Refereed Publications:

Scott, J.J., Oh, D.-C., Yuceer, M.C., Klepzig, K.D., Clardy, J., and Currie, C.R. 2008. Bacterial protection of beetle-fungus mutualism. Science 322, 63. Abstract

Pechanova, O., Stone, W.D., Monroe, W., Nebeker, T.E., Klepzig, K.D., and Yuceer, C. 2008. Global and comparative protein profiles of the pronotum of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis. Insect Mol. Biol. 17, 261-277. (cover) Abstract

Hsu, C-Y, Y. Liu, D.S. Luthe, and C.Yuceer. 2006. Poplar FT2 Shortens the Juvenile Phase and Promotes Seasonal Flowering. Plant Cell. 18:1846-1861. Abstract

Yuceer, C. and Luthe, D.S. 2003. Use of Populus as a model for perennial flowering. Flowering Newsletter 36: 35-42. Abstract

Yuceer, C., Land, S.B. Jr., Kubiske, M.E., and Harkess, R.L. 2003. ShootMorphogenesis associated with flowering in Populus deltoides (SALICACEAE). Amer J Bot 90(2): 196-206. Abstract

Yuceer, C., Kubiske, M.E., Harkess, R.L., and Land, S.B. Jr. 2003.Effects of induction treatments on flowering in Populus deltoides. Tree Physiol 23: 489-495. Abstract

Yuceer, C., Harkess, R.L., Land, S.B. Jr., and Luthe, D.S. 2002. Structure and developmental regulation of CONSTANS-LIKE genes isolated from Populus deltoides. Plant Sci 163: 615-625. Abstract

Non-refereed Publications:

Yuceer, C. and Klepzig, K. 2009. Bugs and bacteria: Meet the southern pine beetle's newly discovered ally. Tree Talk, winter 2009, p22.

Adams, J.P. and C. Yuceer. 2007. Phytochelatin synthase expression effect of zinc interaction with Populus. In: Proceedings of the 29th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference. June 19-22. Galveston, TX.

Topsakal, E. and Yuceer, C. 2006. Frequency selective volume based optical filters for heavy metal monitoring. Proceedings of the 22th Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics. March 12-16, 2006, Miami, Florida.

Klepzig, K.D., Pechanova, O., Kang, Y.-M, and Yuceer, C. 2006. Proteomic and microscopic examination of the southern pine beetle-fungus symbiosis. Proceedings of the North American Forest Insect Work Conference. May 22-26, 2006. Asheville, NC.

Research Impact:

• The Science paper (Scott et al., 2008)

o Dr. Yuceer was invited for a live interview by the Alabama Forest Owners’ Association (Capital Ideas – Live!; January 21, 2009) on the significance of our findings in this paper (http://www.afoa.org/CILive/CI0901.htm#yuceer).

o It was featured by Berenbaum and Eisner (2008) in the same issue. Berenbaum, M.R. and Eisner, T. 2008. Bugs’ bugs. Science 322, 52-53.

o Brasher, K. 2008. Scientists discover bacteria aiding southern pine beetles. http://msucares.com/news/print/headlines.html

o CBC British Columbia (http://www.cbc.ca/bc/) interviewed our co-author, Kier Klepzig, about the findings (http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/daybreak_again.html).

o ScienceNews made news out of it. Millus, S. 2008. Beetles grow weed killer. ScienceNews, 2 October 2008. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37160/title/Beetles_grow_weed_killer.

o Wielding microbe against microbe, beetle defends its food. ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002171921.htm

o Fisher, M. 2008. Wielding microbe against microbe, beetle defends its food source. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2 October 2008. http://www.news.wisc.edu/15711.

o Cameron, D. 2008. Cross kingdom conflicts on a beetle’s back. EurekAlert! 2 October 2008. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/hms-ckc092908.php

o The National Science Foundation made headlines out of this discovery. Beetles get by with a little help from their friends. Press Release 08-171, 2 October 2008. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?org=NSF&cntn_id=112319&preview=false

• The Insect Molecular Biology paper (Pechanova et al., 2008)

o This paper was selected to be the cover of Insect Molecular Biology in 2009.

• The Plant Cell paper (Hsu et al., 2006)

o This paper is already cited 27 times (Google) as of January 09.

o Dr. Yuceer was interviewed via phone by SunHerald (newspaper widely circulated in Biloxi-Gulfport and South Mississippi) on the significance of findings in this paper: Breakthrough in trees. SunHerald. 18 August 2006. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/business/15302034.htm

o MSU scientists discover key flowering gene in trees. FWRC Annual Report (2006).

o MSU scientists say gene discovery mean future with better trees. The Commercial Dispatch (a Columbus, MS based newspaper). August 8, 2006. http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/08/08/local_news/starkville/starkville04.txt

o MSU scientists discover key flowering gene in trees (August 01, 2006; http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=3536).