Publications

2024

Muthan B, Wang J, Welti R, Kosma DK, Yu L, Deo B, Khatiwada S, Vulavala VVK, Childs KL, Xu C, Durrett TP, Sanjaya SA (2024) Mecahnisms of Spirodela polyrhiza tolerance to FGC Wastewater-induced heavy-metal stress: lipidomics, transcriptomics and functional validation. Journal of Hazardous Materials 469:133951

Parada-Rojas CH, Stahr M, Childs KL, Quesada-Ocampo LM (2024) Effector repertoire of sweetpotato black rot fungal pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ahead of print

Stahr MN, Parada-Rojas C, Childs KL, Alfenas RF, Fernandes FM, Quesada-Ocampo LM (2024) Long-read sequencing genome assembly of Ceratocystis fimbriata enables development of molecular diagnostics for sweetpotato black rot. Phytopathology ahead of print

Li Y, Miyani B, Childs KL, Shiu SH, Xagoraraki I (2024) Effect of wastewater collection and concentration methods on assessment of viral diversity. Science of the Total Environment 908:168128

2023

Soto-Cardinault C, Childs KL, Góngora-Castillo E (2023) Network analysis of publicly available RNA-seq provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of plant defense against multiple fungal pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes 14(12) 2223

Jeffery HR, Mudukuti N, Buell CR, Childs KL, Cichy K (2023) Gene expression profiling of soaked common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) reveals cell wall modification plays a role in cooking time. Plant Genome e20364

Goeckeritz CZ, Rhoades KE, Childs KL, Iezzoni AF, VanBuren R, Hollender CA (2023) Genome of tetraploid sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) ‘Montmorency’ identifies three distinct ancestral Prunus genomes. Horticulture Research uhad097

2022

McGrath JM, Funk A, Galewski P, Ou S, Townsend B, Davenport K, Daligault H, Johnson S, Lee J, Hastie A, Darracq A, Willems G, Barnes S, Liachko I, Sullivan S, Koren S, Phillippy A, Wang J, Liu T, Pulman J, Childs K, Shu S, Yocum A, Fermin D, Mutasa-Göttgens E, Stevanato P, Taguchi K, Naegele R, Dorn K (2022) A contiguous de novo genome assembly of sugar beet EL10 (Beta vulgaris L.). DNA Research dsac033

Planta J, Liang Y-Y, Xin H, Chansler MT, Prather LA, Jiang N, Jiang J, Childs KL (2022) Chromosome scale genome assemblies and annotations for Poales species Carex cristatella, Carex scoparia, Juncus effusus and Juncus inflexus. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genet Early online: jkac211

Standish J, Góngora-Castillo E, Bowman MJ, Childs K, Tian M, Quesada-Ocampo L (2022) Development, validation, and utility of species-specific diagnostic markers for detection of Peronospora belbahrii. Phytopathology 112:1667-1675

2021

Thompson AW, Hawkins MB, Parey E, Wcisel DJ, Ota T, Kawasaki K, Funk E, Losilla M, Fitch OE, Pan Q, Feron R, Louis A, Montfort J, Milhes M, Racicot BL, Childs KL, Fontenot Q, Ferrara A, David SR, McCune AR, Dornburg A, Yoder JA, Guiguen Y, Roest Crollius H, Berthelot C, Harris MP, Braasch I (2021) The bowfin genome illuminates the developmental evolution of ray-finned fishes. Nat Genet 53:1373-1384

2020

Behe BK, Huddleston PT, Childs KL, Chen J, Muraro IS (2020) Seeing through the forest: The gaze path to purchase. PLoS ONE 15(10): e0240179

Purayannur S, Cano LM, Bowman MJ, Childs KL, Gent DH, Quesada-Ocampo LM (2020) The effector repertoire of the hop downy mildew pathogen Psuedoperonospora humuli. Frontiers in Genetics 11: 910

Zienkiewicz A, Zienkiewicz K, Poliner E, Pulman JA, Du Z-Y, Stefano G, Tsai C-H, Horn P, Feussner I, Farre EM, Childs KL, Brandizzi F, Benning C (2020) The Microalga Nannochloropsis during Transition from Quiescence to Autotrophy in Response to Nitrogen Availability. Plant Phyiol 182: 819-839

2019

Techa-Angkoon P, Childs KL, Sun Y TD (2019) GPRED-GC: a Gene PREDiction model accounting for 5'-3' GC gradient. BMC Bioinformatics 20 (Supplement 15): 482

