Author

Dimuth Siritunga

Observed names: Siritunga Dimuth, Siritunga, Dimuth

Institution: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Observed institutions: Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, The University of Melbourne, University of Puerto Rico System, Cornell University, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Syngenta (United States), New Mexico Consortium, The Ohio State University, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

ORCID: 0000-0002-4654-1369

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-4654-1369

OpenAlex ID: A5061603545

The BioCassava Plus Program: Biofortification of Cassava for Sub-Saharan Africa

2011 · Richard Sayre, John R. Beeching, et al. · Annual Review of Plant Biology · 320

Generation of cyanogen-free transgenic cassava

2003 · Dimuth Siritunga, Richard T. Sayre · Planta · 202

Extending Cassava Root Shelf Life via Reduction of Reactive Oxygen Species Production

2012 · Tawanda Zidenga, Elisa Leyva-Guerrero, et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 169

Engineering cyanogen synthesis and turnover in cassava (Manihot esculenta)

2004 · Dimuth Siritunga, Richard Sayre · Plant Molecular Biology · 167

Development and application of transgenic technologies in cassava

2004 · Nigel Taylor, Paul Chavarriaga, et al. · Plant Molecular Biology · 159

Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin

2019 · Narayanan Narayanan, Getu Beyene, et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 156

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Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Milling and Baking Quality in a Soft × Hard Wheat Cross

2001 · Kimberly Garland Campbell, Patrick L. Finney, et al. · Crop Science · 124

Provitamin A biofortification of cassava enhances shelf life but reduces dry matter content of storage roots due to altered carbon partitioning into starch

2017 · Getu Beyene, Felix R. Solomon, et al. · Plant Biotechnology Journal · 89

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Over‐expression of hydroxynitrile lyase in transgenic cassava roots accelerates cyanogenesis and food detoxification

2003 · Dimuth Siritunga, Diana Arias‐Garzon, et al. · Plant Biotechnology Journal · 84

Cyanogen Metabolism in Cassava Roots: Impact on Protein Synthesis and Root Development

2017 · Tawanda Zidenga, Dimuth Siritunga, et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 62

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Overexpression of the transporters AtZIP1 and AtMTP1 in cassava changes zinc accumulation and partitioning

2015 · Eliana Gaitán-Solís, Nigel J. Taylor, et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 62

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Retention during Processing and Bioaccessibility of β-Carotene in High β-Carotene Transgenic Cassava Root

2012 · Mark L. Failla, Chureeporn Chitchumroonchokchai, et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 61

Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Sweet Potato in Puerto Rico

2014 · Lorraine Rodriguez-Bonilla, Hugo E. Cuevas, et al. · PLoS ONE · 58

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Transgenic Approaches for Cyanogen Reduction in Cassava

2007 · Dimuth Siritunga, Richard Sayre · Journal of AOAC International · 42

Comparative evaluation of physiological post-harvest root deterioration of 25 cassava (Manihot esculenta) accessions: visual vs. hydroxycoumarins fluorescent accumulation analysis

2010 · Andrés Salcedo, Ángel Del Valle, et al. · 38

Molecular differentiation and diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta) taken from 162 locations across Puerto Rico and assessed with microsatellite markers

2011 · María Montero-Rojas, Ana María Correa, et al. · AoB Plants · 37

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The Iron Assimilatory Protein, FEA1, from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Facilitates Iron-Specific Metal Uptake in Yeast and Plants

2011 · Narayanan N. Narayanan, Uzoma Ihemere, et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 35

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Culturally Relevant Inquiry-Based Laboratory Module Implementations in Upper-Division Genetics and Cell Biology Teaching Laboratories

2011 · Dimuth Siritunga, María Montero-Rojas, et al. · CBE—Life Sciences Education · 32

Cassava shrunken-2 homolog MeAPL3 determines storage root starch and dry matter content and modulates storage root postharvest physiological deterioration

2020 · Getu Beyene, Raj Deepika Chauhan, et al. · Plant Molecular Biology · 29

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Transgenic Biofortification of the Starchy Staple Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Generates a Novel Sink for Protein

2011 · Mohammad Abhary, Dimuth Siritunga, et al. · PLoS ONE · 29

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Comparative Expression Analysis of Reference Genes in Field-Grown Cassava

2014 · Andres Salcedo, Cristina Zambrana, et al. · Tropical Plant Biology · 28

Overcoming the barrier to interspecific hybridization of Fagopyrum esculentum with Fagopyrum tataricum

1996 · Cyrus Samimy, Thomas Bjorkman, et al. · Euphytica · 28

Genetic, morphological and cyanogen content evaluation of a new collection of Caribbean Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) landraces

2013 · Maria Montero-Rojas, Morthemer Ortiz, et al. · Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution · 20

DNA Barcoding of the Solanaceae Family in Puerto Rico Including Endangered and Endemic Species

2019 · Lumariz Hernandez Rosario, Juan O. Rodríguez Padilla, et al. · Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science · 19

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Isolation and Characterization of Novel β-Cyanoalanine Synthase and Cysteine Synthase Genes from Cassava

2010 · Josean Marrero-Degro, Joan Marcano-Velázquez, et al. · Plant Molecular Biology Reporter · 13

Works count: 41

Citation count: 2,101

H-index: 22

I10-index: 25