Christopher Topp

Publications

• DynamicRoots: A software platform for the reconstruction and analysis of growing plant roots
• TopoRoot: A method for computing hierarchy and fine-grained traits of maize roots from X-ray CT images
• Root System Architecture and Environmental Flux Analysis in Mature Crops using 3D Root Mesocosms
• The persistent homology mathematical framework provides enhanced genotype-to-phenotype associations for plant morphology
• Segmenting root systems in X-ray computed tomography images using level sets
• topological analysis of plant root systems [version 1; referees
• The Quantitative Genetic Control of Root Architecture in Maize
• Comprehensive 3D phenotyping reveals continuous morphological variation across genetically diverse sorghum inflorescences
• X-ray microscopy enables multiscale high-resolution 3D imaging of plant cells, tissues, and organs
• Combining X-ray CT and PET imaging to quantify changes in carbon allocation in Maize with AMF
• The Quantitative Genetic Control of Root Architecture in Maize
• Genome Wide Association of Many Diverse Phenotypes in Nitrogen Limited Field Conditions
• Complementary Phenotyping of Maize Root System Architecture by Root Pulling Force and X-Ray Imaging
• Persistent homology and the branching topologies of plants
• Persistent homology: a tool to universally measure plant morphologies across organs and scales
• Whole-plant manual and image-based phenotyping in controlled environments
• Persistent homology demarcates a leaf morphospace
• Morphological Plant Modeling: Unleashing Geometric and Topological Potential within the Plant Sciences
• Characterizing 3D inflorescence architecture in grapevine using X-ray imaging and advanced morphometrics: implications for understanding cluster density
• Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Analysis Reveals Multiscale Relationships in Maize Root Systems with Contrasting Architectures
• A Statistical Growth Property of Plant Root Architectures
• The Persistent Homology Mathematical Framework Provides Enhanced Genotype-to-Phenotype Associations for Plant Morphology
• X-ray microscopy enables multiscale high-resolution 3D imaging of plant cells, tissues, and organs
• Convergent evolution of root system architecture in two independently evolved lineages of weedy rice
• A dolabralexin-deficient mutant provides insight into specialized diterpenoid metabolism in maize (Zea mays)
• Accumulation of the gaseous hormone ethylene helps roots sense compact soil
• Genome Wide Association of Many Diverse Phenotypes in Nitrogen Limited Field Conditions
• Combining X-ray CT and PET imaging to quantify changes in carbon allocation in Maize with AMF
• Root adaptive responses for improvement of abiotic stress tolerance in Pennycress
• Complementary Phenotyping of Maize Root Architecture by Root Pulling Force and X-Ray Computed Tomography
• Optimisation of root traits to provide enhanced ecosystem services in agricultural systems: A focus on cover crops
• Root adaptive responses for improvement of abiotic stress tolerance in Pennycress
• Root adaptive responses for improvement of abiotic stress tolerance in Pennycress
• Organizing your space: The potential for integrating spatial transcriptomics and 3D imaging data in plants
• 3D phenotyping and quantitative trait locus mapping identify core regions of the rice genome controlling root architecture
• Growth control of root architecture
• GiA Roots: Software for the high throughput analysis of plant root system architecture
• Distinct influences of tandem repeats and retrotransposons on CENH3 nucleosome positioning
• DNA binding of centromere protein C (CENPC) is stabilized by single-stranded RNA
• Identification of a maize neocentromere in an oat-maize addition line
• Transformation of rice with long DNA-segments consisting of random genomic DNA or centromere-specific DNA
• Repression of flowering in Arabidopsis requires activation of FLOWERING LOCUS C expression by the histone variant H2A.Z
• Digital imaging of root traits (DIRT): A high-throughput computing and collaboration platform for field-based root phenomics
• Revealing plant cryptotypes: Defining meaningful phenotypes among infinite traits
• Quantitative trait locus mapping reveals regions of the maize genome controlling root system architecture
• Imaging corn plants with PhytoPET, a modular PET system for plant biology
• Applying high-throughput phenotyping to plant-insect interactions: Picturing more resistant crops
• How can we harness quantitative genetic variation in crop root systems for agricultural improvement?
• The quest for understanding phenotypic variation via integrated approaches in the field environment
• Hope in Change: The Role of Root Plasticity in Crop Yield Stability
• Reinterpreting pericentromeric heterochromatin
• Centromere-encoded RNAs are integral components of the maize kinetochore
• Centromeric retroelements and satellites interact with maize kinetochore protein CENH3
• Integration of the gene for carboxin resistance does not impact the Ustilago maydis-maize interaction
• A temporal atlas and response to nitrate availability of 3D root system architecture in diverse pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) accessions
• A dolabralexin-deficient mutant provides insight into specialized diterpenoid metabolism in maize
• Surveying cover crop root traits and their potential impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling.
• Cover crop cultivars and species differ in root traits potentially impacting their selection for ecosystem services
• Do newer maize hybrids grow roots faster and deeper?
• Accelerated leaf appearance and flowering in maize after four decades of commercial breeding
• Root system architecture and environmental flux analysis in mature crops using 3D root mesocosms
• Phenotyping seedlings for selection of root system architecture in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
• Rated-M for mesocosm: allowing the multimodal analysis of mature root systems in 3D
• TopoRoot: a method for computing hierarchy and fine-grained traits of maize roots from 3D imaging
• A temporal analysis and response to nitrate availability of 3D root system architecture in diverse pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) accessions
• TopoRoot+: computing whorl and soil line traits of field-excavated maize roots from CT imaging
• Topological data analysis expands the genotype to phenotype map for 3D maize root system architecture
• Harvest index has increased over the last 50 years of maize breeding
• Phenotyping Complex Plant Structures with a Large Format Industrial Scale High-Resolution X-Ray Tomography Instrument
• Stomatal conductance, xylem water transport, and root traits underpin improved performance under drought and well-watered conditions across a diverse panel of maize inbred lines