Search Results - "WESTON, DAVID J."

Engineering crassulacean acid metabolism to improve water-use efficiency by Borland, Anne M., Hartwell, James, Weston, David J., Schlauch, Karen A., Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Tuskan, Gerald A., Yang, Xiaohan, Cushman, John C.

“…•CAM species exhibit high WUE.•Introduction of CAM into crops should enhance WUE and improve carbon balance.•Genome and transcriptome sequencing of diverse…”
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The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage by Kostka, Joel E., Weston, David J., Glass, Jennifer B., Lilleskov, Erik A., Shaw, A. Jonathan, Turetsky, Merritt R.

“…Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum play a major role in global carbon storage and dominate many northern peatland ecosystems, which are currently being…”
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Informing models through empirical relationships between foliar phosphorus, nitrogen and photosynthesis across diverse woody species in tropical forests of Panama by Norby, Richard J., Gu, Lianhong, Haworth, Ivan C., Jensen, Anna M., Turner, Benjamin L., Walker, Anthony P., Warren, Jeffrey M., Weston, David J., Xu, Chonggang, Winter, Klaus

“…Our objective was to analyze and summarize data describing photosynthetic parameters and foliar nutrient concentrations from tropical forests in Panama to…”
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Shading contributes to Sphagnum decline in response to warming by Norby, Richard J., Baxter, Taylor, Živković, Tatjana, Weston, David J.

“…Experimental warming of an ombrotrophic bog in northern Minnesota has caused a rapid decline in the productivity and areal cover of Sphagnum mosses, affecting…”
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Molybdenum-Based Diazotrophy in a Sphagnum Peatland in Northern Minnesota by Warren, Melissa J, Lin, Xueju, Gaby, John C, Kretz, Cecilia B, Kolton, Max, Morton, Peter L, Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Weston, David J, Schadt, Christopher W, Kostka, Joel E, Glass, Jennifer B

“…Microbial N fixation (diazotrophy) represents an important nitrogen source to oligotrophic peatland ecosystems, which are important sinks for atmospheric CO…”
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Analyses of transcriptome sequences reveal multiple ancient large-scale duplication events in the ancestor of Sphagnopsida (Bryophyta) by Devos, Nicolas, Szövényi, Péter, Weston, David J, Rothfels, Carl J, Johnson, Matthew G, Shaw, A Jonathan

“…The goal of this research was to investigate whether there has been a whole-genome duplication (WGD) in the ancestry of Sphagnum (peatmoss) or the class…”
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Root and Rhizosphere Bacterial Phosphatase Activity Varies with Tree Species and Soil Phosphorus Availability in Puerto Rico Tropical Forest by Cabugao, Kristine G, Timm, Collin M, Carrell, Alyssa A, Childs, Joanne, Lu, Tse-Yuan S, Pelletier, Dale A, Weston, David J, Norby, Richard J

“…Tropical forests generally occur on highly weathered soils that, in combination with the immobility of phosphorus (P), often result in soils lacking…”
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Bringing function to structure: Root–soil interactions shaping phosphatase activity throughout a soil profile in Puerto Rico by Cabugao, Kristine Grace, Yaffar, Daniela, Stenson, Nathan, Childs, Joanne, Phillips, Jana, Mayes, Melanie A., Yang, Xiaojuan, Weston, David J., Norby, Richard J.

“…Large areas of highly productive tropical forests occur on weathered soils with low concentrations of available phosphorus (P). In such forests, root and…”
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Diel rewiring and positive selection of ancient plant proteins enabled evolution of CAM photosynthesis in Agave by Yin, Hengfu, Guo, Hao-Bo, Weston, David J, Borland, Anne M, Ranjan, Priya, Abraham, Paul E, Jawdy, Sara S, Wachira, James, Tuskan, Gerald A, Tschaplinski, Timothy J, Wullschleger, Stan D, Guo, Hong, Hettich, Robert L, Gross, Stephen M, Wang, Zhong, Visel, Axel, Yang, Xiaohan

“…Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) enhances plant water-use efficiency through an inverse day/night pattern of stomatal closure/opening that facilitates…”
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Involvement of Arabidopsis RACK1 in Protein Translation and Its Regulation by Abscisic Acid by Guo, Jianjun, Wang, Shucai, Valerius, Oliver, Hall, Hardy, Zeng, Qingning, Li, Jian-Feng, Weston, David J, Ellis, Brian E, Chen, Jin-Gui

“…Earlier studies have shown that RACK1 functions as a negative regulator of abscisic acid (ABA) responses in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), but the…”
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A dual role of strigolactones in phosphate acquisition and utilization in plants by Czarnecki, Olaf, Yang, Jun, Weston, David J, Tuskan, Gerald A, Chen, Jin-Gui

