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| Anna Smigocki--Selected Publications |
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*Wilhite, S.E.*, T.C. Elden, V. Puizdar, S. Armstrong, and **A.C.****Smigocki**.  Inhibition of aspartyl and serine proteinases in the midgut of sugarbeet root maggot with proteinase inhibitors.  Entomol. Experiment. Appli.  97:229-233, 2000.
 
*Wilhite, S.E.*, T.C. Elden, J. Brzin, and **A.C. Smigocki**.  Inhibition of cysteine and aspartyl proteinases in the alfalfa weevil midgut with proteinase inhibitors.  Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30:1181-1188, 2000.
 
*Fedorowicz, O., G. Bartoszewski*, **A.C. Smigocki**, *R. Malinowski*, and**K. Niemirowicz-Szczyt.  Tomato (*Lycopersicon esculentum* Mill.) transformants carrying *ipt* gene fused to heat-shock (HSP70) promoter.  J. Food Biotech. 17:55-60, 2000.
 
*Bartoszewski, G., Mujer, C.V.,*K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt, and **A.C.****Smigocki**.  A wound inducible cytochrome P450 from tomato.  ACTA Physiol. Plant. 22(3):269-271, 2000.
 
*Mujer, C.V.* and **A.C. Smigocki**.  Cytokinin and wound-inducible cytochrome P450 from *Nicotiana plumbaginifolia*.  Physiol. Plant. 111:172-181, 2001.
 
*Ivic, S.* and **A. Smigocki**.  Evaluation of the biolistic transformation method for commercially important sugarbeet breeding lines.  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 31: 207-213, 2001. 
 
*Ivic, S.D.,* R.C. Sicher, and **A.C. Smigocki**.  Growth habit and sugar accumulation in sugarbeet (*Beta vulgaris* L.) transformed with a cytokinin biosynthesis gene.  Plant Cell Rep. 20:770-773, 2001.
 
Saunders, J.W., L.D. Kuykendall, and **A.C. Smigocki**.  First report of adventitious shoots from intact sugar beet plants and its implication.  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 31: 184-188. 2001. 
 
*Ivic, S.,*J. Saunders, and **A. Smigocki**. Leaf callus from sugarbeet breeding lines for biolistic transformation.  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 31: 213-217, 2001. 
 
*Bartoszewski G., C. Mujer,*K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt,**and **A.C.****Smigocki**.  Cloning of a wound inducible *Lycopersicon**esculentum* cytochrome P450 gene and lack of regeneration of transgenic plants with sense or antisense constructs.  J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci., 127(4): 535-539, 2002.
 
**Smigocki**, **A.C.**, L.G. Campbell, and C.A. Wozniak.  Leaf extracts from cytokinin-overproducing transgenic plants are lethal to sugar beet root maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis*) larvae.  J. Sugar Beet Res. 40 (4): 197-207, 2003. 
 
Samac, D.A. and **A.C.  Smigocki**.  Expression of oryzacystatin I and oryzacystatin II in alfalfa increases resistance to the root-lesion nematode (*Pratylenchus penetrans)*.  Phytopath. 93 (7): 799-804, 2003.
 
*Ivic-Haymes, S.* and **A. Smigocki**.  Transformation of sugar beet cell suspension cultures.  In Vitro Cell. & Develop. Biol. 39: 573-577, 2003.
 
**Smigocki**, **A.**, *S. Hue*,**and J. Buta.  Cytokinin-induced insecticidal activity in transgenic plants expressing the cytokinin biosynthesis gene *ipt*.  Plant Growth Reg. 29: 1-7, 2003. 
 
**Smigocki**,**A**., *S. Ivic, D. Wilson,*C. Wozniak*,*L. Campbell, *R. Dregseth*, and M. Boetel.  Molecular approaches for control of the sugarbeet root maggot.  Internat. Inst. Beet Res. Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 1: 419-428, 2003. 
 
*Ivic-Haymes, S*. and A. **Smigocki**.  Direct gene transfer to sugarbeet leaves.  Internat. Inst. Beet Res. Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 1: 903-908, 2003. 
 
**Smigocki**, A. and *D. Wilson*.  Pest and pathogen resistance enhanced by heterologous suppression of a cytochrome P450 gene *CYP72A2*.  Biotech. Lett. 26: 1809-1814, 2004.
 
*Ivic-Haymes, S.* and **A. Smigocki**.  Biolistic transformation of highly regenerative sugar beet (*Beta vulgaris* L.) leaves.  Plant Cell Rep. 23:699-704, 2005.
 
Thomas, J. *C., M, Perron, P.C*. *LaRosa*,**and **A.C. Smigocki**.  Cytokinin regulation of a tobacco metallothionein-like gene during copper stress.  Physiol. Plant. 123:262-271, 2005.
 
*Ivic-Haymes, S.* and **A. Smigocki**.  Identification of highly regenerative plants within sugar beet (Beta vulgari L.) breeding lines for molecular breeding . In Vitro Cell. & Develop. Biol. 41 (4): 483-488, 2005.
 
