Plant Pathology: Research Programs

Publications - 2005

Allen, T., Martinez, A., and L. Burpee. 2005. Dollar Spot of Turfgrass. The Plant Health Instructor. 2005 DOI: 10. 1094 /PHI-I-2005- 1217-02. www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/dollarspot/default.htm

Allen, T., Williams-Woodward, J., and Pearce, M. 2005. Key to diseases of pines in the landscape. University of Georgia CAES Cooperative Extension Service. B-1284.

Bakkeren, G. and S. Gold. 2004. "The path in fungal plant pathogenicity: many opportunities to outwit the intruders?" Genet Eng (N Y). 26: 175-223.

Branch, W. D., J. A. Baldwin, and A. K. Culbreath. 2005. Genotype x seeding rate interaction among TSWV-resistant, runner-type peanut cultivars. Peanut Sci. 30:108-111.

Brannen, P.M. 2005. Orange felt (Orange Cane Blotch) of Blackberry. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Circular 892.

Brannen, P.M. and Gerard Krewer. 2005. Cane blight of blackberry. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Circular 894.

Brown, S. L., A. K. Culbreath, J. W. Todd, D. W. Gorbet, J. A. Baldwin, and J. P. Beasley. 2005. Development of a method of risk assessment to facilitate integrated management of spotted wilt of peanut. Plant Dis. 89: 348-356.

Burpee, L.L. 2005. Sensitivity of Colletotrichum graminicola to phosphonate fungicides. J. Int. Turf Res. Soc. 10: 163-169.

Byrne, J.M., Hausbeck, M.K., and Sconyers, L.E. 2005. Influence of environment on atmospheric concentrations of Peronospora antirrhini sporangia in field-grown snapdragon. Plant Dis. 89:1060-1066.

Copes, W.E., and Scherm, H. 2005. Plant spacing effects on microclimate and Rhizoctonia web blight development in container-grown azalea. HortScience 40:1408-1412.

Cox, K.D., Scherm, H., and Serman, N. 2005. Ground-penetrating radar to detect and quantify residual root fragments following peach orchard clearing. HortTechnology 15:600-607.

Csinos, A.S. 2005. Relationship of Isolate Origin to Pathogenicity of Race 0 and 1 of Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae on Tobacco Cultivars. Plant Disease, 89:332- 337.

Csinos, A.S. Tospoviruses in Solanaceae and other crops in the Coastal Plain of Georgia, University of Georgia, Res. Report, No. 704, December 2005.

Culbreath, A. K., Brenneman, T. B., Kemerait, R. C., and Stevenson, K. L. 2005. Relative performance of tebuconazole and chlorothalonil for control of peanut leaf spot from 1994 through 2004. Proceedings of the American Peanut Research and Education Society.

Denny, T. P. 2005. A short history of the biochemical and genetic research on Ralstonia solanacearum pathogenesis., p. 323-334. In: C. Allen, P. Prior, and A. C. Hayward (eds.), Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

De Assis Filho, F.M., Stavisky, J., Reitz, S.R., Deom, C.M. and Sherwood, J.L. 2005. Midgut infection by tomato spotted wilt virus and vector incompetence of Frankliniella tritici. J. Appl. Entomol. 129:548-550.

Desaeger, Johan and Csinos, Alex. 2005. Phytotoxicity Associated with Drip-applied 1,3-Dichloropropene and Chloropicrin in Vegetables Produced with Plastic Mulch. HortScience Vol. 40(3): 700-707.

Eggert, Sue, David Wenner, Deanna Conners, Elizabeth Little, Melanie Ruhlman, and Lina Wayo. Effects of tropical depressions Ivan and Jeanne on water quality of the Upper Oconee River Basin: Results from a watershed group monitoring program. Proceedings of the 2005 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 24-27, 2005, at the University of Georgia

Fessehaie, A., and Walcott, R.R. 2005. Biological control to protect watermelon blossoms and seeds from infection by Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. Phytopathology 95:413-419

Genin, S., B. Brito, T. P. Denny, and C. Boucher. 2005. Control of the Ralstonia solanacearum type III secretion system (Hrp) genes by the global virulence regulator PhcA. FEBS Lett. 579:2077-2081.

