As you read this issue of Plant Sciences Quarterly, I know you will be as impressed as I am about the quality of our students, staff, and faculty as reflected in awards, publications, grants and in other important ways. I also believe our strong programs can become even stronger, and can allow us to do even more to help meet global food challenges and benefit agriculture in Missouri, if we can succeed in bringing the Center for Translational Plant Sciences building project to fruition (page 3). The proposed building would house offices, research laboratories, and teaching facilities in a new five-story facility in the footprint of the Agriculture Laboratory Building and in renovated space in the Agriculture Sciences Build- ing. CTPS has been named as a top priority for CAFNR in MU’s upcoming development effort, so I ask that you do what you can to get the word out about the impact these facilities can have on our programs. This is an especially important newsletter issue in highlighting our many international connec- tions and activities. Bob Sharp led a group of Interdisciplinary Plant Group faculty to visit several universities and research centers in Brazil to explore opportunities for collaboration and exchange (page 3).As you may know, the IPG consists of several dozen faculty, across units and colleges, who share an interest in plant science research, with the Division of Plant Sciences contributing the largest number. Also, several Plant Sciences faculty travelled to China during recent months to at- tend international meetings, often to present invited papers, and to discuss collaborative potentials (page 7). As always, a number of important awards were received by your colleagues (page 2). For ex- ample, four of our graduate students studying weed science received awards as part of the North Central Weed Science Society Meeting in Columbus, OH. One of our adjunct faculty colleagues, Steve Anderson, received the William H. Byler Award from the Provost’s Office and Brad Fresen- burg was presented with the William H. Daniel Founder Award, a national honor, from the Sports Turf Managers Association. Finally, join us in welcoming Tim Moloney, Instructor in Landscape Design, to the group (page 4). Tim started January 1, 2014 in a nine-month appointment after several years of teaching the courses on a part-time basis.Tim formerly worked with Rost, Inc., a local firm. Please also welcome Patricia Wallace to the group. Patricia joins us effective March 1, in the role of Diagnostician in the reopened Plant Diagnostic Clinic. Patricia comes to us from a diagnostic position in California. INSIDE This Issue FROM THE DIVISION DIRECTOR Mike Collins 3-6 Programs & People 7 Around the Division 9-11 Recent Grants 12-13 Recent Publications Plant Sciences Quarterly is produced by Kate Riley and Tonya Mueller. Division of Plant Sciences College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources University of Missouri Plant Sciences Quarterly 8 Events & Activities https://www.facebook.com/MUPlantSciences Division of Plant Sciences College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources University of Missouri 2 Awards & Honors Volume 7 Issue 1 Winter 2014
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As you read this issue of Plant Sciences Quarterly, I know you will be as impressed as I am about the quality of our students, staff, and faculty as reflected in awards, publications, grants and in other important ways. I also believe our strong programs can become even stronger, and can allow us to do even more to help meet global food challenges and benefit agriculture in Missouri, if we can succeed in bringing the Center for Translational Plant Sciences building project to fruition (page 3). The proposed building would house offices, research laboratories, and teaching facilities in a new five-story facility in the footprint of the Agriculture Laboratory Building and in renovated space in the Agriculture Sciences Build-ing. CTPS has been named as a top priority for CAFNR in MU’s upcoming development effort, so I ask that you do what you can to get the word out about the impact these facilities can have on our programs. This is an especially important newsletter issue in highlighting our many international connec-tions and activities. Bob Sharp led a group of Interdisciplinary Plant Group faculty to visit several universities and research centers in Brazil to explore opportunities for collaboration and exchange (page 3). As you may know, the IPG consists of several dozen faculty, across units and colleges, who share an interest in plant science research, with the Division of Plant Sciences contributing the largest number. Also, several Plant Sciences faculty travelled to China during recent months to at-tend international meetings, often to present invited papers, and to discuss collaborative potentials (page 7). As always, a number of important awards were received by your colleagues (page 2). For ex-ample, four of our graduate students studying weed science received awards as part of the North Central Weed Science Society Meeting in Columbus, OH. One of our adjunct faculty colleagues, Steve Anderson, received the William H. Byler Award from the Provost’s Office and Brad Fresen-burg was presented with the William H. Daniel Founder Award, a national honor, from the Sports Turf Managers Association. Finally, join us in welcoming Tim Moloney, Instructor in Landscape Design, to the group (page 4). Tim started January 1, 2014 in a nine-month appointment after several years of teaching the courses on a part-time basis. Tim formerly worked with Rost, Inc., a local firm. Please also welcome Patricia Wallace to the group. Patricia joins us effective March 1, in the role of Diagnostician in the reopened Plant Diagnostic Clinic. Patricia comes to us from a diagnostic position in California.
