Publications

2008

Bao, Y. (2008) Yanghuan Bao for the degree of Master of Science in Genetics presented on March 28, 2008. Title: Genome Scale Transcriptome Analysis and Development of Reporter Systems for Studying Shoot Organogenesis in Poplar.

Li, J., R. Meilan, C. Ma, M. Barish, and S.H. Strauss. (2008) Stability of herbicide resistance over 8 years of coppice in field-grown, genetically engineered poplars West. J. Appl. For. 23(2): 89-93

Busov, V.B., A.M. Brunner, and S.H. Strauss. (2008) Genes for control of plant stature and form. New Phytologist 177(3): 589-607

2007

Li, J., A.M. Brunner, O. Shevchenko, R. Meilan, C. Ma, J.S. Skinner, and S.H. Strauss. (2007) Efficient and stable transgene suppression via RNAi in field-grown poplars.Transgenic Res. DOI 10.1007/s11248-007-9148-1

Doty, S.L., C.A. James, A.L. Moore, A. Vajzovic, G.L. Singleton, C. Ma, Z. Khan, G. Xin, J.W. Kang, J.Y. Park, R. Meilan, S.H. Strauss, J. Wilkerson, F. Farin, and S.E. Strand. (2007) Enhanced phytoremediation of volatile environmental pollutants with transgenic trees. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:16816-16821

Filichkin, S.A., S.P. DiFazio, A.M. Brunner, J. M. Davis, Z.K. Yang, U.C. Kalluri, R.S. Arias, E. Etherington, G.A. Tuskan and S.H. Strauss. (2007) Efficiency of gene silencing in Arabidopsis: Direct inverted repeats versus transitive RNAi vectors. Plant Biotech. J. 5:615-626

Etherington, E., H. Gandhi, V. Busov, R. Meilan, C. Ma, K. Kosola, and S.H. Strauss. (2007) Dwarfism genes for modifying the stature of woody plants: A case study in poplar. Landscape Plant News. 18:3-6

Brunner, A., J. Li, S. DiFazio, O. Shevchenko, R. Mohamed, B. Montgomery, A. Elias, K. Van Wormer, S.P. DiFazio, & S.H. Strauss. (2007) Genetic containment of forest plantations. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 3:75-100 DOI 10.1007/s11295-006-0067-8 (Strauss is co-senior author)

Wei, H., R. Meilan, A.M. Brunner, J.S. Skinner, C. Ma, H.T. Gandhi, and S.H. Strauss. (2007) Field trial detects incomplete barstar attenuation of vegetative cytotoxicity in Populus trees containing a poplar LEAFY promoter::barnase sterility transgene. Molec. Breed. 19:69-85

2006

Arias, R., S. Filichkin, and S.H. Strauss. (2006) Divide and conquer: development and cell cycle genes in plant transformation. Trends Biotechnol. 24:267-273.

Böhlenius, H., Huang, T., Charbonnel-Campaa, L., Brunner, A.M., Jansson, S., Strauss, S.H., and Nilsson, O. (2006) The conserved CO/FT regulatory module controls timing of flowering and seasonal growth cessation in trees. Science 312:1040-1043

Busov, V., R. Meilan, D.W. Pearce, S.B. Rood, C. Ma, T.J. Tschaplinski, and S.H. Strauss. (2006) Transgenic modification of gai or rgl1 causes dwarfing and alters gibberellins, root growth, and metabolite profiles in Populus. Planta 24:288-299.

Filichkin, S.A., Wu, Q., Busov, V.B., Meilan, R., Lanz-Garcia, C., Groover, A., Goldfarb, B., Ma, C., Dharmawardhana, P. and Strauss, S.H. (2006) Enhancer trapping in woody plants: Isolation of the ET304 gene encoding a putative AT-hook motif transcription factor and characterization of the expression patterns conferred by its promoter in transgenic Populus and Arabidopsis. Plant Science 17:206-216

Filichkin, S.A., Meilan, R., Busov, V.B., Ma, C., Brunner, A.M. and Strauss, S.H. (2006) Alcohol-inducible gene expression in transgenic Populus. Plant Cell Reports 25:660-667

Meilan, R. and Ma, C. (2006) Poplar (Populus spp.). Pages 143-151 in: Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 344: Agrobacterium Protocols, 2nd edition. K. Wang, ed. Humana Press.

Mohamed, Rozi (2006) Rozi Mohamed for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science presented on January 4, 2006. Title: Expression and Function of Populus Homologs to TERMINAL FLOWER 1 Genes: Roles in Onset of Flowering and Shoot Phenology.

