Edward Chee-Tak Yeung

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• Bassuner, B.M., R. Lam, W. Lukowitz, and E.C. Yeung. 2007. Auxin and root initiation in somatic embryos of Arabidopsis.  Plant Cell Rep., 26: 1-11. 
• Stasolla, C., N. Loukanina, H. Ashihara, E.C. Yeung, and T.A. Thorpe.  2007.  Comparative studies on pyrimidine metabolism in excised cotyledons of Pinus radiata during shoot formation in vitro.  J. Plant Physiol. 164: 429-441.
• Stasolla, C. and E.C. Yeung.  2007.  Cellular ascorbic acid regulates the activity of major peroxidases in the apical poles of germinating white spruce (Picea glauca).  Plant Physiol. Biochem. 45: 188-198.
• Qaderi, M.M., D.M. Reid, and E.C. Yeung. 2007.  Growth and physiological responses of an invasive alien species, Silene noctiflora. Ecoscience, accepted August 22, 2007.
• Qaderi, M.M., D.M. Reid, and E.C. Yeung. 2007. Morphological and physiological responses of canola (Brassica napus) siliquas and seeds to UVB and CO2 under controlled environmental conditions.  Environ. Exp. Bot. 60: 428-437.
• Metivier, P.S.R., E.C. Yeung, K.R. Patel, and T.A. Thorpe.  2007. In vitro rooting of microshoots of Cotinus coggygria Mill, a woody ornamental plant.  In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.- Plant 43: 119-123.
• Lee-Ho, E., L.J. Walton, D.M. Reid, E.C. Yeung, and L.V. Kurepin.  2007.  Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and sucrose concentrations on Arabidopsis thaliana root architecture and anatomy.  Can. J. Bot. 85: 324-330.
• Lee, Y. I., E.C. Yeung, N. Lee, M.C. Chung. 2007. Embryo development of orchids.  In:  Orchid Biotechnology, edited by W.H. Chen and H.W. Chen. World Scientific Press, 23-45. 
• Thorpe, T.A., C. Stasolla, and E.C. Yeung. 2007.  Micro-organic supplements.  In: Plant Propagation by Tissue Culture, 3rd Edition; Volume 1. The Background.  Edited by E.F. George, M.A. Hall, G.-J. De Klerk, Springer, in press.
• Siloto, R.M.P.,  K. Findlay, A. Lopez-Villalobos, E.C. Yeung, C.L. Nykiforuk, and M.M. Moloney.  2006. The accumulation of oleosins determines the size of seed oil bodies.  Plant Cell 18: 1961-1974. 
• Sin, S.F., E.C. Yeung and M.L. Chye. 2006.  Down-regulation of Solanum americanum genes encoding proteinase inhibitor II causes defective seed development.  Plant J.  45: 58-70.  
• Ramesar-Fortner, N.S. and E.C. Yeung.  2006. Physiological influences in the development and function of the shoot apical meristem of microspore-derived embryos of Brassica napus cv. Topas. Can. J. Bot. 84: 371-383.  
• Lee,Y.I., E. Yeung , N. Lee, and M.C. Chung.  2006. Embryo development in the lady's slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum delenatii with emphases on the ultrastructure of the suspensor. Ann. Bot. 98: 1311-1319. 
• Lee, Y. I., E.C. Yeung, N. Lee, and M.C. Chung.  2006.  Changes in endogenous abscisic acid levels and asymbiotic seed germination of a terrestrial orchid, Calanthe tricarinata Lindl. J. Amer. Hort. Soc. 132: 246-252.
• Stasolla, C, N. Loukanina, H. Ashihara, E.C. Yeung and T.A. Thorpe.  2006.  Changes of purine and pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis during shoot initiation from epicotyl explants of white spruce (Picea glauca). Plant Sci. 171: 345-354.
• Stasolla, C., M.S. Lam, and E.C. Yeung. 2006. Exogenous applications of ascorbic acid enhance shoot apical meristem growth and induce shoot organogenesis in germinating white spruce (Picea glauca) somatic embryos.  Int. J. Plant Sci. 167: 428-436.
• Stasolla, C. and E.C. Yeung.  2006. Endogenous ascorbic acid affects thymidine and uridine metabolism and modulates meristem reactivation in white spruce somatic embryos.  Tree Physiol. 26: 1197-1206.
• Sin, S.F., E.C. Yeung, and M.L. Chye.  2006.  Expression of Solanum americanum genes encoding proteinase inhibitor II is essential for seed development.  Floriculture, ornamental and Plant Biotechnology, edited by J.T. da Silver.  Global Science Books Publishing, Vol. 1, 447-453.
• Chye, M.L., S.F. Sin, Z.F. Xu, and E.C. Yeung.  2006.  Serine proteinase inhibitor proteins: exogenous and endogenous functions.  In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. – Plant 42: 100-108.
• Yeung E.C., S.Y. Zee, and X.L. Ye.  2006.  Suspensor functions.  In: Embryology of flowering plants, V. 2 Seed, Batygina, T.B. (ed.), Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, pp. 208-212.
• Belmonte, M.F., G. Donald, D.M. Reid, E.C. Yeung, C. Stasolla.  2005. Alterations of the glutathione redox state improve apical meristem structure and somatic embryo quality in white spruce (Picea glauca).  J. Exp. Bot. 56: 2355-2364.  
• Lung, S.C., W.L. Chan, W.K. Yip, L. Wang, E.C. Yeung, and B.L. Lim.  2005.  Secretion of beta-propeller phytase from tobacco and Arabidopsisroots enhances phosphorus utilization.  Plant Sci. 169: 341-349.
• Lee Y.I., N. Lee, E.C. Yeung, and M.C. Chung.  2005. Embryo development of Cypripedium formosanum in relation to seed germination in vitro.  J. Amer. Hort. Soc. 747-753.
• Belmonte, M., J. Macey, E.C. Yeung, and C. Stasolla.   2005. The effect of osmoticum on ascorbate and glutathione metabolism during white spruce somatic embryogenesis. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 43: 337-346.
• Belmonte, M., C. Stasolla, N. Loukanina, E.C. Yeung, and T.A. Thorpe. 2005. Glutathione-induced growth of embryogenic tissue of white spruce correlates with changes in pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism. Plant Sci. 168: 803-812.
• Stasolla, C., N. Loukanina, E.C. Yeung, and T.A. Thorpe.  2005.  Progression of programmed cell death in tobacco BY-2 cells is delineated by specific changes in de novo and salvage synthesis of purine nucleotides.  Physiol. Plant. 123: 254-261.
• Yeung, E.C.  2005.  The structural organization of orchid embryos: a functional interpretation.  Proc. 17th World Orchid Conference, Natural History Publications, Sabah, Malaysia, pp. 123-126.
• Yeung, E.C., M.F. Belmonte, L.T.T. Tu, and C. Stasolla.  2005.  Glutathione modulation on in vitro development.  In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. – Plant 41:584-590.
• Yeung, E.C. and T.A. Thorpe.  2005.  Somatic embryogenesis in Picea glauca.  In:  Protocols of somatic embryogenesis –woody plants.  Edited by S.M. Jain and P. Gupta.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 47-58.
• Yeung E.C. and P. Sexena. 2005. Histological techniques in the study of somatic embryogenesis. In:  Protocols of somatic embryogenesis –woody plants.  Edited by S.M. Jain and P. Gupta.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 517-538.
• Thorpe, T.A., I.S. Harry, E.C. Yeung.  2005.  Clonal propagation of softwoods.  Plant Cell Protocols, the Humana Press, 187-198.