INSIDE This Issue
FROM THE DIVISION DIRECTOR
Mike Collins
3-6Programs & People
7Around the Division
9-11Recent Grants
12-13Recent Publications
Plant Sciences Quarterly is produced by Kate Riley and Tonya Mueller.
Division of Plant SciencesCollege of Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesUniversity of Missouri
Plant SciencesQuarterly
8Events &Activities
https://www.facebook.com/MUPlantSciences
Division of Plant SciencesCollege of Agriculture, Food and Natural ResourcesUniversity of Missouri
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2 Awards & Honors
The 2013 NCWSS annual meeting was held in Columbus, OH on December 9-12, 2013. At the meeting papers and posters are presented, including stu-dent paper and poster contests. Awards were presented to four Plant Science graduate students; Tye Shauck, Leah Sandler, John Schultz, and Joe Bolte. Tye Shauck, advised by Reid Smeda, received first place in the Oral Presentation Herbicide Physiology Section; Leah Sandler, advised by Kelly Nelson, received second place in the Poster Weed Biology and Ecology Section; John Schultz, advised by Kevin Bradley, received second place in the Oral Presentation Ag-ronomic Section; and Joe Bolte, advised by Reid Smeda, received first place in the Poster Soybean Section.
2013 North Central Weed Science Society Meeting Award recipients
Joe Bolte
John Schultz
Leah Sandler
Tye Shauck
Stephen Anderson
Anderson receives William H. Byler AwardStephen Anderson, Professor of Soil and Environmen-tal Science and Adjunct Professor of Plant Sciences, received the William H. Byler Distinguished Profes-sor Award from the Provost’s Office for 2013. This MU campus-level award is given to a faculty member for outstanding abilities, performance, and character.
The Sports Turf Manager Association’s highest honors, the four Founders Awards, recognizes those individuals who have made significant contributions to STMA and to the profession. These awards are presented annually at the Sports Turf Managers Conference and Awards Banquet. This year’s banquet was held in San Antonio, Texas on January 24, 2014. The four Founder awards include: The Dick Ericson Award, The George Toma “Golden Rake” Award, The Dr. William H. Daniel Award and The Harry C. Gill Award. Dr. William H. Daniel was one of the Founders of STMA and as one of its supporters; he also set the pattern for educator/researcher involvement in the Association. The partnership between the educators and researchers in this industry and the sports turf managers who incorporate the knowledge, training, and research advances in practical, on-the-field applications is essential to providing safe and playable sports turf fields. To honor all that he achieved, the Dr. William H. Daniel Award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the sports turf industry through his or her research, teaching or extension outreach.
This year’s recipient of the 2013 Dr. William H. Daniel Founders Award is Brad S. Fresenburg from the University of Missouri. Elizabeth Guertal, Professor at Auburn University, presented Brad with his award on Friday evening, unknowing, at the Awards Banquet amongst his peers. Congratulations to Brad for receiving this year’s STMA William H. Daniel Founders Award.
Sports Turf Managers Assoc. honors Brad Fresenburg with the Dr. William H. Daniel Founder Award
Dr. Elizabeth Guertal (Auburn Uni-versity) presenting Brad Fresenburg the award.
