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Peer-Reviewed Journals
2023
96. Hawk T, Piya S, Zadegan SB, Li P, Rice JH, Hewezi T* (2023) The soybean immune receptor GmBIR1 regulates host transcriptome, spliceome, and immunity during cyst nematode infection. New Phytologist 239: 2335.
95. Piya S, Pantalone V, Zadegan SB, Shipp S, Lakhssassi Ni, Knizia D, Krishnan HB, Meksem K, Hewezi T* (2023) Soybean gene co-expression network analysis identified two co-regulated gene modules associated with nodule formation and development. Molecular Plant Pathology, 24: 628
94. Sultana MS, Mazarei M, Routray P, Piya S, Stewart Jr CN, Hewezi T* (2023) Overexpression of soybean GmNAC19 and GmGRAB1 enhances root growth and water-deficit stress tolerance in soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1186292.
93. Sultana MS, Mazarei M, Jurat-Fuentes JL, Hewezi T, Millwood RJ, Stewart Jr CN* (2023) Overexpression of soybean trypsin inhibitor genes decreases defoliation by corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) in soybean (Glycine max) and Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1129454.
92. Bennett M, Hawk TE, Lopes-Caitar VS, Rice JH, Hewezi T* (2023) Establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation in nematode feeding sites. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 1111623.
2022
91. Verma A, Lin M, Smith D, Walker JC, Hewezi T, Davis EL, Hussey RS, Baum TJ, Mitchum MG. (2022) A novel sugar beet cyst nematode effector 2D01 targets the Arabidopsis HAESA receptor-like kinase. Molecular Plant Pathology, 23: 1765.
90. Siddique S, Radakovic Z, Hiltl C, Pellegrin C, Baum TJ, Beasley, H, Chitambo O, Chopra D, Danchin E GJ, Grenieer E, Habash SS, Hasan MS, Helder J, Hewezi T, Holbein J, Holterman M, Koutsovoulos GD, Kranse OP, Lozano-Torres JL, Maier TR, Masonbrink RE, Mendy B, Riemer E, Sonawala U, Sterken MG, Thorpe P, van Steenbrugge J JM, Zahid N, Grundler F, Eves-van den Akker S. (2022) The genome and lifestage-specific transcriptomes of a plant-parasitic nematode and its host reveal susceptibility genes involved in trans-kingdom synthesis of vitamin B. Nature Communications 13: 6190.
89. Sultana S, Mazarei M, Millwood RJ, Liu W, Hewezi T, Stewart N. (2022) Functional analysis of soybean cyst nematode-inducible promoters and their regulation by biotic and abiotic stimuli in transgenic soybean (Glycine max). Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 988048.
88. Bennet M, Piya S, Baum TJ, Hewezi T* (2022) miR778 mediates gene expression, histone modification, and DNA methylation during cyst nematode parasitism. Plant Physiology, 189: 2432.
87. Piya S, Hawk T, Patel B, Baldwin L, Rice JH, Stewart Jr CN, Hewezi T* (2022) Kinase-dead mutation: A novel strategy for improving soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines. Molecular Plant Pathology, 23: 417.
2021
86. Lakhssassi N, Lopes-Caitar VS, Knizia D, Cullen MA, Badad O. El Baze A,Zhou Z, Embaby MG, Meksem J, Lakhssassi A, Chen P, AbuGhazaleh A, Vuong TD, Nyguen HT, Hewezi T, Meksem K. (2021) Soybean TILLING-by-Sequencing+ Reveals the Role of Novel Fatty Acid Desaturases (GMFAD2-2s) in Increasing Soybean Seed Oleic Acid Content. Cells, 10: 1245
85 Usovsky M, Lakhssassi N, Patil GB, Vuong TD, Piya S, Hewezi T, Robbins RT, Stupar RM, Meksem K, Nguyen HT. (2021) Dissecting nematode resistance regions in soybeans revealed pleiotropic effect of soybean cyst and reniform nematode resistance genes The Plant Genome, e20083.
84. Bennett M, Cleaves K, Hewezi T* (2021) Expression Patterns of DNA Methylation and Demethylation Genes during Plant Development and in Response to Phytohormones. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22: 9681.
83. Piya S, Lopes-Caitar VS, Kim W, Pantalone V, Krishnan HB, Hewezi T* (2021) Hypermethylation of miRNA genes during nodule development. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8: 95.
