List of Publications for: Dr. David Lightfoot

Published Works (40)
Edited Publications (28)
Books (1) and Chapters (5)

 

Published Works (40):

Lightfoot, D.A., Green, N.K. & Cullimore, J.V.  1988.  The chloroplast located  glutamine synthetase of Phaseolus vulgaris L.:  nucleotide sequence, expression in different organs and uptake into isolated chloroplasts.  Plant Molec. Biol. 11:191-202.
 

Lightfoot, D.A., Baron, A.J. & Wootton, J.C.  1988.  Expression of Escherichia  coli glutamate dehydrogenase in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301 causes ammonia tolerance.  Plant Molec. Biol. 11:335-344.
 

Lightfoot, D.A., Walters, D.E. & Wootton, J.C.  1988. Transformation of the  cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301 with cloned DNA.  J. Gen. Microbiol. 134:1509-1514.
 

Lightfoot, D.A. & Wootton, J.C.  1989.  Detection of a homologue to the E. coli  glutamate synthase gene in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301.  FEMS Letters 57:129-132.
 

Bennett, M.J., Lightfoot, D.A., and Cullimore, J.V.  1989.  cDNA sequence and  differential expression of the gene encoding the gamma polypeptide of glutamine synthetase of Phaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Molec. Biol. 12:553-565.
 

Guo, M., Lightfoot, D.A., Mok, M.C., and Mok, D.W.S.  1991.  Analyses of  Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Phaseolus coccineus Lam. hybrids by RFLP:  Preferential transmission of P. vulgaris alleles.  Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:703-710.
 

Bassill, N.V., Proebsting, W.M., Moore, L.W. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1991.   Propagation of Hazelnut stem cuttings using Agrobacterium rhizogenes.  Hort. Sci. 26(8):1058-1060
 

Lightfoot, D.A., Baron, A.J. and Wootton, J.C.  1992.  A nitrate reductase gene  of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC6301 inferred by heterologous hybridization cloning and targeted mutagenesis.  Genetica 85:107-117.
 

Hnetkovsky, N., S.J.C. Chang, T.W. Doubler, P.T. Gibson and D.A.  Lightfoot. 1996. Genetic Mapping of Loci Underlying Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). Crop Sci 36(2):392-400.
 

Chang S.J.C., T.W. Doubler, V. Kilo, R. Suttner, J. Klein, M.E.  Schmidt, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Two additional Loci underlying Durable Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS). Crop Science 36:1684-1688.
 

McDaniel K., David Lightfoot. 1997. A gene specific cytokinin  responsive mRNA in Phaseolus vulgaris leaves. Plant Physiol. and Biochem. 35:373-380.
 

Njiti, V.N, Suttner, R.J., Gray, L.E., Gibson, P.T. and D.A.  Lightfoot. 1997. Rate reducing resistance to Fusarium solani underlies field resistance to soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS). Crop Science 37(1):132-138.
 

Chang S.J.C., T.W. Doubler, V. Kilo, R.J. Suttner, J. Klein, M.E.  Schmidt, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1997. Association of Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cyst Nematode (SCN). Crop Science 37(4):965-971.
 

Njiti, V., T.W. Doubler, R.J. Suttner, L. Gray, P. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1998. Loci  underlying Resistance to Fusarium solani and soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) Mapped in Near Isogenic Lines. Crop Science 38(3):472-477.
 

Schmidt, M.E., R.J. Suttner, J. Klein, P.T. Gibson, D.A. Lightfoot and O. Myers Jr.. 1999. Registration  of LS-G96 soybean germplasm resistant to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Soybean Cyst Nematode race 3. Crop Science 39(3):598.
 

Prabhu, R.R., Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson,  Schmidt M.E. Klein R.J. and D.A. Lightfoot. 1999. Selecting soybean cultivars for dual resistance to cyst nematode Sudden Death Syndrome with two DNA markers. Crop Science 39(4):982-987.
 

Gray, L.E., Achenbach, L.A., Duff, R.J. and D.A.Lightfoot. 1999. Pathogenicity of Fusarium solani f. sp. Glycines isolates on soybean and green bean plants. J. Phytopathology. 147:281-284.
 

Meksem K, Doubler TW, Chancharoenchai K., Njiti V, Chang SJC, A.P. Rao Arelli, Cregan PE, Gray LE, Gibson PT, Lightfoot DA. 1999. Clustering among loci underlying soybean resistance to Fusarium solani, SDS and SCN in near-isogeneic lines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 99: 1131-1142
 

Cho Y, Lightfoot DA, Wood AJ 1999. Survey of Trigonelline Concentrations in Salt-Stressed Leaves of Cultivated Glycine max. Phytochemistry 52:1235-1238.
 

