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Katie Horton

PhD Candidate

University of Missouri, Columbia

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Studying bacterial bipartite effector AvrRps4 functions in planta

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Isolating from diseased wild plants, identifying via barcoding, characterizing effector repertoire, and transforming a bacterial pathogen of lettuce to act as a novel system for investigating the relationship between the N terminus of AvrRps4 (and its homologues) and effector-triggered immunity.

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University of Missouri, Columbia

SOURCE: Microbial Community System for Transforming Regolith Using Chicory Endophytes

A biological system leveraging wild chicory root microbiomes to accelerate regolith-to-soil conversion for space agriculture and extreme environment applications. Combines taprooted plants with recruited beneficial micro...

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Katie Horton

PhD Candidate

University of Missouri, Columbia

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University of Missouri, Columbia

PhD Candidate

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Pest and disease management

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BotanyEvolutionGeneticsPlant BiologyPlant Physiology

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