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Ferrao, L.; Dhakal, R.; Dias, R.; Tieman, D.; Whitaker, V.; Gore, M.; Messina, C.; Resende, M.  2023 Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics  Current Opinion in Biotechnology 83: 102968 
Barnett, J.; Tieman, D.; Caicedo, A.  2023 Variation in ripe fruit volatiles across the tomato clade: An evolutionary framework for studying fruit scent diversity in a crop wild relative  American Journal of Botany 110: e16223 
Sapkota, M.; Pereira, L.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Topcu, Y.; Tieman, D.; van der Knaap, E.  2023 Structural variation underlies functional diversity at methyl salicylate loci in tomato  Plos Genetics 19: e1010751 
Kaur, G.; Abugu, M.; Tieman, D.  2023 The dissection of tomato flavor: biochemistry, genetics, and omics  Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1144113 
Li, X.; Tieman, D.; Alseekh, S.; Fernie, A.; Klee, H.  2023 Natural variations in the Sl-AKR9aldo/keto reductase gene impact fruit flavor volatile and sugar contents  Plant Journal 115: 1134-1150 
Zhang, H.; Zhu, X.; Xu, R.; Yuan, Y.; Abugu, M.; Yan, C.; Tieman, D.; Li, X.  2023 Postharvest chilling diminishes melon flavor via effects on volatile acetate ester biosynthesis  Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 1067680 
Lee, T.; Klee, H.; Tieman, D.  2023 Field evaluation of CRISPR-Cas9-driven brachytic and jointless pedicel tomatoes identifies an association between the high extra-large-sized fruit yield of the brachytic-mediated shortened tomato and the jointless2  Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology 64: 511-516 
Fan, Z.; Tieman, D.; Knapp, S.; Zerbe, P.; Famula, R.; Barbey, C.; Folta, K.; Amadeu, R.; Lee, M.; Oh, Y.; et al.  2022 A multi-omics framework reveals strawberry flavor genes and their regulatory elements  New Phytologist 236: 1089-1107 
Colantonio, V.; Ferra, L.; Tieman, D.; Bliznyuk, N.; Sims, C.; Klee, H.; Munoz, P.; Resende, M.  2022 Metabolomic selection for enhanced fruit flavor  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2115865119 
Frick, E.; Sapkota, M.; Pereira, L.; Wang, Y.; Hermanns, A.; Giovannoni, J.; van der Knaap, E.; Tieman, D.; Klee, H.  2022 A family of methyl esterases converts methyl salicylate to salicylic acid in ripening tomato fruit  Plant Physiology 191: 10-124 
Ferrao, L.; Sater, H.; Lyrene, P.; Amadeu, R.; Sims, C.; Tieman, D.; Munoz, P.  2022 Terpene volatiles mediates the chemical basis of blueberry aroma and consumer acceptability  Food Research International 158: 111468 
Bizzio, L.; Tieman, D.; Munoz, P.  2022 Branched-Chain Volatiles in Fruit: A Molecular Perspective  Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 814138 
Pereira, L.; Sapkota, M.; Alonge, M.; Zheng, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Razifard, H.; Taitano, N.; Schatz, M.; Fernie, A.; Wang, Y.; et al.  2021 Natural Genetic Diversity in Tomato Flavor Genes  Frontiers in Plant Science 12:1-23 
Aono, Y.; Asikin, Y.; Wang, N.; Tieman, D.; Klee, H.; Kusano, M.  2021 High-Throughput Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Profiling Reveals Positive Associations with Sugar and Apocarotenoid Volatile Content in Fruits of Tomato Varieties in Modern and Wild Accessions  Metabolites 11:398 
Liscombe, D. K., Kamiyoshihara, Yusuke, Ghironzi , Jérémie, Kempthorne, Christine J., Hooton, Kevin, Bulot, Blandine, Kanellis, Vassilios, Mcnulty, James, Lam, Nghi, Nadeau, Louis-Felix, Pautler, Michael, Tieman, Denise M., Klee, Harry J. and Goulet, Charles  2021 A flavin-dependent monooxygenase produces nitrogenous tomato aroma volatiles using cysteine as a nitrogen source  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2118676119 

Hamid Razifard, Alexis Ramos, Audrey L Della Valle, Cooper Bodary, Erika Goetz, Elizabeth J Manser, Xiang Li, Lei Zhang, Sofia Visa, Denise Tieman, Esther van der Knaap, Ana L Caicedo 

2020 Genomic Evidence for Complex Domestication History of the Cultivated Tomato in Latin America  Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 1118-1132 
Haley M. Sater, Lorenzo N. Bizzio, Denise M. Tieman, Patricio D. Muñoz 2020 A Review of the Fruit Volatiles Found in Blueberry and Other Vaccinium Species  J. Agric. Food Chem. 68: 5777-5786 
Koltun S, MacIntosh A, Goodrich‐Schneider R, Klee HJ, Hutton S, Sarnoski P. 2020 Sensory and chemical characteristics of tomato juice from fresh market cultivars with comparison to commercial tomato juice Flavour and Fragrance J. 36: 121-136
Kamiyoshihara Y, Miyajima S, Miyagawa Y, Moriyama K, Mizuno S, Goulet C, Klee H, Tateishi A. 2020 Functional divergence of principal alcohol o-acyltransferase for biosynthesis of volatile acetate esters among tomato wild species (Solanum Sect. Lycopersicon) Plant Sci. 2020 Nov;300:110612.