“…Phosphorus, acquired in the form of phosphate (Pi), is one of the primary macronutrients for plants but is least available in the soil. Pi deficiency is a…”
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Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems by Kolton, Max, Weston, David J, Mayali, Xavier, Weber, Peter K, McFarlane, Karis J, Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Somoza, Mark M, Lietard, Jory, Glass, Jennifer B, Lilleskov, Erik A, Shaw, A. Jonathan, Tringe, Susannah, Hanson, Paul J, Kostka, Joel E

“…Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are ecosystem engineers that frequently predominate over photosynthetic production in boreal peatlands. Sphagnum spp. host…”
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BAYESIAN ANOMALY DETECTION METHODS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS by Heard, Nicholas A., Weston, David J., Platanioti, Kiriaki, Hand, David J.

“…Learning the network structure of a large graph is computationally demanding, and dynamically monitoring the network over time for any changes in structure…”
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Abscisic Acid Receptors： Past, Present and Future by Guo, Jianjun, Yang, Xiaohan, Weston, David J., Chen, Jin-Gui

“…acid （ABA） is the key plant stress hormone. Consistent with the earlier studies in support of the presence of both membrane- and cytoplasm-localized ABA…”
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A rapid assay for assessing bacterial effects on Arabidopsis thermotolerance by Lee, Jun Hyung, Burdick, Leah H, Piatkowski, Bryan, Carrell, Alyssa A, Doktycz, Mitchel J, Pelletier, Dale A, Weston, David J

“…The role of beneficial microbes in mitigating plant abiotic stress has received considerable attention. However, the lack of a reproducible and relatively…”
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Newly identified helper bacteria stimulate ectomycorrhizal formation in Populus by Labbé, Jessy L, Weston, David J, Dunkirk, Nora, Pelletier, Dale A, Tuskan, Gerald A

“…Mycorrhiza helper bacteria (MHB) are known to increase host root colonization by mycorrhizal fungi but the molecular mechanisms and potential tripartite…”
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Two Poplar-Associated Bacterial Isolates Induce Additive Favorable Responses in a Constructed Plant-Microbiome System by Timm, Collin M, Pelletier, Dale A, Jawdy, Sara S, Gunter, Lee E, Henning, Jeremiah A, Engle, Nancy, Aufrecht, Jayde, Gee, Emily, Nookaew, Intawat, Yang, Zamin, Lu, Tse-Yuan, Tschaplinski, Timothy J, Doktycz, Mitchel J, Tuskan, Gerald A, Weston, David J

“…The biological function of the plant-microbiome system is the result of contributions from the host plant and microbiome members. The Populus root microbiome…”
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Abiotic Stresses Shift Belowground Populus -Associated Bacteria Toward a Core Stress Microbiome by Timm, Collin M, Carter, Kelsey R, Carrell, Alyssa A, Jun, Se-Ran, Jawdy, Sara S, Vélez, Jessica M, Gunter, Lee E, Yang, Zamin, Nookaew, Intawat, Engle, Nancy L, Lu, Tse-Yuan S, Schadt, Christopher W, Tschaplinski, Timothy J, Doktycz, Mitchel J, Tuskan, Gerald A, Pelletier, Dale A, Weston, David J

“…Adverse growth conditions can lead to decreased plant growth, productivity, and survival, resulting in poor yields or failure of crops and biofeedstocks. In…”
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F-Box Gene Family Is Expanded in Herbaceous Annual Plants Relative to Woody Perennial Plants by Yang, Xiaohan, Kalluri, Udaya C, Jawdy, Sara, Gunter, Lee E, Yin, Tongming, Tschaplinski, Timothy J, Weston, David J, Ranjan, Priya, Tuskan, Gerald A

“…F-box proteins are generally responsible for substrate recognition in the Skp1-Cullin-F-box complexes that are involved in protein degradation via the…”
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A Carotenoid-Deficient Mutant in Pantoea sp. YR343, a Bacteria Isolated from the Rhizosphere of Populus deltoides, Is Defective in Root Colonization by Bible, Amber N, Fletcher, Sarah J, Pelletier, Dale A, Schadt, Christopher W, Jawdy, Sara S, Weston, David J, Engle, Nancy L, Tschaplinski, Timothy, Masyuko, Rachel, Polisetti, Sneha, Bohn, Paul W, Coutinho, Teresa A, Doktycz, Mitchel J, Morrell-Falvey, Jennifer L

“…The complex interactions between plants and their microbiome can have a profound effect on the health and productivity of the plant host. A better…”
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