Browsing by Author "Isakeit, Thomas"
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Pekar, Jacob Jerome (2020-08-18)Aflatoxins contaminating our food supply in preharvest maize (aka corn, Zea mays L.) can cause serious illnesses such as: liver damage, intestinal bleeding, and even death; produced naturally by Aspergillus flavus Link:Fr, ...
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Isakeit, Thomas (1999-06-28)Bacterial fruit blotch is a disease occurring sporadically in almost all areas of Texas where watermelons are grown. This publication discusses symptoms, diagnosis and disease development and management.
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Lakey, Caitlin Samantha (2021-08-25)Fusarium oxysporum vasinfectum- race 4 (FOV4) was identified in California cotton production in the 1990’s. The discovery of FOV4 in El Paso County prompted researchers to evaluate resistance to it in upland cotton varieties. ...
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Hung, Hsiao-Yi (2009-05-15)Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell, 2n=6x=42, AABBDD) is subjected to significant yield losses by the endemic leaf rust pathogen, Puccinia triticina (Roberge ex Desmaz. F. sp. tritici). Breeding for resistance to this ...
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Characterization of Genetic Diversity and Linkage Disequilibrium of ZmLOX4 and ZmLOX5 Loci in Maize De La Fuente, Gerald N.; Murray, Seth C.; Isakeit, Thomas; Park, Yong-Soon; Yan, Yuanxin; Warburton, Marilyn L.; Kolomiets, Michael V.; Vendramin, Giovanni G. (PloS One, 2013)
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Wang, Tianyi (2020-07-23)Cotton Root Rot (CRR) is a severe cotton disease in Texas and the southwestern U.S. It kills cotton and other dicotyledonous plants so quickly that the death of the plant may be the first observable symptom. CRR cannot be ...
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Faske, Travis Ryan (2009-06-02)Abamectin is a blend of B1a and B1b avermectins that is being used as a seed treatment to control plant-parasitic nematodes on cotton. Data on the toxicity of abamectin and its effectiveness as a seed treatment to control ...
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Noe, Montes Garcia; Noe, Montes Garcia (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Sorghum ergot, caused by Claviceps africana Frederickson, Mantle & de Milliano, is a disease that affects non-fertilized ovaries in sorghum male-sterile plants and infects hybrids if there is pollen sterility at flowering ...
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McCulloch, Morgan Nicole (2023-05-04)Reniform nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis, is a highly detrimental pest in cotton and necessitates improved understanding of both in-season detection and modern management options. Newly released genetically resistant ...
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Barth, McKenzie Jo (2022-10-26)Texas is the largest organic cotton producer in the US, but tillage is the primary weed control. Little research has been done on reducing tillage and cover crops in organic cotton. A living mulch is a cover crop planted ...
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Bennett, John S (2021-12-06)Infection of seed with two major ear rot pathogens of maize, Fusarium verticillioides and Aspergillus flavus, lead to high yield losses and detrimental health effects to humans and animals through the production of mycotoxins, ...
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Katile, Seriba Ousmane (2009-05-15)Sorghum grain mold and anthracnose are two major diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) that constrain sorghum production worldwide. Grain mold is caused by several species of fungi, but the two most common are Curvularia ...
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Farfan, Ivan D. Barrero; De La Fuente, Gerald N.; Murray, Seth C.; Isakeit, Thomas; Huang, Pei-Cheng; Warburton, Marilyn; Williams, Paul; Windham, Gary L.; Kolomiets, Mike; Lukens, Lewis (PloS One, 2015)
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Cribben, Curtis D (2013-04-24)The overall goal of this research is to develop ground-based technologies for disease detection and mapping which can maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of cotton root rot (CRR) treatments. Accurately mapping CRR ...
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Dudak, Jennifer (2021-04-26)Rotylenchulus reniformis, the reniform nematode, is an increasingly important crop pest in Gossypium hirsutum, cotton. Cotton yields have suffered due to the increasing prevalence of this plant-parasitic nematode throughout ...
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Mayfield, Kerry Lucas (2012-07-16)Aflatoxins are potent carcinogens produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus Link:Fr and are a significant preharvest problem in maize production in Texas, the southern US, and subtropical climates. Several sources of maize ...
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Young, Blake Lawrence (2021-01-15)Management of noxious weeds is an evolving task in agriculture, especially with the current state of herbicide resistance in dominant weed species globally. Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) has been consistently ranked as ...
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Hassett, Brandon (2012-10-19)Aflatoxin contamination accounts for millions of dollars worth of losses for corn and cotton in Texas. Two atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus, AF36 and Afla-Guard, are labeled for its management. The purpose of ...
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McKee, Michael 1982- (2012-12-12)Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the main crops grown in the United States. Genetic improvement over the last century has seen a shift from using open-pollinated varieties to single cross hybrids. This has resulted in major ...
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Bhatnagar, Sandeep (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Quality Protein Maize (QPM) with the mutant gene opaque-2 (o2), has higher lysine and tryptophan content and hard endosperm which is less susceptible to mechanical and biological damage. Three experiments were conducted ...