Siela Maximova's research involves discovering new knowledge and technologies useful for the improvement of crops, with a long-term vision to contribute to poverty and hunger alleviation, development of sustainable agricultural systems, and the reduction of the impacts of agriculture on climate change.
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Recent Publications
Accumulation of cadmium in soils, litter and leaves in cacao farms in the North Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Guarín, D., Martín-López, J. M., Libohova, Z., Benavides-Bolaños, J., Maximova, S. N., Guiltinan, M. J., Spargo, J., da Silva, M., Fernandez, A. & Drohan, P., Mar 2024, In: Geoderma Regional. 36, e00762.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The cacao gene atlas: a transcriptome developmental atlas reveals highly tissue-specific and dynamically-regulated gene networks in Theobroma cacao L
Kulesza, E., Thomas, P., Prewitt, S. F., Shalit-Kaneh, A., Wafula, E., Knollenberg, B., Winters, N., Esteban, E., Pasha, A., Provart, N., Praul, C., Landherr, L., dePamphilis, C., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Dec 2024, In: BMC plant biology. 24, 1, 601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A combination of conserved and diverged responses underlies Theobroma cacao’s defense response to Phytophthora palmivora
Winters, N. P., Wafula, E. K., Knollenberg, B. J., Hämälä, T., Timilsena, P. R., Perryman, M., Zhang, D., Sheaffer, L. L., Praul, C. A., Ralph, P. E., Prewitt, S., Leandro-Muñoz, M. E., Delgadillo-Duran, D. A., Altman, N. S., Tiffin, P., Maximova, S. N., dePamphilis, C. W., Marden, J. H. & Guiltinan, M. J., Dec 2024, In: BMC Biology. 22, 1, 38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of cacao projects in Colombia: The case of the rural Productive Partnerships Project (PAAP)
Gil, A., Brennan, M., Chaudhary, A. K. & Maximova, S. N., Apr 2023, In: Evaluation and Program Planning. 97, 102230.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cadmium contamination in cacao farms of Piura, North Peru: A comprehensive assessment of geogenic and anthropogenic sources and implications for future production
Guarín, D., Hamamura, N. R., Cortez, J. B., Benavides, J., Spargo, J., Guiltinan, M., Maximova, S., de la Cruz, O. A. & Drohan, P. J., Dec 2023, In: Environmental Challenges. 13, 100765.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cadmium phytoextraction by Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Brassica napus cv Wichita (rapeseed), and Chyrsopogon zizanioides (vetiver)
Benavides, B. J., Drohan, P. J., Spargo, J. T., Maximova, S. N., Guiltinan, M. J. & Miller, D. A., Feb 2021, In: Chemosphere. 265, 129086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transcriptomic analyses of cacao flavonoids produced in photobioreactors
Gallego, A. M., Rojas, L. F., Valencia, W. G., Atehortúa, L., Urrea, A. I., Fister, A. S., Guiltinan, M. J., Maximova, S. N. & Pabón-Mora, N., Dec 2021, In: BMC genomics. 22, 1, 551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inter-species functional compatibility of the Theobroma cacao and Arabidopsis FT orthologs: 90 million years of functional conservation of meristem identity genes
Prewitt, S. F., Shalit-Kaneh, A., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Dec 2021, In: BMC plant biology. 21, 1, 218.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Widely distributed variation in tolerance to Phytophthora palmivora in four genetic groups of cacao
Fister, A. S., Leandro-Muñoz, M. E., Zhang, D., Marden, J. H., Tiffin, P., dePamphilis, C., Maximova, S. & Guiltinan, M. J., Feb 1 2020, In: Tree Genetics and Genomes. 16, 1, 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gene Expression Modularity Reveals Footprints of Polygenic Adaptation in Theobroma cacao
Hämälä, T., Guiltinan, M. J., Marden, J. H., Maximova, S. N., Depamphilis, C. W. & Tiffin, P., Jan 1 2020, In: Molecular biology and evolution. 37, 1, p. 110-123 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Clovamide, a Hydroxycinnamic Acid Amide, Is a Resistance Factor Against Phytophthora spp. in Theobroma cacao
Knollenberg, B. J., Li, G. X., Lambert, J. D., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Dec 23 2020, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 11, 617520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metabolomic profile of cacao cell suspensions growing in blue light/dark conditions with potential in food biotechnology
Gallego, A. M., Rojas, L. F., Rodriguez, H. A., Mora, C., Atehortúa, L., Urrea, A. I., Guiltinan, M. J., Maximova, S. N., Gaquerel, E., Zuluaga, M. & Pabón-Mora, N., Nov 1 2019, In: Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 139, 2, p. 275-294 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Resistant and susceptible cacao genotypes exhibit defense gene polymorphism and unique early responses to Phytophthora megakarya inoculation
Pokou, D. N., Fister, A. S., Winters, N., Tahi, M., Klotioloma, C., Sebastian, A., Marden, J. H., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Mar 1 2019, In: Plant molecular biology. 99, 4-5, p. 499-516 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Glucocorticoid receptor-regulated TcLEC2 expression triggers somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao leaf tissue
Fister, A. S., Landherr, L., Perryman, M., Zhang, Y., Guiltinan, M. J. & Maximova, S. N., Nov 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 11, e0207666.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 machinery targeting TcNPR3 enhances defense response in theobroma cacao
Fister, A. S., Landherr, L., Maximova, S. N. & Guiltinan, M. J., Mar 2 2018, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, 268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review