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Thomas J. Baum is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with substantial work in Plant Science, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Aging, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The core topics of their research include:

  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

They have published multiple papers across a variety of journals, emphasizing nematode-plant interactions and genomic studies. Selected recent papers include:

  • The genome and lifestage-specific transcriptomes of a plant-parasitic nematode and its host reveal susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom synthesis of vitamin B5 (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Recognition and Response in Plant-Nematode Interactions (2022, Annual Review of Phytopathology)
  • Large tandem duplications affect gene expression, 3D organization, and plant-pathogen response (2020, Genome Research)
  • Screening soybean cyst nematode effectors for their ability to suppress plant immunity (2020, Molecular Plant Pathology)
  • Phytonematode peptide effectors exploit a host post-translational trafficking mechanism to the ER using a novel translocation signal (2020, New Phytologist)

Their frequent co-authors include Tom Maier, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, Rick E. Masonbrink, Clément Pellegrin, and Thomas R. Maier. Collaboration with these researchers reflects a pattern of work that integrates expertise in nematology, plant pathology, and molecular biology.

Thomas J. Baum's work often appears in publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Pathogens, Molecular Plant Pathology, BMC Genomics, and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Their repeated contributions to these journals indicate an ongoing engagement with cutting-edge research in plant-nematode interactions and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

    Pierre Abad;Pierre Abad;Jérôme Gouzy;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • Engineering broad root-knot resistance in transgenic plants by RNAi silencing of a conserved and essential root-knot nematode parasitism gene

    Guozhong Huang;Rex Allen;Eric L. Davis;Thomas J. Baum

  • Endogenous cellulases in animals: Isolation of β-1,4-endoglucanase genes from two species of plant-parasitic cyst nematodes

    G. Smant;J. P. W. G. Stokkermans;Yitang Yan;J. M. De Boer

  • A soybean cyst nematode resistance gene points to a new mechanism of plant resistance to pathogens

    Shiming Liu;Pramod K. Kandoth;Samantha D. Warren;Greg Yeckel

  • Nematode Parasitism Genes

    Eric L Davis;Richard S Hussey;Thomas J Baum;Jaap Bakker

  • Nematode effector proteins: an emerging paradigm of parasitism

    Melissa G. Mitchum;Richard S. Hussey;Thomas J. Baum;Xiaohong Wang

  • Getting to the roots of parasitism by nematodes

    Eric L. Davis;Richard S. Hussey;Thomas J. Baum

  • Parasitism proteins in nematode-plant interactions.

    Eric L Davis;Richard S Hussey;Melissa G Mitchum;Thomas J Baum

  • The parasitome of the phytonematode Heterodera glycines.

    Bingli Gao;R. Allen;Tom Maier;Eric L. Davis

  • Developmental transcript profiling of cyst nematode feeding cells in soybean roots.

    Nagabhushana Ithal;Justin Recknor;Dan Nettleton;Tom Maier

  • A profile of putative parasitism genes expressed in the esophageal gland cells of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita.

    Guozhong Huang;Bingli Gao;Tom Maier;R. Allen

  • Cellulose Binding Protein from the Parasitic Nematode Heterodera schachtii Interacts with Arabidopsis Pectin Methylesterase: Cooperative Cell Wall Modification during Parasitism

    Tarek Hewezi;Peter Howe;Tom R. Maier;Richard S. Hussey

  • A root-knot nematode secretory peptide functions as a ligand for a plant transcription factor.

    Guozhong Huang;Ruihua Dong;Rex Allen;Eric L. Davis

  • A parasitism gene from a plant-parasitic nematode with function similar to CLAVATA3/ESR (CLE) of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Xiaohong Wang;Melissa G. Mitchum;Bingli Gao;Chunying Li

  • Parallel Genome-Wide Expression Profiling of Host and Pathogen During Soybean Cyst Nematode Infection of Soybean

    Nagabhushana Ithal;Justin Recknor;Dan Nettleton;Leonard Hearne

  • Isolation of a cDNA Encoding a β-1,4-endoglucanase in the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita and Expression Analysis During Plant Parasitism

    M N Rosso;B Favery;C Piotte;L Arthaud

  • The Arabidopsis microRNA396-GRF1/GRF3 regulatory module acts as a developmental regulator in the reprogramming of root cells during cyst nematode infection.

    Tarek Hewezi;Tom R. Maier;Dan Nettleton;Thomas J. Baum

  • Manipulation of plant cells by cyst and root-knot nematode effectors

    Tarek Hewezi;Thomas J. Baum

  • Arabidopsis gene expression changes during cyst nematode parasitism revealed by statistical analyses of microarray expression profiles

    David P. Puthoff;Dan Nettleton;Steven R. Rodermel;Thomas J. Baum

  • Effective and specific in planta RNAi in cyst nematodes: expression interference of four parasitism genes reduces parasitic success

    Anoop S. Sindhu;Tom R. Maier;Melissa G. Mitchum;Richard S. Hussey

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric L. Davis
Eric L. Davis North Carolina State University
Richard S. Hussey
Richard S. Hussey University of Georgia
Tarek Hewezi
Tarek Hewezi University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Melissa G. Mitchum
Melissa G. Mitchum University of Missouri
Dan Nettleton
Dan Nettleton Iowa State University
Steven A. Whitham
Steven A. Whitham Iowa State University
Geert Smant
Geert Smant Wageningen University & Research
Steven R. Rodermel
Steven R. Rodermel Iowa State University
Pierre Abad
Pierre Abad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
John T. Jones
John T. Jones James Hutton Institute

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