Burkhardt AK, Childs KL, Wang J, Ramon ML, Martin FN (2019) Assembly, annotation, and comparison of Macrophomina phaseolina from strawberry and other hosts. BMC Genomics 20: 802

Kadirjan-Kalback DK, Turmo A, Wang J, Smith BC, Chen C, Porter KJ, Childs KL, DellaPenna D, Osteryoung KW (2019) Allelic variation in the chloroplast division gene FtsZ2-2 contributes to natural variation in chloroplast size in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 181:1059-1074

Lloyd JP, Bowman MJ, Azodi CB, Sowers RP, Moghe GD, Childs KL, Shiu SH (2019) Evolutionary characteristics of intergenic transcribed regions indicate rare novel genes and widespread noisy transcription in the Poaceae. Sci Rep 9: 12122

Weise SE, Liu T, Childs KL, Preiser AL, Katulski HM, Perrin-Porzondek C, Sharkey TD (2019) Transcriptional regulation of the glucose-6-phosphate/phosphate translocator 2 is related to carbon exchange across the chloroplast envelope. Front. Plant Sci. 10: 827

Rahman A, Góngora-Castillo E, Bowman MJ, Childs KL, Gent D, Martin FN, Quesada-Ocampo LM (2019) Genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis of the hop downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora humuli reveal species-specific genes for molecular detection. Phytopathology 109(8): 1354-1366.

Colle M, Leisner CP, Wai CM, Ou S, Bird KA, Wang J, Wisecaver JH, Yocca AE, Alger EI, Tang H, Xiong Z, Callow P, Ben-Zvi G, Brodt A, Baruch K, Swale T, Shiue L, Song G-Q, Childs KL, Schilmiller A, Vorsa N, Buell CR, VanBuren R, Jiang N, Edger PP (2019) Haplotype-phased genome and evolution of phytonutrient pathways of tetraploid blueberry. GigaScience giz012

Zuo Z, Weraduwage SM, Lantz AT, Sanchez LM, Weise SE, Wang J, Childs KL, Sharkey TD (2019) Isoprene acts as a signaling molecule in gene networks important for stress responses and plant growth. Plant Physiol. 180:124-152

Edger PP, Poorten TJ, VanBuren R, Hardigan MA, Colle M, McKain MR, Smith RD, Teresi S, Nelson ADL, Wai C-M, Alger EI, Bird KA, Yocca AE, Pumplin N, Ou S, Ben-Zvi G, Brodt A, Baruch K, Swale T, Shiue L, Acharya CB, Cole GS, Mower JP, Childs KL, Jiang N, Lyons E, Freeling M, Puzey JR, Knapp SJ (2019) Origin and evolution of the octoploid strawberry genome. Nature Genet. 51: 541-547

Sternberger AL, Bowman MJ, Kruse CPS, Childs KL, Ballard HE, Wyatt SE (2019) Transcriptomics identifies modules of differentially expressed genes and novel cyclotides in Viola pubescens. Frontiers Plant Science 10:156

2018

VanBuren R, Wai CM, Colle M, Wang J, Sullivan S, Bushakra JM, Liachko I, Vining KJ, Dossett M, Finn CE, Jibran R, Chagné D, Childs K, Edger PP, Mockler TC, Bassil NV (2018) A near complete, chromosome-scale assembly of the black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) genome. GigaScience giy094

2017

Edger PP, VanBuren R, Colle M, Poorten TJ, Wai CM, Niederhuth CE, Alger E, Ou S, Acharya CB, Wang J, Callow P, McKain MR, Shi J, Collier C, Xiong Z, Mower JP, Slovin JP, Hytönen T, Jiang N, Childs KL, Knapp SJ (2017) Single-molecule sequencing and optical mapping yields an improved genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) with chromosome-scale contiguity GigaScience gix124

Zeng Q, Cui Z, Wang J, Childs KL, Sundin GW, Cooley DR, Yang C-H, Garofalo E, Eaton A, Huntley RB, Yuan X, Schultes NP (2017) Comparative genomics of Spiraeoideae-infecting Erwinia amylovora strains revealed high genetic diversity and identified the genetic basis of a low virulence strain. Mol Plant Path 19(7): 1652-1666

Huot B, Castroverde C, Velásquez A, Hubbard E, Pulman J, Yao J, Childs K, Tsuda K, Montgomery B, He S-Y (2017) Dual impact of elevated temperature on plant defence and bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis. Nature Comm. 8:1808

