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Professor John Kuo


Research Interests & Areas of Expertise:

* Structure and function biology in WA native and crop plants

* Seagrass biology

* Biological microscopy

* Plant anatomy

Current Projects:

Development of doubled haploid techniques for rapid production of homozygous genomes in chickpea and field pea”. – ARC Linkage (with CLIMA, UWA)


Recent Publications:

Stone, L., Seaton, K., Kuo, J. and McComb, J.A.  2004. Fast pollen tube growth in Conospermum species. Ann. Bot. 93:1-10.

Usher, K.M, Sutton, DC, Toze, S., Kuo, J., and Fromont, J. 2004. Biogeography and phylogeny of Chondrilla species (Demospongiae) in Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 270:117-127.

Usher, K.M, Toze, S., Fromont, J., Kuo, J., and Sutton, D.C. 2004. Sexual reproduction in Chondrilla australiensis (Porifera: Demospongiae). Aust. J. Mar. & Freshwater Res. 55: 123-134.

Usher, K.M, Toze, S., Fromont, J., Kuo, J., and Sutton, D.C. 2004. A new species of cyanobacterial symbiont from the marine sponge Chondrilla nucula. Symbiosis 36: 183-192.

Li, H., Sivasithamparam, K., Barbetti, M. and Kuo, J. 2004. Germination and invasion by ascospores and pycnidiospores of Leptosphaeria maculans on spring-type Brassica napus canola varieties with varying susceptibility to blackleg. J General Plant Pathology 70: 261-269.

Leesawatwong, M.L., Jamjod, S., Rerkasem, B., Kuo, J., and Dell, B. 2004. Nitrogen fertilizer increases protein and reduces breakage of rice cultivar Chainat 1. International Rice Research Newsletter 29: 61-62.

Kuo, J. 2005. A revision of the genus Heterozostera (Zosteraceae). Aquatic Bot. 81: 97-140.

Usher, K.M, Sutton, D.C., Toze, S., Kuo, J. and Fromont, J. 2005. Inter-generational transmission of microbial symbionts in the marine sponge Chondrilla australiensis (Demospongiae). J. Mar. & Freshwater Res. 56: 125-131.

Zeng, L.W., Cocks, P.S., Kialis, S.G. and Kuo, J. 2005. Structure of seed coat and its relation to seed softening in Mediterranean annual legumes. Seed Science and Technology 33: 351-362.

Zeng, L.W., Cocks, P.S., Kialis, S.G., and Kuo, J. 2005. Water uptake and the role of seed coat lipids and fractures in the breakdown of hard seeds of legume Mediterranean species. Journal of Agricultural Science143: 43-55.

Leesawatwong, M.L., Jamjod, S., Kuo, J., Dell, B. and Rerkasem, B. 2005. Nitrogen fertilizer increases seed protein and milling quality of rice. Cereal Chemistry 82: 588-593.

García, M., Kuo, J., Kilminster, K., Walker, D., Rosselló-Mora, R., and Duarte, C. M. 2005. Microbial colonization in the seagrass Posidonia spp. roots. Marine Biology Research 1: 388-395.

Den Hartog, C. and Kuo, J. 2006. Taxonomy and biogeography in seagrasses. In: Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation, A.W.D. Larkum, R.J. Orth, C.M. Duarte (eds.), pp. 1-23, Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Kuo, J. and C. den Hartog. 2006. Morphology, anatomy, and ultrastructure. In: Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation, AWD Larkum, RJ Orth, CM Duarte (eds.), pp. 51-88, Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Çlarke, H.J., Wilson, J.M., Kuo, I., Lulsdorf, M.M., Mallikarjuna, N., Kuo, J., and Siddique, K.H. 2006. Embryo rescue and plant regeneration in vitro of selfed chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and it’s wild relatives. Plant Cell, Tissues and Organ Culture 85: 197-204.

Usher, K.M., Kuo, J., Fromont, J., Toze, S. and Sutton, D.C. 2006. Comparative morphology of five species of symbiotic and non-symbiotic coccoid cyanobacteria. European J. Phycology 41: 179-188.

Shane, M., Cramer, M.D., Cawthray, G.R., Kuo, J. and Lambers, H. 2006. Specialised ‘dauciform’ roots of Cypreaceae are structurally distinct, but functionally analogous with ‘cluster roots’. Plant Cell & Environment 29: 1989-1999.

Kuo, J., Kanamoto, Z., Iizumi, H. and Mukai, H. 2006. Seagrasses the genus Halophila Thouars (Hydrocharitaceae) from Japan. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 57: 129-154.

Kuo, J., Kanamoto, Z., Iizumi, H., Aioi, K. and Mukai, H. 2006. Sea-grasses from the Nansei Islands: Species composition, distribution and biogeography. Marine Ecology 27: 290-298.

Kuo, J. (ed.). 2007. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 369. Electron Microscopy: Methods and Protocols, 2nd Edition. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA, 640 p.

Kuo, J. 2007. Processing plant tissues for ultrastructural study. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 369. Electron Microscopy: Methods and Protocols, 2nd Edition, Kuo, J, (ed.), Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 35-45.

Li, H., Kuo, J., Barbetti, M. and Sivasithamparam, K. 2007. Differences in the responses of stem tissues offspring-type of Brassica napus cultivars with polygenic resistance and single dominant gene-based resistance to inoculation with Leptosphaeria maculans. J. Canadian Botany (in press)

Neuhaus, A., Turner, D.W., Colmer, T.D., Kuo, J. and Eastham, J. 2007. Partial root zone drying of potted avocado (Persea americana Mill., cv Hass) trees avoids formation of tyloses and symptoms of water deficits that occur under complete root zone drying. Horticulture and Biotechnology (in press)

Kuo, J. 2007. A new monoecious seagrass Halophila sulawesii (Hydrocharitaceae) from Indonesia. Aquat. Bot. (in press)

Eubel, H., Lee, C.P., Kuo, J., Meyer, E.H., Taylor, N.L., and Millar A.H. Free flow electrophoresis for purification of plant mitochondria by surface charge. Plant J. (Accepted).

Kuo, J. and Wilson, P.G. Names Halophila baillonis Ascherson and Halophila baillonii Ascherson. Aquat. Bot. (Accepted).

Kuo, J. Electron microscopy. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. The Molecular Biomethods Handbook, (Part A, Protein and Cell Methods), 2nd Edition, Raply, R. and Walker, J. M. (eds.), Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA (Accepted).

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