Reviews and Other Publications

Over 40 individual loci associated with plant cuticle production have been identified in screens of mutagenized populations of Arabidopsis and Sorghum, and these mutant lines have provided the basis for many important studies that elucidate gene involvement in cuticle lipid metabolism and function in plants. Besides this, my lab has made significant contributions in crop science, applying techniques and tools developed in my laboratory to a diverse set of problems faced by growers of ornamental and food crops. The role of cuticle lipids has been of special interest, as has also been the development of regeneration systems for transformation of crop species.

Review Chapters

• Kosma, D. and Jenks, M.A. 2007. Eco-physiological and molecular-genetic determinants of plant cuticle function in drought and salt stress tolerance . In: Advances in Molecular-Breeding toward Drought and Salt Tolerant Crops. Jenks, M.A., Hasegawa, P.M., and S.M. Jain (eds). Springer Publishing, Inc. Dordrecht, Germany.

• Wood, A.J. and Jenks, M.A. 2007. Desiccation tolerance in plants: Diversity, distribution, and real world applications. In: Plant Desiccation Tolerance. Jenks, M.A. and Wood, A.J. (eds). Blackwell Publishing, Inc. Oxford, U.K.

• Goodwin, S.M. and Jenks, M.A. 2005. Plant cuticle function as a barrier to water loss. In: Plant Abiotic Stress. Jenks, M.A., and Hasegawa, P.M. (eds). Blackwell Publishing, Inc. Oxford, U.K..ISBN: 1405122382.

• Jenks, M.A., Eigenbrode, S., and Lemeiux, B. 2002. Cuticular waxes of Arabidopsis. In The Arabidopsis Book. Somerville, C., Meyerowitz, E. (eds). American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD, USA, 24 pages. http://www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/. DOI 10.1199/tab.0016.

• Jenks, M.A. 2002. Critical issues with the plant cuticle's function in drought tolerance. In Biochemical & Molecular Responses of Plants to the Environment. Wood, A.J. (ed). Research Signpost Press, Kerala, India, pages 97-127.

• Jenks, M.A. and Ashworth, E.N. 1999. Plant epicuticular waxes: function, production, and genetics. In Horticultural Reviews. Janick, J. (ed). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, USA. Vol 23, pages 1-68. .

• Jenks, M.A. and Feldmann, K.A. 1996. Cloning plant genes using insertion mutagenesis. In Genome Mapping in Plants. Paterson, A.H. (ed), Landes Biomedical Press, Austin, TX, USA, pages 155-168.

• Jenks, M.A. and Feldmann, K.A. 1996. T-DNA insertion mutagenesis for improvement of ornamental crops. In Biotechnology of Ornamental Crops. Geneve, R., Preece, J., Merkle, S. (eds), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pages 185-197.

Other Publications

• Peters, P.J, Jenks, M.A., Rich, P.J., Axtell, J.D., and Ejeta, G. (2008). Mutagenesis, selection and allelism of epicuticular wax mutants in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Crop Science (submitted).

• Jin-Yuan, J., Lu, S.-Y., Zhao, G.-R., Wu, A.-M., Jenks, M.A., and Zhang, S. (2008). Cotton GhHL1 encodes a bifunctional phosphatase whose ectopic expression in yeast and Arabidopsis alters salt and ABA response. New Phytologist (submitted).

• Kim, K.S., Park, S.H., and Jenks, M.A. 2007. Changes in leaf cuticular waxes of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) plants exposed to water deficit. Journal of Plant Physiology 164:1134-1143.

• Kim, K.S., Park, S.H., Kim, D.K., and Jenks, M.A. 2007. Influence of water deficit on leaf cuticular waxes of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). International Journal of Plant Science 168:307-316.

• Pooviah, C, Weller, S., and Jenks, M.A. 2006. Adventitious shoot regeneration of Scotch spearmint (Mentha x gracilis Sole). In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology- Plant 42:354-358.

• Jain, S.M., Jenks, M.A., Rout, G.R., and Radojevic, L.J. 2006. Micropropagation of ornamental potted plants. Propagation of Ornamental Plants, An International Journal. 6:67-82.

• Pooviah, C.R., Weller, S.C., and Jenks, M.A. 2006. In vitro adventitious shoot regeneration of native spearmint using internode explants. HortScience 41:414-417.

