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1. GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS OF PLANT HETEROCHROMATIC SHORT-INTERFERING RNAS

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Author:
Wang, Feng
Title:
GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS OF PLANT HETEROCHROMATIC SHORT-INTERFERING RNAS
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
small RNA modifications
small RNA sequencing
Arabidopsis thaliana
AGO4
heterochromatic siRNA accumulation
secondary heterochromatic siRNAs
slicing ability
File:
Download Feng_Wang_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael J. Axtell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael J. Axtell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh-hui Kao, Committee Member
Charles T. Anderson, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Outside Member

2. MULTIPLEX TARGETED MUTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RICE MAP KINASE GENES WITH CRISPR/CAS9

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Open Access
Author:
Minkenberg, Bastian
Title:
MULTIPLEX TARGETED MUTATION AND ANALYSIS OF RICE MAP KINASE GENES WITH CRISPR/CAS9
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
genome-editing
CRISPR/Cas9
rice
Oryza sativa
off-target prediction
mitogen-activated protein kinases
essential genes
multi-gene family
multiplex
File:
Download Bastian_Minkenberg_PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Yinong Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yinong Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R. Huff, Committee Member
Claude dePamphilis, Committee Member
Gabriele Monshausen, Outside Member

3. MAIZE DEFENSE RESPONSES AND STRATEGIES AGAINST ABOVEGROUND AND BELOWGROUND INSECTS

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Author:
Castano-Duque, Lina M
Title:
MAIZE DEFENSE RESPONSES AND STRATEGIES AGAINST ABOVEGROUND AND BELOWGROUND INSECTS
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
maize
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
Spodotera frugiperda
plant-insect interactions
plant defenses
proteomics
network biology
File:
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Committee Members:
Dawn S. Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S. Luthe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen M. Brown, Committee Member
Réka Albert, Committee Member
Mary Barbercheck, Outside Member

4. Maize Defense Responses to Caterpillars at the Molecular, Phenotypic and Ecological Scales

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Open Access
Author:
Jin, Shan
Title:
Maize Defense Responses to Caterpillars at the Molecular, Phenotypic and Ecological Scales
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
maize-insect interaction
maize NAM founder lines
fall armyworm
cover crop
black cutworm
maize insect resistance 1
File:
Download Shan_Jin_999087405_Dissertation_07102017.pdf
Committee Members:
Dawn S. Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S. Luthe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Claude dePamphilis, Committee Member
Gary W. Felton, Outside Member

5. MACROSCALE TO NANOSCALE BIOMECHANICAL INVESTIGATION OF XYLAN’S ROLE IN THE GRASS CELL WALL

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Author:
Breunig, Lee Daniel
Title:
MACROSCALE TO NANOSCALE BIOMECHANICAL INVESTIGATION OF XYLAN’S ROLE IN THE GRASS CELL WALL
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
xylan
GAX
Glucuronoarabinoxylan
Plant cell wall
Poaceae
Primary Cell Wall
Mechanics
Creep
Stress Strain
Nanoindentation
Nano-mechanical Mapping
AFM
Diferulic Acid
Computational Modeling
Grass
Xylanase
BsXynC
GH30
EC 3.2.1.136
EC 3.2.1.8
File:
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Committee Members:
Daniel J. Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ying Gu, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Outside Member

6. Integrating root and leaf phenotypes to enhance nitrogen use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.)

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Jennifer Tu
Title:
Integrating root and leaf phenotypes to enhance nitrogen use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.)
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
Root anatomy
Maize
Zea mays L.
Nitrogen uptake
Node
Phenotyping
Root plasticity
Root diameter
Root number
IBM
Recombinant Inbred Lines
Leaf anatomy
Leaf thickness
Nitrogen use efficiency
Root anatomy
Maize
Zea mays L.
Nitrogen
Recombinant inbred lines
IBM
Phenotyping
Leaf anatomy
Root architecture
Leaf thickness
Root diameter
Nitrogen use efficiency
Nitrogen uptake efficiency
File:
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Committee Members:
Jonathan Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Brown, Committee Member
Gabriele Monshausen, Committee Member
Timothy Ryan, Outside Member

7. New perspectives on conventional ideas about root system architecture and morphology

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Author:
Hanlon, Meredith
Title:
New perspectives on conventional ideas about root system architecture and morphology
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
auxin
phosphorus
lateral roots
roots
rice
root hairs
File:
Download MHanlon_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Kathleen Marie Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

8. Discovery of endogenous plant small RNAs and their role in trans-species gene regulation

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Author:
Shahid, Saima
Title:
Discovery of endogenous plant small RNAs and their role in trans-species gene regulation
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
miRNA
siRNA
plant small RNAs
Amborella
Physcomitrella
Triphysaria
Cuscuta
Parasitic plants
trans-species gene regulation
File:
Download Dissertation_Saima_Shahid_final_111717.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Axtell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Axtell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Outside Member