College of Forestry

Forest Biotechnology Laboratory

Publications

Displaying 101 - 200 of 217 Publications

2010

Jansson S, Ingvarsson PK.  2010.  Cohort-structured tree populations. Heredity. 105:331-332. | Full Text: PDF
Gou J, Strauss SH, Tsai CJ, Kai F, Chen Y, Jiang X, Busov V.  2010.  Gibberellins regulate lateral root formation in Populus through interactions with auxin and other hormones. Plant Cell. 22:623-639. | Full Text: PDF
Dharmawardhana P, Brunner AM, Strauss SH.  2010.  Poplar as a tree model for horticulture and beyond: A case study of genome-scale changes in gene expression during bud entry and release from dormancy. Acta Hort. (ISHS). 859:43-47. | Full Text: PDF
Murthy GS, Kumar D, Strauss SH, Dalton DA, Vinocur J.  2010.  Extraction Analysis of Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB) from hybrid poplar leaves. ASABE Paper No. 1009380. | Full Text: PDF
Busov V, Strauss SH, Pilate G.  2010.  Transformation as a tool for genetic analysis in Populus. in: Genetics and Genomics of Populus, S. Jansson et al. eds. :p.113-133.
Kitin P, Voelker SL, Meinzer FC, Beeckman H, Strauss SH, Lachenbruch B.  2010.  Tyloses and phenolic deposits in xylem vessels impede water transport in low-lignin transgenic poplars: a study by cryo-fluorescence microscopy. Plant Physiology. 154:887-898. | Full Text: Full text
Voelker SL, Lachenbruch B, Meinzer FC, Jourdes M, Ki C, Patten AM, Davin LB, Lewis NG, Tuskan GA, Gunter LE et al..  2010.  Antisense down-regulation of 4CL expression alters lignification, tree growth and saccharification potential of field-grown poplar. Plant Physiology. 154:874-886. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.110.159269 DOI | Full Text: PDF
Viswanath V, Strauss SH.  2010.  Modifying plant growth the cisgenic way. Information Systems for Biotechnology News Report. September 2010:1-4. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Kershen DL, Bouton JH, Redick TP, Tan H, Sedjo RA.  2010.  Far-reaching deleterious impacts of regulations on research and environmental studies of recombinant DNA-modified perennial biofuel crops in the United States. BioScience. 60(9):729-741. | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Li J, DiFazio S, Shevchenko O, Mohamed R, Montgomery B, Elias A, Van Wormer K, DiFazio SP, Strauss SH.  2010.  Genetic containment of forest plantations. In: Forests and Genetically Modified Trees. :Pp.35-76. | Full Text: PDF | http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1699e/i1699e00.htm
Busov V, Yordanov Y, Gou J, Meilan R, Ma C, Regan S, Strauss SH.  2010.  Activation tagging is an effective gene tagging system in Populus. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 7(1):91-101. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-010-0317-7 DOI | Full Text: PDF
Ellis B, Jansson S, Strauss SH, Tuskan GA.  2010.  Why and how Populus became a "Model Tree". In S. Jansson, R.P. Bhalerao and A.T. Groover (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Populus. :pp.3-14. | Full Text: PDF

