Norman B. Best

780 total citations
21 papers, 531 citations indexed

About

Norman B. Best is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman B. Best has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 531 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Norman B. Best's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers). Norman B. Best is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers). Norman B. Best collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Norman B. Best's co-authors include Brian P. Dilkes, Burkhard Schulz, Thomas Hartwig, Paula McSteen, Gurmukh S. Johal, Simon T. Malcomber, Andrea Gallavotti, Jia‐Ying Zhu, Sunghwa Choe and Claudia Corvalán and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Norman B. Best

19 papers receiving 525 citations

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Eriko Koketsu Japan

Wanjun Song China

Cristian Forestan Italy

Chunhua Wang China

Yuange Wang China

Aneeta Pradhan Australia

Neetu Verma India

Qunqun Hao China

Manfei Li China

Zhengrui Qin China

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20 of 20 papers shown

Best, Norman B., et al.. (2025). Uses and Opportunities for Ethyl Methanesulfonate Mutagenesis in Maize. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols.

Best, Norman B., et al.. (2025). Function of nuclear envelope proteins in plant growth and development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 85. 102738–102738.

Kaur, Amanpreet, Norman B. Best, Thomas Hartwig, et al.. (2024). A maize semi-dwarf mutant reveals a GRAS transcription factor involved in brassinosteroid signaling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(4). 3072–3096. 13 indexed citations

Vollbrecht, Erik, et al.. (2024). Brassinosteroid biosynthesis and signaling: Conserved and diversified functions of core genes across multiple plant species. Plant Communications. 5(9). 100982–100982. 23 indexed citations

Best, Norman B. & Brian P. Dilkes. (2023). Genetic evidence that brassinosteroids suppress pistils in the maize tassel independent of the jasmonic acid pathway. Plant Direct. 7(7). e501–e501. 6 indexed citations

Matthes, Michaela S., et al.. (2023). Enhancement of developmental defects in the boron‐deficient maize mutanttassel‐less1by reduced auxin levels. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Hoang V., Qin‐Bao Li, Shawn A. Christensen, et al.. (2022). Dedicated farnesyl diphosphate synthases circumvent isoprenoid‐derived growth‐defense tradeoffs in Zea mays. The Plant Journal. 112(1). 207–220. 7 indexed citations

Best, Norman B. & Brian P. Dilkes. (2022). Transcriptional responses to gibberellin in the maize tassel and control by DELLA domain proteins. The Plant Journal. 112(2). 493–517. 9 indexed citations

Matthes, Michaela S., et al.. (2022). Defects in meristem maintenance, cell division, and cytokinin signaling are early responses in the boron deficient maize mutant tassel‐less1. Physiologia Plantarum. 174(2). e13670–e13670. 14 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B. & Paula McSteen. (2022). Mapping Maize Mutants Using Bulked‐Segregant Analysis and Next‐Generation Sequencing. Current Protocols. 2(11). e591–e591. 2 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., Charles Addo‐Quaye, Bong-Suk Kim, et al.. (2021). Mutation of the nuclear pore complex component, aladin1 , disrupts asymmetric cell division in Zea mays (maize). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(7). 9 indexed citations

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Yao, Hong, Andrea L. Skirpan, Michaela S. Matthes, et al.. (2019). The barren stalk2 Gene Is Required for Axillary Meristem Development in Maize. Molecular Plant. 12(3). 374–389. 40 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., et al.. (2018). Auxin EvoDevo: Conservation and Diversification of Genes Regulating Auxin Biosynthesis, Transport, and Signaling. Molecular Plant. 12(3). 298–320. 110 indexed citations

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Addo‐Quaye, Charles, et al.. (2017). Forward Genetics by Sequencing EMS Variation-Induced Inbred Lines. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(2). 413–425. 18 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., et al.. (2017). Brassinosteroids Modulate Meristem Fate and Differentiation of Unique Inflorescence Morphology in Setaria viridis. The Plant Cell. 30(1). 48–66. 34 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., Gurmukh S. Johal, & Brian P. Dilkes. (2017). Phytohormone inhibitor treatments phenocopy brassinosteroid–gibberellin dwarf mutant interactions in maize. Plant Direct. 1(2). 21 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., Xingang Wang, Eric Déan, et al.. (2016). Sunflower ‘Sunspot’ is Hyposensitive to GA3 and has a Missense Mutation in the DELLA Motif of HaDella1. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 141(4). 389–394. 5 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., Thomas Hartwig, Shozo Fujioka, et al.. (2016). nana plant2 Encodes a Maize Ortholog of the Arabidopsis Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Gene DWARF1, Identifying Developmental Interactions between Brassinosteroids and Gibberellins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 171(4). 2633–2647. 96 indexed citations

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Best, Norman B., Thomas Hartwig, Bruce R. Cooper, et al.. (2014). Soilless Plant Growth Media Influence the Efficacy of Phytohormones and Phytohormone Inhibitors. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e107689–e107689. 8 indexed citations

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Hartwig, Thomas, Claudia Corvalán, Norman B. Best, et al.. (2012). Propiconazole Is a Specific and Accessible Brassinosteroid (BR) Biosynthesis Inhibitor for Arabidopsis and Maize. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36625–e36625. 105 indexed citations

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