Pamela Christine Ronald
Professor, Chair Plant Genomics Program, Faculty Assistant to the Provost
pcronald@ucdavis.edu


Office
228 Robbins Hall
752-1654


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Degrees:
1990 PhD University of California, Berkeley
1985 MS Uppsala University, Sweden
1984 MA Stanford University Biology
1982 BA Reed College, Oregon Biology
Awards:
Honorary Scientist at the National Institute of Ag Biotechnology, Korea; John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biologists American Phytopathological Society International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions American Association for the Advancement of Science
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Plant Pathology International Agricultural Development  
Publications:
  • Wang GL, Ruan DL, Song WY, Sideris S, Chen L, Pi LY, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Fauquet C, Gaut BS, Whalen MC, and Ronald PC.. 1998. The rice disease resistance gene, Xa21D, encodes a receptor-like molecule with a LRR domain that determines race specific recognit
  • Song W, Pi L, Wang G, Gardner J, Holsten T, Ronald PC. . 1997. Evolution of the Rice Xa21 Disease Resistance Gene Family. Plant Cell . 9::1279-1287
  • Song W-Y, Wang G-L, Chen L, Kim H-S, Pi Li-Ya, Gardner J, Wang B, Holsten T, Zhai W-X, Zhu L- H, Fauquet C, Ronald PC. . 1995. A receptor kinase-like protein encoded by the rice disease resistance gene Xa21. . Science. 270:1804-1806
  • Chern, M.-S., Canlas, P.E., Fitzgerald, H.A., Ronald, P.C. 2005. NRR, a Negative Regulator of Disease Resistance in Rice that Interacts with Arabidopsis NPR1 and Rice NH1. TPJ. In Press Chern, M.-S., Fitzgerald, H.A., Canlas, P.E., and Ronald, P.C. 2005. Over-expression of a Rice NPR1 Homologue Leads to Disease Resistance, Activation of Defense Gene Expression, and a Lesion Mimic Phenotype. MPMI Vol. 18, No. 6, 2005, pp. 511520 Fitzgerald H, Chern MS and Ronald PC. Transgenic rice with altered TGA factor activity display enhanced tolerance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and reduced growth. Plant Journal, In Press. Campbell M, Chen D and Ronald PC. 2005. Characterization of four rice mutants with alterations in the rice defense response pathway. MPP 6: 11-21. Goes da Silva F, Shen Y, Dardick C, Burdman S, Yadav R, Sharma P, and Ronald PC. 2004. Components of a type I secretion system and a sulfotransferase-like protein are required for the Xa21 receptor kinase mediated defense response. MPMI, 17:593. Burdman S, Shen Y, Xue Q and Ronald PC. 2004. RaxH/RaxR: a two-component regulatory system in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae required for avrXa21 activity. MPMI, 17:602. Gihwan Yi, Sang-Kyu Lee, Yeonkyu Hong, Young-Chan Cho, He-Kyung Kim, Minhee Nam, Soon-Chul Kim, Seong-Sook Han, Guo-Liang Wang, Tae-Ryong Hahn, Pamela C. Ronald, Jong-Seong Jeon. 2004. Application of molecular markers linked to the rice blast resistance gene Pi5(t) for use in marker-assisted selection. TAG. In press. Fitzgerald H, Chern C, Navarre R, and Ronald P. 2004. Over-expression of NPR1 in rice leads to a BTH- and environment- inducible lesion-mimic/cell death phenotype. MPMI. 17:140-151.
Teaching Interests:
Genetics and California plant communities.