Affiliated Researchers: Plant Response

Daniel Cosgrove

Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Expansin, Cell Wall, Plant Cell Wall, Cellulose, Cellulose Nanofibrils

Mary Barbercheck

Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Tillage

Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Root Culture, Hyoscyamus Muticus, Hyoscyamus, Reactor, Cell Suspension

Autumn Sabo

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Deer, Understory, Plant Community, Deer Herbivory, White-tailed Deer

James Marden

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Flight, Flight Muscle, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Locomotion

Sally Mackenzie

Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair for Functional Genomics and Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Mitochondrial Genome, Arabidopsis, Fertility, Plastids, Male Infertility

Claude dePamphilis

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Angiosperm, Angiosperms, Parasitic Plant, Parasitic Plants, Cladistics

Dennis Decoteau

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Watermelon, Far-red Light, Petiole, Common Bean, Snap Bean

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Soil Health, No-till, Cover Crop, Tillage

Majid Foolad

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Tomato, Lycopersicon, Salt Tolerance, Quantitative Trait Loci, Quantitative Trait Locus

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Sorghum, Allele, Flavonoids, Pericarp

Laura Leites

Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Quercus, Growth Potential, Response To Climate, Pseudotsuga Menziesii

David Eissenstat

Professor Emeritus, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fine Roots, Soil, Citrus, Fine Root, Vitis

Sarah Nilson

Associate Professor, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Allium Tricoccum, Heterotrimeric G Protein, G Protein, Wild Food, Stewardship

Jesse Kreye

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Quercus, Flammability, Pinus, Fuel Bed

Robersy Sanchez

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genetic Code, Amino Acids, Epigenome, DNA Methylation, Arabidopsis

Sairam V. Rudrabhatla

Professor of Biology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hemp, Cannabis Sativa, Explant, Callus, Plant Regeneration

Chaopeng Shen

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Streamflow, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Soil Moisture, Long Short-term Memory

Dennis Calvin

Associate Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Ostrinia Nubilalis, Maize, Crambidae, Lepidoptera, Corn

Paul Esker

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Soybean Yield, United States, Yield Loss, Plant Diseases

Siela Maximova

Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Infectious Agent, Arabidopsis

Mark J. Guiltinan

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cacao, Theobroma Cacao, Somatic Embryogenesis, Infectious Agent, Starch

Blair Siegfried

Top research keywords: Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera, Coleoptera, European Corn Borer, Bacillus Thuringiensis

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivore, Plant Defense, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Natural Enemies, Host Plant

Christina Grozinger

Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, Entomology
Top research keywords: Honey Bee, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Apoidea, Pollinator

Francesco Di Gioia

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation, Microgreens, Tomato Production, Fresh Tomato, Cultivar

Heather Karsten

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Cover Crop, Manure, No-till, Grains

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Maize, Fusarium Verticillioides, Mycotoxins, Fusarium Graminearum

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Genetics, Local Adaptation, Arabidopsis

Timothy W. McNellis

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Erwinia Amylovora, Virulence, Arabidopsis, Wild Type, Apple

Li Li

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactive Transport, Streamflow, Carbon Dioxide, Solute, Dissolved Organic Carbon

Greg Krawczyk

Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Lepidoptera, Oriental Fruit Moth, Tortricidae, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae

Philip Bevilacqua

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: RNA, Ribozyme, Mg2+, RNA Structure, Hepatitis Delta Virus

Robert Beelman

Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms