Faculty Profile
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Alan B. Bennett
Professor of Plant Sciences and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Plant Sciences 1117 Plant Reproductive Biology Office 752-1411 Lab abbennett@ucdavis.edu |
Degrees:
1982 - PhD - Cornell University - Plant Biology
1977 - BS - University of California, Davis -
Awards:
Fellow, California Council on Science and Technology (Elected 2006)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Elected 2005)
ISI Most Cited Author in Plant and Animal Sciences
Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genetics
Plant Biology
Publications:
Brummell D.A., Harpster M.H., Civello P.M., Bennett A.B., Dunsmuir, P. 1999. Modification of expansin protein abundance in tomato fruit alters softening and cell wall polymer metabolism during ripening. Plant Cell 11:2203-2216.
Rose J.C., Bennett A.B. 1999. Cooperative disassembly of the cellulose-xyloglucan network of plant cell walls: Parallels between cell expansion and fruit ripening. Trends in Plant Sci. 4:176-183.
Graff G.D., Cullen S.E., Bradford K.J., Zilberman D., Bennett A.B. 2003. The public-private structure of intellectual property ownership in agricultural biotechnology. Nature Biotech. 21:989-995.
Delmer D., Nottenburg C., Graff G., Bennett A.B. 2003. Intellectual property resources for international development in agriculture. Plant Physiol. 133:1666-1670.
Rousseaux M.C., Jones C.M., Adams D., Chetelat R., Bennett A.B., Powell A. 2005. QTL analysis of fruit antioxidants in tomato using Lycopersicon pennellii introgression lines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 111: 1396-1408.
Boettiger S., Bennett A.B. 2006. Bayh-Dole: If we knew then what we know now. Nature Biotech. 24:320-324.
Research Interests:
Plant cell and molecular biology. Gene regulation in plants especially as related to fruit development. Molecular biology of tomato fruit development; molecular basis of membrane transport; and protein maturation and targeting to the cell wall and vacuole.