Alan B. Bennett
Professor of Plant Sciences and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
abbennett@ucdavis.edu

Plant Science

Office
1117 Plant Reproductive Biology
752-1411



 
Degrees:
1982 PhD Cornell University Plant Biology
1977 BS University of California, Davis
Awards:
Fellow, California Council on Science and Technology (Elected 2006)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Elected 2005)
ISI Most Cited Author in Plant and Animal Sciences
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications:
  • Brummell D.A., Harpster M.H., Civello P.M., Bennett A.B., Dunsmuir, P. 1999. Modification of expansin protein abundance in tomato fruit alters softening and cell wall polymer metabolism during ripening. Plant Cell 11:2203-2216.
  • Rose J.C., Bennett A.B. 1999. Cooperative disassembly of the cellulose-xyloglucan network of plant cell walls: Parallels between cell expansion and fruit ripening. Trends in Plant Sci. 4:176-183.
  • Graff G.D., Cullen S.E., Bradford K.J., Zilberman D., Bennett A.B. 2003. The public-private structure of intellectual property ownership in agricultural biotechnology. Nature Biotech. 21:989-995.
  • Delmer D., Nottenburg C., Graff G., Bennett A.B. 2003. Intellectual property resources for international development in agriculture. Plant Physiol. 133:1666-1670.
  • Rousseaux M.C., Jones C.M., Adams D., Chetelat R., Bennett A.B., Powell A. 2005. QTL analysis of fruit antioxidants in tomato using Lycopersicon pennellii introgression lines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 111: 1396-1408.
  • Boettiger S., Bennett A.B. 2006. Bayh-Dole: If we knew then what we know now. Nature Biotech. 24:320-324.