Faculty Profile

Pamela Ronald
Professor, Chair Plant Genomics Program, Faculty Assistant to the Provost
Plant Pathology
228 Robbins Hall
Office 752-1654
Lab 752-7834
pcronald@ucdavis.edu
http://indica.ucdavis.edu/
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Degrees:
1990 - PhD - University of California, Berkeley -
1985 - MS - Uppsala University, Sweden -
1984 - MA - Stanford University - Biology
1982 - BA - Reed College, Oregon - Biology

Awards:
Honorary Scientist at the National Institute of Ag Biotechnology, Korea; John Simon Guggenheim Fellow

Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biologists American Phytopathological Society International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions American Association for the Advancement of Science

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genetics
Plant Biology
Non-DBS Grad Group(s) - Plant Pathology International Agricultural Development

Publications:
Wang GL, Ruan DL, Song WY, Sideris S, Chen L, Pi LY, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Fauquet C, Gaut BS, Whalen MC, and Ronald PC.. 1998. The rice disease resistance gene, Xa21D, encodes a receptor-like molecule with a LRR domain that determines race specific recognit

Song W, Pi L, Wang G, Gardner J, Holsten T, Ronald PC. . 1997. Evolution of the Rice Xa21 Disease Resistance Gene Family. Plant Cell . 9::1279-1287

Song W-Y, Wang G-L, Chen L, Kim H-S, Pi Li-Ya, Gardner J, Wang B, Holsten T, Zhai W-X, Zhu L- H, Fauquet C, Ronald PC. . 1995. A receptor kinase-like protein encoded by the rice disease resistance gene Xa21. . Science. 270:1804-1806

Chern, M.-S., Canlas, P.E., Fitzgerald, H.A., Ronald, P.C. 2005. NRR, a Negative Regulator of Disease Resistance in Rice that Interacts with Arabidopsis NPR1 and Rice NH1. TPJ. In Press Chern, M.-S., Fitzgerald, H.A., Canlas, P.E., and Ronald, P.C. 2005. Over-expression of a Rice NPR1 Homologue Leads to Disease Resistance, Activation of Defense Gene Expression, and a Lesion Mimic Phenotype. MPMI Vol. 18, No. 6, 2005, pp. 511520 Fitzgerald H, Chern MS and Ronald PC. Transgenic rice with altered TGA factor activity display enhanced tolerance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and reduced growth. Plant Journal, In Press. Campbell M, Chen D and Ronald PC. 2005. Characterization of four rice mutants with alterations in the rice defense response pathway. MPP 6: 11-21. Goes da Silva F, Shen Y, Dardick C, Burdman S, Yadav R, Sharma P, and Ronald PC. 2004. Components of a type I secretion system and a sulfotransferase-like protein are required for the Xa21 receptor kinase mediated defense response. MPMI, 17:593. Burdman S, Shen Y, Xue Q and Ronald PC. 2004. RaxH/RaxR: a two-component regulatory system in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae required for avrXa21 activity. MPMI, 17:602. Gihwan Yi, Sang-Kyu Lee, Yeonkyu Hong, Young-Chan Cho, He-Kyung Kim, Minhee Nam, Soon-Chul Kim, Seong-Sook Han, Guo-Liang Wang, Tae-Ryong Hahn, Pamela C. Ronald, Jong-Seong Jeon. 2004. Application of molecular markers linked to the rice blast resistance gene Pi5(t) for use in marker-assisted selection. TAG. In press. Fitzgerald H, Chern C, Navarre R, and Ronald P. 2004. Over-expression of NPR1 in rice leads to a BTH- and environment- inducible lesion-mimic/cell death phenotype. MPMI. 17:140-151.

Research Interests:
We are using genomic approaches to dissect signaling pathways governing the rice innate immune response.
http://indica.ucdavis.edu/

Teaching Interests:


Genetics and California plant communities.