PUBLICATION

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2025
**Fill, J.M., A. Zee, D.T. Love, T. Liu, and R.M. Crandall. 2025. Fire intensity effects on flowering and post-fire bud activity in the endemic savanna bunchgrass Aristida beyrichiana. Plant Biology,* in press.
E Garcia, MRA Miranda, X Liu, A Sarkhosh, Y Wang, T Liu. Metabolomic profiling of pulp from three passion fruit varieties: Implications for postharvest quality and nutritional value. Postharvest Biology and Technology 229, 11368922025
JM Zapien-Macias, T Liu, GH Nunez. Blueberry ripening mechanism: a systematic review of physiological and molecular evidence. Horticulture Research 12 (8), uhaf12622025
T Kim, JC Alvarez, D Rana, J Preciado, T Liu, K Begcy. Evolution of NAC transcription factors from early land plants to domesticated crops. Plant and Cell Physiology 66 (4), 566-58082025
2024
Brinley A, Conner P, Yu F, Sarkhosh A., Liu T. (2024) Morphological and genetic characterization of the muscadine fruit abscission zone. Horticulture Research. uhae227.
Utsab GhimireG, Eleni Pliakoni, Jeffrey Brecht, and Liu T**. (2024) Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) retards postharvest senescence in broccoli (Brassica oleracea). Postharvest Biology and Technology.
Garcia EG., Koh J., Wu X., Sarkhosh A, and Liu T. (2024) Tissue-specific proteome profile analysis reveals regulatory and stress-responsive networks in passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) during storage. Scientific Report.
Yogesh Ahlawatf, Song Li, Eleni D. Pliakoni, Jeffrey Brecht, Liu T.  (2024) Tandem Mass Tag-based proteome analysis of postharvest senescence in broccoli (Brassica oleracea). Vegetable Research.
Kathryn ChaseG, Catherine Belisle, Yogesh Ahlawatf, Fahong Yu, Gérman Sandoya, Kevin Begcy, and Liu T.(2024) Examining preharvest genetic and morphological factors contributing to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) shelf life during natural senescence in broccoli (Brassica oleracea). Scientific Report.
Garcia EG., Koh J., Wu X., Sarkhosh A, and Liu T. (2024) Tissue-specific proteome profile analysis reveals regulatory and stress-responsive networks in passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) during storage. Scientific Report. Accepted.
Habibi,F., Boakye, D., Chang,Yu g, Casorzo,G. g, Hallman,L., Madison, M., Clavijo-Herrera,J g., Sarkhosh, A., Liu, T. (2024) Molecular mechanisms underlying postharvest physiology and metabolism of fruit and vegetables through multi-omics technologies. Scientia Horticulturae. 324, 112562.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112562
Liu T, Talavera-Rauh F. (2024) Regulation of class I TCP transcription factors by REVOLUTA and KANADI genes that is involved in leaf development in Arabidopsis. Under review.
2023
Utsab Ghimire, Eleni Pliakoni, Fahong Yu, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Liu T (2023) Identifying genes regulated during natural, on-plant senescence in broccoli (Brassica oleracea) in contrast to postharvest senescence. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 1206, 112535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2023.112535
Xiaolei Guo, Chiwah Tseung, Alina Zare, Liu T. (2023) Hyperspectral Image Analysis for the Evaluation of Chilling Injury in Avocado Fruit during Cold Storage. Postharvest Biology and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2023.112548.
Habibi F, Liu T, Muhammad S, Schaffer B, Sarkhosh A. (2023) Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Responses of Fruit Trees to Rootzone Hypoxia. Environmental Experimental Botany. 206. February, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.105179
2022
Chang Y, Yogesh Ahlawat, Ali Sarkhosh, and Liu T. (2022) Spatiotemporal transcriptome mapping of muscadine berry development and ripening. Frontier in Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.949383
Liu T. Albornoz K., Deltsidis A., Beckles, D. (2022) Editoral: Postharvest Ripening, Senescence, and Technology. Frontier in Genetics. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.920584/full
X Guo g, Y Ahlawat &, Liu T. A Zare, (2022) Evaluation of Postharvest Senescence in Broccoli Via Hyperspectral Imaging. Plant Phenomics.
https://spj.sciencemag.org/journals/plantphenomics/2022/9761095/
Fariborz Habibi,  Liu T , Kevin Folta, Ali Sarkhosh. (2022) Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects of Grafting in Fruit Trees. Horticulture Research.  https://academic.oup.com/hr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hr/uhac032/6532224
Yogesh Ahlawat, Song Li, Eleni D. Pliakoni, Jeffrey Brecht, and Tie Liu. (2022) Identifying gene regulatory networks of senescence in postharvest broccoli (Brassica oleracea). Postharvest Biology and Technology. 183, 111729.
