The ACU Lab at Fresno State
Publications from the lab:
Li H, Yang H, Calderón-Urrea A, Li Y, Zhang L, Yu Y, Ma J, Shi G. Microbial Fertilization Improves Soil Health When Compared to Chemical Fumigation in Sweet Lily. J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Aug 12;8(8):847. doi: 10.3390/jof8080847. PMCID: PMC9409919.
Xiao X, Li J, Lyu J, Hu L, Wu Y, Tang Z, Yu J, Calderón-Urrea A. 2022. Grafting-enhanced tolerance of cucumber to toxic stress is associated with regulation of phenolic and other aromatic acids metabolism. PeerJ 10:e13521 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13521
Boamah Solomon, Zhang Shuwu, Xu Bingliang, Li Tong, Calderon-Urrea Alejandro. 2021. Trichoderma longibrachiatum (TG1) Enhances Wheat Seedlings Tolerance to Salt Stress and Resistance to Fusarium pseudograminearum. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12. DOI=10.3389/fpls.2021.741231. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2021.741231
Shilei Luo, zhongqi tang, Jihua Yu *, Weibiao Liao, jianming xie, jian lv, Mujitaba dawuda Mohammed, Calderón-Urrea Alejandro. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) inhibits Cadmium-induced Programmed Cell Death of Cucumber Seedling Root Tips by Protecting Mitochondrial Function. International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Submitted.
Jian Lyu, Yue Wu, Xin Jin, Zhongqi Tang, Weibiao Liao, Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda, Linli Hu, Jianming Xie, Zhi Feng, Jihua Yu, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. Proteomic Analysis Reveals Key Proteins Involved in Ethylene-Induced Adventitious Root Development in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Submitted.
Shilei Luo, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, and Jihua Yu, Weibiao Liao, Jianming Xie, Jian Lv, Zhi Feng, Zhongqi Tang. The Role of hydrogen sulfide in plant alleviates heavy metal stress. Plant and Soil; accepted.
Xuemei Xiao, Jian Lv, Jianming Xie, Zhi Feng, Ning Ma, Ju Li, Jihua Yu. And Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. 2020. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Different Response to Toxic Stress in Rootstock Grafted and Non-Grafted Cucumber Seedlings. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(3), 774; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21030774
Luo, S., Calderón-Urrea, A., YU, J. et al. The role of hydrogen sulfide in plant alleviates heavy metal stress. Plant Soil (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04471-x
Yue Wu, Linli Hu, Weibiao Liao, Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda, Jian Lyu, Jianming Xie, Zhi Feng, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Jihua Yu. Foliar application of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) alleviates NaCl stress in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings through the enhancement of ascorbate-glutathione cycle. 2019. Scientia Horticulturae Volume 257, 17 November 2019, 108761
Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda, Weibiao Liao, Linli Hu, Jihua Yu, Jianming Xie, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Xin Jin and Yue Wu. Root tolerance and biochemical response of Chinese lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genotypes to cadmium stress. 2019. PeerJ. 2019; 7: e7530. Published online 2019 Aug 22. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7530
Linli Hu, Yutong Li, Yue Wu, Jian Lv, Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda, Zhongqi Tang, Weibiao Liao , Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Jianming Xie, and Jihua Yu. Nitric Oxide Is Involved in the Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle Induced by the Appropriate Ammonium: Nitrate to Mitigate Low Light Stress in Brassica pekinensis. 2019. Plants 2019, 8, 489; doi:10.3390/plants8110489
Jing Zhang, Jianming Xie, Yantai Gan, Jeffrey Coulter, Mohammed Dawuda, Jihua Yu, Jian LV, Jing Li, Xiaodang Zhang, Chaonan Tang, Cheng Wang, Tianhang Niu, and Calderon Alejandro. Promoting Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Photosynthesis via Chloroplast Ultrastructure and Enzyme Activities by Optimizing Ammonium to Nitrate Ratio. 2019. Functional Plant Biology. Accepted.
Xue, H., Y. Bi, Y. Sun, R. Hussain, H. Wang, S. Zhang, R. Zhang, H. Long, M. Nan, X. Cheng and Calderón-Urrea A. (2019). Acetylsalicylic acid treatment reduces Fusarium rot development and neosolaniol accumulation in muskmelon fruit. Food Chemistry 289: 278-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.02.122
Zhang L, Yao L, Zhang N, Yang J, Zhu X, Tang X, Calderón-Urrea A, and Si H. (2018). Lateral Root Development in Potato Is Mediated by Stu-mi164 Regulation of NAC Transcription Factor. Front. Plant Sci. 9:383. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00383
Xun Tan, Ning Zhang, Huaijun Si, and Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. (2017). Selection and validation of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in potato under abiotic stress. Plant Methods 13:85. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0238-7)
Mao J, Li W, Mi B, Dawuda MM, Calderon-Urrea A, Ma Z, Zhang Y, Chen B (2017) Different exogenous sugars affect the hormone signal pathway and sugar metabolism in "Red Globe" (Vitis vinifera L.) plantlets grown in vitro as shown by transcriptomic analysis. Planta. (doi:10.1007/s00425-017-2712-x)
Jie Li, Ping Yang, Jungen Kang, Yantai Gan, Jihua Yu, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Jian Lyu, Guobin Zhang, Zhi Feng and Jianming Xie. 2016. Transcriptome Analysis of Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Revealed a Role of 24-Epibrassinolide in Response to Chilling. Front.PlantSci.7:1281. (doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01281).
