Forage Improvement Division: Publications (Last 12 months)

See a complete list of publications in the Noble Publication Listing.

Kolliker, R., Rosellini, D., & Wang, Z. Y. (2009). Development and application of biotechnological and molecular genetic tools. In B. Boller, U. Posselt, F. Veronesi (Eds.) , Handbook of Plant Breeding: Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses. .

Biermacher, J., Reuter, R. R., Cook, B. J., Islam, M. A., Hopkins, A., Bouton, J. H., & Butler, T. J. (2009). Economic feasibility of stocker cattle grazing tall fescue infected with a novel endophyte in the Southern Great Plains. Journal of Animal Science, 87 (E-Suppl. 2), 573.

Guretzky, J., Reuter, R. R., Biermacher, J., Springer, J., Butler, T. J., Aljoe, H. D. , Rogers, J. K., & Cook, B. J. (2009). Economic potential of stocker cattle grazing legume-interseeded bermudagrass. Journal of Animal Science, 87 (E-Suppl. 2), 573.

Uppalapati, S. R., Marek, S. M., Lee, H-K. , Nakashima, J., Tang, Y., Sledge, M. K., Dixon, R. A., & Mysore, K. S. (2009). Global gene expression profiling during Medicago truncatula-Phymatotrichopsis omnivora interaction reveals a role for jasmonic acid, ethylene, and the flavonoid pathway in disease development. MPMI - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 22 (1), 7-17 DOI:10.1094/MPMI -22-1-0007.

Jiang, Q., Zhang, J., Guo, X., Monteros, M. J., & Wang, Z - Y. (2009). Physiological characterization of transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa) plants for improved drought tolerance. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 170 (8), 969-978 doi: 10.1086/600138.

Pang, Y., Wenger, J., Saathoff, K., Peel, G. J., Wen, J. Q., Huhman, D. V., Allen, S. N., Tang, Y., Cheng, X., Tadege, M., Ratet, P., Mysore, K. S., Sumner, L. W., Marks, M. D., & Dixon, R. A. (2009). A WD40 repeat protein from Medicago truncatula is necessary for tissue-specific anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis, but not for trichome development. Plant Physiology, , DOI:10.1104/pp.109.144022 .

Hisano, H., Nandakumar, R., & Wang, Z - Y. (2009). Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, 45, 306–313, DOI:10.1007/s11627-009-9219-5.

Ma, X-F., Wright, E., Ge, Y. X., Bell, J., Xi, Y., Bouton, J. H., & Wang, Z. Y. (2009). Improving phosphorus acquisition of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) by transgenic expression of plant-derived phytase and acid phosphatase genes. Plant Science, 176 (4), 479-488, DOI:10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.01.001.

Biermacher, J., Upson, S., Miller, D. J., & Pittman, D. (2009). Economic feasibility of small scale vegetable production and retailing in rurual communities, NF-AG25. In Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting .Mobile, Alabama: Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

Wang, J., Bughrara, S., Mian, R. M. , Saha, M. C., & Sleper, D. A. (2009). Parental genome composition and genetic classifications of derivatives from intergeneric crosses of Festuca mairei and Lolium perenne. Molecular Breeding, 23 (2), 299-309 DOI:10.1007/s11032-008-9236-9.

Young, C. A. (2009). Bioprotective secondary metabolites from fungal endophytes of cool season grasses. In American Phytopathology Society Annual Meeting (pp. S152). Portland, Oregon: American Phytopathology Society.

Butler, T. J., Weindorf, D. J., Han, K. J., & Muir, J. P. (2009). Dairy manure compost quality effects on corn silage and soil properties. Compost Science & Utilization, 17 (1), 18-24.

Young, C. A., Mittal, S. , Trammell, L., & Hopkins, A. (2009). Epichloë endophytes from cool season grass germplasm. In American Phytopathology Society Annual Meeting (pp. S147). .

Saha, M. C., Young, C. A., & Hopkins, A. A. (2009). Genetic variation within and among wildrye (Elymus canadensis and E. virginicus) populations from the Southern Great Plains. Crop Science, 49 (3), 913-922 DOI:10.2135/cropsci2008.04.0239.

Saha, M. C., & Bouton, J. H. (2009). Improved small grain varieties for livestock forage. Ag News and Views, January.

Young, C. A., Tapper, B. A., May, K., Moon, C. D., Schardl, C. L., & Scott, B. (2009). Indole-diterpene biosynthetic capability of epichloë endophytes as predicted by ltm gene analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (7), 2200-2211.

Zhang, Y., Han, Y. , Jiang, G., Sledge, M. K., Coyne, C., Greene, S., Kisha, T., & Monteros, M. J. (In Press).Maximizing genetic diversity of the model legume Medicago truncatula using nested core collections. Genome.

Bouton, J. H. (2009). Molecular breeding to improve forages for use in animal and biofuel production systems. In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf (pp. 1-13). New York, New York: Springer Sciences.

Anonymous, F.I. (2009). R&D facilities in Oklahoma . Oklahoma City Journal Record, January 30.

Wang, Z - Y., Ge, Y. X., & Hopkins, A. A. (2009). Registration of NFLT12, a tissue culture–responsive Lolium temulentum (Darnel ryegrass) line. Journal of Plant Registrations, 3 (2), 206-207.

Oram, R. N., Ferreira, C. V., Culvenor, R. A. , Hopkins, A. A., & Stewart, A. (2009). The first century of Phalaris aquatica L. cultivation and genetic improvement: a review. Crop and Pasture Science, 60 (1), 1-15.