Departmental Refereed Articles 2008

Abercrombie, J.M., M.D. Halfhill, P. Ranjan, M.R. Rao*, A. Saxton, J.S. Yuan*, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. Transcriptional responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to As(V) stress. BMC Plant Biology 8: 87.

Ai-Sheng Xiong, Ri-He Peng, Jing Zhuang, Feng Gao, Yi Li, Zong-Ming Cheng and Quan-Hong Yao. 2008. Chemical Gene Synthesis: Strategies, Softwares, Error Corrections, and Applications. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 32: 522-540.

Ai-Sheng Xiong, Ri-He Peng, Zong-Ming Cheng, Yi Li, Jin-Ge Liu, Jing Zhuang, Feng Gao, Fang Xu, Yu-Shan Qiao, Zhen Zhang, Jian-Min Chenand Quan-Hong Yao. 2008. Concurrent mutations in six amino acids in ?-glucuronidase improves its thermostability. Protein Engineering, Design and Selection. 20: 319-325.

Armel, G.R., R. J. Richardson, H.P. Wilson, C.M. Whaley, and T.E. Hines. 2008. Mesotrione combinations with atrazine and bentazon for yellow and purple nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus and C. rotundus) control in corn (Zea mays). Weed Technol. 23: 391-396.

Augé, Robert M., Heather D. Toler, Carl E. Sams and Ghazala Nasim. 2008. Hydraulic conductance and water potential gradients in squash leaves showing mycorrhiza-induced increases in stomatal conductance. Mycorrhiza 18: 115-121.

Bishop, P., J. Sorochan, B. H. Ownley, T. J. Samples, A. S. Windham, M. T. Windham, et al. 2008. Resistance of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa to iprodione, propiconazole, and thiophanate-methyl in Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. Crop Sci. 48: 1615-1620.

Brosnan, J. T., and A. S. McNitt. 2008. Surface conditions of highly maintained baseball fields in the northeastern United States: Part 2, Synthetic versus natural turfgrass. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science doi:10.1094/ATS-2008-0520-02-RS.

Brosnan, J.T. and A.S. McNitt. 2008. Surface conditions of highly maintained baseball fields in the northeastern United States – Part 1 – non-turfed basepaths. Online. Applied Turfgrass Science doi:10.1094/ATS-2008-0520-01-RS

Burris, K., A. Mentewab, S. Ripp, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. An Arabidopsis thaliana ABC transporter that confers kanamycin resistance in transgenic plants does not endow resistance to Escherichia coli. Microbial Biotechnology 1: 191-195.

Carris L, Castlebury L, and Zale J. (2008) First Report of bunt caused by Tilletia pulcherrima on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in Texas. Plant Disease 92: 1707.

Cheng, Z.-M., Y. Li, and Z. Zhang, 2008. Plant Growth Regulators Used in Propagation. In C. Beyl and R. N. Trigiano (eds). Plant Propagation: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises. CRC Press. pp143-150.

Dale, V. H., G. R. Biddinger, M. C. Newman J. T. Oris, G. W. Suter, T. Thompson, T. M. Armitage, J. L. Meyer, R. M. Allen-King, G. A. Burton, P. M. Chapman, L. L. Conquest, I. J. Fernandez, W. G. Landis, L. L. Master, W. J. Mitsch, T. C. Mueller, C. F. Rabeni, A. D. Rodewald, J. G. Sanders, I. L. van Heerden. 2008. Enhancing the Ecological Risk Assessment Process. J. of Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 4: 306-313.

Darbani, B., S. Farajnia, S. Noeparvar, C. N. Stewart, Jr., S.A. Mohammadi, S. Zakerbastanabad. 2008. Plant transformation: needs and future of transgenes. Biotechnology 7: 403-412.

Darbani, B., C.N. Stewart, Jr., and S. Noeparvar. 2008. DNA delivery methods to produce transgenic plants. Turkish Journal of Biology 7: 385-402.

DeVries, R.E., R.N. Trigiano, J. Sorochan, A.S. Windham, M.T. Windham, T.A. Rinehart, and J.M. Vargas. 2008. Genetic analysis of fungicide resistant Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates from Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. Plant Dis. 92: 83-90.

Ellis, A. T., G. D. Morgan, and T. C. Mueller. 2008. Mesosulfuron-Resistant Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) Biotype from Texas. Weed Technol. 22: 431-434.