Ruifang Bu, Jianming Xie, Jihua Yu, Weibiao Liao, Xuemei Xiao, Jian Lv, Cuili Wang, Jie Ye, and Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. Autotoxicity in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings is alleviated by silicon through an increase in the activity of antioxidant enzymes and by mitigating lipid peroxidation. 2016. Journal of Plant Biology 59; 247–259. (DOI: 10.1007/s12374-016-0526-1)
Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Bartel Vanholme, Sandra Vangestel, Saben M. Kane, Abdellatif Bahaji, Khavong Pha, Miguel Garcia, Alyssa Snider, and Godelieve Gheysen. Early development of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. (2016) BMC Developmental Biology. Published online: 28 April 2016 (DOI: 10.1186/s12861-016-0109-x).
Yong-mei Zhang, Hui-ling Ma, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Chen-xia Tian, Xiao-ming Bai, and Jin-mei Wei. (2016) Anatomical changes to protect organelle integrity account for tolerance to alkali and salt stresses in Melilotus officinalis. Plant Soil; in press. Published “Online First”.
Lili Niu, Yang Bi, Xiaodong Bai, Shenggui Zhang, Huali Xue, Dr. Yongcai Li, Yi Wang, and Calderón-Urrea Alejandro. (2015) Damage to Trichothecium roseum caused by sodium silicate is independent from pH. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 62(2): 161-172. (doi: 10.1139/cjm-2015-0657).
A. Calderón-Urrea, F. Yamamoto, T. Padukkavidana, A. Bahaji, D. W. Cheng, and G. W. Polack. (2012) Overexpression of Sense- and Anti-Sense Orientations of ced9 in Tobacco Plants Confers Tolerance to Meloidogyne incognita. Plant Biotechnology Reports. 6 (4); 263-274. (DOI: 10.1007/s11816-012-0221-8).
Abdellatif Bahaji, Thihan Padukkavidana, Robert T. Gaeta, Carlos Tristan, Glenda W. Polack, and Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. (2012) Expression of the Cell Death Protein CED-4 of Caenorhabditis elegans in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Confers Resistance to Meloidogyne incognita. Plant Biotechnology Reports. 6 (4); 275-284. (DOI: 10.1007/s11816-012-0222-7).
Davis W. Cheng and Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. (2011) Non-template polymerization of free nucleotides into genetic elements by thermophilic DNA polymerase in vitro. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 30 (11); 979-990.
Saeed Attar, Zachary O’Brien, Hasan Alhaddad, Melissa L. Golden, and Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. (2011) Ferrocenyl Chalcones vs. Organic Chalcones: A Comparative Study of Their Nematocidal Activity. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 19; 2055-2073.
(DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.01.048).
R. T. Gaeta, A. Bahaji, G. W. Polack, and A. Calderón-Urrea. (2011) Effects of dsRNA ced-9 against Caenorhabditis elegans and Meloidogyne incognita. American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 (1): 19-28.
Sandra Vangestel, Wouter Houthoofd, Wim Bert, Bartel Vanholme, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Maxime Willems, Tom Artois and Gaetan Borgonie. (2008) Assessment of the configuration of the posterior cells of the nematode embryo as a potential phylogenetic marker. Russian Journal of Nematology 16; 107-120.
Jong Cheol Kim, Hélène Laparra, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, John P. Mottinger, Maria A. Moreno, and Stephen L. Dellaporta. (2007). Cell cycle arrest of stamen initials in maize sex determination. Genetics 177, 2547-2551.
Erickson, F. L., Holzberg, S., Calderón-Urrea, A., Handley, V., Axtell, M., Corr, C. and Baker, B. (1999). The helicase domain of the TMV replicase proteins induces the N-madiated defense response in tobacco. The Plant Journal 18; 67-76.
Calderón-Urrea, A. and Dellaporta, S. L. (1999). Cell death and cell protection genes determine the fate of pistils in maize. Development 126; 435-441.
Dellaporta, S. L. and Calderón-Urrea, A. (1994). The sex determination process in maize. Science 266: 1501-1505.
Sarria, R., Calderón-Urrea, A., Thro, A. M., Mayer, J. E. and Roca, W. M. (1994). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Stylosanthes guianensis and production of transgenic plants. Plant Science 96; 119-127.
DeLong, A., Calderón-Urrea, A., and Dellaporta, S. L. (1993). Sex determination gene TASSELSEED2 of maize encodes a short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase required for stage-specific floral organ abortion. Cell 74: 757-768.
Dellaporta, S.L. and Calderón-Urrea, A. (1993). Sex determination in flowering plants. Plant Cell 5: 1241-1251.
Patents from the lab:
US Pat No 9125413. Nematicide composition comprising CED-4 peptide. September 8th, 2015. (https://patents.google.com/patent/US9125413B1/en).
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application number and filing date for patent: PCT/IB2017/057288, November 21, 2017. A synergistic composition of nematicide comprising chalcones. (https://patentscope2.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf;jsessionid=FE3D7A0105004B029D2DB29DD1CFF155?docId=WO2018203117&recNum=10829&office=&queryString=&prevFilter=%26fq%3DOF%3AWO&sortOption=Pub+Date+Desc&maxRec=3419839).
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application number and filing date for patent: PCT/IB2018/051783, March 3, 2018. A synergistic composition of nematicide. (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018167733).
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application number and filing date for patent: PCT/IB2018/051784, March 3, 2018. A synergistic chalcone containing composition of a nematicide. (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018167734).