Luo, Y., O. Myers, D. A. Lightfoot, and M. E. Schmidt. 1999. Root Colonization of Soybean Cultivars in the Field by Fusarium solani f. sp. Glycines. Plant Disease 83:1155-1159.
 

Banz W.J., M.P. Williams, D.A. Lightfoot and T.A. Winters. 1999. The effects of soy protein and soy phytoestrogens on symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease in rats. J. Med. Food. 2: 168-170
 

Greer-Baney, J.A., Banz W.J., D.A. Lightfoot and T.A. Winters. 1999. Dietary soy protein and soy isoflavones: A histological examination of reproductive tissues in rats. J. Med. Food. 2:170-175.
 

Njiti, V., K. Meksem, D.A. Lightfoot W.J. Banz and T.A. Winters. 1999. Molecular markers of phytoestrogen content in soybeans.  J. Med. Food. 2: 165-167.
 

Ameziane R., Bernhard, K., Lightfoot, D.A. 2000. Expression of the  bacterial gdhA  encoding glutamate dehydrogenase in tobacco affects plant growth and development.  Plant and Soil: 221:47-57.
 

Meksem K. Zhang H.B. and D.A. Lightfoot. 2000. Two transformation ready large insert clone libraries for soybean: Physical mapping of resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode and Sudden Death Syndrome. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:747-755.
 

Njiti, V., K. Meksem, D.A. Lightfoot W.J. Banz and T.A. Winters. 2001. Molecular markers of phytoestrogen content in soybeans.  J. of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2:1-8.
 

Iqbal J., Meksem K,  Njiti V., Kassem M., and Lightfoot DA. 2001. Microsatellite markers identify three additional quantitative trait loci for resistance to soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) in Essex x Forrest RILs. Theor Appl Genet 102:187-192.
 

Men A, Meksem K., Kassem MA, Lothar, D., Stiller J, Lightfoot DA, Gresshoff P.M. 2001. A bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library of  Lotus japonicus constructed in an Agrobacterium tumefaciens- transformable vector. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 14:422-425.
 

Meksem K., Ruben E, Hyten D Schmidt M and D.A.  Lightfoot. 2001. High-throughput detection of polymorphism physically linked soybean cyst nematode resistance gene Rhg4 using Taqman Probes. Molecular Breeding 7:63-71
 

 Meksem K., Ruben E., Hyten D., Triwitayakorn K., Lightfoot DA. 2001. Conversion of AFLP bands to high-throughput DNA markers. Mol Gen Genomics 265:207-214.
 

Meksem K., Pantazopolous P., Hyten, D.,  Njiti VN, Rao-Arelli AP, and Lightfoot DA. 2001. ‘Forrest’ Resistance to soybean cyst nematode is bigenic: Saturation mapping of the Rhg1 and Rhg4 loci. Theor. Appl.Genet. 103:710-717.
 

Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson, G.A. Torto, L. Gray, Y. Luo, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 2001. Inoculum rate influences selection for field resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome in the greenhouse. Crop Science 41(6):1726-1723.
 

Yuan, Z., Njiti V.,  Meksem K., Iqbal MJ.,  Triwitayakorn K.,  Kassem MA,  Davis GT,  Schmidt ME and D.A. Lightfoot. 2002. Identification of yield loci in soybean populations that segregate for disease resistance. Crop Science 42(1):271-277.
 

Njiti V.N, Meksem K, Iqbal MJ, J. E. Johnson, K. F. Zobrist, V.Y. Kilo, D. A. Lightfoot. 2002. Common Loci Underlie Field Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome in Forrest, Pyramid, Essex, and Douglas. Theor. Appl.. Genet. 104: 294- 300.
 

Rajesh P.N., Meksem K., Coyne C.J., Lightfoot D.A., and Muehlbauer F.J. 2002. Construction of the first bacterial artificial chromosome library in chickpea. International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter 9:29-30.
 

Cho Y , Njiti VN, Chen X, Triwatayakorn K,  Kassem MA, Meksem K, Lightfoot DA and Wood AJ. 2002. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with foliar trigonelline accumulation in Glycine max L. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2(3):1-7.
 

Iqbal MJ, Yaegashi S, Njiti VN, Ahsan R, Cryder KL, Lightfoot DA. 2002. Resistance locus pyramids alter transcript abundance in soybean roots inoculated with Fusarium solani f.sp. glycines.  Mol. Genet. Genomics. 268:407-417.
 

Iqbal MJ, Yaegashi S, Ahsan R, Lightfoot DA, Banz WJ. 2002.  Differentially abundant mRNAs in rat liver in response to diets containing soy protein isolate. Physiol. Genomics 11(3):219-226.
 

