Select Peer-reviewed Publications
Wagner MR, and T Mitchell-Olds (2023) Soil variation among natural habitats alters glucosinolate content in a wild perennial mustard. Journal of Experimental Botany 74(5): 1723-1740
Barua N, KM Clouse , DAR Daiz, MR Wagner, TG Platt, and RR Hansen (2023) Screening the maize rhizobiome for consortia that improve Azospirillum brasilense root colonization and plant growth outcomes. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7: 1106528
Rushworth CA, MR Wagner, T Mitchell-Olds, and JT Anderson (2022) The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology. American Journal of Botany 109(11): 1939-1961
Wagner MR (2021) Prioritizing host phenotype to understand microbiome heritability in plants. New Phytologist, 232(2): 502-509
O’Brien AM, NA Ginnan, M Rebolleda‐Gómez, and MR Wagner (2021) Microbial effects on plant phenology and fitness. American Journal of Botany 108(10): 1824-1837
Wagner MR, C Tang, F Salvato, KM Clouse, A Bartlett, S Vintila, L Phillips, S Sermons, M Hoffmann, PJ Balint-Kurti, and M Kleiner, (2021) Microbe-dependent heterosis in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(30)
Clouse KM and MR Wagner (2021) “Plant genetics as a tool for manipulating crop microbiomes: Opportunities and challenges.” Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Wagner MR, JH Roberts, PJ Balint-Kurti, and JB Holland (2020) Heterosis of leaf and rhizosphere microbiomes in field-grown maize. New Phytologist 228(3), 1055-1069
Wagner MR, PE Busby, PJ Balint-Kurti (2020) Analysis of leaf microbiome composition of near-isogenic maize lines differing in broad-spectrum disease resistance. New Phytologist 225(5): 2152-2165
Wagner MR and T Mitchell-Olds (2018) Plasticity of plant defense and its evolutionary implications in wild populations of Boechera stricta. Evolution 72(5): 1034-1049
Busby PE, C Soman, MR Wagner, ML Friesen, J Kremer, A Bennett, M Morsy, J Eisen, J Leach, JL Dangl (2017) Research priorities for harnessing plant microbiomes in sustainable agriculture. PLoS Biology 15(3): e2001793
D’Amato AW, DA Orwig, A Barker Plotkin, PK Schoonmaker, MR Wagner (2017) Long-term structural and biomass dynamics of virgin Tsuga canadensis-Pinus strobus forests following hurricane disturbance. Ecology 98(3): 721-733
Wagner MR, DS Lundberg, TG del Rio, SG Tringe, JL Dangl, T Mitchell-Olds (2016) Host genotype and age shape the leaf and root microbiomes of a wild perennial plant. Nature Communications 7:12151
Wagner MR, DS Lundberg, D Coleman-Derr, SG Tringe, JL Dangl, T Mitchell-Olds (2014) Natural soil microbes alter flowering phenology and the intensity of selection on flowering time in a wild Arabidopsis relative. Ecology Letters 17: 717-726
Anderson JT*, MR Wagner*, CA Rushworth, K Prasad, T Mitchell-Olds (2014) The evolution of quantitative traits in complex environments. Heredity 112: 4-1
Olson-Manning CF, MR Wagner, T Mitchell-Olds (2012) Adaptive evolution: Evaluating empirical support for theoretical predictions. Nature Reviews Genetics 13:867-877
Pre-prints and other publications
Geml J and MR Wagner (2017) Out of sight, but no longer out of mind: Towards an increased recognition of the role of soil microbes in plant speciation. New Phytologist 217(3): 965-967
Wagner MR and T Mitchell-Olds (2011) Repeated phenotypic changes highlight molecular targets of convergent evolution. Genome Biology 12(8): 124
Datasets
Wagner MR, C Tang, F Salvato, KM Clouse, A Bartlett, S Sermons, M Hoffmann, PJ Balint-Kurti, M Kleiner (2020) Data from: Microbe-dependent heterosis in maize. Zenodo, Dataset
Wagner MR, PE Busby, PJ Balint-Kurti (2020) Data from: Heterosis of leaf and rhizosphere microbiomes in field-grown maize. Zenodo, Dataset
Wagner MR, PE Busby, PJ Balint-Kurti (2019) Data from: Analysis of leaf microbiome composition of near-isogenic maize lines differing in broad-spectrum disease resistance. Zenodo, Dataset
Wagner MR, DS Lundberg, TG del Rio, SG Tringe, JL Dangl, T Mitchell-Olds (2016) Data from: Host genotype and age shape the leaf and root microbiomes of a wild perennial plant. Dryad, Dataset
Wagner MR and T Mitchell-Olds (2018) Data from: Plasticity of plant defense and its evolutionary implications in wild populations of Boechera stricta. Dryad, Dataset
Wagner MR, DS Lundberg, D Coleman-Derr, SG Tringe, JL Dangl, T Mitchell-Olds (2014) Data from: Natural soil microbes alter flowering phenology and the intensity of selection on flowering time in a wild Arabidopsis relative, v2. Dryad, Dataset
