01/09/2007

01/07/2008

02/16/2009

Books/Book Chapters

Charlton, N.D., Tavantzis, S.M. and Cubeta, M.A. 2008. Detection of double
stranded RNA viruses in the soil fungus Rhizoctonia solani, In Plant
Pathology Techniques and Procedures, Chapter 14, pp. 171-182. Eds. R. Burns,
Humana Press, 2nd Edition, Tocawa, NJ.

Referred Journal Articles

Charlton, N.D., Carbone, I., Tavantzis, S.M., and M.A. Cubeta. 2008.
Phylogenetic relatedness of the M2 double stranded RNA in Rhizoctonia fungi.
Mycologia 100:555-564.

Elliott, M.L., McInroy, J.A., Xiong, K, Kim, J.H., Skipper, H.D., and Guertal, E.A. 2008. Taxonomic diversity of rhizosphere bacteria in golf course putting greens at representative sites in the southeastern United States. HortScience 43:514-518.

Ferrucho, R.L., Zala, M., Zhang, Z., Cubeta, M.A., Garcia-Dominguez, C., and
Ceresini, P.C. 2008. Highly polymorphic in silico-derived microsatellite
loci in the potato-infecting fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis
group 3 from the Colombian Andes. Molecular Ecology Resources (In Press).


Leckie, B. M., B. H. Ownley, R. M. Pereira, W. E. Klingeman, and C. J. Jones. 2008. Effects of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin mycelia and metabolites incorporated into synthetic diets on larval Helicoverpa zea. Biocontrol Sci. Technol.18: 697-710.

Ling, K. S., Kousik, C. S., and Keinath, A. P. 2008. First report of Southern blight on bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in South Carolina. Plant Dis. 92:656.

Njoroge, S. M. C., Riley, M. B., and Keinath, A. P. 2008. Effect of incorporation of Brassica spp. residues on population densities of soilborne microorganisms and on damping-off and Fusarium wilt of watermelon. Plant Disease 92: 287-294.

Ownley, B. H., M. R. Griffin, W. E. Klingeman, K. D. Gwinn, J. K. Moulton, and R. M. Pereira. 2008. Beauveria bassiana: endophytic colonization and plant disease control. J. Invertebra. Pathol. 98: 267-270.


Abstracts

Bartz, F.E., Danehower, D.A., Tavantzis, S.M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008. Carbon
metabolism and plant growth regulation: the influence of quinic acid on
phenylacetic acid production and pathogenic activity of Rhizoctonia solani
AG-3. Proc. 4th International Rhizoctonia Symposium, Berlin, Germany
(Abstract).


Bartz, F.E., Tavantzis, S.M., Danehower, D.A., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008.
Influence of quinic acid catabolism on the production of the plant growth
regulator phenylacetic acid by Rhizoctonia solani AG-3. Inoculum 59:19 (Supplement to Mycologia, Abstract).

Bartz, F.E., Tavantzis, S.M., Danehower, D.A., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008.
Influence of quinic acid catabolism on the production of the plant growth
regulator phenylacetic acid by Rhizoctonia solani AG-3. Phytopathology
98:S18 (Abstract).

Charlton, N.D., Carbone, I., Tavantzis, S.M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008.
Evolutionary history and population genetics of the M2 double-stranded RNA
of Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 3. Proc. 4th International
Rhizoctonia Symposium, Berlin, Germany (Abstract).

Copes, W.E., Rinehart, T. A., Toda, T., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008. Rhizoctonia
species associated with bark media and plant strata of container-grown
azalea. Proc. 4th International Rhizoctonia Symposium, Berlin, Germany
(Abstract).


Cubeta, M.A., Dean, R. A., Bayman, P., Jabaji, S., Neate, S., Nolte, P.,
Tavantzis, S.M., Toda, T. Vilgalys, R., Federova, N., and Nierman, W.C.
2008. Whole genome sequencing of the soil fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG-3.
Inoculum 59:21 (Supplement to Mycologia, Abstract).