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Jackie Harris, MS, Horticulture, M. WarmundJeongmin Choi, PhD, Plant Microbiology and Pathology, G. StaceyJennifer Vincent, MS, Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, K. Bilyeu & A. McKendryCraig Solomon, MS, Crop, Soil & Pest Management, K. BradleyMargo Mire, PhD, Entomology, R. Houseman
Graduate
In December 2013, a delegation from the Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) visited Brazil to explore col-laborative opportunities with FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Founda-tion) and several institu-tions in the state. The IPG participants were Bob Sharp, David Braun, Debbie Finke, Felix Frit-schi, Walter Gassmann, Joe Polacco, and Vicki Bryan (IPG Coor-dinator). On December 16, a joint IPG/FAPESP workshop was held from at FAPESP headquarters in São Paulo. The workshop featured six talks from IPG members and six talks from scientists at various institutions in São Paulo state, and was attended by ap-proximately 60 people. On December 17-18, the IPG group visit-ed the agriculture campus of the University of São Paulo, the Cen-ter for Sugarcane Technology, the State University of Campinas, and the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory.
IPG attends workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bob Sharp, David Braun, Walter Gassmann, Debbie Finke, Vicki Bryan, Felix Fritschi, and Joe Polacco.
BUILDING PLANT SCIENCES
The MU Division of Plant Sciences has been developing a plan to BUILD. Not only have we been building outstanding re-search, extension and teaching programs but we are ready to build a new facility that will allow greater collaboration amongst our outstanding faculty, staff, students and the world.
For more details visit the project website: http://BuildingPlantSciences.missouri.edu
Current DPS graduate students Lauren Diepenbrock, Michelle Folta, and Clayton Coffman pose with invitees to the Joint Life Sciences Graduate Recruiting Weekend on January 31st. From left to right: Diepenbrock, Folta, Elizabeth Davidson-Lowe, Carrie Miranda, Coffman, Christopher Willig, and Nadiyah Alamri.
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4 Programs & PeopleNew Landscape Design Instructor, Tim Moloney, joins the Division of Plant Sciences
Tim Moloney is a 1995 graduate of Plant Sciences from the University of Missouri. He has spent the last 17 years working as the lead landscape designer/sales manager for Rost, Inc. in Columbia, MO. He is grateful to DPS for giving him the tools to allow him to enjoy a very rewarding career in the landscape industry with Rost, Inc. He is equally grateful to Rost for allowing him to learn and grow within the industry to a point where he feels he can pass on many of his lessons learned to the next generation of landscape professionals. He has been acting as a part time instructor of landscape design with DPS since the fall semes-ter of 2008. He is very excited about the opportunity to teach full time and aid in the growth of the landscape design program at MIZZOU. When not landscaping, he is very active with his wife, Kirsten, and three children; daughters Emma, 13 and Tess, 4, and son Shay, 9. They spend a lot of time on softball and baseball fields from spring-fall. If not working or coaching softball/
baseball, then he loves to travel with family and tries to utilize his open-water scuba certification whenever possible.
Tim Moloney
Plant Diagnostic Clinic Springs Back Into ActionThe University of Missouri Plant Diagnostic Clinic is set to reopen this spring on April 1, 2014. The Clinic will once again serve to provide timely and accurate diagnosis and management information of plant health problems to the citizens of Missouri. The Clinic will also work within the National Plant Diagnostic Network, and in close coopera-tion with regional extension specialists and the Missouri Departments of Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources, to monitor for potentially destructive invasive pest species.
Patricia Wallace joins the Division on March 1, and will serve as the Clinic Director. Patricia comes to us with a wealth of diagnostic expe-rience, having served since 2010 as the laboratory manager/diagnostician for Plant Sciences, Inc. out of Watsonville, CA. Patricia received her M.S. in Plant Pathology from Oregon State University under the advisement of Dr. Walt Mahaffee. Her thesis research project demonstrated the role of unsaturated biofilms
in the biological control of Botrytis cinerea. Patricia is a na-tive of Ava, MO, and is looking forward to bringing her family, including her husband, 3 year-old daughter, and 16 month-old son, closer to her childhood home. The Clinic and Patricia’s office are located in 28 Mumford Hall, so please welcome her to the CAFNR and DPS family when the opportunity arises.