Li, Jingyi (2006) Jingyi Li for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science presented on September 20, 2006. Title: Stability of Reporter Gene Expression and RNAi in Transgenic Poplars over Multiple Years in the Field under Vegetative Propagation.

2005

Bradford, K.J., Van Deynze, A., Gutterson, N., Parrot, W., and Strauss, S.H. (2005) Regulating transgenic crops sensibly: lessons from plant breeding, biotechnology, and genomics. Nature Biotechnology 23:439-444

Bradford, K.J., Gutterson, N., Parrot, W., Van Deynze, A., and Strauss, S.H. (2005) Regulatory regimes for transgenic crops. Nature Biotechnology 23:787-789

Busov V.B., Brunner A.M., Meilan R., Filichkin S., Ganio L., Gandhi S., Strauss S.H. (2005) Genetic transformation: a powerful tool for dissection of adaptive traits in trees. New Phytol. 167: 9-18.

Busov, V.B., Fladung, M., Groover, A., and Strauss, S.H. (2005) Insertional mutagenesis in Populus: Relevance and feasibility. Tree Genetics& Genomes 1:135-142

Hao, W., Meilan, R., Brunner, A.M., Skinner, J.S., Ma, C., and Strauss, S.H. (2005) Transgenic sterility in Populus: Expression properties of the poplar PTLF, Agrobacterium NOS, and two minimal 35S promoters in vegetative tissues.. Tree Physiology 26:401-410

Valenzuela, S., and Strauss, S.H. (2005). Lost in the woods. Nature Biotechnology 23:532-533

2004

Andersson, A., Keskitalo, J., Sjodin, A., Bhalerao, R., Sterky, F., Wissel, K., Tandre, K., Aspeborg, H., Moyle, R., Ohmiya, Y., Bhalerao, R., Brunner, A.M., Gustafsson, P., Karlsson, J., Lundeberg, J., Nilsson, O., Sandberg, G., Strauss, S.H., Sundberg, B., Uhlen, M., Jansson, S., and Nilsson, P. (2004) A transcriptional timetable of autumn scenescence. Genome Biology 4:5 R24.1-R24.13

Brunner, A.M., Busov, V.B., and Strauss, S.H. (2004) Poplar genome sequence: functional genomics in an ecologically dominant plant species. Trends in Plant Science 9:49-56

Brunner, A.M., Yakovlev, I.A., and Strauss, S.H. (2004) Validating internal controls for quantitative plant gene expression studies. BMC Plant Biology 4

Brunner, A.M., and Nilsson, O. (2004) Revisiting tree maturation and floral initiation in the poplar functional genomics era. New Phytologist 164:43-51

DiFazio, S.P., Slavov, G.T., Burczyk, J., Leonardi, S., and Strauss, S.H. (2004) Gene flow from tree plantations and implications for transgenic risk assessment. In C. Walter and M. Carson (eds.) Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. Research Signpost Kerala, India. 405-422

Groover, A, Fontana, J.R., Dupper, G., Ma, C., Martienssen, R, Strauss, S.H., and Meilan, R. (2004) Gene and enhancer trap tagging of vascular-expressed genes in poplar. Plant Physiologist 134:1742-1751

Ma, C., Strauss, S.H., and Meilan, R. (2004) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the genome-sequenced poplar clone, Nisqually-1 (Populus trichocarpa). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 22:1-9

Meilan, R., M. Sabatti, C. Ma., E. Kuzminsky. (2004) An early-flowering genotype of Populus. J. Plant Biol., 47, 52-56.

Slavov, G.T., DiFazio, S.P. and Strauss, S.H. (2004) Gene flow in forest trees: gene migration patterns and landscape modelling of transgene dispersal in hybrid poplar. In H.C.M. den Nijs, D. Bartsch, and J. Sweet (Eds.), Introgression from Genetically Modified Plants into Wild Relatives. CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA, USA Pp 89-106.

