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Mike Giroux, Associate Professor- PhD. from University of Florida, 1992.
Office: 203 Plant BioScience Building
Lab: 124 Plant BioScience Building
phone: 406-994-7877
fax: 406-994-7600
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Research:
Molecular genetics and cereal chemistry of small grain quality. Identifying the genetic and biochemical basis of end use quality aspects such as grain hardness and starch quality. Development of selective molecular tests useful in screening wheat and barley germplasm for desired end-use quality
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
Conduct research on genes affecting small grain quality and yield. Examine the effect of selected candidate genes upon wheat milling and baking quality. Utilize modern plant biotechnology approaches such as transformation. Teaching currently consists of PSPP 426 (Plant Biotechnology) and PSPP 446 (Crop Breeding).
EDUCATION
- B.S. Horticultural Sciences Michigan State University 1988
- Ph.D. Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Florida 1992
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Association of Cereal Chemists
- American Crop Science Society
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Reviewer for: Various plant science journals
- MSU Variety Release
COURSES TAUGHT
- PSPP 426: Plant Biotechnology (even year spring semesters).
- PSPP 446: Crop Breeding (odd year spring semesters).
RESEARCH FUNDING
USDA-NRICGP, State Board for Research and Commercialization, Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
Advising
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
Lacerenza, J.A, J.M. Martin, L.E. Talbert, S.P. Lanning and M.J. Giroux. Relationship of Ethanol Yield to Agronomic and Seed Quality Characteristics of Small Grains. Cereal Chemistry, accepted 10/24/07, in press.
Feiz, L., J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. (2008) The relationship between wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain hardness and wet-milling quality. Cereal Chemistry 85(1):44-50.
Campbell, J.B., J.M. Martin, F. Crutcher, F.D. Meyer, D.R. Clark, and M.J. Giroux. (2007) Effects on soft wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) quality of increased puroindoline dosage. Cereal Chemistry 84(1):80-87.
Martin, J.M., F.D. Meyer, C.F. Morris, and M.J. Giroux. (2007) Pilot scale milling characteristics of transgenic isolines of a hard wheat over-expressing puroindolines. Crop Science 47 (2):497-5040.
Meyer, F.D., L.E. Talbert, J.M. Martin, S.P. Lanning, T.W. Greene, and M.J. Giroux. (2007) Field evaluation of transgenic wheat expressing a modified ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase large subunit. Crop Science 47:336-342.
Smidansky, E.D., F.D. Meyer, B. Blakeslee, T.E. Weglarz, T.W. Greene, and M.J. Giroux. (2007) Expression of a modified ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit in wheat seeds stimulates photosynthesis and carbon metabolism. Planta 225(4):965-976.
Wanjugi, H.W., A.C. Hogg, J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. 2007a. The Role of Puroindoline A and B Individually and in Combination on Grain Hardness and Starch Association. Crop Science 47 (1):67-76.
Wanjugi, H.W., J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. 2007b. Influence of Puroindolines A and B Individually and in Combination on Wheat Milling and Bread Traits. Cereal Chemistry 54)6):540-547.
Martin, J.M., F. D. Meyer, E.D. Smidansky, H. Wanjugi, A.E. Blechl, and M.J. Giroux (2006) Complementation of the pina (null) allele with the wild type Pina sequence restores a soft phenotype in transgenic wheat. Theor Appl Genet 113:1563-1570.
Swan, C.G., F.D. Meyer, A.C. Hogg, J.M. Martin and M.J. Giroux. (2006b) Puroindoline B Limits Binding of Puroindoline A to Starch and Grain Softness. Crop Science 46(4): 1656-1665.
Nash, D., S.P. Lanning, P. Fox, J.M. Martin, N.K. Blake, E. Souza, R.A. Graybosch, M.J. Giroux, and L.E. Talbert. (2006) Relationship of dough extensibility to dough strength in a spring wheat cross. Cereal Chemistry 83 (3):255-258.
Swan, C.G., J.G.P. Bowman, J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. (2006a) Increased puroindoline levels slows ruminal digestion of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) starch by cattle. J Animal Science 84:641-650.
Hogg, A.C., B. Beecher, J.M. Martin, F. Meyer, L. Talbert, S. Lanning, and M.J. Giroux. (2005) Hard Wheat Milling and Bread Baking Traits Affected by the Seed-Specific Overexpression of Puroindolines. Crop Science 45(3): p. 871-878.