Bowman MJ, Pulman JA, Liu TL, Childs KL (2017) A modified GC-specific MAKER gene annotation method reveals improved and novel gene predictions of high and low GC content in Oryza sativa. BMC Bioinformatics 18:522

Copetti D, Burquez A, Bustamante E, Charboneau J, Childs KL, Eguiarte LE, Lee S, Liu T, McMahon MM, Whiteman NK, Wing RA, Wojciechowski MF, Sanderson MJ (2017) Extensive gene tree discordance and hemiplasy shaped the genomes of North American columnar cacti. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 114:12003-12008

Edger PP, Smith RD, McKain MR, Cooley AM, Vallejo-Marin M, YuanY-W, Bewick AJ, Ji L, Platts AE, Bowman MJ, Childs K, Washburn JD, Schmitz R, Smith G, Pires JC, Puzey JR (2017) Subgenome dominance in an interspecific hybrid, synthetic allopolyploid, and a 140-year-old naturally established neo-allopolyploid monkeyflower. Plant Cell 29: 2150–2167

Poliner E, Pulman J, Zienkiewicz K, Childs K, Benning C, Farré EM (2017) A toolkit for Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779 enables gene stacking and genetic engineering of the eicosapentaenoic acid pathway for enhanced fatty acid production. Plant Biotech J 16: 298-309

2016

Pulman JA, Childs KL, Sgambelluri M, Walton JD (2016) Expansion and diversification of the MSDIN family of cyclic peptide genes in the poisonous agarics Amanita phalloides and A. bisporigera. BMC Genomics 17: 1038

Frazier TP, Palmer NA, Xie F, Tobias CM, Donze-Reiner TJ, Bombarely A, Childs KL, Shu S, Jenkins JW, Schmutz J, Zhang B, Sarath G, Zhao B (2016) Identification, characterization, and gene expression analysis of nucleotide binding site (NB)-type resistance gene homologues in switchgrass. BMC Genomics 17: 892

Hirsch CN, Hirsch CD, Brohammer AB, Bowman MJ, Soifer I, Barad O, Shem-Tov D, Baruch K, Lu F, Hernandez AG, Fields CJ, Wright CL, Koehler K, Springer NM, Buckler E, Buell CR, deLeon N, Kaeppler SM, Childs KL, Mikel MA (2016) Draft assembly of elite inbred line PH207 provides insights into genomic and transcriptome diversity in maize (Zea mays L.) Plant Cell 28(11): 2700-2714

Wiersma AT, Brown LK, Brisco EI, Liu TL, Childs KL, Poland JA, Sehgal SK, Olson EL (2016) Fine mapping of the stem rust resistance gene SrTA10187. Theor Appl Genet 129: 2369-2378

Kim J, Liu Y, Zhang X, Zhao B, Childs KL (2016) Analysis of salt-induced physiological and proline changes in 46 switchgrass Panicum virgatum lines indicates multiple response modes. Plant Physiol Biochem 105: 203-212

2015

Liu Y, Zhang X, Tran Hon, Shan Liang, Kim J, Childs K, Ervin EH, Frazier T, Zhao B (2015) Assessment of drought tolerance of forty nine switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) genotypes using physiological and morphological parameters. Biotechnol Biofuels 8:152

Kellner F, Kim J, Clavijo BJ, Hamilton JP, Childs KL, Vaillancourt B, Cepela J, Habermann M, Steuernagel B, Clissold L, McLay K, Buell CR, O'Connor SE (2015) Genome-guided investigation of plant natural product biosynthesis. Plant J 82: 680-692

Law MY, Childs KL, Campbell MS, Stein JC, Olson AJ, Holt C, Panchy N, Lei J, Jiao D, Andorf CM, Lawrence CJ, Ware D, Shiu SH, Sun Y, Jiang N, Yandell M (2015) Automated update, revision and quality control of the Zea mays genome annotations using MAKER-P improves the B73 RefGen_v3 gene models and identifies new genes. Plant Physiol 167(2): 25-39

2014

Bedewitz MA, Góngora-Castillo E, Uebler JB, Gonzales-Vigil E, Wigert-Rininger KE, Childs KL, Hamilton JP, Vaillancourt B, Yeo Y-S, Chappell J, DellaPenna D, Jones AD Buell CR, Barry CS (2014) A root-expressed L-phenylalanine:4-hydroxyphenlypyruvate aminotransferase is required for tropane alkaloid biosynthesis in Atropa belladona. Plant Cell 165(2): 658-669

