McCown Publications

Hoch, W.A., E.L. Zeldin, and B.H. McCown. 2001. Physiological significance of anthocyanins during autumnal leaf senescence. Tree Physiology 21:1-8.
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McCown, B.H. 2000. Recalcitrance of woody and herbaceous perennial plants: Dealing with genetic predeterminism. In vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.- Plant 36:149-154.

McCown, B. In Press. Genetic engineering of horticultural crops: Potential vs. reality. Proc. Int. Plant Prop. Soc.

Wan-Chin Yu, W.C., P.J. Joyce, D.C. Cameron, and B.H. McCown. 2000. Sucrose utilization during potato microtuber growth in bioreactors. Plant Cell Rep. 19:407-413.
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Zeldin, E.L. and B.H. McCown. In Press. Towards the development of a highly fertile polyploid cranberry. Acta Hortic.

Bernd-Souza, R.B., M.F. Grossi de Sa, D.D. Ellis and B.H. McCown. 2000. A rat pancreatic ribonuclease fused to a late cotton pollen promoter severely reduces pollen viability in tobacco plants. Genet. Mol. Biol. 23:435-443.

Pereira-Netto, A.B. De, and B.H. McCown. 1999. Thermally induced changes in shoot morphology of Hancornia speciosa microcultures: evidence of mediation by ethylene. Tree Physiology 19:733-740.
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McCown, B.H. and D.D. McCown 1999. A general approach for developing a commercial micropropagation system. In vitro Cell. Develop. Biol. 35:276-277.

Kleiner, K.W., K. Raffa, D.D. Ellis, and B.H. McCown. 1998. Effect of nitrogen availability on the growth and phytochemistry of hybrid poplar and the efficacy of the Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A(a) d-endotoxin on gypsy moth. Can J. For. Res. 1055-1067.
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Serres, R., B. McCown, and E. Zeldin. 1997. ß-Glucuronidase Activity in Transgenic Cranberry is affected by Endogenous Inhibitors and Plant Development. Plant Cell Rep. 16:641-646.
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McCown, B.H. 1997. Poplar shoot cultures: Their generation and use in biotechnology. In: N. Klopfenstein and Y Chun (eds.), Micropropagation, Genetic Engineering, and Molecular Biology of Poplar. , USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. pp. 5-9.

Charest, P.J., Y. DeVantier, C. Jones, J.C. Sellmer, B.H. McCown, and D.D. Ellis. 1997. Direct gene transfer in poplar. In: N. Klopfenstein and Y Chun (eds.), Micropropagation, Genetic Engineering, and Molecular Biology of Poplar, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. pp.60-64.

Raffa, K.F., K.W. Kleiner, D.D. Ellis, and B.H. McCown. 1997. Environmental risk assessment and deployment strategies for genetically-engineered poplars. In: N. Klopfenstein and Y Chun (eds.), Micropropagation, Genetic Engineering, and Molecular Biology of Poplar, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. pp. 249-263.

Serres. R.A., E.L. Zeldin, and B.H. McCown. 1997. Applying biotechnological approaches to Vaccinium improvement: A review. Acta Hortic. 446:221-226.

Zeldin, E.L. and B. H. McCown. 1997. Intersectional hybrids of lingonberry (V. vitis-idaea section vitis-idaea) and cranberry (V. macrocarpon, section oxycoccus) to V. reticulatum section macropelma. Acta Hortic. 235-238.

Ellis, D., B. Zeldin, M. Brodhagen, E. Russin, and B. McCown. 1996. Taxol production in nodule cultures of Taxus. J. Nat. Prod. 59:246-250.

Hoch, W.A., E.L. Zeldin, J. Nienhuis, and B.H. McCown. 1995. Generation and identification of new viburnum hybrids. Environ. Hort. 13:193-196.

Ellis, D.D., J. Rintamaki-Strait, K. Kleiner, K. Raffa, and B. McCown. 1996. Transgene expression in spruce and poplar: From the lab to the field. In: Boerjan and Ahuja (eds.), Somatic Cell Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Trees, Kluwer Academic Pub., The Netherlands,

McCown, B.H. 1996. Biotechnological approaches to modifying plant form. In: R.L. Geneve, J.E. Preece and S.A. Merkle (eds.), Biotechnology of Ornamental Plants, CAB International, New York, pp. 199-214.

McCown, B., D. Ellis, K. Raffa, K. Francis, K. Kleiner, and G. Stanosz. 1996. Risk in bioenergy crops. In: G. Fuller, T.A. McKeon and D.D. Bills (eds.), Agricultural Materials as Renewable Resources, ACS Symposium Series 647. ACS Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 220-228.