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Kevin M. Davies is affiliated with Plant & Food Research in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work integrates multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology.

The research topics covered by Davies focus on Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Plant tissue culture and regeneration.

The scientist has published a number of papers, some of the recent ones include:

  • The Evolution of Flavonoid Biosynthesis: A Bryophyte Perspective (2020), Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Evolution and function of red pigmentation in land plants (2022), Annals of Botany

Kevin M. Davies frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Nick W. Albert, Kathy E. Schwinn, Yanfei Zhou, John L. Bowman, and Rubina Jibran.

The venues in which Davies publishes often include New Phytologist, GEN Edge, Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Experimental Botany, and The Plant Cell. Among these, New Phytologist is the most frequent publication venue.

Best Publications

  • Plant phenolics: recent advances on their biosynthesis, genetics, and ecophysiology.

    Véronique Cheynier;Gilles Comte;Kevin M. Davies;Vincenzo Lattanzio

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • A Conserved Network of Transcriptional Activators and Repressors Regulates Anthocyanin Pigmentation in Eudicots

    Nick W. Albert;Nick W. Albert;Nick W. Albert;Kevin M. Davies;David H. Lewis;Huaibi Zhang

  • A small family of MYB-regulatory genes controls floral pigmentation intensity and patterning in the genus Antirrhinum

    Kathy Schwinn;Julien Venail;Yongjin Shang;Yongjin Shang;Steve Mackay

  • Members of an R2R3‐MYB transcription factor family in Petunia are developmentally and environmentally regulated to control complex floral and vegetative pigmentation patterning

    Nick W. Albert;Nick W. Albert;David H. Lewis;Huaibi Zhang;Kathy E. Schwinn

  • Insight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida.

    Aureliano Bombarely;Michel Moser;Avichai Moshe Amrad;Manzhu Bao

  • Light-induced vegetative anthocyanin pigmentation in Petunia

    Nick W. Albert;David H. Lewis;Huaibi Zhang;Louis J. Irving

  • From landing lights to mimicry: the molecular regulation of flower colouration and mechanisms for pigmentation patterning

    Kevin M. Davies;Nick W. Albert;Kathy E. Schwinn

  • Enhancing anthocyanin production by altering competition for substrate between flavonol synthase and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase.

    Kevin M. Davies;Kathy E. Schwinn;Simon C. Deroles;David G. Manson

  • The molecular basis for venation patterning of pigmentation and its effect on pollinator attraction in flowers of Antirrhinum

    Yongjin Shang;Yongjin Shang;Julien Venail;Steve Mackay;Paul C. Bailey

  • The maize Lc regulatory gene up‐regulates the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway of Petunia

    J. Marie Bradley;Kevin M. Davies;Simon C. Deroles;Stephen J. Bloor

  • A manually annotated Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis (kiwifruit) genome highlights the challenges associated with draft genomes and gene prediction in plants

    Sarah M. Pilkington;Ross Crowhurst;Elena Hilario;Simona Nardozza

  • Transcriptional regulation of secondary metabolism

    Kevin M Davies;Kathy E Schwinn

  • The Evolution of Flavonoid Biosynthesis: A Bryophyte Perspective.

    Kevin M. Davies;Rubina Jibran;Yanfei Zhou;Nick W. Albert

  • Identification of cDNA clones for tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) mRNAs that accumulate during fruit ripening and leaf senescence in response to ethylene.

    Kevin M. Davies;Don Grierson

  • New insight into the structures and formation of anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions in flower petals

    Huaibi Zhang;Lei Wang;Simon Deroles;Raymond Bennett

  • Identification of Mendel's White Flower Character

    Roger P. Hellens;Carol Moreau;Kui Lin-Wang;Kathy E. Schwinn

  • Production of yellow colour in flowers: redirection of flavonoid biosynthesis in Petunia

    Kevin M. Davies;Stephen J. Bloor;Gayle B. Spiller;Simon C. Deroles

  • Differential Expression of Two 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Oxidase Genes in Broccoli after Harvest

    B J Pogson;C G Downs;K M Davies

  • Molecular biology and biotechnology of flavonoid biosynthesis.

    Kevin M. Davies;Kathy E. Schwinn

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathy E. Schwinn
Kathy E. Schwinn Plant & Food Research
Andrew C. Allan
Andrew C. Allan Plant & Food Research
Roger P. Hellens
Roger P. Hellens Queensland University of Technology
Cathie Martin
Cathie Martin Norwich Research Park
Paula E. Jameson
Paula E. Jameson University of Canterbury
Richard V. Espley
Richard V. Espley Plant & Food Research
Kevin S. Gould
Kevin S. Gould Victoria University of Wellington
Tony K. McGhie
Tony K. McGhie Plant & Food Research
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Donald Grierson
Donald Grierson Zhejiang University

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