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2023

P Yuan‡, EJ Borrego‡, YS Park‡, Z Gorman, PC Huang, J Tolley, S Christensen, J Blanford, A Kilaru, R Meeley, H Koiwa, S Vidal, A Huffaker, E Schmelz, MV Kolomiets (2023) 9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory. (‡co-first authors) Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.07.003

EJ Borrego, M Robertson, J Taylor, Z Schultzhaus, E Espinoza (2023) Oxylipin biosynthetic gene families of Cannabis sativa. PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272893

JS Bennett, T Isakeit, EJ Borrego, G Odvody, S Murray, MV Kolomiets (2023) Identification of naturally occurring atoxigenic strains of Fusarium verticillioides and their potential as biocontrol agents of mycotoxins and ear rot pathogens of maizes. Crop Protection https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106197

2022

E Helliwell, P Lafayette, F Arredondo, Ma Duquette, A Co, J Vega-Arreguin, S Porter, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets, W Parrott, B Tyler (2022) Transgenic soybeans expressing phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate-binding proteins show enhanced resistance against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.923281

2021

A Fontes-Puebla, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets, J Bernal (2021) Maize biochemistry in response to root herbivory was mediated by domestication, spread, and breeding. (2021) Planta https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-021-03720-2

YS Park, EJ Borrego, X Gao, S Christensen, E Schmelz, A Lanubile, D Drab, W Cody, H Yan, WB Shim, M Kolomiets (2021) Fusarium verticillioides induces maize-derived ethylene to promote virulence by engaging fungal G-protein signaling. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-09-20-0250-R (co-first author)

Y Shi, Y Li, Y Guo, EJ Borrego, Z Wei, H Ren, Z Ma, Y Yan (2021) A Rapid Pipeline for Pollen-and Anther-Specific Gene Discovery Based on Transcriptome Profiling Analysis of Maize Tissues. International Journal of Molecular Sciences https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22136877

P Sun, Y Shi, AGO Valerio, EJ Borrego, Q Luo, J Qin, K Liu, Y Yan (2021) An updated census of the maize TIFY family. PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247271

A Parthasarathy‡, EJ Borrego‡, MA Savka, RCJ Dobson, AO Hudson (2021) Amino acid-derived defense metabolites from plants: A potential source to facilitate novel antimicrobial development. (‡co-first authors) J Biological Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100438

N Fitoussi, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets, X Qing, P Bucki, N Sela, E Belausov, S Braun Miyara (2021) Oxylipins are implicated as communication signals in tomato–root‑knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) interaction. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79432-6

2020

AA Fontes-Puebla, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets, J Bernal (2020) Maize Biochemical Defences against a Rootworm Were Mediated by Domestication, Spread, and Breeding. bioRxiv (submitted to New Phytologists) https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.03.132795

MS Adegbaju, OB Morenikeji, EJ Borrego, AO Hudson, BN Thomas (2020) Differential Evolution of α-Glucan Water Dikinase (GWD) in Plants. Plants https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091101

KD Wang, EJ Borrego, C Kenerley, M Kolomiets (2020) Oxylipins Other Than Jasmonic Acid Are Xylem-Resident Signals Regulating Systemic Resistance Induced by Trichoderma virens in Maize. Plant Cell (cover article) https://doi:10.1105/tpc.19.00487

Z Gorman, S Christensen, Y Yan, Y He, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets (2020) Green leaf volatiles and jasmonic acid enhance susceptibility to anthracnose diseases casued by Colletotrichum graminicola in maize. Molecular Plant Pathology https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12924

Y He, EJ Borrego, Z Gorman, PC Huang, M Kolomiets (2020) Relative contribution of LOX10, green leaf volatiles and JA to wound-induced local and systemic oxylipin and hormone signature in Zea mays (maize). Phytochemistry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112334

2019

J Lei, GK Jayaprakasha, J Singh, R Uckoo, EJ Borrego, S Finlayson, M Kolomiets, BS Patil, J Braam, K Zhu-Salzman (2019) CIRCADIAN CLOCK-ASSOCIATED1 controls resistance to aphids by altering indole glucosinolate production. Plant Physiology https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00676

Y Dai, H Ogilvie, Y Liu, M Huang, L Markillie, H Mitchell, EJ Borrego, MV Kolomiets, G Orr, E Chehab, WT Mao, J Braam (2019) Rosette core fungal resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03273-5

M Jochum, K McWilliams, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets, G Hiu, E Pierson, YK Jo (2019) Bioprospecting Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria That Mitigate Drought Stress in Grasses. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02106

B Chinnapandi, P Bucki, N Fitoussi, M Kolomiets, EJ Borrego, S Braun Miyara (2019) Tomato SlWRKY3 acts as a positive regulator for resistance against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica by activating lipids and hormone-mediated defense-signaling pathways. Plant Signaling and Behavior https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2019.1601951

