Christie E. Williams
USDA-ARS Research Molecular Biologist Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology 1158 Smith Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1158 
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Research Areas
Background Information

Education

Professional Experience

Awards and Honors

Memberships

Manuscripts submitted:

  1. Williams, C.E., Collier, C.C., Ohm, H.W., Cambron, S.E. and Mass, F.B.III. Selection of Loci for the Construction of Wheat Cultivars with Pyramided Resistance Against Hessian Fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Submitted to J. Econ. Ent. Sept. 1, 2000.
  2. McGrath, J.M., Williams, C.E., Haberlach, G.T., Wielgus, S.M., Uchytil, T.F. and Helgeson, J.P. Introgression and Stabilization of Erwinia Tuber Soft Rot Resistance into Potato via Somatic Hybridization of Solanum tuberosum and S. brevidens. Submitted to Amer. J. Potato Res. Oct. 19, 2000.

Refereed Publications

  1. Williams, C.E. Organ-specific expression of alcohol dehydrogenase in Drosophila melanogaster and Zea mays.. Ph.D. Dissertation in Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, 1987.
  2. Williams, C. E.*, Woodman, J. C., Chen, C. H., Alleman, M. L., Johns, M. A. and Freeling, M., *(formerly Karoly, C.). An annotated bibliography of the Adh genes of maize, from 1966 through 1981, and predictions on the future of classical genetics. pp. 145-153. In Maize for Biological Research, W. F. Sheridan (ed.). Univ. Press. 1982. (Book Chapter).
  3. Williams, C. E., Hunt, G. J. and Helgeson, J. P. Fertile somatic hybrids of Solanum species: RFLP analysis of a hybrid and its sexual progeny from crosses with potato. Theor. Appl. Genet. 80:545-551. 1990.
  4. Williams, C. E., Kloeckener-Gruissem, B. and Freeling, M. Naturally occurring variants of maize Adh-1 differ in organ-specific expression, both in quantity and developmental timing. Maydica 36:115-128. 1991.
  5. Williams, C. E., Wielgus, S. M., Haberlach, G. T., Guenther, C., Kim-Lee, H. and Helgeson, J. P. RFLP analysis of chromosomal segregation in progeny from an interspecific hexaploid somatic hybrid between Solanum brevidens and Solanum tuberosum. Genetics 135:1167-1173. 1993.
  6. Williams, C. E. and St. Clair, D. A. Phenetic relationships and levels of variability detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of cultivated and wild accessions of Lycopersicon esculentum. Genome 36:619-630. 1993.
  7. McGrath, J. M., Wielgus, S. M., Uchytil, T. F., Kim-Lee, H., Haberlach, G. T., Williams, C. E. and Helgeson, J. P. Recombination of Solanum brevidens chromosomes in the second backcross generation from a somatic hybrid with S. tuberosum. Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:917-924. 1994.
  8. Williams, C. E. and Ronald, P. C. PCR template-DNA isolated quickly from monocot and dicot leaves without tissue homogenization. Nucleic Acids Res. 22: 1917-1918. 1994.
  9. Ronald P.. C., Holsten T., Scambray J., Song W. Y., Wang G. L. and Williams C. E. Molecular genetic analysis of the rice bacterial blight resistance locus Xa21. In Plant Genome and Plastome: Their Structure and Evolution. K. Tsunewaki (ed.) pp 95-100. 1995. (Book Chapter).
