Rebecca Grumet 

Professor of Horticulture

Ph.D., 1985,
Michigan State University;
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1985-1987,
Duke University. 

Email:
grumet@pilot.msu.edu

Phone: (517) 355-5191 x431
Lab: (517) 355-5191 x370


Home Department: Horticulture
Our research is directed primarily toward plant-virus interactions, specifically potyvirus infection of cucurbit crops. From the host side we are genetically and physiologically characterizing naturally occurring potyvirus resistance in cucumber; from the virus side we are investigating viral domains that influence host range and/or trigger host defense responses. We are also identifying and characterizing host proteins that directly interact with viral proteins and are studying the interaction between viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and host poly- (A) -binding protein. A second area of research is the study of the molecular basis for differential sex expression in cucurbits.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Little HA, Papadopoulou E, Hammar SA, Grumet R. 2007. The influence of ethylene perception on sex expression in transgenic melon as assessed by expression of the mutant ethylene receptor, At-etr1-1, under control of constitutive and floral-targeted promoters. Sexual Plant Reproduction 20:123-136

Grumet R, Katzir NL, Little HA, Portnoy V, Burger Y. 2007. New insights into reproductive development in melon (Cucumis melo L.) International Journal of Plant Developmental Biology. In press.

Ando K, Grumet R. 2006. Evaluation of altered cucumber plant architecture as a means to reduce Phytophthora capsici disease incidence on cucumber. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 131:491-498

Papadopoulou E, Little HA, Hammar SA, Grumet R. (2005) Effect of modified endogenous ethylene production on sex expression, bisexual flower development, and fruit set in melon (Cucumis melo L.). Sexual Plant Reproduction. 18:131-142

Wang XF, Grumet R. (2004) Identification and characterization of proteins that interact with the carboxy terminus of poly(A)-binding protein and inhibit translation in vitro. Plant Molec. Biol. 54:85-98

Ullah Z, Chai BL, Hammar S, Raccah B, Gal-On A, Grumet R. (2003) Effect of substitution of the amino terminus of coat proteins of distinct potyviral species on viral infectivity and host specificity. Phys. Molec. Plant Pathol. 63:129-139.

Ullah Z, Grumet R. (2002) Localization of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus to the veinal regions and role of viral coat protein in veinal chlorosis conditioned by the zym Potyvirus resistance locus in cucumber. Physiol. Mol. Plant. Pathol. 60:79-89.

Wang X, Ullah Z, Grumet R. (2000) Interaction between zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and host poly (A) binding protein. Virology 275:433-443.

Grumet R, Kabelka E, McQueen S, Wai T, Humphrey R. (2000) Characterization of sources of resistance to the watermelon strain of papaya ringspot virus in cucumber: allelism and co-segregation with other potyvirus resistances. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:463-472.

Kabella E., Ullan Z., Grumet R. (1997) Multiple alleles for zucchini yellow mosaic virus resistance at the zym locus in cucumber. Theoretical and applied Genetics. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 95:997-1004.


 

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