*Puthoff, D.P.*, and **A. Smigocki.** Sugar beet (*Beta vulgaris*L.) genes regulated by sugar beet root maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis*)**infestation.  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 33:214-219, 2005. 
 
**Smigocki, A.C.**,   *S.D.Ivic-Haymes*, M.A. Boetel, L.G.Campbell, and R.J. Dregseth.  An *in vitro* sugarbeet root maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis*) feeding assay.  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 33:208-213, 2005. 
 
**Smigocki A.,***S. Ivic-Haymes,*L. Campbell, and M. Boetel.  A Sugarbeet Root Maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis* Roder) Bioassay Using *Beta vulgaris* L.****Seedlings and *In vitro* Propagated Transformed Hairy Roots.  J. Sugar Beet Research 43:1-13, 2006.**** 
Uzelac,B., *S. Ninkovic*, **A. Smigocki**, and S. Budimir.  Origin and development of secondary somatic embryos in transformed embryogenic cultures of *Medicago sativa* L. cv. Zaje?arska 83.  Biol. Plant. 51(1):1-6, 2007.  ** 
Puthoff, D.P. and **A. Smigocki.  * ****Beta vulgaris* root ESTs modulated by sugar beet root maggot feeding and their regulation by wounding and defense signaling molecules.  Plant Cell Rep., 26, 71-84, 2007.
 
Ninkovi?, S., J. Milju?-Duki?, S. Radovi?, V. Maksimovi?, J. Lazarevi?, M. Ne?kovi? and **A. Smigocki**.  *Phytodecta fornicata* Br?ggemann resistance mediated by oryzacystatin II proteinase inhibitor transgene. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult., 91:289-294, 2007.
 
**Smigocki, A.C.**,  Puthoff, D.P., Ivic-Haymes, S. and S. Zuzga.  A *Beta vulgaris* serine proteinase inhibitor gene (*BvSTI*) regulated by sugar beet root maggot feeding on moderately resistant F1016 roots.  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 34, online only, Feb. 28 - March 3, Salt Lake City, UT, 2007.
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Plati?aJ., Veljovi?-Jovanovi? S., Kukavica B., Vinterhalter****B., **Smigocki****A.**and****Ninkovi? S.  Induction of peroxidases and superoxide dismutases in transformed embryogenic calli of alfalfa
(*Medicago sativa* L.).  J. Plant Physiology, 165:895-900, 2008.
 
**Smigocki**, A.C.,S.D.Ivic-Haymes, D.P. Puthoff, and S. Zuzga.  Recent advances in functional genomics for sugar beet (*Beta vulgaris* L.) improvement: progress in determining the role of *BvSTI* in pest resistance. SugarTech 10(1):91-98, 2008.** 
Uzelac B., Popovi? Z., Mijovi? A., **Smigocki A.** and Ninkovi?****S. Growth habit and photo-synthetic activity of shoot cultures of *Medicago sativa* L. transformed with the oryzacystatin II gene.  Period. Biol. 100: 1**-5**, 2008.
 
**Smigocki A.,**Larry Campbell, Rebecca Larson, Chris Wozniak, Sugar Beet, in Kole, C. and Hall, T. C. (eds.), "Compendium of Transgenic Crop Plants: Transgenic Sugar, Tuber and Fiber Crops", Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp 59-96, 2008.
 
Barna, B., A.C. **Smigocki**and J.C. Baker.  Cytokinin inhibition of senescence and its effect on *Nicotiana*-*Pseudomonas* interactions, Phytopath., 99(11):1242-1247, 2008.
 
**Smigocki,****A. C.,**D.P.****Puthoff, S. Zuzga and S**.**Ivic-Haymes.****Low efficiency processing of an insecticidal *Nicotiana* proteinase inhibitor precursor in *Beta vulgaris* hairy roots.  Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult., 97:167-174, 2009.  
 
**Smigocki, A.C.**, Ivic-Haymes, S. D., Zuzga, S.  and J. Savic. Insect resistance to sugar beet pests mediated by a *Beta vulgaris* proteinase inhibitor transgene.****Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 35, http://assbt-proceedings.org, Orlando, Florida, Feb. 25-28, 2009.
 
Cingel, A., Vinterhalter, B., Vinterhalter, D.,  Smigocki , A., Ninkovic, S.*******Agrobacterium*-mediated transformation of two Serbian potato cultivars (*Solanum tuberosum*L. cv. Draga?evka and cv. Jelica), African J. Biotechnology, 9(30):4644-4650, 2010.
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Ghanem, M.E., **Smigocki, A.C**., Albacete, A., Mart?nez-And?jar, C. Posp??ilov?, H., Dodd, I.C., P?rez-Alfocea, F. and S. Lutts.  Temporal pulses of root *ipt*-dependent cytokinin overproduction induce salinity tolerance in tomato (*Solanum lycopersicum* L.).  J. Expt. Botany, 62(1):125-140, 2011.
 
Campbell, L.G., Panella, L. and **A.C. Smigocki**.  Registration of F1024 sugarbeet germplasm with resistance to sugarbeet root maggot.  J. Plant Registrations, 5(2):1-7, 2011.
 
