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Christopher Montes
Global Change and Photosynthesis Research
Research Plant Physiologist

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Seed quality under elevated CO2 differs in soybean cultivars with contrasting yield responses Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Digrado, A., Montes, C.M., Baxter, I., Ainsworth, E.A. 2024. Seed quality under elevated CO2 differs in soybean cultivars with contrasting yield responses. Global Change Biology. 30(2). Article e17170. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17170.
Similar photosynthetic but different yield responses of C3 and C4 crops to elevated O3 Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Li, S., Leakey, A.D.B., Moller, C., Montes, C.M., Sacks, E., Lee, D.K., Ainsworth, E.A. 2023. Similar photosynthetic but different yield responses of C3 and C4 crops to elevated O3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 120(46). Article e2313591120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2313591120.
Two decades of fumigation data from the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment facility Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Aspray, E.K., Mies, T.A., McGrath, J.A., Montes, C.M., Dalsing, B., Puthuval, K.K., Whetten, A., Herriott, J., Li, S., Bernacchi, C.J., McGrath, J.M., Ainsworth, E.A., et al. 2023. Two decades of fumigation data from the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment facility. Scientific Data. 10. Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02118-x.
Reductions in leaf area index, pod production, seed size, and harvest index drive yield loss to high temperatures in soybean Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Burroughs, C.H., Montes, C.M., Mollar, C.A., Mitchell, N.G., Michael, A., Peng, B., Kimm, H., Pederson, T.L., Lipka, A.E., Bernacchi, C.J., Guan, K., Ainsworth, E.A. 2023. Reductions in leaf area index, pod production, seed size, and harvest index drive yield loss to high temperatures in soybean. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(5):1629-1641. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac503.
High-throughput characterization, correlation, and mapping of leaf photosynthetic and functional traits in the soybean (Glycine max) nested association mapping population Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Montes, C.M., Fox, C., Sanz-Saez, A., Serbin, S.P., Kumagai, E., Krause, M.D., Xavier, A., Specht, J.E., Beavis, W.D., Bernacchi, C.J., Diers, B.W., Ainsworth, E.A. 2022. High-throughput characterization, correlation, and mapping of leaf photosynthetic and functional traits in the soybean (Glycine max) nested association mapping population. Genetics. 221(2). Article iyac065. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyac065.
Advances in field-based high-throughput photosynthetic phenotyping Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Peng, F., Montes, C.M., Siebers, M.H., Gomez-Casanovas, N., McGrath, J.M., Ainsworth, E.A., Bernacchi, C.J. 2022. Advances in field-based high-throughput photosynthetic phenotyping. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(10):3157-3172. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac077.
A physiological signal derived from sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence quantifies crop physiological response to environmental stresses in the U.S. Corn Belt Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kimm, H., Guan, K., Jiang, C., Miao, G., Wu, G., Suyker, A.E., Ainsworth, E.A., Bernacchi, C.J., Montes, C.M., Berry, J.A., Yang, X., Frankenberg, C., Chen, M., Koehler, P. 2021. A physiological signal derived from sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence quantifies crop physiological response to environmental stresses in the U.S. Corn Belt. Environmental Research Letters. 16. Article 124051. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3b16.
Predicting biochemical acclimation of leaf photosynthesis in soybean under in-field canopy warming using hyperspectral reflectance Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kumagai, E., Burroughs, C., Pederson, T., Montes, C.M., Peng, B., Kimm, H., Guan, K., Ainsworth, E.A., Bernacchi, C.J. 2022. Predicting biochemical acclimation of leaf photosynthesis in soybean under in-field canopy warming using hyperspectral reflectance. Plant Cell and Environment. 45(1):80-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14204.
Approaches to investigate crop responses to ozone pollution: from O3-FACE to satellite-enabled modeling Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Montes, C.M., Demler, H.J., Li, S., Martin, D.G., Ainsworth, E.A. 2021. Approaches to investigate crop responses to ozone pollution: from O3-FACE to satellite-enabled modeling. Plant Journal. 109(2):432-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15501.
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