Katherine S. Downes - Concepedia

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Katherine S. Downes

Curtin University ORCID

Also Known As

K. Downes, K.S. Downes, KATHERINE S. DOWNES, Katherine Downes, Katherine S. Downes

Publications

860

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All Affiliations

Curtin University University of KwaZulu-Natal Cranfield University Murdoch University Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

About

Katherine S. Downes is an author at Curtin University specializing in botany, natural sciences, and evolutionary biology.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Natural Sciences	4	4	456
2	Biology	3	3	233
3	Engineering	2	2	139
4	Medicine	1	1	56
5	Biochemistry	1	1	56

Katherine S. Downes

Publications

850

Citations

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	Year	Citations
Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa Byron B. Lamont, Katherine S. Downes Plant Ecology BiodiversityBotanyBiogeographyNatural SciencesEvolutionary Biology	2011	223
Banksia born to burn Tianhua He, Byron B. Lamont, Katherine S. Downes New Phytologist BiologyPhylogeneticsBotanyNatural SciencesEvolutionary Biology	2011	178
Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia: Strategies and Guidelines for Developing, Managing and Utilising Ex Situ Collections Katherine S. Downes Austral Ecology EngineeringEx-situ ConservationBotanyNature ConservationSustainable Agriculture	2011	83
Effect of curing at different temperatures on biochemical composition of onion (Allium cepa L.) skin from three freshly cured and cold stored UK-grown onion cultivars Katherine S. Downes, Gemma A. Chope, Leon A. Terry Postharvest Biology and Technology Different TemperaturesBiochemical CompositionFood PreservationPost-harvest PhysiologyUk-grown Onion Cultivars	2009	69
Postharvest application of ethylene and 1-methylcyclopropene either before or after curing affects onion (Allium cepa L.) bulb quality during long term cold storage Katherine S. Downes, Gemma A. Chope, Leon A. Terry Postharvest Biology and Technology Postharvest ApplicationAffects OnionPost-harvest Physiology	2009	57
A new acetonitrile-free mobile phase method for LC–ELSD quantification of fructooligosaccharides in onion (Allium cepa L.) Katherine S. Downes, Leon A. Terry Talanta Food ChemistryPlant AnalysisEngineeringBiochemistryBioanalysis	2010	56
Adaptive responses to directional trait selection in the Miocene enabled Cape proteas to colonize the savanna grasslands Byron B. Lamont, Tianhua He, Katherine S. Downes Evolutionary Ecology BiodiversityBiogeographyEvolutionary BiologyNatural SelectionSavanna Grasslands	2013	46
Comparison of germination responses of Anigozanthos flavidus (Haemodoraceae), Gyrostemon racemiger and Gyrostemon ramulosus (Gyrostemonaceae) to smoke-water and the smoke-derived compounds karrikinolide (KAR1) and glyceronitrile Katherine S. Downes, M.E. Light, Martin Pošta, Annals of Botany	2013	45
The fire ephemeral Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) germinates in response to smoke but not the butenolide 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one Katherine S. Downes, Byron B. Lamont, M.E. Light, Annals of Botany	2010	38
Do fire-related cues, including smoke-water, karrikinolide, glyceronitrile and nitrate, stimulate the germination of 17 Anigozanthos taxa and Blancoa canescens (Haemodoraceae)? Katherine S. Downes, M.E. Light, Martin Pošta, Australian Journal of Botany BiologyBlancoa CanescensBotanyNatural SciencesEvolutionary Biology	2014	33

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