Publications

Selected Publications and Patents

1. Kazaz S, Chen YT, Yamamoto S, Tian Y, Lin CY, Chin D, Pamukçu İ, Al Shammaa IM, Akbas YS, Nimavat M, Akyuz Turumtay E, Baidoo EEK, Kausch AP, Tobimatsu Y, Eudes A. Engineered plants for the production of the antioxidants arbutin and gallate. Metab Eng. 2026 Mar;94:57-66. PubMed PMID: 41223985.

2. Baysal C, Kausch AP, Cody JP, Altpeter F, Voytas DF. Rapid and efficient in planta genome editing in sorghum using foxtail mosaic virus-mediated sgRNA delivery. Plant J. 2025 Jan;121(2):e17196. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11771572.

3. Kausch AP, Landry MP., inventors. University of Rhode Island; University of California, Berkeley, assignee. Methods and compositions for in vivo direct genome editing in plants. USPTO United States 20240141368. 2024 May 02.

4. Kausch AP, Nelson-Vasilchik K, Hague J, Mookkan M, Quemada H, Dellaporta S, Fragoso C, Zhang ZJ. Edit at will: Genotype independent plant transformation in the era of advanced genomics and genome editing. Plant Sci. 2019 Apr;281:186-205. PubMed PMID: 30824051.

5. Lin CY, Tian Y, Nelson-Vasilchik K, Hague J, Kakumanu R, Lee MY, Pidatala VR, Trinh J, DeBen CM, Dalton J, Northen TR, Baidoo EEK, Simmons BA, Gladden JM, Scown CD, Putnam DH, Kausch AP, Scheller HV, Eudes A. Engineering sorghum for higher 4-hydroxybenzoic acid content. Metab Eng Commun. 2022 Dec;15:e00207. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9519784.

6. Kausch AP, Wang K, Kaeppler HF, Gordon-Kamm W. Maize transformation: history, progress, and perspectives. Mol Breed. 2021 Jun;41(6):38. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10236110.

7. Mookkan M, Nelson-Vasilchik K, Hague J, Kausch A, Zhang ZJ. Morphogenic Regulator Mediated Transformation of Maize Inbred B73. Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 2018 Dec;3(4):e20075. PubMed PMID: 30369097.

8. Mookkan M, Nelson-Vasilchik K, Hague J, Zhang ZJ, Kausch AP. Selectable marker independent transformation of recalcitrant maize inbred B73 and sorghum P898012 mediated by morphogenic regulators BABY BOOM and WUSCHEL2. Plant Cell Rep. 2017 Sep;36(9):1477-1491. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5565672.

9. Nelson-Vasilchik K, Hague J, Mookkan M, Zhang ZJ, Kausch A. Transformation of Recalcitrant Sorghum Varieties Facilitated by Baby Boom and Wuschel2. Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 2018 Dec;3(4):e20076. PubMed PMID: 30369099.

10. Adams TR, Chambers SS, Daines RJ, Gordon-Kamm WJ, Kausch AP, Lemaux PG, Mackey CJ,Mangano ML, O”Brien JV, Rice TB, Spencer TM, Start WG, Willetts NG., inventors. DeKalb Genetics Corporation., assignee. Methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed, fertile monocot plants and cells thereof. United States U.S. Patent 5,550,318.. 1996 August 27.

11. Heffelfinger C, Deresienski AP, Nelson KA, Moreno MA, Hague JP, Dellaporta SL, Kausch AP. Genomic Characterization of Interspecific Hybrids and an Admixture Population Derived from Panicum amarum × P. virgatum. Plant Genome. 2015 Jul;8(2):eplantgenome2015.01.0001. PubMed PMID: 33228322.

12. Do PT, Lee H, Nelson-Vasilchik K, Kausch A, Zhang ZJ. Rapid and Efficient Genetic Transformation of Sorghum via Agrobacterium-Mediated Method. Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 2018 Dec;3(4):e20077. PubMed PMID: 30312019.

13. Hayward AP, Moreno MA, Howard TP 3rd, Hague J, Nelson K, Heffelfinger C, Romero S, Kausch AP, Glauser G, Acosta IF, Mottinger JP, Dellaporta SL. Control of sexuality by the sk1encoded UDP-glycosyltransferase of maize. Sci Adv. 2016 Oct;2(10):e1600991. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5091354.

14. Altpeter F, Springer NM, Bartley LE, Blechl AE, Brutnell TP, Citovsky V, Conrad LJ, Gelvin SB, Jackson DP, Kausch AP, Lemaux PG, Medford JI, Orozco-Cárdenas ML, Tricoli DM, Van Eck J, Voytas DF, Walbot V, Wang K, Zhang ZJ, Stewart CN Jr. Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing. Plant Cell. 2016 Jul;28(7):1510-20. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4981132.

15. Kausch AP, Tilelli M, Hague J, Heffelfinger C, Cunha D, Moreno M, Dellaporta SL, Nelson K. In situ embryo rescue for generation of wide intra- and interspecific hybrids of Panicum virgatum L. Plant Biotechnol J. 2016 Nov;14(11):2168-2175. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5095774.

16. Howard TP 3rd, Hayward AP, Tordillos A, Fragoso C, Moreno MA, Tohme J, Kausch AP, Mottinger JP, Dellaporta SL. Identification of the maize gravitropism gene lazy plant1 by a transposon-tagging genome resequencing strategy. PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e87053. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3909067.

17. Kausch AP, Sellew PP., inventors. Ophios, LLC., assignee. Green garlic and methods of production. USPTO United States. Patent 8,350,126. 2013 January 08.

18. Moon HS, Abercrombie JM, Kausch AP, Stewart CN Jr. Sustainable use of biotechnology for bioenergy feedstocks. Environ Manage. 2010 Oct;46(4):531-8. PubMed PMID: 20512489.

19. Kausch AP, Oliver MP., inventors. University of Rhode Island, assignee. Methods and compositions for increasing biomass in genetically modified perennials used for biofuels. USPTO United States 20100122366. 2009 June 25.

Herrera-Estrella LP, Van Den Broeck GP, Van Montagu MP, Schreier PP, Schell JP, Bohnert HJ, Cashmore AR, Timko MP, Kausch AP., inventors. Plant Genetic Systems N.V.; Bayer AG., assignee. Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous peptide. USPTO United States U.S. Patent 5,717,084.. 1998 February 10.

20. Anderson PC, Flick CE, Gordon-Kamm WG, Kausch AP, Mackey CJ, Orozco EM, Orr PM, Stephens MA, Walters DA, Walters DS., inventors. DeKalb Genetics Corporation., assignee. Methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed, fertile monocot plants and cells thereof. USPTO United States U.S. Patent 6,803,499. 2004 October 12.

21. Luo HP, Chandlee JP, Kausch AP, Oliver MP., inventors. University of Rhode Island, assignee. Oliver M. Development of controlled total vegetative growth for prevention of transgene escape from genetically modified plants and for enhancing biomass production. United States 20100122366.. 2010 May 13.

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