Rongda Qu

Best Publications

• Improved biomass productivity and water use efficiency under water deficit conditions in transgenic wheat constitutively expressing the barley HVA1 gene

  Elumalai Sivamani;Ahmed Bahieldin;Jon M Wraith;Thamir Al-Niemi

  693
  Citations

• An improved rice transformation system using the biolistic method

  Liangcai Li;Rongda Qu;Alexandre de Kochko;Claude Fauquet

  391
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• Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of turf-type bermudagrass: Effect of 6-benzyladenine in callus induction medium

  Ashok Chaudhury;Rongda Qu

  192
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• A photorespiratory bypass increases plant growth and seed yield in biofuel crop Camelina sativa.

  Jyoti Dalal;Harry Lopez;Naresh B. Vasani;Zhaohui Hu

  144
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• Characteristics and biosynthesis of membrane proteins of lipid bodies in the scutella of maize (Zea mays L.)

  Rongda Qu;Shue-Mei Wang;Yon-Hui Lin;V. B. Vance

  130
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• Expression enhancement of a rice polyubiquitin gene promoter.

  Elumalai Sivamani;Rongda Qu

  129
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• Gene expression enhancement mediated by the 5' UTR intron of the rice rubi3 gene varied remarkably among tissues in transgenic rice plants.

  Jianli Lu;Elumalai Sivamani;Kasi Azhakanandam;Kasi Azhakanandam;Partha Samadder;Partha Samadder

  121
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• High throughput Agrobacterium-mediated switchgrass transformation

  Ruyu Li;Rongda Qu

  117
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• Transcriptional and post-transcriptional enhancement of gene expression by the 5' UTR intron of rice rubi3 gene in transgenic rice cells.

  Partha Samadder;Elumalai Sivamani;Jianli Lu;Xianggan Li

  114
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• Nuclear dna content of thirteen turfgrass species by flow cytometry

  K. Arumuganathan;S. P. Tallury;M. L. Fraser;A. H. Bruneau

  105
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• Resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus in transgenic wheat engineered with the viral coat protein gene.

  Elumalai Sivamani;Christopher W. Brey;Luther E. Talbert;Mark A. Young

  98
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• High efficiency transformation of tall fescue with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

  Shujie Dong;Rongda Qu

  97
  Citations

• Enhanced Agrobacterium -mediated transformation efficiencies in monocot cells is associated with attenuated defense responses

  Wan-Jun Zhang;Wan-Jun Zhang;Ralph E. Dewey;Wendy Boss;Brian Q. Phillippy

  96
  Citations

• THIDIAZURON PROMOTES IN VITRO REGENERATION OF WHEAT AND BARLEY

  Xueyan Shan;Desen Li;Rongda Qu

  95
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• Regeneration of fertile transgenic indica (group 1) rice plants following microprojectile transformation of embryogenic suspension culture cells

  Shiping Zhang;Lili Chen;Rongda Qu;Philippe Marmey

  88
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• Field Evaluation of Transgenic and Classical Sources of Wheat streak mosaic virus Resistance

  G. L. Sharp;J. M. Martin;S. P. Lanning;N. K. Blake

  83
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• Protamine-mediated DNA coating remarkably improves bombardment transformation efficiency in plant cells

  Elumalai Sivamani;Elumalai Sivamani;Robert K. DeLong;Rongda Qu

  78
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• Activity of the 5' regulatory regions of the rice polyubiquitin rubi3 gene in transgenic rice plants as analyzed by both GUS and GFP reporter genes.

  Jianli Lu;Elumalai Sivamani;Xianggan Li;Rongda Qu

  76
  Citations

• Resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus in transgenic wheat expressing the viral replicase (NIb) gene

  Elumalai Sivamani;Christopher W. Brey;William E. Dyer;Luther E. Talbert

  74
  Citations

• Development of highly regenerable callus lines and biolistic transformation of turf-type common bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.].

  L. Li;R. Qu

  62
  Citations

• Sodium hydroxide pretreatment of genetically modified switchgrass for improved enzymatic release of sugars.

  Ziyu Wang;Ruyu Li;Jiele Xu;Jane M. Marita

  57
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• Amplicon-plus Targeting Technology (APTT) for rapid production of a highly unstable vaccine protein in tobacco plants

  Kasi Azhakanandam;Sandra M. Weissinger;Jennifer S. Nicholson;Rongda Qu

  56
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• Resistance of transgenic tall fescue to two major fungal diseases

  Shujie Dong;Lane P. Tredway;H. David Shew;Guo-Liang Wang

  54
  Citations

• Factors influencing tissue culture responses of mature seeds and immature embryos in turf‐type tall fescue

  Y. Bai;R. Qu

  30
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• Tissue culture‐induced morphological somaclonal variation in St. Augustinegrass [Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze]

  R. Li;A. H. Bruneau;R. Qu

  27
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