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Citrus
- Tang, L., Lovatt, C.J. 2026. Effect of fruit on floral gene expression and floral intensity in alternate bearing ‘Nules Clementine’ and ‘Pixie’ mandarin. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 15(3):272–282.
- Tang, L., Lovatt, C.J. 2022. Effects of water-deficit stress and gibberellic acid on floral gene expression and floral determinacy in 'Washington' navel orange. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 147(4):183–195.
- Lavagi-Craddock, I., El-Kereamy, A., Hajeri, S. Lovatt, C., Vidalakis, G. 2022. Dwarfing of commercial citrus varieties using TsnRNAs. Citrograph Mag. 13(4):54–57.
- Orbovic, V., Ravanfar, S.A., Acanda, Y., Narvaez, J., Merritt, B.A., Levy, A., Lovatt, C.J. 2021. Stress-inducible Arabidopsis thaliana RD29A promoter constitutively drives Citrus sinensis APETALA1 and LEAFY expression and precocious flowering in transgenic Citrus spp. Trangenic Res. pp. 1-13.
- Tang, L., Lovatt, C.J. 2019. Effects of low temperature and gibberellic acid on floral gene expression and floral determinacy in 'Washington' navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). Scientia Hort. 243:92-100.
- Pillitteri, L.J., Lovatt, C.J., Walling, L.L. 2004. Isolation and characterization of a TERMINAL FLOWER homolog and its correlation with juvenility in citrus. Plant Phys. 135:1540-1551.
- Pillitteri, L.J., Lovatt, C.J., Walling, L.L. 2004. Isolation and characterization of LEAFY and APETALA1 homologues from Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck ‘Washington’. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129:846-856.
- Ali, A.G., Lovatt, C.J. 1995. Evaluating analytical procedures for quantifying ammonium in leaf tissue. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 120:871-876.
- Ali, A.G., Lovatt, C.J. 1995. Relationship of polyamines to low-temperature stress-induced flowering of the 'Washington' navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). J. Hort. Sci. 70:491-498.
- Casale, W.L., Minassian, V., Menge, J.A., Lovatt, C.J., Pond, E., Johnson, E., Guillemet, F. 1995. Urban and agricultural wastes for use as mulches on avocado and citrus for delivery of microbial biocontrol agents. J. Hort. Sci. 70:315-332.
- Sagee, O., Lovatt, C.J. 1991. Putrescine content parallels ammonia and arginine metabolism in the 'Washington' navel orange. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 116:280-285.
- Lovatt, C.J., Zheng, Y., Hake, K.D. 1988. Demonstration of a change in nitrogen metabolism essential to floral induction in Citrus. Israel J. Bot. 37:181-188.
- Tomlinson, P.T., Lovatt, C.J. 1987. Nucleotide metabolism in 'Washington' navel orange fruit. I. Pathways of synthesis and catabolism. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. 112:529-535.
- Tomlinson, P.T., Lovatt, C.J. 1987. Nucleotide metabolism in 'Washington' navel orange fruit. II. Pathway capacities during development. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 112:535-539.
- Rabe, E., Lovatt, C.J. 1986. Increased arginine biosynthesis during phosphorus deficiency. Plant Physiol. 81:774-779.
- Rabe, E., Lovatt, C.J. 1986. Relative phosphorus dependency of citrus rootstock cultivars is reflected in their nitrogen metabolism. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. 111:922-926.
- Hamid, G.A., Van Gundy, S.D., Lovatt, C.J. 1985. Citrus nematode (Tylenchulus semipenetrans Cobb.): Alters carbohydrate partitioning in the 'Washington' navel orange variety (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 110:642-646.
- Rabe, E., Lovatt, C.J. 1984. De novo arginine biosynthesis in leaves of phosphorus-deficient Citrus and Poncirus species. Plant Physiol. 76:747-752.
- Ntoukakis, V., Negm, F.B., Lovatt, C.J. 2017. Sink activity in 'Washington' navel orange fruit borne on leafy and leafless inflorescences. Citrus Res. Technol. 38(1):32-40.