Patricia Wallace
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Thomas Dean Wylie, Ph.D., ca-reer-long University of Missouri plant pathologist, passed away November 28, 2013. Tom was a member of the MU faculty from 1960 until his retirement in 1994. Even after retirement, he main-tained an emeritus office in Wa-ters Hall. He said that there was never a day when he woke up and wasn’t excited about going
to work. Tom loved his research, his students and Miz-zou, and leaves behind a legacy built upon his dedication to education. Tom was published many times during his career and, along with a colleague, edited a three volume encyclopedic handbook, Mycotoxic fungi, Mycotoxins, My-cotoxicoses, published in 1977.
One of Tom’s favorite stories was from his ear-ly days at Mizzou. When he was first shown his laboratory in the base-ment of Waters Hall, it consisted of noth-ing more than a dirt floor, a sink and a single light bulb. His first official duty was to build his own lab tables.
Standing outside Waters Hall holding one of his many awards received.
Tom Wyllie with his wife, Ella Mae, at a Plant Pathology Apple Picking event.
Remembering Tom Wyllie
Position Description: This is a professional-track (non-ten-ure) position (100% research) in the Division of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Univer-sity of Missouri. The position, which is part of the Missouri Grape and Wine Institute (GWI), is located on the MU campus in Columbia, MO.
Responsibilities: The faculty member will develop a nation-ally recognized viticulture research program that serves the needs of the grape and wine industry in Missouri and the sur-rounding region. The individual will work closely with the in-dustry to prioritize viticulture research needs and conduct research that addresses those needs. The position will work closely with other faculty and staff members in the Missouri Grape and Wine Institute to meet challenges facing Missouri’s grape and wine industries.
Research Assistant/Associate Professor of Viticulture
For more full position description and application materials please visit: http://plantsci.missouri.edu/employment
Position Description: This is a professional-track (non-ten-ure) position in the Division of Plant Sciences, College of Ag-riculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri. The position, which is part of the Missouri Grape & Wine In-stitute (GWI), is located on the MU campus in Columbia, MO.
Responsibilities: This position will be the primary contact for extension education information, technology transfer and programming regarding viticulture and enology in Missouri. The successful candidate will develop a nationally recognized extension program in viticulture appropriate for Missouri and other transition zone states. The position will provide state-wide program leadership that assists, supports, and strength-ens the work of other state specialists, regional extension spe-cialists, producers and winery operators and will work closely with industry representatives to facilitate technology transfer and adoption of best management practices.
Assistant Extension Professor and State Extension Specialist for Viticulture and Winery Operations
What does this mean for you?After April 8, 2014, Microsoft will not be supplying new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates for Windows XP and Office 2003. Running Windows XP and Office 2003 in your environment after their end of support date may expose you to potential security and compliance risks.
If you have a system running Windows XP or Office 2003 it either needs to be replaced, updated, networking must be disabled or it should be surplused. The University Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is requiring each college to remove these machines from the network or give a reason as to why the machines need an exemption to stay on the network.
At this time, all faculty have been contacted to notify them of which computers in their program need an action plan. If you still have computers that are running XP please contact Division IT staff immediately so that we can get all Division computers updated.
Annual Password Reset Coming SoonThe University annual password reset is scheduled to begin at the end of February. Please look for email communication from DoIT notifying you that it is time to change your password. If you do not change your University password in the time allowed the University will lock out your account and you will not be able to log into University systems, including email. For computers off-campus, a few special steps are needed to get the computer to recognize your new password. If you bring your computer to campus it can retrieve your new password directly over the
University network when you log in. From off-campus, you should run the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client prior to logging into your computer.
In order to start the VPN before logon you must do the following: 1) At the logon screen select the SWITCH USER button. 2) Select the button in the bottom right corner of the screen, an icon that looks like a computer with an arrow pointing towards it. 3) You will be prompted to logon to the VPN client. Be sure to select the employee group when logging in. 4) After connecting to VPN, you will then need to log in to Windows using your new password. NOTE: If you do not see the VPN icon on the switch user screen, please contact Division IT staff for intstructions on how to enable this feature.