Evans J, Kim J, Childs KL, Vaillancourt B, Crisovan E, Nandety A, Gerhart DJ, Richmond TA, Jeddeloh JA, Kaeppler SM, Casler MD, Buell CR (2014) Nucleotide polymorphism and copy number variant detection using exome capture and next-generation sequencing in the polyploid grass Panicum virgatum. Plant Journal 79(6): 993-1008

Tang H, Krishnakumar V, Bidwell S, Rosen B, Chan A, Zhou S, Gentzbittel L, Childs KL, Yandel M, Gundlach H, Mayer KFX, Schwartz DC, Town CD (2014) An improved genome release (version Mt4.0) for the model legume Medicago truncatula. BMC Genomics 15: 312

Sekhon RS, Hirsch CN, Childs KL, Breitzman MW, Kell P, Duvick S, Spalding EP, Buell CR, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM (2014) Phenotypic and transcriptional analysis of divergently selected maize populations reveals the role of developmental timing in seed size determination. Plant Physiol 165: 658-669

Childs KL, Nandety A, Hirsch CN, Góngora-Castillo E, Schmutz J, Kaeppler SM, Casler MD, Buell CR (2014) Generation of transcript assemblies and identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms from seven lowland and upland cultivars of switchgrass. Plant Genome 7(2): doi:10.3835/plantgenome2013.120041

Hirsch CD, Hamilton JP, Childs KL, Cepela J, Crisovan E, Vaillancourt B, Hirsch CN, Habermann M, Neal B, Buell CR (2014) Spud DB: A resource for mining sequences, genotypes and phenotypes to accelerate potato breeding. Plant Genome 7(1): doi:10.3835/plantgenome2013.12.0042

Campbell MS, Law MY, Holt C, Stein JC, Moghe G, Hufnagel DE, Lei J, Achawanantakun R, Jiao D, Lawrence CJ, Ware D, Shiu SH, Childs KL, Sun Y, Jiang N, Yandell M (2014) MAKER-P: a tool-kit for the rapid creation, management, and quality control of plant genome annotations. Plant Physiol 164: 513-524

2013

Massa AN, Childs KL, Buell CR (2013) Abiotic and biotic stress responses in Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja DM1-3 516R44 as measured through whole transcriptome sequencing. Plant Genome 6(3): doi:10.3835/plantgenome2013.05.0014

Kawahara Y, de la Bastide M, Hamilton JP, Kanamori H, McCombie R, Ouyang S, Schwartz D, Tanaka T, Wu J, Zhou S, Childs KL, Davidson RM, Lin H, Quesada-Ocampo L, Vaillancourt B, Sakai H, Lee SS, Kim J, Numa H, Itoh T, Buell CR, Matsumoto T (2013) Improvement of the Oryza sativa Nipponbare reference genome using next generation sequence and optical map data. Rice 6: 4

2012

Góngora-Castillo E, Childs KL, Fedewa G, Hamilton JP, Liscombe D, Magallenes-Lundback M, Mandadi KK, Nims E, Runguphan W, Vaillancourt B, Varbanova-Herde M, DellaPenna D, McKnight TD, O'Connor S, Buell CR (2012) Development of transcriptomic resources for interrogating the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids in medicinal plant species. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52506

Vieler A, Guangxi W, Tsai C-H, Bullar B, Cornish AJ, Harvey C, Reca I-B, Thornburg C, Achawanantakun R, Buehl CJ, Campbell MS, Cavalier D, Childs KL, Clark TJ, Deshpande R, Erickson E, Armenia-Ferguson A, Handee W, Kong Z, Li X, Liu B, Lundback S, Peng C, Roston R, Sanjaya, Simpson JP, TerBush A, Warakanont J, Zäuner S, Farre EM, Hegg EL, Jiang N, Kuo M-H, Lu Y, Niyogi KK, Ohlrogge J, Osteryoung KW, Shachar-Hill Y, Sears BB, Sun Y, Takahashi H, Yandell M, Shiu S-H, Benning C (2012) Genome, functional gene annotation and nuclear transformation of the heterokont oleaginous alga Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779. PLoS Genetics 8(11): e1003064

Sekhon RS, Childs KL, Santoro N, Foster CE, Buell CR, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM (2012) Transcriptional and metabolic analysis of senescence induced by preventing pollination in maize. Plant Physiol 159: 1730-1744