- Becerra, B.J., Narvaez-Vasquez, J., Pillitteri, L.J., Orozco-Cardenas, M., Tang, L., Lovatt, C.J. 2016. Identification of cis-regulatory elements related to water-deficit and low-temperature stress within the promoter of Citrus sinensis APETALA1. Citrus Res. Technol. 38(1):138-146.
- Ntoukakis, V., Negm, F.B., Lovatt, C.J. 2016. Regulation of sucrose phosphate synthase in vascular bundles of 'Washington' navel orange fruit (Citrus Sinensis L. Osbeck) by a protein kinase and a protein phosphatase. Citrus Res. Technol. 37(2):147-155.
- Khuong, T., Zheng, Y., Chao, C.T., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Foliar-applied trytophan, a precursor of IAA biosynthesis increases fruit set and fruit size of citrus. Proc. 37th Annu. Meeting Plant Growth Reg. Soc. Amer. 1:97-101.
- Zheng, Y., Arpaia, M.L., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Effect of polyamines and salicylic acid on postharvest lemon quality. Proc. 11th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 2:1331-1336.
- Pillitteri, L.J., Walling, L.L., Lovatt, C.J. 2004. TERMINAL FLOWER, LEAFY and APETALA1 homologues and their relationship to juvenility in Citrus sinensis – An overview. Proc. 10th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 1:61-66.
- Pillitteri, L.J., Walling, L.L., Hyman, B.C., Lovatt, C.J. 2000. Regulation of flowering in the 'Washington' navel orange: Floral genes. Proc. 9th Congr. Intl. Soc. of Citricult. 1:347-350.
- Zheng, Y., Lovatt, C.J. 2000. Potassium-deficient citrus rootstocks accumulate arginine, proline, and putrescine. Proc. 9th Congr. Intl. Soc. of Citricult. 1:691-692.
- Lovatt, C.J., Sagee, O., Ali, A.G. 1992. Ammonia and/or its metabolites influence flowering, fruit set, and yield of the 'Washington' navel orange. Proc. 7th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 1:412-416.
- Lovatt, C.J., Sagee, O., Ali, A.G., Zheng, Y., Protacio, C.M. 1992. Influence of nitrogen, carbohydrate, and plant growth regulators on flowering, fruit set, and yield of citrus with special emphasis on the role of ammonia and/or its metabolites in flowering, fruit set, and yield of the 'Washington' navel orange. 2nd Intl. Seminar Citrus. 1:31-54.
- Bower, J.P., Lovatt, C.J., Cutting, J.M., Blanke, M.M. 1990. Interaction of plant growth regulators and carbohydrate in flowering and fruit set. Acta Hort. 2:425-434.
- Lovatt, C.J., Cheng, A.H. 1990. Comparison of some aspects of nitrogen metabolism of avocado with citrus. Acta Hort. 2:489-495.
- Lovatt, C.J., Rabe, E. 1988. Ammonia accumulation: A key response of plants to phosphorus deficiency. Phosphorus Symp. 1:121-123.
- Lovatt, C.J., Zheng, Y., Hake, K.D. 1988. A new look at the Kraus Kraybill hypothesis and flowering in Citrus. 6th. Intl. Citrus Congr. 1:475-483.
- El-Otmani, M., Lovatt, C.J., Coggins, C.W., Agusti, M. 1995. Plant growth regulators in citriculture: Factors regulating endogenous levels and biosynthesis in citrus tissues. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 14:367-412.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1989. Biochemical changes in key nitrogen compounds during induction and formation of flowering in 'Washington' navel orange. Alon Hanotea 43:1189-1194.
- Lovatt, C.J. 2014. Physiology and phenololgy. In: Citrus Production Manual. (Eds) L. Ferguson, E. Grafton-Cardwell. ANR Publ. 3539. p.31-59.
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Avocado
- Wang, M., Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Lovatt, C.J. 2016. Developmental differences in antioxidant compounds and systems in normal and small-phenotype fruit of 'Hass' avocado (Persea americana Mill.). Scientia Hort. 206:15-23.
- Tesfay, S.Z., Bertling, I., Bower, J.P., Lovatt, C.J. 2012. The quest for the function of 'Hass' avocado carbohydrates: Clues from fruit and seed development as well as seed germination. Australian J. of Bot. 60:79-86.
