Works
Chapters
"Lignocellulose degrading thermophilic fungi and their prospects in natural rubber extraction from plants" In Fungi in Extreme Environments: Ecological Role and Biotechnological Significance. 2018.
"Waste conversion into sustainable and reinforcing fillers for rubber composites." In Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials. 2018.
"Commonalities and complexities in rubber biosynthesis" In Chemistry, manufacture and applications of natural rubber. Edited by Shinzo Kohjiya and Yuko Ikeda. 2013.
"Natural Rubber Biosynthesis in Plants: Rubber Transferase" In Methods in Enzymology. Edited by Hopwood, D.A.. 2012.
"Membrane-bound cis-prenyl transferase activity: regulation and substrate specificity." In Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers. Edited by A. Steinbüchel. 1999.
"Hypoallergenic guayule latex: research to commercialization." In Progress in New Crops, ASHS.. Edited by J. Janick. 1996.
"Advances in alternative natural rubber production." In Agriculture as a Renewable Source of raw Materials.. Edited by G. Fuller, D. D. Bills and T. A. McKeon. 1996.
"Natural rubber biosynthesis: A branch of the isoprenoid pathway in plants" In Regulation of Isopentenoid Metabolism.. Edited by W. D. Nes, E. J. Parish and J. M. Trzaskos. 1992.
"Molecular cloning of a portion of the gene for the abundant rubber particle protein of guayule." In Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Secondary Metabolite Natural Products.. Edited by R.J. Petroski. 1992.
"From metabolism to organism: An integrative view of water stress emphasizing abscisic acid." In Environmental Injury to Plants.. Edited by F. Katterman. 1990.
Conferences
Li, Z.; Cornish, K., "A guayule rubber radiation medical glove." International Latex Conference 2017.
Barrera, C.; Cornish, K., "Waste-derived reinforcing fillers in guayule and Hevea natural rubber" 2016.
Barrera, C., Cornish, K, "Waste-derived Reinforcing Fillers in Guayule and Hevea Natural Rubber." 90th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, 2016.
Ramirez-Cadavid, D.A., Cornish, K., Michel Jr., F.C., "Compositional Analysis of Taraxacum kok-saghyz Roots, an Alternative Source of Natural Rubber." 190th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society 2016.
Cornish, K., "Alternative and sustainable reinforcing fillers for natural rubber. Cutting Edge Concerns: Emergent Materials and Intelligent Tires Workshop." RAPRA Carbon Black World, 2016.
Cornish, K., "Biobased emergent materials" RAPRA Carbon Black World Conference, May 25, 2016 2016.
Barrera, C., Cornish, K., "Characterization of Bio-Based Natural Rubber Nanocomposites Made from Agro-Industrial Byproducts" 188th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Inc. 2015.
Fakoullah, G., Cherif, B.I. Cornish. K., "Comparative durability and abrasion resistance of natural and synthetic latex gloves" International Latex Conference 2015.
Slutzky, J.L., Sobojeyo, A., Cornish, K., "Canonical correlation analysis of Type I and Type IV hypoallergenic natural rubber thin films" International Latex Conference 2015.
Cornish, K., Xie, W., Kostyal, D., Shintani, D.K., Hamilton, R.G, "Immunochemical analysis of latex from Taraxacum kok-saghyz" International Latex Conference 2015.
Journal Articles
Cornish, K.; Junkong, P.; Matsushima, Y.; Phakkeeree, T. et al., "Influence of strain-induced crystallization on stress softening of sulfur cross-linked unfilled guayule and dandelion natural rubbers." Rubber Chemistry and Technology (2019)
Bates, G.M.; Cornish, K., "Rapid and complete removal of guayule (Parthenium argentatum) leaves by cryodefoliation, and freeze and thaw induction of rubber particle coagulation" INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS 125 (2018) 491-495-491-495
Cornish, K.; Scott, D.J.; Xie, W.; Mau, C.J.D. et al., "Unusual subunits are directly involved in binding substrates for natural rubber biosynthesis in multiple plant species." Phytochemistry 156 (2018) 55-72-55-72
Ramirez-Cadavid, D.A.; Valles-Ramirez, S.; Cornish, K.; Michel, F.C., "Simultaneous quantification of rubber, inulin, and resins in Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK) roots by sequential solvent extraction" INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS 122 (2018) 647-656-647-656
Luo, Z.; Iaffaldano, B.J.; Zhuang, X.; Fresnedo-Ramirez, J. et al., "Variance, Inter-Trait Correlation, Heritability, and Marker-Trait Association of Rubber Yield-Related Characteristics in Taraxacum kok-saghyz" PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER 36 4 (2018) 576-587-576-587
Iaffaldano, B.; Cardina, J.; Cornish, K., "Hybridization potential between the rubber dandelion Taraxacum kok-saghyz and common dandelion Taraxacum officinale" ECOSPHERE 9 2 (2018)
Luo, Z.; Iaffaldano, B.J.; Cornish, K., "Colchicine-induced polyploidy has the potential to improve rubber yield in Taraxacum kok-saghyz" INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS 112 (2018) 75-81-75-81
Barrera, C.S.; Soboyejo, A.B.O.; Cornish, K., "QUANTIFICATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF FILLER CHARACTERISTICS TO NATURAL RUBBER REINFORCEMENT USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS" RUBBER CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY 91 1 (2018) 79-96-79-96
Debat, H.; Luo, Z.; Iaffaldano, B.J.; Zhuang, X. et al., "Molecular Identification and Characterization of Two Rubber Dandelion Amalgaviruses" Annals of Applied Biology (2017)
Ramirez-Cadavid, D.A.; Comish, K.; Michel, F.C., "Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK): compositional analysis of a feedstock for natural rubber and other bioproducts" INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS 107 (2017) 624-640-624-640
Patents
Sikandar, Shomaila; Ali, Naeem; Cornish, Katrina. Fungal Treatment of Enhance Extractable Rubber Yield from Plants. Filed Jun 2015
Sikandar, Shomaila; Ali, Naeem; Cornish, Katrina. Fungal Treatments for Extracting Rubber from Plants. Filed Jun 2015
Cornish, K., Barrera-Martinez, C., Slutzky, J.L., Bates, G., Kamenik, R. Filler-Natural Rubber Composites. Filed Oct 2014 and Issued Apr 2015.
