1. Benson, C.L., Kepka, M., Wunschel, C., Rajagopalan, N., Nelson, K.N., Christmann, A., Abrams, S.R., Grill, E., Loewen, M.C. 2015 Abscisic acid analogs as chemical probes for dissection of abscisic acid responses in Arabidopsis Thaliana. Phytochemistry, 113   96-107 . This paper reports on selectivity of ABA analogs in ABA receptors which should provide tools for dissecting the roles of individual receptors.DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.03.017

2. Kepka, M., Benson, C.L., Gonugunta, V.K., Nelson, K.M., Christmann, A., Grill, E., Abrams, S.R. Action of Natural Abscisic Acid Precursors and Catabolites on Abscisic Acid Receptor Complexes.  (2011) Plant Physiology 157: 2108 – 2119. This paper reports on the roles of ABA metabolites in processes in which ABA is known to be involved, using for the first time, cloned ABA receptors.  A subsequent related paper Phytochemistry 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.182584

3. Boyd, J., Gai, Y., Nelson, K.M., Lukiwski, E., Talbot, J., Loewen, M.K., Owen, S., L. Zaharia, L.I., Cutler, A.J., Abrams S.R., Loewen, M.C. 2009 Sesquiterpene-like inhibitors of a 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase regulating abscisic acid biosynthesis in higher plants Bioorg. Med. Chem. 17: 2902-2912.   This paper reports on a novel class of ABA analogs that inhibit ABA synthesis in plants.  DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.01.076

4. Nyangulu, J.M., Galka, M.M., Jadhav, A., Gai, Y., Graham, C.M., Nelson, K.M., Cutler, A.J., Taylor, D.C., Banowetz, G.M., Abrams S.R. (2005).  An affinity probe for isolation of Abscisic acid- binding proteins J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 127: 1662-1664. This paper reports a new approach to identifying ABA binding proteins which made possible identification of ABA binding proteins, and also reports a new class of bioactive ABA analogs. DOI: 10.1021/ja0429059

5. Chiwocha, S. D.S., S. R. Abrams, S. J. Ambrose, A. J. Cutler,  M. Loewen, A.R.S. Ross and A. R. Kermode (2003).  A Method for Profiling Classes of Plant Hormones and Their Metabolites using Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry: An Analysis of Hormone Regulation of Thermodormancy of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Seeds Plant J 35: 405-417.  We are the first to develop a hormone profiling strategy based on HPLC-MS/MS, which has scope to include many hormones and metabolites. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01800.x

6. Abrams S.R, Rose, P.A., A.J. Cutler, J.J. Balsevich, B. Lei, M.K. Walker-Simmons and. (1997). 8'-Methylene ABA - an effective and persistent analog of abscisic acid. Plant Physiol. 114: 89-97. Development of Stable ABA analogs. This research provides tools for biologists to study transient ABA effects in plants, and the chemistry has been patented and is being developed by industrial partner for PGRs for agriculture and horticulture. DOI:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.1.89

1) Galka, M, M., Rajagopalan, N. Buhrow, L. M., Nelson, K. M., Switala, J., Cutler, A.J., Palmer, D.J.R., Loewen, P., Abrams, S. R.,  Loewen, M.C.L. 2015 Identification of Interactions between Abscisic Acid and Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase PLOS ONE 1 (7) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133033

2) Mega, R., Meguro-Maoka, A., Endo, A., Shimosaka, E., Nambara, E., Seo, M., Kanno, Y., Abrams, S.R., Sato, Y. 2015 Sustained low abscisic acid levels increase seedling vigour under cold stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Scientific Reports 5 13819 DOI:doi:10.1038/srep13819

3) Pydi, S. P., Jaggupilli, Ap., Nelson, K. M.,  Abrams, S.R., Bhullar, R.P., Loewen, M.C., Chelikani, P. 2015 Abscisic Acid Acts as a Blocker of the Bitter Taste G Protein-Coupled Receptor T2R4. Biochemistry 54 (16) 2622-2631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00265

4) Benson, C.L., Michal Kepka, M., Wunschel, C., Rajagopalan, N., Nelson, K.N., Christmann, A., Abrams, S.R., Grill, E., Loewen, M.C. 2015 Abscisic acid analogs as chemical probes for dissection of abscisic acid responses in Arabidopsis Thaliana. Phytochemistry, 113  96-107 DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.03.017