Sterky, F., Bhalerao, R., Unneberg , P., Segerman , B., Nilsson, P., Brunner, A.M., Charbonnel-Campaa , L., Lindvall , J.J., Tandre, K., Strauss, S.H., Sundberg, B., Gustafsson, P., Uhlen, M., Bhalerao, R., Nilsson, O., Sandberg, G., Karlsson, J., Lundeberg, J., and Jansson, S. (2004) A populus EST resource for plant functional genomics. American Society of Plant Biologists Newsletter 38:13951-13956

Strauss, S.H. (2004) Forest biotechnology - thriving despite controversy. New Phytologist 163:9-11

Strauss, S.H. (2004) GE trees: The buzz is not from chainsaws. TimberWest May/June, 2004 50

Strauss, S.H., and DiFazio, S.P. (2004) Hybrids abounding book review: Dangerous liasons? When cultivated plants mate with Their Wild Relatives. Nature Biotechnology 22:29-30

Strauss, S.H., and Martin, F.M. (2004) Poplar genomics comes of age. New Phytologist 164:1-4

Strauss, S.H., Brunner, A.M., Busov, V.B., Ma, C., and Meilan, R. (2004) Ten lessons from 15 years of transgenic Populus research. Forestry 77:455-465

Strauss, S.H., and Brunner, A.M. (2004) Tree biotechnology in the 21st century: Transforming trees in the light of comparative genomics. In S.H. Strauss and H.D. Bradshaw (Eds.), The BioEngineered Forest: Challenges to Science and Society, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. USA Pp 76-97.

Wei, Hao. (2004) Hao Wei for the degree of Master of Science in Genetics presented on March 8, 2004. Title: Maintenance of Normal Vegetative Growth via Attenuation of Barnase as an Agent of Floral Tissue Ablation in Populus

2003

Brunner, A.M., Goldfarb, B., Busov, V.B., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) Controlling maturation and flowering for forest tree domestication. In Stewart, C.N. (Eds.), Transgenic Plants: Current Innovations and Future Trends, Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, England, Pp 9-44.

Busov, V.B., Meilan, R., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) A short route to gene discovery in trees: Control of stature through gibberellin catabolism. Information Systems for Biotechnology News Report, Virginia Technological University September 4-7

Busov, V.B., Meilan, R., Pearce, D.W., Ma, C., Rood, S.B., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) Activation tagging of a dominant gibberellin catabolism gene (GA 2-oxidase) from poplar that regulates tree stature. Plant Physiology 132:1283-1291

Campbell, M.M., Brunner, A.M., Jones, H.M., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) Forestry's Fertile Crescent: The application of biotechnology to forest trees. Plant Biotechnology Journal 1:141-154

Chassy, B., Carter, C., McGloughlin, M., McHughen, A., Parrot, W., Preston, C., Roush, R., Shelton, A., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) UK field trial evaluations answer the wrong questions. Nature Biotechnology21:1429-1430

Ronald, P., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) Moving the debate on genetically engineered crops forward. American Society of Plant Biologists Newsletter May/June 30(3)

Skinner, J.S., Meilan, R., Ma, C., and Strauss, S.H. (2003) The Populus PTD promoter imparts predominant expression and enables high levels of organ ablation in Populus, Nicotiana and Arabidopsis. Molecular Breeding 12:119-132

Slavov, G.T., Howe, G.T., Yakovlev, I., Edwards, K.J., Krutovskii, K.V., Tuskan, G.A., Carlson, J.E., Strauss, S.H., and Adams, W.T. (2003) Highly variable SSR markers in Douglas Fir: Mendelian inheritance and map locations.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108:873-880

Strauss, S.H. (2003) Genomics, genetic engineering, and domestication of crops. Science 300:61-62

Strauss, S.H. (2003) Regulation of biotechnology as though gene function mattered. BioScience 53:453-454

Strauss, S.H. (2003) Response: Democratization is more than higher prices. Science 301:167

Strauss, S.H. (2003) Risks of genetically engineered crops.Science 301:1846-1847.

2002

Adams, M.J., Piovesan, G., Strauss, S.H., and Brown, S. (2002) The case for genetic engineering of native and landscape trees against introduced pests and diseases. Conservation Biology 16(4):874–879

DiFazio, S.P. (2002) Stephen P. DiFazio for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science presented on January 7, 2002. Title: Measuring and modeling gene flow from hybrid poplar plantations: Implications for transgenic risk assessment.

 

Meilan,R., Han, K.-H., Ma, C., DiFazio, S.P., Eaton, J.A., Hoien, E.A.,Stanton, B.J., Crockett, R.P., Taylor, M.L., James, R.R., Skinner,J.S., Jouanin, L., Pilate, G., and Strauss, S.H. (2002) The CP4 transgene provides high levels of tolerance to Roundup® herbicide in field-grown hybrid poplars. Can. J. For. Res. 32:967-976

Meilan, R. (2002) Open communication on genetic engineering. Journal Forestry 100(5):48

Meilan, R., Auerbach, D.J., Ma, C., DiFazio, S.P., and Strauss, S.H. (2002) Stability of herbicide resistance and GUS expression in transgenic hybrid poplars (Populus sp.) during several years of field trials and vegetative propagation. HortScience 37(2):277-280

Slavov, G.T., DiFazio, S.P., and Strauss, S.H. (2002) Gene flow in forest trees: From empirical estimates to transgenic risk assessment. Paper presented at Scientific Methods Workshop: Ecological and Agronomic Consequences of Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops to Wild Relatives, March 2002 Columbus, Ohio, USA.

