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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
59
Citations
15131
World Ranking
1257
National Ranking
106

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Biochemistry
  • Xylem

Her primary areas of study are Botany, Xylem, Nutrient, Mucilage and Zea mays. Her research on Botany often connects related topics like Sucrose. Her research in Xylem intersects with topics in Parenchyma, Root system and Cell biology.

Margaret E. McCully has researched Mucilage in several fields, including Root cap and Agronomy. Her work carried out in the field of Root cap brings together such families of science as Cytoplasm, Stele and Epidermis. Her work carried out in the field of Zea mays brings together such families of science as Osmotic pressure and Whole mount.

Her most cited work include:

  • The Use of an Optical Brightener in the Study of Plant Structure (359 citations)
  • ROOTS IN SOIL: Unearthing the Complexities of Roots and Their Rhizospheres (326 citations)
  • A Nitrogen-Fixing Endophyte of Sugarcane Stems (A New Role for the Apoplast). (205 citations)

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

Her primary areas of investigation include Botany, Xylem, Zea mays, Biophysics and Root cap. In her study, Endodermis is strongly linked to Horticulture, which falls under the umbrella field of Botany. Her Xylem research includes themes of Vascular bundle, Potassium and Shoot.

Her study in Biophysics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Ultrastructure, Anatomy, Vesicle and Analytical chemistry. The various areas that Margaret E. McCully examines in her Root cap study include Epidermis and Cell biology. While the research belongs to areas of Mucilage, Margaret E. McCully spends her time largely on the problem of Agronomy, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Nutrient.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (62.16%)
  • Xylem (28.38%)
  • Zea mays (21.62%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 1998-2016)?

  • Botany (62.16%)
  • Xylem (28.38%)
  • Shoot (8.11%)

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

Margaret E. McCully focuses on Botany, Xylem, Shoot, Horticulture and Root system. Her studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Extracellular matrix, Crop and Field crop. Her Xylem study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Zea mays, Osmotic pressure and Mucilage.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Poaceae and Polysaccharide. Her Shoot study combines topics in areas such as Phosphorus, Nutrient and Palisade cell. Margaret E. McCully has included themes like Dry weight, Proteaceae and Phosphorus metabolism in her Nutrient study.

Between 1998 and 2016, her most popular works were:

  • ROOTS IN SOIL: Unearthing the Complexities of Roots and Their Rhizospheres (326 citations)
  • Tissue and cellular phosphorus storage during development of phosphorus toxicity in Hakea prostrata (Proteaceae) (123 citations)
  • Root Xylem Embolisms and Refilling. Relation to Water Potentials of Soil, Roots, and Leaves, and Osmotic Potentials of Root Xylem Sap (107 citations)

Best Publications

  • Polychromatic staining of plant cell walls by toluidine blue O

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  • The Use of an Optical Brightener in the Study of Plant Structure

    J. Hughes;Margaret E. McCully

  • ROOTS IN SOIL: Unearthing the Complexities of Roots and Their Rhizospheres

    Margaret E. McCully

  • A Nitrogen-Fixing Endophyte of Sugarcane Stems (A New Role for the Apoplast).

    Zhongmin Dong;Martin J. Canny;Margaret E. McCully;Maria Regla Roboredo

  • A critical evaluation of the specificity of aniline blue induced fluorescence

    M. M. Smith;M. E. McCully

  • FORMATION AND STABILIZATION OF RHIZOSHEATHS OF ZEA MAYS L. : EFFECT OF SOIL WATER CONTENT

    Michelle Watt;Margaret E. McCully;Martin J. Canny

  • Pathways and processes of water and nutrient movement in roots

    M. E. McCully;M. J. Canny

  • Tissue and cellular phosphorus storage during development of phosphorus toxicity in Hakea prostrata (Proteaceae)

    Michael W. Shane;Margaret E. McCully;Hans Lambers

  • How Do Real Roots Work? (Some New Views of Root Structure).

    M. McCully

  • The expansion of maize root‐cap mucilage during hydration. 3. Changes in water potential and water content

    M. E. McCully;J. S. Boyer

  • The rhizosphere in Zea: new insight into its structure and development.

    J. Vermeer;M. E. McCully

  • A histological study of lateral root initiation and development in Zea mays

    J. K. Bell;Margaret E. McCully

  • Niches for bacterial endophytes in crop plants: a plant biologist's view

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  • Root Xylem Embolisms and Refilling. Relation to Water Potentials of Soil, Roots, and Leaves, and Osmotic Potentials of Root Xylem Sap

    Margaret E. McCully

  • Plant and bacterial mucilages of the maize rhizosphere: Comparison of their soil binding properties and histochemistry in a model system

    M. Watt;M. E. McCully;C. E. Jeffree

  • The Study of Plant Structure. Principles and Selected Methods.

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  • Daily embolism and refilling of xylem vessels in the roots of field-grown maize.

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  • Living Vessel Elements in the Late Metaxylem of Sheathed Maize Roots

    G. St. Aubin;M. J. Canny;M. E. McCully

  • Types, structure and potential for axial water flow in the deepest roots of field-grown cereals.

    Michelle Watt;Linda J. Magee;Margaret E. McCully

  • Planing frozen hydrated plant specimens for SEM observation and EDX microanalysis

    Cheng X. Huang;Martin J. Canny;Kenneth Oates;Margaret E. McCully

  • Flavonoids Synthesized in Cortical Cells During Nodule Initiation Are Early Developmental Markers in White Clover

    Ulrike Mathesius;Cathy Bayliss;Jeremy J. Weinman;Helmi R. M. Schlaman

  • Localisation of translocated 14C in roots and root exudates of field-grown maize

    M. E. McCully;M. J. Canny

  • Pathways and processes of water and nutrient movement in roots

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  • DoesAcetobacter diazotrophicusLive and Move in the Xylem of Sugarcane Stems? Anatomical and Physiological Data

    Z Dong;M.E McCULLY;M.J Canny

  • THE HISTOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION OF THE STRUCTURAL POLYSACCHARIDES OF SEAWEEDS

    Margaret E. McCully

  • Hitological studies on the genus Fucus. 3. Fine structure and possible functions of the epidermal cells of the vegetative thallus.

    Margaret E. Mccully

  • Low temperature embedding in glycol methacrylate for enzyme histochemistry in plant and animal tissues.

    Anne E. Ashford;William G. Allaway;Margaret E. Mccully

  • The water status of the roots of soil‐grown maize in relation to the maturity of their xylem

    X.-L. Wang;M. J. Canny;M. E. McCully

  • Mucilage production by wounded xylem tissue of maize roots — time course and stimulus

    Laura J. Crews;Margaret E. McCully;Martin J. Canny

  • Water efflux from the surface of field‐grown grass roots. Observations by cryo‐scanning electron microscopy

    M. E. McCully

  • Accumulation of potassium by differentiating metaxylem elements of maize roots

    M. E. McCully;M. J. Canny;R. F. M. Steveninck

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle Watt
Michelle Watt University of Melbourne
Ulrike Mathesius
Ulrike Mathesius Australian National University
Barry G. Rolfe
Barry G. Rolfe Australian National University
Michael A. Djordjevic
Michael A. Djordjevic Australian National University
Herman P. Spaink
Herman P. Spaink Leiden University
Michael W. Shane
Michael W. Shane University of Western Australia
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
John S. Boyer
John S. Boyer University of Missouri

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