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The Involvement Of J-Protein Atdjc17 In Root Development In Arabidopsis, Carloalberto Petti, Meera Nair, Seth Debolt Oct 2014

The Involvement Of J-Protein Atdjc17 In Root Development In Arabidopsis, Carloalberto Petti, Meera Nair, Seth Debolt

Horticulture Faculty Publications

In a screen for root hair morphogenesis mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana L. we identified a T-DNA insertion within a type III J-protein AtDjC17 caused altered root hair development and reduced hair length. Root hairs were observed to develop from trichoblast and atrichoblast cell files in both Atdjc17 and 35S::AtDJC17. Localization of gene expression in the root using transgenic plants expressing proAtDjC17::GUS revealed constitutive expression in stele cells. No AtDJC17 expression was observed in epidermal, endodermal, or cortical layers. To explore the contrast between gene expression in the stele and epidermal phenotype, hand cut transverse sections of Atdjc17 roots were …


Life History Of Paracoccus Marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) On Four Host Plant Species Under Laboratory Conditions, Kaushalya G. Amarasekare, Catharine M. Mannion, Lance S. Osborne, Nancy D. Epsky Aug 2014

Life History Of Paracoccus Marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) On Four Host Plant Species Under Laboratory Conditions, Kaushalya G. Amarasekare, Catharine M. Mannion, Lance S. Osborne, Nancy D. Epsky

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Life history of the mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, on three ornamental plants [Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Acalypha wilkesiana (Muell.-Arg.), and Plumeria rubra L.] and one weed species (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) was studied under laboratory conditions. Mealybugs were able to develop, survive, and reproduce on all four hosts; however, there were differences in the life history parameters. Adult females that developed on acalypha and parthenium emerged ≈1 d earlier than those that developed on hibiscus and plumeria. Adult males had a longer developmental time on plumeria than on the other hosts. Survival of first- and second-instar …