Alertus Desktop ClientIn addition to the new emergency Alert Beacons recently installed around campus, the University has also added an Alertus Desktop application. DoIT has requested this emergency alert software be installed on all campus faculty and staff primary desktop computers. You may now see a new icon in your taskbar notification area that looks like the
image on the left. Later this semester, the University plans to run a system wide test for this software.
University Approved Cloud ComputingBox is a University approved cloud file storage service that is now available to all faculty, staff and students for free. It is similar to and a close competitor with DropBox, but has been approved by the University for storage of MU resources.
Benefits • Collaborate on documents and share files with people inside and outside the university. • Access from devices running Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Windows Phone operating systems. • Synchronize files with Windows and Mac operating systems. • 30 GB for employees; additional storage can be requested. • 15 GB for students; additional storage not available.
For more information: http://doit.missouri.edu/hosting/box.html
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The mystique of China as an ancient and isolated culture was luring explorers and philosophers even before Marco Polo wrote of his travels 700 years ago. While it continues to age gracefully, China is changing its reclusive reputation with investments in academics and research to at-tract the attention of today’s scientific explorers and doctors of philosophy. Several members of the DPS faculty were invited to China in 2013 to present research, attend conferences, and mentor local scholars.
In June and July, Bob Sharp was as an invited speaker for two symposiums and attended the editorial board meeting of the Journal of Integrative Biology. He presented the seminar, “Un-derstanding Limitations to Maize Root Growth under Water Deficits: Ferulate Crosslinks as Restraints to Cell Wall Extension,” at the 21st International Plant Growth Substances Associa-tion (IPGSA) meeting in Shanghai and at the 3rd International Symposium on Integrative Plant Biology in Lijiang. Sharp also returned the favor by hosting a visit to MU by Prof. Shaozhong Kang, director of China’s Center for Agricultural Water Research. Prof. Kang and his colleagues met with Deans Tom Payne and Jim Thompson (Engineering), DPS faculty, and the USDA Water Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit.
Lee Miller and Xi Xiong traveled to China for the International Turfgrass Society meeting July 13-18, 2013. The quadrennial conference was hosted by the Beijing Forestry University, with nearly 200 turfgrass research professionals in attendance representing academia, industry, and government from 19 countries. Miller presented the paper, “As-sessment of the impact of nitrogen source and pH on the spring dead spot pathogens, Ophiosphaerella herpotricha and O. korrae with an in vitro mycelial growth assay,” that he co-authored with gradu-ate student Derek Cottrill.
Zhanyuan Zhang went in September 2013 at the request of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Guangxi University & Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was able to visit several Chinese facili-ties including the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology in Beijing and the Soybean Research Institute in Heilongjiang Prov-ince. Zhang gave several seminars and provided technical advice on plant transformation and individual research projects.
In October, Gary Stacey spent a week in China as part of a trip that also took him to South Korea and Japan. He first visited Zhejiang University in Hangzhou and gave a seminar to their Department of Plant Protection. From there, Stacey took a high speed train to Shanghai where he toured and gave a seminar to the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology. “At all of my stops in China, I was impressed by the level of financial support they receive for their research, the overall high quality of that research and the fine hos-pitality that was shown to me.” Stacey said. “Everyone was also very eager for further communication and collaboration.”
WHY WERE THEY THERE: Faculty travel to China
7 Around the Division
Gary Stacey
Xi Xiong
Lee Miller
Bob Sharp
Zhanyuan Zhang
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Events & Activities8
Do you know about an upcoming event...If you know of an upcoming event that DPS faculty and/or students are involved in or attending, please contact Kate Riley at [email protected].
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
Missouri Life Sciences WeekApril 14-19, 2014http://lifesciencesweek.missouri.edu/Columbia, MO
Mizzou’s 30th annual celebration of interdisciplinary life sciences research. Events during the week will in-clude seminars by internationally acclaimed research-ers, an impressive 2-day poster session and research competition featuring over 300 research projects, MU core facility and research center exhibits, scientific supply vendor show — plus workshops and networking opportunities.
