Jan E Leach
Professor
Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Jan Leach is the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Agriculture and a University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University. In her role as Associate Dean for Research, she provides strategic vision for research within the College, and works with faculty to build collaborative research teams. Her research group studies the molecular basis of durable plant disease resistance. Other projects in her laboratory are related to bioenergy (genetics of biomass production) and understanding the interactions of bacteria-insects-plants in plant health.
Research Interest
Jan E Leach research is on Plant Pathology.
Publications
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McCluskey K, Alvarez A, Bennett R, Bokati D, Boundy-Mills K, et al. (2016) The U.S. Culture Collection Network Lays the Foundation for Progress in Preservation of Valuable Microbial Resources. Phytopathol 106: 532-540.
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Liu Q, Yang J, Zhang S, Zhao J, Feng A, et al. (2016) OsGF14e positively regulates panicle blast resistance in rice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 471: 247-252.
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Triplett LR, Cohen SP, Heffelfinger C, Schmidt CL, Huerta,AI, et al. (2016) A resistance locus in the American heirloom rice variety Carolina Gold Select is triggered by TAL effectors with diverse predicted targets and is effective against African strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Plant J 87: 472-83.
