Leonidas W. D’Agostino

This study identifies HS1, a grass-specific myosin VIII, as critical for protoxylem development and hydraulic conductance in sorghum, linking actin-based motor activity to xylem structure and function.

This study constructs a spatiotemporal single-cell atlas of soybean AMF symbiosis, revealing immune, metabolic, and nutrient exchange programs and a coumarin-driven metabolic switch.

This paper uses snRNA-seq to analyze soybean root responses to nematode infection, identifying vascular cambium as the origin of syncytia and revealing coordinated cell-type-specific defense mechanisms.

This study develops a method using developmental regulators to improve soybean transformation and CRISPR-mediated genome editing efficiency.

This study uses snRNA-seq to identify cell-type-specific responses to silicon treatment in soybean leaves, revealing novel Si-induced cell clusters and gene expression changes related to defense mechanisms.