Brett Hale Data-verified

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Graduate Research Assistant

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

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9 h-index 27 pubs 335 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Brett Hale's research investigates strategies for managing agricultural challenges and understanding biological systems. His work includes studying the impact of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) and selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) on enhancing arsenic tolerance in soybean plants, examining their effects on photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant levels. Hale also explores methods for controlling parasitic weeds like Striga, focusing on sorghum and the genetic underpinnings of resistance. Additionally, his research extends to the gut microbiome of poultry, evaluating standardized protocols for microbiota analysis. He has collaborated with researchers at Arkansas State University, including Asela Wijeratne, Emily S. Bellis, Naina Rao, and Callie Phipps, contributing to 27 publications with an h-index of 9 and over 330 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 27
  • Citations: 335

Selected Publications

  • Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Provides Insights into the Rhizosphere Microbial Dynamics in Soybean – <i>Fusarium virguliforme</i> Interaction (2026)
  • Cell Wall Dynamics in the Parasitic Plant (<i>Striga</i>) and Rice Pathosystem (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fine-scale characterization of the soybean rhizosphere microbiome via synthetic long reads and avidity sequencing (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Correction: Hale et al. Differential Expression Profiling Reveals Stress-Induced Cell Fate Divergence in Soybean Microspores. Plants 2020, 9, 1510 (2024)
  • Correction to: Soybean androgenesis II: non-gametophytic morphologies in isolated microspore culture (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Gene regulatory network inference in soybean upon infection by Phytophthora sojae (2023)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant (2023)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum (2023)
    17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An updated assessment of the soybean– <i>Phytophthora sojae</i> pathosystem (2023)
    13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation of cytosine conversion methods for whole-genome DNA methylation profiling (2022)
  • Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga hermonthica</i> germination (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Gene regulatory network inference in soybean upon infection by <i>Phytophthora sojae</i> (2022)
  • Androgenesis-Based Doubled Haploidy: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives (2022)
    42 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Interplay of ZnONPs and/or SeNPs induces arsenic tolerance in soybean by regulation of antioxidants pool, WRKY genes, and expression of arsenic transporters (2022)
    30 citations DOI OpenAlex

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