Gomaa, N. M., Rothrock, C. S., and Jia, Y. 2008. Sequence variation of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region among isolates of Rhizoctonia solani. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Rhizoctonia.

Greenberg, W., L. Hartley, T. Loynachan, D. Lindbo, and S. Schultz. 2008. Maintaining and updating the SSSA K-12 education website. 531-7 Agron. Abstracts, Madison.

Kaye, A., Parks, L., Kennedy, G., Shew, B.B., Carbone, I., Cubeta, M.A., and
Moyer, J.W. 2008. Population genetics of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus on peanut
in North Carolina and Virginia. Phytopathology 98:S79 (Abstract).

Ownley, B. H., M. M. Dee, and K. D. Gwinn. 2008. Effect of conidial seed treatment rate or entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana 11-98 on endophytic colonization of tomato seedlings and control of Rhizoctonia disease. Phytopathology 98:S118. (Abstract.)

Richter, B. S., Benson D. M., and Ivors, K. L. 2008. Cellulase activity and microbiology of cultural systems for Phytophthora root rot control in Fraser fir. Phytopathology 98:S132 (Abstract).

Toda, T., Upchurch, R.G., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008. Development of an
Agrobacterium-based transformation system for Rhizoctonia solani. Proc. 4th
International Rhizoctonia Symposium, Berlin, Germany (Abstract).


Toda, T., Strausbaugh, C., Vilgalys, R., and Cubeta, M.A. 2008.
Characterization of a basidomycete fungus from sugarbeet. Inoculum 59:59 (Supplement to Mycologia, Abstract).

Peer-Reviewed Journal Reports

Canaday, C.H., 2008. Effects of cultivar, a SAR inducer, and PGPR on foliar diseases and yields of staked-tomato, 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:V029.

Canaday, C.H. and A. Mengistu, 2008. Effects of seed treatments, in-furrow sprays, and herbicide timing on charcoal rot of soybean, 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:FC014.

Canaday, C.H. and A. Mengistu, 2008. Effects of directed fungicide sprays and potash form on charcoal rot of soybean, 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:FC015.

Canaday, C.H., Ownley, B.H., Gwinn, K.D., Rothrock, C.S., Keinath, A.P., and Seebold, K.W. 2008. Effects of biocontrol agents versus a fungicide on growth, yield, and diseases of broccoli in Tennessee, 2007-2008. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:V145.

Keinath, A.P., V.B. DuBose, A.W. Lassiter, C.H. Canaday, C S. Rothrock, B.H. Ownley, 2008. Evaluation of biological controls against wirestem of broccoli in South Carolina, 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:V152.

Ownley, B.H., Gwinn, K.D., Dee, M.M., Canaday, C.H., Keinath, A.P., Rothrock, C.S., and Seebold, K.W. 2008. Effects of biocontrol agents on growth, yield, and root disease of broccoli in East Tennessee, 2007-08. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:V155.

Seebold, K.W., Holdcroft, A.M., and Dixon, E. 2008. Effect of potassium phosphite and fungicides on Phytophthora crown and fruit rot of summer squash, 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports 2:V005.


Other

Loynachan, T. E. 2007. Endomycorrhizae [Online]. Available at http://www.microbelibrary.org/asmonly/details.asp?id=2504&Lang=. MicrobeLibrary. American Society for Microbiology.

Loynachan, T. E. 2007. Nematode-trapping fungi [Online]. Available at http://www.microbelibrary.org/asmonly/details.asp?id=2506&Lang=. MicrobeLibrary. American Society for Microbiology.

Loynachan, T. E. 2007. Ectomycorrhizae [Online]. Available at http://www.microbelibrary.org/asmonly/details.asp?id=2508&Lang=. MicrobeLibrary. American Society for Microbiology.

