Browsing by Author "Kenerley, Charles"
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Yan, Huijuan (2020-04-09)Fusarium verticillioides is a fungal pathogen of maize causing ear rot and stalk rot diseases. Importantly, the fungus also produces carcinogenic mycotoxins, fumonisins, on infested maize. Unfortunately, we still lack a ...
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Mitchell, Timothy Andrew 1979- (2009-05-15)Although initial attempts to convert (R)-4-trichloromethyl-β-lactone to ketoaldehydes or keto-β-lactones for stereoselective tetrahydrofuran (THF) synthesis were unsuccessful, several novel transformations of this malic ...
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Bennett, John S (2021-12-06)Infection of seed with two major ear rot pathogens of maize, Fusarium verticillioides and Aspergillus flavus, lead to high yield losses and detrimental health effects to humans and animals through the production of mycotoxins, ...
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Constantino, Nasie Noel (2017-08-07)This project elucidates the effect of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by maize infected with fungal pathogens on disease progression in neighboring plants. To protect themselves from herbivory by insects, plants ...
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Jiang, Shan (2015-08-13)Plant innate immunity has been classified into two layers of defense systems. Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat (NLR) protein complexes activated by pathogen effectors launches effector-triggered immunity (ETI). ...
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Wang, Ken-Der (2018-11-01)Plants benefit from interactions with symbiotic microorganisms, with enhancements ranging from improved growth to activation of induced systemic resistance (ISR) against a broad range of pathogens. While pathogen-triggered ...
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Damarwinasis, Ramadhika (2018-05-01)Plant lipoxygenases (LOX) catalyze the production of oxylipins through the oxidization of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) that are important in plant development and defense. LOXs can be divided into two groups, depending ...