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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

W. John Kress is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. The work also engages prominently with subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics covered in their research include Plant and animal studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, and Ginger and Zingiberaceae research.

The scientist has contributed to recent research papers, including:

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Green plant genomes: What we know in an era of rapidly expanding opportunities, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Progress in the use of DNA barcodes in the identification and classification of medicinal plants, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • The Expanding Role of DNA Barcodes: Indispensable Tools for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, 2022, Diversity
  • Why sequence all eukaryotes?, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors working with this scientist include Harris A. Lewin, Morgan R. Gostel, Richard Durbin, Katharine Barker, and Melissa M. Goldstein.

Notable publication venues where this scientist frequently publishes are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Diversity
  • Biotropica
  • Plants People Planet
  • Scientific Reports

Among the book publications, W. John Kress has contributed to:

  • Smithsonian Trees of North America, published by Yale University Press in 2024

W. John Kress is recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor received in 2002.

Best Publications

  • A DNA barcode for land plants.

    Peter M. Hollingsworth;Laura L. Forrest;John L. Spouge

  • Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants

    W. John Kress;Kenneth J. Wurdack;Elizabeth A. Zimmer;Lee A. Weigt

  • A Two-Locus Global DNA Barcode for Land Plants: The Coding rbcL Gene Complements the Non-Coding trnH- psbA Spacer Region

    W. John Kress;David L. Erickson

  • Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Mark W. Chase;Mark E. Mort

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • Leafsnap: a computer vision system for automatic plant species identification

    Neeraj Kumar;Peter N. Belhumeur;Arijit Biswas;David W. Jacobs

  • Plant DNA barcodes and a community phylogeny of a tropical forest dynamics plot in Panama

    W. John Kress;David L. Erickson;F. Andrew Jones;Nathan G. Swenson

  • The phylogeny and a new classification of the gingers (Zingiberaceae): evidence from molecular data.

    W. John Kress;Linda M. Prince;Kyle J. Williams

  • DNA metabarcoding illuminates dietary niche partitioning by African large herbivores

    Tyler R. Kartzinel;Patricia A. Chen;Tyler C. Coverdale;David L. Erickson

  • DNA barcodes for ecology, evolution, and conservation.

    W. John Kress;Carlos García-Robledo;Maria Uriarte;David L. Erickson

  • Angiosperm Phylogeny Inferred from 18S Ribosomal DNA Sequences

    Douglas E. Soltis;Pamela S. Soltis;Daniel L. Nickrent;Leigh A. Johnson

  • DNA barcodes: Genes, genomics, and bioinformatics

    W. John Kress;David L. Erickson

  • Plant DNA barcodes: Applications today and in the future

    W. John Kress

  • The Phylogeny and Classification of the Zingiberales

    W John. Kress

  • A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar

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  • Limited tolerance by insects to high temperatures across tropical elevational gradients and the implications of global warming for extinction

    Carlos García-Robledo;Erin K. Kuprewicz;Charles L. Staines;Terry L. Erwin

  • Phylogenetic and functional alpha and beta diversity in temperate and tropical tree communities

    Nathan G. Swenson;David L. Erickson;Xiangcheng Mi;Norman Alan Bourg

  • DNA barcodes: methods and protocols.

    W. John Kress;David L. Erickson

  • A Well-Resolved Phylogeny of the Trees of Puerto Rico Based on DNA Barcode Sequence Data

    Robert Muscarella;María Uriarte;David L. Erickson;Nathan G. Swenson

  • Trait similarity, shared ancestry and the structure of neighbourhood interactions in a subtropical wet forest: implications for community assembly

    María Uriarte;Nathan G. Swenson;Robin L. Chazdon;Liza S. Comita

  • Searching the World's Herbaria: A System for Visual Identification of Plant Species

    Peter N. Belhumeur;Daozheng Chen;Steven Feiner;David W. Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan G. Swenson
Nathan G. Swenson University of Notre Dame
María Uriarte
María Uriarte Columbia University
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
Vicki A. Funk
Vicki A. Funk National Museum of Natural History
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History
Wanhui Ye
Wanhui Ye Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Chelsea D. Specht
Chelsea D. Specht Cornell University
Zhanqing Hao
Zhanqing Hao Northwestern Polytechnical University
Keping Ma
Keping Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences

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