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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
47
Citations
7881
World Ranking
2545
National Ranking
630

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 1983 - Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry

His main research concerns Botany, Endophyte, Agronomy, Ergovaline and Festuca arundinacea. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Ecology and Host. His Endophyte study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Neotyphodium, Loline alkaloid, Herbivore, Aphid and Lolium.

His research in Loline alkaloid intersects with topics in Epichloë coenophiala and Festuca. His biological study deals with issues like Fungal endophyte, which deal with fields such as Ecosystem structure, Climate change and Ecosystem. His Ergovaline research focuses on Endocrinology and how it connects with Artery and Toxicity.

His most cited work include:

  • Bioprotective Alkaloids of Grass-Fungal Endophyte Symbioses (380 citations)
  • Fungal endophyte-infected grasses: Alkaloid accumulation and aphid response. (336 citations)
  • Contribution of Fungal Loline Alkaloids to Protection from Aphids in a Grass-Endophyte Mutualism (208 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Lowell P. Bush mainly focuses on Botany, Agronomy, Endophyte, Animal science and Ergovaline. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Epichloë, Nitrosamine and Nicotiana tabacum. While the research belongs to areas of Endophyte, Lowell P. Bush spends his time largely on the problem of Loline alkaloid, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Festuca and Epichloë coenophiala.

As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Animal science, concentrating on Acremonium coenophialum and frequently concerns with Litter. His work carried out in the field of Ergovaline brings together such families of science as Endocrinology and Lysergic acid. Lowell P. Bush has researched Alkaloid in several fields, including Biochemistry and Nicotine.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (34.81%)
  • Agronomy (25.19%)
  • Endophyte (22.22%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2019)?

  • Ergovaline (18.52%)
  • Botany (34.81%)
  • Endocrinology (10.37%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Ergovaline, Botany, Endocrinology, Biochemistry and Animal science. His Ergovaline research includes elements of Vasoconstriction, Lysergic acid, Agronomy and Lolium. His Botany study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Epichloë.

His Biochemistry study combines topics in areas such as Nornicotine, Nicotine and Toxicity. His Animal science study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Fescue toxicosis, Rumen, Blood flow and Respiration rate. His Endophyte research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Neotyphodium, Loline alkaloid, Host, Litter and Festuca arundinacea.

Between 2007 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Effects of multiple climate change factors on the tall fescue-fungal endophyte symbiosis: infection frequency and tissue chemistry (68 citations)
  • Hemodynamics are altered in the caudal artery of beef heifers fed different ergot alkaloid concentrations. (56 citations)
  • Alkaloids may not be responsible for endophyte‐associated reductions in tall fescue decomposition rates (55 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry

His scientific interests lie mostly in Ergovaline, Endocrinology, Lysergic acid, Endophyte and Ergocristine. His Ergovaline research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Artery and Caudal artery. His studies deal with areas such as Hemodynamics and Anatomy as well as Endocrinology.

As part of the same scientific family, Lowell P. Bush usually focuses on Lysergic acid, concentrating on Vasoconstriction and intersecting with Myograph. His work deals with themes such as Lolium, Agronomy, Incubation and Loline alkaloid, which intersect with Endophyte. Festuca arundinacea is a subfield of Botany that Lowell P. Bush explores.

Best Publications

  • Bioprotective Alkaloids of Grass-Fungal Endophyte Symbioses

    L. P. Bush;H. H. Wilkinson;C. L. Schardl

  • Fungal endophyte-infected grasses: Alkaloid accumulation and aphid response.

    M. R. Siegel;G. C. M. Latch;L. P. Bush;F. F. Fannin

  • Contribution of Fungal Loline Alkaloids to Protection from Aphids in a Grass-Endophyte Mutualism

    Heather H. Wilkinson;Malcolm R. Siegel;Jimmy D. Blankenship;Allison C. Mallory

  • A fungal endophyte in tall fescue: incidence and dissemination

    M. R. Siegel;M. C. Johnson;D. R. Varney;W. C. Nesmith

  • Interaction of environmental temperature and anti-quality factors on the severity of summer fescue toxicosis.