  10. Ronald, P. C., Song, W. Y., Wang, G. L., Chen, L. L., Kim, H. S., Pi, L. Y., Holsten, T. E., Ruan, R., Wang, B., Williams, C. E., Zhai, W. X., Zhu, L. H. and Fauquet, C. The rice disease resistance gene encodes a receptor kinase-like protein. Proceedings form the Third International Rice Genetics Symposium, Manila, Philippines, 16-20 October. 1995. (Conference Proceedings).
  11. Ronald, P. C., Holsten, T., Scambray, J., Song, W. Y., Wang, G. L. and Williams, C. E. Molecular genetic analysis of the rice bacterial blight resistance locus, Xa21. In Rice Blast Disease. Ziegler, R S., Leong, S.A., and Teng, P.S.(eds.) 1995. (Book Chapter).
  12. Williams, C. E., Wang, B., Holsten, T. E., Scambray, J., de Assis Goes da Silva, F. and Ronald, P. C. Markers for selection of the rice Xa21 disease resistance gene. Theor. Appl. Genet. 93:1119-1122. 1996.
  13. Ratcliffe, R., Cambron, S., Maas, F., Williams, C., Jones, M., Liang, C. and Collier, C. Hessian fly. Annual Wheat Newsletter Vol. 42. 1996. (Technical Report).
  14. Ratcliffe, R., Shukle, R., Williams, C., Cambron, S., Maas, F., Russel, V., Zantoko, L. and Collier, C. Hessian fly. Host Plant Resistance Newsletter. 1996. (Technical Report).
  15. Williams, C. E., Yanagihara, S., McCouch, S., Mackill, D. and Ronald, P. Predicting success of indica/japonica crosses in rice, based on a PCR Marker for the S-5n allele at a hybrid-sterility locus. Crop Sci 37:1910-1912. 1997.
  16. Ratcliffe, R., Cambron, S., Maas, F., Williams, C., Jones, M., Liang, C. and Collier, C. Hessian fly. Annual Wheat Newsletter Vol. 43. 1997. (Technical Report).
  17. Ratcliffe, R., Shukle, R., Williams, C., Cambron, S., Maas, F., Russel, V., Zantoko, L., Collier, C., Fasoula, D., Jones, M. and Liang, C. Hessian fly. Host Plant Resistance Newsletter. 1997. (Technical Report).
  18. Williams, C.E. and Liang, C. Feeding of Hessian fly larvae on resistant wheat induces a gene homologous to a wheat gene activated by the SAR-inducung chemical BTH. In Proceedings of the 9th International Wheat Genetics Symposium. A. E. Slinkard (ed.) pp. 339-341. 1998. (Conference Proceedings).
  19. Ratcliffe, R., Cambron, S., Maas, F., Gumaelius, L., Williams, C., Jones, M., Liang, C., Fasoula, D. and Collier, C. Hessian fly. Annual Wheat Newsletter Vol. 44. 1998. (Technical Report).
  20. Ratcliffe, R., Cambron, S., Maas, F., Gumaelius, L., Williams, C. and Collier, C. Hessian fly.
    Annual Wheat Newsletter Vol. 45. 1999. (Technical Report).
  21. Ratcliffe, R., Cambron, S., Gumaelius, L., Williams, C., Nemacheck, J., and Collier, C. Hessian fly. Annual Wheat Newsletter Vol. 46. 2000. (Technical Report).
  22. Williams, C.E., Liang, C., Cambron, S.E., Nemacheck, J., and Collier, C.C. Wheat Gene Responding to Feeding by Avirulent First-Instar Hessian Fly Larvae. In Proceedings of the 10th International Triticeae Mapping Initiative Workshop. pp. 10-12. 2000. (Conference Proceedings).
  23. Harris, M.O., Williams, C.E. , Ratcliffe, R.H., Stuart, J.J., Foster, S.P., Kanno, H., Morris, B.D., Rani, U., Shukle, R.H., Ohm, H.W., Pickering, R.A. and Griffin, W. Biology and Host-plant relationships of the Hessian fly: past and current research. In: New Approaches to Gall Midge Resistance in Rice. J.S. Bentur (ed.). International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines (in press). (Book Chapter)

