I am an assistant professor of molecular genetics in the Department of Biology at California State University, Fresno.
Current projects include the tagging of a Phytophthora root rot resistance gene.
Current projects include comparative mapping and the characterization of repetitive DNA.
Current projects include investigating the use of rRNA genes for DNA fingerprinting of grapevine.
Current projects include detection of phytoplasmas in potential insect vectors and detection of Eutypa infection in grapevine.
Prince, J.P., Y. Zhang, E.R. Radwanski, and M.M. Kyle. 1997. A versatile and high-yielding protocol for the preparation of genomic DNA from Capsicum spp. (pepper). Hortscience, in press.
Okuda, S., J.P. Prince, R.E. Davis, E.L. Dally, I.-M. Lee, B. Mogen, and S. Kato. 1997. Two groups of phytoplasmas from Japan distinguished on the basis of amplification and restriction analysis of 16S rDNA. Plant Disease 81:301-305.
Smart, C.J., D.F. Garvin, J.P. Prince, W.J. Lucas, and L.V. Kochian. 1996. The molecular basis of potassium nutrition in plants. Plant and Soil 187:81-89.
Prince, J.P., V.K. Lackney, C. Angeles, J.R. Blauth, and M.M. Kyle. 1995. A survey of DNA polymorphism within the genus Capsicum and the fingerprinting of pepper cultivars. Genome 38: 224-231.
Wolf, T.K., J.P. Prince, and R.E. Davis. 1994. Occurrence of grapevine yellows in Virginia vineyards. Plant Disease 78:208. (A disease note).
Bianco, P.A., R.E. Davis, J.P. Prince, D.E. Gundersen, A. Fortusini, and G. Belli. 1993. Double and single infections by aster yellows and elm yellows MLOs in grapevines with symptoms characteristic of flavescence doree. Riv. Pat. Veg. 3:69-82.
Prince, J. P., E. Pochard, and S. D. Tanksley. 1993. Construction of a molecular map of pepper and comparisons of syntenic relationships with tomato. Genome 36:404-417.
Newman, S.M., N.T. Eannetta, H. Yu, J.P. Prince, M.C. de Vicente, S.D. Tanksley, and J.C. Steffens. 1993. Sequence and organization of the tomato polyphenol oxidase gene family. Plant Molecular Biology 21:1035-1051.
Prince, J.P., R.E. Davis, T. K. Wolf, I.-M. Lee, B.D. Mogen, E.L. Dally, A. Bertaccini, R. Credi, and M. Barba. 1993. Molecular detection of diverse mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) associated with grapevine yellows and their classification with aster yellows, X-disease, and elm yellows MLOs. Phytopathology 83:1130-1137.
Davis, R.E., A. Bertaccini, J.P. Prince, and M. Vibio. 1993. Infection of grapevines in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, by mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) related to Italian periwinkle virescence MLO: evidence from enzymatic amplification. Phytopathol. Medit. 32:149-152.
Davis, R.E., J.P. Prince, R.E. Hammond, I.-M. Lee, A. Bertaccini, and R. Credi. 1992. Detection of Italian periwinkle virescence mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) and evidence of its relatedness with aster yellows MLOs based on polymerase chain reaction amplification of DNA. Petria, 2:184-193.
Tanksley, S.D., M.W. Ganal, J.P. Prince, M.C. de Vicente, M.W. Bonierbale, P. Broun, T.M. Fulton, J.J. Giovannoni, S. Grandillo, G.B. Martin, R. Messeguer, J.C. Miller, L. Miller, A.H. Paterson, O. Pineda, M. Ršder, R.A. Wing, W. Wu, and N.D. Young. 1992. High density molecular linkage maps of the tomato and potato genomes. Genetics, 132:1141-1160.
Prince, J. P., F. Loaiza-Figueroa, and S. D. Tanksley. 1992. Restriction fragment length polymorphism and genetic distance in Mexican accessions of Capsicum. Genome 35:726-732.
Osborne, B. I., C. A. Corr, J. P. Prince, R. Hehl, S. D. Tanksley, S. McCormick, and B. Baker. 1991. Ac transposition from a T-DNA can generate linked and unlinked clusters of insertions in the tomato genome. Genetics 129:833-844.
Tanksley, S. D., R. Bernatzky, N. L. Lapitan, and J. P. Prince. 1988. Conservation of gene repertoire but not gene order in pepper and tomato. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 85:6419-6423.
Prince, J.P. 1999. Establishment of the molecular marker laboratory at the Viticulture and Enology Research Center. CATI Publication #990702.
Prince, J.P. 1999. Genetic engineering: agricultural applications. In: Encyclopedia of Genetics: Basics and Applications (Magill's Survey of Science) ed. by J. Knight. Salem Press, Pasadena CA.
Livingstone, K.D., Y. Zhang, V.K. Lackney, J.P. Prince, J. Blauth, and M. Kyle Jahn. 1998. An update on Capsicum mapping activities at Cornell. Eucarpia Proceedings.