    R. W. Hemken;J. A. Boling;L. S. Bull;R. H. Hatton

  • Different levels of protective alkaloids in grasses with stroma-forming and seed-transmitted Epichloë/Neotyphodium endophytes

    A. Leuchtmann;D. Schmidt;L. P. Bush

  • Chemistry, occurrence and biological effects of saturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids associated with endophyte-grass interactions

    L.P. Bush;F.F. Fannin;M.R. Siegel;D.L. Dahlman

  • Production of loline alkaloids by the grass endophyte, Neotyphodium uncinatum, in defined media.

    Jimmy D Blankenship;Martin J Spiering;Heather H Wilkinson;Franklin F Fannin

  • Defensive chemicals in grass-fungal endophyte associations.

    Malcolm R. Siegel;Lowell P. Bush

  • Nicotine Biosynthetic Enzyme Activities in Nicotiana tabacum L. Genotypes with Different Alkaloid Levels.

    Joseph W. Saunders;Lowell P. Bush

  • Effects of multiple climate change factors on the tall fescue-fungal endophyte symbiosis: infection frequency and tissue chemistry

    Glade B. Brosi;Rebecca L. McCulley;Lowell P. Bush;Jim A. Nelson

  • Hemodynamic responses of the caudal artery to toxic tall fescue in beef heifers.

    G. E. Aiken;B. H. Kirch;J. R. Strickland;L. P. Bush

  • Genetic Engineering of Nicotiana tabacum for Reduced Nornicotine Content

    Lily B. Gavilano;Nicholas P. Coleman;Leigh-Emma Burnley;Melissa L. Bowman

  • Effects of fertilizer, fungal endophytes and plant cultivar on the performance of insect herbivores and their natural enemies

    Jochen Krauss;Simone A. Härri;Lowell Bush;René Husi

  • Summer fescue toxicosis in lactating dairy cows and sheep fed experimental strains of ryegrass-tall fescue hybrids.

    Hemken Rw;Bull Ls;Boling Ja;Kane E

  • A fungal endophyte of tall fescue: evaluation of control methods.

    M. R. Siegel;D. R. Varney;M. C. Johnson;W. C. Nesmith

  • Effect of a fungal endophyte on the growth and survival of two Euplectrus parasitoids

    Thomas L. Bultman;Kristin L. Borowicz;Robert M. Schneble;Thomas A. Coudron

  • Hemodynamics are altered in the caudal artery of beef heifers fed different ergot alkaloid concentrations.

    G. E. Aiken;J. R. Strickland;M. L. Looper;L. P. Bush

  • Peramine alkaloid variation in Neotyphodium-infected Arizona fescue: effects of endophyte and host genotype and environment.

    Stanley H. Faeth;Lowell P. Bush;T. J. Sullivan

  • Alkaloids may not be responsible for endophyte‐associated reductions in tall fescue decomposition rates

    Jacob A. Siegrist;Rebecca L. McCulley;Lowell P. Bush;Tim D. Phillips

  • Performance of lactating dairy cows fed tall fescue forage.

    S.R. Strahan;R.W. Hemken;J.A. Jackson;R.C. Buckner

  • Distribution of tobacco constituents in tobacco leaf tissue. 1. Tobacco-specific nitrosamines, nitrate, nitrite, and alkaloids

    Harold R. Burton;Naewanna K. Dye;Lowell P. Bush

  • RNA interference (RNAi)‐induced suppression of nicotine demethylase activity reduces levels of a key carcinogen in cured tobacco leaves

    Ramsey S. Lewis;Anne M. Jack;Jerry W. Morris;Vincent J. M. Robert

  • Study of nicotine demethylation in Nicotiana otophora

    Ralph L. Chelvarajan;Franklin F. Fannin;Lowell P. Bush

  • Toxin Production in Grass/Endophyte Associations

    M. R. Siegel;L. P. Bush

Frequent Co-Authors

Malcolm R. Siegel
Malcolm R. Siegel University of Kentucky
R.W. Hemken
R.W. Hemken University of Kentucky
David L. Harmon
David L. Harmon University of Kentucky
Kyle R. McLeod
Kyle R. McLeod University of Kentucky
Claudio M. Ghersa
Claudio M. Ghersa University of Buenos Aires
Christopher L. Schardl
Christopher L. Schardl University of Kentucky
Rebecca L. McCulley
Rebecca L. McCulley University of Kentucky
James A. Boling
James A. Boling University of Kentucky
Pedro E. Gundel
Pedro E. Gundel University of Talca
Robert J. Harmon
Robert J. Harmon University of Kentucky

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