Goddard, M.J., J.C. Sorochan, J.S. McElroy, D.E. Karcher, and J.W. Landreth. 2008. The Effects of Crumb Rubber Topdressing on Hybrid Kentucky Bluegrass and Bermudagrass Athletic Fields in the Transition Zone. Crop Sci. 48: 2003-2009.

Gwathmey, C.O., L.E. Steckel, and J.A. Larson. 2008. Solid and skip-row spacings for irrigated and nonirrigated upland cotton. Agron. J. 100: 672-680.

Gwathmey, C.O., Newman, M.A., and Canaday, C.H. 2008. Does N or K nutrition affect bronze wilt in field-grown cotton? Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2008-1117-01-RS.

Himanen, S., A. Nissinen, S. Auriola G.M. Poppy, C.N. Stewart, Jr., J.K. Holopainen, and A.-M. Nerg. 2008. Constitutive and herbivore-inducible glucosinolate concentrations of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) leaves are not affected by Bt Cry1Ac insertion but change under elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3. Planta 227: 427-437.

Klingeman, W.E. 2008. Integrated pest management for plant propagation systems, pp. 113 – 124. In: Plant Propagation: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, C.A. Beyl and R.N. Trigiano [eds.]. CRC Press, LLC. Boca Raton, FL.

Kopsell, D.A. and D.E. Kopsell. 2008. Genetic and environmental factors affecting plant lutein/zeaxanthin. AgroFOOD industry Hi-tech 19: 44-46.

Leckie, B. M., B. H. Ownley, R. M. Pereira, W.E. Klingeman and C. J. Jones. 2008. Mycelia and spent fermentation broth of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) incorporated into synthetic diets affect mortality, growth and development of larval Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Biocontrol Sci. & Technol. 18: 697-710.

Lefsrud, M.G., D.A. Kopsell, and C. E. Sams. 2008. Irradiance from distinct wavelength light-emitting diodes affect secondary metabolites in kale. HortScience 43: 2243-2244.

Lefsrud, M.G., D.A. Kopsell, C. Sams, R. Augé, J. Wills, and A.J. Both. 2008. Dry matter content and stability of carotenoids in kale and spinach during drying. HortScience 43: 1731-1736.

Mazarei, M., H. Al-Ahmad,* M.R. Rudis, *C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. Protoplast isolation and transient gene expression in switchgrass, Panicum virgatum L. Biotechnology Journal 3: 354-359.

Mazarei, M., I. Teplova*, M. R. Hajimorad and C. N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. Pathogen phytosensing: plants to report plant pathogens, Sensors 8: 2628-2641.

McCurdy, J.D, J.S. McElroy, D.A. Kopsell, C.E. Sams, and J.C. Sorochan. 2008. Effects of Mesotrione on Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) Carotenoid Concentrations under Varying Environmental Conditions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56: 9133-9139.

McCurdy, J.D., J.S. McElroy, G.K. Breeden, and D.A. Kopsell. 2008. Mesotrione plus prodiamine for smooth crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) control in established bermudagrass turf. Weed Technology 22: 275-279.

Mueller, T.C, T. A. Ellis, J. E. Beeler, S. D. Sharma and M. Singh. 2008. Shikimate Accumulation in Nine Weedy Species Following Glyphosate Application. Weed Research 48: 455-460.

Osburn, L., Z.-M. Cheng, and R. N. Trigiano 2008. Advantitious rooting of woody and herbaceous plants. In C. Beyl and R. N. Trigiano (eds). Plant Propagation: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises. CRC Press. pp.201-212.

Ownley, B. H., M.R. Griffin*, W.E. Klingeman, K.D. Gwinn, J.K. Moulton and R.M. Pereira. 2008. Beauveria bassiana: endophytic colonization and plant disease control. J. Invert. Pathol. 98: 267-270.

Steckel, L. E., C. L. Main, A.T. Ellis and T. C. Mueller. 2008. Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats) in Tennessee has Low Level Glyphosate Resistance. Weed Technol. 22:119-123.

Stewart, C.N., Jr. 2008. Pharming in crop communities. Nature Biotechnology 26: 1222-1223.

Stewart, C.N., Jr. (Ed.) 2008. Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Wiley and Sons, New York, 400 pp.

Stewart, C.N., Jr. 2008. Nanotechnologies and fluorescent proteins for in planta functional genomics, pp. 419-430 in: Guenter Kahl and Khalid Meksem (Eds), The Handbook of Plant Functional Genomics--Concepts and Protocols, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 548 pp.

