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Thomas E. Juenger is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions to fields such as Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy.

Their work frequently addresses subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Plant Science. A significant portion of their research involves topics like Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Bioenergy Crop Production and Management, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Thomas E. Juenger has contributed to numerous scientific publications, appearing in several key venues. Recurring publication outlets include the OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, The Plant Cell, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on plant adaptation, genomics, and environmental interactions:

  • Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass, 2021, Nature
  • Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • Genomics of sorghum local adaptation to a parasitic plant, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Gene-by-environment interactions in plants: Molecular mechanisms, environmental drivers, and adaptive plasticity, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • Artificial Selection on Microbiomes To Breed Microbiomes That Confer Salt Tolerance to Plants, 2021, mSystems

Frequent collaborators in their research include Felix Fritschi, Julie Jastrow, Roser Matamala, Michael Ricketts, and Jason Toyoda, reflecting a broad network of co-authors supporting diverse research topics.

Best Publications

  • Genotype-by-Environment Interaction and Plasticity: Exploring Genomic Responses of Plants to the Abiotic Environment

    David L. Des Marais;Kyle M. Hernandez;Thomas E. Juenger

  • Genome-environment associations in sorghum landraces predict adaptive traits.

    Jesse R. Lasky;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Hari D. Upadhyaya;Punna Ramu;Punna Ramu;Santosh Deshpande

  • Extensive gene content variation in the Brachypodium distachyon pan-genome correlates with population structure

    Sean P. Gordon;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Daniel P. Woods;Daniel P. Woods;David L. Des Marais;David L. Des Marais

  • Characterizing genomic variation of Arabidopsis thaliana: the roles of geography and climate.

    Jesse R. Lasky;David L. Des Marais;John K. McKAY;James H. Richards

  • Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass.

    John T. Lovell;Alice H. MacQueen;Sujan Mamidi;Jason Bonnette

  • Identification and characterization of QTL underlying whole‐plant physiology in Arabidopsis thaliana: δ13C, stomatal conductance and transpiration efficiency

    Thomas E. Juenger;John K. Mckay;Neil Hausmann;Joost J. B. Keurentjes

  • Drought, metabolites, and Arabidopsis natural variation: a promising combination for understanding adaptation to water-limited environments.

    Paul E Verslues;Thomas E Juenger

  • THE EVOLUTION OF COMPENSATION TO HERBIVORY IN SCARLET GILIA, IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA: HERBIVORE-IMPOSED NATURAL SELECTION AND THE QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF TOLERANCE

    Thomas E Juenger;Joy Bergelson

  • Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Involvement in Cuticle Formation and Maintenance of Plant Water Status

    Shiyou Lu;Huayan Zhao;David L. Des Marais;Eugene P. Parsons

  • POLLEN AND RESOURCE LIMITATION OF COMPENSATION TO HERBIVORY IN SCARLET GILIA, IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA

    Thomas Juenger;Thomas Juenger;Joy Bergelson

  • Physiological Genomics of Response to Soil Drying in Diverse Arabidopsis Accessions

    David L. Des Marais;John K. McKay;James H. Richards;Saunak Sen

  • Natural variation and genetic constraints on drought tolerance

    Thomas E Juenger

  • Natural Variation in Abiotic Stress Responsive Gene Expression and Local Adaptation to Climate in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Jesse R. Lasky;Jesse R. Lasky;David L. Des Marais;David B. Lowry;Inna Povolotskaya

  • Direct and indirect selection on flowering time, water-use efficiency (WUE, δ (13)C), and WUE plasticity to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Amanda M. Kenney;John K. McKay;James H. Richards;Thomas E. Juenger

  • Genetics of Drought Adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana II. Qtl Analysis of a New Mapping Population, Kas-1 × Tsu-1

    John K. McKay;James H. Richards;Krishna S. Nemali;Saunak Sen

  • Pleiotropy of FRIGIDA enhances the potential for multivariate adaptation

    John T. Lovell;Thomas E. Juenger;Scott D. Michaels;Jesse R. Lasky

  • Intron-mediated alternative splicing of Arabidopsis P5CS1 and its association with natural variation in proline and climate adaptation

    Ravi Kesari;Jesse R. Lasky;Joji Grace Villamor;Joji Grace Villamor;David L. Des Marais

  • Genetic variation in responses to a settlement cue and elevated temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora

    Eli Meyer;Sarah Davies;Shi Wang;Bette L. Willis

  • Quantitative trait loci mapping of floral and leaf morphology traits in Arabidopsis thaliana: evidence for modular genetic architecture

    Thomas E Juenger;José Manuel Pérez-Pérez;Salvador Bernal;José Luis Micol

  • PAIRWISE VERSUS DIFFUSE NATURAL SELECTION AND THE MULTIPLE HERBIVORES OF SCARLET GILIA, IPOMOPSIS AGGREGATA.

    Thomas Juenger;Thomas Juenger;Joy Bergelson

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Richards
James H. Richards University of California, Davis
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Philip A. Fay
Philip A. Fay Agricultural Research Service
Joy Bergelson
Joy Bergelson University of Chicago
Paul E. Verslues
Paul E. Verslues National Chung Hsing University
John P. Vogel
John P. Vogel University of California, Berkeley
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Christine V. Hawkes
Christine V. Hawkes North Carolina State University
Roser Matamala
Roser Matamala Argonne National Laboratory
Jerry Jenkins
Jerry Jenkins Joint Genome Institute

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