Education

Ph.D. - Purdue University

Research & Teaching Interests

Plant biochemistry, environmental signal transduction.

Selected Publications

Sang Y. Barbosa JM. Wu H. Locy R.D. Singh NK. 2007. Identification of a pyridoxine (pyridoxamine) 5'-phosphate oxidase from Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters 581:344-348.

Ryu C-M., Hu C-H., Locy R.D. Kloepper J.W. 2005. Study of mechanisms for plant growth promotion elicited by rhizobacteria in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Soil 268:285-292.

Wu H. Williams Y. Gunn K.S. Singh N.K. Locy R.D. Giambrone J.J. 2005. Yeast-derived sigma C protein-induced immunity against avian reovirus. Avian Diseases 49(2):281-284.

Zhang C.K. Lang P. Dane F. Ebel R.C. Singh N.K. Locy R.D. Dozier W.A. 2005. Cold acclimation induced genes of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata). Plant Cell Reports 23(10-11):764-769.

Wu H. Singh N.K. Locy R.D. Scissum-Gunn K. Giambrone J.J. 2004 Immunization of chickens with VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. Avian Diseases 48(3):663-668.

Wu H. Singh N.K. Locy R.D. Scissum-Gunn K. Giambrone J.J. 2004. Expression of immunogenic VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biotechnology Letters 26(10):787-792.

Huang Y. Locy R.D. Weete J.D. 2004. Purification and characterization of an extracellular lipase from Geotrichum marinum. Lipids 39(3):251-257.

Garcia-Rios M. Fujita T. LaRosa P.C. Locy R.D. 1997. Clithero JM. Bressan RA. Csonka LN. Cloning of a polycistronic cDNA from tomato encoding gamma-glutamyl kinase and gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 94(15):8249-8254.

Redkar R.J. Locy R.D. Singh N.K. 1995. Biosynthetic pathways of glycerol accumulation under salt stress in Aspergillus nidulans. Experimental Mycology 19(4):241-246.

Courses

Course names for BIOL1027, BIOL6130 and BIOL7240 are active links to course material