Recent Peer Reviewed Publications

Book Chapters

• Wang-Pruski, G. and Schofield, A. 2011. Chapter 44. Potato: improving crop productivity and abiotic stress tolerance. In ‘Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress’ N Tuteja, Sarvajeet S. Gill, Antonio F. Tubercio and Renu Tuteja (Editors) Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Germany, pp. 1119-1151. In press.
• Wang-Pruski, G. 2011.  Study Quantitative Traits in Potatoes Using Comprehensive Approaches (Chapter 14). In ‘Essays on Agriculture and Environment’, edited by Maleviti, E. and Stathopoulos, C. ISBN: 978-960-6672-99-6,  pp. 129-136.
• Wang-Pruski, G. 2007. The Canon of Potato Science: 47.  After-cooking darkening. Potato Research, 50:403-406. 

Peer-reviewed Papers

• Babin, S., Narayanan, K., Murphy, A., De Jong, H., Wang-Pruski, G. Identification of the Gene Encoding Cinnamic Acid 4-Hydroxylase and its Function to After-Cooking Darkening in Potatoes. Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology. In press.
• Yang, G., Wang, D., Dong, Z., Wang, Q., Wang-Pruski, G., You, M. Characterization of a myrosinase cDNA from Brassica parachinensis and its defense role against Plutella xylostella after suppression.  Insect Science. In press.
• Dukeshire, S., MacPherson, M., Wang-Pruski, G.  Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction and Choice Tactic Refinement for Potatoes. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal. In press.
• Wang-Pruski, G., Coffin, R.H., Peters, R.D., Al-Mughrabi, K.I., Platt, H.W., Pinto, D., Veenhuis-MacNeill, S., Hardy, V., Lim, S., Astatkie, T. 2010. Phosphorous Acid for Late Blight Suppression in Potato Leaves.  The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology. 4:25-29.
• Chakravarty, B., Wang-Pruski, G. 2010. Rapid regeneration of stable transformants in cultures of potato by improving factors influencing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology.1:409-416.

• Murphy, J.P., Kong, F., Pinto, D.M., Wang-Pruski, G. 2010. Relative Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Reveals Wound Response Proteins Correlated with After-Cooking Darkening. Proteomics. 10: 4258–4269. (Selected as featured publication of the month)

• LeRiche, E. L., Wang-Pruski, G. and Zheljazkov, V.D. 2009. Distribution of Elements in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Tubers and Their Relationship to After-Cooking Darkening. HortScience, 44(7): 1866-1873.

• Jinghui Yang, Yanjun Liu, Yudong Liu, Weiyu Zhang, Junxuan Huang, Jianke Li, Chang Cheng Du, Zhuo Sui, Gefu Wang-Pruski. 2009.  Characterization of Chlorosis‑Resistant Apple Mutants of Transgenic FRO2. Acta Horticulturae. 829: 251.  

• LeRiche, E. L. and Wang-Pruski, G. 2009. Digital imaging for the evaluation of potato after-cooking darkening: correcting the effect of flesh colour.  International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 44(12): 2669-2671.
• Zhao, Y.; Yang, G.; Wang-Pruski, G.; and You, M. 2008. Phyllotreta striolata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): Arginine kinase cloning and RNAi-based pest control. European Journal of Entomology, 105(5) 815-822.
• Zhang, W-Y., Yang, J-H., Wang-Pruski, G., Hodges, M., Zhao, Y-P., and Liang, G-L. 2008. Cloning, construction and overexpression of GalUR for vitamin C. Journal of Southwest University (Natural Science Edition). 30 (2):1-5.
• Wang-Pruski, G., Zebarth, B. J., Leclerc, Y., Arsenault, W. J., Botha, E. J., Moorehead, S., and Ronis, D.  2007. Effect of soil type and nutrient management on potato after-cooking darkening. American Journal of Potato Research, 84:291-299.
• Chakravarty, B., Wang-Pruski, G., Flinn, B., Gustafson, V., and Regan. 2007. Genetic transformation in potato: approaches and strategies. American Journal of Potato Research, 84:301-311.
• LeRiche, E. L., Wang-Pruski, G., and Zheliazkov. 2006.  Mineral concentration and distribution in tubers of fertilized and unfertilized potato cultivars Shepody and Russet Burbank as determined by VP-SEM/EDS.  Can. J. Plant Sci. 86: 1349-1353.
• Gustafson, V., Mallubhotla, S., MacDonnell, J., Sanyal-Bagchi, M., Chakravarty, B., Wang-Pruski, G., Rothwell, C., Audy, P., De Koeyer, D., Siahbazi, M., Flinn, B., and Regan, S. 2006. Transformation and Plant Regeneration from Leaf Explants of Solanum tuberosum L. cv. 'Shepody'. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 85(3): 361-363.
• Regan, S., Gustafson V., Mallubhotla, S., Chakravarty, B., Bagchi, M., Siahbazi, M., Rothwell, C., Sardana, R., Goyer, C., Audy, P., Li, X.-Q., Wang-Pruski, G., De Koeyer, D., and Flinn, B. 2006. Finding the perfect potato: using functional genomics to improve disease resistance and tuber quality traits. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 28: S247-S255.
• Wang-Pruski, G. 2006. Digital imaging for evaluation of potato after-cooking darkening and its comparison with other methods. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. 41 (8): 885-891.