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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:: Marchinchin, Joseph Robert
Title:: Characterization of caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase genes in maize AND The role of maysin in maize as a defense response to herbivory
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: herbivory
maysin
predicted protein structure
allelic differences
S:G ratio
lignin modification
CCoAOMT
antibiosis
bioassays
corn earworm
fall armyworm
maize
File:: Download Joseph_R_Marchinchin_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Phillips, Kimberly Ann
Title:: THE ROLES OF VANISHING TASSEL2 AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISASTER1 IN MAIZE VEGETATIVE AND INFLORESCENCE DEVELOPMENT
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: vanishing tassel2
tryptophan aminotransferase
Poaceae
plant hormone
mutation
meristem
maize
internode
inflorescence
indole-3-acetic acid
IAA
Developmental disaster1
development
bract
barren
auxin biosynthesis
auxin
vegetative
Zea mays
File:: Download phillips_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Paula Mc Steen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paula Mc Steen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Spangler, Lindsay M.
Title:: Impact of lignin and caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase 1 on Aspergillus flavus growth in maize cobs
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: CCoAOMT1
maize
Aspergillus flavus
lignin
caffeoyl CoA O-methyltransferase
File:: Download Lindsay_Spangler_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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:: Zhu, Lixue
Title:: Study of Defense Genes Expression Induced by Leaf Herbivory in Roots of Insect-resistant Maize
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: expression
defense gene
herbivory
maize
File:: Download master_thesis_by_Lixue_Zhu.pdf
Committee Members:: Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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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