Li X, Tieman D, Liu Z, Chen KS, Klee HJ. 2020 Identification of a lipase gene with a role in tomato fruit short-chain fatty acid-derived flavor volatiles by genome-wide association Plant J. 2020 Nov;104(3):631-644.
Alonge M, Wang X, Benoit M, Soyk S, Pereira L, Zhang L, Suresh H, Ramakrishnan S, et al. 2020 Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato Cell. 2020 Jul 9;182(1):145-161.e23.
Gao L, Gonda I, Sun H, Ma Q, Bao K, Tieman DM, Burzynski-Chang EA, Fish TL, Stromberg KA, Sacks GL, Thannhauser TW, Foolad MR, Diez MJ, Blanca J, Canizares J, Xu Y, van der Knaap E, Huang S, Klee HJ, Giovannoni JJ, Fei Z. 2019 The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor Nat Genet. 2019 Jun;51(6):1044-1051.
Cao X, Xie K, Duan W, Zhu Y, Liu M, Chen K, Klee H, Zhang B. 2019 Peach Carboxylesterase PpCXE1 Is Associated with Catabolism of Volatile Esters. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 May 8;67(18):5189-5196.
Zhu G, Gou J, Huang S, Klee HJ. 2019 Next-Gen Approaches to Flavor-Related Metabolism Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2019 Apr 29;70:187-212.
Zhao J, Sauvage C, Zhao J, Bitton F, Bauchet G, Liu D, Huang S, Tieman D, Klee H, Causse M. 2019 Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies provides insights into genetic control of tomato flavor Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 4;10(1):1534.
Wu B, Cao X, Liu H, Zhu C, Klee H, Zhang B, Chen K. 2019 UDP-glucosyltransferase PpUGT85A2 controls volatile glycosylation in peach J Exp Bot. 2019 Feb 5;70(3):925-936.
López-Gresa M, Payá C, Ozáez M, Rodrigo I, Conejero V, Klee H, Bellés J, Lisón P. 2018 A New Role For Green Leaf Volatile Esters in Tomato Stomatal Defense Against Pseudomonas syringe pv. tomato Front Plant Sci. 2018 Dec 18;9:1855.
Zhu Y, Sarnoski PJ, Klee HJ. 2018 Development and characterization of a high quality plum tomato essence Food Chem. 2018 Nov 30;267:337-343.
Garbowicz K*, Liu Z*, Alseekh S, Tieman D, Taylor M, Kuhalskaya A, Ofner I, Zamir D, Klee H, Fernie A, Brotman Y. 2018 Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis Identifies a Prominent Gene Involved in the Production of Fatty Acid-Derived Flavor Volatiles in Tomato Mol Plant. 2018 Sep 10;11(9):1147-1165.
Tieman DM, Klee HJ. 2018 The genetics of fruit flavour preferences Nature Reviews Genetics volume 19, pages347–356(2018)
Li J, Avila C, Tieman D, Klee H, Goggin F. 2018 A Comparison of the Effects of FATTY ACID DESATURASE 7 and HYDROPEROXIDE LYASE on Plant-Aphid Interactions Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(4), 1077.
D Tieman et al. 2017 A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor Science. vol. 355 (6323), 391-394.
Kamiyoshihara Y, Tieman DM, Klee HJ. 2016 Analyses of Plant UDP-Dependent Glycosyltransferases to IdentifyTheir Volatile Substrates Using Recombinant Proteins. In: Plant Signal Transduction: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology. Botella JR, Botella MA (eds.). vol. 1363, 199-207.
