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Publications

2024

  • Begcy K, Mondragón-Palomino M, Zhou LZ, Seitz PL, Márton ML, Dresselhaus T (2024). Maize stigmas react differently to self- and cross-pollination and fungal invasion. Plant Physiology.
  • Jang YJ, Kim T, Lin M, Kim Y, Begcy K, Liu Z, Lee S (2024). Genome-wide gene network uncover temporal and spatial changes of genes in auxin homeostasis during fruit development in strawberry (F. × ananassa). BMC Plant Biology. 24, 876.
  • Egesa AO, Vallejos CE, Begcy K (2024). Cell Size Differences Affect Photosynthetic Capacity in a Mesoamerican and an Andean Genotype of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Front. Plant Sc. 15:1422814.
  • Li X, Bruckmann A, Dresselhaus T, Begcy K (2024). Heat stress at the bicellular stage inhibits sperm cell development and their transport into pollen tubes. Plant Physiology. 195 (3) 2111- 2128.
  • Egesa AO, Puengchanchaikul V, Vallejos CE, Begcy K (2024). Contrasting Dynamic Photoprotective Mechanisms under Fluctuating Light Environments between an Andean and a Mesoamerican Genotype of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Agronomy 2024, 14(9), 1907.
  • Kim T, Egesa AO, Qin C, Mather H, Sandoya G, Begcy K (2024). Global identification of LIM genes in response to different heat stress regimes in Lactuca sativa. BMC Plant Biology. 24, 751.
  • Bai F, Begcy K (2024). Genetic analysis in Crops. Agronomy. 2024, 14(6), 1293;
  • Egesa AO, Davidson MT, Pérez HE, Begcy K (2024). Biochemical and Physical Screening Using Optical Oxygen-Sensing and Multispectral Imaging in Sea Oats Seeds. Agriculture. 14(6), 875;
  • Chase K, Belisle C, Ahlawat Y, Yu F, Sargent S, Sandoya G, Begcy K, Liu T (2024).  Examining preharvest genetic and morphological factors contributing to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) shelf-life. Scientific Reports. 14, 6618.
  • Begcy K, Mendes MA, De Storme N (2024). Plant reproduction under environmental stress. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1369070.
  • Mamián-López MB, Begcy K (2024). Plasmonics: an optical approach to study plant epigenetics. Plasmonics.19 (2), 687-697. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-02000-x
  • Li X, Bruckmann A, Dresselhaus T, Begcy K (2024). Heat stress at the bicellular stage inhibits sperm cell development and their transport into pollen tubes. Plant Physiology.
  • Chase K, Belisle C, Ahlawat Y, Yu F, Sargent S, Sandoya G, Begcy K, Liu T (2024).  Examining preharvest genetic and morphological factors contributing to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) shelf-life. Scientific Reports.
  • Begcy K, Mendes MA, De Storme N (2024). Plant reproduction under environmental stress. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1369070.
  • Egesa AO, Vallejos CE, Begcy K (2024) Cell Size Controls Photosynthetic Capacity in a Mesoamerican and an Andean Genotype of Phaseolus vulgaris L. bioRxiv.

2023

  • Nadakuduti SS, Laforest LC, Tachev M, Decker AN, Egesa AO, Shirazi AS, Begcy K, Sarnoski PJ, Buell CR (2023). Heat stress during seed development leads to impaired physiological function and plasticity in seed oil accumulation in Camelina sativa. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1284573.
  • Egesa AO, Pérez HE, Begcy K (2023). Environmental conditions predetermine quality, germination, and innate antioxidants pool in sea oat (Uniola paniculata L.) seeds. Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1263300.
  • Egesa AO, Pérez HE, and Begcy K (2023). Environmental conditions predetermine innate antioxidants pool in sea oat (Uniola paniculataL.) seeds.   Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1263300.  
  • Li X, Bruckmann A, Dresselhaus T, Begcy K (2023). Heat stress at the bicellular stage inhibits sperm cell development and their transport into pollen tubes. bioRxiv, 2023.09. 13.557624
  • Nadakuduti SS, Laforest LC, Tachev M, Decker AN, Egesa AO, Begcy K, Sarnoski PJ, Buell CR (2023). High temperature during seed development leads to impaired physiological function, seed yield and fatty acid accumulation in Camelina sativa. Frontier in Plant Science(Accepted).
  • Mamián-López MB, Begcy K (2023). Plasmonics: an optical approach to study plant epigenetics. Plasmonics. 1-11