2009

Li J, Brunner AM, Meilan R, Strauss SH.  2009.  Stability of transgenes in trees: expression of two reporter genes in poplar over three field seasons. Tree Physiology. 29:299-312. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpn028 DOI | Full Text: PDF
Harvey JW, Strauss SH.  2009.  Towards physiological sculpture of plants. New Phytologist. 181:8-12. | Full Text: PDF
Slavov GT, Leonardi S, Burczyk J, Adams WT, Strauss SH, DiFazio SP.  2009.  Extensive pollen flow in two ecologically contrasting populations of Populus trichocarpa. Molecular Ecology. 18(2):357-373. | Full Text: PDF
Flachowsky H, Hanke M-V, Peil A, Strauss SH, Fladung M.  2009.  A review on transgenic approaches to accelerate breeding of woody plants. Plant Breeding. 128:217-226. | Full Text: PDF
Bao Y, Dharmawardhana P, Arias R, Allen MB, Ma C, Strauss SH.  2009.  WUS and STM-based reporter genes for studying meristem development in poplar. Plant Cell Rep. 28:947–962. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Tan H, Boerjan W, Sedjo RA.  2009.  Strangled at birth? Forest biotech and the Convention on Biological Diversity Nature Biotechnology. 27:519-527. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Schmitt M, Sedjo RA.  2009.  Forest scientist views of regulatory obstacles to research and development of transgenic forest biotechnology. Journal of Forestry. 107:350-357. | Full Text: PDF
Bao Y, Dharmawardhana P, Mockler TC, Strauss SH.  2009.  Genome scale transcriptome analysis of shoot organogenesis in Populus. BMC Plant Biology. 9:132. | Full Text: PDF

2008

Busov V, Brunner AM, Strauss SH.  2008.  Genes for control of plant stature and form. New Phytologist. 177(3):589-607. | Full Text: PDF
Li J, Meilan R, Ma C, Barish M, Strauss SH.  2008.  Stability of herbicide resistance over 8 years of coppice in field-grown, genetically engineered poplars. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 23(2):89-93. | Full Text: PDF
Bao Y.  2008.  Genome Scale Transcriptome Analysis and Development of Reporter Systems for Studying Shoot Organogenesis in Poplar. Forest Science. Master of Science in Genetics | Full Text: PDF
Li J, Brunner AM, Shevchenko O, Meilan R, Ma C, Skinner JS, Strauss SH.  2008.  Efficient and stable transgene suppression via RNAi in field-grown poplars. Transgenic Research. 17:679-694. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-007-9148-1 DOI | Full Text: PDF
Li J, Brunner AM, Meilan R, Strauss SH.  2008.  Matrix attachment region elements have small and variable effects on transgene expression and stability in field-grown Populus. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 6:887-896. | Full Text: PDF

2007

Wei H, Meilan R, Brunner AM, Skinner JS, Ma C, Gandhi H, Strauss SH.  2007.  Field trial detects incomplete barstar attenuation of vegetative cytotoxicity in Populus trees containing a poplar LEAFY promoter:: barnase sterility transgene. Molecular Breeding. 19:69-85. | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Li J, DiFazio SP, Shevchenko O, Mohamed R, Montgomery B, Elias A, Van Wormer K, Strauss SH.  2007.  Genetic containment of forest plantations. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 3:75-100. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-006-0067-8 DOI | Full Text: PDF
Etherington E, Gandhi H, Busov V, Meilan R, Ma C, Kosola K, Strauss SH.  2007.  Dwarfism genes for modifying the stature of woody plants: A case study in poplar. Landscape Plant News. 18:3-6. | Full Text: PDF
Filichkin SA, DiFazio SP, Brunner AM, Davis JM, Yang ZK, Kalluri UC, Arias RS, Etherington E, Tuskan GA, Strauss SH.  2007.  Efficiency of gene silencing in Arabidopsis: Direct inverted repeats versus transitive RNAi vectors. Plant Biotechnology. 5:615-626. | Full Text: PDF
Doty SL, James CA, Moore AL, Vajzovic A, Singleton GL, Ma C, Khan Z, Xin G, Kang JW, Park JY et al..  2007.  Enhanced phytoremediation of volatile environmental pollutants with transgenic trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 104:16816-16821. | Full Text: PDF

