Publications

Osterholz, W.R., Kucharik, C.J., Hedtcke, J.L. & Posner, J.L. "Seasonal nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from grain- and forage-based production systems in Wisconsin, USA." Journal of Environmental Quality 43,6, 1833–1843+ (2014). [DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.02.0077]

Palmer, M.M., Forrester, J.A., Rothstein, D.E. & Mladenoff, D.J. "Conversion of open lands to short-rotation woody biomass crops: site variability affects nitrogen cycling and N2O fluxes in the US Northern Lake States." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 6,4, 450–464+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12069]

Parreiras, L.S., Breuer, R.J., Narasimhan, R.A., Higbee, A.J., LaReau, A., Tremaine, M., Qin, L., Willis, L.B., Bice, B.D., Bonfert, B.L., et al. "Engineering and two-stage evolution of a lignocellulosic hydrolysate-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for anaerobic fermentation of xylose from AFEX pretreated corn stover." PLOS ONE 9,9, e107499+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107499]

Peris, D., Sylvester, K., Libkind, D., Goncalves, P., Sampaio, J.P., Alexander, W.G. & Hittinger, C.T. "Population structure and reticulate evolution of Saccharomyces eubayanus and its lager-brewing hybrids." Molecular Ecology 23,8, 2031–2045+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12702]

Peterson, A.C., Hauschild, J.-P.P., Quarmby, S.T., Krumwiede, D., Lange, O., Lemke, R.A., Grosse-Coosmann, F., Horning, S., Donohue, T.J., Westphall, M.S., et al. "Development of a GC/Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer, Part I: Design and characterization." Analytical Chemistry 86,20, 10036–10043+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1021/ac5014767]

Petrik, D.L., Karlen, S.D., Cass, C.L., Padmakshan, D., Lu, F., Liu, S., Le Bris, P., Antelme, S., Santoro, N., Wilkerson, C.G., et al. "p-Coumaroyl-CoA:monolignol transferase (PMT) acts specifically in the lignin biosynthetic pathway in Brachypodium distachyon." The Plant Journal 77,5, 713–726+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12420]

Piotrowski, J.S., Zhang, Y., Bates, D.M., Keating, D.H., Sato, T.K., Ong, I.M. & Landick, R. "Death by a thousand cuts: the challenges and diverse landscape of lignocellulosic hydrolysate inhibitors." Frontiers in Microbiology 5, 90+ (2014). [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00090]

Pryor, S.C., Scavia, D., Downer, C., Gaden, M., Iverson, L., Nordstrom, R., Patz, J. & Robertson, P. "Chapter 18: Midwest." in Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. 418–440+ (U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2014). [DOI: 10.7930/J0J1012N]

Rahimi, A., Ulbrich, A., Coon, J.J. & Stahl, S.S. "Formic-acid-induced depolymerization of oxidized lignin to aromatics." Nature 515,7526, 249–252+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1038/nature13867]

Ream, T., Woods, D., Schwartz, C., Sanabria, C., Mahoy, J., Walters, E., Kaeppler, H. & Amasino, R. "Interaction of photoperiod and vernalization determine flowering time of Brachypodium distachyon." Plant Physiology 164,2, 694–709+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.232678]

Riley, R.W., Salamova, A.A., Brown, D.W., Nagy, L.G., Floudas, D., Held, B.W., Levasseur, A., Lombard, V., Morin, E., Otillar, R., et al. "Extensive sampling of basidiomycete genomes demonstrates inadequacy of the white rot/brown rot paradigm for wood decay fungi." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111,27, 9923–9928+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400592111]

Robertson, P. "Soil greenhouse gas emissions and their mitigation." in The Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems. 185–196+ (Academic Press, 2014). [DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00097-8]

Robertson, P., Grace, P.R., Izaurralde, C., Parton, W.P. & Zhang, X. "Correspondence: CO2 emissions from crop residue-derived biofuels." Nature Climate Change 4,11, 933–934+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2402]

Sahajpal, R., Zhang, X., Izaurralde, R.C., Gelfand, I. & Hurtt, G.C. "Identifying representative crop rotation patterns and grassland loss in the US Western Corn Belt." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 108, 173–182+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.08.005]

Sarks, C., Jin, M., Sato, T.K., Balen, V. & Dale, B.E. "Studying the rapid bioconversion of lignocellulosic sugars into ethanol using high cell density fermentations with cell recycle." Biotechnology for Biofuels 7, 73+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-73]

Sato, T.K., Liu, T., Parreiras, L.S., Williams, D.L., Wohlbach, D.J., Bice, B.D., Ong, I.S., Breuer, R.J., Qin, L., Busalacchi, D., et al. "Harnessing genetic diversity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for fermentation of xylose in hydrolysates of alkaline hydrogen peroxide-pretreated biomass." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80,2, 540–554+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01885-13]

Schuetz, M., Benske, A., Smith, R.A., Watanabe, Y., Tobimatsu, Y., Ralph, J., Demura, T., Ellis, B. & Samuels, L. "Laccases direct lignification in the discrete secondary cell wall domains of protoxylem." Plant Physiology 166,2, 798–807+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.245597]

Sekhon, R.S., Hirsch, C.N., Childs, K.L., Breitzman, M.W., Kell, P., Duvick, S., Spalding, E.P., Buell, R., de Leon, N. & Kaeppler, S. "Phenotypic and transcriptional analysis of divergently selected maize populations reveals the role of developmental timing in seed size determination." Plant Physiology 165, 658–669+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.235424]

Shcherbak, I., Millar, N. & Robertson, P. "Global metaanalysis of the nonlinear response of soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions to fertilizer nitrogen." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111,25, 9199–9204+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322434111]

Shcherbak, I. & Robertson, P. "Determining the diffusivity of nitrous oxide in soil using in situ tracers." Soil Science Society of America Journal 78,1, 79–88+ (2014). [DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.05.0181]

Skevas, T., Swinton, S.M., Meehan, T.D., Kim, T.N., Gratton, C. & Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A. "Integrating agricultural pest biocontrol into forecasts of energy biomass production." Ecological Economics 106, 195–203+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.027]

Sundin, L., Vanholme, R., Geerinck, J., Goeminne, G., Hofer, R., Kim, H., Ralph, J. & Boerjan, W. "Mutation of the inducible ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE2 alters lignin composition and improves saccharification." Plant Physiology 166,4, 1956–1971+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.245548]

Syswerda, S.P. & Robertson, G.P. "Ecosystem services along a management gradient in Michigan (USA) cropping systems." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 189, 28–35+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.03.006]

Takasuka, T.E., Acheson, J.F., Bianchetti, C.M., Prom, B.M., Bergeman, L.F., Book, A.J., Currie, C.R. & Fox, B.G. "Biochemical properties and atomic resolution structure of a proteolytically processed β-mannanase from cellulolytic Streptomyces sp. SirexAA-E." PLOS ONE 9,4, e94166+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094166]

Takasuka, T.E., Bianchetti, C.M., Tobimatsu, Y., Bergeman, L.F., Ralph, J. & Fox, B.G. "Structure-guided analysis of catalytic specificity of the abundantly secreted chitosanase SACTE_5457 from Streptomyces sp. SirexAA-E." Proteins 82,7, 1245–1257+ (2014). [DOI: 10.1002/prot.24491]