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0925-5214(21)00268-4
Jesus Preciado, Kevin Begcy, Liu T. (2022) The Arabidopsis ABIG1 is an Adaxial Regulator During Leaf Development. Journal of Experimental Botany. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab523
Yogesh Ahlawat,  Tie Liu (2022) Varied expression of senescence-associated and ethylene-related genes during postharvest storage of Brassica vegetables. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(2), 839; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020839.
2021
Taehoon Kim, Shafina Samraj, Juan Jimenez, Celina Gomez, Liu T, Kevin Begcy.  (2021) Surveying the lettuce genome: Genome-wide identification of Hsfs and Hsps in response to different light conditions. BMC Plant Biology. 21, 185.
https://bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12870-021-02959-x
Nidhi Sharma, Jesus Preciado, Tie Liu. (2021) KNOX HOMOLOGS SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM) and KNAT6 are epistatic to CLAVATA3 (CLV3) during embryonic meristem development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Biology Reports. 48(9):6291-6302. doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-066224.

Liu T, Talavera-Rauh F, Meghan Sharp, and Barton MK. (2022) Two AP2/ERF transcription factors are targets of SHOOTMERISTEMLESS (STM) gene that link abiotic stress and growth control. In submission.
Magnani E, Longhurst A, Sharma N, Reinhart B, Cabalona L, Liu T, Talavera-Rauh F, and Barton MK (2022) REVOLUTA and KANADI, key regulators of leaf polarity and meristem formation, also regulate germination and response to ABA. Plant Physiology. In revision.
Liu T, Longhurst A, Talavera-Rauh F, Hokin S, and Barton MK. (2016) The Arabidopsis transcriptional repressor ABIG1 relays ABA signaled inhibition of growth and drought induced senescence. eLife. 5, e13768. [Link]
Highlighted by Sciencedaily News: Overlooked plants defy drought.[Link]
Reinhart B, Liu T, Huang T, Kerstetter R and Barton MK (2013) Establishing a framework for the ad/abaxial regulatory network of Arabidopsis: ascertaining targets of class III HOMEODOMAIN LEUCINE ZIPPER and KANADI regulation. The Plant Cell 25, 3228-3249.[Link]
Brandt R, Salla-Martret M, Bou-Torrent J, Musielak, M Stahl T, Lanz C, Ott F, Schmid M, Greb T, Schwarz T, Sang-Bong C, Barton MK, Reinhart B, Liu T, Quint M, Jean-Christophe P, Martínez-García J, and Wenkel S. (2012) Genome-wide binding site analysis of REVOLUTA reveals a link between leaf patterning and light-mediated growth responses. The Plant Journal 72(1), 31-42.[Link]
Liu T, Ohashi-Ito K, Bergmann D (2009) The rice orthologues of Arabidopsis thaliana stomata bHLH genes FAMA and MUTE have functions in grass stomata formation. Development 136, 2265-2276. [Link]
Liu T, Liu S (Co-first author), Guan H, Ma L, Chen Z, Gu H and Qu L (2009) Expression profiling analysis of the effect of heavy metal lead (Pb) on Arabidopsis. Environmental and Experimental Botany 67, 377-386. [Link]
Jiao Y, Tausta S , Gandotra N , Sun N , Liu T (*Co-first author), Clay N, Chen M, Li N, Holford M, Ma L, Zhao H, Deng X and Nelson T (2009) A transcriptome atlas of rice cell types reveals plant cellular hierarchies. Nature Genetics 41, 258-263. [Link]
Jiao Y, Yang H, Ma L, Sun N, Yu H, Liu T, Gao Y, Gu H, Chen Z, Wada M, Gerstein M, Zhao H, Qu L, and Deng X (2003) A genome wide analysis of blue light regulation of Arabidopsis transcription factor gene expression. Plant Physiology 133, 1480-1493. [Link]
REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
Liu T, Reinhart B, Magnani E, Huang T, Kerstetter R and Barton MK (2013) Of blades and branches: understanding and expanding the Arabidopsis ad/abaxial regulatory network by target gene identification. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology Volume LXXVII 77, 31-45. [Link]
Liu T, Tausta S, Gandotra N, Nelson T (2012) Rice seed development: a cornerstone for cereal crops. Seed Development: OMICS technologies toward improvement of seed quality and crop yield.[Link]
Nelson T, Tausta S, Gandotra N, Liu T, Ceserani T, Chen M, Jiao Y, Ma L, Deng X, Sun X, Holfold M, Li N, Sun N and Zhao H (2008) The promise of systems biology for deciphering the control of C4 leaf development: transcriptome profiling of leaf cell types. Book chapter, Charting New Pathways To C4 Rice. World Scientific 317-332. [Link]
Nelson T, Tausta S, Gandotra N and Liu T (2006) Laser microdissection of plant tissue: what you see is what you get. Annual Review of Plant Biology 57, 181-201.[Link]