Kathleen Brown

Professor of Plant Stress Biology

Kathleen Brown

Research Summary

Regulation of root development. Root responses to edaphic stress. Identification and genetic mapping of traits for adaptation to edaphic stress.

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Publication Tags

Zea Mays Soil Corn Nitrogen Water Genotype Phenotype Droughts Drought Tolerance Cells Genes Agriculture Water Stress Maize Anatomy Dehydration Crops Aerenchyma Plasticity Breeding South Africa Drought Growth Biomass Costs And Cost Analysis

Most Recent Papers

Nodal root diameter and node number in maize (Zea mays L.) interact to influence plant growth under nitrogen stress

Hannah M. Schneider, Jennifer T. Yang, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2021, Plant Direct

Multiseriate cortical sclerenchyma enhance root penetration in compacted soils

Hannah M. Schneider, Christopher F. Strock, Meredith T. Hanlon, Dorien J. Vanhees, Alden C. Perkins, Ishan B. Ajmera, Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Sacha J. Mooney, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion

Bipin K. Pandey, Guoqiang Huang, Rahul Bhosale, Sjon Hartman, Craig J. Sturrock, Lottie Jose, Olivier C. Martin, Michal Karady, Laurentius A.C.J. Voesenek, Karin Ljung, Jonathan P. Lynch, Kathleen M. Brown, William R. Whalley, Sacha J. Mooney, Dabing Zhang, Malcolm J. Bennett, 2021, Science on p. 276-280

Genetic control of root architectural traits in KDML105 chromosome segment substitution lines under well-watered and drought stress conditions

Mathurada Ruangsiri, Phanchita Vejchasarn, Patompong Saengwilai, J Lynch, Malcolm Bennett, Kathleen Brown, Cattleya Chutteang, Ratri Boonruangrod, Jeremy Shearman, Theerayut Toojinda, Jonaliza Siangliw, 2021, Plant Production Science on p. 1-18

Multiple integrated root phenotypes are associated with improved drought tolerance

Stephanie P. Klein, Hannah M. Schneider, Alden C. Perkins, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2020, Plant Physiology on p. 1011-1025

Genetic control of root architectural plasticity in maize

Hannah M. Schneider, Stephanie P. Klein, Meredith T. Hanlon, Eric A. Nord, Shawn Kaeppler, Kathleen M. Brown, Andrew Warry, Rahul Bhosale, Jonathan P. Lynch, Ian Dodd, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 3185-3197

Genetic control of root anatomical plasticity in maize

Hannah M. Schneider, Stephanie P. Klein, Meredith T. Hanlon, Shawn Kaeppler, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2020, Plant Genome

Root metaxylem and architecture phenotypes integrate to regulate water use under drought stress

Christopher F. Strock, James D. Burridge, Miranda D. Niemiec, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2020, Plant, Cell and Environment

Root cortical anatomy is associated with differential pathogenic and symbiotic fungal colonization in maize

Tania Galindo-Castañeda, Kathleen M. Brown, Gretchen A. Kuldau, Gregory W. Roth, Nancy G. Wenner, Swayamjit Ray, Hannah Schneider, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2019, Plant, Cell and Environment on p. 2999-3014

Genotypic variation and nitrogen stress effects on root anatomy in maize are node specific

Jennifer T. Yang, Hannah M. Schneider, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, Miriam Gifford, 2019, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 5311-5325

Most-Cited Papers

Shovelomics

Samuel Trachsel, Shawn M. Kaeppler, Kathleen Marie Brown, Jonathan Paul Lynch, 2011, Plant and Soil on p. 75-87

New roots for agriculture

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Kathleen Marie Brown, 2012, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 1598-1604

Root anatomical phenes associated with water acquisition from drying soil

Jonathan P. Lynch, Joseph G. Chimungu, Kathleen M. Brown, 2014, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 6155-6166

Maize root growth angles become steeper under low N conditions

S. Trachsel, S. M. Kaeppler, Kathleen Marie Brown, Jonathan Paul Lynch, 2013, Field Crops Research on p. 18-31

Root cortical aerenchyma enhances nitrogen acquisition from low-nitrogen soils in maize

Patompong Saengwilai, Eric A. Nord, Joseph G. Chimungu, Kathleen Marie Brown, Jonathan Paul Lynch, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 726-735

Large root cortical cell size improves drought tolerance in maize

Joseph G. Chimungu, Kathleen Marie Brown, Jonathan Paul Lynch, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 2166-2178

Reduced root cortical cell file number improves drought tolerance in maize

Joseph G. Chimungu, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 1943-1955

Phenotypic diversity of root anatomical and architectural traits in Zea species

Amy L. Burton, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2013, Crop Science on p. 1042-1055

Root cortical burden influences drought tolerance in maize

Raúl E. Jaramillo, Eric A. Nord, Joseph G. Chimungu, Kathleen M. Brown, Jonathan P. Lynch, 2013, Annals of Botany on p. 429-437

RootScan

Amy L. Burton, Michael Williams, Jonathan P. Lynch, Kathleen M. Brown, 2012, Plant and Soil on p. 189-203