Ghanem, M.E., Hichri, I.  **Smigocki, A.C.**, Albacete, A., Fauconnier, M.-L., Diatloff, E., Martinez-Andujar C., Dodd, I.C. and F. P?rez-Alfocea.  Root-targeted biotechnology to mediate hormonal signalling and improve crop stress tolerance. Plant Cell Reports, DOI 10.1007/s00299-011-1005-2, 2011.
 
Li, H., Padmanaban, S., Campbell, L. and **A.C. Smigocki.**Sugar beet root maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis*) genes modulated by resistant and susceptible interactions with*Beta vulgaris*. Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 36, http://assbt-proceedings.org, 2011.** 
Padmanaban, S., Li, H., Puthoff, D.P.****and **A.C. Smigocki. **Sugar beet (*Beta vulgaris*L.) promoters for directed tissue-specific root transcription. Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 36, http://assbt-proceedings.org, 2011.
 
Savic, J. and **A. Smigocki.***Beta vulgaris* L. serine proteinase inhibitor gene expression in insect resistant sugar beet.  Euphytica, DOI 10.1007/s10681-012-0679-z, 2012.
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**Smigocki,****A. C. **Novel Proteinase Inhibitor Promotes Resistance to Insects. US Patent pending S/N 13/685,017, 2012.

 
**Smigocki**, A.C., Ivic-Haymes, S., Li, H., Savic, J.  Pest Protection Conferred by a *Beta vulgaris* Serine Proteinase Inhibitor Gene. PLoS ONE 8(2): e57303. doi:10.1371, 2013.
 
Li, H. and **Smigocki**, A.  Molecular technology for developing durable resistance to the sugar beet root maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis*).  Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 37http://assbtproceedings.org/ASSBT2013Proceedings, 2013.

 
Albacete, A., Cantero-Navarro, E., Balibrea, M., Mart?nez-And?jar, C., **Smigocki**, A., Roitsch, T.  and P?rez-Alfocea, F. Hormonal and metabolic regulation of tomato fruit sink activity and yield under salinity.  J. Expt. Bot.  doi:10.1093/jxb/eru347, 2014. 
**Smigocki** A., Bruccoleri, R.  Methods and compositions for altering sugar beet and other root crops storage tissue. U.S. Provisional Patent 62/033,694, 2014.
 
Vinterhalter, B., Krsti?-Milo?evi?, D., Jankovi?, T., Pljevljaku?i?, D., Ninkovi?, S., Smigocki, A., Vinterhalter, D.  *Gentiana dinarica* hairy root cultures and evaluation of factors affecting growth and xanthone production.****Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult. DOI 10.1007/s11240-015-0737-z. 2015.
 
Li, H., Padmanaban S. and A.C. **Smigocki**. Characterization of a *Beta vulgaris* polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein: a defense response gene.Am. Soc. Sugar Beet Tech. Proc. 28, http://assbt-proceedings.org, 2015.
 
Cingel, A., Savic, J., Vinterhalter, B., Vinterhalter, D., Kostis, M. , ?e?lija Jovanovi?, D., **Smigocki**, A.and S. Ninkovic. Growth and development of Colorado potato beetle larvae, *Leptinotarsa**decemlineata,*on potato plants overexpressing the oryzacystatin II proteinase inhibitor. Transgenic Research, DOI 10.1007/s11248-015-9873-9, 2015.  
 
Cingel, A., Savic, J., Cosic, T., Zdravkovic-Korac, S., Momeilovic, I., **Smigocki**, A.and S. Ninkovic. Pyramiding rice cystatin genes (*OCI*and *OCII*) in potato (*Solanum tuberosum* L. cv. Jelica) by sequential re-transformation, Euphytica, DOI 10.1007/s10681-014-1119-z, 2015.
 
Cingel, A., Savic, J., Cosic, T., Martin,R., Nabil, G., **Smigocki**, A.and S. Ninkovic. Phenotypic performance of transgenic potato (*Solanum tuberosum* L.) plants with pyramided rice cystatin genes (*OCI* and *OCII*). Arch. Biol. Sci., 67, in press, 2015. 
 
Savic, J. and A. **Smigocki**.**Wound and insect induced GUS expression from a sugar beet serine proteinase inhibitor gene promoter in transgenic *Nicotiana benthamiana*.  In review, 2015.
 
Li, H. and A. **Smigocki**.  Differential expression of sugar beet root maggot (*Tetanops myopaeformis*) genes modulated by resistant and susceptible interactions with*Beta vulgaris*.  In preparation, 2015.
 
Li, H., Padmanaban S. and A.C. **Smigocki**. Cloning and characterization of sugar beet PGIP genes and their association with insect and fungal resistance. In preparation, 2015. 
 
Cingel, A., Savic, J., Cosic, T., Lazarevi?, J.,Martin,R., ?osi?, T., **Smigocki**, A.and S. Ninkovic. Developmental response of Colorado potato beetle larvae to co-expressed cystatin inhibitors OCI and OCII in transgenic potato plants.  In preparation, 2015.
 
 
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