Charles A. Maynard
Professor and Co-Director of the American Chestnut Research & Restoration Center
216 Marshall Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6560
cmaynard@syr.edu
Highest Education:
Ph.D., Iowa State University (Forest Biology and Wood Science), 1980.
Areas of Study:
Forest genetics, Tree improvement, Plant tissue culture and transformation.
Courses Taught:
BTC 426/EFB 626: Plant Tissue Culture Methods, an upper division/graduate course that introduces plant tissue culture as a foundation for biotechnology research and as a propagation method. This course emphazises laboratory instrumentation (microbalances, pH meter, autoclave, laminar-flow hood, stereomicroscope and other common pieces of tissue culture laboratory equipment) and basic aseptic techniques for establishing cell cultures, producing transgenic cell lines, and regenerating whole plants. As a semester- long project, students will research, design, and implement a micropropagation system for a plant species if their own choosing.
FOR 334: Silviculture (forest genetics and tree improvement component approximately 1 credit). My component of a team-taught course required of all juniors in the Resource Management curriculum.
FOR 455/655: Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement, a senior-level/graduate level three-credit elective course.
EFB 307: Genetics (Quantitative & population genetics, and evolution components, approximately 1 credit) Team taught with Dr. William Powell.
Most Recent Publications:
Merkle, S.A., Andrade, G.M., Nairn, C.J., Powell, W.A. and Maynard, C.A. (2007) Restoration of threatened species: A noble cause for transgenic trees. Tree Genetics & Genomes 3: 111-118
Rothrock, R.E., Polin-Mcguigan, L.D., Newhouse, A.E., Powell, W.A. and Maynard, C.A. (2007) Plate flooding as an alternative Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for American chestnut somatic embryos. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 88: 93-99
Welch, A.J., A.J. Stipanovic, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. (2007) The effects of oxalic acid on transgenic Castanea dentata callus tissue expressing oxalate oxidase. Plant Science 172:488-496.
Polin L.D., H. Liang, R. Rothrock, M. Nishii, D. Diehl, A. Newhouse, W. A. Powell, and C.A. Maynard. (2006). Transformation of American chestnut (Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.) somatic embryos. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 84:69-78.
Liang, H. H. Gao, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. 2005. Expression of a self-processing, pathogen resistance-enhancing gene construct in Arabidopsis. Biotechnology Letters 27:435-442.
Pike, C.C., D. J. Robison, C.A. Maynard and L.P. Abrahamson. 2003. Evaluating growth and resistance of eastern and western white pine to white pine weevil and blister rust in the Northeast.. N. J. Applied. For. 20(1) 19-26.
Connors, B.J., M. Miller, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. 2002. Cloning and characterization of promoters from American chestnut capable of directing reporter gene expression in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Plant Science 163:771-781.
Connors, B.J., C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. 2001. Expression sequence tags from stem tissue of American chestnut. Biotechnology Letters 23:1407-1411.
Connors, B.J., M. Miller, C.A. Maynard, and W.A. Powell. 2002. Cloning and characterization of promoters from American chestnut capable of directing reporter gene expression in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Plant Science 163:771-781.
Kopp, R.F. C.A. Maynard, P. Rocha de Niella, L.B. Smart and L.P. Abrahamson. 2002. Collection and storage of Salix pollen using organic solvents. American Journal of Botany 89(2):248-252.
Kopp, R.F., L. B. Smart, C.A. Maynard, G.A. Tuskan and L. P. Abrahamson. 2002. Predicting within-family variability in juvenile height growth of Salix based upon similarity among parental AFLP fingerprints. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 105:106-112.