Publications and Manuscripts

2024

 

Wang, Q., Veley, K.M., Johnson, J., Berry, J., Boyher, A., van Erven, G., Kabel, M., Braun, D., Vermerris, W., Bart, R.S. (2024). Three Xanthomonas cell wall degrading enzymes and sorghum Brown midrib 12 contribute to virulence and resistance in the Bacterial Leaf Streak pathosystem. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. Accepted

Elliott, K., Veley K.M., Jensen, G., Gilbert, K.B, Norton, J., Kambic, L, Yoder, M., Weil, A., Motomura-Wages, S., Bart, R. CRISPR/Cas9-generated mutations in a sugar transporter gene reduce cassava susceptibility to bacterial blight, Plant Physiology, 2024; kiae243, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae243

2023

 

Sorkin, M.L., Markham, K.K., Zorich, S., Menon, A., Edgeworth, K. N., Ricono, A., Bryant, D., Bart, R.S., Nusinow, D. A., Greenham, K. Assembly and operation of an imaging system for long-term monitoring of bioluminescent and fluorescent reporters in plants. Plant Methods 19, 19 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-00997-0

Pettit, N., Gowda, S. A., Shrestha, N., Harris, T., Bart, R., Bourland, F., Brown-Guedira, G., Jones, D. C., & Kuraparthy, V. (2023). Development and validation of Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers for bacterial blight resistant locus BB-13 in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Crop Science, 63, 2636–2649. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21072

Veley, K.M., Elliott, K., Jensen, G., Zhong, Z., Feng, S., Yoder, M., Gilbert, K.B., Berry, J.C., Ghoshal, B., Gallego- Bartolomé, J., Norton, J., Motomura-Wages, S., Carrington, J.C., Jacobsen, S.E., Bart, R.S.* Improving cassava bacterial blight resistance by editing the epigenome. Nat Commun 14, 85 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35675-7

2022

 

Zhong, Z., Feng, S., Mansfeld, B. N., Ke, Y., Qi, W., Lim, Y. W., Gruissem, W., Bart, R. S., & Jacobsen, S. E. (2022). Haplotype-resolved DNA methylome of African cassava genome. Plant biotechnology journal, 10.1111/pbi.13955. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13955

Gowda, S.A., Shrestha, N., Harris, T.M. Phillips A.Z., Fang, H., Sood S., Zhang, K., Bourland F., Bart, R.S. Kuraparthy V. Identification and genomic characterization of major effect bacterial blight resistance locus (BB-13) in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Theor Appl Genet (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04229-2

Berry, J.C., Qi, M., Sonawane, B.V., Sheflin, A., Cousins, A.B., Prenni, J., Schachtman, D.P., Liu, P., Bart, R.S. (2022) Increased signal to noise ratios within experimental field trials by regressing spatially distributed soil properties as principal components. eLife Sciences, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.70056

Lim, Y.W., Mansfeld, B.N., Schläpfer, P., Gilbert, K.B., Narayanan, N.N., Qi, W., Wang, Q., Z. Zhong, Z., Boyher, A., Gehan, J., Beyene, G., Lin, Z.D., Esuma, W., Feng, S., Chanez, C., Eggenberger, N., Adiga, G., Alicai, T., Jacobsen, S.E., Taylor, N.J., Gruissem, W., Bart, R.S. (2022) Mutations in DNA polymerase subunit 1 mediate CMD2-type resistance to Cassava Mosaic Geminiviruses. Nat Commun 13, 3933 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31414-0

Elliott, K., Berry, J.C., Kim, H., and Bart, R.S. A comparison of ImageJ and machine learning based image analysis methods to measure cassava bacterial blight disease severity. Plant Methods 18, 86 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-022-00906-x

Qi, M., Berry, J.C., Veley, K., O’Connor, L., Finkel, O.M., Salas-González, I., Kuhs, M., Jupe, J., Holcomb, E., del Rio, T.G., Creech, C., Liu, P., Tringe, S., Dangl, J.L., Schachtman, D., Bart, R.S. Identification of beneficial and detrimental bacteria impacting sorghum responses to drought using multi-scale and multi-system microbiome comparisons. ISME J 16, 1957–1969 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01245-4

