Ainsworth EA, Sanz-Sáez, Leisner CP (2025) Crops and Rising Atmospheric CO2 – Friends or Foes? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb/380/1927.
Publications
2025
Guillemette AM+, Hernández Casanova G+, Pokorná E, Dobev PI, Motyka V, Rashotte AM, Hamilton JP, Leisner CP (2025) Chronic elevated temperature inhibits tuber filling in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) through potential changes in gene expression and hormone signaling. Plant Physiology 197(1): kiae664.https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae664
2024
Modelski C, Potnis N, Sanz-Saez A, Leisner CP (2024) Physiological responses of pepper (Capsicum annum) to combined ozone and pathogen stress. The Plant Journal 119(4):1830-1843. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16888.
Ru S, Sanz-Saez A, Leisner CP, Rehman T, Busby S, Tian D (2024) Review on blueberry drought tolerance for cultivar improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1352768. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1352768
2023
Lovely Mae F. Lawas, Mohamed O. Kamileen, C. Robin Buell, Sarah E. O’Connor, Courtney P. Leisner (2023) Transcriptome-based identification and functional characterization of iridoid synthase involved in monotropein biosynthesis in blueberry. Plant Direct: 7:e512. DOI: 10.1002/pld3.512.
Leisner CP Potnis N, Sanz-Saez A (2023) Crosstalk and trade-offs: Plant responses to climate change-associated abiotic and biotic stress. Invited Review. Plant Cell & Environment: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14532.
2022
Keshishian E, Cliver B, McLaughlin, W, Hallmark, H, Plackova, L, Novak O, Goertzen L, Cobine P, Leisner CP, Rashotte A (2022) Cytokinin response factor 2 is involved in modulating salt stress response. The Plant Journal 9: 1097-1110. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tpj.15726
Edger PP, Iorizzo M, Bassil NV, Benevenuto J, Ferrao F, Giongo L, Hummer K, Leisner CP, Lawas LMFp, Li C, Munoz P, et al., (2022) There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies. Horticulture Research 9: uhac083. https://academic.oup.com/hr/article/doi/10.1093/hr/uhac083/6566416
Rossi G , Woods FM, Leisner CP (2022) Determination of total phenolic, flavonoid and anthocyanin content in a diversity panel of blueberry. HortScience 57(8): 901-909. https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/57/8/article-p901.xml
2020
Leisner CP (2020) Review: Climate change impacts on food security- focus on perennial cropping systems and nutritional value. Plant Science, Volume 293, 110412, ISSN 0168-9452, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110412
Lesinger, K., Tian, D., Leisner, C.P. et al. (2020) Impact of climate change on storage conditions for major agricultural commodities across the contiguous United States. Climatic Change 162, 1287–1305 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02873-5
2019
Colle M, Leisner CP, Wai CM, Ou S, Bird KA, Wang J, Wisecaver JH, Yocca AE, Callow P, Ben-Zvi G, Brodt A, Baruch K, Swale T, Shiue L, Song G-q, Childs KL, Shilmiller A, Vorsa N, Buell CR, VanBuren R, Jiang N, Edger PP (2019) Subgenome dominance and evolution of phytonutrient pathways in allopolyploid blueberry. Gigascience 8: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz012
2018
Wu S, Zhang B, Keyhaninejad N, Rodriguez GR, Kim HJ, Chakrabarti M, Illa-Berenguer E, Taitano NK, Gonzalo MJ, Diaz A, Pan Y, Leisner CP, Halterman D, Buell CR, Weng Y, Jansky S, Monforte AJ, Meulia T, van der Knaap E (2018) A novel mechanism underlies morphological diversification in plants. Nature Communications 9: 4374-4386. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1475-1
Winkler, J.A., Soldo, L., Tang, Y. et al. Potential impacts of climate change on storage conditions for commercial agriculture: an example for potato production in Michigan. Climatic Change 151, 275–287 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2301-4
Leisner CP, Hamilton JP, Crisovan E, Marand AP, Manrique-Carpintero NC, Newton L, Pham GM, Jiang J, Douches DS, Jansky SH, Buell CR (2018) Genome sequence of M6, a diploid inbred clone of the high glycoalkaloid-producing tuber-bearing potato species Solanum chacoense, reveals high residual heterozygosity. The Plant Journal 94: 562-570.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tpj.13857
2017
Marand AP, Jansky SH, Zhao H, Leisner CP, Zhu X, Zeng Z, Crisovan E, Newton L, Hamernik AJ, Veilleux RE, Buell CR, Jiang J (2017) Meiotic crossovers are associated with open chromatin and enriched with Stowaway transposons in potato. Genome Biology 18: 203.
https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/28/2/388/6098202
Leisner CP, Yendrek CR, Ainsworth EA (2017) Physiological and transcriptomic responses in the seed coat of field-grown soybean (Glycine maxMerr.) to abiotic stress. BMC Plant Biology 17: 242
Leisner CP, Wood JC, Vaillancourt B, Tang Y, Douches DS, Buell CR, Winkler JA (2017) Influence of choice of future climate change projection on interpretation of growth chamber experiments on agricultural impacts: A preliminary study in potato. International Journal of Biometeorology 62: 669-679
Leisner CP, Kamileen MO, Conway ME, O’Connor SE, Buell CR (2017) Differential iridoid and antioxidant profiles across a diversity panel of 84 cultivated and wild blueberry species. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179417. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179417
2015
Hardigan MA, Crisovan E, Hamilton JP, Kim J, Laimbeer P, Leisner CP, Manrique-Carpintero NC, Newton L, Pham GM, Vaillancourt B, Yang X, Zeng Z, Douches DS, Jiang J, Veilleux RE, Buell CR (2015) Genome reduction uncovers a large dispensable genome and adaptive role for copy number variation in asexually propogated Solanum tuberosum. The Plant Cell 28: 388-405.
2014
Leisner CP, Ming R, Ainsworth EA (2014) Distinct transcriptional profiles of ozone stress in soybean (Glycine max) flowers and pods. BMC Plant Biology 14: 335.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-014-0335-y
2013
Yendrek CR, Leisner CP, Ainsworth EA (2013) Chronic ozone exacerbates the reduction in photosynthesis and acceleration of senescence caused by limited N availability in Nicotiana sylvestris. Global Change Biology, 19: 3155-3166.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.12237
2012
Betzelberger AM, Yendrek CR, Sun J, Leisner CP, Nelson RL, Ort DR, Ainsworth EA (2012) Ozone exposure-response for U.S. soybean cultivars: linear reductions in photosynthetic potential, biomass and yield. Plant Physiology. 160: 1827-1839. (Cover article).
https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/160/4/1827/6109664?login=true
Leisner CP & Ainsworth EA (2012) Quantifying the effects of ozone on plant reproductive growth and development. Global Change Biology. 18: 606-616.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02535.x
2010
Leisner CP, Cousins A, Offermann S, Okita TW, Edwards GE (2010) The effects of salinity on photosynthesis and growth of the single-cell C4species Bienertia sinuspersici(Chenopodiaceae). Photosynthesis Research 106: 201-214.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-010-9595-z
