Douglas G. Bielenberg

Assistant Professor



Contact Information

Phone: 864-656-4968
FAX: 864-656-4960
Email: dbielen@clemson.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Plant Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2000
  • B.S. (summa cum laude) Biology, University of Northern Iowa, 1995

Research Interests

  • Physiological and molecular mechanisms of plant interactions with the physical environment. Molecular regulation of growth arrest and bud dormancy in perennials.

Selected Publications

  • Bielenberg DG, Wang Y, Li Z, Zhebentyayeva T, Fan S, Reighard GL, Scorza R, Abbott AG (2008) Sequencing and annotation of the evergrowing locus in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] reveals a cluster of six MADS-box transcription factors as candidate genes for regulation of terminal bud formation. Tree Genetics and Genomes DOI: 10.1007/s11295-007-0126-9
  • BassiriRad H and Bielenberg DG. 2005. Nutrient acquisition of terrestrial plants in a changing climate. In: Nutrient uptake by plants: an ecological perspective. BassiriRad H, ed. Springer-Verlag, Inc., New York.
  • Bielenberg DG, Wang Y, Fan S, Reighard GL, Scorza R, and Abbott AG. 2004. A deletion affecting several gene candidates is present in the peach Evergrowing mutant. Journal of Heredity 95 (5): 436-444. PDF Download
  • Bielenberg DG, Miller JD, Berg VS. 2003. Combined effects of PPFD and pulvinus temperature upon paraheliotropic leaf movements and implications for leaf gas exchange in two Phaseolus species. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 49 (2), 95-105. PDF Download
  • Pell EJ, Miller JD, Bielenberg DG. 2003. Effects of Airborne Pollutants. In: Plant Cell Death Processes. Noodén LD, ed. Academic Press, Inc., New York.
  • Bielenberg DG, Lynch JP, Pell EJ. 2002. Nitrogen dynamics during O3-induced accelerated senescence and related compensation in hybrid poplar. Plant, Cell & Environment 25 (4), 501-512. PDF Download
  • Bielenberg DG, Lynch JP, Pell EJ. 2001. A Decline in Nitrogen Availability Affects Plant Responses to O3. The New Phytologist. 151 (2), 413-425. PDF Download
  • Ma Z, Bielenberg DG, Brown KM, Lynch JP. 2001. Regulation of root hair density by phosphorus availability in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell & Environment 24 (4), 459-467. PDF Download

Recent Courses

  • BOT 821 - Inorganic Plant Metabolism
  • BIOSC 401/401H/601 - Plant Physiology
  • BIOSC 402/602 - Plant Physiology Laboratory

Graduate Students

  • Jennie Kill-Bowden, M.S., Biological Sciences
  • Yuhui Xie, Ph.D., Plant & Environmental Sciences
  • Sergio Jimenez, Postdoctoral Scholar Yuhui Xie, Ph.D. Plant and Environmental Science

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society of Plant Biologists
  • American Society of Horticultural Science
  • Sigma Xi