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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peggy Ozias-Akins is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Plant Science. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics covered in Ozias-Akins' work include:

  • Peanut Plant Research Studies
  • Agricultural pest management studies
  • Coconut Research and Applications
  • Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Key publication venues that feature their research include:

  • Peanut Science
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Journal of Plant Registrations
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Significant papers authored or co-authored by the researcher include:

  • Application of developmental regulators to improve in planta or in vitro transformation in plants, 2022, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Developing a rapid and highly efficient cowpea regeneration, transformation and genome editing system using embryonic axis explants, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and estimating the epistasis controlling stem rot resistance in cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea), 2020, Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Identification of QTLs for resistance to leaf spots in cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) through GWAS analysis, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Haploidy in Tobacco Induced by PsASGR-BBML Transgenes via Parthenogenesis, 2020, Genes

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ye Chu
  • C. Corley Holbrook
  • Josh Clevenger
  • David J. Bertioli
  • Joann A. Conner

In 2009, Peggy Ozias-Akins was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut.

    David John Bertioli;David John Bertioli;Steven B Cannon;Lutz Froenicke;Guodong Huang

  • The genome sequence of segmental allotetraploid peanut Arachis hypogaea

    David J. Bertioli;Jerry Jenkins;Josh Clevenger;Olga Dudchenko

  • Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments

    Rajeev K Varshney;Chengcheng Shi;Mahendar Thudi;Cedric Mariac

  • Plant regeneration from cultured immature embryos and inflorescences ofTriticum aestivum L. (wheat): Evidence for somatic embryogenesis

    Peggy Ozias-Akins;Indra K. Vasil

  • Advances in Arachis genomics for peanut improvement

    Manish K. Pandey;Emmanuel Monyo;Peggy Ozias-Akins;Xuanquiang Liang

  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-based Genetic Diversity in the Reference Set of Peanut (Arachis spp.) by Developing and Applying Cost-Effective Kompetitive Allele Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Genotyping Assays

    Pawan Khera;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Manish K. Pandey;Manish Roorkiwal

  • Mendelian Genetics of Apomixis in Plants

    Peggy Ozias-Akins;Peter J. van Dijk

  • Evaluation of Selectable Markers for Obtaining Stable Transformants in the Gramineae

    R. M. Hauptmann;V. Vasil;P. Ozias-Akins;Z. Tabaeizadeh

  • Salinity and drought tolerance of mannitol‐accumulating transgenic tobacco

    B. Karakas;P. Ozias-Akins;C. Stushnoff;M. Suefferheld

  • Tight clustering and hemizygosity of apomixis-linked molecular markers in Pennisetum squamulatum implies genetic control of apospory by a divergent locus that may have no allelic form in sexual genotypes

    Peggy Ozias-Akins;Dominique Roche;Wayne W. Hanna

  • A Developmental Transcriptome Map for Allotetraploid Arachis hypogaea .

    Josh Paul Clevenger;Ye Chu;Brian Scheffler;Peggy Ozias-Akins

  • Somatic embryogenesis in Zea mays L.

    C. Lu;I. K. Vasil;P. Ozias-Akins

  • Marker-Assisted Selection to Pyramid Nematode Resistance and the High Oleic Trait in Peanut

    Y. Chu;C. L. Wu;C. C. Holbrook;B. L. Tillman

  • Transient expression of electroporated DNA in monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous species.

    R. M. Hauptmann;P. Ozias-Akins;V. Vasil;Z. Tabaeizadeh

  • Development and Evaluation of a High Density Genotyping 'Axiom_Arachis' Array with 58 K SNPs for Accelerating Genetics and Breeding in Groundnut.

    Manish K. Pandey;Gaurav Agarwal;Gaurav Agarwal;Sandip M. Kale;Josh Clevenger

  • Expression of a Bacillus thuringiensis cryIA(c) gene in transgenic peanut plants and its efficacy against lesser cornstalk borer.

    Chong Singsit;Michael J. Adang;Robert E. Lynch;William F. Anderson

  • A parthenogenesis gene of apomict origin elicits embryo formation from unfertilized eggs in a sexual plant

    Joann A. Conner;Muruganantham Mookkan;Heqiang Huo;Keun Chae

  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Identification in Polyploids: A Review, Example, and Recommendations.

    Josh Clevenger;Carolina Chavarro;Stephanie A. Pearl;Peggy Ozias-Akins

  • Regeneration of transgenic peanut plants from stably transformed embryogenic callus

    Peggy Ozias-Akins;Jennifer A. Schnall;William F. Anderson;Chong Singsit

  • Two alleles of ahFAD2B control the high oleic acid trait in cultivated peanut.

    Ye Chu;C. Corley Holbrook;Peggy Ozias-Akins

Frequent Co-Authors

Ye Chu
Ye Chu University of Georgia
C. Corley Holbrook
C. Corley Holbrook Agricultural Research Service
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia
Scott A. Jackson
Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli University of Georgia
Wayne W. Hanna
Wayne W. Hanna University of Georgia
Indra K. Vasil
Indra K. Vasil University of Florida
Baozhu Guo
Baozhu Guo Agricultural Research Service
Manish K. Pandey
Manish K. Pandey International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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