Blakeslee, J., Cornish, K., Han, E.H. Functional Expression of Rubber Transferase Complexes in Plant, Microbial, and Cell-Free Systems. Filed Aug 2014
Cornish, K., Blakeslee, J. Engineering Plants with Rate Limiting Farnesene Metabolic Genes. Filed Jul 2014
Cornish, K., Barrera-Martinez, C. Methods to Extract Natural Rubber from Guayule and Other Plants Using Differential Flocculation. Filed Jul 2014
Cornish, K., Blakeslee, J. Engineering Plants with Rate Limiting Farnesene Metabolic Genes. Filed Jul 2014
Cornish, K. The DamSafe: a Device for Removing Soluble Protein from Dental Dams. Filed Mar 2014
Cornish, K., Blakeslee, J. Engineering Plants to Produce Farnesene and Other Terpenoids. Filed Mar 2014
Cornish, K. Bioprocessing of Harvested Plant Materials for Extraction of Biopolymers and Related Materials and Methods. Filed Feb 2014 and Issued Aug 2014.
Presentations
"A rubber industrial crop could be Ohio’s ‘Gold’." In College of Wooster Retiree’s Meeting. 2018.
"Development and assessment of food trays from blend of PHBV (with 2% HV) and natural rubber intended for microwave packaging applications." In Center for Advanced Food Processing and Packaging meeting. 2018.
"The application of natural rubber to toughen bioplastic through reactive extrusion with synergic use of peroxide and coagent." In ACS Rubber Division Spring Meeting. 2018.
"Durability of Eggshell/Silica Filled Guayule Natural Rubber Composites." In Materials Week 2018. 2018.
"Bioproduct Development from Novel Crops." In Emerging coproduction systems for sustainable rural economies. 2018.
"Poster: Improving Sustainability and Rubber Security with New Eggshell/Silica Filled Guayule Natural Rubber Composites." In CFAES Research Conference. 2018.
"Biochemical and metabolic rubber crop biotechnology." In ICGEB Workshop: Smart Metabolic Engineering of Plants for Drug Biosynthesis. 2018.
"Why is Rubber Ohio’s ‘Gold’? Dandelion as a New Rubber Crop for Ohio." In Tri County Rotary Meeting. 2018.
"Natural rubber – a viable industrial bioeconomy crop
Challenges and solutions to scale up of unconventional but viable bioeconomy feedstocks." In Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference. 2018.
"Bio-based composites for food packaging.." In OSU Material Week Conference. 2017.
Technical Reports
Cornish, K., Radin, J. W., Lu, Z., Zeiger, E., "Photosynthetic and stomatal conductance are related to heat tolerance in Pima cotton." 1991.
Ann. Report MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, "Accumulation and catabolism of abscisic acid in relation to water stress in wilty mutants of tomato." 1985.
Cornish, K., Zeevaart, J. A. D., "Abscisic acid in isolated guard cells of Pisum sativum and Vicia faba in relation to water stress." 1985.
Cornish, K., Zeevaart, J. A. D., "Accumulation and catabolism of abscisic acid in relation to water stress in wilty mutants of tomato." 1985.
Cornish, K., Zeevaart, J. A. D, "Stress-induced abscisic acid accumulation in Xanthium and tomato roots." 1984.
Cornish, K.; Zeevaart, J.A.D., "ACCUMULATION OF ABSCISIC ACID IN RELATION TO WATER STRESS IN XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM LEAVES OF DIFFERENT AGES" 1983.
Cornish, K.; Zeevaart, J.A.D., "ACCUMULATION OF ABSCISIC ACID IN RELATION TO WATER STRESS IN XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM LEAVES OF DIFFERENT AGES" 1983.
Cornish, K. , Zeevaart, J. A. D, "Guard cell abscisic acid in relation to water stress" 1983.
Cornish, K., Zeevaart, J. A. D., "Accumulation and degradation of abscisic acid and its catabolites in relation to water stress in Xanthium leaves of different ages." 1983.
Cornish, K., Zeevaart, J. A. D., "Accumulation of abscisic acid in relation to water stress in Xanthium leaves of different ages." 1982.