Huang, G, R. Dong, R. Allen, E. L. Davis, T. J. Baum, and R. S. Hussey. 2005. Two chorismate mutase genes from the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Mol. Plant Pathology 6:23-30.

Huang, G, R. Dong, R. Allen, E. L. Davis, T. J. Baum, and R. S. Hussey. 2005. Development expression and molecular analysis of two Meloidogyne incognita pectate lyases. Int. J. Parasitol.35: 685-692.

Kang, Y., H. Liu, S. Genin, M. A. Schell, and T. P. Denny. 2005. Ralstonia solanacearum requires type-4 pili for twitching motility, adherence, natural transformation and virulence, p. 365-370. In: C. Allen, P. Prior, and A. C. Hayward (eds.), Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Law, S.E., and Scherm, H. 2005. Electrostatic application of a plant-disease biocontrol agent for prevention of fungal infection through the stigmatic surfaces of blueberry flowers. Journal of Electrostatics 63:399-408.

Liu, H., S. Zhang, M. A. Schell, and T. P. Denny. 2005. Pyramiding unmarked mutations in Ralstonia solanacearum shows that secreted proteins in addition to plant cell wall degrading enzymes contribute to virulence. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 18:1296-1305.

Malkus, A., Reszka, E., Chang, C.J., Arseniuk, E., Chang, P.-F. L., Ueng,P. P. 2005. Sequence diversity of –tubulin (tubA) gene in Phaeosphaeria nodorum and P. avenaria. FEMS Microbiology Letters: 249:49-56.

Martinez A. Burpee L., and Waltz C. 2005. Abiotic Injuries and disorders of Turfgrasses in Georgia in Spanish. CES-CAES-UGA Bulletin B1258-SP.

Martinez A. Burpee L., and Waltz C. 2005. Abiotic Injuries and disorders of Turfgrasses in Georgia. CES-CAES-UGA Bulletin B1258.

Martinez, A. Fonseca, M and Lopez, V. 2005. Landscape Safety Training Manual for Hispanic Workers. Bilingual Manual. OSHA, UGA-CES.

Mims, C.W., and E. A. Richardson. 2005. Light and electron microscopy of teliospores and teliospore germination in the rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae. Canadian Journal of Botany
83:451-458.

Mims, C.W., and E. A. Richardson. 2005. Ultrastructure of urediniospore development in Coleosporium ipomoeae as revealed by high-pressure freezing followed by freeze substitution. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166:219-225.

Mims, C.W., and E. A. Richardson. 2005. Ultrastructure of sporodochium development and conidium in the anamorphic fungus Epicoccum nigrum. Canadian Journal of Botany 83:1354-1363.

Mueller, D. S., Jeffers, S. N., and Buck, J. W. 2005. Toxicity of fungicides to urediniospores of six rust fungi that occur on ornamental crops. Plant Disease 89:255-261.

Naidu, R.A., Deom, C.M., Sherwood, J.L. 2005. Expansion of the host range of Impatiens necrotic spot virus to peppers. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/sub/php/brief/2005/insv/pepper.pdf

Ngugi, H.K., Dedej, S., Delaplane, K.S., Savelle, A.T., and Scherm, H. 2005. Effect of flower-applied Serenade biofungicide (Bacillus subtilis) on pollination-related variables in rabbiteye blueberry. Biological Control 33:32-38.

Ojiambo, P.S., and Scherm, H. 2005. Survival analysis of time to abscission of blueberry leaves affected by Septoria leaf spot. Phytopathology 95:108-113.

Ojiambo, P.S., and Scherm, H. 2005. Temporal progress of Septoria leaf spot on rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei). Plant Disease 89:1090-1096.

Pearce, M., and Williams-Woodward, J. 2005. Key to diseases of oaks in the landscape. University of Georgia CAES Cooperative Extension Service. B-1286.