Tanksley, S.D., J.P. Prince, and M.M. Kyle. 1992. Linkage map of pepper (Capsicum annuum) (2N=24). In: Genetic Maps-1992, Sixth Edition. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Prince, J. P., M. M. Kyle, V. K. Lackney, J. R. Blauth, J. Murphy, and S. D. Tanksley. 1992. Molecular mapping in pepper: an update. Capsicum Newsletter 11:11-18. Invited paper.
Prince, J. P. and S. D. Tanksley. 1992. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in plant breeding and genetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 99B(3/4): 23-29.
Prince, J. P. and S. D. Tanksley. 1989. Agricultural applications of plant genome research. In: Uniting Agriculture: Proceedings and Minutes of the Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Agricultural Research Institute.
Kochert, G., S. D. Tanksley, and J. P. Prince. 1989. RFLP Training Course Laboratory Manual. Prepared for the "RFLP Training Course" for international scholars sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation Program on Rice Biotechnology and held at Cornell University.
Scott, P., M. Massoudi, and J. Prince. 1999. Tagging a root rot resistance gene in pepper (Capsicum) using RAPDs. Proceedings, Plant and Animal Genome VII.
Sherman, N.A., K. A. Schierenbeck, and J.P. Prince. 1999. Genetic linkage maps of Clarkia lingulata and Clarkia biloba ssp. australis. Proceedings, Plant and Animal Genome VII.
Prince, J.P. 1998. A new horizon at VERC: A DNA-based research and service laboratory. Proceedings of Grape Day 1998.
Scott, P., M. G. Couto, M.A. Massoudi, and J.P. Prince. 1998. Progress in using genetic markers to tag a root rot resistance gene in pepper (Capsicum). Proceedings of the 19th Annual Central California Research Symposium.
Scott, P., M. G. Couto, M.A. Massoudi, and J.P. Prince. 1998. Progress in tagging a root rot resistance gene in pepper (Capsicum). Proceedings, Plant and Animal Genome VI.
Scott, P., M.A. Massoudi, and J.P. Prince. 1997. Towards tight molecular tagging of a Phytophthora root rot resistance gene in pepper (Capsicum). Proceedings, Plant and Animal Genome V.
Al-Awadhi, R., D.F. Garvin, C.J. Smart, L.V. Kochian, and J.P. Prince. 1997. Cloning of potassium channel protein genes in pepper (Capsicum sp.). Proceedings, Plant and Animal Genome V.
Kyle, M., V. Lefebvre, V.K. Lackney, Y. Zhang, C. Cantata, A. Palloix, J.P. Prince, E. Radwanski, K. Livingstone, J. Blauth, D. Zamir, J. Peleman, and I. Paran. 1997. Updated Capsicum maps and analysis of synteny between pepper and tomato: mapping disease resistance genes, resistance gene orthologs, and horticultural characters in pepper. Proceedings, Plant and Animal Genome V.
Prince, J.P., C.J. Smart, D.F. Garvin, J.E. Shaff, W.J. Lucas, and L.V. Kochian. 1996. Expression studies and functional analyses of putative inward-rectifying potassiuma channel protein genes in higher plants. Proceedings, Plant Genome IV.
Smart, C.J., D.F. Garvin, J.P. Prince, W.J. Lucas, and L.V. Kochian. 1996. Biochemical regulation of KAT1 activity via K+ starvation and implications for nutrient uptake. Plant Phys. 111(2):53.
Al-Awadhi, R., L.V. Kochian, and J.P. Prince. 1996. Cloning of potassium channel genes in pepper (Capsicum). Proceedings of the 17th Annual Central California Research Symposium.
Black, D.L. and J.P. Prince. 1996. Isolation of satellite DNA from pepper (Capsicum). Proceedings of the 17th Annual Central California Research Symposium.
Prince, J.P. and R. Loria. 1994. Physiological and genetic characterization of Streptomyces species pathogenic on potato. Phytopathology, in press.
Kyle, M., J.P. Prince, V.K. Lackney, J.R. Blauth, J.F. Murphy, and C. Angeles. 1994. Molecular markers in Capsicum: Fingerprinting, mapping, and tagging of disease resistance genes. Proceedings of the Twelfth National Pepper Conference.
Prince, J.P., R.E. Davis, T.K. Wolf, I.-M. Lee, and E.L. Dally. 1994. Genomic diversity and possible wild plant sources of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) infecting grapevines: implications for epidemiology. International Organization of Mycoplasmology Letters.
Bianco, P.A., R.E. Davis, J.P. Prince, A. Fortusini, P. Casati, and G. Belli. 1994. Elm yellows and aster yellows MLOs associated with a grapevine yellows disease very similar to Flavescence doree in Northern Italy. International Organization of Mycoplasmology Letters.
Davis, R.E. and J.P. Prince. 1994. Molecular diagnosis of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) in plants. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 48:23-26. Invited extended abstract.
Davis, R.E., E.L. Dally, J.P. Prince, and I.-M. Lee. 1994. Delineation of a genomic cluster containing mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) associated with sweet potato witches' broom, red bird cactus witches' broom, and peanut witches' broom diseases. Phytopathology, in press.