Stewart, C.N., Jr. and L.E. Edwards. 2008. How to teach research ethics. The Scientist 22: 27.

Stewart, C.N., Jr. and D.W. Ow. 2008. The future of plant biotechnology, Pp. 357-369 in: C.N. Stewart, Jr. (Ed.) Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey; 374 pp.

Teuton, T. C., C. L. Main, J. C. Sorochan, J. S. McElroy, W. E. Hart, C. E. Sams, and T. C. Mueller. 2008. Hybrid Kentucky bluegrass (Poa arachnifera Torr. x P. pratensis L.) Tolerance to Preemergence and Postemergence Herbicides. Weed Technol. 22: 240-244.

Trentham, Robert W., Carl E. Sams and William S. Conway. 2008. Histological Effects of Calcium Chloride in Stored Apples. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133: 487-491.

Wadl, Phillip A., Xinwang Wang, Andrew N. Trigiano, John A. Skinner, Mark T. Windham Timothy A. Rinehart, Sandra M. Reed, Vincent R. Pantalone and Robert N. Trigiano. 2008. Molecular Identification Keys for Cultivars and Lines of Cornus florida and C. kousa Based on Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Loci. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133: 783–793.

Wei, W, T.H. Schuler, S.J. Clark, C.N. Stewart, Jr. and G.M. Poppy. 2008. Movement of transgenic plant-expressed Bt Cry1Ac proteins through high trophic levels. Journal of Applied Entomology 132: 1-11.

Viator, R.P., C.O. Gwathmey, J.T. Cothren, J.T. Reed, E.D. Vories, R.C. Nuti, K.L. Edmisten, and R. Wells. 2008. Influence of ultranarrow row and conventional row cotton on the last effective boll population. Agron. J. 100: 1327-1331.

Xiong, Ai-Sheng, Ri-He Peng, Jing Zhuang, Jin-Ge Liu, Jian-Min Chen, Zong-Ming Cheng and Quan-Hong Yao. 2008. The Non-polymerase-cycling-assembly-based Chemical Gene Synthesis: the Strategies, Methods, and Progress. Biotechnol. Advances. 26: 121-134.

Yuan, J.S., Köllner, T.G., Wiggins, G., Grant, J., Zhao, N., Zhuang, X., Degenhardt, J., and Chen, F. (2008) Elucidation of the genomic basis of indirect plant defense against insects. Plant Signaling & Behavior 3: 720-721.

Yuan, J.S., Köllner, T.G., Wiggins, G., Grant, J., Degenhardt, J., and Chen, F. (2008) Molecular and genomic basis of volatile-mediated indirect defense against insects in rice. Plant J. 55: 491-503.

Yuan, J.S., D. W. Galbraith, S.Y. Dai, P. Griffin, and C. N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. Plant systems biology comes of age. Trends in Plant Science 13: 165-171.

Yuan, J., D. Wang, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. Statistical methods for efficiency adjusted real-time PCR analysis. Biotechnology Journal 3: 112-123.

Yuan, J.S., K.H. Tiller, H. Al-Ahmad*, N.R. Stewart*, C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2008. Plants to power: bioenergy to fuel the future. Trends in Plant Science 13: 421-429.

Zale J, Freshour L, Sorochan J, Ownley B, Gwinn K, and Castlebury L. (2008) First report of rust on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) caused by Puccinia emaculata in Tennessee. Plant Disease 92: 1710.

Zale, J., L. Ohnoutkova, D. West, C. Sams, J. Biggerstaff, and M. Le Puil. 2008. Micropropagation of Field-Grown Perennial Teosinte from Node Culture. Crop Science 48: 651-653.

Zale, JM. 2008. Transgene Genetics. IN Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications. Edited by C. Neal Stewart Jr., Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, pp 275-288.

Zhuang, X-F., Klingeman, W.E., Chen, F. (2008) Emission of floral volatiles from Dogwood flowers. J Agri Food Chem. 56: 9570-9574

Zhao, N., Ferrer, J-L., Ross, J., Guan, J., Yang, Y., Pichersky, E., Noel, J.P., and Chen, F. (2008) Structural, biochemical and phylogenetic analyses suggest that indole-3-acetic acid methyltransferase is an evolutionarily ancient member of the SABATH family. Plant Physiol. 146: 455-467

Zhuang, X., W.E. Klingeman, J. Hu and F. Chen. 2008. Emission of volatile chemicals from flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L) flowers. Agric. Food Chem. 56: 9570-9574.