5) Hatzig, S., Zaharia, L.I., Abrams, S., Hohmann, M., Legoahec, L., Bouchereau, A., Nathalie Nesi, N., Snowdon, R. 2014 Early osmotic adjustment responses in drought-resistant and drought-sensitive oilseed rape genotypes, Osmotic adjustment responses in oilseed rape. J. Integrative Plant Biology 56 (8) 797-809. DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12199

6) Endo, A., Nelson K.M., Thoms K., Abrams S.R., Nambara E., Sato Y.J. 2014 Functional characterization of xanthoxin dehydrogenase in rice.  Plant Physiol. 171 (14)  1231-40 DOI:10.1016/j.jplph.2014.05.003

7) McArtney S.J.,  Abrams, S.R., Derek D. Woolard, D.D., Petracek, P.D. 2014 Effects of abscisic acid and (+)-8′-acetylene abscisic acid on fruit set and stomatal conductance in apple.  HortScience,: 49 (6) 763-768 ref

8) Kharenko, O.A., Polichuk, D., Nelson, K.M., Abrams, S.R., Loewen, M.C. 2013 Identification and characterization of interactions between abscisic acid and human heat shock protein 70 family members. Journal of Biochemistry 154:383-391 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt067

9) Slater, S.M.H., Yuan, H.Y., Lulsdorf, M.M., Vandenberg, A., Han, X., Abrams, S.R. 2013  ^,Endogenous hormone profiles during early seed development of C. arietinum and C. anatolicum. J. Plant Growth Regulation 71:191–198  DOI: 10.1007/s10725-013-9819-2

10) Slater, M.H., Yuan, H.Y., Lulsdorf, M.M., Vandenberg, A.L., Zaharia, I., Han, X., Abrams, S.R. 2013 Comprehensive hormone profiling of the developing seeds of four grain legumes Plant Cell Rep 32 (12):1939-52.  DOI:10.1007/s00299-013-1505-3

11) Suttle, Jeffrey C., Abrams, S.R., De Stefano-Beltran, L., and Huckle, Linda L. 2012  Chemical inhibition of potato ABA-8’-hydroxylase activity alters in vitro and in vivo ABA metabolism and endogenous ABA levels but does not affect potato microtuber dormancy duration. Journal of Experimental Botany 63 (15): 5717-5725. DOI:10.1093/jxb/ers146

 12) Wally, Owen S.D., Critchley, Alan T., Hiltz, David, Craigie, James S., Han, Xiumei, Zaharia, L.I., Abrams, S.R., Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan. 2013  Regulation of Phytohormone Biosynthesis and Accumulation in Arabidopsis Following Treatment with Commercial Extract from the Marine Macroalga Ascophyllum nodosum. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. DOI: 10.1007/s00344-012-9301-9

13) Zifkin, M., Jin, A., Ozga, J., Zaharia, L.I., Schernthaner, J.P., Gesell, A., Abrams, S.R., Kennedy, J.A., and Constabel, C.P. 2012 Gene Expression and Metabolite Profiling of Developing Highbush Blueberry Fruit Indicates Transcriptional Regulation of Flavonoid Metabolism and Activation of Abscisic Acid Metabolism.  Plant Physiology Vol. 158, pp. 200 – 224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.180950

14) Kong, L., von Aderkas, P., Owen, S.J., Jaquish, B., Woods, J., Abrams, S.R. 2011  Effects of stem girdling on cone yield and endogenous phytohormones and metabolites in developing long shoots of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) New Forests, DOI: 10.1007/s11056-011-9294-4

15)Kayal, W.E, Allen, C.C.G., Ju, C.J.-Ta, Adams, E., King-Jones, S., Zaharia, L.I., Abrams, S.R., Cooke, J.E.K. 2011 Molecular events of apical bud formation in white spruce, Picea glauca Plant, Cell and Environment, 34 (3), pp. 480-500 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02257.x

16) Kepka, M., Benson, C.L., Gonugunta, V.K., Nelson, K.M., Christmann, A., Grill, E., Abrams, S.R. 2011 Action of Natural Abscisic Acid Precursors and Catabolites on Abscisic Acid Receptor Complexes.  Plant Physiology Vol. 157, pp 2108 – 2119 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.182584

17) Zhang, Q., Pettolino, F.A., Dhugga, K.S., Rafalski, A., Tingey, S., Taylor, J., Shirley, N.J., Hayes, K., Beatty, M., Abrams, S.A., Zaharia, L.I., Burton, R.A., Bacic, A., and Fincher, G.B. 2011 Cell Wall Modifications in Maize Pulvini in Response to Gravitational Stress. Plant Physiology, Vol. 156, pp – 2155-2171 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.179606