Fiona L. Goggin

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High Impact

University Professor

University of Arkansas primary UA Div. of Agriculture

Also affiliated: Agricultural Research Service (2006–2012); United States Department of Agriculture (2006–2012); Baylor College of Medicine (2006); Cornell University (2001); University of Arkansas System (2021–2026); Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (2006); China National Rice Research Institute (2006); State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology (2012); Washington State University (2012); Shandong Agricultural University (2012); University of California, Davis (1998–2001); Michigan State University (2012)

26 h-index 60 pubs 3,521 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

Fiona L. Goggin's research investigates plant interactions with insects, particularly focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying plant responses to aphid feeding. Her work utilizes model organisms such as *Arabidopsis thaliana* to examine gene expression, protein function, and metabolic pathways involved in plant defense and susceptibility. Several publications explore the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid metabolism, specifically fatty acid desaturases, in mediating these interactions with aphids like *Myzus persicae*.

Goggin also examines the impact of environmental factors and other organisms on plant health. Her research includes investigations into cadmium interference with iron sensing and its relation to ROS signaling, as well as the effects of beneficial microbes, such as *Bacillus subtilis*, on plant interactions with nematodes. Her scholarship has been recognized with a designation as a highly cited researcher, indicated by an h-index of 26 and over 3,400 citations across 61 publications.

Her collaborations at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include work with Payal Sanadhya, Kallahan Minor, Joanna Kud, and Jiamei Li, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Goggin maintains an active lab website to disseminate her research findings.

Metrics

h-index: 26
Publications: 60
Citations: 3,521

Positions

University Professor publications 2004–2026

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology ORCID

Selected Publications

Cell-type-resolved transcriptional reprogramming in resistant soybean roots reveals cambial activation and early syncytium initiation upon nematode infection (2026)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Overexpression of AtPROPEP6 enhances Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to Southern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita (2026)

Plant Signaling & Behavior DOI OpenAlex
Optimizing Conditions for Bacillus subtilis Ectopic Gene Expression and Delivery via Seed Treatment (2025)

Plants 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
The Effects of Bacillus subtilis Expressing a Plant Elicitor Peptide on Nematode Infection on Soybean (2024)

Phytopathology 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Redox responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (2021)

Molecular Plant Pathology 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Fatty Acid Desaturases in the Chloroplast and Endoplasmic Reticulum Promote Susceptibility to the Green Peach Aphid Myzus persicae in Arabidopsis thaliana (2021)

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
Cadmium interference with iron sensing reveals transcriptional programs sensitive and insensitive to reactive oxygen species (2020)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Loss of Function of Fatty Acid Desaturase 7 in Tomato Enhances Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation Efficiency (2020)

Frontiers in Plant Science 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
The FATTY ACID DESATURASE2 Family in Tomato Contributes to Primary Metabolism and Stress Responses (2019)

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 46 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Comparison of the Effects of FATTY ACID DESATURASE 7 and HYDROPEROXIDE LYASE on Plant–Aphid Interactions (2018)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Feeding injury. (2017)

CABI eBooks 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Plant elicitor peptides promote plant defences against nematodes in soybean (2017)

Molecular Plant Pathology 77 citations DOI OpenAlex
Superoxide-responsive gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays (2017)

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
Editorial overview: Pests and resistance: Social networking—studying the web of plant–insect interactions to improve host plant resistance (2015)

Current Opinion in Insect Science 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Applying high-throughput phenotyping to plant–insect interactions: picturing more resistant crops (2015)

Current Opinion in Insect Science 107 citations DOI OpenAlex