Iqbal MJ, Yaegashi S, Njiti VN, Ahsan R, Cryder KL, Lightfoot DA. 2003. A pyramid of loci for partial resistance to Fusarium solani f.sp. glycines maintains myo-inositol-1-phoshate synthase expression in soybean roots to  Theor. Appl.. Genet. 105:1115-1123.
 

Lightfoot DA, Meksem K., Zhang H-B. 2003. An integrated physical and genetic map for the soybean genome. In “Summaries of legume genomics projects from around the globe. Community resources for crops and models.” Eds K Van den Bosch and G Stacey. Plant Physiology 131:840-865.
 

Cho Y , Njiti VN, Chen X, Lightfoot DA and Wood AJ. 2003. Trigonelline concentration in field grown soybean in response to irrigation. Biologia Plantarum 46:405-410.

 

Edited Publications (28)

Lightfoot, D.A.  1988.  Magnesium dependence of in vitro translation programmed  by gene-specific mRNA.  Nucl. Acids Res. 16(9):4164.
 

Cullimore, J.V., Lightfoot, D.A., Bennett, M.J., Chen, F.L., Gebhardt, C.,  Oliver, J., Forde, B.G.  1988.  Expression of glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase in root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris L.  In "Molecular Genetics of Plant Microbe Interactions".  Eds Verma D.P.S. and Palacios R., APS Press, New York, p 340-345.
 

Mok, D.W.S., Mok, M.C., Martin, R.C., Bassil, N.V., and Lightfoot, D.A.  1993.  Cytokinin metabolism:  genes and enzymes.  In "Progress in Plant Growth Regulation" C.M.Karssen et al. (ed).  Kluwer, Amsterdam, p597-606.
 

Abu-Thredeih, J., Chang S.J.C., T.W. Doubler and D.A. Lightfoot.  1996. Integration of SDS, SCN race 3 and SCN race 14 resitance QTL with the soybean genome map. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 23:158-162.
 

Kilo, V.  and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Loci underlying Resistance to  Manganese toxicity Mapped in Soybean Recombinant Inbred Lines. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 23:155-157.
 

Torto, T., Njiti, V., and D.A. Lightfoot. 1996. Loci underlying Field and Greenhouse Resistance to Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) do not correspond. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 23:163-166.
 

Lightfoot, D.A. K.L. McDaniel, J.K. Ellis, R. Hammerton, B.  Nicander. 1996. Methods for the analysis of cytokinin content, metabolism and response. Chapter 11 In "Plant Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Laboratory Manual" , eds Dashek W., CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp133-151.
 

Kilo, V. J. Abu-Thredeih, R. Suttner, Chang S.J.C., P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1997. Coinheritance of resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cyst Nematode (SCN) in soybean. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:126-127.
 

Prabhu, R.R., Doubler, T.W., Chang, S.J.C. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. Development and utility of sequence characterized regions (SCARS) from soybean. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:128-132.
 

Njiti, V. Torto, G.A., Gray L.E. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. An effective greenhouse assay for field resistance to SDS. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:133-135.
 

Njiti, V. Schmidt, C., Schmidt, M. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. Mapping loci underlying yield in Illinois. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:136-138.
 

Doubler, T.W., Suttner, R.J., Chang, S.J.C., Gibson P.T. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. Qualitative inheritance of quantitative loci. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:139-141.
 

Njiti, V. Torto, G.A., Gray L.E. and Lightfoot, D.A. 1997. An effective greenhouse assay for field resistance to SDS. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 24:133-135.
 

Meksem K., Zhang H-B., and D.A.  Lightfoot. 1998. A plant transformation ready bacterial artificial chromosome library for soybean: Applications in chromosome walking and genome wide physical mapping. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 25:108-111.
 

Bell-Johnson, B.B., G. Garvey, J. Johnson K. Meksem and Lightfoot, D.A. 1998. Methods for high-throughput marker assisted selection for soybean. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 25:115-118.

 

Lightfoot, D.A. Bernhardt, K., Ameziane R. Bates, R. Long L.M., 1998. Expression of the  Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase gene in Nicotiana tabacum and Zea mays increases yield.  Proceeding of the Illinois Corn Breeders School 34:118-149.
 

Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson, G.A. Torto, L. Gray, Y. Luo, P.T. Gibson and D.A. Lightfoot. 1999. A greenhouse assays for field resistance soybean sudden death syndrome. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 25:233-237
 

Lightfoot DA. 1999. Impact of Genomics on the Fertilizer Industry. Keynote speaker. “In Managing Plant Nutrition. Proceedings of the International Fertilizer Association, Bacelona, Spain 1999.
 

