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Dr. Ayre’s specific research interests include plant physiology and biotechnology, molecular biology of nutrient transport and carbon partitioning, plant productivity, and long-distance signaling in flowering and plant architecture. Dr. Ayre is also a proud member of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Education
Ph.D., Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Alberta, Canada, 1995
B.S., Genetics Program (Honors), University of Manitoba, Canada, 1989
Courses
BIOC 5680: Selected Topics in Biochemistry
BIOC 6650: Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology
BIOL 1720: Principles of Biology II
BIOL 1722: Honors Principles in Biology II
BIOL 3170: Plants and Human Society
BIOL 4503/5503: Plant Physiology
Articles:
Ayre, B. G., & McGarry, R. C. (2012). Manipulating plant architecture with members of the CETS gene family. Plant Science, 188-189, 71-81.
Ayre, B. G., Webber, C. L. I., Dickstein, R., D'Souza, N. A., Stevens, K. J., Chapman, K. D., Allen, M. S., & Dagnon, K. M. (2012). Monoculture and polyculture: Kenaf (hibiscus cannabinus) and sunn hemp (crotalaria juncea). Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Restoration.
Ayre, B., & McGarry, R. C. (2012). Geminivirus-mediated delivery of florigen promotes determinate growth in aerial organs and uncouples flowering from photoperiod in cotton. PLoS One, 7(5), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036746
More Articles
Ayre, B. G., Teaster, N. D., Keereetaweep, J., Kilaru, A., Wang, Y. S., Tang, Y., Tran, C. N. Q., Blancaflor, E.B. & Chapman, K. D. (2012). Overexpression of fatty acid amide hydrolase induces early flowering in arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Physiology.
Ayre, B. G., Zhang, C., Yu, X., & Turgeon, R. (2012). The origin and composition of cucurbit phloem exudate. Plant Physiology.
Ayre, B. G., Dasgupta, K., Ganesan, S., & Manivasagam, S. (2011). A cytohrome p450 monooxygenase commonly used for negative selection in transgenic plants causes growth anomalies by disrupting brassinosteroid signaling. BMC Plant Biology , 11(67), 1-12.
Ayre, B. G. (2011). Membrane-transport systems for sucrose in relation to whole-plant carbon partitioning. Molecular Plant, 4, 377-394.
Ayre, B. G., Singh, V., Louis, J., Reese, J., & Shah, J. (2011). Trehalose phosphate synthase11 dependent trehalose metabolism regulates arabidopsis thaliana defense against the phloemfeeding insect, myzus persicae. The Plant Journal , 67, 94-104.
Ayre, B. G., Taliercio, E., Romano, G., & Scheffler, J. (2009). Expression of genes associated with carbohydrate metabolism in cotton stems and roots. BMC Plant Biology , 9 (11).
Ayre, B. G., Srivastava, A. C., Ganesan, S., & Ismail, I. O. (2009). Effective carbon partitioning driven by exotic phloem-specific regulatory elements fused to the arabidopsis thaliana atsuc2 sucrose-proton symporter gene. BMC Plant Biology , 9(7).
Books and Books Edited:
Ayre, B. G., & McGarry, R. C. (2012). Florigen and cotton: Manipulating plant architecture to improve plant productivity. In Flowering and Fruiting in Cotton (Oosterhuis DM, ed) New York: Springer Science and Business Media.
Ayre, B. G. (2010). The flowering hormone florigen: A protein hormone In P. Davies (Ed.), Plant Hormones, Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action! Revised 3rd Edition (pp. 539-548). New York : Springer Science and Business Media.
More Books
Ayre, B. G. (2007). Analysis of neutral soluble carbohydrates in durian fruit by high-pressure anion exchange chromatography with pulsed-amperometric detection.
Ayre, B. G., & Turgeon, R. (2005). Florigen and a genetic approach to long-distance signaling through the phloem. In L. Taiz & E. Zeiger (Eds.), Plant Physiology Online, a Companion to Plant Physiology, Third Edition Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, www.plantphys.net.
Ayre, B. G., & Turgeon, R. (2005). Pathways and mechanisms in phloem loading. In N. Holbrook, M. Zwieniecki & P. Melcher (Eds.), Vascular Transport in Plants (pp. 45-67). San Diego: Elsevier Inc.
Posters/Presentations:
Ayre, B. G., & McGarry, R. C. (2011). Geminivirus-mediated delivery of florigen to ancestral cotton uncouples flowering from photoperiod and promotes determinate growth. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Minneapolis, MN.
Ayre, B. G., Singh, V., Louis, J., Reese, J., & Shah, J. (2011). Arabidopsis defense against green peach aphid: Role of trehalose metabolism. Oral presentation presented at Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Minneapolis, MN.
Ayre, B. G., & McGarry, R. C. (2011). Geminivirus-mediated delivery of florigen to ancestral cotton uncouples flowering from photoperiod and promotes determinate growth. Poster presented at Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology meeting, Raliegh, NC.
More Presentations
Ayre, B. G., Vidhate, S., Stevens, K., Allen, M., & D'Souza, N. (2011). Bio-composites of sesbania herbacea plant fibers/polyvinyl alcohol (pva): Effect of chemical retting. Paper and oral presentation presented at ANTEC conference proceedings.
Ayre, B. G., & McGarry, R. C. (2011, January 4-7). Virus-mediated delivery of florigen uncouples flowering from photoperiod: A method to promote flowering in ancestral accessions. Invited Oral Presentation presented at Beltwide Cotton Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Ayre, B. G., Singh, V., Louis, J., & Shah, J. (2010, March 28-31). Arabidopsis defense against green peach aphid: Role of trehalose metabolism. Oral presentation presented at 2010 international plant resistance to insects workshop, Charleston, SC.
Ayre, B. G., Gaxiola, R. A., Paez-Valencia, J., Sanchez, J., Park, J., Park, S., & Hirschi, K. D. (2010). Evaluating the improved plant biomass caused by enhanced type I proton-pumping pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) activity. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Montreal, Canada.
Ayre, B. G., Dasgupta, K., Manivasagam, S., & Ganesan, S. (2010). A cytochrome p450 mono-oxygenase commonly used for negative selection in transgenic plants causes growth anomalies by disrupting brassinosteroid signaling. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Montreal, Canada.
Ayre, B. G., & McGarry, R. C. (2010, July 24-28). Geminivirus-mediated delivery of florigen to ancestral cotton uncouples flowering from photoperiod and promotes determinate growth. Invited Oral Presentation presented at International Conference of Plant Vascular Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Ayre, B. G. (2010, January 13-16). Manipulating suc/H+ symporter genes to understand their role in biomass partitioning and plant productivity. Invited Oral Presentation presented at III PanAmerican Plant Membrane Biology Workshop, Puebla, México.