2020
80. Niyikiza D, Piya S, Routray P, Miao L, Kim WS, Burch‐Smith T, Gill T, Sams C, Arelli PR, Pantalone V, Krishnan HB, Hewezi T* (2020) Interactions of gene expression, alternative splicing, and DNA methylation in determining nodule identity. The Plant Journal. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14861.
79. Lakhssassi N, Piya S, Knizia D, El Baze A, Cullen MA, Meksem J, Lakhssassi A, Hewezi T, Meksem K (2020) Mutations at the Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase Impact Its Interaction with a Soluble NSF Attachment Protein and a Pathogenesis-Related Protein in Soybean. Vaccines, 8: 349.
78. Hewezi T* (2020). Epigenetic Mechanisms in Nematode–Plant Interactions. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 58. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-010820-012805.
77. Liu F, Rice JH, Lopes V, Grewal P, Lebeis S, Hewezi T, Staton M (2020) Overexpression of strigolactone-associated genes exerts fine-tuning selection on soybean rhizosphere bacterial and fungal microbiome. Phytobiomes, https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-01-20-0003-R
76. Rambani A, Pantalone V, Yang S, Rice JH, Song Q, Mazarei M, Arelli PR, Meksem K, Stewart CN, Hewezi T* (2020) Identification of introduced and stably inherited DNA methylation variants in soybean associated with soybean cyst nematode parasitism. New Phytologist,227: 168-184.
75. Piya S, Liu J, Burch-Smith T, Baum TJ, Hewezi T (2020) A role for Arabidopsis growth-regulating factors 1 and 3 in growth-stress antagonism. Journal of Experimental Botany, erz502.
74. Lee JH, Mazarei M, Pfotenhauer AC, Dorrough AB, Poindexter MR, Hewezi T, Lenaghan SC, Graham DE, Stewart CN (2020) Epigenetic footprints of CRISPIR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Edition in Plants . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 1720.
73. Lakhssassi N, Piya S, Bekal S, Liu S, Zhou Z, Bergounioux C, Miao L, Meksem J, Lakhssassi A, Jones K, Kassem MA, Benhamed M, Bendahmane A, Lambert K, Boualem A, Hewezi T, Meksem K (2020) A pathogenesis related protein GMPR08-Bet VI promotes a molecular interaction between the GmSHMT08 and GmSNAP18 in resistance to Heterodera glycines, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 18 :1-20
72. Darr L, Cunicelli M, Bhandari H, Bilyeu K, Chen F, Hewezi T, Li Z, Sams C, Pantalone V (2020) Field Performance of High Oleic Soybenas with Mutant FAD2-1A and FAD2-1B Genes in Tennessee. Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 97: 49-56.
2019
71. Liu F, Hewezi T, Lebies SL, Pantalone V, Grewal PS, Staton ME (2019) Soil indigenous microbiome and plant genotypes coopertively modify soybean rhizosphere microbiome assembly. BMC Microbiology, 19: 1-19.
70. Yang S, Hu Y, Cheng Z, Rice JH, Miao L, Ma Jing, Hewezi T, Li Y & Gai J (2019) An efficient Agrobacterium-mediated soybean transformation method using green fluorescent protein as a selectable marker. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 14: e1612682.
69. Pogorelko GV, Juvale PS, Rutter WB, Hütten M, Maier TR, Hewezi T, Paulus J, der Hoorn RA, Grundler FM, Siddique S, Lionetti V, Zabotina OA and Baum TJ (2019) Re‐targeting of a plant defense protease by a cyst nematode effector. The Plant Journal 98: 1000-1014.
68. Lakhssassi N, Patil G,Piya S, Zhou Z, Baharlouei A, Kaseem M A, Lightfoot DA, Hewezi T, Barakat A, Nguyen H, Meksem K (2019) Genome reorganization of the GmSHMT gene family in soybean showed a lack of functional redundancy in resistance to soybean cyst nematode. Scientific Reports 9: 1506-1522.
67. Noon J, Hewezi T, Baum TJ (2019) Homeostasis in the soybean miRNA396–GRF network is essential for productive soybean cyst nematode infections, Journal of Experimental Botany, 70: 1653–1668.
66. Patil G, Lakhssassi N, Wan J, Song L, Zhou Z, Klepadlo M, Vuong TD, Stec AO, Kahil S, Colantonio V, Valliyodan B, Rice JH, Piya S, Hewezi T, Stupar RM, Meksem K, Nguyen H (2019) Whole-genome re-sequencing reveals the impact of the interaction of copy number variants of the rhg1 and Rhg4 on broad-based resistance to soybean cyst nematode. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17: 1595-1611.