Research Abstracts

  1. Williams, C.E., Stiles, J.I., Deputy, J.C. and Albert, H. Molecular analysis of defective kernel mutants derived from lines exhibiting Robertson's mutator activity. J. Cell Biochem. Suppl. 11B. pp 25. Alan R. Liss, Inc., NY. 1987.
  2. Helgeson, J.P. and Williams, C.E. RFLP analysis of somatic hybrids of Solanum species. International Congress on Plant Tissue Culture, Amsterdam. pp 211. 1990.
  3. Williams, C.E. and Helgeson, J.P. RFLP analysis of an interspecific hybrid between Solanum brevidens and potato. J. Cell Biochem. Suppl. 14E. pp 327. Wiley-Liss, NY. 1990.
  4. Williams, C.E. and Helgeson, J.P. Chromosome pairing in progeny from an interspecific somatic hybrid of Solanum. 3rd International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology. pp 1810, Tucson, AZ, 1991.
  5. Williams, C.E. and St. Clair, D.A. Use of polymerase chain reaction to identify polymorphisms in Lycopersicon. 3rd International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, pp 1668, Tucson, AZ, 1991.
  6. Williams, C.E. and St. Clair, D.A. Genetic variation and phenetic relationships in Lycopersicon esculentum. CEPRAP pp 15, Asilomar, CA, 1992.
  7. Ronald, P.C., Holsten, T., Scambry, J., Song, W.Y. and Williams, C. E. Molecular genetic analysis of rice bacterial leaf blight locus, Xa21. First International Rice Blast Meeting, Madison, WI. 1993.
  8. Williams, C.E., Holsten, T. and Ronald, P.C. Mapping markers linked to the Xa21 locus of rice. CEPRAP pp 18, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, 1993.
  9. Williams, C E., Holsten, T. and Ronald, P C. Mapping markers linked to the Xa21 locus of rice. Plant Genome II, San Diego, pp 69. 1993.
  10. Williams, C.E., Holsten, T., Abemes, L., McCouch, S., Huang, N., and Ronald, P. Recombinational and mutational analysis of the bacterial leaf blight resistance locus, Xa21. Plant Genome III, San Diego, pp 87. 1994.
  11. Collier, C.C., Ohm, H.W., Jones, M.J. and Williams, C.E. Molecular markers to track the pyramiding of several Hessian fly resistance genes into a single line of common wheat. Plant and Animal Genome V, pp 92, San Diego, 1997.
  12. Liang, C. and Williams, C.E. Identification of cDNA markers linked to Hessian fly resistance gene H17 in wheat. Plant and Animal Genome V, pp 95, San Diego,1997.
  13. Williams, C.E., Jones, M.J., Collier, C.C., and Liang, C. Molecular analysis of Hessian fly resistance in durum wheats. Plant and Animal Genome, pp 122, San Diego, VI, 1998.
  14. Williams, C.E., Collier, C., Liang, C., and Jones, M. Molecular aspects of Hessian fly resistance. International Plant Resistance to Insects Workshop, Memphis, TN 1998.
  15. Collier, C.C. and Williams, C.E. AFLP Markers for Mapping and Characterization of a New Hessian Fly Resistance Gene in Wheat. 22nd Stadler Genetics Symposium, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998.
  16. Harris, M.O., Williams, C.E., Foster, S.P., Morris, B.D. and Griffin,W. Host plant relationships of the Hessian fly. International Workshop on New Approaches to Gall Midge Resistance in Rice, Hyderabad, India,1998.
  17. Collier, C.C. and Williams, C.E. Analysis of a strong new wheat gene conferring Hessian fly resistance. Plant and Animal Genome VII, p176, San Diego, CA,1999.
  18. Williams, C.E. and Ratcliffe, R.H. Use of Molecular Markers in Strategies to Pyramid Hessian Fly Resistance Genes in Wheat. Entomology Society of America North Central Branch Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA, 1999.
  19. Williams, C.E. and Ratcliffe, R.H. Use of Molecular markers in pyramiding Hessian fly resistance genes of wheat: progress and theory. Entomology Society of America Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1999.
  20. Meyer, J. and Williams, C.E. Expression of the Whi-1 Gene in Wheat. Ohio Valley Entomological Association, Student Paper Competition. Frankfort, KY,1999.
  21. Williams, C.E., Nemacheck, J.A., Liang, C. and, Collier, C.C. Induction of a wheat defense gene by Hessian fly larval feeding. Plant and Animal Genome VIII, pp 66, San Diego, CA 2000.
  22. Anderson, J.M., Williams, C.E. and Goodwin, S.B. Analysis of an EST database reveals a probable CF2 resistance gene homolog in wheat. Plant and Animal Genome VIII, pp 197, San Diego, CA 2000.
  23. Williams, C.E., Collier, C., Liang, C.and Nemacheck, J. Molecular response of Wheat to Hessian fly larval feeding. International Plant Resistance to Insects Workshop, Fort Collins, CO, 2000.
  24. Williams, C.E. Induction of Wheat Genes by Hessian Fly Larval Feeding. 6th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, pp S16-37, Quebec, Canada, 2000.
  25. Williams, C.E., and Collier, C.C. Genes Responding to Hessian Fly Larval Feeding. Plant and Animal Genome IX, accepted, San Diego, CA 2001.

Major Professor

Graduate Student Dissertation Committee Member

Post-doctoral Research Associates Supervised

Research Technicians Supervised

Service

Purdue Genetics Program

Purdue Department of Entomology