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  1. Genome of Dietzia cinnamea 55, a desert-isolated microbe with plant growth-promoting properties for grain crops

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, October 2024, ASM Journals

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  2. Plant-dervied essential oils inhibit plant pathogrens.

    Article • Plants, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  3. Using beneficial bacteria to restore soil fertility and promote plant growth in arid environments.

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  4. We describe the internal microbial contents of Medicago root nodule microbiomes.

    Article • Plant and Soil, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  5. Comparative Analysis of the Cultured and Total Bacterial Community in the Wheat Rhizosphere Microbiome Using Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Approaches

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  6. The "whole" plant is made up of the sum of its parts.

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  7. A Gram-positive bacterial species isolated from the Negev Desert promotes corn growth.

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  8. Finding salt-tolerant bacteria to promote crop growth.in arid saline soils of Pakistan.

    Article • Phytobiomes Journal, January 2020, Scientific Societies

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  9. Impact of soil salinity on the cowpea nodule-microbiome and the isolation of halotolerant PGPR strains to promote plant growth under salinity stress

    Article • November 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Nikos C Kyrpides, Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  10. Inoculation with a microbe isolated from the Negev Desert enhances corn growth

    Article • November 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  11. This paper describes how native Ensifer meliloti strains are more mucoid than inoculant strains.

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  12. Trinickia dabaoshanensis sp. nov., a new name for a lost species

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  13. Senegalia senegal (synonym: Acacia senegal), its importance to sub-Saharan Africa, and its relationship with a wide range of symbiotic soil microorganisms

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, November 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  14. Antifungal Activity of Bacillus Species Against Fusarium and Analysis of the Potential Mechanisms Used in Biocontrol

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  15. Can we replace chemical fertilizers and pesticides with soil microbes?

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, September 2018, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  16. Mycetohabitans and Trinickia: two new genera in the Burkholderiaceae.

    Article • Genes, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  17. Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity by Burkholderia cenocepacia TAtl-371, a strain isolated from the tomato rhizosphere

    Article • Microbiology, July 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  18. Functional metabolic diversity of the bacterial community in undisturbed resource island soils in the southern Sonoran Desert

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, March 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  19. Root growth improvement of mesquite seedlings and bacterial rhizosphere and soil community changes are induced by inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria and promote restoration of eroded desert soil

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, March 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  20. Perennials but not slope aspect affect the diversity of soil bacterial communities in the northern Negev Desert, Israel

    Article • Soil Research, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  21. The use of Bacillus in the biocontrol of Fusarium.

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  22. Other bacteria besides rhizobia are detected with root nodules

    Article • Phytobiomes Journal, January 2017, Scientific Societies

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch, Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo

  23. A review of bacteria and their ability to synthesize chitin-degrading enzymes is presented.

    Article • AIMS Microbiology, January 2017, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  24. Blue light does not inhibit nodulation in Sesbania rostrata

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  25. To split or not to split: an opinion on dividing the genus Burkholderia

    Article • Annals of Microbiology, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  26. A reliable method for the selection and confirmation of transconjugants of plant growth-promoting bacteria especially plant-associated Burkholderia spp.

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  27. The model legume Lotus japonicus must perceive light to nodulate.

    Article • July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  28. This is a continuation of an attempt to answer the question: Why do legumes nodulate ?

    Article • July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  29. This is a review describing how to authenticate botanicals and plant-based supplements.

    Article • Planta Medica, April 2015, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  30. Biofilm formation assessment in Sinorhizobium meliloti reveals interlinked control with surface motility

    Article • BMC Microbiology, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  31. We sequenced the strain L5 genome to learn more about this metabolically versatile microbe.

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  32. Biofilm Formation in the Rhizosphere: Multispecies Interactions and Implications for Plant Growth

    Article • March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  33. Phylogenetic Analysis of Burkholderia Species by Multilocus Sequence Analysis

    Article • Current Microbiology, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pablo Vinuesa, Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  34. Obituary of Jose de Jesús Caballero-Mellado

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  35. Molecular Signals and Receptors: Communication Between Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and Their Plant Hosts

    Article • December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  36. Micromonospora: An important microbe for biomedicine and potentially for biocontrol and biofuels

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, April 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  37. How Rhizobia Survive in the Absence of a Legume Host, a Stressful World Indeed

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  38. Insights into the history of the legume-betaproteobacterial symbiosis

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  39. Plant lectins: the ties that bind in root symbiosis and plant defense

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  40. Rhizobiumcommonnodgenes are required for biofilm formation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  41. Characterization of Arabidopsis AtUGT85A and AtGUS gene families and their expression in rapidly dividing tissues

    Article • Genomics, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  42. ENOD40Gene Expression and Cytokinin Responses in the Nonnodulating, Nonmycorrhizal (Nod−Myc−) Mutant,Masym3, ofMelilotus albaDesr.

