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  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Katrien M. Devos is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their specialized areas include plant science, agronomy and crop science, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics covered in Katrien M. Devos's work include bioenergy crop production and management, forest biomass utilization and management, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, biofuel production and bioconversion, plant gene expression analysis, chromosomal and genetic variations, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Among Katrien M. Devos's recent scholarly contributions are the following publications:

  • Genome analyses reveal population structure and a purple stigma color gene candidate in finger millet, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass, 2021, Nature
  • Aegilops tauschii genome assembly Aet v5.0 features greater sequence contiguity and improved annotation, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Genome of Paspalum vaginatum and the role of trehalose mediated autophagy in increasing maize biomass, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A rapid thioacidolysis method for biomass lignin composition and tricin analysis, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels

Katrien M. Devos has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Thomas H. Pendergast, Peng Qi, Bochra A. Bahri, Ali Missaoui, and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen.

The scientist has published extensively in certain venues, prominently in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Nature Communications, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, and Horticulture Research.

Katrien M. Devos received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • ‘Green revolution’ genes encode mutant gibberellin response modulators

    Jinrong Peng;Donald E. Richards;Nigel M. Hartley;George P. Murphy

  • Cereal Genome Evolution: Grasses, line up and form a circle

    G. Moore;K.M. Devos;Z. Wang;M.D. Gale

  • Comparative genetics in the grasses

    Michael D. Gale;Katrien M. Devos

  • Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria

    Jeffrey L Bennetzen;Jeremy Schmutz;Hao Wang;Ryan Percifield;Ryan Percifield

  • Genome size reduction through illegitimate recombination counteracts genome expansion in Arabidopsis.

    Katrien M. Devos;James K.M. Brown;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • The use of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers in wheat

    K. M. Devos;M. D. Gale

  • Mechanisms of recent genome size variation in flowering plants.

    Jeffrey L. Bennetzen;Jianxin Ma;Katrien M. Devos

  • Genome sequence of the progenitor of the wheat D genome Aegilops tauschii

    Ming-Cheng Luo;Yong Q Gu;Daniela Puiu;Hao Wang

  • Genome Relationships: The Grass Model in Current Research

    Katrien M. Devos;Mike D. Gale

  • Analyses of LTR-Retrotransposon Structures Reveal Recent and Rapid Genomic DNA Loss in Rice

    Jianxin Ma;Katrien M. Devos;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Plant comparative genetics after 10 years.

    M. D. Gale;K. M. Devos

  • Chromosomal rearrangements in the rye genome relative to that of wheat

    Katrien M. Devos;Mark D Atkinson;C. N. Chinoy;H. A. Francis

  • Grasses, line up and form a circle

    G. Moore;K. M. Devos;Z. Wang;M. D. Gale

  • Comparative genetics in the grasses.

    Katrien M. Devos;Michael D. Gale

  • Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

    Rajeev K Varshney;Chengcheng Shi;Mahendar Thudi;Cedric Mariac

  • Rapid reorganization of resistance gene homologues in cereal genomes

    Dario Leister;Joachim Kurth;David A. Laurie;Masahiro Yano

  • Foxtail Millet: A Sequence-Driven Grass Model System

    Andrew N. Doust;Elizabeth A. Kellogg;Katrien M. Devos;Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

  • Structural evolution of wheat chromosomes 4A, 5A, and 7B and its impact on recombination

    K. M. Devos;J. Dubcovsky;J. Dvořák;C. N. Chinoy

  • Updating the 'crop circle'.

    Katrien M Devos

  • Comparative RFLP maps of the homoeologous group-2 chromosomes of wheat, rye and barley.

    K. M. Devos;T. Millan;M. D. Gale

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike D. Gale
Mike D. Gale Norwich Research Park
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen University of Georgia
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis
Chunji Liu
Chunji Liu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
E. Charles Brummer
E. Charles Brummer University of California, Davis
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Elizabeth A. Kellogg Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Ming-Cheng Luo
Ming-Cheng Luo University of California, Davis
Graham Moore
Graham Moore John Innes Centre
Jan Dvorak
Jan Dvorak University of California, Davis
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy

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