65. Piya S, Binder B, Hewezi T* (2019) Canonical and noncanonical ethylene signaling pathways that regulate Arabidopsis suceptibility to the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. New Phytologist, 221: 946-959.
2018
64. Vijayapalani V, Hewezi T, Pontvianne F, Baum TJ (2018) An Effector from the Cyst Nematode Heterodera schachtii Derepresses Host rRNA Genes by Altering Histone Acetylation. The Plant Cell, 30: 2795-2812.
63. Lin J, Ye Rongjian, Thekke-Veetil T, Staton M, Arelli P, Bernard E, Hewezi T, Dormier L, Hajimorad MR (2018) A novel picornavirus-like genome from transcriptome sequnencing of sugar beet cyst nematode represents a new putative virus. Journal of General Virology, 99: 1418-1424.
62. Hu Y, Hewezi T* (2018) Nematode-secreted peptides and host factor mimicry. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69: 2866-2868.
61. Verma A, Lee C, Morriss S, Odu F, Kenning C, Rizzo N, Spollen WG, Lin M, McRae AG, Givan SA, Hewezi T, Hussey R, Davis EL, Baum TJ, Mitchum MG (2018) The novel cyst nematode effector protein 30D08 targets host nuclear functions to alter gene expression in feeding sites. New Phytologist, 219: 697-713.
60. Hewezi T*, Pantalone V, Bennett M, Neal Stewart C Jr, Burch-Smith TM (2018) Phytopathogen-induced changes to plant methylomes. Plant Cell Reports, 37: 17-23.
59. Bakshi A, Piya S, Fernandez J, Chervin C, Hewezi T, Binder B. (2018) Ethylene receptors signal via a non-canonical pathway to regulate abscisic acid responses. Plant Physiology, 176: 910-929.
58. Hewezi T* (2018). Epigenetic regulation of plant development and stress responses. Plant Cell Reports, 37: 1-2.
2017
57. Piya S, Bennett M, Rambani A, Hewezi T* (2017) Transcriptional activity of transposable elements may contribute to gene expression changes in the syncytium formed by cyst nematode in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 12, e1362521.
56. Piya S, Kihm C, Rice JH, Baum TJ., and Hewezi T* (2017) Cooperative regulatory functions of miR858 and MYB83 during cyst nematode parasitism. Plant Physiology, 174: 1897-1912.
55. Hewezi T*, Lane T, Piya S, Rambani A, Rice JH, Staton M (2017) Cyst nematode parasitism induces dynamic changes in the root epigenome. Plant Physiology, 174:405-420.
54. Ganusova EE, Rice JH, Carlew TS, Patel A, Perrodin-Njoku E, Hewezi T, Burch-Smith TM (2017) Altered Expression of a Chloroplast Protein Affects the Outcome of Virus and Nematode Infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 30: 478-488.
53. Hewezi T*, Baum TJ (2017) Communication of sedentary plant-parasitic nematodes with their host plants. In: How plants communicate with their biotic environment. Guillaume Becard (Ed), Advances in Botanical Research Series, Volume 82, page 305-324, Academic Press.
2016
52. Whitham SA, Qi M, Innes RW, Ma W, Lopes-Caitar V, Hewezi T (2016) Molecular Soybean-Pathogen Interactions. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 54: 443-468.
51. Hewezi T*, Piya S, Qi M, Balasubramaniam M, Rice JH, Baum TJ. (2016) Arabidopsis miR827 mediates post-transcriptional gene silencing of its ubiquitin E3 ligase target gene in the syncytium of the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii to enhance susceptibility. The Plant Journal 88:179-192
50. Lin J, Mazarei M, Zhao N, Hatcher CN, Wuddineh WA, Rudis M, Tschaplinski TJ, Pantalone VR, Arelli PR, Hewezi T, Chen F, Stewart CN Jr (2016). Transgenic soybean overexpressing GmSAMT1 exhibits resistance to multiple-HG types of soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines. Plant Biotechnology Journal 14: 2100-2109.
49. Zhu K, Chen F, Liu J, Chen X, Hewezi T, Cheng ZM. (2016) Evolution of an intron-poor cluster of the CIPK gene family and expression in response to drought stress in soybean. Scientific Reports, 6: 28225. doi: 10.1038/srep28225.