Loynachan, T. E. 2008. Soil fungi [Online]. Available at http://www.microbelibrary.org/asmonly/details.asp?id=2801&Lang=. MicrobeLibrary. American Society for Microbiology.

11/14/2009

12/20/2010

Refereed.


Bartz, F. E., M. A. Cubeta, T. Toda, S. Naito, and K. Ivors, 2010. An in planta method for assessing the role of basidiospores in Rhizoctonia foliar disease of tomato. Plant Disease 94:515-520.


Berbegal, M., A. Ortega, M. M. Jimenez-Gasco, C. Olivares-Garcia, R. M. Jimenez-Diaz and J. Armengol. 2010. Genetic diversity and host range of Verticillium dahliae isolates from artichoke and other vegetable crops in eastern-central Spain. Plant Disease 94: 396-404.


Canaday, C.H. and A.F. Schmitthenner, 2010. Effects of chloride and ammonium salts on the incidence of Phytophthora root and stem rot of soybean. Plant Dis. 94:758-765.


Gwinn, K.D., B.H. Ownley, S.E. Greene, M.M. Clark, C.L. Taylor, T.N. Springfield, D.J. Trently, J.F. Green, A. Reed, and S.L. Hamilton. 2010. Role of essential oils in control of Rhizoctonia damping-off in tomato with bioactive Monarda herbage. Phytopathology 100:493-501.


Gu, G., L. Smith, N. Wang, H. Wang, and S.-E. Lu., 2009. Biosynthesis of an antifungal oligopeptide in Burkholderia contaminans strain MS14. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 380: 328-332.


Gu, G., N. Wang, N. Cahney, L. Smith, and S.-E. Lu. 2009. AmbR1 is a key transcriptional regulator for antifungal activity of Burkholderia contaminans strain MS14. FEMS Microbiology Letter. 297:54-60.


Jangid, K., M. A. Williams, A. J. Franzluebbers, J. M. Blair, D. C. Coleman, and W. B. Whitman, 2010. Development of soil microbial communities during tallgrass prairie restoration. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42:302-312


Kaye, A.C., Moyer, J.W., Parks, E.J., Carbone, I., and Cubeta, M.A., 2011. Population genetic
analysis of Tomato spotted wilt virus on peanut in North Carolina and Virginia. Phytopathology 101:147-153.


Keinath, A. P., Hassell, R. L., Everts, K. L., and Zhou, X.-G. 2010. Cover crops of hybrid common vetch reduce Fusarium wilt of seedless watermelon in the eastern United States. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2010-0914-01-RS.


Kim, D.-G, T. M. Isenhart, T. B. Parkin, R. C. Schultz, and T. E. Loynachan. 2010. Methane flux in cropland and adjacent riparian buffers with different vegetation covers. J. Environ. Qual. 39:97-105.


Lu, S.-E., J. Novak, F. W. Austin, G. Gu, D. Ellis, M. Kirk, S. Wilson-Stanford, M. Tonelli, and J. L. Smith. 2009. Occidiofungin, a unique antifungal glycopeptide produced by a Strain of Burkholderia contaminans. Biochemistry 48: 8312-8321.


Njoroge, S. M. C., Toler, J. E. and Keinath, A. P. 2010. Soil solarization on populations of Pythium spp., fluorescent Pseudomonas, and damping-off of broccoli and cucumber. Int. J. Veg. Sci. 16:15-31.


Sullivan, M. J., Parks, E. J., Cubeta, M. A., Gallup, C. A., Moyer, J.W., and Shew, H.D. 2010. An assessment of genetic diversity from a field population of Phytophthora nicotianae with a changing race structure. Plant Disease 94:455-460.


Abstracts


Berbegal, M., C. D. Garzon, A. Ortega, J. Armengol, R. M. Jimenez-Diaz and M. M. Jimenez-Gasco. 2009. Development and application of new molecular markers for the analysis of genetic diversity in Verticillium dahliae populations. In 10th International Verticillium Symposium Book of Abstracts, November 16-20, 2009, Corfu, Greece. p. 29.