- Wang, M., Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Lovatt, C.J. 2012. Effect of harvest date on the nutritional quality and antioxidant capacity in 'Hass' avocado during storage. Food Chem. 135:694-698.
- Garner, L.C., Ashworth, V.E., Clegg, M.T., Lovatt, C.J. 2008. The impact of outcrossing on yields of 'Hass' avocado. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133:648-652.
- Violi, H.A., Treseder, K.K., Menge, J.A., Wright, S.F., Lovatt, C.J. 2007. Density dependence and interspecific interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate plant growth, glomalin production and sporulation. Can. J. Bot. 85:63-75.
- Violi, H.A., Barrientos-Priego, A.F., Wright, S.F., Escamilla-Prado, E., Morton, J.B., Menge, J.A., Lovatt, C.J. 2007. Disturbance changes arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal phenology and soil glomalin concentrations but not fungal spore composition in montane rainforests in Veracruz and Chiapas, Mexico. Forest Ecol. Management. 254:276-290.
- Casale, W.L., Minassian, V., Menge, J.A., Lovatt, C.J., Pond, E., Johnson, E., Guillemet, F. 1995. Urban and agricultural wastes for use as mulches on avocado and citrus for delivery of microbial biocontrol agents. J. Hort. Sci. 70:315-332.
- Lovatt, C.J., Cheng, A.H. 1990. Comparison of some aspects of nitrogen metabolism of avocado with citrus. Acta Hort. 2:489-495.
- Nevin, J.M., Lovatt, C.J., Eaks, I.L., Ohr, H.D. 1990. Separation of the effects of drought and infection by Phytophthora cinnamoni on 'Hass' avocado. Acta Hort. 2:729-736.
- Nevin, J.M., Lovatt, C.J., Embleton, T.W. 1990. Problems with urea-N foliar fertilization of avocado. Acta Hort. 2:535-541.
- Nevin, J.M., Lovatt, C.J. 1989. Changes in starch and ammonia metabolism during low temperature stress-induced flowering in 'Hass' avocado. A preliminary report. S. Afr. Avocado Growers' Assoc. Yrbk. 12:21-25.
- Nevin, J.M., Lovatt, C.J. 1987. Demonstration of ammonia accumulation and toxicity in avocado leaves during water-deficit stress. Proc. 1st World Avocado Congr. 1:51-54.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1989. Induction of flowering in ‘Hass’ avocado: Can it be manipulated with NH3-NH4+? Can flowering be controlled by foliar application of urea? Alon Hanotea 43:1221-1224.
- Lovatt, C.J., Bertling, I., Blanke, M. 1994. Comparison of determinate us. Indeterminate inflorescences to determine the roles of PGRs, carbohydrate, nitrogen, and other nutrients in fruit set of the 'Hass' avocado. Calif. Avocado Soc. Yrbk. 78:183-186.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1990. A definitive test to determine whether phosphite fertilization can replace phosphate fertilization to supply P in the metabolism of 'Hass' on 'Duke 7' - A preliminary report. Calif. Avocado Soc. Yrbk. 74:61-64.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1989. Development of biochemical indices of stress tolerance for rapid initial screening of large numbers of avocado rootstocks and scion varieties. Calif. Avocado Soc. Yrbk. 73:53-57.
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Other Plant Species
- Brady, B.S., Hyman, B.C., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Regulation of CPSase, ACTase, and OCTase genes in Medicago truncatula: Implications for carbamoylphosphate synthesis and allocation to pyrimidine and arginine de novo biosynthesis. Gene 462:18-25.
- Mochizuki, M.J., Daugovish, O., Ahumada, M.H., Ashkan, S., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Carbon dioxide enrichment may increase yield of field grown red raspberry under high tunnels. HortTechnology 20(1):213-219.
- Duca, M., Orozco-Cardenas, M., Lovatt, C.J. 2008. Gibberellin-induced gene expression associated with cytoplasmic male sterility in sunflower. Biotechnol. & Biotechnol. Eq. 22:691-698.
