Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Impaired auxin biosynthesis in the defective endosperm18 mutant is due to mutational loss of expression in the ZmYuc1 gene encoding endosperm-specific YUCCA1 protein in maize. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Bernardi, J., Lanubile, A., Li, Q., Kumar, D., Kladnick, A., Marocco, A., Chourey, P.S., Cook, S.D., Ross, J.J. 2012. Impaired auxin biosynthesis in the defective endosperm18 mutant is due to mutational loss of expression in the ZmYuc1 gene encoding endosperm-specific YUCCA1 protein in maize.. Plant Physiology. 160:1318-1328.

Pleiotropy and its limited dissection through a metabolic gene Miniature1 (Mn1) that encodes a cell wall invertase in developing seeds of maize. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Chourey, P.S., Li, Q., Cevallos-Cevallos, J. 2011. Pleiotropy and its limited dissection through a metabolic gene Miniature1 (Mn1) that encodes a cell wall invertase in developing seeds of maize. Plant Science. 184:45-53.

Cytokinins in developing maize caryopsis and their possible role in seed size determination - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Rijavec, T., Li, Q., Dermastia, M., Chourey, P.S. 2012. Cytokinins in developing maize caryopsis and their possible role in seed size determination. Plant Physiology. 13:293-308.

Gene-dose dependent control of seed mass by endosperm-specific Miniature1 (Mn1)-encoded cell wall invertase (CWI), which also affects embryo mass and embryo sugar physiology. - (Abstract Only) - (25-Feb-11)

Discovery of Genes Expressed In Basal Endosperm Transfer Cells in Maize Using 454 Transcriptome Sequencing - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Xiong, Y., Li, Q., Kang, B., Chourey, P.S. 2011. Discovery of Genes Expressed In Basal Endosperm Transfer Cells in Maize Using 454 Transcriptome Sequencing. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 29:835-847.

Sugar - hormone crosstalk in seed development: Two redundant pathways of IAA biosynthesis are regulated differentially in the invertase-deficient miniature1 (mn1) seed mutant in maize - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Chourey, P.S., Li, Q., Kumar, D. 2010. Sugar - hormone crosstalk in seed development: Two redundant pathways of IAA biosynthesis are regulated differentially in the invertase-deficient miniature1 (mn1) seed mutant in maize. Molecular Plant. 3:1026-1036.

Cloning and expression analyses of Sucrose non-fermenting-1-Related Kinase 1 (SnRK1b) gene during development of sorghum and maize endosperm, and its implicated role in sugar-to-starch metabolic transition - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Jain, M., Li, Q., Chourey, P.S. 2008. Cloning and expression analyses of Sucrose non-fermenting-1-Related Kinase 1 (SnRK1b) gene during development of sorghum and maize endosperm, and its implicated role in sugar-to-starch metabolic transition. Physiologia Plantarum. 134:161-173.

Expression profiles of cytokinin (CK)genes in the miniature-1 (mn1)-associated genotypes with variable levels if cell wall invertase (CWI)activity in developing seeds of maize - (Abstract Only) - (27-Feb-08)

Expression of cell wall invertase and several other genes of sugar metabolism in relation to seed development in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Mukesh, J., Chourey, P.S., Li, Q., Pring, D.R. 2008. Expression of cell wall invertase and several other genes of sugar metabolism in relation to seed development in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Journal of Plant Physiology. 165(3): 331-344.

GENETIC CONTROL OF CELL WALL INVERTASES IN DEVELOPING ENDOSPERM OF MAIZE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Chourey, P.S., Jain, M., Li, Q., Carlson, S.J. 2005. Genetic control of cell wall invertases in developing endosperm of maize. Planta. 223:159-167.