Jimenez-Gasco, M. M., M. Berbegal, G. M. Malcolm, J. Armengol and R. M. Jimenez-Diaz. 2009. New insights on the phylogenetic relationships of vegetative compatibility groups in Verticillium dahliae. In 10th International Verticillium Symposium Book of Abstracts, November 16-20, 2009, Corfu, Greece. p. 28.


Spurlock, T. N., Rothrock, C. S., and Monfort, W. S. 2010. Evaluation of selective media and selective chemicals on the isolation of Rhizotonia spp. from soil. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 100(6) Supplement S121.


Book Chapters.


Benson, D.M., and B.H. Ownley. 2010. Exercícios de laboratório com fitopatógenos do solo. Pages 255-270 in: Fitopatologia: Conceitos e Exercícios de Laboratório. 2a Edição. R. Trigiano, M. Windham, and A. Windham, eds., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Rotan, FL. (Translation in Portuguese).


Ownley, B.H., and D.M. Benson. 2010. Fitopatógenos do solo. Pages 237-254 in: Fitopatologia: Conceitos e Exercícios de Laboratório. 2a Edição. R. Trigiano, M. Windham, and A. Windham, eds., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Rotan, FL. (Translation in Portuguese).


Ownley, B.H., and M. Windham. 2010. Controle biológico de fitopatógenos (Revised). Pages 447-460 in: Fitopatologia: Conceitos e Exercícios de Laboratório. 2a Edição. R. Trigiano, M. Windham, and A. Windham, eds., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Rotan, FL. (Translation in Portuguese).


Ownley, B.H., K.D. Gwinn, and F.E. Vega. 2010. Fungal entomopathogens with activity against plant pathogens: ecology and evolution. Pages 113-128 in: The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens. H.E. Roy, F.E. Vega, D. Chandler, M.S. Goettel, J. Pell, and E. Wajnberg, eds. Springer-Verlag, NY.


Other Publications.


Canaday, C.H., 2010, Effects of seed treatments, potash formulation and application time on plant height, stand loss, and yield, 2009. Plant Disease Management Reports (online), Report 4:ST012. doi:10.1094/PDMR04.


Canaday, C.H., 2010, Evaluation of seed treatments, in-furrow sprays, and biological agents for control of seedling diseases of snap bean, 2009. Plant Disease Management Reports (online), Report 4:V084. doi:10.1094/PDMR04.


Francis, R., and Keinath, A. 2010. Biofungicides and chemicals for managing diseases in organic vegetable production. Clemson Cooperative Extension Information Leaflet 88.


Malcolm, G. M., and M. M. Jimenez-Gasco. 2010. Associations of Verticillium dahliae with host and non-host plants in agricultural fields. In 95th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 1-6, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA. p COS4.


Yousef, L.F. 2010. Class-I elicitins in relation to sterol acquisition and lipid profiling of Phytophthora sojae. PhD Dissertation. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

02/06/2012

Peer-reviewed

Aliferis, K.A., Jabaji, S., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. Chemotaxonomy of fungi in the Rhizoctonia solani species complex using GC/MS metabolic profiling. Metabolomics (30 July), pp 1-11, doi:10.1007/s11306-011-0340-1.

Bartz, F.E., Danehower, D.A., Glassbrook, N., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. Elucidating the role of phenylacetic acid and hydroxy- and methoxy-phenylacetic acid derivatives in the pathogenic activity of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3. Mycologia 103: (In Press).

Berbegal, M, Yanez, J.M, Garzon, CD, Armengol, J, Jimenez-Diaz, R.M, and Jimenez-Gasco, M.M. 2011. Development and application of new molecular markers for the analysis of genetic diversity in Verticillium dahliae populations. Plant Pathology. 60: 866877.