Crop Management Conference: The University of Missouri Crop Management Confer-ence was held on Decem-ber 17th and 18th at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center and featured a num-ber of presentations related to crop, soil, pest, and nutri-
ent management made by Division of Plant Sciences faculty. This year the conference drew more than 280 attendees who make decisions on millions of acres in Missouri and surrounding states. This was the first year that the Crop Management Conference was held in conjunction with the MO-Ag Winter Conven-tion and trade show and the arrangement seemed to be mutually beneficial for both parties and at-tendees. It is likely that these events will be com-bined in the future.
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification & Recertification Training: The Commercial Pesticide Applicator Training Program in Missouri is mandated by the USA-EPA with the educational role provided by University of Missouri Extension and the enforce-ment role provided by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Commercial pesti-cide applicators are provided with knowledge covering the “Best Management Practices” for the effective and safe use of restricted-use and non-restricted pesticides in Missouri. Missouri’s commercial pesticide applicators will better un-derstand the risk and benefits associated with pesticide use. Each year locations include Springfield, Columbia, Kansas City, Cape Girardeau and St. Louis.
This year all locations, except Cape Girardeau, provided Certification Training for those wishing to become licensed applicators. Three-hundred individuals took this training over the four-week period.
Recertification training for all locations totaled 1,734 par-ticipants. These individuals require a single day of training ev-ery three years in order to have their license renewed. That makes a total of 2,034 participants for the 2014 program.
Several categories continue to dominate each year – Ag Plant (19%), Ornamental & Turf (32%), Right of Way (21%), and General Structure/Termite (21%). Special thanks goes to all instructors (University of Missouri, Missouri Depart-ment of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Natural Re-sources and Oklahoma State University) and the MU Con-ference Office for making this program a success.
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Recent Grants
Investigators Title Sponsor Amount of Funding
Dates
Bradley, K. Development of Branded Educational Programs to Manage and Mitigate Herbicide-resistant Weeds
Purdue $30,000 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
Bradley, K. Management Solutions for Glyphosate-Resistant Pigweeds in Soybean Production Systems
University of Arkansas
$50,000 10/01/13-09/30/2014
Fritschi, F.Udawatta, R.Baffaut, C.
Perennial biomass crop establishment and envi-ronmental impacts in the Midwestern United States
University of South Carolina
$63,086 09/01/2013-08/31/2014
Gassman, W. Functions of the Arabidopsis immune adaptor protein SRFR1 in regulating effector-triggered immunity
National Science Foundation
$235,368 12/01/2013-11/30/2014
Heiser, J. Effects of Pre-emergent Herbicides on Stressed Cotton
Cotton Incorporated
$12,500 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Jones, A. Impact of Briz Level (sugar) Enhancers on Insects and Yield
Cotton Incorporated
$14,000 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Jones, A. Water use efficiency and the effects of furrow irrigation patterns on plant and root growth, shedding, maturity, and yield on silt loam and sandy loam soils.
Cotton Incorporated
$30,000 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Jones, M. Susceptibility of Tarnished Plant Bug to Select Insecticides and Mixtures
Cotton Incorporated
$19,000 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Kallenbach, R. Evaluating Perennial Grass Cultivars for Their Use as Biomass Energy Crops in Missouri
Agriculture Research Service
$20,000 05/01/2013-04/30/2014
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Recent Grants10Investigators Title Sponsor Amount of
FundingDates
Mitchum, M. Application of Biotechnology to Control of the Soybean Cyst Nematode: Elucidating Soybean Disease Resistance Signaling Networks in Response to Soybean Cyst Nematode
United Soybean Board
$184,255 10/01/2013-09/03/2014
Mitchum, M.Nguyen, H.Shannon, G.
The Use of Microgenomics to Identify New Sources of Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance in Soybean
MSMC $79,170 08/01/2013-07/31/2014
Nelson, K. Nitrogen-Low RR Technology
Crop Enhancement LLC
$8,000 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
Nelson, K. The Effects of G77 Nitrification Inhibitor on Corn Nitrogen Response
Koch Agronomic Services
$14,832 01/01/2013-02/01/2014
Nguyen, H.Shannon, G.
