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Lee A. Hadwiger is a researcher affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their scientific work focuses primarily on areas related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular expertise in Plant Science.

The scholar's research spans several specialized topics, including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Hadwiger has published in the journal Molecules, which is also a frequent venue for their work. A notable paper from 2020 is titled "Nonhost Disease Resistance in Pea: Chitosan's Suggested Role in DNA Minor Groove Actions Relative to Phytoalexin-Eliciting Anti-Cancer Compounds," published in Molecules. This publication contributes to the understanding of disease resistance mechanisms in plants and links them with biochemical interactions relevant to plant defense.

Their research has not been extensively co-authored, as no frequent collaborators have been identified. Hadwiger's work remains concentrated on individual or limited collaborative efforts within their field.

Best Publications

  • The fungicidal effect of chitosan on fungi of varying cell wall composition

    Carolyn R. Allan;Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Characterization of the smallest chitosan oligomer that is maximally antifungal to Fusarium solani and elicits pisatin formation in Pisum sativum

    David F. Kendra;Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Chitosan as a Component of Pea-Fusarium solani Interactions

    Lee A. Hadwiger;Jean M. Beckman

  • Ethylene: Symptom, Not Signal for the Induction of Chitinase and β-1,3-Glucanase in Pea Pods by Pathogens and Elicitors

    Felix Mauch;Lee A. Hadwiger;Thomas Boller

  • Antifungal Hydrolases in Pea Tissue: I. Purification and Characterization of Two Chitinases and Two β-1,3-Glucanases Differentially Regulated during Development and in Response to Fungal Infection

    Felix Mauch;Lee A. Hadwiger;Thomas Boller

  • Multiple effects of chitosan on plant systems: solid science or hype.

    Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Chitosans and pectic polysaccharides both induce the accumulation of the antifungal phytoalexin pisatin in pea pods and antinutrient proteinase inhibitors in tomato leaves

    Mary Walker-Simmons;Lee Hadwiger;Clarence A. Ryan

  • Chitosan oligomers from Fusarium solani/pea interactions, chitinase/β-glucanase digestion of sporelings and from fungal wall chitin actively inhibit fungal growth and enhance disease resistance☆

    David F. Kendra;David Christian;Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Chitosan Both Activates Genes in Plants and Inhibits RNA Synthesis in Fungi

    L. A. Hadwiger;D. F. Kendra;B. W. Fristensky;W. Wagoner

  • cDNA sequences for pea disease resistance response genes.

    Brian Fristensky;Daniel Horovitz;Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Constitutive expression of pea defense gene DRR206 confers resistance to blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) disease in transgenic canola (Brassica napus)

    Yaping Wang;Goska Nowak;David Culley;Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Ultraviolet Light-induced Formation of Pisatin and Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase.

    Lee A. Hadwiger;Martin E. Schwochau

  • Localization of Fungal Components in the Pea-Fusarium Interaction Detected Immunochemically with Anti-chitosan and Anti-fungal Cell Wall Antisera.

    Lee A. Hadwiger;Jean M. Beckman;Michael J. Adams

  • Molecular Communication in Host-Parasite Interactions: Hexosamine Polymers (Chitosan) as Regulator Compounds in Race-Specific and Other Interactions

    Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Comparison of proteinase inhibitor-inducing activities and phytoalexin elicitor activities of a pure fungal endopolygalacturonase, pectic fragments, and chitosans.

    Mary Walker-Simmons;Donald Jin;Charles A. West;Lee Hadwiger

  • Chitosan polymer sizes effective in inducing phytoalexin accumulation and fungal suppression are verified with synthesized oligomers

    L. A. Hadwiger;T. Ogawa;H. Kuyama

  • Glycosidic Enzyme Activity in Pea Tissue and Pea-Fusarium solani Interactions

    Everett J. Nichols;Jean M. Beckman;Lee A. Hadwiger

  • Specificity of deoxyribonucleic Acid intercalating compounds in the control of phenylalanine ammonia lyase and pisatin levels.

    Lee A. Hadwiger;Martin E. Schwochau

  • Enzymatic formation of beta-cyanoalanine from cyanide.

    H. G. Floss;L. Hadwiger;E. E. Conn

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of a pea chitinase gene expressed in response to wounding, fungal infection and the elicitor chitosan.

    Ming-Mei Chang;Daniel Horovitz;David Culley;Lee A. Hadwiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Felix Mauch
Felix Mauch Technical University of Munich
Clarence A. Ryan
Clarence A. Ryan Washington State University
Thomas Boller
Thomas Boller University of Basel
Steven J. Klosterman
Steven J. Klosterman Agricultural Research Service
M. K. Walker-Simmons
M. K. Walker-Simmons United States Department of Agriculture
Klaus Hahlbrock
Klaus Hahlbrock Max Planck Society
Joachim Schröder
Joachim Schröder University of Freiburg
James J. Polashock
James J. Polashock US Department of Agriculture

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