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Plant Science and Agronomy

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57
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10641
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1459
National Ranking
382

Best Publications

  • Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

    Chunxiang Fu;Jonathan R. Mielenz;Xirong Xiao;Yaxin Ge

  • Laccase is necessary and nonredundant with peroxidase for lignin polymerization during vascular development in Arabidopsis.

    Qiao Zhao;Jin Nakashima;Fang Chen;Yanbin Yin

  • Overexpression of WXP1, a putative Medicago truncatula AP2 domain-containing transcription factor gene, increases cuticular wax accumulation and enhances drought tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa).

    Ji-Yi Zhang;Corey D. Broeckling;Elison B. Blancaflor;Mary K. Sledge

  • Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production.

    Chunxiang Fu;Ramanjulu Sunkar;Chuanen Zhou;Hui Shen

  • Early Steps in Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the Model Legume Medicago truncatula

    Yongzhen Pang;Gregory J. Peel;Elane Wright;Zengyu Wang

  • Metabolic engineering of proanthocyanidins through co-expression of anthocyanidin reductase and the PAP1 MYB transcription factor

    De-Yu Xie;Shashi B. Sharma;Elane Wright;Zeng-Yu Wang

  • Heterologous expression of two Medicago truncatula putative ERF transcription factor genes, WXP1 and WXP2, in Arabidopsis led to increased leaf wax accumulation and improved drought tolerance, but differential response in freezing tolerance.

    Ji-Yi Zhang;Corey D. Broeckling;Lloyd W. Sumner;Zeng-Yu Wang

  • Transgenic Plants of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) Obtained by Direct Gene Transfer to Protoplasts

    Zeng-yu Wang;Tadashi Takamizo;Victor A. Iglesias;Martin Osusky

  • Downregulation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (CAD) Leads to Improved Saccharification Efficiency in Switchgrass

    Chunxiang Fu;Xirong Xiao;Yajun Xi;Yaxin Ge

  • Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production

    Hiroshi Hisano;Rangaraj Nandakumar;Zeng Yu Wang

  • Improved forage digestibility of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) by transgenic down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

    Lei Chen;Chung-Kyoon Auh;Paul Dowling;Jeremey Bell

  • Lignin deposition and associated changes in anatomy, enzyme activity, gene expression, and ruminal degradability in stems of tall fescue at different developmental stages.

    Lei Chen;Chungkyoon Auh;Fang Chen;Xiaofei Cheng

  • From Model to Crop: Functional Analysis of a STAY-GREEN Gene in the Model Legume Medicago truncatula and Effective Use of the Gene for Alfalfa Improvement

    Chuanen Zhou;Lu Han;Catalina Pislariu;Jin Nakashima

  • Transgenic expression of a novel M. truncatula phytase gene results in improved acquisition of organic phosphorus by Arabidopsis.

    Kai Xiao;Maria J. Harrison;Zeng-Yu Wang

  • Transgenic down-regulation of caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) led to improved digestibility in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).

    Lei Chen;Chung-Kyoon Auh;Paul Dowling;Jeremey Bell

  • Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf

    Andrew Hopkins;Zeng-YU Wang;Rouf Mian;Mary Sledge

  • Viability and longevity of pollen from transgenic and nontransgenic tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) (Poaceae) plants

    Zeng-Yu Wang;Yaxin Ge;Megann Scott;German Spangenberg

  • Forage and Turf Grass Biotechnology

    Zengyu Wang;Andrew Hopkins;Rouf Mian

  • Improved phosphorus acquisition and biomass production in Arabidopsis by transgenic expression of a purple acid phosphatase gene from M. truncatula

    Kai Xiao;Hiro Katagi;Maria Harrison;Zeng-Yu Wang

  • Developmental Analysis of a Medicago truncatula smooth leaf margin1 Mutant Reveals Context-Dependent Effects on Compound Leaf Development

    Chuanen Zhou;Lu Han;Chunyan Hou;Alessandra Metelli

  • Two‐year field analysis of reduced recalcitrance transgenic switchgrass

    Holly L. Baxter;Holly L. Baxter;Mitra Mazarei;Mitra Mazarei;Nicole Labbe;Lindsey M. Kline

  • Transgenic Medicago truncatula plants obtained from Agrobacterium tumefaciens -transformed roots and Agrobacterium rhizogenes-transformed hairy roots

    Cynthia Crane;Elane Wright;Richard A. Dixon;Zeng-Yu Wang

  • Developmental control of lignification in stems of lowland switchgrass variety Alamo and the effects on saccharification efficiency.

    Hui Shen;Chunxiang Fu;Xirong Xiao;Tui Ray

  • Use of tall fescue EST-SSR markers in phylogenetic analysis of cool-season forage grasses.

    M A Rouf Mian;Malay C Saha;Andrew A Hopkins;Zeng-Yu Wang

  • Improving phosphorus acquisition of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) by transgenic expression of plant-derived phytase and acid phosphatase genes.

    Xue-Feng Ma;Elane Wright;Yaxin Ge;Jeremey Bell

  • Standardization of Switchgrass Sample Collection for Cell Wall and Biomass Trait Analysis

    C. Frank Hardin;Chunxiang Fu;Hiroshi Hisano;Xirong Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Chunxiang Fu
Chunxiang Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. Neal Stewart
C. Neal Stewart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Mark F. Davis
Mark F. Davis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Robert W. Sykes
Robert W. Sykes National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Fang Chen
Fang Chen University of North Texas
Joseph H. Bouton
Joseph H. Bouton University of Georgia
Debra Mohnen
Debra Mohnen University of Georgia
Arthur J. Ragauskas
Arthur J. Ragauskas University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yunqiao Pu
Yunqiao Pu Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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