A complete list of over 50 years of publications.
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2010
Aspinwall, M.J., B. Li, S.E. McKeand, F. Isik, and M.L. Gumpertz. 2010. Prediction of whole-stem α-cellulose yield, lignin content, and wood density in juvenile and mature loblolly pine. South. J. Appl. For. 34:84-90.
Dougherty, D., R. Bryant, H. Burkhart, P. Dougherty, S. Jones, S. McKeand. 2010. Valuing tomorrow’s loblolly pine plantations today. Forest Landowner. Jan./Feb. 2010: 19-21.
McKeand, S., P. Cumbie, and B. Abt. 2010. Investment in genetically improved loblolly pine – landowner benefits today and for generations to come. Forest Landowner. Jan./Feb. 2010: 27-29.
Mullin, T.J., Andersson, B., Bastien, J.-C., Beaulieu, J., Burdon, R.D., Dvorak, W.S., King, J.N., Kondo, T., Krakowski, J., Lee, S.D., McKeand, S.E., Pâques, L., Raffin, A., Russell, J., Skrøppa, T., Stoehr, M., and Yanchuk, A.D. 2010. Economic importance, breeding objectives and achievements. Chapter 2 In: Genomics of Conifers. Edited by: C. Plomion and J. Bousquet. Volume in Genomics of Industrial Crops, Series editor: C. Kole. Science Publishers, Inc., New Hampshire; Edenbridge Ltd., UK. (in press).
Nelson, C.D., T. L. Kubisiak, and H. V. Amerson. 2010. Unravelling and managing fusiform rust disease: a model approach for coevolved forest tree pathosystems. For. Path. 40: 64–72
Quesada, T., V. Gopal, W.P. Cumbie, A.J. Eckert, J.L. Wegrzyn, D.B. Neale, B. Goldfarb, D.A. Huber, G. Casella, and J.M. Davis. 2010. Association mapping of quantitative disease resistance in a natural population of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Genetics 2010; published ahead of print on July 13, 2010 as doi: 10.1534/genetics.110.117549.
Whetten, R.W. and R. Kellison. 2010. Research gap analysis for application of biotechnology to sustaining US forests. J Forestry (in press).
Xiong, S.J., F. Isik, S.E. McKeand and R.W. Whetten. 2010. Genetic variation of stem forking in loblolly pine. For. Sci. (in press).
2009
Bains, B., F. Isik, W. Strong, B. Jaquish, J.A. McLean, Y.A. El-Kassaby. 2009. Genetic susceptibility of spruce to gall forming adelgids (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Can. J. Forest Research.39: 2536-2541.
Cumbie, P.W., R. Whetten, B. Goldfarb, J.L. Wegrzyn, A.J. Eckert, and D.B. Neale. 2009. Association genetics of water relations and early growth in loblolly pine. In: Proc. 30th South. For. Tree Impr. Conf., Blacksburg, VA. (in press).
Frampton, L.J, F. Isik, M. Benson, and AM Braham. 2009. Variation in resistance to Phytophthora root rot within Turkish and Trojan Fir. The IUFRO 9th International Christmas Tree Research and Extension Conference. 14-18 September 2009, Corvallis, OR. USA.
Gräns, D., B. Hannrup, F. Isik, S-O Lundqvist, and S. McKeand. 2009. Genetic variation and relationships to growth traits for microfibril angle, wood density, and modulus of elasticity in a Norway spruce (Picea abies) clonal trial in southern Sweden. Scandinavian J. For. Res. 24(6): 494-503.
Isik, F., H. Amerson, R. Whetten, S. Garcia, S. McKeand. 2009. Fusiform rust Fr genes by bulked inocula interactions in loblolly pine. In: Proc. 30th South. For. Tree Impr. Conf., Blacksburg, VA. (in press).
McKeand, S.E. 2009. Genetically improved loblolly pine – have we reached our limit? P. 3, 5 In: Treeline, Newsletter of the North Carolina Forestry Association. Jan/Feb 2009.
McKeand, S., Steiger, J, and Crane, B. 2009. Progeny testing of longleaf pine seed orchards – plans for 2009. The Longleaf Leader, Newsletter of The Longleaf Alliance. 2(3): 8-9.
McKeand, S., R. Whetten, P. Cumbie, J. Steiger, F. Isik, T. Batista-Brooks, S. Garcia, and J.B. Jett. 2009. What are the consequences of reduced effort in tree improvement? In: Proc. 30th South. For. Tree Impr. Conf., Blacksburg, VA. (in press).
Mora, C.R., L.R. Schimleck, F. Isik, J.M. Mahon, Jr., A. Clark III, and R.F. Daniels. 2009. Relationships between acoustic variables and different measures of stiffness in standing Pinus taeda trees. Can. J. For. Res 39:1421-1492.
Morse, A.M., D.G. Peterson, M. N. Islam-Faridi, K.E. Smith, Z. Magbanua, S.A. Garcia, T.L. Kubisiak, H.V. Amerson, J.E. Carlson, C.D Nelson, J.M. Davis. 2009. Evolution of genome size and complexity in Pinus. PLoS ONE 4(2): e4332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004332
Morse A.M., R.W. Whetten, C. Dubos, M.M. Campbell. 2009. Post-translational modification of a R2R3-MYB transcription factor during xylem development. New Phytol. 183: 1001-1013
Whetten R.W., S. Valenzuela, L.J. Frampton. 2009. Polymerase chain reaction preparation of template for massively parallel pyrosequencing. J. Biomol. Tech. 20:128 – 134
2008
Emerson, J.L., L.J. Frampton and S.E. McKeand. 2008. Genetic variation in early growth and bud production among natural populations of Fraser fir. HortScience 43: 589-968.
Isik, F., H.V. Amerson, R.W. Whetten, S. Garcia, B. Li, and S.E. McKeand. 2008. Resistance of Pinus taeda families under artificial inoculations with diverse fusiform rust pathogen populations and comparison with field trials. Can. J. For. Res. 38: 2687-2696.
Isik, F., M. Gumpertz, B. Li, B. Goldfarb, X. Sun. 2008. Analysis of cellulose microfibril angle (MFA) using a linear mixed model in Pinus taeda clones. Can. J For. Research 38: 1676-1689
Isik, F, B. Li, B. Goldfarb, and S. McKeand. 2008. Prediction of wood density breeding values of Pinus taeda elite parents from unbalanced data: a method for adjustment of site and age effects using common checklots. Ann. For. Sci. 65: 406-418
McKeand, S.E., D.M. Gerwig, W. P. Cumbie, and J.B. Jett. 2008. Seed orchard management strategies for deployment of intensively selected loblolly pine families in the southern US. P. 177- 182, In: Lindgren, D. (ed.). Seed orchards, Proceedings from a conference at Umeå, Sweden, September 26-28, 2007 (ISBN: 978-91-85911-28-8)
McKeand, S.E., B. Li, J.E. Grissom, F. Isik, and K.J.S. Jayawickrama. 2008. Genetic parameter estimates for growth traits from diallel tests of loblolly pine throughout the southeastern United States. Silvae Genetica 57:101-110.
Mora, C.R., Schimleck, L.R., Isik, F.. 2008. Near infrared calibration models for the estimation of wood density in Pinus taeda using repeated sample measurements. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy 16 (6): 517–528.
Sherrill, J.R., T.J. Mullin, B.P. Bullock, S.E. McKeand, R.C. Purnell, M.L. Gumpertz, and F. Isik. 2008. An evaluation of selection for volume growth in loblolly pine. Silvae Genetica 57(1):22-28.
