Plant Pathology: Personnel

Shavannor M. Smith

Assistant Professor
4309 Miller Plant Science Bldg.
Athens, GA 30602-7274
(706) 542-1280
shavs@uga.edu

Academic Background:
Tennessee State University , Biology, B.S., 1994
Tennessee State University , Biology, M.S., 1997
Kansas State University , Genetics, Ph.D., 2004

Research Interests:
Plant-pathogen interactions with a focus on the structure and evolution of disease resistance loci, understanding the biological processes for disease resistance and the genetic improvement of crop plants for disease resistance.

Current membership in professional and honorary societies/journals:

American Phytopathological Society
Academy of the Environment at the University of Georgia

Selected Publications:

Smith, S. M. and Bennetzen, J. L. Allelic variation for R-gene expression in the Rp1 resistance gene cluster. (2007).

Smith, S. M., Yuan, Y. and Bennetzen, J. L. Haplotype analysis and linkage disequilibrium at five loci in Eragrostis tef. (2007).

Smith, S. M. and Hulbert, S. H. (2005). Recombination events generating a novel Rp1 race specificity. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 18:220-228.

Zhao, B., Smith, S., Leach, J. and Hulbert, S. (2005). Resistance gene transfer between different cereal species. Proceedings of the WRRC 2004, 482-484.

Smith, S. M., Pryor, A. J. and Hulbert, S. H. (2004). Allelic and haplotypic diversity at the Rp1 rust resistance locus of maize. Genetics 167: 1939-1947.

Smith, S. M. and Hulbert, S. H. (2003). Evolution of disease resistance genes. In, genomics and genetic analysis of plant parasitism and defense. S. Tsuyuma, J. Leach, T. Shiraishi and T. Wolpert (eds.), APS Press.

Sun, Q., Collins, N. C., Alyiffe, M., Smith, S. M., Drake, J., Pryor, T. and Hulbert, S. H. (2001). Recombination between paralogues at the rp1 rust resistance locus in maize. Genetics 158: 423-438.

Hulbert, S.H., Webb, C. A., Smith, S. M., and Sun, Q. (2001). Resistance gene complexes: evolution and utilization. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 39:285-312.

Hulbert, SH, Webb, C. A. and Smith, S. M. (2001). A modified set of Rp differential lines. Maize Genet. Newsltr. 75: 40–41.

Hulbert S.H., Sun Q., Webb, C.A. and Smith, S. M. (1999). Fungal disease resistance genes in cereals. In, memorias simposium internacional la biotecnologia y el estres de las plantas, 40–48.