Chance Riggins
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Crop Sciences
University of Illinois at urbana champaign
United States of America
Biography
He has done his Ph.D.: Plant Systematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 2008, M.S.: Phytochemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks - 2001, B.S.: Forestry/Wildlife Management, Stephen F. Austin State University - 1995. Currently he is a research assistant professor in Department of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois.
Research Interest
Adaptive evolution of agricultural weeds, mainly Amaranthus spp. (Amaranthaceae) Plant Systematics; Phylogenetic studies in Artemisia (Asteraceae) and Acacia (Fabaceae) Economic Botany and Ethnobotany Plant Secondary Metabolism; Chemical diversity, evolution, and bioactivity
Publications
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Chatham, L. A., Wu, C., Riggins, C. W., Hager, A. G., Young, B. G., Roskamp, G. K. and P. J. Tranel. 2015. EPSPS gene amplification is present in the majority of glyphosate-resistant Illinois waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) populations. Weed Tech. 29:48-55.
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Guo, J., Riggins, C. W., Hausman, N. E., Hager, A. G., Riechers, D. E., Davis, A. S., and P. J. Tranel. 2015. Non-target-site resistance to ALS inhibitors in waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus). Weed Sci. 63:399-407.
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Schultz, J. L., Chatham, L. A., Riggins, C. W., Tranel, P. J. and K. W. Bradley. 2015. Distribution of herbicide resistances and molecular mechanisms conferring resistance in Missouri waterhemp (Amaranthus rudis Sauer) populations. Weed Sci. 63:336-345.
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Huffman, J. L., Riggins, C. W., Steckel, L. E. and P. J. Tranel. 2015. The EPSPS Pro106Ser substitution solely accounts for glyphosate resistance in a goosegrass (Eleusine indica) population from Tennessee, United States. J. Integr. Ag. 15:1304-1312.
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Seigler, D. S., Ebinger, J. E., Riggins, C. W., Terra, V. and J. T. Miller. 2017. Parasenegalia and Pseudosenegalia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae): New genera of the Mimosoideae. Novon 25(2):180-205.
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Miller, J. T., Terra, V., Riggins, C. W., Ebinger, J. E., and D. S. Seigler. Molecular phylogenetics of Parasenegalia and Pseudosenegalia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Accepted to Systematic Botany.
