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Norman  Best
                        Plant Genetics Research

                        




                        
                        Research Geneticist (Plants)
                        Phone: (573) 882-9645
                        
                        
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                            ProjectsAdaptation of Grain Crops to Varying Environments Including Climates, Stressors, and Human Uses
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                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 443892Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Missouri
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 441686Missouri Maize Center - Joint Administration of the Genetics Farm
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 442031**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Genetic evidence that brassinosteroids suppress pistils in the maize tassel independent of the Jasmonic acid pathway
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Best, N.B., Dilkes, B. 2023. Genetic evidence that brassinosteroids suppress pistils in the maize tassel independent of the Jasmonic acid pathway. Plant Direct. 7(7): Article e501. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.501.Mapping maize mutants using bulked-segregant analysis and next-generation sequencing
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Best, N.B., McSteen, P. 2022. Mapping maize mutants using bulked-segregant analysis and next-generation sequencing. Current Protocols in Plant Biology. 2(11). Article e591. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.591.Transcriptional responses to gibberellin in the maize tassel and control by DELLA domain proteins
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Best, N.B., Dilkes, B.P. 2022. Transcriptional responses to gibberellin in the maize tassel and control by DELLA domain proteins. The Plant Journal. 112(2):493-517. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15961.Dedicated farnesyl diphosphate synthases circumvent isoprenoid-derived growth-defense tradeoffs in Zea mays
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tang, H.V., Berryman, D.L., Mendoza, J.S., Yactayo Chang, J.P., Li, Q., Christensen, S.A., Hunter III, C.T., Best, N.B., Soubeyrand, E., Akhtar, T., Basset, G.J., Block, A.K. 2022. Dedicated farnesyl diphosphate synthases circumvent isoprenoid-derived growth-defense tradeoffs in Zea mays. Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15941.Defects in meristem maintenance, cell division, and cytokinin signaling are early responses in the boron deficient maize mutant tassel-less1
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Matthes, M.S., Darnell, Z., Best, N.B., Guthrie, K., Robil, J.M., Amstutz, J., Durbak, A., McSteen, P. 2022. Defects in meristem maintenance, cell division, and cytokinin signaling are early responses in the boron deficient maize mutant tassel-less1. Physiologia Plantarum. 174(2): Article e13670. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13670.Mutation of the nuclear pore complex component, aladin1, disrupts asymmetric cell division in Zea mays (maize)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Best, N.B., Addo-Quaye, C., Kim, B., Weil, C.F., Schulz, B., Johal, G., Dilkes, B.P. 2021. Mutation of the nuclear pore complex component, aladin1, disrupts asymmetric cell division in Zea mays (maize). G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 11(7): Article jkab106. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab106.


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