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Thomas Björkman Research Publications:

Duclos, Denise V. and Thomas Björkman. 2008. Meristem gene expression during reproductive development in Brassica oleracea. Journal of Experimental Botany 59: 421-433    doi:10.1093/jxb/erm327

Mochizuki, M.J., A. Rangarajan, R.R. Bellinder, T. Björkman, H. M. van Es. 2008. Rye mulch managment affects short-term indicators of soil quality in the transition to conservation tillage for cabbage. HortScience.  43:862-867.

Mochizuki, M.J., A. Rangarajan, R.R. Bellinder, T. Björkman, H. M. van Es. 2007. Overcoming compaction limitations on cabbage growth and yield in the transition to reduced tillage. HortScience.  42:1690-1694.

Labate, Joanne A., Larry D. Robertson, Angela M. Baldo, and Thomas Björkman. 2006. Inflorescence identity-gene alleles are poor predictors of inflorescence type in broccoli and cauliflower.  J. Amer. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 131: 667-673

Björkman, T. 2004. Effect of Trichoderma colonization on auxin-mediated regulation of root elongation. Plant Growth Regulation 43: 89-92

Altomare, C., Norvell, W.A., Björkman, T. and Harman, G. E. 1999, Solubilization of phosphates and micronutrients by the plant-growth promoting and biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum Rifai strain 1295-22.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 2926-2933.

Garner, L. C. and T. Björkman. 1999. Field performance of tomato transplants treated with mechanical conditioning. HortScience 34:848-851

Björkman, T. 1999. Dose and timing of brushing to control excessive hypocotyl elongation in cucumber transplants. HortTechnology 9:40-42

Björkman, T. 1998. Mechanical conditioning for controlling excessive elongation in transplants. J. Japan Soc. Hort. Sci. 67:1121-1123

Harman, G.E. and T. Björkman. 1998. Potential and existing uses of Trichoderma and Gliocladium for plant disease control and plant growth enhancement. In: G.E. Harman and C. P. Kubicek (eds.), Trichoderma and Gliocladium. Vol .2. Enzymes, biological control and commercial applications. Taylor and Francis: London. pp. 229-266

Björkman, T. and K.J. Pearson. 1998. High temperature arrest of inflorescence development in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.) Journal of Experimental Botany: 49:101-106

Björkman, T., L.M. Blanchard. and G.E. Harman. 1998. Growth enhancement of shrunken-2(sh2) sweet corn by Trichoderma harzianum 1295-22: Effect of environmental stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 123: 35-40

Garner, L. C. and T. Björkman. 1997. Using impedance for mechanical conditioning of tomato transplants to control excessive stem elongation. HortScience 32:227-229

Björkman, T. 1997. Root colonization and growth responses to an improved biocontrol fungus. In: H.E. Flores, J.P. Lynch and D. Eissenstat (eds.) Radical biology: advances and perspectives on the function of plant roots. American Society of Plant Physiologists. pp. 532-534

Garner, L. C., F.A. Langton and T. Björkman. 1997. Commercial adaptations of mechanical stimulation for the control of transplant growth. Acta Horticulturae 435: 219-226

Samimy, C., T. Björkman, D. Siritunga and L. Blanchard. 1996. Overcoming the barrier to interspecific hybridization of Fagopyrum esculentum with F. tataricum. Euphytica 91: 323-330

Garner, L. C. and T. Björkman. 1996. Mechanical conditioning for controlling excessive elongation in tomato transplants: sensitivity to dose, frequency and timing of brushing. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 121: 894-900

Björkman, T. 1995. The Role of Honeybees (Order: Hymenoptera) in the Pollination of Buckwheat (Family: Polygonaceae) Journal of Economic Entomology 88:1739-1745

Björkman, T. 1995. The effectiveness of heterostyly in preventing illegitimate pollination in dish-shaped flowers. Sexual Plant Reproduction 8:143-146

Björkman, T. 1995. The effect of pollen load and pollen grain competition in fertilization success and progeny performance in Fagopyrum esculentum. Euphytica 83: 47-52

Björkman, T., C. Samimy and K. Pearson. 1995. Variation in pollen performance among plants of Fagopyrum esculentum. Euphytica 82: 235-240

Björkman, T. 1994. Pollen competition in buckwheat. In: A. Stephenson and T-h. Kao (Eds). Pollen-pistil interactions and pollen tube growth. American Society of Plant Physiologists. pp. 280-283

Björkman, T. 1992. Perception of gravity by plants. Advances in Space Research 12:195-201

Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1991. Extracellular calcium in gravitropic signalling in maize roots. Planta 185:379-385

Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1991. Root growth regulation and gravitropism in maize roots does not require the epidermis. Planta 185:34-37

Cleland, R.E., S.S. Virk, D. Taylor and T. Björkman. 1990. Calcium, cell walls and growth. In: Calcium in plant growth and development (R.T. Leonard and P.K. Hepler, eds.) Amer. Soc. Plant Physiologists: Rockville, MD pp. 9-16.