2001

Bradshaw, H.D., Jr., and Strauss, S.H. (2001) Plotting a course for GM forestry. Nature Biotechnology19:1104

Bradshaw, H.D., Jr., and Strauss, S.H. (2001) Breeding strategies for the 21st century: domestication of poplar. In D.I. Dickmann, J.GT. Isebrands, J.E. Eckenwalder, and J. Richardson (Eds.), Poplar Culture in North America, Part B, Chapter 14 NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada Pp 383-394

Meilan, R., Brunner, A.M., Skinner, J.S., and Strauss, S.H. (2001) Modification of flowering in transgenic trees. In N. Morohoshi and A. Komamine (Eds.) Molecular Breeding of Woody Plants Elsevier Science B.V, Pp 247-256

Mohamed, R., Meilan, R., Ostry, M.E., Michler, C.H., and Strauss, S.H. (2001) Bacterio-opsin gene overexpression fails to elevate fungal disease resistance in transgenic poplar (Populus). Canadian Journal Forest Research 31:268-275

Strauss, S.H., Coventry, P., Campbell, M.M., Pryor, S.N., and Burley, J. (2001) Certification of genetically modified forest plantations. International Forestry Review 3(2):85-102

Strauss, S.H., DiFazio, S.P., and Meilan, R. (2001) Genetically modified poplars in context. Forestry Chronicle 77(2):271-279

Strauss, S.H., Campbell, M.M., Pryor, S.N., Coventry, P., and Burley, J. (2001) Plantation certification and genetic engineering: FSCs ban on research is counterproductive. Journal Forestry 99(12): 4-7

2000

Brunner, A.M., Rottmann, W.H., Sheppard, L.A., Krutovskii, K.V., DiFazio, S.P., Leonardi, S., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) Structure and expression of duplicate AGAMOUS orthologs in poplar. Plant Molecular Biology 44(5):619-634

Han, K.-H., Meilan, R., Ma, C., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) An Agrobacterium transformation protocol effective in a variety of cottonwood hybrids (genus Populus). Plant Cell Report 19:315-320

Meilan, R., Han, K.-H., Ma, C., James, R.R., Eaton, J.A., Stanton, B.J., Hoien, E.A., Crockett, R.P., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) Development of glyphosate-tolerant hybrid cottonwoods. Tappi Journal 83(1):164-166

Meilan, R., Ma, C., Cheng, S., Eaton, J.A., Miller, L.K., Crockett, R.P., DiFazio, S.P., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) High levels of Roundup® and leaf-beetle resistance in genetically engineered hybrid cottonwoods. In K.A. Blatner, J.D. Johnson, and D.M. Baumgartner (Eds.), Hybrid Poplars in the Pacific Northwest: Culture, Commerce and Capability Washington State University Cooperative Extension Bulletin MISC0272, Pullman, WA, USA Pp 29-38

Rottmann, W.H., Meilan, R., Sheppard, L.A., Brunner, A.M., Skinner, J.S., Ma, C., Cheng, S., Jouanin, L., Pilate, G., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) Diverse effects of overexpression of LEAFY and PTLF, a poplar (Populus) homolog of LEAFY/FLORICAULA, in transgenic poplar and Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 22:235-246

Sheppard, L.A., Brunner, A.M., Krutovskii, K.V., Rottmann, W.H., Skinner, J.S., Vollmer, S.S, and Strauss, S.H. (2000) ADEFICIENS homolog from the dioecious tree Populus trichocarpa is expressed in both female and male floral meristems of its two-whorled, unisexual flowers. Plant Physiology 124:627-639

Skinner, J.S., Meilan, R., Brunner, A.M., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) Options for genetic engineering of floral sterility in forest trees. In S.M. Jain & S.C. Minocha (Eds.), Molecular Biology of Woody Plants, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands Pp 135-153.