48. Pogorelko G, Juvale PS, Rutter WB, Hewezi T, Hussey R, Davis EL, Mitchum MG, Baum TJ. (2016) A cyst nematode effector binds to diverse plant proteins, increases nematode susceptibility and affects root morphology. Molecular Plant Pathology 17:832-844.
47. Noon JB, Qi M, Sill DN, Muppirala U, Eves-van den Akker S, Maier TR, Dobbs D, Mitchum MG, Hewezi T, Baum TJ. (2016) A Plasmodium-like virulence effector of the soybean cyst nematode suppresses plant innate immunity. New Phytologist 212: 444-460.
46. Shanks CM#, Rice JH# , Hubo Y, Schaller EG, Hewezi T*, Kieber J* (2016) The role of cytokinin during infection of Arabidopsis thaliana by the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 29: 57-68.
2015
45. Hewezi T* (2015) Cellular signaling pathways and posttranslational modifications mediated by nematode effector proteins. Plant Physiology, 169:1018-1026.
44. Rambani A, Rice JH, Liu J, Lane T, Ranjan P, Mazarei M, Pantalone V, Stewart CN Jr, Staton M, Hewezi T* (2015) The methylome of soybean roots during the compatible interaction with the soybean cyst nematode. Plant Physiology, 168:1364-1377.
43. Noon JB, Hewezi T, Maier TR, Simmons C, Wei JZ, Wu G, Llaca V, Deschamps S, Davis EL, Mitchum MG, Hussey RS, Baum TJ (2015). Eighteen new candidate effectors of the phytonematode Heterodera glycines produced specifically in the secretory esophageal gland cells during parasitism. Phytopathology, 105:1362-1372.
42. Hewezi T*, Juvale PS, Piya S, Maier TR, Rambani A, Rice JH, Mitchum MG, Davis EL, Hussey RS, Baum TJ. (2015). The cyst nematode effector protein 10A07 targets and recruits host posttranslational machinery to mediate its nuclear trafficking and to promote parasitism in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 27:891-907.
41. Liu J, Chen N, Grant JN, Cheng ZM, Stewart CN Jr, Hewezi T* (2015) Soybean kinome: functional classification and gene expression patterns. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66: 1919-1934.
40. Hewezi T*, and Baum TJ (2015). Gene silencing in nematode feeding sites. In: Plant nematode interactions: A view on compatible interrelationships. Escobar C. and Fenoll C. eds). Advances in Botanical Research Series, 73, 221-239. Academic Press.
2014
39. Piya S, Shrestha SK, Binder B, Stewart CN Jr, Hewezi T* (2014) Protein-protein interaction and gene co-expression maps of ARFs and Aux/IAAs in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5:744. e98477.
38. Rutter WB, Hewezi T, Abubucker S, Maier T, Huang G, Mitreva M, Hussey RS, Baum TJ. (2014) Mining novel effector proteins from the esophageal gland cells of Meloidogyne incognita. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 27: 965-974.
37. Liu J, Nana N, Baum TJ, Hewezi T* (2014) Synchronization of developmental processes and defense signaling by growth regulating transcription factors. PLoS ONE, 9:e98477.
36. Rutter WB, Hewezi T, Maier TR, Mitchum MG, Davis EL, Hussey RS, and Baum TJ. (2014). Members of the Meloidogyne avirulence protein family contain multiple plant ligand-like motifs. Phytopathology, 104:879-885. 35. Hewezi T*, Piya S, Richard G, and. Rice JH (2014). Spatial and temporal expression patterns of auxin response transcription factors in the syncytium induced by the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant Pathology, 15:730–736.
Publications Prior to Joining UT
34. Chronis D, Chen S, Lu S, Hewezi T, Carpenter S, Loria R, Baum T, Wang X (2013). A ubiquitin carboxyl extension protein secreted from a plant-parasitic nematode Globodera rostochiensis is cleaved in planta to promote plant parasitism. The Plant Journal, 74:185-196.
33. Maier TR, Hewezi T, Peng J, and Baum TJ (2013). Isolation of whole esophageal gland cells from plant-parasitic nematodes for transcriptome analyses and effector identification. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 26:31-35.
32. Hewezi T and Baum TJ (2013) Manipulation of Plant Cells by Cyst and Root-Knot Nematode Effectors. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 26: 9-16.
