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Ross W. Whetten
Associate Professor
Education:
B.S. - Arizona State University (1981)
Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University (1988)
Research Interests:
Biochemistry and molecular biology of tree
growth and development.
Courses:
FOR 350 - Ethics in Natural Resource Management
FOR 411 - Forest Biology and Genetics
FOR 725 -
Advanced Forest Genetics (co-teaching with Steve McKeand)
Guest lecture and lab session in BIT815 Deep Sequencing
Genetic Data Analysis in Forest Tree Breeding
workshop: GS3 exercise
Contact:
NC State University
Department of Forestry
and Environmental Resources
Box 8008
Raleigh, NC 27695
Tel: 919 515-7578
Fax: 919 515-8149
E-mail: ross_whetten@ncsu.edu
Publications
- Isik, F., Amerson, H. V., Whetten, R. W., Garcia, S. A., & McKeand, S. E. (2012). Interactions of Fr genes and mixed-pathogen inocula in the loblolly pine-fusiform rust pathosystem. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 8(1), 15-25.
Publication type: Article - Sato, Y., Yajima, Y., Tokunaga, N., & Whetten, R. (2011). Comparison between tracheary element lignin formation and extracellular lignin-like substance formation during the culture of isolated Zinnia elegans mesophyll cells. Biologia, 66(1), 88-95.
Publication type: Article - Whetten, R. W., & Kellison, R. (2010). Research gap analysis for application of biotechnology to sustaining US forests. Journal of Forestry, 108(4), 193-201.
Publication type: Review - Xiong, J. S., Isik, F., McKeand, S. E., & Whetten, R. W. (2010). Genetic variation of stem forking in loblolly pine. Forest Science, 56(5), 429-436.
Publication type: Article - Morse, A. M., Whetten, R. W., Dubos, C., & Campbell, M. M. (2009). Post-translational modification of an R2R3-MYB transcription factor by a MAP Kinase during xylem development. New Phytologist, 183(4), 1001-1013.
Publication type: Article - Whetten, R. W., Valenzuela, S., & Frampton, I. (2009). Polymerase chain reaction of template for massively-parallel pyrosequencing. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, 20(2), 128-134.
Publication type: Article - Isik, F., Amerson, H. V., Whetten, R. W., Garcia, S. A., Li, B., & McKeand, S. E. (2008). Resistance of Pinus taeda families under artificial inoculations with diverse fusiform rust pathogen populations and comparison with field trials. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38(10), 2687-2696.
Publication type: Article - Isik, F., Amerson, H. V., Whetten, R. W., Garcia, S. A., Li, B., & McKeand, S. E. (2008). Erratum: Resistance of Pinus taeda families under artificial inoculations with diverse fusiform rust pathogen populations and comparison with field trials (vol 38, pg 2687, 2008). Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38(12), 3151.
Publication type: Correction to article - Sato, Y., & Whetten, R. W. (2006). Characterization of two laccases of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) expressed in tobacco BY-2 cells. Journal of Plant Research, 119(6), 581-588.
Publication type: Article - Clore, A. M., Turner, W. S., Morse, A. M., & Whetten, R. W. (2003). Changes in mitogen-activated protein kinase activity occur in the maize pulvinus in response to gravistimulation and are important for the bending response. Plant Cell and Environment, 26(7), 991-1001.
Publication type: Article - Heath, L. S., Ramakrishnan, N., Sederoff, R. R., Whetten, R. W., Chevone, B. I., Struble, C. A., Jouenne, V. Y., Chen, D. W., Van Zyl, L., & Grene, R. (2002). Studying the functional genomics of stress responses in loblolly pine with the Expresso microarray experiment management system. Comparative and Functional Genomics, 3(3), 226-243.
Publication type: Article - Myburg, A. A., Remington, D. L., O'Malley, D. M., Sederoff, R. R., & Whetten, R. W. (2001). High-throughput AFLP analysis using infrared dye-labeled primers and an automated DNA sequencer. Biotechniques, 30(2), 348.
Publication type: Article - Tang, W., Sederoff, R., & Whetten, R. (2001). Regeneration of transgenic loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) from zygotic embryos transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Planta (Online), 213(6), 981-989.
Publication type: Article - Wenck, A. R., Quinn, M., Whetten, R. W., Pullman, G., & Sederoff, R. (1999). High-efficiency Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Plant Molecular Biology, 39(3), 407-416.
Publication type: Article - Remington, D. L., Whetten, R. W., Liu, B. H., & O'Malley, D. M. (1999). Construction of an AFLP genetic map with nearly complete genome coverage in Pinus taeda. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 98(8), 1279-1292.
Publication type: Article - Marques, C. M., Araujo, J. A., Ferreira, J. G., Whetten, R., O'Malley, D. M., Liu, B. H., & Sederoff, R. (1998). AFLP genetic maps of Eucalyptus globulus and E-tereticornis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 96(6/7), 727-737.
Publication type: Article - Whetten, R. W., Mackay, J. J., & Sederoff, R. R. (1998). Recent advances in understanding lignin biosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 49(1998), 585-609.
Publication type: Article - Allona, I., Quinn, M., Shoop, E., Swope, K., St Cyr, S., Carlis, J., Riedl, J., Retzel, E., Campbell, M. M., Sederoff, R., & Whetten, R. W. (1998). Analysis of xylem formation in pine by cDNA sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95(16), 9693-9698.
Publication type: Article - MacKay, J., O'Malley, D., Whetten, R., & Sederoff, R. (1998). Method of altering lignin in trees. U.S. Patent No. 5,824,842. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Publication type: Patent - Ralph, J., Mackay, J. J., Hatfield, R. D., O'Malley, D. M., Whetten, R. W., & Sederoff, R. R. (1997). Abnormal lignin in a Loblolly pine mutant. Science, 277(5323), 235-239.
Publication type: Article - MacKay, J. J., O'Malley, D. M., Presnell, T., Booker, F. L., Campbell, M. M., Whetten, R., & Sederoff, R. R. (1997). Inheritance, gene expression, and lignin characterization in a mutant pine deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94(15), 8255-8260.
Publication type: Article - O'Malley, D. M., & Whetten, R. (1997). Molecular markers and forest trees. In G. Caetano-Anolles, P. M. Gresshoff (Eds.), DNA markers: Protocols, applications, and overviews. (pp. 237-257). New York: Wiley-VCH.
Publication type: Chapter - Whetten, R., & Sederoff, R. (1995). Lignin biosynthesis. Plant Cell, 7(7), 1001-1013.
Publication type: Article - Whetten, R. W., & Sederoff, R. R. (1992). Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from loblolly pine: Purification of the enzyme and isolation of complementary DNA clones. Plant Physiology, 98(1), 380.
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