A5054476391- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
University of British Columbia
2018-2022
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
2021-2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2022
University of Alberta
2019-2021
Renewed interests in the development of bioenergy, biochemicals, and biomaterials have elicited new strategies for engineering lignin biomass feedstock plants. This study shows, first time, that 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (DHB) is compatible with radical coupling reactions assemble polymeric We introduced a bacterial 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase into hybrid poplar (Populus alba × grandidentata) to divert carbon flux away from shikimate pathway, which lies upstream biosynthesis. Transgenic wood...
Lignin, a polyphenolic polymer, is major chemical constituent of the cell walls terrestrial plants. The biosynthesis lignin highly plastic process, as highlighted by an increasing number noncanonical monomers that have been successfully identified in array Here, we engineered hybrid poplar (Populus alba x grandidentata) to express chalcone synthase 3 (MdCHS3) derived from apple (Malus domestica) lignifying xylem. Transgenic trees displayed accumulation flavonoid naringenin xylem methanolic...
Abstract Identifying genetic variants responsible for phenotypic variation under selective pressure has the potential to enable productive gains in natural resource conservation and management. Despite this potential, identifying adaptive candidate loci is not trivial, linking genotype phenotype a major challenge contemporary genetics. Many of population approaches commonly used identify candidates will simultaneously detect false positives, particularly nonmodel species, where experimental...
The sister species, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm.) and jack banksiana Lamb), face pressures from a multitude of biotic agents, including mountain beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, 1902) their pathogenic fungal associates (e.g., Grosmannia clavigera (Rob.-Jeffr. & R.W. Davidson) Zipfel, Z.W. de Beer M.J. Wingf.), mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum Nutt. ex A.Gray), the pathogen causing western gall rust (Cronartium harknessii E. Meinecke). Here, we report...