Publications

Schultz JA and Coleman HD (2021) Pectin and xylan biosynthesis in poplar: Implications and opportunities for biofuels production. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:712083.

Coleman HD, Brunner A, Tsai CJ. (2021) Synergies and entanglement in secondary cell wall development and abiotic stress response in trees. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:639769.

Xiao Y, Poovaiah C, Unda F, Ritchie L, Dombrov M, Phalen C, Argyros A, Coleman HD. (2020) Expression of the Trichoderma reesei expansin-like protein, Swollenin, in poplar improves sugar release by enzymatic hydrolysis. Biomass and Bioenergy, 134: 105473.

Viele BM, Ellingston R, Wang D, Park Y, Higgins R, Coleman HD. (2020) Biotechnology for biofuel production. Progress in Botany Book Series (Springer).

Poovaiah C, Phalen C, Sniffen GT, Coleman HD. (2019) Growth and transcriptional changes in poplar under different nitrogen sources. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 37:291-302.

Strauss SH, Boerjan W, Chiang V, Costanza A, Coleman HD, Davis JM, Lu M-Z, Mansfield SD, Merkle S, Myburg AA, Nilsson O, Pilate G, Powell WA, Seguin A, Valenzuela S.  (2019) Certification for gene-edited forests. Science. 365:767-768.

Poovaiah C, Coleman HD. (2019) Development of secondary cell walls in cells adjacent to vessel elements may be controlled by signals from the vessel element. Tree Physiology, 39:511-513.

Xiao Y, He X, Ojeda-Lassalle Y, Poovaiah CP, Coleman HD. (2018) Expression of a hyperthermophilic endoglucanase in hybrid poplar modifies the plant cell wall and enhances digestibility. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11:225.

Bewg WP, Poovaiah C, Lan W, Ralph J, Coleman HD (2016) RNAi downregulation of three key lignin genes in sugarcane improves glucose release without reduction in sugar production. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9: 270.

Poovaiah C, Bewg WP, Lan W, Ralph J, Coleman HD (2016) Sugarcane transgenics expressing MYB transcription factors show improved glucose release. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9:143.

Xiao Y, Poovaiah C, Coleman HD (2016) Expression of glycosyl hydrolases in lignocellulosic feedstock: An alternative for affordable cellulosic ethanol production. BioEnergy Research, 9: 1290-1304.

Kinkema M, Geijskes J, deLucca P, Palupe A, Shand K, Coleman HD, Brinin A, Williams B, Sainz M, Dale J (2014) Improved molecular tools for sugar cane biotechnology. Plant Molecular Biology, 84: 497-508.

Kinkema M, Harrison M, Geijskes J, Shand K, Coleman HD, Palupe A, Sainz M, Dale J (2014) An improved chemically inducible gene switch that functions in the monocotyledonous plant sugar cane. Plant Molecular Biology, 84: 443-454.

Coleman, HD, Cánovas, FM, Man, H, Kirby, EG, & Mansfield, SD (2012). Enhanced expression of glutamine synthetase (GS1a) confers altered fibre and wood chemistry in field grown hybrid poplar (populus tremula X alba) (717-1B4). Plant Biotechnology Journal, 10: 883-889.

Ralph J, Akiyama T, Coleman HD, Mansfield SD. (2012) Effects on lignin structure of coumarate 3-hydroxylase downregulation in poplar. Bioenergy Research, 5: 1009-1019.

Ye X, Busov V, Zhao N, Meilan R, McDonnell LM, Coleman HD, Mansfield SD, Chen F, Li Y, Cheng ZM. (2011) Transgenic Populus trees for forest products, bioenergy, and functional genomics. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 30:415-434.

Harrison M, Geijskes RJ, Coleman HD, Shand K, Kinkema M, Palupe A, Hassall R, Sainz M, Lloyd R, Miles S, Dale J. (2011) Accumulation of recombinant cellobiohydrolase and endoglucanase in the leaves of mature transgenic sugarcane. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 9: 884-896.

McDonnell LM, Coleman HD, French DG, Meilan R, Mansfield, SD. (2010) Engineering trees with target traits. In: Forests and Genetically Modified Trees. Y. El-Kassaby and J. A. Prado (eds). Rome, IUFRO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: 77-122.

Coleman HD, Beamish L, Reid AM, Park JY, Mansfield SD. (2010) Altered sucrose metabolism impacts plant biomass production and flower development. Transgenic Research, 19: 269-283.

Coleman HD, Yan J, Mansfield SD. (2009) Sucrose synthase affects carbon partitioning to increase cellulose production and altered cell wall ultrastructure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 106: 13118–13123.

Coleman HD, Samuels AL, Guy R, Mansfield SD. (2008) Perturbed lignification impacts tree growth in hybrid poplar – a function of sink strength, vascular integrity, and photosynthetic assimilation. Plant Physiology, 148: 1229-1237.

Coleman HD, Park JY, Nair R, Chapple C, Ralph J, Mansfield SD. (2008). RNAi-mediated suppression of p-coumaroyl-CoA 3’-hydroxylase in hybrid poplar impacts lignin deposition and soluble secondary metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 105: 4501-4506.

Coleman HD, Canam T, Kang KY, Ellis DD, Mansfield SD. (2007). Over-expression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in hybrid poplar affects carbon allocation. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 4257-4268.

Coleman HD, Ellis DD, Gilbert M, Mansfield SD. (2006). Up-regulation of sucrose synthase and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase impacts plant growth and metabolism. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 4: 87-101.