Deborah Allan

Deborah Allan
Professor Emerita
[email protected]
612-625-3158
S429 Soils Building

1529 Gortner Ave
St Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education
  • BA, Grinnell College - 1973
  • MA, University of Pennsylvania - 1976
  • MS, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - 1983
  • PhD, University of California, Riverside - 1987

Areas of Interest

Biogeochemistry, Crops, Nutrient Management

Teaching

ESPM 1002 Orientation Seminar for Transfer Students
ESPM 3612W Environmental Soil Biology
ESPM 4096 Professional Experience Internship
LAAS 5051 Proposal Writing for Land and Atmospheric Science 
SOIL 5612 Soil Biology and Fertility
SOIL 8550 Directed Teaching Experience

Research

My research program is focused on the plant root-soil interface. My objective is to determine how roots and rhizosphere processes can be managed to improve efficiency of nutrient use, minimize environmental pollution, and maximize soil quality. My present work includes the study of root-mediated mechanisms of enhanced nutrient acquisition and the effects of alternative cropping systems on soil quality and carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Select Publications

  • Dalzell, B.J., J.M.F. Johnson, J. Tallaksen, D.L. Allan and N.W. Barbour, 2013. Simulated impacts of crop residue removal and tillage on soil organic matter maintenance. doi:10.2136/sssaj2012.0221
  • Coulter, J. A., Delbridge, T. A., King, R. P., Allan, D. L., and Sheaffer, C. C. 2013. Productivity, economics, and soil quality in the Minnesota variable-input cropping systems trial. Online. Crop Management doi:10.1094/CM-2013-0429- 03-RS.
  • O'Rourke, JA, Yang, SS, Miller, SS, Bucciarelli, B, Liu, JQ, Rydeen, A, Bozsoki, Z, Uhde-Stone, C, Tu, ZJ, Allan, D, Gronwald, JW, and Vance, CP. 2013. An RNA- seq transcriptome analysis of orthophosphate-deficient white lupin reveals novel insights into phosphorus acclimation in plants. Plant Physiol. 161: 705-724.
  • Leavitt,MJ, CC Sheaffer, DL Wyse, and DL Allan, 2011. Rolled winter rye and hairy vetch cover crops lower weed density but reduce vegetable yields in no-tillage organic production. Hort Sci 46: 387-395.
  • Cheng, L, B Bucciarelli, J Liu, K Zinn, S Miller, J Patton-Vogt, D Allan, J Shen, and C Vance, 2011.White lupin cluster root acclimation to phosphorus deficiency and root hair development involve unique glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases. Plant Phys 156: 1131-1148.
  • Cheng, L, B Bucciarelli, J Shen, D Allan, CP Vance, 2011. Update on white lupin cluster root acclimation to phosphorus deficiency. Plant Phys 156: 1025-1032.
  • Rath, M, J Salas, B Parhy, R Norton, H Menakuru, M Sommerhalter, G Hatlstad, J Kwon, D Allan, C Vance and C Uhde-Stone. 2010. Identification of genes induced in proteoid roots of white lupin under nitrogen and phosphorus deprivation, with functional characterization of a formamidase. Plant Soil 334:137-150.
  • Wang, BL, XY Tang, LY Cheng, AZ Zhang, FS Zhang, JQ Liu, Y Cao, DL Allan, CP Vance and JB Shen, 2010.Nitric oxide is involved in phosphorus deficiency-induced cluster-root development and citrate exudation in white lupin. New Phytologist 187: 1112-1123.
  • Sbabou L, B Bucciarelli, S Miller, J Liu, F Brhada, A Filali-Maltouf, D Allan and CP Vance, 2010. Molecular analysis of SCARECROW genes expressed in white lupin cluster roots J Exp Botany 61:1351-1363.
  • Liu, JQ, DL Allan and CP Vance, 2010. Systemic signaling and local sensing of phosphate in common bean: Cross-talk between photosynthate and microRNA399. Molecular Plant 3:428-437.