Copes, W., Rodriguez-Carres, M., Toda, T., Rinehart, T.A., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. Seasonal prevalence of species of binucleate Rhizoctonia fungi in growing
medium, leaf litter, and stems of container grown azalea. Plant Dis. 95:705-711.

Ellis, D., J. Gosai, C. Emrick, R. Heintz, L. Romans, D. Gordon, S. E. Lu, F. Austin, and L. Smith. 2011. Occidiofungin's chemical stability and in vitro potency against Candida species. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. In Press.

Garzon, CD, Molineros, J.E., Yanez, J.M, Flores, F.J., Jimenez-Gasco, M.M, and Moorman G.W. 2011. Sublethal doses of mefenoxam enhance Pythium damping-off of geraniums. Plant Disease 95:1233-1238.

Gu, G. Y., J. L. Smith, A. L. Liu, and S.-E. Lu. 2011. A genetic and biochemical map for the biosynthesis of occidiofungin, an antifungal produced by Burkholderia contaminans strain MS14. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:6189-6198.

Hu, P., A.S. Wang, A.S. Engledow, E.B. Hollister, K.L. Rothlisberger, J.E. Matocha, D.A. Zuberer, T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, and T.J. Gentry. 2011. Inhibition of the germination and growth of Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (Cotton Root Rot) by oilseed meals and isothiocyanates. Appl. Soil Ecol. 49:68-75.

Kim, D.G, Isenhart T.M., Parkin T.B., Schultz R.C., and Loynachan T.E. 2010. Methane flux in cropland and adjacent riparian buffers with different vegetation covers. J. Environ. Qual. 39:97-105.

Mengistu, A., Arelli, P. A., Bond, J. P., Shannon, G. J., Wrather, A. J., Rupe, J. B., Chen, P., Little, C. R., Canaday, C. H., Newman, M. A., and Pantalone, V. R. 2011. Evaluation of soybean genotypes for resistance to charcoal rot. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2010-0926-01-RS.

Richter, B. S., D. M. Benson, and K. L. Ivors, 2011. Microbial profiling of cultural systems for suppression of Phytophthora root rot in Fraser fir. Plant Dis. 95:537-546.

Richter, B. S., Ivors, K. I., Shi, W., and Benson, D. M. 2011. Cellulase activity as a mechanism for suppression of Phytophthora root rot in mulches. Phytopathology 101:223-230.

Samuels, G., Ismaiel, A., McMahon, P., Guest, D., Rosmana, A., Junaid, M., Rodriguez-Carres, M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. Vascular streak dieback of cacao in Southeast Asia and Melanesia: in planta detection of the pathogen and a new taxonomy. Fungal Biology. (In Press).

Sullivan, M. J., Parks, E. J., Cubeta, M. A., Gallup, C. A., Moyer, J.W., and Shew, H.D. 2010. Assessment of genetic diversity from a field population of Phytophthora nicotianae with a changing race structure. Plant Disease 94:455-460.

Woodhall, J.W., Webb, K.M., Harper, G., Peters, J.C. Rodriguez-Carres, M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. First report of a new binucleate Rhizoctonia in UK potato tubers. New Disease Reports 23:31 [doi:10.5197/j.2044-0588.2011.023.031].

Wang, A.S., P. Hu, E.B. Hollister, K.L. Rothlisberger, A. Somenahally, T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, and T.J. Gentry. 2012. Impact of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) and flax (Linum usitatissimum) seed meal applications on soil carbon, nitrogen, and microbial dynamics. Appl. Environ. Soil Sci. Article ID 351609; 14 p; doi:10.1155/2012/351609.

Yin, J., Koné, D., Rodriguez-Carres, M. Cubeta, M.A., Burpee, L.L. Fonash, E.G. Csinos, A.S., and Ji, P. 2011. First report of root rot caused by binucleate
Rhizoctonia anastomosis group F on Musa spp. Plant Disease 94:490.