Adhikari BN, Savory EA, Vaillancourt B, Childs KL, Hamilton JP, Day B, Buell CR (2012) Expression profiling of Cucumis sativus in response to infection by Pseudoperonospora cubensis. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34954

Childs KL, Konganti K, Buell CR (2012) The Biofuel Feedstock Genomics Resource: A web-based portal and database to enable functional genomics of plant biofuel feedstock species. Database 2012: bar061

2011

Massa AN, Childs KL, Lin H, Bryan GJ, Giuliano G, Buell CR (2011) The transcriptome of the reference potato genome Solanum tuberosum group Phureja clone DM1-3 516R44. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26801

Davidson RM, Hansey CN, Gowda M, Childs KL, Lin H, Vaillancourt B, Sekhon RS, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Jiang N, Buell CR (2011) Utility of RNA-seq for analysis of maize reproductive transcriptomes. Plant Genome 4(3): 191-203

Childs KL, Davidson RM, Buell CR (2011) Gene coexpression network analysis as a source of functional annotation for rice genes. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22196

Giddings L-A, Liscombe DK, Hamilton JP, Childs KL, Buell CR, O'Connor SE (2011) A stereoselective hydroxylation step of alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus. J. Biol. Chem. 286: 16751-16757

Sekhon RS, Lin H, Childs KL, Hansey CN, Buell CR, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM (2011) Genome-wide atlas of transcription during maize development. Plant J 66: 553-563

Munoz-Torres MC, Reese JT, Childers CP, Bennett AK, Sundaram JP, Childs KL, Anzola JM, Milshina N, Elsik CG (2011) Hymenoptera genome database: Integrated community resources for insect species of the order Hymenoptera. NAR 39:658-662

Childers CP, Reese JT, Sundaram JP, Vile DC, Dickens CM, Childs KL, Salih H, Bennett AK, Hagen DE, Adelson DL, Elsik CG (2011) Bovine genome database: Integrated tools for genome annotation and discovery. NAR 39: D830-D834

2010

Reese JT, Childers CP, Sundaram JP, Dickens CM, Childs KL, Vile DC, Elsik CG (2010) Bovine genome database: Supporting community annotation and analysis of the Bos taurus genome. BMC Genomics 11: 645

2009

Rhee Y, Lin H, Buell R, Childs K, Kaeppler S (2009) A c2 allele of maize identified in regenerant-derived progeny from tissue culture results from insertion of a novel transposon. Maydica 54: 429-437

McNally KL, Childs KL, Bohnert R, Davidson RM, Zhao K, Ulat VJ, Zeller G, Clark RM, Hoen DR, Bureau TE, Stokowski R, Ballinger DG, Frazer KA, Cox DR, Padhukasahasram B, Bustamante CD, Weigel D, Mackill DJ, Bruskiewich RM, Ratsch G, Buell CR, Leung H, Leach JE (2009) Genomewide SNP variation reveals relationships among landraces and modern varieties of rice. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106: 12273-12278

Childs KL (2009) Genomic and genetic database resources for the grasses. Plant Physiol. 149: 132-136

2007

Campbell MA, Zhu W, Jiang N, Lin H, Ouyang S, Childs KL, Haas BJ, Hamilton JP, Buell CR (2007) Identification and characterization of lineage-specific genes within the Poaceae. Plant Physiol. 145: 1311-1322

Weaver DB, Anzola JM, Evans JD, Reid JG, Reese JT, Childs KL, Zdobnov E, Samanta M, Miller J, Elsik CG (2007) Computational and transcriptional evidence for microRNAs in the honey bee genome. Genome Biology 8: R97

Childs KL, Hamilton JP, Zhu W, Ly E, Cheung F, Wu H, Rabinowicz PD, Town CD, Buell CR, Chan AP (2007) The TIGR plant transcript assemblies database. Nucl. Acids Res. 35: D846-D851

Ouyang S, Zhu W, Hamilton J, Lin H, Campbell M, Childs K, Thibaud-Nissen F, Malek RL, Lee Y, Zheng L, Orvis J, Haas B, Wortman J, Buell, CR (2007) The TIGR rice genome annotation resource: improvements and new features. Nucl. Acids Res. 35: D883-D887

2006

Elsik CG, Worley KC, Zhang L, Milshina NV, Jiang H, Reese JT, Childs KL, Venkatraman A, Dickens CM, Weinstock GM, Gibbs RA (2006) Community annotation: Procedures, protocols, and supporting tools. Genome Research 16: 1329-1333