2022

  • Mattiello L, Rüetgers M, Sua-Rojas MF, Tavares R, Soares JS, Begcy K, Menossi M (2022). Molecular and computational strategies to increase the efficiency of CRISPR-based techniques. Frontier in Plant Science. 13:868027.
  • Kim T, Dias FO, Gentile A, Menossi M, Begcy K (2022) ScRpb4, encoding an RNA polymerase subunit from sugarcane, is ubiquitously expressed and resilient to changes in response to stress conditions. Agriculture 12(1), 81.
  • Preciado J, Begcy K, Liu T (2022) The Arabidopsis HDZIP Class II Transcription Factor ABIG1 Functions in Leaf Development. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(7):1978-1991.
  • Kalaman H, Wilson S, Mallinger R, Knox G, Kim T, Begcy K, van Santen E (2022) Evaluation of Native and Non-native Ornamentals as Pollinator Plants in Florida: II. Floral Resource Value. HortScience 57(1):137–143. 

 

2021

  • Preciado J, Begcy K, Liu T (2021) Arabidopsis ABIG1 Functions in Laminar Growth and Polarity Formation through Regulation by REVOLUTA and KANADI. bioRxv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.16.448748
  • Enders L, Begcy K (2021) Unconventional routes to developing insect-resistant crops. Molecular Plant, 14:1439-1453
  • Lieberman-Lazarovich M, Kim T, Singh PK, Begcy K (2021) Epigenetics in horticultural crops: consequences and applications in abiotic stress tolerance. Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops, 75-90
  • Grossman AY, Andrade MHML, Chaves ALA, Mendes Ferreira MT, Techio VH, Lopez Y, Begcy K, Kenworthy KE, Rios EF (2021) Ploidy Level and Genetic Parameters for Phenotypic Traits in Bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) Germplasm. Agronomy. 11, 912
  • Kim, T, Samraj S, Jiménez J, Gómez C, Liu T, Begcy K (2021) Genome-wide identification of heat shock factors and heat shock proteins in response to UV and high intensity light stress in lettuce. BMC Plant Biology. 21:185 

 

2020

  • Oliveira MC, Osipitan OA, Begcy K, Werle R (2020) Cover Crops, Hormones and Herbicides: Priming an Integrated Weed Management Strategy. Plant Science. 301:110550.
  • Antosz W, Deforges J, Begcy K, Bruckmann A, Poirier Y, Dresselhaus T, Grasser K (2020) Critical role of transcript cleavage in Arabidopsis RNA polymerase II transcriptional elongation. The Plant Cell. 32: 1449–1463
  • Chen C, Begcy K (2020) Genome-Wide Identification of Allele-Specific Gene Expression in a Parent-of-Origin Specific Manner. Cereal Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2072: 129-139
  • Begcy K, , Dresselhaus T (2020). Analysis of Epigenetic Modifications During Vegetative and Reproductive Development in Cereals Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP). Cereal Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2072: 141-156

 

2019

  • Begcy K, Nosenko T, Zhou LZ, Fragner L, Weckwerth W, Dresselhaus T (2019). Male Sterility in Maize after Transient Heat Stress during the Tetrad Stage of Pollen Development. Plant Physiology. 181 (2), 683-700
  • Begcy K, Mariano ED, Lembke GC, Zingaretti SM, Souza GM, Araujo P, Menossi M (2019). Overexpression of an evolutionary conserved drought-responsive sugarcane gene enhances salinity and drought resilience. Annals of Botany. 124: 691–700

 

2018

  • Begcy K, Dresselhaus T (2018). Epigenetic responses to abiotic stresses during reproductive development in cereals. Plant Reproduction. 31: 343–355.
  • Begcy K, Weigert A, Egesa AO, Dresselhaus T (2018). Compared to Australian Cultivars, European Summer Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Overreacts When Moderate Heat Stress Is Applied at the Pollen Development Stage. Agronomy.  8, 99.
  • Begcy K, Sandhu J, Walia H (2018). Transient Heat Stress During Early Seed Development Primes Germination and Seedling Establishment in Rice. Front. Plant Sci. 9:1768.

