Ross W. Whetten
1988-
Ph.D, Vanderbilt University. Major, Molecular Biology; Minor, Biochemistry
1981- B.S.,
Arizona State University. Major, Bacteriology
1998 – present: Associate Professor, NC State University,
Forestry
2001 – 2003: On leave from NC State University; working
with Bio-Informatics Group, Inc., Cary NC, as Vice President of Molecular Biology.
1992 – 1998: Research Assistant Professor, NC State
University, Forestry
1989 – 1992: Postdoctoral Research Associate, NC State
University, Forestry
1988 – 1989: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Utah
State University, Biology
Regulation
of gene expression and biochemical flux during tree growth and development,
genetic control of growth rate and form in trees. Development and application of
new technologies for assessing the genetic and biochemical components that
determine tree growth and development.
Busov VB, Johannes E, Whetten RW, Sederoff RR, Spiker SL, Lanz-Garcia C, Goldfarb B. (2004) An auxin-inducible gene from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is differentially expressed in mature and juvenile-phase shoots and encodes a putative transmembrane protein. Planta 218: 916-927 pdf
Myburg AA, Vogl C, Griffin AR, Sederoff RR, and Whetten RW (2004) Genetics of postzygotic isolation in Eucalyptus: whole-genome analysis of barriers to introgression in a wide interspecific cross of Eucalyptus grandis and E. globulus. Genetics 166:1405-1418.
Clore AM, Turner WS, Morse AM, Whetten RW (2003) Changes in mitogen-activated protein kinase activity occur in the maize pulvinus in response to gravistimulation and are important for the bending response. Plant Cell Environ 26 (7): 991-1001
Goldfarb B, Lanz-Garcia C, Lian ZG, Whetten R (2003) Aux/IAA gene family is conserved in the gymnosperm, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Tree Physiol 23 (17): 1181-1192 pdf
Myburg AA, Griffin AR, Sederoff RR, Whetten RW (2003) Comparative genetic linkage maps of Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus globulus and their F-1 hybrid based on a double pseudo-backcross mapping approach. Theoret Applied Genetics 107 (6): 1028-1042 pdf
Patzlaff A, Newman LJ, Dubos C, Whetten R, Smith C, McInnis S, Bevan MW, Sederoff RR, Campbell MM. (2003) Characterisation of PtMYB1, an R2R3-MYB from pine xylem Plant Mol Biol 53 (4): 597-608
Patzlaff A, McInnis S, Courtenay A, Surman C, Newman LJ, Smith C, Bevan MW, Mansfield S, Whetten RW, Sederoff RR, Campbell MM (2003) Characterisation of a pine MYB that regulates lignification. Plant J 36 (6): 743-754
Zhang Y, Brown G, Whetten R, Loopstra CA, Neale D, Kieliszewski MJ, Sederoff RR (2003) An arabinogalactan protein associated with secondary cell wall formation in differentiating xylem of loblolly pine. Plant Mol Biol 52 (1): 91-102
Kirst M, Johnson AF, Baucom C, Ulrich E, Hubbard K, Staggs R, Paule C, Retzel E, Whetten R, Sederoff R (2003) Apparent homology of expressed genes from wood-forming tissues of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) with Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100 (12): 7383-7388
Heath LS, Ramakrishnan N, Sederoff RR, Whetten RW, Chevone BI, Struble CA, Jouenne VY, Chen DW, Van Zyl L, Grene R (2002) Studying the functional genomics of stress responses in loblolly pine with the Expresso microarray experiment management system. Comp Func Genomics 3 (3): 226-243
Myburg AA, Remington DL, O'Malley DM, Sederoff RR, Whetten RW (2001 ) High-throughput AFLP analysis using infrared dye-labeled primers and an automated DNA sequencer. Biotechniques 30 (2): 348ff
Tang W, Sederoff R, Whetten R (2001) Regeneration of transgenic loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) from zygotic embryos transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Planta 213 (6): 981-989 pdf
Whetten R, Sun YH, Zhang Y, Sederoff R (2001) Functional genomics and cell wall biosynthesis in loblolly pine. Plant Mol Biol 47 (1-2): 275-291 pdf
Sato Y, Bao WL, Sederoff R, Whetten R (2001) Molecular cloning and expression of eight laccase cDNAs in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). J Plant Res 114 (1114): 147-155
Remington DL, Whetten RW, Liu BH, O'Malley
DM. (1999) Construction of an AFLP genetic map with nearly complete genome
coverage in Pinus taeda. Theor
Appl Genetics 98: 1279-1292
Wenck AR, Quinn
M, Whetten RW, Pullman G, Sederoff R (1999) High-efficiency
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and
loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Plant
Mol Biol 39:407-416
Allona I, Quinn M, Shoop E, Swope K, St Cyr S, Carlis J, Riedl J, Retzel E, Campbell MM, Sederoff R, Whetten RW (1998) Analysis of xylem formation in pine by cDNA sequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95: 9693-9698 pdf
Marques CM, Araujo JA, Ferreira JG, Whetten R, O'Malley DM, Liu BH, Sederoff R (1998) AFLP genetic maps of Eucalyptus globulus and E. tereticornis. Theor Appl Genetics 96 (6-7): 727-737
Whetten RW, Mackay JJ, Sederoff RR (1998) Recent advances in understanding lignin biosynthesis. Ann Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 49: 585-609
Ralph J, Mackay, JJ, Hatfield RD, O’Malley DM, Whetten RW, Sederoff RR (1997) Abnormal lignin in a loblolly pine mutant. Science 277:235-239
Chaparro JX, Werner DJ, Whetten RW, O’Malley DM (1995) Characterization of an unstable anthocyanin phenotype and estimation of somatic mutation rates in peach. J Heredity 86 (3): 186-193
Chaparro JX, Werner DJ, Whetten RW, O’Malley DM (1995) Inheritance, genetic interaction, and biochemical characterization of anthocyanin phenotypes in peach. J Heredity 86 (1): 32-38
Mackay JJ, Liu WW, Whetten R, Sederoff RR, O’Malley DM (1995) Genetic analysis of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in loblolly pine - single-gene inheritance, molecular characterization and evolution. Mol Gen Genetics 247 (5): 537-545
Voo KS, Whetten RW, Sederoff RR, O’Malley DM (1995) 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase from loblolly pine xylem. Plant Physiol 108:85-97
Whetten R, Sederoff R (1995) Lignin biosynthesis. Plant Cell 7 (7): 1001-1013
Sederoff RR, Campbell M, O’Malley DM, Whetten R (1994) Genetic regulation of lignin biosynthesis and the potential modification of wood by genetic engineering in loblolly pine. In: Genetic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism (BE Ellis, GW Kuroki, HA Stafford, eds), vol 28 of Recent Advances in Phytochemistry (HA Stafford, series ed), Plenum Press NY, pp 313-355.
O’Malley DM, Whetten R, Bao WL, Chen CL, Sederoff RR (1993) The role of laccase in lignification. Plant J 4 (5): 751-757
Bao W, O’Malley DM, Whetten R, Sederoff RR (1993) A laccase associated with lignification in loblolly pine xylem. Science 260 (5108): 672-674
Whetten RW, Sederoff RR (1992) Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from loblolly pine - purification of the enzyme and isolation of complementary DNA clones. Plant Physiol 98: 380-386
Whetten R, Sederoff R (1991) Genetic engineering of wood. For Ecol Management 43: 301-316