B Hassett, EJ Borrego, T Vonnahmn, T Rama, M Kolomiets, R Gradinger (2019) Arctic marine fungi: biomass, functional genes, and putative ecological roles. International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0368-1

2018

C Gale, EJ Borrego, H Blackmon, J Harper, D Richardson, H Song (2018) Investigating a Photolytic Metabolite in the Nocturnal Grasshopper Schistocerca ceratiola (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say048

P Battilani, A Lanubile, V Scala, M Reverberi, R Gregori, C Falavigna, C Dall’Asta, YS Park, J Bennett, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets (2018) Oxylipins from both pathogen and host antagonize JA mediated defense via the 9-lipoxygenase pathway in F. vertcillioides infection of maize. Molecular Plant Pathology https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12690

2017

Q Yang, Y He, M Kabahuma, T Chaya, A Kelley, EJ Borrego, Y Bian, F El Kasmi, L Yang, P Teixeira, J Kolkman, R Nelson, M Kolomiets, J Dangl, R Wisser, J Caplan, X Li, N Lauter, P Balint-Kurti (2017) A maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase gene confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens. Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3919

O Ogunola, L Hawkings, E Mylroie, M Kolomiets, EJ Borrego, J Tang, P Williams, M Warburton (2017) Characterization of the maize lipoxygenase gene family in relation to aflatoxin accumulation resistance. PLOS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181265

S Wang, YS Park, Y Yang, EJ Borrego, T Isakeit, X Gao, M Kolomiets. (2017) Seed-derived ethylene facilitates colonization but not aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus in maize. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00415

N Altagerel, G Ariunbold, C Gorman, M Alkahtani, EJ Borrego, D Bohlmeyer, P Hemmer, M Kolomiets, J Yuan, M Scully (2017). In vivo diagnostics of early abiotic plant stress response via Raman spectroscopy. PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701328114

M Chinchilla-Ramirez, EJ Borrego, T DeWitt, M Kolomiets, J Bernal (2017). Maize seedling morphology and defence hormone profiles, but not herbivory tolerance, were mediated by domestication and modern breeding. Annals of Applied Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12331

2016

EJ Borrego and M Kolomiets. (2016) Synthesis and Functions of Jasmonates in Maize. Plants https://doi.org/10.3390/plants5040041

2014

Y Yan, PC Huang, EJ Borrego, and M Kolomiets. (2014) New Perspectives into Jasmonate Roles in Maize. Plant Signal Behavior https://doi.org/10.4161/15592316.2014.970442

S Christensen†, A Nemchenko†, YS Park, EJ Borrego, PC Huang, E. Schmelz, S. Kunze, I Feussner, N Yalpani, R Meeley and M Kolomiets. (2014) The novel monocot-specific 9-lipoxygenase, ZmLOX12, is required to mount an effective jasmonate-mediated defense against Fusarium verticillioides in maize. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-13-0184-R

2013

N Constantino, F Mastouri, R Damarwinasis, EJ Borrego, ME Moran-Diez, C Kenerley, X Gao, and M Kolomiets. (2013) Root-Expressed Maize Lipoxygenase3 Negatively Regulates Induced Systemic Resistance to Colletotrichum graminicola in Shoots. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.201/2013.00510

R Ozalvo, J Cabrera, C Escobar, S Christensen, EJ Borrego, M Kolomiets, C Castresana, I Iberkleid, and S Brown Horowitz. (2013). Two closely related members of Arabidopsis 13-LOXs, LOX3 and LOX4, reveal distinct functions in response to plant-parasitic nematode infection. Molecular Plant Pathology https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12094

Y Yan, EJ Borrego, and M Kolomiets. (2013) Jasmonate Biosynthesis, Perception and Function in Plant Development and Stress Responses, Lipid Metabolism https://doi.org/10.5772/52675

S Christensen, A Nemchenko, EJ Borrego, I Murray, IS Sobhy, L Bosak, S Deblasio, M Erb, C Robert, K Vaughn, C Herrfurth, J Tumlinson, I Feussner, D Jackson, T Turlings, J Engelberth, C Nansen, R Meeley, and M Kolomiets. (2013) The maize lipoxygenase, ZmLOX10, mediates green leaf volatile, jasmonate, and herbivore-induced plant volatile production for defense against insect attack. Plant Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12101

2012

EJ Borrego and M Kolomiets. (2012) Lipid-Mediated Signaling Between Fungi and Plants Biocommunication of Fungi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4264-2_16

S Christensen‡, EJ Borrego‡, WB Shim, T Isakeit, and M Kolomiets. (2012) Quantification of fungal colonization, sporogenesis, and production of mycotoxins using kernel bioassays (‡co-first authors) Journal of Visualized Experiments https://doi.org/10.3791/3727