2006

Li J.  2006.  Stability of Reporter Gene Expression and RNAi in Transgenic Poplars over Multiple Years in the Field under Vegetative Propagation. Forest Science. Ph.D. | Full Text: PDF
Mohamed R.  2006.  Expression and Function of Populus Homologs to TERMINAL FLOWER 1 Genes: Roles in Onset of Flowering and Shoot Phenology. Forest Science. Ph.D. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R, Ma C.  2006.  Poplar (Populus spp.). in: Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 344: Agrobacterium Protocols, 2nd edition.. | Full Text: PDF
Filichkin SA, Meilan R, Busov V, Ma C, Brunner AM, Strauss SH.  2006.  Alcohol-inducible gene expression in transgenic Populus. Plant Cell Reports. 25:660-667. | Full Text: PDF
Filichkin SA, Wu Q, Busov V, Meilan R, Lanz-Garcia C, Groover A, Goldfarb B, Ma C, Dharmawardhana P, Strauss SH.  2006.  Enhancer trapping in woody plants: Isolation of the ET304 gene encoding a putative AT-hook motif transcription factor and characterization of the expression patterns conferred by its promoter in transgenic Populus and Arabidopsis. Plant Science. 17:206-216. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2006.03.011 DOI | Full Text: PDF
Busov V, Meilan R, Pearce DW, Rood SB, Ma C, Tschaplinski TJ, Strauss SH.  2006.  Transgenic modification of gai or rgl1 causes dwarfing and alters gibberellins, root growth, and metabolite profiles in Populus. Planta. 24:288-299. | Full Text: PDF
Böhlenius H, Huang T, Charbonnel-Campaa L, Brunner AM, Jansson S, Strauss SH, Nilsson O.  2006.  The conserved CO/FT regulatory module controls timing of flowering and seasonal growth cessation in trees. Science . 312:1040-1043. | Full Text: PDF
Arias R, Filichkin SA, Strauss SH.  2006.  Divide and conquer: development and cell cycle genes in plant transformation. Trends Biotechnology. 24:267-273. | Full Text: PDF

2005

Valenzuela S, Strauss SH.  2005.  Lost in the woods. Nature Biotechnology. 23:532-533. | Full Text: PDF
Wei H, Meilan R, Brunner AM, Skinner JS, Ma C, Strauss SH.  2005.  Transgenic sterility in Populus: Expression properties of the poplar PTLF, Agrobacterium NOS, and two minimal 35S promoters in vegetative tissues. Tree Physiology. 26:401-410. | Full Text: PDF
Busov V, Fladung M, Groover A, Strauss SH.  2005.  Insertional mutagenesis in Populus: Relevance and feasibility. Tree Genet. & Genomes. 1:135-142. | Full Text: PDF
Bradford KJ, Gutterson N, Parrot W, Van Deynze A, Strauss SH.  2005.  Regulatory regimes for transgenic crops. Nature Biotechnology. 23:787-789. | Full Text: PDF
Bradford KJ, Van Deynze A, Gutterson N, Parrot W, Strauss SH.  2005.  Regulating transgenic crops sensibly: lessons from plant breeding, biotechnology, and genomics. Nature Biotechnology. 23(4):439-444. | Full Text: PDF
Busov V, Brunner AM, Meilan R, Filichkin SA, Ganio L, Gandhi H, Strauss SH.  2005.  Genetic transformation: a powerful tool for dissection of adaptive traits in trees. New Phytologist. 167:9-18. | Full Text: PDF

