Martha C. Hawes

Martha C. Hawes publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Martha C. Hawes D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• HOW ROOTS CONTROL THE FLUX OF CARBON TO THE RHIZOSPHERE

  John Farrar;Martha Hawes;Davey Jones;Steven Lindow

  585
  Citations

• The role of root border cells in plant defense

  Martha C Hawes;Uvini Gunawardena;Susan Miyasaka;Xiaowen Zhao

  477
  Citations

• Effect of Pectin Methylesterase Gene Expression on Pea Root Development

  Fushi Wen;Yanmin Zhu;Martha C. Hawes

  346
  Citations

• Extracellular proteins in pea root tip and border cell exudates.

  Fushi Wen;Hans D. VanEtten;George Tsaprailis;Martha C. Hawes

  309
  Citations

• Function of root border cells in plant health: pioneers in the rhizosphere.

  M. C. Hawes;L. A. Brigham;F. Wen;H. H. Woo

  301
  Citations

• Possible role of root border cells in detection and avoidance of aluminum toxicity.

  Susan C. Miyasaka;Martha C. Hawes

  242
  Citations

• Root Caps and Rhizosphere

  Martha C. Hawes;Glyn Bengough;Gladys Cassab;Georgina Ponce

  237
  Citations

• Extracellular DNA is required for root tip resistance to fungal infection.

  Fushi Wen;Gerard J. White;Hans D. VanEtten;Zhongguo Xiong

  216
  Citations

• Root border cells and secretions as critical elements in plant host defense.

  Azeddine Driouich;Marie Laure Follet-Gueye;Maïté Vicré-Gibouin;Martha Hawes

  194
  Citations

• Correlation of Pectolytic Enzyme Activity with the Programmed Release of Cells from Root Caps of Pea (Pisum sativum)

  Martha C. Hawes;Hao Jan Lin

  157
  Citations

• Living plant cells released from the root cap: A regulator of microbial populations in the rhizosphere?

  M. C. Hawes

  142
  Citations

• Induction of microbial genes for pathogenesis and symbiosis by chemicals from root border cells.

  Yanmin Zhu;Leland S. Pierson;Martha C. Hawes

  141
  Citations

• Differential Expression of Proteins and mRNAs from Border Cells and Root Tips of Pea

  L. A. Brigham;Ho-Hyung Woo;S. M. Nicoll;M. C. Hawes

  140
  Citations

• Tissue specific localization of root infection by fungal pathogens: role of root border cells.

  Uvini Gunawardena;Martha C. Hawes

  134
  Citations

• SLOUGHED PERIPHERAL ROOT CAP CELLS: YIELD FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES AND CALLUS FORMATION FROM SINGLE CELLS'

  Martha C. Hawes;Steven G. Pueppke

  131
  Citations

• Species-dependent effects of border cell and root tip exudates on nematode behavior.

  Xiaowen Zhao;Mark Schmitt;Martha C. Hawes

  130
  Citations

• Requirement for chemotaxis in pathogenicity of Agrobacterium tumefaciens on roots of soil-grown pea plants.

  M C Hawes;L Y Smith

  130
  Citations

• Extracellular DNA: The tip of root defenses?

  Martha C. Hawes;Gilberto Curlango-Rivera;Fushi Wen;Gerard J. White

  125
  Citations

• Root Border Cells and Their Role in Plant Defense

  Martha Hawes;Caitilyn Allen;B. Gillian Turgeon;Gilberto Curlango-Rivera

  124
  Citations

• Escaping Underground Nets: Extracellular DNases Degrade Plant Extracellular Traps and Contribute to Virulence of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum.

  Tuan Minh Tran;April M MacIntyre;Martha C Hawes;Caitilyn Allen

  120
  Citations

• Correlation of Pectin Methylesterase Activity in Root Caps of Pea with Root Border Cell Separation.

  Martha B. Stephenson;Martha C. Hawes

  113
  Citations

• Meristem-Specific Suppression of Mitosis and a Global Switch in Gene Expression in the Root Cap of Pea by Endogenous Signals

  Lindy A. Brigham;Ho-Hyung Woo;Fushi Wen;Martha C. Hawes

  106
  Citations

• Meristem-Localized Inducible Expression of a UDP-Glycosyltransferase Gene Is Essential for Growth and Development in Pea and Alfalfa

  Ho Hyung Woo;Marc J. Orbach;Ann M. Hirsch;Martha C. Hawes

  98
  Citations

• The production and release of living root cap border cells is a function of root apical meristem type in dicotyledonous angiosperm plants.

  Lesley Hamamoto;Martha C. Hawes;Thomas L. Rost

  98
  Citations

• Association between border cell responses and localized root infection by pathogenic Aphanomyces euteiches.

  Marc Antoine Cannesan;Christophe Gangneux;Arnaud Lanoue;David Giron

  97
  Citations

• Tissue-specific localization of pea root infection by Nectria haematococca. Mechanisms and consequences.

  Uvini Gunawardena;Marianela Rodriguez;David Straney;John T. Romeo

  96
  Citations

• Stimulation of border cell production in response to increased carbon dioxide levels

  Xiaowen Zhao;Iraj J. Misaghi;Martha C. Hawes

  78
  Citations