David Livingston
Dr. Livingston received his Ph.D. in 1988 at Michigan State University in Plant Breeding and Physiology. He coordinated the oat breeding project at Pennsylvania State University from 1988 until 1994 when he was transferred by the USDA to North Carolina State University. He now serves as project leader for a winter hardiness evaluation program, which involves basic and applied research on thermodynamic, genetic, and physiologic factors affecting tolerance of small grains to abiotic stresses caused primarily by exposure to freezing temperatures.
Dr. Livingston
- Develops improved methods for identifying winter cereal germplasm with elite freezing tolerance mechanisms
- Uses thermodynamic and physiological measurements to identify mechanisms of freezing tolerance
- Participates with other ARS and public university programs in a national small grain enhancement effort
Publications
- Infrared thermography of in situ natural freezing and mechanism of winter-thermonasty in Rhododendron maximum, PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM (2023)
- Acquisition of Freezing Tolerance in Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. Is a Multi-Factor Process Involving the Presence of an Ice Barrier at the Bud Base, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2022)
- Visualising the effect of freezing on the vascular system of wheat in three dimensions by in-block imaging of dye-infiltrated plants, JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY (2022)
- Responses of the Plant Cell Wall to Sub-Zero Temperatures: A Brief Update, PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY (2021)
- Cell wall modification by the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase XTH19 influences freezing tolerance after cold and sub-zero acclimation, PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT (2020)
- Differences in proteome response to cold acclimation in Zoysia japonica cultivars with different levels of freeze tolerance, CROP SCIENCE (2020)
- Identification of QTL associated with cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in Zoysia japonica, CROP SCIENCE (2020)
- Microsphere stem blockage as a screen for nitrogen-fixation drought tolerance in soybean, PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM (2020)
- Using Pixel-Based Microscope Images to Generate 3D Reconstructions of Frozen and Thawed Plant Tissue, PLANT COLD ACCLIMATION, 2 EDITION (2020)
- Xylem vessel radii comparison between soybean genotypes differing in tolerance to drought, JOURNAL OF CROP IMPROVEMENT (2020)