Strauss, S.H., Raffa, K.F., and List, P.C. (2000) Ethics and genetically engineered plantations. Journal Forestry 98:48

Thompson, P.B., and Strauss, S.H. (2000) Research ethics for molecular silviculture. In S.M. Jain & S.C. Minocha (Eds.), Molecular Biology of Woody Plants,Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands Pp 585-611

1999

Krutovskii, K.V., Erofeeva, S.Y., Aagaard, J.E., and Strauss, S.H. (1999) Simulation of effects of dominance on estimates of population genetic diversity and differentiation. Journal Heredity 90:499-502

Strauss, S.H., Boerjan, W., Cairney, J., Campbell, M.M., Dean, J., Ellis, D., Jouanin, L., and Sandberg, B. (1999) Forest biotechnology makes its position known. Nature Biotechnology17:1145

Wu, J., Krutovskii, K.V., and Strauss, S.H. (1999) Nuclear DNA diversity, population differentiation, and phylogenetic relationships in the California Closed-Cone Pines based on RAPD and allozyme markers. Genome 42 893-908

1998

Aagaard, J.E., Krutovskii, K.V., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) RAPD markers of mitochondrial origin exhibit lower population diversity and higher differentiation than RAPD markers of nuclear origin in Douglas-fir. Molecular Ecology 7:801-812

Aagaard, J.E., Krutovskii, K.V., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) RAPDs and allozymes exhibit similar levels of diversity and differentiation among populations and races of Douglas-fir. Heredity 81:69-78

Brunner, A.M., Mohamed, R., Meilan, R., Sheppard, L.A., Rottmann, W.H., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) Genetic engineering of sexual sterility in shade trees. Journal Arboriculture 24(5):263-273

James, R.R., Croft, B.A., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) Susceptibility of the cottonwood leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to different strains and transgenic toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis. Environmental Entomology 28:108-115

James, R.R., DiFazio, S.P., Brunner, A.M., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) Environmental effects of genetically engineered woody biomass crops. Biomass & Bioenergy 14:403-414

Krutovskii, K.V., Vollmer, S.S, Sorensen, F.C., Adams, W.T., Knapp, S.J., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) RAPD genome maps of Douglas-fir. Jouranl Heredity 89:197-205

Southerton, S.S, Strauss, S.H., Olive, M.R., Harcourt, R.L., Decroocq, V., Zhu, X., Llewellyn, D.J., Peacock, W.J., and Dennis, E.S. (1998) Eucalyptus has a functional equivalent of the Arabidopsis floral meristem identity gene LEAFY. Plant Molecular Biology, 37:897-910

Wu, J., Krutovskii, K.V., and Strauss, S.H. (1998) Abundant mitochondrial genome diversity, population differentiation, and convergent phenotypic evolution in pines. Genetics 150:1605-1614

Wu, Junyuan. (1998) Junyuan Wu for the degree of Master of Science in Genetics presented on August 26, 1998. Title: Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism and Phylogeny in the California Closed-Cone Pines

1997

Han, K.-H., Gordon, M.P., and Strauss, S.H. (1997) High frequency transformation of cottonwoods (genus Populus) by Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Canadian Journal Forest Research 27:464-470

Han, K.H., Ma, C., and Strauss, S.H. (1997) Matrix attachment regions (MARs) enhance transformation frequency and transgene expression in poplar. Transgenic Research 6:415-420

Krutovskii, K.V., Vollmer, S.S, Sorensen, F.C., Adams, W.T., and Strauss, S.H. (1997) Effects of megagametophyte removal on DNA yield and early seedling growth in coastal Douglas-fir. Canadian Journal Forest Research 27:964-968

Meilan, R. (1997) Floral induction in woody angiosperms. New Forests 14:179-202

Mullins, K.V., Llewellyn, D.J., Hartney, V.J., Strauss, S.H., and Dennis, E.S. (1997) Regeneration and transformation of Eucalyptus camaldulensis . Plant Cell Reports 16:787-791

Strauss, S.H., Knowe, S.A., and Jenkins, J. (1997) Benefits and risk of transgenic, Roundup Ready® cottonwoods Journal Forestry 95(5):12-19

 

1995

Strauss, S.H., Rottmann, W.H., Brunner, A.M., and Sheppard, L.A. (1995) Genetic engineering of reproductive sterility in forest trees. Molecular Breeding 1:5-26

 

1993

Strauss, S.H., Hong, Y.-P., and Hipkins, V.D. (1993) High levels of population differentiation for mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in Pinus radiata, muricata, and attenuata. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 86:605-611

 

1992

Strauss, S.H., Lande, R., and G. Namkoong. (1992) Limitations of molecular-marker-aided selection in forest tree breeding. Can. J. For. Res. 22:1050-1061