Dana R. MacGregor

This study examines how three Group 15 herbicides affect plant growth, cuticular wax, and fatty acid metabolism in herbicide-resistant and -naïve blackgrass biotypes.

This study shows that BSMV and FoMV, commonly used for virus-enabled reverse genetics, fail to induce gene silencing or overexpression in rice despite optimization, suggesting species-specific resistance.

This study presents a chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of Alopecurus aequalis, revealing its genetic similarity to barley and expansion of herbicide resistance genes.

The paper investigates the evolutionary mechanisms of grass awns, finding that developmental conservation and deep homology drive their repeated evolution and morphological diversity.

The paper outlines genomic resources developed by the International Weed Genomics Consortium to improve weed control and crop breeding through insights into stress tolerance.

The paper shows that the VEL3 gene in Arabidopsis establishes an epigenetic state in the endosperm that controls seed dormancy in progeny across generations.

The paper analyzes the blackgrass genome to understand the genetic basis of non-target site herbicide resistance and its evolutionary mechanisms.

Virus-mediated transient expression techniques create loss- and gain-of-function mutations in black-grass and show causation between specific genotypes and measurable changes in herbicide resistance.