Abstracts

Abd-Elmagid A, Garrido P, Hunger R, Melouk H, and Garzon, CD. 2011. Multiplex PCR for diagnosis of four Sclerotinia species. 8th Annual Graduate Research in Biological Sciences Symposium. Stillwater, OK, September 22-23, 2011.

Canaday, C. H., Donald, P., and Mengistu, A., 2011, Increases in snap bean and soybean seedling diseases associated with a chloride salt and changes in the micro-partitioning of tap root calcium. Phytopathology101:S26.

Dobhal, S, Garrido, P, Melouk, H, Garzon, CD. 2011. Strain discrimination and genetic diversity assessment of the fungal plant pathogen Sclerotinia minor from neighboring agricultural fields in Oklahoma. Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Conference. Las Vegas, NV, November 14-18, 2011.

Espindola A., Daniels J., Stobbe A., Schneider W., and Garzon, C.D. 2011. Design and validation of queries for the detection of Phytophthora ramorum in simulated metagenomes. American Phytopathological Society 2011 National Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Phytopathology. 101: S50

Flores, F., Garzon, C. D. Evaluation of hormesis on the response of soilborne plant pathogens to pesticides in vitro. 8th Annual Graduate Research in Biological Sciences Symposium. Stillwater, OK, September 22-23, 2011

Flores, F., Garzon, C. D. 2011. Evaluation of hormesis on the response of soilborne plant pathogens to pesticides in vitro. 8th Annual Graduate Research in Biological Sciences Symposium. Stillwater, OK, September 22-23, 2011

Garrido P., Melouk H, and Garzon, C.D. 2011. Population structure and genetic diversity of Sclerotinia minor from peanut research plots in Oklahoma. American Phytopathological Society 2011 National Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Phytopathology. 101: S59

Hollister, E.B., P. Hu, A.S. Wang, F.M. Hons, and T.J. Gentry. 2011. Soil bacterial and fungal community responses to oilseed meal addition. In Abstracts, 111th General Meet., ASM, New Orleans, LA. 21-24 May 2011. ASM, Washington, D.C.

Hu, P., E. Hollister, A. Wang, F. Hons, and T. Gentry. 2010. Soil microbial community changes after oilseed meal application. In Abstracts, ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meet., Long Beach, CA. 31 October - 3 November 2010.

Orquera, G., Mogrovejo, C., Villamarin, D., Jarrin, F., Garzon, C.D., Molineros, J., Forbes, G., Koch, A., Benitez, M.S. 2011. Characterization of microbial populations from P. infestans suppressive Andean soils in Ecuador. American Phytopathological Society 2011 National Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Phytopathology. 101: S133

Spurlock, T., Rothrock, C., and Monfort, W. 2011. A new selective medium for isolation of Rhizoctonia spp. from soil. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 101:S170.

Villamarin D, Orquera G., Mogrovejo, C., Garzon, C.D., Molineros, J., Forbes, G., Koch, A., Benitez, M.S. 2011. Supressiveness to Phytophthora infestans infection in potato tubers by Andean soils from three provinces of Ecuador. American Phytopathological Society 2011 National Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Phytopathology. 101: S183

Other Publications

Canaday, C.H., 2011, Effects of seed treatment fungicides, biological agents, and potash fertilizers on snap bean seedling diseases, 2010. Plant Disease Management Reports 5:ST002.

Dau, L. 2010. The promise of biochar. M.S. creative component, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Flores, FJ. 2010. Effect of Low Doses of Pesticides on Soilborne Pathogens  An Approach to the Hormetic Response. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University

Hansen, Z. R. 2011. Potential of three brassica cover crops for biofumigation in the field and the relationship between soil myrosinase and biofumigation efficacy. M.S. Thesis, Clemson University. 136 pp.

Hansen, Z. R., Keinath, A. P., Baccari, G. V., and DuBose, V. B. 2011. Evaluation of Brassica cover crops for control of root rot in peppers, 2010. Plant Disease Management Reports 5:V073. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR05.

