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Publications

Pre-Prints & Submitted Manuscripts
Rasmussen A*, Erndwein L, Stager A, Reneau JW and Sparks EE*. “Bigger is better: Thicker maize brace roots are advantageous for both strength and nitrogen uptake” bioRxiv, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.01.510439
*Co-corresponding authors.
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Kamei T*, Ikiriko II*, Abernathy SM, Rasmussen A and Sparks EE “Brace Roots” Submitted to WikiJournal of Science, 2023. 
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*Equal contribution.


2023
Hostetler AN, Morais de Sousa Tinoco S and Sparks EE. “Root responses to abiotic stress - a comparative look at maize and sorghum” Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad390

Siosiou A, Sparks EE* and Tsialtas IT* “Brace roots in C3 Poaceae: where have they gone?” Submitted to microPublication Biology, 2023. https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000939
*Co-corresponding authors.

Sparks EE* and Rasmussen A*. "Trade-offs in plant responses to the environment" Editorial Plant, Cell & Environment, 2023. 
https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14689
*Co-corresponding authors.

Lima DC, Castro Aviles A, Alpers RT, Perkins A, Schoemaker DL, Costa M, Kaeppler S, Ertl D, Cinta Romay M, Gage JL, Holland J, Beissinger T, Bucker E, Edwards J, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Hirsch CN, Knoll JE, McKay J, Minyo R, Murray SC, Schnable J, Sekhon RS, Singh MP, Sparks EE, Thomison P, Thompson A, Tuinstra M, Wallace J, Washburn J, Weldekidan T, Xu W, and de Leon N.  “2020-2021 Field Seasons of Maize G x E Project within Maize Genomes to Fields Initiative” Accepted at BMC Research Notes, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06430-y

Lima DC, Washburn JD, Ignacio Varela JI, Chen Q, Gage J, Cinta Romay M, Holland J, Ertl D, Lopez-Cruz M, Aguate FM, de los Campos G, Kaeppler S, Beissinger T, Bohn M, Bucker E, Edwards J, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Hirsch CN, Knoll JE, McKay J, Minyo R, Murray SC, Ortez OA, Schnable JC, Sekhon RS, Singh MP, Sparks EE, Thompson A, Tuinstra M, Wallace J, Weldekidan T, Xu W, and de Leon N. “Genomes to Fields 2022 Maize Genotype by Environment Prediction Competition” BMC Research Notes, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06421-z

Hazelwood OS, Hostetler AN, Ikiriko II and Sparks EE. "Characterization of mechanosensitive MSL gene family expression in Zea mays aerial and subterranean brace roots” microPublication Biology, 2023.  https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000759
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Méline V, Caldwell DL, Kim B-S, Khangura RS, Baireddy S, Yang C, Sparks EE, Dilkes B, Delp EJ and Iyer-Pascuzzi AS. “Image-based assessment of plant disease progression identifies new genetic loci for resistance” The Plant Journal, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16101

Sparks EE. “Maize Plants and the Brace Roots that Support Them” Tansley Insight, New Phytologist, 2023 Jan. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18489


2022
Obayes S, Timber L, Head M, and Sparks EE. “Evaluation of Brace Root Parameters and Its Effect on the Stiffness of Maize” In Silico Plants, 2022 May.  https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diac008

Hostetler AH*, Erndwein LE*, Ganji E, Reneau JW, Killian ME and Sparks EE. “Maize brace root mechanics vary by whorl, genotype, and reproductive stage” Annals of Botany, 2022 Mar.  https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac029
*Equal contribution.

Hostetler AN, Erndwein L, Reneau JW, Stager A, Cook DD and Sparks EE. “Brace root phenotypes predict root lodging susceptibility and the contribution to anchorage in maize” Plant, Cell and Environment, 2022 Feb. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14289

Stager A, Tanner HG and Sparks EE. “Design and Construction of Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Sub-Canopy Plant Phenotyping” Methods in Molecular Biology, 2022 Jul; 2539: 191-211. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2537-8_16

Contreras-López O, Vidal EA, Riveras E, Alvarez JM, Moyano TC, Sparks EE, Medina J, Pasquino A, Benfey PN, Coruzzi GM and Gutiérrez RA. “Spatiotemporal analysis identifies ABF2 and ABF3 as key hubs of endodermal response to nitrate” PNAS, 2022 Jan; 119(4):e2107879119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107879119

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2021
Hostetler AN*, Khangura RS*, Dilkes BP and Sparks EE. "Bracing for sustainable agriculture: the development and function of brace roots in members of Poaceae" Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 2021.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2020.101985
*Equal contribution.


2020
Reneau JW, Khangura RS, Stager A, Erndwein L, Weldekidan T, Cook DD, Dilkes BP and Sparks EE. "Maize Brace Roots Provide Stalk Anchorage" Plant Direct, 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.284

Erndwein L, Cook DD, Robertson DJ, and Sparks EE. “Field-based mechanical phenotyping of cereal crops to assess lodging resistance” Applications in Plant Sciences, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11382 

Blizard S, and Sparks EE. “Maize nodal Roots” Annual Plant Reviews Online, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119312994.apr0735

Clark NM, Van den Broeck L, Guichard M, Stager A, Tanner HG, Blilou I, Grossman G, Iyer-Pascuzzi AS, Maizel A, Sparks EE, and Sozzani R. “Novel Imaging Modalities Shedding Light on Plant Biology: Start Small and Grow Big” Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100038


