Wolf Prize in Agriculture (1157 Pages)

Contents

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Charles Thibault

277

Biographical Data

277

Description of Scientific Achievements

279

List of Significant Publications

282

Peter M. Biggs

285

Narrative Curriculum Vitae

285

List of Publications

287

Peter M. Biggs – An Appreciation (by B.W. Calnek)

298

Michael Elliott

303

Curriculum Vitae

304

Brief Description of Scientific Achievements

306

List of Publications

309

Jozef Stefaan Schell

321

Curriculum Vitae

322

List of Publications since 1990

328

Transformation of Plant Science in Our Time — The Contribution of

Jozef S. Schell (1935–2003) (by Richard Flavell)

351

Shang Fa Yang

355

Curriculum Vitae

355

In Memoriam

356

List of Publications

359

Shang Fa Yang: Pioneer in Plant Ethylene Biochemistry (by Kent J. Bradford) 376

John E. Casida

383

Autobiographical Sketch and Selected Publications

383

Phosphorus-32 Pentasulfide: Preparation by Isotopic Exchange and

Conversion to Thiophosphoryl-32 Chloride and Phosphorus-32

Trichloride

400

Biological Activity of a Tri-o-Cresyl Phosphate Metabolite

402

Oxidative Metabolism of Pyrethrins in Mammals (and E.C. Kimmel,

M. Elliott, N.F. Janes)

404

Toxaphene Insecticide: A Complex Biodegradable Mixture

(and R.L. Holmstead, S. Khalifa, J.R. Knox, T. Ohsawa, K.J. Palmer,

R.Y. Wong)

406

Dichloroacetamide Antidotes for Thiocarbamate Herbicides: Mode of

Action (with M.-M. Lay, J.P. Hubbell)

408

Novel Activation Mechanism for the Promutagenic Herbicide Diallate

(with I. Schuphan, J.D. Rosen)

411

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α-Thujone (the Active Component of Absinthe): γ-Aminobutyric Acid

Type A Receptor Modulation and Metabolic Detoxification

(with K.M. Höld, N.S. Sirisoma, T. Ikeda, T. Narahashi)

414

Structural Model for 

γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor Noncompetitive

Antagonist Binding: Widely Diverse Structures Fit the Same Site

(with L. Chen, K.A. Durkin)

420

Mapping the Elusive Neonicotinoid Binding Site (with M. Tomizawa,

T.T. Talley, D. Maltby, K.A. Durkin, K.F. Medzihradszky,

A.L. Burlingame, P. Taylor)

426

Perry L. Adkisson

433

Curriculum Vitae

433

A Brief Description of the Scientific Achievements

437

List of Publications

439

A Wheat Germ Medium for Rearing the Pink Bollworm

(with E.S. Vanderzant, D.L. Bull, W.E. Allison)

454

Physiology of  Insect Diapause. XIV. An Endocrine Mechanism for the

Photoperiodic Control of Pupal Diapause in the Oak Silkworm,

Antheraea Pernyi (with C.M. Williams)

458

Controlling Cotton’s Insect Pests: A New System (with G.A. Niles,

J.K. Walker, L.S. Bird, H.B. Scott)

473

Carl B. Huffaker

479

Curriculum Vitae

479

Description of Scientific Achievements

483

List of Significant Publications

484

Morris Schnitzer

487

Curriculum Vitae

487

Brief Description of Scientific Achievements

489

Scientific Publications

489

Frank J. Stevenson

519

Curriculum Vitae

519

Description of Scientitic Achievements

520

List of Selected Publications

521

Neal L. First

525

Curriculum Vitae

526

Brief Description of Scientific Achievements

527

Selected Publications

528

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Ilan Chet

531

Curriculum Vitae

531

List of Publications

543

The 18mer Peptaibols from Trichoderma Virens Elicit Plant Defence

Responses (with A. Viterbo, A. Wiest, Y. Brotman, Ch. Kenerley)

571

8 Plant Disease Biocontrol and Induced Resistance via Fungal

Mycoparasites (with A. Viterbo, J. Inbar, Y. Hadar)

581

Baldur Rosmund Stefansson

601

Curriculum Vitae

601

Description of the Scientific Achievements

603

List of Publications

605

Gurdev S. Khush

609

Curriculum Vitae

609

Description of Scientific Contributions

613

List of Publications

617

Roger N. Beachy

643

Curriculum Vitae

644

List of Publications

652

Virus Tolerance, Plant Growth, and Field Performance of Transgenic

Tomato Plants Expressing Coat Protein from Tobacco Mosaic Virus

(with R.S. Nelson, S.M. McCormick, X. Delannay, P. Dube, J. Layton,

E.J. Anderson, M. Kaniewska, R.K. Proksch, R.B. Horsch, S.G. Rogers,

R.T. Fraley)

675

James E. Womack

683

Curriculum Vitae

683

My Unique Career Path to Agricultural Research: An Autobiographical

Sketch

687

List of Publications

705

Dr. James Womack named ACU’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

(by Tamara Thompson)

710

Fuller W. Bazer

715

Key Scientific Papers

715

Uterine Protein Secretions: Relationship to Development of the Conceptus

718

Ovine Osteopontin: I. Cloning and Expression of Messenger Ribonucleic

Acid in the Uterus during the Periimplantation Period

(with G.A. Johnson, T.E. Spencer, R.C. Burghardt)

725

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