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Gefu Wang-Pruski
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Latest papers
Disruption of olfactory perception in the Empoasca onukii Matsuda by a defensive green leaf volatile, (Z)-3-hexenal.
Pest management science · 2026
Melatonin Alleviates Cinnamic Acid Autotoxicity in Melon Seedlings by Modulating Physiological and Biochemical Processes.
Physiologia plantarum · 2026
Autotoxicity in Cucumis melo L. and its alleviation by exogenous silicon: Physiological and biochemical mechanisms.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB · 2025
Latest funding
- $5,000
Atlantic agricultural forum
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
- $73,353
Real-time polymerase chain reaction system
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
- $20,000
Potato functional genomics for improvement of tuber production
NSERC · 2007 · Principal investigator
27 publications.
Disruption of olfactory perception in the Empoasca onukii Matsuda by a defensive green leaf volatile, (Z)-3-hexenal.
Zhou M, Sun Y, Champer J, Huang S, You M, Wang-Pruski G, You S
Melatonin Alleviates Cinnamic Acid Autotoxicity in Melon Seedlings by Modulating Physiological and Biochemical Processes.
Wang J, Zhang Z, Wang-Pruski G, Wu J
Autotoxicity in Cucumis melo L. and its alleviation by exogenous silicon: Physiological and biochemical mechanisms.
Zhang Z, Fan J, Wang-Pruski G, Wu J
Morphological, physiological, and molecular responses of Perilla frutescens to copper stress alleviated by PVC microplastics.
Zhang Z, Sun F, Yang X, Hu J, Xu L, Wang-Pruski G, Wu J
The emulsifying capacity and stability of potato proteins and peptides: A comprehensive review.
Bashash M, Wang-Pruski G, He QS, Sun X
De novo transcriptome assembly and differential gene expression analysis in different developmental stages of Agriotes sputator (click beetle).
Joshi J, Wang-Pruski G
Combined effects of micron-sized polyvinyl chloride particles and copper on seed germination of perilla.
Sun F, Feng T, Xu Y, Zeng X, Wu J, Wang-Pruski G, Zhang Z
Gene Silencing via Ingestion of Double-Stranded RNA in Wireworm of Agriotes Species.
Joshi J, Coffin R, Barrett R, Wang-Pruski G
Root suberization in the response mechanism of melon to autotoxicity.
Zhang L, Yang H, Feng T, Xu Y, Tang X, Yang X, Wang-Pruski G, Zhang Z
Physiological analysis and transcriptome profiling reveals the impact of microplastic on melon (Cucumis melo L.) seed germination and seedling growth.
Li Z, Zeng X, Sun F, Feng T, Xu Y, Li Z, Wu J, Wang-Pruski G, Zhang Z
Atlantic agricultural forum
Principal investigators: WangPruski, Gefu
Real-time polymerase chain reaction system
Principal investigators: MacLaren, Leslie
Potato functional genomics for improvement of tuber production
Principal investigators: WangPruski, Gefu
The Atlantic Research Centre for Agricultural Genomics
Principal investigators: Benkel, Bernhard
Keywords: Agricultural Genomics, Biotechnology, Genotyping, DNA Sequencing, Real time-PCR, DNA Extraction, LIMS
Genotype-environment interactions as determinants of potato tuber quality
Principal investigators: WangPruski, Gefu
Expanding the Infrastructure Capabilities of the Cropping Systems Research Program at the Nova Scotia Agriculture College
Principal investigators: Wang-Pruski, Gefu
Keywords: Sustainable agriculture, Cropping Systems, crop nutrition, soil quality, soil contamination, heavy metals, medicinal crops, essential oils, secondary metabolites
Enhancing the capability of the agricultural genomics centre at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Principal investigators: Farid, Hossain
Keywords: Gene expression, Gene mapping, QTL mapping, Livestock, Plants
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Quan He and Sophia He: 148 shared papers
- Raymond Thomas and Lord Abbey: 19 shared papers
- Quan He and Lord Abbey: 3 shared papers
- Quan He and Xiaohong Sun: 3 shared papers
- Lord Abbey and Sophia He: 3 shared papers
- Xiaohong Sun and Sophia He: 3 shared papers
- Quan He and Gefu Wang-Pruski: 1 shared paper
- Raymond Thomas and Gefu Wang-Pruski: 1 shared paper
- Lord Abbey and Gefu Wang-Pruski: 1 shared paper
- Xiaohong Sun and Gefu Wang-Pruski: 1 shared paper
- Liette Vasseur and Gefu Wang-Pruski: 1 shared paper
- Gefu Wang-Pruski and Sophia He: 1 shared paper
- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Engineering (Faculty of Agriculture)
- Department of Biology
- Department of Engineering
Co-authors at Dalhousie University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sophia He
Department of Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Quan He
Engineering (Faculty of Agriculture)
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Raymond Thomas
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Lord Abbey
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Xiaohong Sun
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Liette Vasseur
Biological Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2020
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