Prince, J.P., R.E. Davis, T.K. Wolf, I.-M. Lee, B.D. Mogen, and E.L. Dally. 1993. Molecular detection and identification of a mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) in naturally diseased Chardonnay grapevine in Virginia. Phytopathology, in press.
Wolf, T.K., J. P. Prince, and R.E. Davis. 1993. Incidence of a grapevine yellows disease in Virginia vineyards. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 44:474.
Prince, J.P., J. F. Murphy, V.K. Lackney, F. Loaiza-Figueroa, and M.M. Kyle. 1992. Molecular mapping of two tobacco mosaic virus resistance genes in pepper. Proceedings of the Eleventh National Pepper Conference.
Prince, J.P., R.E. Davis, B.D. Mogen, E.L. Dally, I.-M. Lee, A. Caudwell, E. Boudon-Padieu, B. di Terlizzi, V. Savino, M. Barba, A. Bertaccini, R. Osler, and L. Carraro. 1992. Detection and differentiation of European grapevine yellows MLOs using the polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 82:1170.
Tanksley, S.D., M.W. Bonierbale, P. Broun, M.W. Ganal, G.B. Martin, A.H. Paterson, J.P. Prince, and M.C. de Vicente. Analysis and manipulation of the tomato genome using a high density molecular linkage map. Proceedings of Plant Genome I.
Blauth, J.R., J.P. Prince, V.K. Lackney, J.F. Murphy, F. Loaiza-Figueroa, and M.M. Kyle. 1992. Genomic mapping and transfer of broad spectrum virus resistance: Capsicum as a model system. Proceedings of Plant Genome I.
Prince, J. P., J. R. Blauth, F. Loaiza-Figueroa, R. Provvidenti, and M. M. Kyle. 1991. Mapping viral disease resistance genes in pepper. Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology.
Prince, J.P., J. R. Blauth, F. Loaiza-Figueroa, R. Provvidenti, and M. M. Kyle. 1991. RFLP-assisted development of multiple virus resistant pepper breeding lines. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual New York State Integrated Pest Management Conference.
Prince, J.P., F. Loaiza-Figueroa, E. Pochard, and S. D. Tanksley. 1991. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of Capsicum. In the Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Mid-Atlantic Plant Molecular Biology Society Meeting.
Baker, B., C. Corr, R. Hehl, J. Prince, S. Tanksley, S. McCormick, B. Osborne. 1991. Mapping of Ac acceptor sites in the tomato genome: Implications for transposon tagging strategies. J. Cell Biochem. Suppl. 0(15 Part A):110.
Prince, J. P., F. Loaiza-Figueroa, and S. D. Tanksley. 1990. RFLP variation and genetic distance in Mexican peppers. In the Proceedings of the Tenth National Pepper Conference.
Tanksley, S., M. Bonierbale, T. Fulton, M. Ganal, N. Lapitan, S. McCouch, R. Messeguer, A. Paterson, J. Prince, C. Vicente, Z. Wang, N. Young, and Z. Yu., 1989. Genetic and physical mapping of tomato and rice chromosomes. Proceedings of the Symposium on Plant Gene Transfer, Sixteenth Annual UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Park City, Utah.
"Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection of Root Rot Resistance Loci in Capsicum." 2000. James P. Prince, Terry F. Berke, and Lowell L. Black.NIH-MBRS-SCORE. Award amount: $323,119.
"Development of Control Methods for Eutypa Dieback Disease." 2000. D.E.Block, J.S. VanderGheynst, L. Epstein, J.P. Prince, S. Gu, R.J. Molyneux,and D. Gubler. American Vineyard Foundation. Award amount to my program: $38,450. Overall award to group: $270,000.
"Evaluation of Pepper Varieties for Resistance to Phytophthora capsici."2000. James P. Prince. California Pepper Commission. Award amount: $18,414.
"Genetic Resistance of Chile Pepper to Phytophthora Root Rot." 2000. James P. Prince. CSU Agricultural Research Initiative. Award amount: $23,660.
"Creating Academic-Industrial Linkages: a Central California Agricultural Biotechnology Symposium." 2000. James P. Prince. California StateUniversity Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology. Award amount: $14,300.
"Molecular Markers for DNA Fingerprinting in Vitis." 1999. James P. Prince. California Agricultural Technology Institute. Award amount: $24,287.
"Reducing Spread of Grapevine Yellows in Virginia Vineyards." 1999. Tony K. Wolf and James P. Prince. Virginia Winegrowers Advisory Board. $10,924. .
"Developing a PCR Laboratory for Grapevine Research." 1998. James P. Prince. California Agricultural Technology Institute. Award amount: $30,000.
"Molecular Genetics of Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot Resistance in Capsicum." 1996-1998. James P. Prince. Grants from Gilroy Foods, Inc. Aggregate award amount: $4,250. .
"Yellows Diseases of Grapevines: Impact, Pathogen Molecular Detection and Identification, Epidemiology, and Potential for Control." Robert E. Davis, James P. Prince, Edna Tanne, and Meir Klein. A three-year grant from the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD). Award amount: $300,000. Proposal number: US-2335-93.
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