Discovery of Novel Nematode Resistance Genes and Development of Productive Soybeans with Multiple-Nematode Resistance
University of Georgia
$52,572 06/01/2014-09/30/2014
Nguyen, H.Shannon, G.
Genes and Markers for Resistance to Phytophthora sojae, Pythium spp., and Fusarium graminearum in Soybean
Ohio State University
$94,023 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Nguyen, H.Shannon, G.
High-impact public research for modified carbohydrate composition in U.S. Soybeans
Purdue $58,333 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
Shannon, G. Charcoal Rot: Host Resistance and Disease
University of Arkansas
$40,750 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
Shannon, G. Developing a comprehensive management program for foliar diseases of soybean
Southern Illinois University
$26,330 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
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Recent Grants11Investigators Title Sponsor Amount of
FundingDates
Shannon, G. Nested Association Mapping (NAM) of Genes Controlling Soybean Yield and Other Key Traits
University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign
$15,000 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
Shannon, G.Nguyen, H.Scaboo, A.
High Oleic Soybean Breeding-U of Missouri
Agricultural Research Service
$205,000 10/01/2013-08/31/2014
Smeda, R. Management Solutions for Glyphosate-Resistant Pigweeds in Soybean Production Systems
University of Arkansas
$50,000 10/01/2013-09/30/2014
Smeda, R. Monsanto Service Order #13
Monsanto $19,500 04/01/2013-04/30/2014
Stacey, G.Zhang, Z.
TRPGR: A Genetic Resource for Gene Discovery in Soybean
University of Georgia
$214,798 03/01/2013-02/28/2015
Stevens, G. In-Field Tissue Testing Methods for Cotton
Cotton Incorporated
$15,000 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Stevens, G. Seasonal Calibration of Active Soil Carbon
Cotton Incorporated
$10,000 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Stevens, G. Soil Health in Cotton Fields with Wheat, Rye, Clover, Canola and Radish Cover Crops
Cotton Incorporated
$13,900 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Stevens, G. Tracking Soil Moisture Levels for Irrigation in Cotton Fields
Cotton Incorporated
$15,069 01/01/2014-12/31/2014
Wiebold, W. University of Missouri IPM Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
$126,157 09/01/2012-08/31/2014
Zhang, Z. De Novo Shoot Organogenesis and Biolistic-Mediated Transformation of Cotton Hypocotyl Explants
Dow $298,614 11/01/2013-10/31/2015
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Recent PublicationsBernklau, E.J., B.E. Hibbard, and L.B. Bjostad. 2013. Isolation and characterization of host recognition cues in corn roots for larvae of the western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 106: 2354-2363.
Bhattacharjee S., Garner C.M. and Gassmann W. (2013) New clues in the nucleus: transcriptional reprogramming in effec-tor-triggered immunity. Front. Plant Sci. 4: 364.
Bowles, D. E. and R. W. Sites. 2013. Merope tuber (Mecoptera: Meropeidae) from the Interior Highlands of the United States. Entomological News 123(2): 155–160.
Cullen, E.M., M.E. Gray, A.J. Gassmann, and B.E. Hibbard. 2013. Status of resistance to Bt corn by western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations in the U.S. Corn Belt. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM13012.
Do P, Zhang Z. Sorghum Transformation: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives. In: Crop Genetic Engineering. Azhakanandam K., ed. In press.
Ferrieri AP, Agtuca B, Appel HM, FerrieriRA, Schultz JC. 2013. Temporal changes in allocation and partitioning of new carbon as (11)C elicited by simulated herbivory suggest that roots shape aboveground responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 161: 692-704.
Frank, D.L., A. Zukoff, J. Barry, M.L. Higdon, and B.E. Hibbard. 2013. Development of resistance to eCry3.1Ab-expressing transgenic maize in a laboratory-selected population of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 106: 2506-2513.