Conference abstracts:

Björkman, T. 2007. Avoiding volunteer seedlings after a buckwheat cover crop. American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Duclos, D. and T. Björkman. 2007. Gibberellins’ effect on the reproductive development of Brassica oleracea. American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Björkman, T. 2007. The use of buckwheat as a precise weed control tool. New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference.

Björkman, T. 2006. Establishment of buckwheat as a summer cover crop after early vegetables. American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Duclos, D. and T. Björkman. 2005. Temperature effects on meristem identity genes controlling the reproductive development of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) and broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Duclos, D. and T. Björkman. 2004. Detecting Genes Expressed at Different Stages of Reproductive Arrest in Brassica oleracea. American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Labate, J., Larry Robertson and Thomas Björkman. 2003. Genotypes at the BoCAL-a Locus in B. oleracea do not predict Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Purple Cauliflower phenotype. American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Sheffer, Susan M., Joanne Labate, Thomas Björkman, Larry Robertson, and Angela Baldo. 2002. BoGSL-ELONG as a candidate diagnostic marker in phenotypically diverse brassica populations. Molecular Evolution.

Björkman, T. 2002. Many shades of black: cabbage storage disorders. New York State Vegetable Conference.

Björkman, T. 2001. How to mine starter P from the soil instead of adding to it. New York State Vegetable Conference.

Björkman, T. 2001. Increasing spring phosphorus availability without starter fertilizer. American Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Björkman, T. 2001. Causes of poor stand establishment after heavy rains. VII International Symposium on buckwheat.

1990s

Björkman, T., Blanchard, L.M. and G.E. Harman. 1999 Selection of fungi for high rhizosphere colonization in vitro, and subsequent ability to colonize roots in the field. Plant Physiology.

Björkman, T., Blanchard, L.M. and G.E. Harman. 1998 The effect of rhizosphere competence on colonization of sweet corn by biocontol fungi. HortScience 33:525.

Björkman, T. and Garner, L.C. 1998 Tomatoes remember being brushed. HortScience 33:471

Björkman, T. and L.C. Garner. 1997. Temporal integration of touch stimuli in reducing stem elongation of tomato seedlings. Plant Physiology 114:S-285 (American Society of Plant Physiologists annual meeting, Vancouver, BC))

Hayes, C.K., T. Björkman and G.E. Harman. 1997. Results of field trials using a commercial biofungicide. (American Phytopathological Society annual meeting, Rochester, NY).

Blanchard, L.M. and T. Björkman. 1996. The role of auxin in enhanced root growth of Trichoderma-colonized sweet corn. HortScience 31: 688

Altomare, C., T. Björkman, W.A. Norvell and G.E. Harman. 1996. Solubilization of manganese dioxide by the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum.

Björkman, T., G.E. Harman, and L. Blanchard. 1995. Root development of sweet corn inoculated with the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum HortScience 30: 810

Björkman, T. and K. Pearson. 1995. Sensitivity of broccoli infloresence development to high temperature. HortScience 30: 885

Garner, L.C. and Björkman, T. 1995. The effects of mechanical conditioning on tomato transplant growth and field performance. HortScience 30:776

Björkman, T., H.C. Price, G.E. Harman, J. Ballerstein, and P. Nielsen. 1994. Improved performance of shrunken-2 sweet corn using Trichoderma harzianum as a bioprotectant. HortScience 29:471

Björkman, T. G.E. Harman and H.C. Price. 1994 Effects of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum on root development in Zea mays. Plant Physiology 105:S-44.

Björkman, T. 1993. Mechanical height control for tomato plug transplants: effects on yield. HortScience 28: 554

Björkman, T. 1993. Pollen competition in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum). XV International Botanical Congress Abstracts: p. 289

Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1993. Extracellular calcium in root gravitropism. XV International Botanical Congress Abstracts: p. 490

Björkman, T. and Rathbun, K. T. 1992. Progressive increase in sterility can prevent plant maturation in buckwheat. Plant Physiol. 99:S-53 (Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol., 1992)

Björkman, T. and C.S. Samimy. 1991. Effect if developing flower buds on embryo abortion in buckwheat. HortScience 26:736 (Amer. Soc. Hortic. Sci., 1991)

Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1990. The necessity for apoplastic gradients across the root cap for gravitropic curvature in maize roots. ASGSB Bulletin 4: 97 (Amer. Soc. Gravit. Space Biol., 1990).

Virk, S.S., Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1990. The relationship between wall-bound calcium, free apoplastic calcium and the apoplastic pH of soybean hypocotyl tissues. ASGSB Bulletin 4: 21 (Amer. Soc. Gravit. Space Biol., 1990).

Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1990. Is the epidermis essential for root growth control? Plant Physiology (Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol., 1990).

Björkman, T. and R.E. Cleland. 1990. Changes in calcium activity during gravity sensing in maize roots Plant Physiology (Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol., 1990).

Extension Publications

Björkman, T., R.R. Bellinder, R.R. Hahn and J.W.Shail. 2008. Buckwheat Cover Crop Handbook. Cornell University. 18 pp.

Björkman, T. 2008. Organic fertility recommendations. In: Organic University; Advanced Row Crop Management. Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service, pp. 65-80

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