Goulet C, Kamiyoshihara Y, Lam N, Richard T, Taylor M, Tieman D, Klee HJ. 2015 Divergence in the enzymatic activities of a tomato and Solanum pennellii alcohol acyltransferase impacts fruit volatile ester composition Molecular Plant. 8: 153-162.
Shen J, Tieman D, Jones JB, Taylor MG, Schmelz E, Huffaker A, Bies D, Chen K, Klee HJ. 2014 A 13-lipoxygenase, TomloxC, is essential for synthesis of C5 flavour volatiles in tomato J. Exp. Botany 65: 419-428.
Bartoshuk LM, Klee HJ. 2013 Better fruits and vegetables through sensory analysis Current Biology 23: R374-R378.
Goulet C, Mageroy MH, Lam N, Floystad A, Tieman DM, Klee HJ. 2012 Role of an esterase in flavor volatile variation within the tomato clade Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 109: 19009-19014.
Kamiyoshihara Y, Tieman DM, Huber DJ, Klee HJ. 2012 Ligand-induced alterations in the phosphorylation state of ethylene receptors in tomato fruit Plant Physiology 160: 488-497.
Tieman DM, McIntyre L, Blandon-Ubeda A, Bies D, Odabasi A, Rodriguez G, van der Knaap E, Taylor M, Goulet C, Mageroy MH, Snyder D, Colquoun T, Moskowitz H, Sims C, Clark D, Bartoshuk L, Klee H. 2012 The chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Current Biology 22:1-5.
Guan JC, Suzuki M, Koch K, Klee HJ, McCarty DR. 2012 Diverse roles of strigolactone signaling in maize architecture and the uncoupling of a branching-specific subnetwork Plant Physiology 160: 1303-1317.
Kochevenko A, Klee HJ, Fernie AR, Araujo W. 2012 Molecular identification of a further branched-chain aminotransferase 7 (BCAT7) in tomato plants Journal of Plant Physiology 169: 437-443.
Kochevenko A, Araujo WL, Maloney GS, Tieman DM, Do PT, Taylor MG, Klee HJ, Fernie AR. 2012 Catabolism of branched chain amino acids supports respiration but not volatile synthesis in tomato fruits Molecular Plant 5: 366-375.
Lee JM, Joung J-G, McQuinn R, Chung, M-Y, Fei Z, Tieman D, Klee H, Giovannoni J. 2012 Combined transcriptome, genetic diversity and metabolite profiling in tomato fruit reveals that the ethylene response factor SlERF6 plays an important role in ripening and carotenoid accumulation Plant Journal 70: 191-204.
Mageroy MH, Floystad A, Taylor MG, Tieman DM, Klee HJ. 2012 A Solanum lycopersicum catechol-O-methyltransferase involved in synthesis of the flavor molecule guaiacol Plant Journal 69: 1043-1051.
Fernie AR, Klee HJ. 2011 The use of natural genetic diversity in the understanding of metabolic organization and regulation Frontiers in Plant Physiology. 2: 1-10.
Fei ZJ, Joung JG, Tang XM, Zheng Y, Huang MY, Lee JM, McQuinn R, Tieman DM, Alba R, Klee HJ, Giovannoni JJ. 2011 Tomato Functional Genomics Database: a comprehensive resource and analysis package for tomato functional genomics Nucleic Acids Res. 39 Supplement: 1 Pages: D1156-D1163.
Zhang Y, Yin X, Xiao Y, Zhang Z, Li S, Liu X, Zhang B, Yang X, Grierson D, Jiang G, Klee H, Chen K. 2011 Identification of genes in the phenylalanine metabolic pathway by ectopic expression of a MYB transcription factor in tomato fruit The Plant Cell 23:2738-2753
Klee, HJ. 2010 Improving the flavor of fresh fruits: genomics, biochemistry, and biotechnology New Phytologist 187:44-56.
Dal Cin, V, Kevany, B, Fei, Z, and Klee, HJ. 2009 Identification of Solanum habrochaites loci that quantitatively influence tomato fruit ripening-associated ethylene emissions Theor. Appl. Genet. DOI 10.1007/s00122-009-1119-x.