31. Quentin M, Hewezi T, Damiani I, Abad P, Baum TJ and Favery B. How pathogens affect root structure. Chapter 10. In: Root genomics and soil interactions. Martin Crespi (ed). Wiley-blackwell 2013.
30. Juvale1 PS, Hewezi T, Zhang C, Kandoth PK, Mitchum MG, Hill JH, Whitham SA, and Baum TJ (2012) Temporal and Spatial Bean Pod Mottle Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Soybean. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13:1140–1148.
29. Hewezi T, Baum TJ (2012). Complex Feedback Regulations Govern the Expression of miRNA396 and its GRF Target Genes. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 7:749–751
28. Hewezi T, Maier TR, Nettleton D, Baum TJ (2012). MicroRNA396 acts as a developmental master switch in the reprogramming of root cells during pathogen infection. Plant Physiology, 159:321-335.
27. Hamamouch N, Li C, Hewezi T, Baum TJ, Mitchum MG, Hussey RS, Vodkin L, and Davis EL (2012) The novel 30C02 cyst nematode effector protein promotes plant parasitism and interacts with a host plant beta-1,3-endoglucanase. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63:3683-3695.
26. Jin J, Hewezi T, Baum TJ (2011) Arabidopsis peroxidase AtPrx53 influences cell elongation and susceptibility to Heterodera schachtii. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 6:1778-1786.
25. Lee C, Chronis D, Kenning C, Peret B, Hewezi T, Davis EL, Baum TJ, Hussey RS, Bennett M, Mitchum MG (2011) The Novel Cyst Nematode Effector Protein 19C07 Interacts with the Auxin Influx Transporter LAX3 to Control Feeding Site Development. Plant Physiology, 155:866-880.
24. Jin J, Hewezi T, Baum TJ (2011) The Arabidopsis bHLH25 and bHLH27 transcription factors contribute to susceptibility to the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. The Plant Journal, 65:319-328.
23. Hewezi T, Baum TJ (2010). Sequence divergences between cyst nematode effector protein orthologs may contribute to host specificity. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5:187-189.
22. Hewezi T, Howe P, Maier TR, Hussey RS, Mitchum MG, Davis EL, Baum TJ (2010). Arabidopsis spermidine synthase is targeted by an effector protein of the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. Plant Physiology, 152:968-984.
21. Patel N, Hamamouch N, Li C, Hewezi T, Hussey RS, Baum TJ, Mitchum MG, Davis EL (2010). A nematode parasitism protein with annexin-like function in host plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61:235-248.
20. Roche J*, Hewezi T*, Bouniols A, Gentzbittel L (2009). Real-time PCR monitoring of signal transduction related genes involved in water stress tolerance mechanism of sunflower. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 47:139-145.
19. Hewezi T, Howe P, Maier TR, Hussey RS, Mitchum MG, Davis EL, Baum TJ (2008). Cellulose binding protein from the parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii interacts with Arabidopsis pectin methylesterase: cooperative cell wall modification during parasitism. The Plant Cell, 20:3080-3093. Featured on (IN BRIEF).
18. Hewezi T, Howe P, Maier TR, Baum JT (2008). Arabidopsis small RNAs and their targets during cyst nematode parasitism. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 21:1622-1634. (Cover image).
17. Abad P, Aury JM, Castagnone-Sereno P, Danchin EGJ, Deleury E, Gouzy J, Anthouard V, Artiguenave F, Blok VC, Caillaud MC, Coutinho PM, Dasilva C, Luca FD, Deau F, Esquibet M, Favery B, Flutre T, Goldstone JV, Hamamouch N, Hewezi T, Jaillon O, Jubin C et al. (2008). Plant parasitism in metazoans: insight from the Meloidogyne incognita nematode genome. Nature Biotechnology, 26: 909-915.
16. Hewezi T, Léger M and Gentzbittel L (2008). A comprehensive analysis of the combined effects of high light and high temperature stresses on gene expression in sunflower. Annals of Botany, 102:127-140. (Cover image).
15. Darvishzadeh R., Hewezi T, Gentzbittel L and Sarrafi A (2008). Quantitative real-time RT-PCR based gene expression profiling in compatible and partial compatible sunflower-Phoma macdonaldii interactions. Crop Protection, 27: 740-746.