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  43. Effects of nutritional and environmental conditions on Sinorhizobium meliloti biofilm formation

    Article • Research in Microbiology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  44. Signals and Responses

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  45. Investigations of Rhizobium biofilm formation

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, May 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  46. Donald R. Kaplan's legacy: influencing teaching and research

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  47. A feeling for the micro-organism: structure on a small scale. Biofilms on plant roots

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  48. Identification of Botanicals and Potential Contaminants through RFLP and Sequencing

    Article • Planta Medica, July 2005, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  49. The Expression ofMaEXP1, aMelilotus albaExpansin Gene, Is Upregulated During the Sweetclover-Sinorhizobium melilotiInteraction

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, June 2004, Scientific Societies

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  50. Fixed‐Nitrogen Deficiency: Overcoming by Nodulation

    Article • February 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  51. Chloroplasts in Living Cells and the String-of-Grana Concept of Chloroplast Structure Revisited

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  52. Expression ofMsLEC1Transgenes in Alfalfa Plants Causes Symbiotic Abnormalities

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 2004, Scientific Societies

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  53. Nitrogen Comes Down to Earth: Report from the 5th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, May 2003, Scientific Societies

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  54. Flavonoids: Signal Molecules in Plant Development

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  55. The Involvement of Root Hairs in Mycorrhizal Associations

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  56. Role of lectins (and rhizobial exopolysaccharides) in legume nodulation

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  57. Lotus corniculatus Nodulation Specificity Is Changed by the Presence of a Soybean Lectin Gene

    Article • The Plant Cell, August 1998, JSTOR

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  58. Signal Transduction Pathways in Mycorrhizal Associations: Comparisons with theRhizobium–Legume Symbiosis

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  59. Studying Early Nodulin GeneENOD40Expression and Induction by Nodulation Factor and Cytokinin in Transgenic Alfalfa

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 1998, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  60. Studies on the diploid indeterminate nodule-forming plant Melilotus alba Desr., white sweetclover

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  61. Plant hormones and nodulation: what's the connection?

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, October 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  62. John Gordon Torrey (1921?1993)

    Article • PROTOPLASMA, March 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  63. Molecular Interactions during Nodule Development

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  64. An alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cDNA encoding an acidic leghemoglobin (MsLb3)

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, November 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  65. Developmental biology of legume nodulation

    Article • New Phytologist, October 1992, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  66. Bacterial-Induced Changes in Plant Form and Function

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, September 1992, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  67. In-situ hybridization of nodulin mRNAs in root nodules using non-radioactive probes

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, August 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  68. In-Situ hybridization of nodulin mRNAs in root nodules using non-radioactive probes

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, November 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  69. RFLP mapping of the abp1 locus in maize (Zea mays L.)

    Article • Plant Molecular Biology, September 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  70. Plant Improvement Plant Improvement and Somatic Cell Genetics Indra K. Vasil William R. Snowcroft K. J. Frey

    Article • BioScience, September 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  71. Structural Investigations of Asexual Reproduction in Nephrolepis exaltata and Platycerium bifurcatum

    Article • American Journal of Botany, August 1983, Botanical Society of America

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  72. Effects of Boron Deficiency on Mitosis and Incorporation of Tritiated Thymidine into Nuclei of Sunflower Root Tips

    Article • American Journal of Botany, February 1983, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  73. Endogenous IAA Levels in Boron-Deficient and Control Root Tips of Sunflower

    Article • Botanical Gazette, March 1982, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  74. Ultrastructural changes in sunflower root cells in relation to boron deficiency and added auxin

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, April 1980, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  75. A developmental study of the phylloclades of Ruscus aculeatus L.

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, June 1977, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  76. The Development of Aposporous Gametophytes and Regenerated Sporophytes from Epidermal Cells of Excised Fern Leaves: An Anatomical Study

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 1976, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  77. Control of branching pattern in Microgramma vacciniifolia, an epiphytic fern

    Article • Planta, January 1975, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  78. Organography, Branching, and the Problem of Leaf Versus Bud Differentiation in the Vining Epiphytic Fern Genus Microgramma

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 1974, Wiley

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch

  79. Chloroplasts in living cells and the string-of-grana concept of chloroplast structure revisited

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ann M. Hirsch