Mathieu, S, Dal Cin, V, Fei, Z, Li, H, Bliss, P, Taylor, MG, Klee, HJ and Tieman, DM. 2009 Flavour compounds in tomato fruits: identification of loci and potential pathways affecting volatile composition J. Exp. Bot. 60:325-337.
Vogel, JT, Tan, B-C, McCarty, DR and Klee, HJ. 2008 The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 enzyme has broad substrate specificity, cleaving multiple carotenoids at two different bond positions J. Biol. Chem. 238:11364-11373.
Kevany B, Taylor M and Klee HJ. 2008 Fruit-specific suppression of the ethylene receptor LeETR4 results in early-ripening tomato fruit Plant Biotech. J. 6:295-300.
Kevany B, Taylor M, Dal Cin V. and Klee HJ. 2007 Ethylene receptor degradation controls the timing of ripening in tomato fruit The Plant Journal 51:458-467.
Tieman DM, Loucas H, Kim J-Y, Clark D and Klee HJ. 2007 Tomato phenylacetaldehyde reductases catalyze the last step in the synthesis of the aroma volatile 2-phenylethanol Phytochemistry 68:2660-2669.
Tieman, D.M., M. Taylor, N. Schauer, A.R. Fernie, A.D. Hanson, and H.J. Klee. 2006 Tomato aromatic amino acid decarboxylases participate in synthesis of the flavor volatiles 2-phenylethanol and 2-phenylacetaldehyde Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:8287-8292.
Tieman, D.M., M. Zeigler, E.A. Schmelz, M.G. Taylor, P. Bliss, M. Kirst and H.J. Klee. 2006 Identification of loci affecting flavour volatile emissions in tomato fruits Journal of Experimental Botany 54:887-896.
Auldridge, M.E., A. Block, J.T. Vogel, C. Dabney-Smith, I. Mila, M. Bouzayen, M. Magallanes-Lundback, D. DellaPenna, D. McCarty and H.J. Klee. 2006 Characterization of three members of the Arabidopsis carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase family demonstrates the divergent roles of this multifunctional enzyme family The Plant Journal 45:982-993.
Goff, S.A. and H.J. Klee. 2006 Plant volatile compounds: sensory cues for health and nutritional value? SCIENCE 311: 815-819.
Block, A., E. Schmelz, P.J. O'Donnell, J.B. Jones and H.J. Klee. 2005 Systemic acquired tolerance to virulent bacterial pathogens in tomato Plant Physiology 138:1481-1490.
Snowden, K., A.J. Simkin, B.J. Janssen, K.R. Templeton, H.M. Loucas, J.L. Simons, S. Karunairetnam, A.P. Gleave, D.G. Clark and H.J. Klee. 2005 The Decreased apical dominance1/Petunia hybrida CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE8 gene affects branch production and plays a role in leaf senescence, root growth, and flower development The Plant Cell 17: 746-759.
Block, A., E. Schmelz, J. Jones and H.J. Klee. 2005 Coronatine and salicylic acid: the battle between Arabidopsis and Pseudomonas for phytohormone control Molecular Plant Pathology 6(1):79-83.
Simkin, A., S. Schwartz, M. Auldridge, M. Taylor and H. Klee. 2004 The tomato carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 genes contribute to the formation of the flavor volatiles beta-ionone, pseudoionone, and geranylacetone The Plant Journal 40: 882-892.
Klee, Harry J. 2004 Ethylene signal transduction. Moving beyond Arabidopsis Plant Physiology 135:660-667.
Moussatche, P. and H. Klee. 2004 Autophosphorylation activity of the Arabidopsis ethylene receptor multigene family Journal of Biological Chemistry 279: 48734-48741.
Shibuya, K., K. Barry, J. Ciardi, H. Loucas, B. Underwood, S. Nourizadeh, J. Ecker, H. Klee and D. Clark. 2004 The central role of PhEIN2 in ethylene responses throughout plant development in petunia Plant Physiology 136:2900-2912.
Simkin, A., B. Underwood, M. Auldridge, H. Loucas, K. Shibuya, E. Schmelz, D. Clark and H. Klee. 2004 Circadian regulation of the PhCCD1 carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase controls emission of beta-ionone, a fragrance volatile of petunia flowers Plant Physiology 136: 3504-3514.
O'Donnell, P., E. Schmelz, A. Block, O. Miersch, C. Wasternack, J. Jones, and H.J. Klee. 2003 Multiple hormones act sequentially to mediate a susceptible tomato pathogen defense response Plant Physiology 133:1181-1189.