Keinath, A. P., Baccari, G. V., and DuBose, V. B. 2011. Evaluation of biofungicides to prevent damping-off of organic arugula, 2010. Plant Disease Management Reports 5:ST010. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR05.

Grants awarded

Backman PA, Stehouwer R, and Gugino B. Conservation Agriculture as a potential pathway to better resource management, higher productivity, and improved socio-economic conditions in the Andean Region. USAID SANREM CRSP, $340,000; 5 years.

Backman PA and Gugino B. Integrated Pest Management: Science for Agricultural Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. USAID IPM CRSP $190,000; 5 years.

Baird, R. Participatory modeling and decision support for improving sweet potato production efficiency, quality, and food safety. USDA-CSREES-SCRI. $ 32,500; 1 year.

Baird, R. Baseline data on sweetpotato root microorganisms and the determination of the causal agents associated with a newly emerging rot diseases complex. SRI $37,000; 1 year.

Koch AR, Benitez MS, Garzon CD, Molineros JE. Population dynamics of Phytophthora infestans in potato producing soils in the Carchi and Chimborazo provinces, and inoculum infection potential. Politechnic School of the Army, Ecuador. $38,000; 1 year.

Keinath, A. Development of Grafting Technology to Improve Sustainability and Competitiveness of the US Fruiting Vegetable Industry. USDA, NIFA, SCRI, $286,403; 3 years.

Lu, S. Genetic and Chemical Characterization of Novel Antibiotics Produced by Plant Disease-Suppressive Bacteria. MAFES-SRI. $79,300; 1 year.

07/10/2013

Peer-reviewed

Aliferis, K.A., Cubeta, M.A. and Jabaji, S. 2013. Chemotaxonomy of fungi in the Rhizoctonia solani species complex using GC/MS metabolic profiling. Metabolomics 9(Suppl.): 159-169.

Bartz, F.E., Danehower, D.A., Glassbrook, N., and Cubeta, M.A. 2013. Modulation of the phenylacetic acid metabolic complex by quinic acid alters the disease-causing activity ofRhizoctoniasolanion tomato. Phytochemistry 89:47-52..

Bartz, F.E., Danehower, D.A., Glassbrook, N., and Cubeta, M.A. 2012. Elucidating the role of phenylacetic acid and hydroxy- and methoxy- phenylacetic acid derivatives in the pathogenic activity of Rhizoctonia solani AG-3. Mycologia 104:793-803.

Burchhardt, K. and Cubeta, M.A. 2012. Microsatellite marker development for the plant pathogenic fungus Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. Molecular Ecology Resources 12:(In Press).

Copes, W., Rodriguez-Carres, M., Toda, T., Rinehart, T.A., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. Seasonal prevalence of species of binucleate Rhizoctonia fungi in growing medium, leaf litter, and stems of container grown azalea. Plant Dis. 95:705-711.

Hansen, Z. R., and Keinath, A. P. 2013. Increased pepper yields following incorporation of biofumigation cover crops and the effects on soilborne pathogen populations and pepper diseases. Appl. Soil Ecol. 63: 6777.

Kaye, A.C., Moyer, J.W., Parks, E.J., Carbone, I., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. Population genetic analysis of Tomato spotted wilt virus on peanut in North Carolina and Virginia. Phytopathology 110:147-153.

Keinath, A. P., Hassell, R. L., and DuBose, V. B. 2012. Field evaluation of six cucurbit rootstocks to manage Fusarium wilt on triploid watermelon, 2011. Plant Disease Management Reports 6:V024. doi: 10.1094/PDMR06.

McCormick, M.A., Cubeta, M.A., and Grand, L.F. 2013. Geography and hosts of the wood decay fungi Fomes fasciatus and Fomes fomentarius in the United States. North American Fungi 8(2): 1-53.

McCormick, M.A., Grand, L.F., Post, J.B., and Cubeta, M.A. 2013. Phylogenetic relatedness and phenotypic characterization of Fomes fasciatus and Fomes fomentariussampled from the United States. Mycologia 76: (Accepted).

