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  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Steven B. Cannon is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Peanut Plant Research Studies
  • Agricultural pest management studies
  • Coconut Research and Applications
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Steven B. Cannon has authored or contributed to several notable papers, including:

  • A new decade and new data at SoyBase, the USDA-ARS soybean genetics and genomics database, 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • Phylogenomics of the genus Glycine sheds light on polyploid evolution and life-strategy transition, 2022, published in Nature Plants
  • Genetic variation among 481 diverse soybean accessions, inferred from genomic re-sequencing, 2021, published in Scientific Data
  • Evaluating two different models of peanut's origin, 2020, published in Nature Genetics
  • Legacy genetics of Arachis cardenasii in the peanut crop shows the profound benefits of international seed exchange, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Michelle A. Graham, Anne V. Brown, Jeremy Schmutz, Paul Otyama, and Jacqueline Campbell, with multiple joint publications indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

The scientist has regularly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, Frontiers in Plant Science, BMC Genomics, and Bioinformatics.

In recognition of their contributions, Steven B. Cannon was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • The roles of segmental and tandem gene duplication in the evolution of large gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Steven B Cannon;Arvind Mitra;Andrew Baumgarten;Nevin D Young

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

    Jeremy Schmutz;Phillip E McClean;Sujan Mamidi;G Albert Wu

  • Draft genome sequence of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) provides a resource for trait improvement

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Chi Song;Rachit K Saxena;Sarwar Azam

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • 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

  • RNA-Seq Atlas of Glycine max: a guide to the soybean transcriptome.

    Andrew J. Severin;Jenna L. Woody;Yung Tsi Bolon;Bindu Joseph

  • The genome sequence of segmental allotetraploid peanut Arachis hypogaea

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

  • SoyBase, the USDA-ARS soybean genetics and genomics database

    David M. Grant;Rex T. Nelson;Steven B. Cannon;Randy C. Shoemaker

  • Legume genome evolution viewed through the Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus genomes

    Steven B. Cannon;Lieven Sterck;Stephane Rombauts;Shusei Sato

  • Sequencing the Genespaces of Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus

    Nevin D. Young;Steven B. Cannon;Shusei Sato;Dongjin Kim

  • The genome of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.)

    Stefano Lonardi;María Muñoz-Amatriaín;Qihua Liang;Shengqiang Shu

  • Identification and characterization of nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat genes in the model plant Medicago truncatula.

    Carine Ameline-Torregrosa;Bing Bing Wang;Majesta S. O'Bleness;Shweta Deshpande

  • Large-scale transcriptome analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), an orphan legume crop of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa.

    Pavana J. Hiremath;Andrew Farmer;Steven B. Cannon;Steven B. Cannon;Jimmy Woodward

  • High-throughput SNP discovery through deep resequencing of a reduced representation library to anchor and orient scaffolds in the soybean whole genome sequence

    David L Hyten;Steven B Cannon;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Nathan Weeks

  • Diversity, distribution, and ancient taxonomic relationships within the TIR and non-TIR NBS-LRR resistance gene subfamilies.

    Steven B. Cannon;Hongyan Zhu;Andrew M. Baumgarten;Russell Spangler

  • Multiple Polyploidy Events in the Early Radiation of Nodulating and Nonnodulating Legumes

    Steven B. Cannon;Michael R. McKain;Alex Harkess;Matthew N. Nelson

  • A reference-grade wild soybean genome.

    Min Xie;Claire Yik Lok Chung;Man Wah Li;Fuk Ling Wong

  • Computational Identification and Characterization of Novel Genes from Legumes

    Michelle A. Graham;Kevin A.T. Silverstein;Steven B. Cannon;Kathryn A. VandenBosch

  • Molecular Evolution of Lysin Motif-Type Receptor-Like Kinases in Plants

    Xue-Cheng Zhang;Xiaolei Wu;Seth Findley;Jinrong Wan

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Farmer
Andrew Farmer National Center for Genome Resources
Nevin D. Young
Nevin D. Young University of Minnesota
Gregory D. May
Gregory D. May National Center for Genome Resources
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Scott A. Jackson
Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia
Jeff J. Doyle
Jeff J. Doyle Cornell University
Bruce A. Roe
Bruce A. Roe University of Oklahoma
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia
Qijian Song
Qijian Song Agricultural Research Service
Gary Stacey
Gary Stacey University of Missouri

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