Karen-beth G. Scholthof
Professor, Plant Virology
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Texas A and M University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Karen-Beth G. Scholthof is Professor, Plant VirologyDepartment of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A and M University,United States Of America got Ph.D., Plant Pathology (1989) University of Kentucky.
Research Interest
Molecular Plant Virology My molecular plant virology research is on a virus complex of Panicum mosaic virus (PMV) and its satellite virus (SPMV). For molecular genetic studies on the PMV/SPMV virus:host interactions we are using the model grass, Brachypodium distachyon. Our current research focus includes investigations into the mechanism by which SPMV capsid protein (CP) localizes to the nucleolus, how host proteins facilitate this trafficking, and how SPMV and PMV induce host responses to infection. My second area of research is the historiography of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) in the early 20th century in the United States. My research and writing on the history of plant virology has been incorporated into graduate and undergraduate courses.
Publications
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Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2015. Finding our roots and celebrating our shoots: An examination of formative plant virus articles in Virology, 1955-1964. Special Issue: 60th Anniversary. Virology, 479-480: 345-355.
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Lyons, C.W, and Scholthof, K-B. G. 2016. Brachypodium as an Arabidopsis for the grasses: are we there yet? In: Genetics and Genomics of Brachypodium (J. Vogel, ed.) Springer: New York, pp. 1-15.
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Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2017. Spicing up the N gene: F. O. Holmes and Tobacco mosaic virus resistance in Capsicum and Nicotiana plants. Phytopathology 107: 148-157.
