Link to Google Scholar | Equal contributors (*) | personnel bolded
18. Charrier G*, Willick IR*, Takahashi D*. 2023. Cross-disciplinary insights into the mechanisms of plant cold hardiness: From molecules to ecosystems. Physiologia Plantarum 175: e13901.
17. Willick IR, Lowry DB. 2022. Cold acclimation threshold induction temperatures of switchgrass ecotypes grown under a long and short photoperiod. Physiologia Plantarum 174: e13812.
16. Wang S, Cao L, Willick IR, Wang H, Tanino KK. 2022. Arabidopsis ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UBC4, UBC5, and UBC6 have major functions in sugar metabolism and leaf senescence. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(19): 11143.
15. Liu J*, Willick IR*, Hiraki H, Forand AD, Lawrence JR, Swerhone GDW, Wei Y, Ghosh S, Lee YK, Olsen JE, Usadel B, Wormit A, Günl M, Karunakaran C, Dynes JJ, Tanino KK. 2022. Cold and exogenous calcium alter 14. Takahashi D*, Willick IR*, Kasuga J, Livingston DP. 2021. Responses of the plant cell wall to sub-zero temperatures: a brief update. Plant and Cell Physiology 62(12): 1858-1866.
13. Willick IR, Tanino KK, Gusta LV. 2021. The impact of global climate change on the freezing tolerance of winter cereals in Western Canada. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 207: 88-99.
12. Nilsen KT, Walkowiak S, Xiang D, Gao P, Quilichini TD, Willick IR, Byrns B, N’Diaye A, Ens J, Wiebe K, Ruan Y, Cuthbert RD, Craze M, Wallington EJ, Simmonds J, Uauy C, Datla R, Pozniak CJ. 2020. Copy number variation of TdDof controls solid-stemmed architecture in wheat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117: 28708-28718. 11. Peeters N*, Willick IR*, Nabben R, Waterer DR, Verhoeven T, Tanino KK. 2020. Effect of latitude on dwarf French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seed production and seedling vigour. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B—Soil & Plant Science 70: 224-232.
10. Willick IR, Barl B, Tanino KK. 2020. Effect of latitude on narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia DC.) yield and phytochemical quality. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 100: 103-112.
9. Willick IR, Gusta LV, Fowler DB, Tanino KK. 2019. Ice segregation in the crown of winter cereals: evidence for extra-organ and extra-tissue freezing. Plant Cell & Environment 42: 701-716.
8. Willick IR, Plaxton WC, Lolle S, Macfie SM. 2019. Transcriptional and post-translational upregulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Arabidopsis thaliana (L. Heynh) under cadmium stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 164: 29-39.
7. Livingston DP, Tuong TD, Murphy JP, Gusta LV, Willick I, Wisniewski M. 2018. High-definition infrared thermography of ice nucleation and propagation in wheat exposed to natural and artificial frost. Planta 247: 791-806.
6. Willick IR, Takahashi D, Fowler DB, Uemura M, Tanino KK. 2018. Tissue-specific changes in apoplastic proteins and cell wall structure during cold acclimation of winter wheat crowns. Journal of Experimental Botany 69: 1221-1234.
5. Willick IR, Lahlali R, Vijayan P, Muir D, Karunakaran C, Tanino KK. 2018. Wheat flag leaf epicuticular wax morphology and composition response to moderate drought stress is revealed by SEM, FTIR-ATR and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy. Physiologia Plantarum 162: 316-332.
4. Tanino K, Willick IR, Hamilton K, Vijayan P, Jiang Y, Brar GS, Yu P, Kalcsits L, Lahlali R, Smith B, Fowler B, Kutcher R, Bueckert R, Warkentin T, Karunakaran C. 2017. Chemotyping using synchrotron mid-infrared and x-ray spectroscopy to improve agricultural production. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 97: 982-996.
3. Willick IR, See V, Bandara K, Tanino KK. 2017 Metal and antioxidant bioavailability in selected locally sourced and imported horticultural crops. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 97: 226-240.
2. Vijayan P, Willick IR, Lahlali R, Karunakaran C, Tanino KK. 2015. Synchrotron radiation sheds fresh light on plant research: the use of powerful techniques to probe structure and composition of plants. Plant & Cell Physiology 56: 1252-1263.
1. Lahlali R, Karunakaran C, Wang L, Willick I, Schmidt M, Liu X, Borondics F, Forseille L, Fobert PR, Tanino K, Hallin E, Peng G. 2015. Synchrotron based phase contrast X-ray imaging combined with FTIR spectroscopy reveals structural and biomolecular differences in spikelet’s play a significant role in resistance to Fusarium in wheat. BMC Plant Biology 15: 24.
4. MacLean DE, Willick IR, Lahlali R, Jiang Y. 2025. Enhancing the Resilience of Apple to Fire Blight and Winter Injury in a Warming World. Ed. J-T Chen. 1st Edition. Plant Stress Tolerance - Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton. 29 pp.
3. Willick IR, Stobbs J, Karunakaran C, Tanino KK. 2020. Phenotyping plant cellular and tissue level responses to cold with synchrotron-based Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray computed tomography. Eds. E Zuther and D Hincha. In Methods in Molecular Biology Vol 2156, New York, NY.
2. Wisniewski M, Willick IR, Duman JG, Livingston DP, Newton S. 2020. Chapter 7: Plant antifreeze proteins. Eds. H Ramløv and DS Friis. In Antifreeze proteins: ice, environment, biology, systematics, and evolution Vol I. Springer, Cham.
1. Wisniewski M, Willick IR, Gusta LV. 2017. Chapter 11: freeze tolerance and avoidance in plants. In Plant Stress Physiology 2nd Edition. S Shabala Ed. CAB International, Oxfordshire, UK. 1. Willick IR. 2023. Winter 2023 apple post freeze report. AAFC Canada. Link here.Book chapters
Reports