebalov
  • Yimin Xu
  • Xin Wang
  • Lukas A. Mueller

James J. Giovannoni's research primarily fits within the fields of:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their work covers subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Insect Science
  • Genetics

The scientist has been recognized with several awards including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013 and elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • High density molecular linkage maps of the tomato and potato genomes.

    S D Tanksley;M W Ganal;J P Prince;M C de Vicente

  • Genetic regulation of fruit development and ripening

    James J. Giovannoni

  • A naturally occurring epigenetic mutation in a gene encoding an SBP-box transcription factor inhibits tomato fruit ripening.

    Kenneth Manning;Mahmut Tör;Mervin Poole;Yiguo Hong

  • A MADS-box gene necessary for fruit ripening at the tomato ripening-inhibitor (rin) locus.

    Julia Vrebalov;Julia Vrebalov;Diane Ruezinsky;Veeraragavan Padmanabhan;Ruth White;Ruth White

  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF FRUIT MATURATION AND RIPENING.

    Jim Giovannoni

  • Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species

    Seungill Kim;Minkyu Park;Seon In Yeom;Yong Min Kim

  • Genomic analyses provide insights into the history of tomato breeding

    Tao Lin;Guangtao Zhu;Junhong Zhang;Xiangyang Xu

  • Genetics and Control of Tomato Fruit Ripening and Quality Attributes

    Harry J Klee;James J Giovannoni

  • The draft genome of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions

    Shaogui Guo;Shaogui Guo;Jianguo Zhang;Jianguo Zhang;Honghe Sun;Honghe Sun;Jerome Salse

  • iTAK: A Program for Genome-wide Prediction and Classification of Plant Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Regulators, and Protein Kinases.

    Yi Zheng;Chen Jiao;Honghe Sun;Hernan G. Rosli

  • An Ethylene-Inducible Component of Signal Transduction Encoded by Never-ripe

    Jack Q. Wilkinson;Michael B. Lanahan;Hsiao-Ching Yen;James J. Giovannoni

  • Single-base resolution methylomes of tomato fruit development reveal epigenome modifications associated with ripening

    Silin Zhong;Zhangjun Fei;Zhangjun Fei;Yun-Ru Chen;Yi Zheng

  • The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor.

    Lei Gao;Itay Gonda;Itay Gonda;Honghe Sun;Qiyue Ma

  • Ethylene and Fruit Ripening

    Cornelius S. Barry;James J. Giovannoni;James J. Giovannoni

  • Transcriptome and selected metabolite analyses reveal multiple points of ethylene control during tomato fruit development.

    Rob Alba;Paxton Payton;Zhanjun Fei;Ryan McQuinn

  • Fruit ripening mutants yield insights into ripening control.

    James J Giovannoni

  • The never ripe mutation blocks ethylene perception in tomato.

    Michael B. Lanahan;Hsiao Ching Yen;James J. Giovannoni;Harry J. Klee

  • Expression of a chimeric polygalacturonase gene in transgenic rin (ripening inhibitor) tomato fruit results in polyuronide degradation but not fruit softening.

    James J. Giovannoni;Dean DellaPenna;Alan B. Bennett;Robert L. Fischer

  • The Tomato MADS-Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR Interacts with Promoters Involved in Numerous Ripening Processes in a COLORLESS NONRIPENING-Dependent Manner

    Catherine Martel;Julia Vrebalov;Petra Tafelmeyer;James J. Giovannoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Jocelyn K. C. Rose
Jocelyn K. C. Rose Cornell University
Gregory B. Martin
Gregory B. Martin Boyce Thompson Institute
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Lukas A. Mueller
Lukas A. Mueller Boyce Thompson Institute
Steven D. Tanksley
Steven D. Tanksley Cornell University
Sonia Osorio
Sonia Osorio University of Malaga
Harry J. Klee
Harry J. Klee University of Florida
Graham B. Seymour
Graham B. Seymour University of Nottingham
Nurit Katzir
Nurit Katzir Agricultural Research Organization

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