 

2017

  • Begcy K, Dresselhaus T (2017). Tracking maize pollen development by the leaf collar method. Plant Reproduction. 30 (4): 171-178.
  • Zhao P*, Begcy K*, Dresselhaus T, Sun M (2017). Does Early Embryogenesis in Eudicots andMonocots Involve the Same Mechanism and Molecular Players?. Plant Physiology. 173 (1):130-142.
  • Werle R, Begcy K, Yerka MK, Mower JP, Dweikat I, Jhala AJ, Lindquist JL (2017). Independent Evolution of Acetolactate Synthase-Inhibiting Herbicide Resistance in Weedy Sorghum Populations Across Common Geographic Regions. Weed Science. 65: 164–176.

 

2016

  • Chen C, Begcy K, Liu K, Folsom JJ, Wang Z, Zhang C, Walia H (2016). Heat stress yields a unique MADS box transcription factor in determining seed size and thermal sensitivity. Plant Physiology. 171 (1), 606-622.
  • Pavlovikj N, Begcy K, Behera S, Campbell M, Walia H, Deogun JS (2016). Analysis of Transcriptome Assembly Pipelines for Wheat. Bioinformatics and Biomedicine. 137-140.

 

2015

  • Begcy K, Walia H (2015). Drought stress delays endosperm development and misregulates genes associated with cytoskeleton organization and grain quality proteins in developing wheat seeds. Plant Science. (240) 109–119.
  • Schmitz A, Begcy K, Sarath G, Walia H (2015). Rice Ovate Family Protein 2 (OFP2) alters hormonal homeostasis and vasculature development. Plant Science. (241) 177–188.

 

2014

  • Folsom JJ*, Begcy K*, Hao X, Wang D, Walia H (2014). Rice FIE1 regulates seed size under heat stress by controlling early endosperm development. Plant Physiology. 165 (1): 238-248.
  • Mattiello L, Begcy K, Rodrigues da Silva F, Jorge RA, Menossi M (2014). Transcriptome analysis highlights changes in the leaves of maize plants cultivated in acidic soil containing toxic levels of Al3+. Molecular Biology Reports. 41 (12): 8107-8116.
  • Pavlovikj N, Begcy K, Behera S, Campbell M, Walia H, Deogun JS (2014). Comparing and Optimizing Transcriptome Assembly Pipeline for Diploid Wheat. Proceedings of Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Biomedical Informatics. 603-604
  • Pavlovikj N, Begcy K, Behera S, Campbell M, Walia H, Deogun JS (2014). Evaluating Distributed Platforms for Protein-Guided Scientific Workflow. Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment. 13-18.
  • Pavlovikj N, Begcy K, Behera S, Campbell M, Walia H, Deogun JS (2014). A Comparison of a Campus Cluster and Open Science Grid Platforms for Protein-Guided Assembly using Pegasus Workflow Management System. Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Workshop. 546-555.
  • Pavlovikj N, Begcy K, Behera S, Campbell M, Walia H, Deogun JS (2014). Evaluating Assembly Pipeline for Transcriptomes. Proceedings of Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. BICoB-2014: 163-168.

 

2012

  • Begcy K, Mariano ED, Gentile A, Lembke GC, Zingaretti SM, Souza GM, Menossi M (2012). A novel stress-induced sugarcane gene confers tolerance to drought, salt and oxidative stress in transgenic tobacco plants. PLoS One 7(9): e44697.

 

2011

  • Begcy K, Mariano ED, Mattiello L, Nunes AV, Mazzafera P, Maia IG, Menossi M (2011). An Arabidopsis mitochondrial uncoupling protein confers tolerance to drought and salt stress in transgenic tobacco plants. PLoS One 6(8): e23776.

 

Patents

  • Begcy K, Mariano ED, Lembke GC, Souza GM, Menossi M (2012). Method for producing plants that are resistant to environmental stresses, uses thereof and recombinant DNA vector. WO2012083394
  • Begcy K, Mariano ED, Lembke GC, Souza GM, Menossi M (2012). Recombinant DNA vector, method for producing plants that are resistant to environmental stresses, and uses thereof. WO2012083393