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ARS Home Pacific West Area Albany, California Western Regional Research Center Bioproducts Research People & Locations







Grisel  Ponciano
                        Bioproducts Research

                        




                        
                        Research Molecular Biologist
                        Phone: (510) 559-5749
                        
                        
                        Fax: (510) 559-5818(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsGenomic Analysis of the Guayule Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program Data
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 443796**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Overexpressing an Arabidopsis SEIPIN1 reduces rubber particle size in guayule
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Chen, G.Q., Ponciano, G.P., Dong, C., Dong, N., Johnson, K., Bolton, T.T., Williams, T.G., Wood, D.F., Placido, D.F., McMahan, C.M., Dyer, J.M. 2023. Overexpressing an Arabidopsis SEIPIN1 reduces rubber particle size in guayule. Industrial Crops and Products. 195. Article 116410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116410.Downregulation of squalene synthase broadly impacts isoprenoid biosynthesis in guayule
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Placido, D., Dong, N., Amer, B., Dong, C., Ponciano, G.P., Kahlon, T.S., Whalen, M., Baidoo, E., McMahan, C.M. 2022. Downregulation of squalene synthase broadly impacts isoprenoid biosynthesis in guayule. Metabolites. 12(4). Article 303. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12040303.RNASeq analysis of drought-stressed guayule reveals the role of gene transcription for modulating rubber, resin, and carbohydrate synthesis
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dong, C., Ponciano, G.P., Huo, N., Gu, Y.Q., Ilut, D., McMahan, C.M. 2021. RNASeq analysis of drought-stressed guayule reveals the role of gene transcription for modulating rubber, resin, and carbohydrate synthesis. Scientific Reports. 11. Article 21610. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01026-7.Genetic engineering of lesquerella with increased ricinoleic acid content in seed oil
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Chen, G.Q., Johnson, K., Nazarenus, T.J., Ponciano, G.P., Morales, E., Cahoon, E.B. 2021. Genetic engineering of lesquerella with increased ricinoleic acid content in seed oil. Plants. 10(6). Article 1093. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061093.Transcriptomic and evolutionary analysis of the mechanisms by which P. argentatum, a rubber producing perennial, responds to drought
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Nelson, A.D., Ponciano, G.P., McMahan, C.M., Ilut, D.C., Pugh, N.A., Elshikha, D.E., Hunsaker, D.J., Pauli, D. 2019. Transcriptomic and evolutionary analysis of the mechanisms by which P. argentatum, a rubber producing perennial, responds to drought. Biomed Central (BMC) Plant Biology. 19:494. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-2106-2.A bicistronic transgene system for genetic modification of Parthenium argentatum
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ponciano, G.P., Dong, N., Chen, G.Q., McMahan, C.M. 2018. A bicistronic transgene system for genetic modification of Parthenium argentatum. Plant Biotechnology Reports. 12(2):149-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11816-018-0478-7.Fructan reduction by downregulation of 1-SST in guayule

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dong, N., Dong, C., Ponciano, G.P., Holtman, K.M., Placido, D.F., Coffelt, T.A., Whalen, M.C., McMahan, C.M. 2017. Fructan reduction by downregulation of 1-SST in guayule. Industrial Crops and Products. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.04.034.Identification of a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase gene highly expressed in the root tissue of Taraxacum kok-saghyz

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ponciano, G.P., Chen, G.Q. 2014. Identification of a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase gene highly expressed in the root tissue of Taraxacum kok-saghyz. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 5:3603-3608.Overexpression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in Parthenium argentatum (guayule)

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dong, N., Ponciano, G.P., McMahan, C.M., Coffelt, T.A., Lauren, J., Robert, C., Whalen, M.C., Katrina, C. 2013. Overexpression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in Parthenium argentatum (guayule). Industrial Crops and Products. 46(2013):15-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.12.044.Analysis of cold-acclimated guayule transcriptome

- (Abstract Only)Generation of PVY coat protein siRNAs in transgenic potatoes resistant to PVY.

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mc Cue, K.F., Ponciano, G.P., Rockhold, D.R., Whitworth, J.L., Gray, S.M., Fofanov, Y., Belknap, W.R. 2012. Generation of PVY coat protein siRNAs in transgenic potatoes resistant to PVY. American Journal of Potato Research. 89(5):374-383. DOI: 10.1007/s12230-012-9257-0.Resistance to PVY using siRNA in transgenic potatoes(Abstract)

- (Abstract Only)Mc Cue, K.F., Rockhold, D.R., Ponciano, G.P., Gray, S.M., Whitworth, J.L., Fofanov, Y., Belknap, W.R. 2013. Resistance to PVY using siRNA in transgenic potatoes(Abstract). American Journal of Potato Research. 90(2):p138-139.Transcriptome and gene expression analysis in cold-acclimated guayule (Parthenium argentatum)rubber-producing tissue

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ponciano, G.P., Mcmahan, C.M., Wengshuang, X., Lazo, G.R., Coffelt, T.A., Collins-Silva, J., Nural-Taban, A., Golley, M., Shintani, D.K., Whalen, M.C. (2012). Transcriptome and gene expression analysis in cold-acclimated guayule (Parthenium argentatum)rubber-producing tissue. Phytochemistry. 79:57-66.Application of intragenic technology for development of disease-resistant potato

- (Abstract Only)Ponciano, G.P., Rommens, C.M., Rockhold, D.R., Mc Cue, K.F., Whalen, M.C., Belknap, W.R. 2010. Application of intragenic technology for development of disease-resistant potato. The American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, August 7-11, 2010, Nashville, TN.Application of cisgenesis for development of disease-resistant potatoes

- (Abstract Only)Ponciano, G.P., Rommens, C., Rockhold, D.R., Whalen, M.C., Belknap, W.R. 2010. Application of cisgenesis for development of disease-resistant potatoes. The First Agriculture and Food Fair, April 26 to 30, 2010, Guatemala City, Guatemala.Expression of siRNA Conferring Resistance to PVY in  Transgenic Potatoes

- (Abstract Only)Potato Genome Sequencing: A Short Glimpse of the Non-Repetitive.

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