John Sittmann
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View article: Bacterial diketopiperazines stimulate diatom growth and lipid accumulation
Bacterial diketopiperazines stimulate diatom growth and lipid accumulation Open
Diatoms are photosynthetic microalgae that fix a significant fraction of the world’s carbon. Because of their photosynthetic efficiency and high-lipid content, diatoms are priority candidates for biofuel production. Here, we report that sp…
Gibberellin and auxin signaling genes <i>RGA1</i> and <i>ARF8</i> repress accessory fruit initiation in diploid strawberry Open
Unlike ovary-derived botanical fruits, strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) is an accessory fruit derived from the receptacle, the stem tip subtending floral organs. Although both botanical and accessory fruits initiate development in response…
Bacterially produced small molecules stimulate diatom growth Open
Diatoms are photosynthetic microalgae that fix a significant fraction of the world’s carbon. Because of their photosynthetic efficiency and high-lipid content, diatoms are priority candidates for biofuel production. Here, we report that sp…
Mechanism of auxin and GA crosstalk in diploid strawberry fruit initiation Open
Strawberry, a high value fruit crop, has recently become amenable for genetic studies due to genomic resources and CRISPR/CAS9 tools. Unlike ovary-derived botanical fruits, strawberry is an accessory fruit derived from receptacle, the stem…
INVESTIGATING THE REGULATION OF GROWTH MECHANISMS IN TWO DISTINCT BRANCHES OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIFE Open
Photosynthetic organisms often have limited mobility and rely on a variety of environmental, physiological, and chemical signals to regulate aspects of growth and development. In this thesis, I investigated how two such organisms, one a fl…
View article: Consensus Coexpression Network Analysis Identifies Key Regulators of Flower and Fruit Development in Wild Strawberry
Consensus Coexpression Network Analysis Identifies Key Regulators of Flower and Fruit Development in Wild Strawberry Open
The diploid strawberry, Fragaria vesca, is a developing model system for the economically important Rosaceae family. Strawberry fleshy fruit develops from the floral receptacle and its ripening is nonclimacteric. The external seed configur…