Zobrist K., Wu C, FA Santos, P Nimmakayala, R Springman Meksem K., Zhang H-B., and D.A.  Lightfoot. 2000. A physical map for the soybean genome. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 27:5-10.
 

Njiti, V., J.E. Johnson, G.A. Torto, L. Gray, and D.A. Lightfoot. 2000. Field Resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome is effective at low Inoculum Concentration in Green house Assays. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 27:20-25.
 

Ameziane R., Bernhardt, K., Lightfoot, D.A. 2000. Expression of the bacterial gdhA gene encoding a glutamate dehydrogenase in Tobacco and corn increased tolerance to the phosphinothricin herbicide. In “Nitrogen in a sustainable ecosystem: from the cell to the plant”. Edited by M.A. Martins-Loucao & S.H. Lips. Pp339-343, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
 

Lightfoot, D.A. Bernhardt, K., Ameziane R. 2000. GDH crops: what to expect.  Proceeding of the American Seed Trade Association, Chicago, Il, USA. 54A:155-171.
 

Lightfoot, D.A. Bernhardt, K., Ameziane R. 2000. GDH crops: Stretching GMO equivalence.  Proceeding of the CropProtection and Crop Production Conference. Cambridge HealthTech Institute, MA, pp150-163.
 

Lightfoot, D.A.. 2000 GMO safety and science.  Proceeding of the Safety of Alternative production Systems, Including GMOs Conference. CFAR, Urbana, IL, pp1-6.
 

Lightfoot et al. 2000. Soybean Genomics White Paper. USB MO.
 

Coyne,  C., Meksem, K. Lightfoot, DA., Keller KE, Martin RR, McClendon MT, Inglis DA, Storlie EW, and McPhee KE. 2000. Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome library for pea (Pisum sativum L.). Pisum Genetics 32:23-26
 

Lightfoot DA. 2001. Genomics approaches to the isolation of disease resistance QTL. AgbiotechNet 3:1-4
 

Boerma R., Lightfoot DA et al. 2001. Legume Genomics White Paper. USB MO.
 

Shultz J., Wu C, FA Santos, P Nimmakayala, R Springman LaMontague C., Zobrist K., Meksem K., Zhang H-B., and D.A.  Lightfoot. 2001. A physical gene map for the soybean genome. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 28:5-10.
 

Lightfoot DA Zhang HB and Meksem K. 2003. Integrative Physical Mapping of the Soybean Genome. Plant Physiology 131:19-20.
 

Books (1) and Chapters (5)

 

Cullimore, J.V., Lightfoot, D.A., Bennett, M.J., Chen, F.L., Gebhardt, C.,  Oliver, J., Forde, B.G.  1988.  Expression of glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase in root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris L.  In "Molecular Genetics of Plant Microbe Interactions".  Eds Verma D.P.S. and Palacios R., APS Press, New York, p 340-345.
 

Mok, D.W.S., Mok, M.C., Martin, R.C., Bassil, N.V., and Lightfoot, D.A.  1993.  Cytokinin metabolism:  genes and enzymes.  In "Progress in Plant Growth         Regulation" C.M.Karssen et al. (ed).  Kluwer, Amsterdam, p597-606.
 

Lightfoot, D.A. K.L. McDaniel, J.K. Ellis, R. Hammerton, B.  Nicander. 1996. Methods for the analysis of cytokinin content, metabolism and response. Chapter 11 In "Plant Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Laboratory Manual" , eds Dashek W., CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp133-151.
 

Ameziane R., Bernhardt, K., Lightfoot, D.A. 2000. Expression of the bacterial gdhA gene encoding a glutamate dehydrogenase in Tobacco and corn increased tolerance to the phosphinothricin herbicide. In “Nitrogen in a sustainable ecosystem: from the cell to the plant”. Edited by M.A. Martins-Loucao & S.H. Lips. Pp339-343, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
 

Gresshoff P, Stiller J, McGuire T Lohar D, Ayanru S, Buzas D, Habamunga S. Smith L, Carroll B. Searle I, , Meksem K., Lightfoot DA,  Grimmond S. and Men A, 2001. Integrating functional genomics to define the plants function in symbiotic nodulation. In Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives. Eds T. Finan, M. O’Brien, D. Layzell, K. Vessey, W Newton. CAB International, New York, p95-98
 

Lightfoot, D.A. and Meksem K (eds). 2002. "Eukaryotic Genomics".  American Scientific Publishers,  Stevensons Ranch, CA. pp1-151 (in preparation).

 

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