The members of the R&D organization at Dow AgroSciences often share their accomplishments and findings in scientific publications, adding to the world’s ever-growing body of basic scientific knowledge. Below are examples of significant external publications that have been published in the last few years.
- Transcriptional activation of Brassica napus β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase II with an engineered zinc finger protein transcription factor
Gupta, M., DeKelver, R.C., Palta, A., Clifford, C., Gopalan, S., Miller, J.C., Novak, S., DeSloover, D., Gachotte, D., Connell, J., Flook, J., Patterson, T., Robbins, K., Rebar, E.J., Gregory, P.D., Urnov F.D., Petolino, J.F.
Plant Biotechnology Journal (2012) DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00695.x
- Development of versatile gene-based SNP assays in maize (Zea mays L.)
Mammadov, J., Chen, W., Mingus, J., Thompson, S., Kumpatla, S.
Molecular Breeding (2012), 29, 779-790
- Discovery and characterization of sulfoxaflor, a novel insecticide targeting sap-feeding pests
Zhu, Y-M., Loso, M. R., Watson, G. B., Sparks, T. C., Rogers, R. B., Huang, J. X., Gerwick, B. C., Babcock, J. M., Kelley, D., Hegde, V. B., Nugent, B. M., Renga, J. M., Denholm, I., Gorman, K., DeBoer, G. J., Hasler, J., Meade, T., Thomas, J. D.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2011), 59, 2950-2957
- Robust crop resistance to broadleaf and grass herbicides provided by aryloxyalkanoate dioxygenase transgenes
Wright, T. R., Shan, G., Walsh, T. A., Lira, J. M., Cui, C., Song, P., Zhuang, M., Arnold, N. L., Lin, G., Yau, K., Russell, S. M., Cicchillo, R. M., Peterson, M. A., Simpson, D. M., Zhou, N., Ponsamuel, J., Zhang, Z.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) (2010), 107, 20240-20245
- A spinosyn-sensitive Drosophila melanogaster nicotinic acetylcholine receptor identified through chemically induced target site resistance, resistance gene identification, and heterologous expression
Gerald B. W., Chouinard S. W., Cook K. R., Geng C., Gifford J.M., Gustafson G. D., Hasler J. M., Larrinua I. M., Letherer T. J., Mitchell J. C., Pak W. L., Salgado V. L., Sparks T. C., Stilwell G. E.
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2010), 40: 376-384
- Zinc finger nuclease-mediated transgene deletion
Petolino J. F., Worden A., Curlee K., Connell J., Strange Moynahan T.L., Larsen C., Russell S.
Plant Molecular Biology (2010), 73: 617–628
- Precise genome modification in the crop species Zea mays using zinc-finger nucleases
Shukla, V. K., Doyon, Y., Miller, J. C., De Kelver, R. C., Moehle, E. A., Worden, S. E., Mitchell, J. C., Arnold, N. L., Gopalan, S., Meng, X., Choi, V. M., Rock, J. M., Wu, Y-Y., Katibah, G. E., G
Nature (2009), 459: 437-441
- Modeling approach to assess clustering impact on release rates of pesticides from microencapsulated products
Cryer, S. A., Wilson, S. L.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2009), 57: 5443-5451
- Penoxsulam - structure-activity relationships of triazolopyrimidine sulfonamides
Johnson, T. C. Martin, T. P., Mann, R. K., Pobanz, M. A.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (2009), 17, 4230-4240
- Discovery of the butenyl-spinosyn insecticides: Novel macrolides from the new bacterial strain Saccharopolyspora pogona
Lewer, P., Hahn, D. R., Karr, L. L., Duebelbeis, D. O., Gilbert, J. R., Crouse, G. D., Worden, T., Sparks, T. C., McKamey, P., Edwards, R., Graupner, P. R.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (2009), 17: 4185-4196
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