Hiltpold, I., E.J. Bernklau, L.B. Bjostad, N. Alvarez, N.E. Miller-Struttmann, J.G. Lundgren, and B.E. Hibbard. The role of rhizo-spheric chemical exudates in the ecology, physiology, evolution and management of the root-mediated interactions between insect herbivores and plant roots. Adv. Insect Physiol. 45: 97-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-417165-7.00003-9.
Howard B.E., Hu Q., Babaoglu A.C., Chandra M., Borghi M., Tan X., He L., Winter-Sederoff H., Gassmann W., Veronese P. and Heber S. (2013) High-throughput RNA sequencing of Pseudomonas-infected Arabidopsis reveals hidden transcriptome complexity and novel splice variants. PLoS ONE 8: e74183.
Léran S., Varala K., Boyer J.C., Chiurazzi M., Crawford N., Daniel-Vedele F., David L., Dickstein R., Fernandez E., Forde B., Gassmann W., Geiger D., Gojon A., Gong J.M., Halkier B.A., Harris J.M., Hedrich R., Limami A.M., Rentsch D., Seo M., Tsay Y.F., Zhang M., Coruzzi G. and Lacombe B. (2014) A unified nomenclature of NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANS-PORTER family members in plants. Trends Plant Sci. 19: 5-9.
Mbogho, A. Y. and R. W. Sites. 2013. Naucoridae Leach, 1815 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Tanzania. African Invertebrates 54(2): 513–542.
Nelson, K.A. 2013. Crop response to the solar corridor in upstate Missouri. Agron. J. 105:1-6. doi:10.2134/agronj2012.0326.
Nelson, K.A., P.P. Motavalli, and C.J. Dudenhoeffer. 2014. Cropping system affects polymer-coated urea release and corn yield response. J. Agron. and Crop Sci. 200:54-65. doi: 10.1111/jac.1240.
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Recent Publications13Pathan S, Lee J-D, Sleper D, Fritschi F, Sharp R, Carter T Jr., Nelson R, King A, Schapaugh W, Ellersieck M, Nguyen H, Shan-non G (2014) Two soybean plant introductions display slow leaf wilting and reduced yield loss under drought. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science (in press)
Pike S., Gao F., Kim M.J., Kim S.H., Schachtman D.P. and Gassmann W. (2014) Members of the NPF3 transporter family en-code pathogen-inducible nitrate/nitrite transporters in grapevine and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 55: 162-170.
Rosenbaum, K. K and K. W. Bradley. 2013. A Survey of Glyphosate-Resistant Waterhemp (Amaranthus rudis) in Missouri Soybean Fields and Prediction of Glyphosate Resistance in Future Waterhemp Populations Based on In-Field Observations and Management Practices. Weed Technology 27:656–663.
Sites, R. W. and J. Camacho. 2014. Neotropical genera of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha): New species of Placomerus and Procryphocricos from Guyana and Venezuela. Zootaxa 3753(5): 469–482.
Sites, R. W., D. Reynoso-Velasco, and R. Novelo-Gutiérrez. 2013. Revision of the Mesoamerican genus Cataractocoris Us-inger (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3682: 475–484.
Spaunhorst, D. J. and K. W. Bradley. 2013. Influence of dicamba and dicamba plus glyphosate combinations on the control of glyphosate-resistant waterhemp (Amaranthus rudis Sauer.). Weed Technology 27:675-681.
Thomas, Andrew L., P. Perkins-Veazie, P.L. Byers, C.E. Finn, and J. Lee. 2013. A Comparison of Fruit Characteristics among Diverse Elderberry Genotypes Grown in Missouri and Oregon. Journal of Berry Research 3(3):159-168.
TN Quach, LP Tran, B Valliyodan, HTM Nguyen, R Kumar, AK Neelakandan, SK Guttikonda, RE Sharp, HT Nguyen (2014) Functional analysis of water stress-responsive soybean GmNAC003 and GmNAC004 transcription factors in lateral root development in Arabidopsis. PLOS ONE (in press)
Zhou W, Jackson DE, Zhang Z. 2013. A Flow Cytometry Approach to Detect in vivo Chromatin Compaction from Plant Cells. Intl J Plant Biol Res 1(1):1004: 1-5.