2018
Drapek C, Sparks EE, Marhavy P, Taylor I, Andersen TG, Hennacy JH, Geldner N and Benfey PN. “Minimum requirements for reprogramming and maintaining cell fate in the Arabidopsis root” Nature Plants, 2018 Jul. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0213-y

**Work from Dr. Sparks prior to the University of Delaware**
2017
Sparks EE and Benfey PN, “The contribution of root systems to plant nutrient acquisition” Plant macro-nutrient use efficiency: molecular and genomic perspectives, 2017, Eds. Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Takehiro Kamiya, David J. Burrit, Toru Fujiwara and Lam-Son Phan Tran. Elsevier Book. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811308-0.00005-3

Drapek C, Sparks EE and Benfey PN, “Uncovering gene regulatory networks controlling plant cell differentiation” Trends in Genetics, 2017 Aug. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2017.05.002

Bucksch A, Atta-Boateng A, Azihou AF, Battogtokh D, Baumgartner A, Binder B, Braybrook SA, Chang C, Coneva V, DeWitt TJ, Fletcher AG, Gehan MA, Diaz-Martinez DH, Hong L, Iyer-Pascuzzi A, Klein LL, Leiboff S, Li M, Lynch JP, Maizel A, Maloff JN, Markelz RJ, Martinez CC, Miller LA, Mio W, Palubicki W, Poorter H, Pradal C, Price CA, Puttonen E, Reese J, Rellan-Alvarez R, Spalding EP, Sparks EE, Topp CN, Williams JH and Chitwood DH. “Morphological Plant Modeling: Unleashing geometric and topological potential within the plant sciences” Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Biophysics and Modeling, 2017 Jun. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00900

Balduzzi M, Binder B, Bucksch A, Chang C, Hong L, Iyer-Pascuzzi A, Pradal C and Sparks EE. “Reshaping plant biology: qualitative and quantitative plant morphology” Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Biophysics and Modeling, 2017 Feb. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00117

Sparks EE and Benfey PN, “Tissue-specific transcriptome profiling in Arabidopsis roots” Plant Genomics, Methods in Molecular Biology, 2017 Vol. 1610, Ed. Wolfgang Busch. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_8


2016
Sparks EE, Drapek C, Gaudinier A, Li S, Ansariola M, Shen N, Hennacy JH, Zhang J, Turco G, Petricka JJ, Foret J, Hartemink AJ, Gordân R, Megraw M, Brady SM and Benfey PN.  “Establishment of expression in the SHORTROOT-SCARECROW transcriptional cascade through opposing activities of both activators and repressors.” Developmental Cell, 2016 Dec; 39(5):585-596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2016.09.031


2015
Wachsman, G*, Sparks EE* and Benfey PN, “Genes and networks regulating root anatomy and architecture” New Phytologist, 2015 Oct; 208(1):26-38. *Authors contributed equally to this work. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13469

Liberman LM, Sparks EE, Petricka JJ, Moreno-Risueño M and Benfey PN, “MYB36 regulates the transition from proliferation to differentiation in the Arabidopsis root” PNAS, 2015 Sept; 112(39):12099-12104. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515576112

Sparks EE and Benfey PN, “Identifying gene regulatory networks in Arabidopsis by in silico prediction, Yeast-1-Hybrid and inducible gene profiling assays” Plant Cell Division, Methods in Molecular Biology, 2015 Vol. 1370, Ed. Marie-Cecile Caillaud. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3142-2_3


2014
Sparks EE, Imai A, Hasebe M and Benfey PN. “Developmental Regulation and De Novo Formation of Stem Cells in Plants” Stem Cells: From Basic Research to Therapy: Basic Stem Cell Biology, Tissue Formation during Development, and Model Organisms. Volume 1 of Stem Cells. Eds. Federico Calegari and Claudia Waskow. CRC Press, 2014. http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1201/b16487-18

Sparks EE and Benfey PN, “HEC of a job regulating stem cells” Developmental Cell Preview, 2014 Feb; 24(28):349-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2014.02.006


2013
Sparks E*, Wachsman G* and Benfey PN, “Spatiotemporal signaling in plant development” Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 Sept; 14:631-44. *Authors contributed equally to this work. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3541


2012
Walter TJ, Sparks EE and Huppert SS, “3-Dimensional resin casting and imaging of mouse portal vein or intrahepatic bile duct system” J. Vis Exp., 2012 Oct; 25(68):e4272. https://doi.org/10.3791/4272

Vanderpool CV, Sparks EE, Huppert KA and Huppert SS, “Genetic interactions between Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-6 and Notch signaling regulate mouse intrahepatic bile duct development in vivo” Hepatology, 2012 Jan; 55(1):233-43. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.24631


2011
Sparks EE, Perrien DS, Huppert KA, Peterson TE and Huppert SS, “Defects in hepatic Notch signaling result in disruption of the communicating intrahepatic bile duct network in mice” Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2011 May; 4(3):359-67. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.005793


2010
Sparks EE, Huppert KA, Brown MA, Washington MK and Huppert SS, “Notch signaling regulates formation of the three-dimensional architecture of intrahepatic bile ducts in mice” Hepatology, 2010 Apr; 51(4):1391-1400. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.23431


2009
Hubchak SC, Sparks EE, Hayashida T and Schnaper HW, “Rac1 promotes TGF-beta-stimulated mesangial cell type I collagen expression through a PI3K/Akt-dependent mechanism” Am J Physiol Renal Physiol., 2009 Nov; 297(5):1316-23. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00345.2009
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