Recent Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Li, H.M., Sullivan, R., Moy, M., Kobayashi, D.Y., and Belanger, F.C. (2004) Expression of a novel endophytic fungal chitinase in the infected host grass. Mycologia 96, 526-536

Belanger, F.C., Bonos, S., and Meyer, W.A. (2004) Dollar spot resistant interspecific hybrids between creeping bentgrass and colonial bentgrass. Crop Sci. 44, 581-586

Pak, F., Gropper, S., Dai, W.D., Havkin-Frenkel, D., and Belanger, F.C. (2004) Characterization of a multifunctional methytransferase from the orchid Vanilla planifolia, Plant Cell Rep. 22, 959-966

Li, H.M., Crouch, J.A., and Belanger, F.C. (2005) Fungal endophyte N-acetylglucosaminidase expression in the infected host grass. Mycol. Res. 109:363-373

Li, H.M., Rotter, D., Bonos, S.A., Meyer, W.A., and Belanger, F.C. (2005) Identification of a gene in the process of being lost from the genus Agrostis. Plant Physiol. 138:2386-2395

Li, H.M., Rotter, D., Pak, F.E., Hartman, T.G., Havkin-Frenkel, D., Belanger, F.C. (2006) Evolution of novel O-methyltransferases from the Vanilla planifolia caffeic acid O-methyltransferase. Plant Mol. Biol. 61:537-552

Rotter, D., Warnke, S.E., and Belanger, F.C. (2007) Dideoxy polymorphism scanning, a gene-based method for marker development for genetic linkage mapping. Molecular Breeding 19:267-274

Rotter, D., Bharti, A.K., Li, H.M., Luo C., Bonos, S.A., Bughrara, S., Jung, G., Messing, J., Meyer, W.A., Rudd, S., Warnke, S.E., and Belanger, F.C. (2007) Analysis of EST sequences suggests recent origin of allotetraploid colonial and creeping bentgrasses. Mol. Genet. Genomics 278:197-209

Xu, J., Tian, J., Belanger, F.C., and Huang, B. (2007) Identification and characterization of an expansin gene AsESP1 associated with heat tolerance in C3 Agrostis grass species. Journal of Experimental Botany 58:3789-3796

Xu, J., Belanger, F., and Huang, B. (2008) Differential gene expression in shoots and roots under heat stress for a geothermal and non-thermal Agrostis grass species contrasting in heat tolerance. Environmental and Experimental Botany 63: 240-247

Tian, J., Belanger, F.C., and Huang, B. (2008) Identification of heat stress-responsive genes in a heat-tolerant C3 grass species by suppression subtractive hybridization. Submitted for publication

Rotter, D., Amundsen, K., Bonos, S.A., Meyer, W.A., Warnke, S.E., and Belanger, F.C. (2008) Colonial bentgrass genetic linkage mapping and identification of the chromosomal location of genes responsible for dollar spot resistance. Submitted for publication

Book Edited

Biotechnology in Flavor Production. (2008) Edited by D. Havkin-Frenkel and F.C. Belanger, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, 214 pages

Book Chapters

White, J.F. Jr., Belanger, F., Sullivan, R., Lewis E., Moy, M., Meyer W., and Bacon, C.W. (2004) Developmental interactions between clavicipitaleans and their host plants. In: Plant Surface Microbiology. Edited by A. Varma, L. Abbott, D. Werner, and R. Hampp, Springer-Verlag, Germany, 157-178.

Havkin-Frenkel, D. and Belanger F.C. (2007) Application of metabolic engineering to vanillin biosynthetic pathways in Vanilla planifolia In: Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering. Edited by R. Verpoorte, A.W. Alfermann, and T.S. Johnson, Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 175-196.

Havkin-Frenkel, D. and Belanger, F.C. (2008) Biotechnological production of vanillin. In: Biotechnology in Flavor Production. Edited by D. Havkin-Frenkel, and F.C. Belanger, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 83-103.

Dudai, N. and Belanger F.C. (2008) Aroma as a factor in the breeding process of fresh herbs–the case of basil. In: Biotechnology in Flavor Production. Edited by D. Havkin-Frenkel, and F.C. Belanger, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 161-184.

Rotter, D., Amundsen, K., Bonos, S.A., Meyer, W.A., Warnke, S.E., and Belanger, F.C. (2008) Colonial bentgrass genetic linkage mapping. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf. Edited by T. Yamada, Springer, The Netherlands. In Press.

General Journals

Belanger, F.C., Bonos, S.A., Meyer, W.A. (2005) Improved dollar-spot resistance in creeping bentgrass. USGA Green Section Record, July-August 10-11

Belanger, F.C., Bonos, S.A., Meyer, W.A. (2005) Interspecific hybridization as a new approach to improving dollar spot resistance in creeping bentgrass. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online, Feb 1-5

Belanger, F.C. (2006) Identification of the colonial bentgrass contribution to dollar spot resistance in colonial x creeping bentgrass interspecific hybrids. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary, p 21

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