Wheeler, T., Harris, T., Bart, R.S, Isakeit, T., Woodward, J., Allen T.W., Kemerait, R.C. (2022) Response of Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum isolates to cotton differing in susceptibility to the bacterium and their predicted type III effectors. Plant Health Progress 23(1) https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-06-21-0090-RS

2021

 

Mansfeld, B.N., Boyher, A., Berry, J.C., Wilson, M., Ou, S., Polydore, S., Michael, T.P., Fahlgren, N. and Bart, R.S. (2021), Large structural variations in the haplotype-resolved African cassava genome. Plant J, 108: 1830-1848. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15543

Lyons, J.B., Bredeson, J.V., Mansfeld B.N., Bauchet, G.J., Berry, J., Boyher, A., Mueller, L.A., Rokhsar, D.S., Bart, R. (2021) Current status and impending progress for cassava structural genomics. Plant Mol Biol; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-020-01104

Wang, Q.; Shakoor, N., Boyher, A., Veley, K.M., Berry, J.C., Mockler, T.C., Bart, R.S. (2021) Escalation in the host-pathogen arms race: A host resistance response corresponds to a heightened bacterial virulence response. PLoS Pathogens. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009175

Veley, K.M., Okwuonu, I., Jensen, G., Yoder, M., Taylor, N.J. Meyers, B.C. Bart, R.S. (2021) Gene-tagging via CRISPR-mediated homology-directed repair in cassava, G3, http://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab028

Casto, A.,Schul, H, Tovar, J.C., Wang, Q., Bart, R.S, Fahlgren, N, Gehan, M. (2021) Picturing the future of food. The Plant Phenome Journal, http://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20014

2020

 

Odipio, J., Beyene, G., Chauhan, R.D., Alicai, T., Bart, R.S., Nusinow, D. A., Taylor, N. J. (2020) Transgenic overexpression of endogenous FLOWERING LOCUS T-like gene MeFT1 produces early flowering in cassava, PLoS One, http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227199

Gaffney, J., Tibebu, R., Bart, R.S., Beyene, G, Girma, D., Kane, N.A., Mace, E.S., Mockler, T, Nickson, T.E., Taylor, N.J., Zastrow-Hayes, G. (2020) Open access to genetic sequence data maximizes value to scientists, farmers and society. Global Food Security, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100411

2019

 

Lin, Z.J.D., Taylor, N.J., Bart, R.S., (2019) Engineering Disease-Resistant Cassava. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, http://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a034595

Bart, R.S., Shirasu, K. (2019) Editorial Overview: Biotic interactions-Hosts, microbes and a changing environment. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2019.08.001

2018

 

Gomez, M.A., Lin, Z.D., Moll T., Luebbert, C., Chauhan, R.D., Vijayaraghavan, A., Renninger, K., Beyene, G., Taylor, N.J., Carrington, J.C., Staskawicz, B.J., Bart, R. (2018) Simultaneous CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of cassava eIF4E isoforms nCBP-I and nCBP-2 confers elevated resistance to cassava brown streak disease. Plant Biotechnology Journalhttps://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12987

Hummel, A. W., Chauhan, R. D., Cermak, T., Mutka, A. M., Vijayaraghavan, A., Boyher, A., Starker, C. G., Bart, R., Voytas, D. F., & Taylor, N. J. (2018). Allele exchange at the EPSPS locus confers glyphosate tolerance in cassava. Plant biotechnology journal, 16(7), 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12868

Berry, J., Fahlgren, N., Bart, R., Veley, K. A statistical method for image set standardization including measurement of variation. PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.5727

Phillips, A.Z., Wheeler, T., Woodward, J., Bart, R. (2018) “Pseudomonas syringae pathogen causes foliar disease of Upland Cotton in Texas” Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-17-1700-PDN

2017

 

Odipio, J., Alicai, T., Ingelbrecht, I., Nusinow D.A., Bart, R., Taylor, N.J. (2017) Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing of Phytoene desaturase in Cassava. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1780. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01780

Veley, K.M., Berry, J.C., Fentress, S.J., Schachtman, D.P., Baxter, I., Bart, R. (2017) High-throughput profiling identifies resource use efficient and abiotic stress tolerant sorghum varieties.  Plant Direct, 2017;00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.23