Meyer, F.D., E.D. Smidansky, B. Beecher, T.W. Greene, and M. J. Giroux. (2004) The maize Sh2r6hs ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGP) subunit confers enhanced AGP properties in transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum). Plant Science 899-911.
See, D.R., M. Giroux, and B. Gill. (2004) Effect of multiple copies of puroindoline genes on grain softness. Crop Sci. 2004 44(4): p. 1248-1253.
Martin, J.M., L.E. Talbert, D. K. Habernicht, S. P. Lanning, J. D. Sherman, G. Carlson, and M. J. Giroux. (2004) Reduced Amylose Effects on Bread and White Salted Noodle Quality. Cereal Chemistry 81(2)188-193.
Hogg, A.C., T. Sripo, B. Beecher, J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. (2004) Wheat Puroindolines Interact to Form Friabilin and Control Wheat Grain Hardness. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108:1089-1097.
Capparelli, R., G. Borriello, M.J. Giroux, M.G. Amoroso. (2003) Puroindoline A gene expression is involved in association of puroindolines to starch. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 107:1463-1468.
Lal, S.K., Giroux, M.J., Brendel, V., Vallejos, C.E., and L.C. Hannah. (2003) The maize genome contains a Helitron insertion. Plant Cell 15:381-391.
Smidansky, E.D., J.M. Martin, L.C. Hannah, A. M. Fischer, and M.J. Giroux. (2003) Seed yield and plant biomass increases in rice are conferred by deregulation of endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. Planta 216:656-664.
Lanning, S. P., D. Habernicht, W.E. Grey, G.R. Carlson, M.E. Giroux, J.L. Eckhoff, G.D. Kushnak, R.N. Stougaard, D.M. Wichman, K. Kephart, and L.E. Talbert. Registration of ‘MTHW9420’ Wheat Crop Sci., May 2001; 41: 927 – 928
Ram, S., E. Boyko, M.J. Giroux, and B.S. Gill. (2002) Null Mutation in Puroindoline A is Prevalent in Indian Wheats: Puroindoline Genes are Located in The Distal Part of Short Arm of 5D Chromosome. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Vol. 11. 1-5.
Smidansky, E.D., M. Clancy, F.D. Meyer, S.P. Lanning, N.K. Blake, L.E. Talbert, and M.J. Giroux. (2002) Enhanced ADP-glucose Pyrophosphorylase Activity in Wheat Endosperm Increases Seed Yield. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99:1724-1729.
Beecher, B., A. Bettge, E. Smidansky, and M.J. Giroux (2002a) Expression of Wild-Type pinB Sequence in Transgenic Wheat Complements a Hard Phenotype. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105:870-877.
Beecher, B., J. Bowman, J.M. Martin, A.D. Bettge, C.F. Morris, T.K. Blake, and M.J. Giroux (2002b) Hordoindolines are associated with a major endosperm texture QTL in Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Genome 45:584-591.
Beecher, B., E.D. Smidansky, D. See, T.K. Blake, and M.J. Giroux. (2001) Mapping and sequence analysis of barley puroindolines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102:833-840.
Campbell, K.G., P.L. Finney, C. J. Bergman, D.G. Gualberto, J.A. Anderson, M. J. Giroux, D. Siritunga, J. Zhu, F. Gendre, C. Roué, A. Vérel, and M. E. Sorrells (2001) Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Milling and Baking Quality in a Soft x Hard Wheat Cross. Crop Science 41: 1275 - 1285.
Hannah LC, J.R. Shaw, M.J. Giroux, A. Reyss, J.L. Prioul, J.M. Bae, J.Y. Lee (2001) Maize genes encoding the small subunit of adp-glucose pyrophosphorylase. Plant Physiology 127(1):173-83.
Krishnamurthy, K., and M.J. Giroux. (2001) Expression of wheat puroindoline genes in transgenic rice confers grain softness. Nature Biotechnology 19:162-166.
Krishnamurthy, K., C. Balconi, J.E. Sherwood and M. Giroux. (2001). Increased tolerance to fungal diseases of rice plants transformed with puroindoline genes. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact. 14:1255-1260.
