John V. Carter
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1967
University of Minnesota, Department of Horticultural Science, 256 Alderman Hall, 1970 Folwell Ave.,St. Paul, MN 55108; Telephone: 612-624-4944; Fax: 612-624-4941; E-Mail address: carte004@tc.umn.edu.
Dr. Carter directs graduate research on mechanisms of freezing injury and cold acclimation in plants. He is interested in responses of elements of the
cytoskeleton, and its component proteins, to cold, freezing, and dehydration. Through cooperative work with Dr. D.P. Snustad in the Department of
Genetics and Cell Biology, Dr. Carter is also studying the mechanism of thermal regulation of gene expression. Techniques used in Dr. Carter's
laboratory include immunochemistry, fluorecence microscopy, gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, protein and nucleic acid isolation and
purification, spectroscopy, and plant hardiness assessment. Through the collaboration with Dr. Snustad, the standard techniques required in plant
molecular biology are made available to students.
Dr. Carter has published on several aspects of low-temperature stress in plants, has presented invited lectures both at home and abroad, has sat on a
review panel for the USDA's Competitive Grants Program, and is a member of Cryoletter editorial board. He is a member of the plant biological
sciences graduate faculty and has been visiting fellow at the Australian National University.
Dr. Carter teaches a graduate-level course on plant environmental stress. He is also a member of the Department of Plant Biology in the College of
Biological Science and serves as Director of Research at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
References:
Kerr, G.P. and J.V. Carter. 1990. Relationship between freezing tolerance of root-tip cells and cold stability of microtubules in rye (Secale cereale L. cv
Puma). Plant Physiol. 93:77-82.
Bartolo, M.E. and J.V. Carter. 1991. Microtublues in mesophyll cells of nonacclimated and cold-acclimated spinach: visualization, and responses to freezing
low temperature, and dehydration. Plant Physiol. 97:175-181.
Bartolo, M.E. and J.V. Carter. 1992. Lithium decreases cold-induced microtubule depolymerization in mesophyll cells of spinach. Plant Physiol. 99:
1716-1718.
Course Taught:
Hort 8045. Plant Response to Environmental Stress.
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