2004

Wei H.  2004.  Maintenance of Normal Vegetative Growth via Attenuation of Barnase as an Agent of Floral Tissue Ablation in Populus. Forest Science. Master of Science in Genetics | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Brunner AM.  2004.  Tree biotechnology in the 21st century: Transforming trees in the light of comparative genomics. In S.H. Strauss and H.D. Bradshaw (Eds.), The BioEngineered Forest: Challenges to Science and Society. :Pp76-97. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Brunner AM, Busov V, Ma C, Meilan R.  2004.  Ten lessons from 15 years of transgenic Populus research. Forestry. 77(5):455-465. | Full Text: PDF Full color images
Strauss SH, Martin FM.  2004.  Poplar genomics comes of age. New Phytologist. 164:1-4. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, DiFazio SP.  2004.  Hybrids abounding: Dangerous liasons? When cultivated plants mate with their wild relatives. A book review Nature Biotechnology. 22:29-30. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH.  2004.  GE Trees: The buzz is not from chainsaws. TimberWest. :50. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH.  2004.  Forest biotechnology - thriving despite controversy. New Phytologist. 163:9-11. | Full Text: PDF
Sterky F, Bhalerao R, Unneberg P, Segerman B, Nilsson P, Brunner AM, Charbonnel-Campaa L, Lindvall JJ, Tandre K, Strauss SH et al..  2004.  A populus EST resource for plant functional genomics. American Society of Plant Biologists Newsletter. 38(101):13951-13956. | Full Text: PDF
Slavov GT, DiFazio SP, Strauss SH.  2004.  Gene flow in forest trees: gene migration patterns and landscape modelling of transgene dispersal in hybrid poplar. In H.C.M. den Nijs, D. Bartsch, and J. Sweet (Eds.), Introgression from genetically modified plants into wild relatives. :Pp89-106. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R, Sabatti M, Ma C, Kuzminsky E.  2004.  An early-flowering genotype of Populus. Plant Biology. 47:52-56. | Full Text: PDF
Ma C, Strauss SH, Meilan R.  2004.  Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the genome-sequenced poplar clone, Nisqually-1 (Populus trichocarpa). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter . 22:1-9. | Full Text: PDF
Groover A, Fontana JR, Dupper G, Ma C, Martienssen R, Strauss SH, Meilan R.  2004.  Gene and enhancer trap tagging of vascular-expressed genes in poplar. Plant Physiology. 134:1742-1751. | Full Text: PDF
DiFazio SP, Slavov GT, Burczyk J, Leonardi S, Strauss SH.  2004.  Gene flow from tree plantations and implications for transgenic risk assessment. In C. Walter and M. Carson (eds.) Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. :405-422. | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Nilsson O.  2004.  Revisiting tree maturation and floral initiation in the poplar functional genomics era. New Phytolologist. 164:43-51. | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Yakovlev IA, Strauss SH.  2004.  Validating internal controls for quantitative plant gene expression studies. BMC Plant Biolog. 4 | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Busov V, Strauss SH.  2004.  Poplar genome sequence: functional genomics in an ecologically dominant plant species. Trends in Plant Science. 9:49-56. | Full Text: PDF
Andersson A, Keskitalo J, Sjodin A, Bhalerao R, Sterky F, Wissel K, Tandre K, Aspeborg H, Moyle R, Ohmiya Y et al..  2004.  A transcriptional timetable of autumn scenescence. Genome Biology. 5:R24.1-R24.13. | Full Text: PDF

2003

Strauss SH.  2003.  Risks of genetically engineered crops. Science. 301:1846-1847. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH.  2003.  Response: Democratization is more than higher prices. Science. 301:167. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH.  2003.  Regulation of biotechnology as though gene function mattered. BioScience. 53:453-454. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH.  2003.  Genomics, genetic engineering, and domestication of crops. Science. 300:61-62. | Full Text: PDF
Slavov GT, Howe GT, Yakovlev IA, Edwards KJ, Krutovskii KV, Tuskan GA, Carlson JE, Strauss SH, Adams WT.  2003.  Highly variable SSR markers in Douglas Fir: Mendelian inheritance and map locations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 108:873-880. | Full Text: PDF
Skinner JS, Meilan R, Ma C, Strauss SH.  2003.  The Populus PTD promoter imparts floral-predominant expression and enables high levels of organ ablation in Populus, Nicotiana and Arabidopsis. Molecular Breeding . 12:119-132. | Full Text: PDF
Ronald P, Strauss SH.  2003.  Moving the debate on genetically engineered crops forward. American Society of Plant Biologists Newsletter. May/June(30(3)) | Full Text: PDF
Chassy B, Carter C, McGloughlin M, McHughen A, Parrot W, Preston C, Roush R, Shelton A, Strauss SH.  2003.  UK field trial evaluations answer the wrong questions. Nature Biotechnology. 21:1429-1430. | Full Text: PDF
Campbell MM, Brunner AM, Jones HM, Strauss SH.  2003.  Forestry's Fertile Crescent: The application of biotechnology to forest trees. Plant Biotechnology. 1:141-154. | Full Text: PDF
Busov V, Meilan R, Pearce DW, Ma C, Rood SB, Strauss SH.  2003.  Activation tagging of a dominant gibberellin catabolism gene (GA 2-oxidase) from poplar that regulates tree stature. Plant Physiology. 132:1283-1291. | Full Text: PDF
Busov V, Meilan R, Strauss SH.  2003.  A short route to gene discovery in trees: Control of stature through gibberellin catabolism. Information Systems for Biotechnology News Report. :4-7. | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Goldfarb B, Busov V, Strauss SH.  2003.  Controlling maturation and flowering for forest tree domestication. In Stewart, C.N. (Eds.), Transgenic Plants: Current Innovations and Future Trends. :Pp9-44. | Full Text: PDF