Lanning, S.P., D. Habernicht, W.E. Grey, G.R. Carlson, M.E. Giroux, J.L. Eckhoff, G.D. Kushnak, R.N. Stougaard, D.M. Wichman, K. Kephart, and L.E. Talbert
Registration of ‘Explorer’ Wheat Crop Sci. 2002 42: 986-987.
Martin, J.M., R.C. Frohberg, C.F. Morris, L.E. Talbert, and M.J. Giroux. (2001) Milling and bread baking traits associated with puroindoline sequence type in hard red spring wheat. Crop Science 41:228-234.
Morris, C.F., M. Lillemo, G.M. Simeon, M.J. Giroux, S. Babb, and K. Kidwell. (2001) Prevalence of puroindoline grain hardness mutations among historical wheats. Crop Science 41:218-228.
Giroux, M.J., L. Talbert, D.K. Habernicht, S. Lanning, A. Hemphill, and J.M. Martin. (2000) Association of puroindoline sequence type and grain hardness in hard red spring wheat. Crop Science 40:370-374.
Bettge, A.D., M.J. Giroux, and C.F. Morris. (2000) Susceptibility of waxy starch to mechanical damage. Cereal Chemistry 77:750-753.
Morris, C.F., V.L. DeMacon, and M.J. Giroux (1999) Wheat grain hardness among chromosome 5D homozygous recombinant substitution lines using different methods of measurement. Cereal Chemistry 76(2):249-254.
Campbell, K.G., C.J. Bergman, D.G. Gualberto, J. Anderson, M.J. Giroux, G. Hareland, R.G. Fulcher, M.E. Sorrells, and P.L. Finney. (1999) Quantitative trait loci associated with kernel traits in a hard X soft wheat cross. Crop Science 39:1184-1195.
Giroux, M.J. and C.F. Morris. (1998) Wheat grain hardness results from highly conserved mutations in the friabilin components puroindoline a and b. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95:6262-6266.
Giroux, M.J. and C.F. Morris. (1997) A glycine to serine change in puroindoline b is associated with wheat grain hardness and low levels of starch-surface friabilin. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 95, 857-864.
Giroux, M.J., J. Shaw, G. Barry, B. G. Cobb, T. Greene, T. Okita, and L.C. Hannah. (1996) A single gene mutation that increases maize seed weight. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93(12):5824-5829.
Giroux, M.J., M. Clancy, J. Baier, L. Ingham, D. McCarty, and L.C. Hannah. De novo synthesis of an intron by the maize transposable element Dissociation. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91:12150-12154.
Giroux, M.J., and L.C. Hannah. (1994) ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in shrunken-2 and brittle-2 mutants of maize. Mol. Gen. Genet. 243:400-408.
Giroux, M.J., C. Boyer, G. Feix, and L.C. Hannah. (1994) Coordinated transcriptional regulation of storage product genes in the maize endosperm. Plant Physiol. 106:713-722.
Prioul, J-P., E. Jeannette, A. Reyss, N. Gregory, M. Giroux, L.C. Hannah, and M. Causse. (1994) Expression of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in maize (Zea mays L.) grain and source leaf during grain filling. Plant Physiol. 104:179-187.
Hannah, L.C., M. Giroux, and C. Boyer. (1993) Biotechnological modification of carbohydrates for sweet corn and maize impovement. Scientia Horticulturae 177-197.
Bae, J.M., M. Giroux, and L. Hannah. (1990) Cloning and characterization of the brittle-2 gene of maize. Maydica 35:317-322.
Callow, P., K. Haghighi, M. Giroux, and J. Hancock. (1989) In vitro shoot regeneration on leaf tissue from micropropagated highbush blueberry. Hortscience 24:373-375.
Review Articles:
Meyer, F.D., and M.J. Giroux (2007) Wheat. Pages 55-71 Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Vol. 59. Transgenic Crops IV (ed. By E.C. Pua and M.R. Davey. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Giroux, M.J., T. Sripo, S. Gerhardt, and J. Sherwood. (2003) Puroindolines: Their role in grain hardness and plant defense. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 20:277-290. Editor: Stephen E. Harding. Intercept, Andover, Hampshire, UK.
Technical articles and Abstracts
Campbell, J.B., J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. End Product Quality Effects of Novel Ha Loci >From Triticum tauschii L. on Soft Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) American Association of Cereal Chemists International, San Antonio, TX October 7-10, 2007.