14. Elling A, Mitreva M, Recknor J, Gai X, Martin J, Maier TR, McDermott JP, Hewezi T, McK. Bird D, Davis EL, Hussey RS, Nettleton D, McCarter JP and Baum TJ (2007). Divergent evolution of arrested development in the dauer stage of Caenorhabditis elegans and the infective stage of Heterodera glycines. Genome Biology, 8: R211.
13. Hewezi T, Sindhu A, Howe P, Elling A, Mitchum MG, Davis EL Hussey RS and Baum TJ. A look through the stylet: deciphering the mechanisms of nematode parasitism. In: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Lorito M, Woo SL and Scala F (eds). American Phytopathological Society, 2007; Vol. 6.
12. Darvishzadeh R, Dechamp-Guillaume G, Hewezi T. and Sarrafi A (2007). Genotype-isolate interaction for resistance to black stem in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Plant Pathology, 56: 654–660.
11. Roche J*, Hewezi T*, Bouniols A and Gentzbittel L (2007). Transcriptional profiles of primary metabolism and signal transduction-related genes in response to water stress in field-grown sunflower genotypes using a thematic cDNA microarray. Planta, 226: 601-617.
10. Poormohammad K, Grieu P, Maury P, Hewezi T, Gentzbittel L and Sarrafi A (2007). Genetic variability for physiological traits under drought conditions and differential expression of water stress-associated genes in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 114:193-207.
9. Hewezi T, Leger M, El Kayal W, and Gentzbittel L (2006). Transcriptional profiling of sunflower plant growing under low temperatures reveals an extensive down-regulation of gene expression associated with chilling sensitivity. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75: 3109-3122.
8. Alignan M*, Hewezi T*, Petitprez M, Dechamp-Guillaume G and Gentzbittel L (2006). A cDNA microarray approach to decipher sunflower (Helianthus annuus) responses to the necrotrophic fungus Phoma macdonaldii. New Phytologist, 170: 523–536.
7. Hewezi T, Mouzeyar S, Thion L, Rickauer M, Alibert G, Nicolas P , Kallerhoff J (2006). Antisense expression of a NBS-LRR sequence in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): Implication for a dual role in plant development and fungal resistance. Transgenic Research, 15: 165-180.
6. Hewezi T, Petitprez M, Gentzbittel L (2006). Primary metabolic pathways and signal transduction in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.): Comparison of transcriptional profiling in leaves and immature embryos using cDNA microarrays. Planta, 223: 948 – 964.
5. Ben C, Hewezi T, Jardinaud MF, Bena F, Ladouce N, Moretti S, Liboz T, Petitprez M, Gentzbittel L (2005). Comparative analysis of early embryonic sunflower cDNA libraries. Plant Molecular Biology, 57: 255-270.
4. Hewezi T, Alibert G, Kallerhoff J (2005). Local infiltration of high and low molecular weight RNA from silenced sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) plants triggers post transcriptional gene silencing in non-silenced plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 3: 81-90.
3. Hewezi T, Alibert G and Kallerhoff J. Genetic transformation of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Chapter 32 In: Transgenic Crops of the World. Ian Curtis, (ed). Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
2. Hewezi T, Jardinaud F, Alibert G, Kallerhoff G (2003). A new approach for efficient regeneration of a recalcitrant genotype of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) by organogenesis induction on split embryonic axes. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 73: 81-86.
1. Hewezi T, Perrault A, Gilbert A, Kallerhoff J (2002). Dehydrating immature embryo split apices and rehydrating with Agrobacterium tumefaciens: A new method for genetically transforming recalcitrant sunflower. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 20: 335-345.
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Patents
5. Hewezi T* (2021). Resistance genes against root knot-nematodes in tomato. Application No: US 63/246,814. Filing Date, September 22, 2021.
4. Hewezi T* and Piya S (2020). Kinase-dead mutation: a new approach to enhance soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode. Application No: US 63/009,120. Filing Date, April 13, 2020.
3. Hewezi T*, Pantalone V, Rambani A, Rice JH (2019). Discovery of major genes controlling soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematode, Application No: US 62/860,451, Filing Date June 12th 2019.
2. Hewezi T, Rambani A, Stewart CN Jr, Mazarei M, Pantalone V (2019) SCN plants and methods for making the same. Re: UTRF U.S. Appl. No. 15/540,580. Ref. P10457956
1. Baum TJ, Hewezi T (2012) MiRNA396 and growth regulating factors for cyst nematode tolerance in plants. Re: ISURF 03900 U.S. Appl. No. 61/480,093. Ref. P09921US00.