KORTH LAB

Recent papers...

    Korth, K.L. (2008) Genes and traits of interest for transgenic plants. In: Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques and Applications, C. Neal Stewart, Jr., ed.,Wiley and Sons, New York.

   Korth, K.L., Wailes, E.J., Clark, J.R., & J.C. Correll (2007) Public perception and technological  approaches to crop protection in the south-eastern U.S.  XVI  International Plant Protection Congress Proceedings, October 15-18, Glasgow, UK.

   Edwards, O., Klingler, J., Gao, L., Korth, K., Singh K. (2006) Medicago truncatula interaction with insects. In: The Medicago truncatula handbook. Mathesius U, Journet EP, Sumner LW (eds). ISBN 0-9754303-1-9.  

   Huang, J., Taylor, J.P, Chen, J.G., Uhrig, J.F., Schnell, D.F., Nakagawa, T., Korth, K.L., & Jones, A.M. (2006) The Plastid Protein THYLAKOID FORMATION1 and the Plasma Membrane G-protein GPA1 Interact in a Novel Sugar Signaling Mechanism in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18:1226-1238.

    Korth, K.L., Doege, S.J., Park, S.-H., Goggin, F.L., Wang, Q., Gomez, S. K., Liu G., Jia L., & Nakata, P.A. (2006)  Medicago truncatula mutants demonstrate the role of plant calcium oxalate crystals as an effective defense against chewing insects. Plant Physiol. 141: 188-195. 

    Bede, J.C. Musser, R.O. Felton, G.W., and Korth, K.L. (2006) Caterpillar herbivory and salivary enzymes decrease transcript levels of Medicago truncatula genes encoding early enzymes in terpenoid biosynthesis.  Plant Mol. Biol. 60:519-531.

    Korth, K.L., & Thompson, G.A. (2006) Chemical signals in plants: jasmonates and the role of insect-derived elicitors in responses to herbivores in Multigenic and Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants, S. Tuzun and E. Bent, Eds.

    Gomez S.K., Cox M.M., Bede J.C., Inoue K., Alborn H.T., Tumlinson J.H., and Korth K.L. (2005).  Lepidopteran herbivory and oral factors induce transcripts encoding novel terpene synthases in Medicago truncatula.  Arch. Insect Physiol. Bioch.  58:114-127.

    Wang, Q., Sullivan, R.W. Kight A., Henry R.L., Huang J., Jones A.M., and Korth, K.L. (2004) Deletion of the chloroplast-localized THYLAKOID FORMATION1 gene product in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to deficient thylakoid formation and variegated leaves.  Plant Physiol. 136:3594-3604. (copyright American Society of Plant Biologists)

    Korth, K.L. (2003)  Profiling the response of plants to herbivorous insects. Genome Biology, 4:221. 

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    Shadle, G.L., Wesley, S.V., Korth, K.L., Chen, F., Lamb, C., and Dixon, R.A. (2003) Over-expression of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase enhances plant resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens Phytochemistry, 64:153-161

    Crane, Y.M. and Korth, K.L. (2002) Regulated accumulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase protein in potato cell cultures: effects of calcium and enzyme inhibitors. J. Plant Physiol.159:1301-1307.

    Felton, G.W., & Korth, K.L. (2000) Trade-offs between pathogen and herbivore resistance. Current Opinion Plant Biology, 3:309-314.

    Korth, K.L., Blount, J.W., Chen, F., Rasmussen, S., Lamb, C. & Dixon, R.A. (2001) Changes in phenylpropanoid metabolites associated with homology-dependent silencing of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and its somatic reversion in tobacco. Physiologia Plantarum, 111:137-143.

    Korth, K.L, Jaggard, D.A.W., & Dixon, R.A. (2000) Developmental and light-regulated posttranslational control of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase protein. Plant Journal, 23:507-516.

    Reddy, J.T., Korth, K.L., Wesley, S.V., Howles, P.A., Rasmussen, S., Lamb, C. & Dixon, R.A. (2000) Post-transcriptional regulation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase expression in tobacco following recovery from gene silencing. Biological Chemistry, 381:655-665.

    Blount, J.W., Korth, K.L., Masoud, S.A., Rasmussen S, Lamb, C. & Dixon, R.A. (2000) Altering expression of cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase in transgenic plants identifies a feedback loop at the entry point into the phenylpropanoid pathway. Plant Physiology, 122:107-116.

    Felton, G.W., Korth, K.L., Bi, J.L., Wesley, S.V., Huhman, D.V., Mathews, M.C., Murphy, J.B., Lamb, C., & Dixon, R.A. (1999). Inverse relationship between systemic resistance of plants to microorganisms and to insect herbivory. Current Biology, 9:317-320.

    Dixon, R.A., Howles, P.J., Lamb, C., Korth, K.L., He, X.Z., Sewalt, V.J.H., & Rasmussen, S. (1999). Plant Secondary Metabolism: Control points and prospects for genetic manipulation of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. In Plant Cell and Tissue Culture for Plant Improvement, Fu, et al., eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing, New York.

    Felton, G.W., Bi, J.L., Mathews, M.C., Murphy, J.B., Korth, K.L., Wesley, S.V., Lamb, C., & Dixon, R.A. (1999). Cross-talk between the signal pathways for pathogen-induced systemic acquired resistance and grazing-induced insect resistance. In Insect-plant interactions and induced plant defence. Wiley, Chichester (Novartis Foundation Symposium 223), 166-174.

    Korth, K.L. & Dixon, R.A. (1997). Evidence for chewing insect-specific molecular events distinct from a general wound response in leaves. Plant Physiology, 115:1299-1305.

    Korth, K.L., Stermer, B.A., Bhattacharyya, M.K., & Dixon, R.A. (1997). HMG-CoA reductase families that differentially accumulate transcripts in potato tubers are developmentally expressed in floral tissues. Plant Molecular Biology, 33: 545-551.