Wanjugi, H.W., J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. Grain Softness in Wheat Requires Cooperative Binding of Puroindoline A and B to Starch. American Association of Cereal Chemists International. World Grains Summit:Foods and Beverages. September 17-20, 2006. San Francisco, CA.
Wanjugi, H.W., J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. The action of puroindoline a and b alone and in combination on wheat grain texture. Western Society of Crop Science 2006 Annual Meeting, June 19-21, 2006 Torrington, WY.
Campbell, J., Martin, J.M., Crutcher, F., Meyer, F.D., and M.J. Giroux. Increasing Hardness Locus Functionality. Western Society of Crop Science 2006 Annual Meeting, June 19-21, 2006 Torrington, WY.
Meyer, F.D., J. Martin, F. Crutcher, and M. Giroux. Increasing Wheat Grain Softness Via Selection for Increased Puroindoline Function Western Society of Crop Science (June 19-23, 2005).
Wanjugi, H., J.M.Martin and M.J.Giroux. Addition of puroindoline a or b to puroindoline a or b null genotypes. Third International Wheat Quality Conference (IWQC-III). Holiday Inn-Holidome Manhattan, Kansas May 22-26, 2005.
Swan, C.G., F. Meyer, A.C. Hogg, J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. Pinb is the limiting factor in Grain softness. American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida- Sept 11 – 14, 2005.
Sutrave, S., N.K. Blake, M.J. Giroux, S. Lanning, J.M. Martin and L.E. Talbert. Effect of Rate and Duration of Starch Biosynthesis on Grain Yield in Wheat. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference. January 15-19, 2005, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Swan, C. G., J. G. P. Bowman, J. M. Martin, and M. J. Giroux. Increased Expression of Puroindolines Slows Wheat Digestion in the Rumen, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Seattle, Washington - Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2004.
Wanjugi, H., M.J. Giroux, J.M. Martin, and A. Blechl. Complementation of Pina null allele with the wild type pina sequence restores a soft phenotype in transgenic wheat. AAAS- Pacific Division, Western Society of Crop Science. June 2004, Logan, UT.
Swan, C.G., F. Meyer, A. Hogg, J.M. Martin, and M.J. Giroux. Over expression of puroindolines in soft wheats create super-soft phenotype. AAAS- Pacific Division, Western Society of Crop Science. June 2004, Logan, UT.
J.M. Martin, L.E. Talbert, D. Nash, S.P. Lanning, J.D. Sherman, G. Carlson, and M.J. Giroux. Reduced Amylose Effects on Bread and White Salted Noodle Quality. American Association of Cereal Chemists. September, 2004, San Diego, CA.
Hogg, A.C., B. Beecher, J.M. Martin, L. Talbert, S. Lanning, and M.J. Giroux. Hard wheat milling and bread baking traits affected by puroindolines. American Association of Cereal Chemists. September, 2004, San Diego, CA.
Talbert, L. E., N. K. Blake, K. A. Hansen, E. A. Souza, J. D. Sherman, J. M. Martin, and M. J. Giroux. 2003. Analysis of candidate genes for improved yield potential in wheat. Proc 10th Internat Wheat Genet Symp (Ponga NE, Romano M, Pogna EA, and Galterio G eds). Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealcultura, Roma, Italy. 1:88-91.
John E Sherwood and Michael Giroux, Controlling Scab with Puroindoline-Expressing Wheat and Barley. 2003 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, December 13-15 in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Abdel-Haleem, H., V. Kanazin, H. Talbert, M.Giroux, J. Bowman, and T. Blake. Improvement of barley feed quality using a genetic approach. American Society of Agronomy. October 2003.
Hogg, Andy, Bill Grey, Jack Martin, and Mike Giroux. Wheat grain hardness genes: The role of pinA and pinB in grain texture and fungal defense. South Dakota Plant Physiology/Plant Biochemistry Symposium. Brookings, South Dakota. August 2003
Hogg, A.C., Sripo, T., Beecher, B., Martin, J.M., and Giroux, M.J. Wheat transformed with pinA and pinB shows varying levels of decreased kernel hardness. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Portland, Oregon. October 2003.
See, D.R., M. Giroux, and B. Gill. The effect of multiple copies of the puroindoline genes on grain softness. Plant and Animal Genome. San Diego, California. January 2003.
Giroux. M.J. Starch Biosynthesis in Wheat: Opportunities for Increased Quality and Yield. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Montreal, Canada. Oct. 13-17, 2002.
