Katherine Esau

Research.com Recognitions

• 1989 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her distinguished service to the American community of plant biologists, and for the excellence of her pioneering research, both basic and applied, on plant structure and development, which has spanned more than six decades; for her superlative performance as an educator, in the classroom and through her books; for the encouragement and inspiration she has given to a legion of young, aspiring plant biologists; and for providing a special role model for women in science.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
• 1964 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1957 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1940 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1940 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Anatomy of seed plants

  Katherine Esau

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• AN EVALUATION OF STUDIES ON ULTRASTRUCTURE OF TONOPLAST IN SIEVE ELEMENTS.

  Katherine Esau;Vernon I. Cheadle

  352
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• Vascular differentiation in plants

  Katherine Esau

  324
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• Origin and development of primary vascular tissues in seed plants

  Katherine Esau

  265
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• A staining combination for phloem and contiguous tissues.

  Vernon I. Cheadle;Ernest M. Gifford;Katherine Esau

  228
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• Development and structure of the phloem tissue. II.

  Katherine Esau

  209
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• Phloem structure in the grapevine and its seasonal changes

  Katherine Esau

  204
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• Tubular and fibrillar components of mature and differentiating sieve elements.

  James Cronshaw;Katherine Esau

  196
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• Ontogeny of the vascular bundle in Zea Mays

  Katherine Esau

  190
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• Relation of tobacco mosaic virus to the host cells.

  Katherine Esau;James Cronshaw

  174
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• P protein in the phloem of Cucurbita. I. The development of P-protein bodies.

  James Cronshaw;Katherine Esau

  153
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• Relation of beet yellows virus to the phloem and to movement in the sieve tube

  K. Esau;J. Cronshaw;L. L. Hoefert

  150
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• Tubular components in cells of healthy and tobacco mosaic virus-infected Nicotiana

  K. Esau;J. Cronshaw

  145
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• Anatomic effects of the viruses of Pierce’s disease and phony peach

  Katherine Esau

  131
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• SIEVE PLATE PORES AND PLASMODESMATA, THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS OF THE SYMPLAST: ULTRASTRUCTURAL ASPECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL RELATIONS

  Katherine Esau;Jennifer Thorsch

  130
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• Anatomy of Plant Virus Infections

  K Esau

  130
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• Development of Sieve-Plate Pores

  Katherine Esau;V. I. Cheadle;E. B. Risley

  120
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• Ontogeny and structure of the phloem of tobacco

  Katherine Esau

  117
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• Development of infection with beet western yellows virus in the sugarbeet.

  Katherine Esau;Katherine Esau;Lynn L. Hoefert;Lynn L. Hoefert

  113
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• Ultrastructure of potato leaf phloem infected with potato leafroll virus.

  Sally Shepardson;Katherine Esau;Richard McCrum

  113
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