Richter, B. S., D. M. Benson, and K. L. Ivors, 2011. Microbial profiling of cultural systems for suppression of Phytophthora root rot in Fraser fir. Plant Dis. 95:537-546.

Richter, B. S., Ivors, K. I., Shi, W., and Benson, D. M. 2011. Cellulase activity as a mechanism for suppression of Phytophthora root rot in mulches. Phytopathology 101:223-230.

Samuels, G., Ismaiel, A., McMahon, P., Guest, D., Rosmana, A., Junaid, M., Rodriguez-Carres, M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2012. Vascular streak dieback of cacao in Southeast Asia and Melanesia: in planta detection of the pathogen and a new taxonomy. Fungal Biology 116(1):11-23.

Thomas, E., Pakala, S., Fedorova, N. D., Nierman, W. C., and Cubeta, M. A. 2012.Triallelic SNP-mediated genotyping of regenerated protoplasts of the heterokaryotic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Journal of Biotechnology 158:144-150.

Toda, T., Strausbaugh, C., Rodriguez-Carres, M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011.Characterization of a basidiomycete fungus from sugarbeet. Mycologia 104:70-78.

Woodhall, J.W., Webb, K.M., Harper, G., Peters, J.C., Rodriguez-Carres, M., and Cubeta, M.A. 2011. First report of a new binucleate Rhizoctonia in UK potato tubers. New Disease Reports 23:31 [doi:10.5197/j.2044-0588.2011.023.031].

Yin, J., Koné, D., Rodriguez-Carres, M. Cubeta, M.A., Burpee, L.L., Fonash, E.G. Csinos, A.S., and Ji, P. 2011. First report of root rot caused by binucleate Rhizoctonia anastomosis group F on Musa spp. Plant Disease 94:490.

Abstracts

Hansen, Z. R., and Keinath, A. P. 2012. Increased pepper yields following incorporation of biofumigation cover crops and their effects on soilborne pathogen populations and pepper diseases. (Abstr.). Phytopathology 102:S4.49.

Keinath, A. P., and Hassell, R. L. 2012. Grafting on hybrid squash and bottle gourd rootstocks to manage Fusarium wilt of watermelon. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 102:S4.153.

Other publications

Hansen, Z. R. 2011. Potential of three Brassica cover crops for biofumigation in the field and the relationship between soil myrosinase and biofumigation efficacy. Clemson University, M.S. Thesis. UMI Number 1505535

Loynachan, T. E. 2012. Life in the soil: Who cares? pp. 28-30. In Deborah McDonough (ed.) Getting Into Soil and Water. Iowa Water Center, Ames, IA.

Seebold, K., 2012. Evaluation of a Biopesticide and Conventional Fungicides for Management of Phytophthora Blight of Yellow Squash. Pp. 32-34 in: 2011 Fruit and Vegetable Crops Research Report (PR-626). T. Coolong, J. Snyder, and C. Smigell, eds. UK Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture, 53 pp

Target Audiences

This project was focused on evaluating commercial and non-commercial microbial biological control agents for control of soilborne plant pathogens, examining the effect of cultural practices on soilborne pathogens and plant growth, and examining the genetic diversity of Rhizoctonia solani between natural ecosystems and agroecosystems. Findings were shared with researchers and companies that provided the biological control agents for testing, and with collaborators of the Multistate Regional Research Project S-1028 in annual meetings. Highlights of this project were included in the S-1028 annual report, which was disseminated via the National Information Management and Support System (NIMSS) website. Findings were also shared with other scientists and students through research presentations at the American Phytopathological Society and other scientific meetings. Target audiences include producers of a variety of commodities, agricultural consultants, agricultural industry representatives, extension specialists, and other agricultural scientists interested in plant disease management. Producers/consultants use this information for decisions concerning disease management (product selection/cultural practices) in row crops.