Michelle Jones
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

214A Williams Hall 1680 Madison Ave. Wooster, OH 44691 Phone: 330-263-3885 Fax: 330-263-3887

Email: Jones.1968@osu.edu

WEBSITE at oardc.osu.edu/joneslab/
at OSU since 2001

EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1997 Purdue University

B.S. 1993 Iowa State University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-present Associate Professor, Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Plant Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University

2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Plant Molecular Biology/ Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University

1998 -2001 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN EXTENSION,RESEARCH, TEACHING
85% research, 15% extension
Floriculture Molecular Biology

AWARDS AND HONORS
Alex Laurie Award (2000). Presented by the Ohio Florists Association for the best Floriculture research paper in the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science or HortScience. Jones ML and WR Woodson. (1999) Interorgan Signaling Following Pollination in Carnation Flowers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 124:598-604.

SELECTED SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS DURING LAST FIVE YEARS
Refereed journal papers, books, and book chapters:
1) Chiang Y-C, Stushnoff C, McSay AE, Jones ML and Bohnert H (2005) Overexpression of Mannitol-1-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Increases Mannitol Accumulation and Adds Protection Against Chilling Injury in Petunia. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. In Press.

2) Langston BL, Bai S, and ML Jones (2005) Increases in DNA Fragmentation and Induction of a Senescence-Specific Nuclease are Delayed during the Senescence of Ethylene-insensitive (etr1-1) Transgenic Petunias. Journal of Experimental Botany. 56:15-23.

3) Jones ML (2004) Changes in Gene Expression during Senescence. In Plant Cell Death Processes. L Nooden ed. Elsevier Science, San Diego, Calif. Pgs 51-72.

4) Jones ML, Cochran KK, Anderson GA, and DC Ferree (2004) Effects of Preservatives and Cold Storage on Performance of Cut Branches of Various Cultivars of Deciduous Holly. HortTechnology. 14:230-234.

5) Pennycooke JC, Vepachedu R, Stushnoff C, and ML Jones (2004) Expression of an a-Galactosidase Gene in Petunia is Up-regulated during Low Temperature Deacclimation. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 129:491-496.

6) Clark DG, Dervinis C, Barrett JE, Klee H, and ML Jones (2004) Drought-induced Leaf Senescence and Horticultural Performance of Transgenic PSAG12-IPT Petunias. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 129: 93-99.

7) Pennycooke JC, Jones ML, and C Stushnoff (2003) Down-Regulating a-Galactosidase Enhances Freezing Tolerance in Transgenic Petunia. Plant Physiology. 133: 901-909.

8) Chang H, Jones ML, Banowetz GM, and DG Clark (2003) Overproduction of Cytokinins in Petunia Flowers Transformed with PSAG12-IPT Delays Corolla Senescence and Decreases Sensitivity to Ethylene. Plant Physiology. 132: 2174-2183.

8) Jones ML (2003) Ethylene biosynthetic genes are differentially regulated by ethylene and ACC in carnation styles. Plant Growth Regulation 40:129-138.

9) Jones ML (2002) Ethylene Responsiveness in Carnation Styles is Associated with Stigma Receptivity. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 15:107-112.

10) Jones ML, Kim E-S, and S Newman. (2001) The role of Ethylene and 1-MCP in Flower Development and Petal Abscission in Zonal Geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum Bailey). HortScience. 36:1305-1309.

Extension, technical, trade, or popular articles:
1) Jones ML (2005) Postproduction Care and Handling: How do we Maintain Plant Quality after Production? Ohio Floriculture Online Newsletter 12(1): http://floriculture.osu.edu/

2) Jones ML (2002) Postproduction Care & Handling. Ohio Florists Association Bulletin* 872: 15-16.

3) Jones ML (2002) Ethylene: Floricultures Friend or Foe? Ohio Florists Association Bulletin 870: (1) 6-7.

4) Jones ML and J Metzger (2001) The Future of Plant Growth Regulators. Ohio Florists Association Bulletin 862: 11-13.

Web sites, videos and/or other electronic media:
1) http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/joneslab/

Cultivars, Varieties and/or Patents:
none

Invited out-of-state and/or international presentations
1) April 26, 2002 Pollination-Induced Senescence of Ethylene Sensitive and Insensitive Petunias. Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene III. Murcia, Spain.

2) July 2, 2001 Molecular Regulation of Flower Senescence by Cytokinins and Ethylene. Plant Growth Regulation Society of America Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL.

Last modified: 5/14/2008