- Haver, D.L., Schuch, U.K., Lovatt, C.J. 2003. Exposure of petunia seedlings to ethylene decreased apical dominance by reducing the ratio of auxin to cytokinin. J. Plant Growth Regulat. 21:459-468.
- Zhou, Z., Metcalf, A.E., Lovatt, C.J., Hyman, B.C. 2000. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) carbamoylphosphate synthetase gene structure records the deep lineage of plants. Gene. 243:105-114.
- Lazcano-Ferrat, I., Lovatt, C.J. 1999. Relationship between relative water content, nitrogen pools, and growth of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and P. acutifolius A. Gray during water deficit. Crop Sci. 39:467-475.
- Lazcano-Ferrat, I., Lovatt, C.J. 1997. Effect of salinity on arginine biosynthesis in leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. and P. acutifolius A. Gray. Crop Sci. 37:469-475.
- Nazario, G.M., Lovatt, C.J. 1993. Separate de novo and salvage purine pools are involved in the biosynthesis of theobromine but not caffeine in leaves of Coffea arabica L. Plant Physiol. 103:1203-1210.
- Nazario, G.M., Lovatt, C.J. 1993. Regulation of purine metabolism in leaves of Coffea arabica. Plant Physiol. 103:1195-1201.
- Peterson, T.A., Lovatt, C.J., Nieman, R.H. 1988. Salt stress causes acceleration of purine catabolism and inhibition of pyrimidine salvage in Zea mays root tips. J. Expt. Bot. 39:1389-1395.
- Krueger, R.W., Lovatt, C.J., Albert, L.S. 1987. Metabolic requirement of Cucurbita pepo for boron. Plant Physiol. 83:254-258.
- Lin, F.F., Lovatt, C.J. 1986. Biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides in cultured root callus of Cucurbita pepo. In Vitro. 22:1-5.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1985. Evolution of xylem resulted in a requirement for boron in the apical meristem of vascular plants. New Phytol. 99:509-522.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1985. Relationship between the activity of the orotic acid pathway and glucose content of roots of Cucurbita pepo. Plant, Cell and Environ. 8:59-63.
- Lovatt, C.J., Bates, L.M. 1984. Early effects of excess boron on photosynthesis and growth of Cucurbita pepo. J. Expt. Bot. 35:297-305.
- Lovatt, C.J., Cheng, A.H. 1984. Application of commercial enzymes to measure the activity of the arginine pathway-urea cycle in intact cells. Anal. Biochem. 142:305-311.
- Lovatt, C.J., Cheng, A.H. 1984. Aspartate carbamyltransferase: Site of end product inhibition of the orotate pathway in intact cells of Cucurbita pepo. Plant Physiol. 75:511-515.
- Lovatt, C.J., Dugger, W.M. 1984. Boron. In: The Biochemistry of the Essential UltraTrace Elements. (Ed) E. Friedan. Plenum Publishing Corp. New York. p.389-421.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1983. De novo purine biosynthesis in intact cells of Cucurbita pepo. Plant Physiol. 73:766-772.
- Lovatt, C.J., Albert, L.S., Tremblay, G.C. 1981. Synthesis, salvage, and catabolism of uridine nucleotides in boron-deficient squash roots. Plant Physiol. 68:1389-1394.
- Lovatt, C.J., Albert, L.S., Tremblay, G.C. 1979. Regulation of pyrimidine biosynthesis in intact cells of Cucurbita pepo. Plant Physiol. 64:562-569.
- Crandall, D.E., Lovatt, C.J., Tremblay, G.C. 1978. Regulation of pyrimidine biosynthesis by purine and pyrimidine nucleosides in slices of rat tissues. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 188:194-205.
- Nazario, G.M., Lovatt, C.J. 1993. Purine metabolism and alkaloid biosynthesis in leaves of Coffea arabica L. 15th Colloque Scientifique Intl. 8p.
- Lovatt, C.J. 1990. Stress alters ammonia and arginine metabolism. In: Polyamines and Ethylene: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Interactions. (Eds) H.E. Flores, R.N. Areca, J.C. Shannon. Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol. p.166-179.