Sharon A. Kessler

Purdue University West Lafayette — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

21h-index3.6kcitations40works1.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant Molecular Biology Research(30), Plant Reproductive Biology(30), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms(12), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity(4), Plant and animal studies(4)

Publications40 total

<scp>MLO</scp> ‐mediated Ca <sup>2+</sup> influx regulates root hair tip growth in Arabidopsis
New Phytologist·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Clade V MLO proteins are bona fide host susceptibility factors required for powdery mildew pathogenesis in Arabidopsis
2025Open Access
Anisotropic diffuse growth in Arabidopsis thaliana stigma papillae
Plant Reproduction·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
ROS regulation of stigma papillae growth and maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Plant Reproduction·2025Open Access
Anisotropic diffuse growth in Arabidopsis stigma papillae
2025Open Access
ROS regulation of stigma papillae growth and maturation in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>
2025Open Access
MLO-mediated Ca <sup>2+</sup> influx regulates root hair tip growth in Arabidopsis
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Regulation of MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS-O trafficking by calmodulin-binding domains
Journal of Experimental Botany·2025· 3 cited
Update on signaling pathways regulating polarized intercellular communication in Arabidopsis reproduction
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Decision letter: ECS1 and ECS2 suppress polyspermy and the formation of haploid plants by promoting double fertilization
2023Open Access
Polarized NORTIA accumulation in response to pollen tube arrival at synergids promotes fertilization
Developmental Cell·2021· 34 citedOpen Access
A transposon‐mediated reciprocal translocation promotes environmental adaptation but compromises domesticability of wild soybeans
New Phytologist·2021· 16 cited
Decision letter: Members of the ELMOD protein family specify formation of distinct aperture domains on the Arabidopsis pollen surface
2021Open Access
Growing straight through walls
eLife·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Reactive Oxygen Species as Mediators of Gametophyte Development and Double Fertilization in Flowering Plants
Frontiers in Plant Science·2020· 72 citedOpen Access
Decision letter: KATANIN-dependent mechanical properties of the stigmatic cell wall mediate the pollen tube path in Arabidopsis
2020Open Access
Specific Recruitment of Phosphoinositide Species to the Plant-Pathogen Interfacial Membrane Underlies Arabidopsis Susceptibility to Fungal Infection
The Plant Cell·2020· 81 citedOpen Access
Keeping pollen tubes on track
Nature Plants·2020· 4 cited
Natural fumigation as a mechanism for volatile transport between flower organs
Nature Chemical Biology·2019· 79 citedOpen Access
A genome-wide association study reveals a novel regulator of ovule number and fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana
PLoS Genetics·2019· 46 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ueli Grossniklaus(7), Neelima Sinha(7), Daniel S. Jones(7), Jing Yuan(7), Thomas C. Davis(6), Subramanian Sankaranarayanan(4), Yan Ju(4), Sienna T. Ogawa(4), Hiroko Shimosato-Asano(3), Ralph Panstruga(3), Andrew Willoughby(3), Weiwei Zhang(3), R. Geeta(2), Thinh Pham(2), Nana F. Keinath(2), Minsung Kim(2), Aurélien Boisson‐Dernier(2), Joseph H. Lynch(2), Natalia Dudareva(2), Heike Lindner(2)