Dalton R. Gossett, Ph.D.

  Ph.D., Texas A&M University

  Professor of Biological Sciences and Chair, Department of   Biological Sciences

  Office: SC 214 and SC 224

  Phone: 797-5085 and 797-5244

  Fax: 797-5222

  E-mail: dalton.gossett@lsus.edu

  Regular Teaching Assignments:

  Agri 101 Introduction to Agriculture

  Bchm 640 Plant Biochemistry

  Bchm 722 Experimental Design and Techniques

  Bios 108 Sociobiology  

  Bios 120 Biological Principles II

  Bios 345/345L Plant Physiology

  Bios 470/670 Evolution

  Ensc 101 Introduction to Environmental Science

  Ensc 421 Environmental Analysis

  Ensc 441 Environmental law and Compliance

  Research Interests:

  A study of the biochemical and physiological responses to environmental   stress in crop plants. Studies of bio-accumulation of heavy metals in   aquatic food chains. Investigations into the parameters affecting water   quality in the Red River Watershed.

  Selected Publications:

  Vital, S.A., Fowler, R.W., Virgen, A., Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W.,   Rodriguez, J. (2008) Opposing Roles for Superoxide and Nitric Oxide in   the NaCl-Induced Up-Regulation  of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity In Cotton   Callus Tissue. Journal of Experimental and Environmental Botany 62:   60-   68.

  Gossett, D.R., S. W. Banks, an M. C. Lucas., 2002. Signal transduction   pathways associated with the NaCl-induced up-regulation of antioxidant   enzyme activity in cotton callus tissue. In Research Signpost: Current   Research Developments in Plant Physiology . 99-133.

  Bellaire, B.A., Carmody, J., Braud, J., Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W., Lucas,   M.C., Fowler, T.E. (2000) Involvement of Abscisic Acid-Dependent and -   Independent-Pathways in the Up-regulation of Antioxidant Enzyme   Activity   During NaCl Stress in Cotton Callus Tissue. Free Radical   Research 33:   531-545.

  Manchandia, A., S. W. Banks, D. R. Gossett, B. A. Bellaire, M. C. Lucas,   and E. P. Millhollon. 1999. The influence of α-amanitin on the NaCl-induced   upregulation of antioxidant enzyme activity in cotton callus tissue. Free   Radical Research 30:429-438.

  Rajguru, S. N., S. W. Banks, D. R. Gossett, M. C. Lucas, T. E. Fowler, and   E. P. Millhollon. 1999. Antioxidant response to salt stress during fiber   development in cotton ovules. Journal of Cotton Science 3:11-1

  Director, Cooperative Masters Program with LSU Health Science Center-    Shreveport.

  Director, Cooperative Masters Program in Environmental Science with    LSU-Baton Rouge.