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

Overview

Valerie M. Williamson is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with subfields including Plant Science, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Catalysis.

The main topics addressed in Williamson's work encompass:

  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Banana Cultivation and Research
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Williamson's recent publications include the following:

  • "Plant metabolism of nematode pheromones mediates plant-nematode interactions," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Recognition and Response in Plant-Nematode Interactions," 2022, Annual Review of Phytopathology
  • "Response of soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) and root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) to gradients of pH and inorganic salts," 2020, Plant and Soil
  • "Root-knot nematodes produce functional mimics of tyrosine-sulfated plant peptides," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Toward genetic modification of plant-parasitic nematodes: delivery of macromolecules to adults and expression of exogenous mRNA in second stage juveniles," 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Frequent coauthors in Williamson's work are:

  • Shahid Siddique
  • Henok Zemene Yimer
  • Alison Coomer Blundell
  • Adam Taranto
  • Dadong Dai

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Annual Review of Phytopathology
  • Plant and Soil
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Valerie M. Williamson has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2009.

Best Publications

  • The root knot nematode resistance gene Mi from tomato is a member of the leucine zipper, nucleotide binding, leucine-rich repeat family of plant genes.

    Stephen B. Milligan;John Bodeau;Jafar Yaghoobi;Isgouhi Kaloshian

  • The nematode resistance gene Mi of tomato confers resistance against the potato aphid

    Magdalena Rossi;Fiona L. Goggin;Stephen B. Milligan;Isgouhi Kaloshian

  • Nematode Pathogenesis and Resistance in Plants

    Valerie Moroz Williamson;Richard S. Hussey

  • The root-knot nematode resistance gene Mi-1.2 of tomato is responsible for resistance against the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.

    Gloria Nombela;Valerie M. Williamson;Mariano Muñiz

  • Sequence and genetic map of Meloidogyne hapla: A compact nematode genome for plant parasitism

    Charles H. Opperman;David M. Bird;Valerie M. Williamson;Dan S. Rokhsar

  • Plant-nematode interactions

    Valerie M Williamson;Cynthia A Gleason

  • Nematode resistance in plants: the battle underground

    Valerie M. Williamson;Amar Kumar;Amar Kumar

  • A PCR-based marker tightly linked to the nematode resistance gene, Mi, in tomato.

    Williamson Vm;Ho Jy;Wu Ff;Miller N

  • Conserved nematode signalling molecules elicit plant defenses and pathogen resistance

    Patricia Manosalva;Patricia Manosalva;Murli Manohar;Stephan H. von Reuss;Shiyan Chen

  • Root-knot nematode resistance genes in tomato and their potential for future use.

    Valerie M. Williamson

  • Evidence for a Role of the N Terminus and Leucine-Rich Repeat Region of the Mi Gene Product in Regulation of Localized Cell Death

    Chin-Feng Hwang;Amit V. Bhakta;Gina M. Truesdell;Waclawa M. Pudlo

  • Salicylic acid is part of the Mi-1-mediated defense response to root-knot nematode in tomato

    Craig Branch;Chin-Feng Hwang;Duroy A. Navarre;Valerie M. Williamson

  • Leucine-rich repeat-mediated intramolecular interactions in nematode recognition and cell death signaling by the tomato resistance protein Mi

    Chin-Feng Hwang;Valerie M. Williamson

  • Application of Pluronic gel to the study of root-knot nematode behaviour

    Congli Wang;Steven Lower;Valerie M. Williamson

  • Genetic and physical localization of the root-knot nematode resistance locus Mi in tomato.

    I. Kaloshian;J. Yaghoobi;T. Liharska;J. Hontelez

  • Plant nematode resistance genes

    Valerie M Williamson

  • Mapping a new nematode resistance locus in Lycopersicon peruvianum

    J. Yaghoobi;I. Kaloshian;Y. Wen;V. M. Williamson

  • Isolation of the structural gene for alcohol dehydrogenase by genetic complementation in yeast.

    Valerie M. Williamson;Jeffrey Bennetzen;Elton T. Young;Kim Nasmyth

  • The root-knot nematode resistance gene (Mi) in tomato: construction of a molecular linkage map and identification of dominant cDNA markers in resistant genotypes.

    Jeong-Yau Ho;R. Weide;H.M. Ma;M.F. van Wordragen

  • Phylogenetic analysis of nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus using nuclear 26S rDNA

    Luma Al-Banna;Valerie M Williamson;Scott Lyell Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

Isgouhi Kaloshian
Isgouhi Kaloshian University of California, Riverside
Pierre Abad
Pierre Abad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Daniel F. Klessig
Daniel F. Klessig Boyce Thompson Institute
Frank C. Schroeder
Frank C. Schroeder Boyce Thompson Institute
John T. Jones
John T. Jones James Hutton Institute
Roy H. Doi
Roy H. Doi University of California, Davis
Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker University of California, Berkeley
Eric A. Miska
Eric A. Miska University of Cambridge
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Thomas J. Baum
Thomas J. Baum Iowa State University

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