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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Agronomy and Horticulture

The Science and Application of Plants to Sustain and Enhance Human Life

Thomas E. Clemente

Assistant Professor

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 DEGREES:

  • B.S., Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1985
  • M.S., Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 1989
  • Ph.D., Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 1993

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Employing the tools of biotechnology to broaden the fundamental knowledge of plant systems and genetically enhance crop plants with value-added and disease control traits.

COURSES TAUGHT:

  • PLPT 498/898, Plant Genetic Engineering

MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

Developing durable field resistance towards white mold in soybean. Reduction of the polyunsaturated fatty acids in soybean seed storage lipids.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Xing, A., S. Sato, P. Staswick, Z. Zhang and T. Clemente. The use of the 2-T-DNA binary system to obtain marker-free transgenic soybeans. In preparation.

  • Zhang, Z., A. Xing, P. Staswick and T. Clemente. 1998. The use of glufosinate as a selective agent in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of soybean. In press. Plant Cell , Tissue and Organ Culture.

  • Clemente, T., G. Kishore, T. Mitsky and D. Stark. 1996. Rhodospirillum rubrum Poly-�-hydroxyalkanoate synthase. U.S. Patent No. 5,849894

  • Clemente, T. E., D. Shah, M. Tran, D. Stark, S. Padgette, D. Dennis, A. Steinb¸chel and T. Mitsky. 1996. In vivo substrate specificity of 4 PHA synthases across 2 heterologous expression systems. Accepted Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

  • Clemente, T. E., B. J. La Vallee, A. R. Howe, D. C. Ward, R. J. Rozman, P. E. Hunter, D. L. Broyles, D. S. Kasten and M. A. Hinchee. 1998. Progeny analysis of glyphosate selected transgenic soybeans derived from Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Accepted Crop Science

  • Ozias-Akins, P., J. A. Schnall, W. F. Anderson, C. Singsit, T. E. Clemente, M. J. Adang, and A. K. Weissinger. 1993. Regeneration of transgenic peanut plants from stably transformed embryogenic callus. Plant Science, 93:185-194.

  • Clemente, Thomas E., Dominique Robertson, Thomas G. Isleib, Marvin K. Beute, and Arthur K. Weissinger. 1992. Evaluation of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) leaflets from mature zygotic embryos as recipient tissue for biolistic gene transfer. Transgenic Research, 1:275-284.