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Author:: Burton, Amy L.
Title:: Phenotypic Evaluation and Genetic Basis of Anatomical and Architectural Root Traits in the Genus Zea
Graduate Program:: Horticulture
Keywords:: root
plant architecture
aerenchyma
maize
File:: Download Burton_dissertation2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan M Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member

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Author:: Ibraheem, Farag I. M.
Title:: INDUCTION AND METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF FLAVONOID DEFENSE COMPOUNDS IN SORGHUM AND MAIZE
Graduate Program:: Plant Biology
Keywords:: maize
phytoalexin
myb
flavonoids
transcription factor
sorghum
yellow seed1
pericarp color1
File:: Download Thesis_Farag_Ibraheem.pdf
Committee Members:: Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member

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Author:: Postma, Johannes Auke
Title:: PLANT RESOURCE CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION: SIMULATION OF SUBTLE CHANGES WITH GREAT EFFECTS
Graduate Program:: Horticulture
Keywords:: bean
maize
SimRoot
plant nutrrition
root cortical aerenchyma
phosphorus
nitrogen
potassium
squash
intercropping
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: J P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Guo, Li
Title:: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Development and Pathogenicity in the Filamentous Fungus Fusarium verticillioides
Graduate Program:: Plant Pathology
Keywords:: Fusarium verticillioides
fumonisins
reactive oxygen species
hyphal fusion
genomics
maize
ear rot
File:: Download Li_Guo_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Anthony Glenn, Committee Member

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Author:: Robbins, Michael Lawrence
Title:: TISSUE-SPECIFIC PATTERNING SPECIFIED BY A MULTICOPY PERICARP COLOR1 ALLELE IN MAIZE
Graduate Program:: Plant Biology
Keywords:: transposon
maize
enhancer
flavonoid
mosaic
DNA methylation
File:: Download Michael_Robbins_Thesis__submitted_version_.pdf
Committee Members:: Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member

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Author:: Huang, Mingshu
Title:: Characterization and Cloning of camouflage1, a Maize Gene Functioning in the Tetrapyrrole Synthesis Pathway
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: tetrapyrrole biosynthesis
porphobilinogen deaminase
maize
camouflage1
programmed cell death
ROS
File:: Download Mingshu_Huang_Thesis_final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: David M Braun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Braun, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

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Author:: Wu, Xianting
Title:: The role of barren inflorescence genes, barren inflorescence2 (bif2), barren stalk1 (ba1)and suppressor of sessile spikelet1 (sos1), in maize inflorescence development
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: barren inflorescence
maize
inflorescence development
File:: Download Xianting_Wu_Ph.D_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Paula Mc Steen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhou, Yibing
Title:: Development and Assimilate Partitioning in Wildtype and Miniature Phenotype Maize Kernels
Graduate Program:: Plant Physiology
Keywords:: assimilate partitioning
miniature mutant
invertase
maize
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara White Pennypacker, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
Jack Corum Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Paul Knievel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Wang, Po-Hao
Title:: Epigenetic regulatory role and fine mapping of unstable factor for orange1 in maize
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: maize
genetics
genetics
fine mapping
File:: Download PS_Thesis_-_PoHao-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Surinder Chopra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Han, Yang
Title:: Roles Of Chitinases And Jaz Genes In Maize Herbivore Defense
Graduate Program:: Genetics
Keywords:: maize
fall armyworm
herbivore-induced plant defense
chitinase
jasmonic acid
JAZ genes
peritrophic matrix
File:: Download Yang_Han_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dawn S Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Special Member

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