2002

Slavov GT, DiFazio SP, Strauss SH.  2002.  Gene flow in forest trees: From empirical estimates to transgenic risk assessment. Scientific Methods Workshop: Ecological and Agronomic Consequences of Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops to Wild Relatives. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R, Auerbach DJ, Ma C, DiFazio SP, Strauss SH.  2002.  Stability of herbicide resistance and GUS expression in transgenic hybrid poplars (Populus sp.) during several years of field trials and vegetative propagation. HortScience. 37(2):277-280. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R.  2002.  Open communication on genetic engineering. Journal of Forestry . 100(5):48. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R, Han K-H, Ma C, DiFazio SP, Eaton JA, Hoien EA, Stanton BJ, Crockett RP, Taylor ML, James RR et al..  2002.  The CP4 transgene provides high levels of tolerance to Roundup® herbicide in field-grown hybrid poplars. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 32:967-976. | Full Text: PDF
DiFazio SP.  2002.  Measuring and modeling gene flow from hybrid poplar plantations: Implications for transgenic risk assessment. Forest Science. Ph.D. | Full Text: PDF
Adams MJ, Piovesan G, Strauss SH, Brown S.  2002.  The case for genetic engineering of native and landscape trees against introduced pests and diseases. Conservation Biology. 16(4):874–879. | Full Text: PDF

2001

Strauss SH, Campbell MM, Pryor SN, Coventry P, Burley J.  2001.  Plantation certification and genetic engineering: FSCs ban on research is counterproductive. Journal of Forestry. 99(12):4-7. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, DiFazio SP, Meilan R.  2001.  Genetically modified poplars in context. The Forestry Chronicle. 77(2):271-279. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Coventry P, Campbell MM, Pryor SN, Burley J.  2001.  Certification of genetically modified forest plantations. International Forestry Review . 3(2):85-102. | Full Text: PDF
Mohamed R, Meilan R, Ostry ME, Michler CH, Strauss SH.  2001.  Bacterio-opsin gene overexpression fails to elevate fungal disease resistance in transgenic poplar (Populus). Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31:268-275. | Full Text: PDF
Bradshaw Jr HD, Strauss SH.  2001.  Breeding strategies for the 21st century: domestication of poplar. In D.I. Dickmann, J.GT. Isebrands, J.E. Eckenwalder, and J. Richardson (Eds.), Poplar Culture in North America. | Full Text: PDF
Bradshaw Jr HD, Strauss SH.  2001.  Plotting a course for GM forestry. Nature Biotechnology. 19:1104. | Full Text: PDF