Phillips, A.Z., Berry, J.C., Wilson, M.C., Vijayaraghavan, A., Burke, J., Bunn, I., Allen, T.W., Wheeler, T., Bart, R. (2017)  Genomics-enabled analysis of the emergent disease cotton bacterial blight. PLoS Genetics 13(9): e1007003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007003

Michelmore, R., Coaker, G., Bart, R., et.al. (2017) Foundational and translational research opportunities to improve plant health. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 30, no.7: 515-516. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-17-0010-CR

Bart, R.S., Taylor, N.J. (2017) New opportunities and challenges to engineer disease resistance in cassava, a staple food of African small-holder farmers. PLOS Pathogens. 13, no.5. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006287 

Wilson, M.C., Mutka, A.M., Hummel, A.W., Berry, J., Chauhan, R.D., Vijayaraghavan, A., Taylor, N.J., Voytas, D.F., Chitwood, D.H., Bart, R.S. (2017) Gene expression analysis provides insight into the physiology of the important staple food crop cassava. New Phytologist, 213, no.4:1632-1641. doi:10.11112/nph.14443

Ramu, P., Esuma W., Kawuki R., Rabbi I.Y., Egesi, C., Bredeson J.V., Bart, R.S., Verma J., Buckler, E.S., Lu F. (2017) Cassava haplotype map highlights fixation of deleterious mutations during clonal propagation. Nature Genetics, 49: 959-963. doi:10.1038/ng.3845

2016

 

Pauli, D., Chapman, S.C., Bart, R., Topp, C.N., Lawrence-Dill, C.J., Poland, J., Gore, M.A. (2016) The quest for understanding phenotypic variation via integrated approaches in the field environment. Plant Physiology, 172, no.2: 622-634. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00592

Fahlgren N, Bart R, Herrera-Estrella L, Rellan-Alvarez R, Chitwood DH, Dinneny JR. Plant scientists: GM technology is safe. Science. 2016;351(6275):824-824. doi:10.1126/science.351.6275.824-a.

Mutka, A.M., Fentress, S.J., Sher, J.W., Berry, J.C., Pretz, C., Nusinow, D.A., Bart, R.S. (2016) Quantitative, image-based phenotyping methods provide insight into spatial and temporal dimensions of plant disease. Plant Physiology, 172, no. 2: 650-660. dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00984

Bredeson, J.V., Lyons, J.B., Prochnik, S.E., Wu, G.A., Ha, C.M., Edsinger-Gonzales, E., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Rabbi, I.Y., Egesi, C., Nauluvula, P., Lebot, V., Ndunguru, J., Mkamilo, G., Bart, R. S., Setter, T.L., Gleadow, R.M., Kulakow, P., Ferguson, M.E., Rounsley, S., Rokhsar, D. S. (2016). Sequencing Wild and Cultivated Cassava and Related Species Reveals Extensive Interspecific Hybridization and Genetic Diversity. Nat. Biotechnol., 34, no. 5: 562–570. doi:10.1038/nbt.3535

Chern, M., Xu Q, Bart, R.S., Bai, W., Ruan, D., Sze-To, W.H., Canlas, P.E., Jain, R., Chen, X., Ronald, P.C. (2016) A Genetic Screen Identifies a Requirement for Cysteine-Rich–Receptor-Like Kinases in Rice NH1 (OsNPR1)-Mediated Immunity. PLoS Genet., 12(5): e1006049. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006049

2015

 

Wang, H., Beyene, G., Zhai, J., Feng, S., Fahlgren, N., Taylor, N., Bart, R., Carrington, J.C., Jacobsen, S.E., Ausin, I. (2015). CG gene body DNA methylation changes and evolution of duplicated genes in cassava. PNAS, 112 (44) 13729-13734; published ahead of print October 19, 2015,https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519067112

