Robb, E. Jane - University of Guelph - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

个人简介

B.Sc. York University Ph.D British Columbia

研究领域

Research in my laboratory focuses on understanding the cell and molecular biology of resistance and pathogenesis to fungal caused vascular wilt diseases of plants. In particular, we are studying diseases caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium, which infect over 400 different crop plants worldwide and account for major crop loss in most countries. In Canada, substantial losses in potatoes, tomatoes, alfalfa and strawberries occur each year. We are using biotechnology to develop plant pathogen diagnostics and to genetically engineer more wilt-resistant cultivars by manipulating the expression of plant genes involved in host (eg. phenylalanine ammonia lyase, PAL) or resistance (eg. Verticillium-resistance, Ve).

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(Bolded Names are Graduate Students) R.N. Nazar, P. Chen, D. Dean and J. Robb. 2010. DNA chip analysis in diverse organisms with unsequenced genomes. Molecular Biotechnology 44: 8-13. J. Robb, J., C.D.M. Castroverde, H.O. Shittu and R.N. Nazar. 2009. Patterns of Defence Gene Expression in the Tomato-Verticillium Interaction. Botany 87: 993-1006. E. Fradin, Z. Zhang, J.C. Juarez Ayala, C.D.M. Castroverde, R.N. Nazar, J. Robb, C-M. Liu and B.P.H.J. Thomma. 2009. Genetic dissection of Verticillium wilt resistance mediated by tomato Ve1. Plant Physiol. 150: 320-332. H.O. Shittu, A.S. Shakir, R.N. Nazar and J. Robb. 2009. Endophyte-induced Verticillium protection in tomato is range-restricted. Plant Signaling & Behavior 4: 160-161. H.O. Shittu, C.D.M. Castroverde, R.N. Nazar and J. Robb. 2008. Plant-endophyte interplay protects tomato against a virulent Verticillium. Planta. 229: 415-426. Chang A, Lim MH, Lee SW, Robb J, Nazar RN. 2008. Tomato pal gene family: Highly redundant but strongly underutilized. J. Biol. Chem. 283: 33591-33601. H.O. Shittu, C.D.M. Castroverde, R.N. Nazar and J. Robb. 2008. Plant-endophyte interplay protects tomato against a virulent Verticillium. Planta., first online. Robb J., B. Lee and R.N. Nazar. 2007. Gene suppression in a tolerant tomato-vascular pathogen interaction. Planta. 226: 299‚Äì309. R.N. Nazar and J. Robb. Borrowing from biology. 2007. Science. 318: 565. Yi JY, Seo HW, Yang MS, Robb EJ, Nazar RN, Lee SW. 2004. Plant defense gene promoter enhances the reliability of shiva-1 gene-induced resistance to soft rot disease in potato. Planta. 220: 165-71. Chen, P., B. Lee and J. Robb. 2004. Tolerance to a non-host isolate of Verticillium dahliae in tomato. Physiol Mol. Plant Pathol. 64: 283-291.