Publications

Anti-pathogen/ PGIP  Improvements to Plants

Haroldsen V, Szczerba M, Aktas H, Lopez-Baltazar J, Odias MJ, ChiHam C, Labavitch JM, Bennett AB, Powell ALT. 2012. Delivery of nucleic acids and proteins from grafted rootstocks for pathogen and pest control.  Frontiers in Plant Sciences 3:39. http://www.frontiersin.org/plant-microbe_interaction/10.3389/fpls.2012.00039/abstract;  doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00039

Celorio-Mancera M de la P, Allen ML, Powell AL, Ahmadi H, Salemi MR Phinney,BS, Shackel, KA, Greve, LC,  Teuber, LR, Labavitch, JM.  2008.  Cloning and identification of western tarnished plant bug (Lygus hesperus) polygalacturonases secreted during feeding.  Arthropod Plant Interactions 2:215-225.

Agüero C B., Uratsu S L, Greve LC, Powell ALT, Labavitch JM, Meredith CP, Dandekar AM.  2005.  Evaluation of tolerance to Pierce’s Disease and Botrytis in transgenic plants of Vitis vinifera L. expressing the pear PGIP gene.  Mol. Plant Path. 6:43-51.

D’hallewin G, Schirra M, Powell ALT, Greve LC, Labavitch JM. 2004.  Properties of a polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein from ‘Oroblanco’ grapefruit.  Physiologia Plantarum 120:395-404.

Thornburg, R, Carter C, Powell A, Horner HH, Rizhsky L, Mittler R. 2003.   A major function of the nectary gland is plant defense against microbial attack.  Plant Syst. Evol. 238:211-218.

Powell ALT, van Kan J, ten Have A, Visser J, Greve LC, Bennett AB, Labavitch JM. 2000.  Transgenic expression of pear PGIP in tomato limits fungal colonization. Mol. Plant Microbe Interactions 13:942-950.

Stotz HU, Contos JA, Powell ALT, Bennett AB, Labavitch JM.  1994.   Structure and expression of an inhibitor of fungal polygalacturonases from tomato. Plant Mol. Biol. 25:607-617.

Stotz HU, Powell ALT, Damon SE, Greve LC, Bennett AB, Labavitch JM.  1993.  Molecular characterization of a polygalacturonase inhibitor from Pyrus communis L. cv Bartlett.  Plant Physiol. 102:133-138.