publications

(* Indicates an undergraduate student)
Dissertations
1. Optimizing Parameters for Efficient Introduction of Transgenes to Turfgrass. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
2. Genetic Diversity in Wheat Breeding Populations. August, 1998. M.S. Thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Published Abstracts (Presented in National Conferences)
3. Basu, C., Martin, J.*, Luo, H., Kausch, A. and Chandlee, J. 2002. Genetic background and tissue age affect GUS reporter gene expression in different tissues of creeping bentgrass. Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists (Honolulu, July 25-30, 2003).
4. Basu, C., Luo, H., Kausch, A. and Chandlee, J. 2002. Functional Analysis of a Reporter Gene (GUS) in Turfgrass Callus Following Microprojectile Bombardment. Book of Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists (Denver, August 3-7, 2002).
5. Basu, C., George D.*, Kausch, A. and Chandlee, J. 2002. Organ and Tissue Specificity of Expression of a Reporter Gene Driven by Various Promoters in Transgenic Turfgrass. In Vitro Cell and Developmental Biology. 38 (Spring 2002). Page 78-A. (Presented in the 10th. International Congress of the International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology, Orlando, Florida, June 20-24, 2002)
(This abstract was winner of the International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology Fellowship and also winner of the Student Travel Award for Excellent Presentation from the Society for In Vitro Biology)
6. Basu, C., Luo, H., Kausch, A. and Chandlee, J. 2002. Genotypic, Tissue Specific and Developmental Variation of a Reporter gene (GUS) in Turfgrass Species following Microprojectile Bombardment. Book of Abstracts for the Regional Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Wellesley, Massachusetts (May 3-4, 2002)
7. Basu, C., Luo, H., Kausch, A. and Chandlee, J. 2002. Genetic Engineering for Trait Improvement in Turfgrass Species. Annual Meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, Massachusetts (February 14-19, 2002). AAAS List of Poster. Page 19.
8. Longo, C.*, Basu, C., Pennington, S., Englander, C. and Kausch, A. 2001. Meeting the Current Educational Crisis in Biotechnology. Book of Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists (July 21-25, 2001), Providence, Rhode Island. Page 28.
9. Longo, Chip.*, Wang, Yuexia., Hu, Qian., Luo, Hong., Nelson, Kimberly., Basu, Chhandak., Chandlee, Joel, M. and Kausch, Albert P. Reliable Transformation of Grasses. 2001 Book of Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists (July 21-25, 2001), Providence, Rhode Island. Page 164.
10. Kausch, Albert., Basu Chhandak., Hodges, Thomas., Luo, Hong., Longo, John., and Chandlee, Joel. 2001. Characterization and Functional Analysis of a Bidirectional promoter from Arabidopsis. Book of Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant Biologists (July 21-25, 2001), Providence, Rhode Island. Page 151.
11. Wang, Y., Basu, C., Jiang, Z., and Sullivan,W.M. 2000. Characterization of nitrate uptake by Kentucky bluegrass at the whole plant and the organ levels. HortScience. 35 (5): 829. (Presented in Regional Meeting of American Society of Horticultural Science in Baltimore, Maryland, January 2000)
12. Pote, J., Basu C., Jiang, Z.,and Sullivan, W.M. 2000. Relationship between nitrate leaching under turf and nitrate uptake by turfgrasses. HortScience. 35 (5): 827. (Presented in Regional Meeting of American Society of Horticultural Science in Baltimore, Maryland, January 2000)
Published Abstracts (Presented in International Conferences)
13. Basu, C., Chandlee, J., Kausch, A. 2002. Comparative analysis of novel promoters driving reporter gene expression in turfgrass. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Vol. 132 (Supplement). (Presented in the Annual Meeting of Society for Experimental Biology, Swansea, Wales, U.K. April 8-12, 2002)
14. Basu, C., Chandlee J., Sullivan W.M., Bushoven J., Wang Y. and Kausch A. 2000. Optimizing the methods and parameters for gene transfer in turfgrass for trait enhancement. Book of Abstracts for the 3rd. International Crop Science Congress (August 17-22, 2000), Hamburg, Germany. Page 240.
Book Review
15. Plant Cell Biology (2nd ed., April 2001). Edited by C. Hawes and B. Satiat-Jeunmaitre. Published by Oxford University Press. (Officially reviewed this book for the Society for Experimental Biology, London, U.K.). (Review is available at the web site of the Society for Experimental Biology at www.sebiology.org)
GenBank Sequence Submitted
16. Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae 16S to 23S ribosomal RNA genes (Accession No. AY253329). Mitkowski, N.A. and Basu, C. (sequence can be accessed at www.ncbi.nlm.gov)
Research Reports and Other Articles
17. Basu, Chhandak. Towards the Production of Transgenic Turfgrass: A Research Report. 2002. Newsletter of Rhode Island Golf Course Superintendents Association. Issue: March/April. Pages: 4-5.
18. Basu, Chhandak. SEB (Society for Experimental Biology) Annual Meeting Swansea 2002. 2002. Society for Experimental Biology News Bulletin (London, U.K.). Issue: July. Page 9.
Research Articles (Peer Reviewed)
19. Basu, Chhandak., Luo, Hong., Kusch, Albert, and Chandlee, Joel. Promoters analysis in trannsient asays using a GUS reporter gene in bentgrass ( Agrostis palustris). Journal of Plant Physiology. 160: 1233-1239. 2003.
20. Basu, Chhandak., Luo, Hong., Kusch, Albert, and Chandlee, Joel. Transient reporter gene (GUS) in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris) is affected by in vivo nuclease activity. Biotechnology Letters. 25: 939-944. 2003.
21. 22. Basu, Chhandak., Kausch, Albert. and Chandlee, Joel. (2004) Use of beta-glucuronidase reporter gene (GUS) for gene expression analysis in turfgrasses. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 320: 7-10.
21. Browning, M., Basu, C., Mitkowski, N.A. and Jackson, N. 2002. Xanthomonas translucens pv. poae as the causal agent of bacterial wilt of Poa annua var. poaannua on golf course putting greens. Plant Disease (Submitted for review).
22. Basu, Chhandak., Kusch, Albert, and Chandlee, Joel. Optimizing the methods and parameters for gene transfer in turfgrass cells by microprojectile bombardment. (In Preparation)

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