O'Donnell, P., E. Schmelz, P. Moussatche, S. Lund, J. Jones, and H.J. Klee. 2003 Susceptible to intolerance--a range of hormonal actions in a susceptible Arabidopsis pathogen response Plant Journal 33:245-257.
Ciardi, J., D. Tieman, J. Jones, and H.J. Klee. 2001 Reduced expression of the tomato ethylene receptor gene LeETR4 enhances the hypersensitive response to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Mol. Plant Microbe Interactions 14:487-495.
O'Donnell, P.J., J.B. Jones, F.R. Antoine, J.A. Ciardi, and H.J. Klee. 2001 Ethylene-dependent salicylic acid regulates an expanded cell death response to a plant pathogen Plant Journal 25(3):315-323.
Tieman, D.M., J.A. Ciardi, M.G. Taylor, and H.J. Klee. 2001 Members of the tomato LeEIL (EIN3-like) gene family are functionally redundant and regulate ethylene responses throughout plant development Plant Journal 26(1):47-58.
Ciardi, J.A., D.M. Tieman, S.T. Lund, J.B. Jones, R.E. Stall, and H.J. Klee. 2000 Response to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in tomato involves regulation of ethylene receptor gene expression Plant Physiology 123:81-92.
Tieman, D.M., M.G. Taylor, J.A. Ciardi, and H.J. Klee. 2000 The tomato ethylene receptors NR and LeETR4 are negative regulators of ethylene response and exhibit functional compensation within a multigene family PNAS 97:5663-5668.
Clark, D.G., E.K. Gubrium, J.E. Barrett, T.A. Nell, and H.J. Klee. 1999 Root formation in ethylene-insensitive plants Plant Physiology 121:53-59.
Tieman, D.M. and H.J. Klee. 1999 Differential expression of two novel members of the tomato ethylene-receptor family Plant Physiology 120:165-172.
Lashbrook, C.C., D.M. Tieman, and H.J. Klee. 1998 Differential regulation of the tomato ETR gene family throughout plant development Plant Journal 15:243-252.
Lund, S.T., R.E. Stall, and H.J. Klee. 1998 Ethylene regulates the susceptible response to pathogen infection in tomato Plant Cell 10:371-382.
Wilkinson, J.Q., M.B. Lanahan, D.G. Clark, A.B. Bleecker, C. Chang, E.M. Meyerowitz, and H.J. Klee. 1997 A dominant mutant receptor from Arabidopsis confers ethylene insensitivity in heterologous plants Nature Biotech. 15:444-447.
Wilkinson, J., M. Lanahan, H-C Yen, J. Giovannoni, and H. Klee. 1995 An ethylene-inducible component of signal transduction encoded by never-ripe Science 270:1807-1809.
Wilkinson, J., M. Lanahan, T. Conner, and H. Klee. 1995 Identification of mRNAs with enhanced expression in ripening strawberry fruit using polymerase chain reaction differential display Plant Mol. Biol. 27:1097-1108.
Yen, H-C, S. Lee, S. Tanksley, M. Lanahan, H. Klee, and J. Giovannoni. 1995 The tomato Never-ripe locus regulates ethylene-inducible gene expression and is linked to a homolog of the Arabidopsis ETR1 gene Plant Physiology 107:1343-1353.
Lanahan, M., H-C Yen, J. Giovannoni, and H. Klee. 1994 The never ripe mutation blocks ethylene perception in tomato Plant Cell 6:521-530.
Klee, H.J. 1993 Ripening Physiology of Fruit from Transgenic Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Plants with Reduced Ethylene Synthesis Plant Physiology 102:911-916.
Romano, C., M. Cooper, and H. Klee. 1993 Uncoupling auxin and ethylene effects in transgenic tobacco and Arabidopsis plants. Plant Cell 5:181-189.
Klee, H., M. Hayford, K. Kretzmer, G. Barry, and G. Kishore. 1991 Control of ethylene synthesis by expression of a bacterial enzyme in transgenic tomato plants Plant Cell 3:1187-1193.
Medford, J., J.S. Elmer, and H. Klee. 1991 Molecular cloning and characterization of Arabidopsis thalianagenes expressed in shoot apical meristems. Plant Cell 3:359-370.
Romano, C., M. Hein, and H. Klee. 1991 Inactivation of auxin in tobacco transformed with theindoleacetic acid-lysine synthetase gene of Pseudomonassavastanoi. Genes and Dev. 5:438-446.