Cairney J, Zheng L, Cowels A, Hsiao J, Zismann V, Liu J, Ouyang S, Thibaud-Nissen F, Hamilton J, Childs K, Pullman GS, Zhang YT, Oh T, Buell CR (2006) Expressed sequence tags from loblolly pine embryos reveal similarities with angiosperm embryogenesis. Plant Mol. Biol. 62: 485-501

Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium (2006) Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature 443: 931-949

2005

McKee EW, Kanbi LD, Childs KL, Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Adams PD, Sacchettini JC, Ioerger TR (2005) FINDMOL: Automated defragmentation of macromolecules in electron density maps. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 61: 1514-1520

Gopal K, Romo TD, McKee E, Childs KL, Pai R, Smith J, Sacchettini JC, Kanbi L, Ioerger TR (2005) TEXTAL: automated crystallographic protein structure determination. In: Proceedings of the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (IAAI-05), 1483-1490

2002

Morgan PW, Finlayson SA, Childs KL, Mullet JE, Rooney WL (2002) Opportunities to improve adaptability and yield in grasses: Lessons from sorghum. Crop Sci 42: 1791-1799

Morishige DT, Childs KL, Moore LD, Mullet JE (2002) Targeted analysis of orthologous phytochrome A regions of the sorghum, maize, and rice genomes using comparative gene-island sequencing. Plant Physiol 130: 1614-1625

Islam-Faridi MN, Childs KL, Klein PE, Hodnett G, Menz MA, Klein RR, Rooney WL, Mullet JE, Stelly DM, Price HJ (2002) A molecular cytogenetic map of sorghum chromosome 1: Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with mapped bacterial artificial chromosomes. Genetics 161: 345-353

Wen L, Tang HV, Chen W, Chang R, Pring DR, Klein PE, Childs KL, Klein RR (2002) Development and mapping of AFLP markers linked to the sorghum fertility restorer gene rf4. Theor Appl Genet 104: 577-585

Kim J-S, Childs KL, Faridi MN-I, Menz MA, Klein RR, Klein PE, Price HJ, Mullet JE, Stelly DM (2002) Integrated karyotyping of sorghum by in situ hybridization of landed BACs. Genome 45: 402-412

2001

Childs KL, Klein RR, Klein PE, Morishige DT, Mullet JE (2001) Mapping genes on an integrated sorghum genetic and physical map using cDNA selection technology. Plant Journal 27: 243-256

Klein RR, Klein PE, Chhabra AK, Dong J, Pammi S, Childs KL, Mullet JE, Rooney WL, Schertz KF (2001) Molecular mapping of the rf1 gene for pollen fertility restoration in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Theor Appl Genet 102: 1206-1212

2000

Klein PE, Klein RR, Cartinhour SW, Ulanch PE, Dong J, Obert JA, Morishige DT, Schlueter SD, Childs KL, Ale M, Mullet JE (2000) A high-throughput AFLP-based method for constructing integrated genetic and physical maps: Progress toward a sorghum genome map. Genome Research 10: 789-807

1997

Childs KL, Miller FR, Cordonnier-Pratt M-M, Pratt LH, Morgan PW, Mullet JE (1997) The Sorghum bicolor photoperiod sensitivity gene, Ma3, encodes a phytochrome B. Plant Physiol 113: 611-619

1995

Childs KL, Lu J-L, Mullet JE, Morgan PW (1995) Genetic regulation of development in Sorghum bicolor. X. Greatly attenuated photoperiod sensitivity in a phytochrome-deficient sorghum possessing a biological clock but lacking a red light-high irradiance response. Plant Physiol 108: 345-351

1994

Foster KR, Miller FR, Childs KL, Morgan PW (1994) Genetic regulation of development in Sorghum bicolor. VIII. Shoot growth, tillering, flowering, gibberellin biosynthesis, and phytochrome levels are differentially affected by dosage of the ma3R allele. Plant Physiol 105: 941-948

1992

Childs KL, Cordonnier-Pratt M-M, Pratt LH, Morgan PW (1992) Genetic regulation of development in Sorghum bicolor. VII. ma3R flowering mutant lacks a phytochrome that predominates in green tissue. Plant Physiol 99: 765-770

1991

Childs KL, Pratt LH, Morgan PW (1991) Genetic regulation of development in Sorghum bicolor. VI. The ma3R allele results in abnormal phytochrome physiology. Plant Physiol 97: 714-719