Dr. Tennant is a plant biotechnologist, with training in the fields of plant
pathology and plant molecular biology. Her research has focused on various aspects of
the Papaya ringspot virus with emphasis on the development of resistant
transgenic papaya, including safety implications. She has authored over 13 peer-reviewed
papers and 2 book chapters in the field of plant biotechnology.
Book Chapters
- Fermin, G., Tennant, P., Gonsalves, C., Lee, D., and Gonsalves, D. (2004) Comparative
development and impact of transgenic papayas in Hawaii, Jamaica and Venezuela. In Transgenic
plants: Methods and Protocols, Vol. 286, Methods in Molecular Biology, L. Pena, editor.
Humuna Press, Totowa, New Jersey. pp 399-430.
- Fitch, M. M., Pang, S. Z., Slightom, J. L., Lius, S., Tennant, P., Manshardt, R. M.,
and D. Gonsalves. (1993) Papaya transformation. In: Biotechnology in Agriculture and
Forestry, Vol. 29, Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering, Y. P. S. Bajaj, editor.
Spring-Verlag, Heidelberg. pp 236-256.
Published Articles
- Turner, Shawna-Gae A., Ahmad, M. H., and Tennant, Paula. (2005) Differential response
of papaya cultivars to Papaya ringspot virus isolates from Jamaica. Tropical
Agriculture (Trinidad) Accepted-Forthcoming.
- Souza, M., Tennant, P., and Gonsalves, D. (2005) Influence of coat protein transgene
copy number on resistance in transgenic line 63-1 against Papaya ringspot virus isolates.
HortScience 40: 2083-2087.
- Tennant, P., Ahmad, M. H., and Gonsalves, D. (2005). Field resistance of coat protein
transgenic papaya to Papaya ringspot virus in Jamaica. Plant Disease 89: 841-847.
- Tennant, P., Souza, M., Gonsalves, D., Fitch, M., and Slightom, J. (2005). Line 63-1,
a new virus-resistant transgenic papaya for Hawaii. HortScience 40: 1196-1199.
- Chin, Melaine, Morris, Walter, Tennant, Paula, Gonsalves, Dennis, and Ahmad, M. H.
(2003) Biological and molecular characterization of Papaya ringspot virus isolated from
papaya orchards of different locations in Jamaica. Jamaica Journal of Science and
Technology 14: 58-66.
- Turner, Shawna-Gae, Tennant, Paula, and Ahmad, M.H. (2003) Evaluation of wild
Carica species for resistance to Papaya ringspot virus isolates from
Jamaica. JAGRIST (The Bulletin of the Jamaican Society for Agricultural Sciences)
XV#1: 16-21.
- Tennant, Paula, Ahmad, M. H., and Gonsalves, Dennis. (2002) Transformation of
Carica papaya L. with virus coat protein gene for studies on resistance to
Papaya ringspot virus from Jamaica. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 79: 105-113.
- Tennant, P., Fermin, G., Fitch, M., Manshardt, R., Slightom, J., and Gonsalves, D.
(2001) Papaya ringspot virus resistance of transgenic Rainbow and SunUp is
affected by gene dosage, plant development, and coat protein homology. European Journal
of Plant Pathology 107: 645-653.
- Cai, Wenqi, Gonsalves, Carol, Tennant, Paula, Fermin, Gustavo, Souza Jr., Manoel,
Sarindu, Nonglak, Jan, Fuh-Jyh, Zhu, Hai-Ying, and Gonsalves, Dennis. (1999) A protocol
for efficient transformation and regeneration of Carica papaya L. In Vitro
Cellular and Developmental Biology Plant 35:61-69.
- Gonsalves, C., Cai, W., Tennant, P., Gonsalves, D. (1998) Effective development
of Papaya ringspot virus resistant papaya with untranslatable coat protein gene
using a modified microprojectile transformation method. Acta Horticulturae 461:311-314.
- Tennant, P., Fitch, M., Lius, S., Gonsalves, C., Manshardt, R., Sanford, J.,
Slightom, J., and Gonsalves, D. (1995) Coat protein-mediated protection and classical
cross protection to control Papaya ringspot virus in papaya. Acta Horticulturae
370:7-12.
- Tennant, P. F., Gonsalves, C., Ling, K.-S., Fitch, M., Manshardt, R., Slightom,
J. L., Gonsalves, D. (1994) Differential protection against Papaya ringspot virus
isolates in coat protein gene transgenic papaya and classically cross-protected papaya.
Phytopathology 84: 1359-1366.
- McMillan, R. T., Tennant, P., and Gonsalves, D. (1994) Reoccurrence of papaya mosaic
potexvirus in Florida. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society
106:146-147.
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