Anna M Locke

Research Plant Physiologist

Williams Hall 4112
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7620
(919) 515-6996

The Locke lab is interested in crop-environment interactions, especially abiotic stress.  We study G × E interactions among diverse soybean germplasm and aim to identify mechanisms that determine stress tolerance and seed composition.  Our current projects include:

• Determining environment-specific benefits and trade-offs of soybean drought tolerance traits
• Identifying variation in whole-plant nitrogen fluxes that can improve seed protein without a yield penalty
• Minimizing carryover herbicide damage to soybean production
• Optimizing management practices for nitrogen metabolism and seed protein

 

Lab members:   

Dr. Martha Ramirez, Biological Science Technician
Dr. Etone Kenedy, postdoc
Shwetha Ramanathan, PhD student
Kaleigh Smeltzer, undergraduate research assistant

 

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• Projects

  Protein-based thermotolerance markers for sustainable legume protein production Cooperative Agreement (A)   Accession Number:436062

  Protein-based Thermotolerance Markers for Sustainable Legume Protein Production Cooperative Agreement (A)   Accession Number:436457

  Exploiting Genetic Diversity through Genomics, Plant Physiology, and Plant Breeding to Increase Competitiveness of U.S. Soybeans in Global Markets In-House Appropriated (D)   Accession Number:434574

  Yield Potential of Commercial Varieties Under Drought- Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses via the Public Breeding Pipeline (Year 1 of 3) Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)   Accession Number:435747

  Improving Seed Protein through Management and Understanding Nitrogen Metabolism (Year 1 of 3) Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)   Accession Number:433281

  Improving Seed Protein through Management and Understanding Nitrogen Metabolism (Year 1 of 3) Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)   Accession Number:437449

  Protein-based Thermotolerance Markers for Sustainable Legume Protein Production Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:436203

  Protein-based Thermotolerance Markers for Sustainable Legume Protein Production Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement (T)   Accession Number:436256

  Thermotolerant Legumes for Sustainable Protein Production Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement (T)   Accession Number:431589

• Publications

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  • The ionome of a genetically diverse set of wild soybean accessions-(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    
    
  • Registration of USDA-N6003LP soybean germplasm with low seed phytate -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Lee, S., Sung, M., Locke, A.M., Taliercio, E.W., Whetten, R.B., Zhang, B., Carter Jr, T.E., Burton, J., Mian, R.M. 2019. Registration of USDA-N6003LP soybean germplasm with low seed phytate. Journal of Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2018.09.0064crg.
    
  • Field-grown soybean transcriptome shows diurnal patterns in photosynthesis-related processes-(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Locke, A.M., Slattery, R., Ort, D. 2018. Field-grown soybean transcriptome shows diurnal patterns in photosynthesis-related processes. Plant Direct. 2(12):1-14. http://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.99.
    
  • Rice SUB1A constrains remodeling of the transcriptome and metabolome during submergence and post-submergence recovery”.-(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Locke, A.M., Barding, G.A., Sathnur, S., Larive, C.K., Bailey-Serres, J. 2018. Rice SUB1A constrains remodeling of the transcriptome and metabolome during submergence and post-submergence recovery”.. Plant, Cell & Environment. 41:721-736. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13094.