Schwartz, A. R., Potnis, N., Timilsina, S., Wilson, M., Patané, J., Martins, J., Jr, Minsavage, G. V., Dahlbeck, D., Akhunova, A., Almeida, N., Vallad, G. E., Barak, J. D., White, F. F., Miller, S. A., Ritchie, D., Goss, E., Bart, R. S., Setubal, J. C., Jones, J. B., & Staskawicz, B. J. (2015). Phylogenomics of Xanthomonas field strains infecting pepper and tomato reveals diversity in effector repertoires and identifies determinants of host specificity. Frontiers in microbiology, 6, 535. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00535

Mutka, A. M., & Bart, R. S. (2015). Image-based phenotyping of plant disease symptoms. Frontiers in plant science, 5, 734. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00734


Schwessinger, B., Bart, R., Krasileva, K. V., & Coaker, G. (2015). Focus issue on plant immunity: from model systems to crop species. Frontiers in plant science, 6, 195. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00195

2014-2006

 

Timilsina, S., Jibrin, M., Potnis, N., Minsavage, G., Kebede, M., Schwartz, A., Bart, R., Staskawicz, B., Boyer, C., Vallad, G., Pruvost, O., Jones, J.B., Goss, E.M. (2014). Multilocus sequence analysis of xanthomonads causing bacterial spot of tomato and pepper reveals strains generated by recombination among species and recent global spread of Xanthomonas gardneri. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 81:1520-1529. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03000-14.

Cohn, M.*, Bart, R.*, Shybut, M., Dahlbeck, D., Gomez, M., Morbitzer, R., Hou, B. H., Frommer, W. B., Lahaye, T., Staskawicz, B. J. (2014). Xanthomonas axonopodis virulence is promoted by a transcription activator like (TAL) effector mediated induction of a SWEET sugar transporter in cassava. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact., 27: 1186-1198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-14-0161-R. *Equal contribution.

Arrieta-Ortiz, M. L., Rodriguez-R, L. M., Perez-Quintero, A. L., Poulin, L., Díaz, A. C., Arias Rojas, N., Trujillo, C., Restrepo Benavides, M. Bart, R., et al. (2013). Genomic Survey of Pathogenicity Determinants and VNTR Markers in the Cassava Bacterial Pathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Manihotis Strain CIO151. PLoS One, 8(11), e79704. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079704

Bart, R., Cohn, M., Kassen, A., McCallum, E. J., Shybut, M., Petriello, A., Krasileva, K., Dahlbeck, D., Medina, C., Alicai, T., Kumar, L., Moreira, L.M., Rodrigues Neto, J., Verdier, V., Santana, M.A., Kositcharoenkul, N., Vanderschuren, H., Gruissem, W., Bernal, A. & Staskawicz, B. (2012). High-throughput genomic sequencing of cassava bacterial blight strains identifies conserved effectors to target for durable resistance. PNAS, 109(28), E1972–E1979. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208003109

Bart, R. S., Chern, M., Vega-Sánchez, M. E., Canlas, P., & Ronald, P. C. (2010). Rice Snl6, a cinnamoyl-CoA reductase-like gene family member, is required for NH1-mediated immunity to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. PLoS Genetics, 6(9), e1001123. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001123

Park, C.-J., Bart, R., Chern, M., Canlas, P. E., Bai, W., & Ronald, P. C. (2010). Overexpression of the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP3 regulates XA21-mediated innate immunity in rice. PloS One, 5(2), e9262. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009262

Ding, X., Richter, T., Chen, M., Fujii, H., Seo, Y. S., Xie, M., et al. (2009). A rice kinase-protein interaction map. Plant Physiol., 149(3), 1478–1492. doi:10.1104/pp.108.128298

Park, C.-J., Peng, Y., Chen, X., Dardick, C., Ruan, D., Bart, R., et al. (2008). Rice XB15, a protein phosphatase 2C, negatively regulates cell death and XA21-mediated innate immunity. PLoS Biol., 6(9), e231. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060231

Bart, R., Chern, M., Park, C.-J., Bartley, L., & Ronald, P. C. (2006a). A novel system for gene silencing using siRNAs in rice leaf and stem-derived protoplasts. Plant Methods, 2(1), 13. doi:10.1186/1746-4811-2-13

Bart, R., Ronald, P., & Hake, S. (2006b). Fertility versus disease resistance, a hard choice. Genes & Develop., 20(10), 1215–1217. doi:10.1101/gad.1437706