Potter, T. L., T. C. Strickland, H. Joo, and A. K. Culbreath. 2005. Accelerated dissipation of tebuconazole following multiple applications to peanut. J. Environ. Qual. 34:1205-1213.

Rideout, S. L., Brenneman, T. B., and Stevenson, K. L. 2002. A comparison of disease assessment methods for southern stem rot of peanut. Peanut Science 29:66-71.

Robertson, A. E., B. A. Fortnum, W. P. Wechter, T. P. Denny, and D. A. Kluepfel. 2005. Insertions in the avirulence gene avrA alter the virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum on Nicotiana tabacum, p. 359-363. In: C. Allen, P. Prior, and A. C. Hayward (eds.), Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Sconyers, L. E., T. B. Brenneman, and K. L. Stevenson 2005. Effects of plant spacing, inoculation date, and peanut cultivar on epidemics of peanut stem rot and tomato spotted wilt. Plant Dis. 89:969-974.

Sconyers, L.E., Kemerait, R.C., Brock, J., Phillips, D.V., Jost, P.H., Sikora, E.J., Gutierrez-Estrada, A., Mueller, J.D., Marois, J.J., Wright, D.L., and Harmon, C.L. 2006. Asian Soybean Rust Development in 2005: A perspective from the southeastern United States. APSnet Feature Story. Online publication: http://apsnet.org/online/feature/sbr/

Seebold, Jr., K. W., Langston, D. B., Jr., Kemerait, Jr., R. C., and Hudgins, J. E.. 2005. First report of a leaf spot and stem canker caused by Myrothecium roridum on watermelon in the United States. Plant Dis. 89:342; published on-line as DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-0342A.

Sorenson, R.B., Sconyers, L.E., Lamb, M.C., and Sternitzke, D.A. 2004. Row orientation and seeding rate on yield, grade and stem rot incidence of peanut with subsurface drip irrigation. Peanut Sci. 31:54-58.

Stevenson, K. L. 2005. Fungicide sensitivity and performance of DMI fungicides for scab control. Proceedings of the Southeastern Pecan Growers Association 98:93-97.

Sydorovych, O., C.D. Safley, L.M. Ferguson, E.B. Poling, G.E. Fernandez, P.M., Brannen, D.M. Monks, and F.J. Louws. 2006. Economic evaluation of methyl bromide alternatives for the production of strawberries in the southeastern U.S. Hort Technology 16(1):1-11.

Tollner, E. W., R.D. Gitaitis, K.W. Seebold and B.W. Maw. 2005. Experiences with a food product x-ray inspection system for classifying onions. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 21:907-912.

Tredway, L. P., Stevenson, K. L., and Burpee, L. L. 2005. Genetic structure of Magnaporthe grisea populations associated with St. Augustinegrass and tall fescue in Georgia. Phytopathology 95:463-471.

Walcott, R.R. 2005. Bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI:1094/PHI-I-2005-1025-02

Wang, Xiaohong. M. G. Mitchum, Bingli Gao, Chunying Li, Hanane Diab, Thomas J. Baum, Richard S. Hussey, and Eric L. Davis. 2005. A parasitism gene from a plant-parasitic nematode with function similar to CLAVATA3/ESR (CLE) of Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol. Plant Pathology 6:187-191.

Woodward, J. E., T. B. Brenneman, R. C. Kemerait, Jr., A. K. Culbreath, and J. R. Clark. 2005. First report of Botrytis blight of peanut caused by Botrytis cinerea in Georgia. Plant Dis. 89:910. (Disease Note)

Woodward, J.E., T.B. Brenneman, R.C. Kemerait Jr., A.K. Culbreath, and J.R. Clark. 2005. First report of Sclerotinia blight caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on peanut in Georgia. Plant Dis. 89:111. (Disease Note)

Woodward, J. E., Langston, D. B., Brock, J. H., Kemerait, R. C., Brenneman, T. B., and Beard, G. H. 2005. First demonstration of Koch’s postulates for Lasiodiplodia theobromae fruit spot on eggplant (Solanum melongena). Plant Dis. 89:687.