Giroux, M., J. Sherwood, and B. Beecher. Puroindolines confer grain texture changes and anti-fungal properties in transgenic cereals. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Montreal, Canada, October 2002.
Meyer, F.D., L. Talbert, S. Lanning, N. Blake, B. Beecher, and M. Giroux. Modification of a starch biosynthetic enzyme: Potential for increased seed yield in wheat. American Society of Plant Biologists. Denver, Colorado, August 2002.
Shan, Xueyan, E. Smidansky, L. Talbert, A. Fischer, and M. Giroux. Enhanced AGP activity in wheat endosperm effects upon plant metabolic pathways. American Society of Plant Biologists. Denver, Colorado, August 2002.
Beecher, B., A.D. Bettge, and M.J. Giroux. Expression of wild type puroindoline b complements a hard wheat phenotype. American Society of Plant Biology. Providence Rhode Island, July 2001.
Beecher, B., E.D. Smidansky, T. Blake, and M.J. Giroux. Mapping and Sequence analysis of barley puroindolines. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Kansas City, MO. October 2000.
Giroux, M.J., E.D. Smidansky, D. See, and T. Blake. Mapping and sequence analysis of barley puroindolines. Plant and Animal Genome VIII. San Diego CA. Jan 2000.
Giroux, M.J., and K. Krishnamurthy. Expression of wheat puroindolines in transgenic rice confers grain softness. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Kansas City, MO. October 2000.
Martin, J., C. Morris, R. Frohberg, L. Talbert, D. Habernicht, and M. Giroux. Milling and bread baking traits associated with puroindoline sequence type in hard red spring wheat. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Kansas City, MO. October 2000.
Morris, C.F., M.J. Giroux, and M. Lillemo. Puroindolines: the molecular-genetic basis for wheat grain hardness. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Seattle, Washington. October 1999.
Habernicht, D.K., P.L. Bruckner, J.E. Berg, J.A. Kennedy, H. TeSlaa, and M.J. Giroux. Assessment of the SDSS test for early generation screening for wheat quality. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Seattle, Washington. October 1999.
Habernicht, D.K., L. Talbert, and M.J. Giroux. Selection for dual purpose hard white wheats. American Association of Cereal Chemists. Seattle, Washington. October 1999.
Bruckner, P.L., D.K. Habernicht, J.E. Berg, G.R. Carlson, D.M. Wichman, G.D. Kushnak, H. TeSlaa, J.A. Kennedy, and M.J. Giroux. Progress in development of dual-purpose winter wheat cultivars. American Society of Agronomy. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 1999.
Blake, N.K., J.M. Martin, M.J. Giroux, D.K. Habernicht, and L.E. Talbert. Identification of bread and noodle quality traits using AFLP markers. American Society of Agronomy. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 1999.
Lanning, S.P., M.J. Giroux, J. Eckhoff, J. Baley, R. Qu, E. Sivamani, and L.E. Talbert. Drought and cold tolerance in transgenic wheat lines expressing the barley HVA1 gene. American Society of Agronomy. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 1999.
Morris, C.F., A.D. Bettge, M.J. Giroux, M. Zeng, and G.E. King. Relationships between RVA pasting characteristics and amylose content of normal, partially-waxy, and waxy wheat flours and starches. Proceedings of the 48th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, Cairns, August 1998.
Giroux, M.J., J.M. Martin, and L. Talbert. Hard wheat varieties devoid of pinA are harder textured than those containing a pinB alteration. Proceedings of the 9th International Wheat Genetics Symposium. Saskatoon, Canada August 1998.
Giroux, M.J., S. Babb, and C.F. Morris. Wheat grain hardness is controlled by highly conserved puroindoline mutations. Plant and Animal Genome VI. San Diego, California, Jan 1998.
CURRENT PROGRAMS
Research
Identify and examine genes affecting small grain quality and yield
Examine the relationship between increased seed sink strength and plant productivity
Increase milling yield and baking quality by identifying preferred alleles of controlling genes
Haplotype analysis of the barley Hardness locus
Teaching
Biotechnology (PSPP 426 Even Year Spring Semester).
Crop Breeding (PSPP 446 Odd Year Spring Semester).
Scholars Program- Average 1-2 students per year.
Graduate Student Advising- 1 M.S. student, 1 Ph.D. student
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