• Goodwin, M., Rashotte, A.M., Rahman, M., Feldmann, K.A., and Jenks, M.A. 2005. Wax constituents on the inflorescence stems of double eceriferum mutants in Arabidopsis reveal complex gene interactions. Phytochemistry 66:771-780.

• Grant, R.H., Heisler, G.M., Gao, W., and Jenks, M.A. 2003. Ultraviolet leaf reflectance of common urban trees and the prediction of reflectance from leaf surface characteristics. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 120:127-139.

• Jenks, M.A., Gaston, C.H., Goodwin, S.M., Keith, J.A., Teusink, R.S., and Wood, K.V. 2002. Seasonal variation in cuticular waxes on hosta genotypes differing in leaf surface glaucousness. HortScience 37:673-677.

• Teusink, R.S., Rahman, M., Bressan, R.A., and Jenks, M.A. 2002. Cuticular waxes on Arabidopsis thaliana close-relatives Thellungiella halophila and Thellungiella parvula. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163:309-316.

• Rashotte, A.M., Jenks, M.A., and Feldmann, K.A. 2001. Cuticular waxes on eceriferum mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 57:115-123.

• Wood, K.V., Bonham, C.C., and Jenks, M.A. 2001. The effect of water on the ion trap analysis of trimethylsilyl derivatives of long-chain fatty acids and alcohols. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 15: 873-877.

• Jenks, M.A., Kane, M.E., and McConnell, D.B. 2001. Shoot organogenesis from petiole explants in the aquatic plant Nymphoides indica. Plant, Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 63:1-8.

• Teusink, R.S., Rich, P.J., Axtell, J.D., and Jenks, M.A. 2001. Development of seed coat cuticular waxes on the bloomless and sparse-bloom mutants of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 49:245-251

• Jenks, M.A., Rich, P.J., Rhodes, D., Ashworth, E.A., Axtell, J.D., and Ding, C.K. 2000. Chemical composition of leaf sheath cuticular waxes on bloomless and sparse-bloom mutants of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Phytochemistry 54:577-584.

• Rashotte, A.M., Jenks, M.A., Nguyen, T.A. and Feldmann, K.A. 1997. Epicuticular waxes on Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes. Phytochemistry 45:251-255.

• Jenks, M.A., Rashotte, A.M. and Feldmann, K.A. 1996. Changes in epicuticular waxes on wildtype and eceriferum mutants in Arabidopsis during development. Phytochemistry 42:29-34.

• Grant, R.H., Jenks, M.A., Rich, P.J., Peters, P.J. and Ashworth, E.N. 1995. Scattering of ultraviolet and photosynthetically active waveband radiation by Sorghum bicolor: influence of epicuticular wax. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 75:263-281.

• Jenks, M.A., Rich, P.J. and Ashworth, E.N. 1994. Involvement of cork cells in synthesis and secretion of filamentous epicuticular wax on Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. International Journal of Plant Science 155:506-518.

• Jenks, M.A., Rich, P.J., Peters, P.J., Axtell, J.D. and Ashworth, E.N. 1992. Epicuticular wax morphology of bloomless (bm) mutants in Sorghum bicolor. International Journal of Plant Science 153:311-319.

• Kane, M.E., Gilman, E.F. and Jenks, M.A. 1991. Regenerative capacity of Myriophyllum aquaticum tissues cultured in vitro. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 29:102-109.

• Martin, C.A., Ingram, D.L. and Jenks, M.A. 1991. Response of Southern magnolia to supraoptimal root-zone temperatures. Journal of Thermobiology 16:281-285.

• Jenks, M.A., Kane, M.E., Marousky, F.J., McConnell, D.B. and Sheehan, T.J. 1990. In vitro establishment and epiphyllous plantlet regeneration of Nymphaea 'Daubeniana'. HortScience 25:1664.

• Yeager, T., Mays, F., Larsen, C. and Jenks, M.A. 1991. Response of 'Delaware Valley White' azalea to preplant nitrogen amendments. Southern Nurserymen's Association Research Conference 36:135-138.

• Kane, M.E., Jenks, M.A. and Sheehan, T.J. 1990. In vitro propagation studies in the Nymphaeaceae: American lotus. Water Garden Journal 6:31-33.

• Kane, M.E., Gilman, E.F., Jenks, M.A. and Sheehan, T.J. 1990. Aquatic plant micropropagation: Cryptocoryne lucens. HortScience 25:687-689.

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