2000

Thompson PB, Strauss SH.  2000.  Research ethics for molecular silviculture. In S.M. Jain & S.C. Minocha (Eds.), Molecular Biology of Woody Plants. :Pp585-611. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Raffa KF, List PC.  2000.  Ethics and genetically engineered plantations. Journal of Forestry. 98(7):47-48. | Full Text: PDF
Skinner JS, Meilan R, Brunner AM, Strauss SH.  2000.  Options for genetic engineering of floral sterility in forest trees. In S.M. Jain & S.C. Minocha (Eds.), Molecular Biology of Woody Plants. :Pp135-153. | Full Text: PDF
Sheppard LA, Brunner AM, Krutovskii KV, Rottmann WH, Skinner JS, Vollmer SS, Strauss SH.  2000.  A DEFICIENS homolog from the dioecious tree Populus trichocarpa is expressed in both female and male floral meristems of its two-whorled, unisexual flowers. Plant Physiology. 124:627-639. | Full Text: PDF
Rottmann WH, Meilan R, Sheppard LA, Brunner AM, Skinner JS, Ma C, Cheng S, Jouanin L, Pilate G, Strauss SH.  2000.  Diverse effects of overexpression of LEAFY and PTLF, a poplar (Populus) homolog of LEAFY/FLORICAULA, in transgenic poplar and Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 22:235-246. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R, Ma C, Cheng S, Eaton JA, Miller LK, Crockett RP, DiFazio SP, Strauss SH.  2000.  High levels of Roundup® and leaf-beetle resistance in genetically engineered hybrid cottonwoods. In K.A. Blatner, J.D. Johnson, and D.M. Baumgartner (Eds.), Hybrid Poplars in the Pacific Northwest: Culture, Commerce and Capability. :Pp29-38. | Full Text: PDF
Meilan R, Han K-H, Ma C, James RR, Eaton JA, Stanton BJ, Hoien EA, Crockett RP, Strauss SH.  2000.  Development of glyphosate-tolerant hybrid cottonwoods. Tappi Journal. 83(1):164-166. | Full Text: PDF
Han K-H, Meilan R, Ma C, Strauss SH.  2000.  An Agrobacterium transformation protocol effective in a variety of cottonwood hybrids (genus Populus). Plant Cell Report. 19:315-320. | Full Text: PDF
Brunner AM, Rottmann WH, Sheppard LA, Krutovskii KV, DiFazio SP, Leonardi S, Strauss SH.  2000.  Structure and expression of duplicate AGAMOUS orthologs in poplar. Plant Molecular Biology. 44(5):619-634. | Full Text: PDF

1999

Wu J, Krutovskii KV, Strauss SH.  1999.  Nuclear DNA diversity, population differentiation, and phylogenetic relationships in the California Closed-Cone Pines based on RAPD and allozyme markers. Genome . 42:893-908. | Full Text: PDF
Strauss SH, Boerjan W, Cairney J, Campbell MM, Dean J, Ellis D, Jouanin L, Sandberg B.  1999.  Forest biotechnology makes its position known. Nature Biotechnology. 17:1145. | Full Text: PDF
Krutovskii KV, Erofeeva SY, Aagaard JE, Strauss SH.  1999.  Simulation of effects of dominance on estimates of population genetic diversity and differentiation. Journal of Heredity. 90:499-502. | Full Text: PDF

1998

Wu J.  1998.  Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism and Phylogeny in the California Closed-Cone Pines. Forest Science. MS in Genetics | Full Text: PDF
Wu J, Krutovskii KV, Strauss SH.  1998.  Abundant mitochondrial genome diversity, population differentiation, and convergent phenotypic evolution in pines. Genetics. 150:1605-1614. | Full Text: PDF
Southerton SS, Strauss SH, Olive MR, Harcourt RL, Decroocq V, Zhu X, Llewellyn DJ, Peacock WJ, Dennis ES.  1998.  Eucalyptus has a functional equivalent of the Arabidopsis floral meristem identity gene LEAFY. Plant Molecular Biology. 37:897-910. | Full Text: PDF