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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
The long-term goal of my research program is to understand the interactions of Trichoderma species with pathogenic fungi as well as plant hosts to promote crop protection.

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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North Carolina State University - (Raleigh, North Carolina, United States)

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Functional characterization of a plant-like sucrose transporter from the beneficial fungus Trichoderma virens. Regulation of the symbiotic association with plants by sucrose metabolism inside the fungal cells.

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Enhanced biocontrol activity of Trichoderma through inactivation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Tvbgn3, a beta-1,6-glucanase from the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma virens, is involved in mycoparasitism and control of Pythium ultimum.

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Ferricrocin, the intracellular siderophore of Trichoderma virens, is involved in growth, conidiation, gliotoxin biosynthesis and induction of systemic resistance in maize.

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PROTOPLAST ISOLATION AND REGENERATION AND NUCLEAR STAINING OF MYCOPARASITIC GLIOCLADIUM SPECIES

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Characterization of Sclerotinia minor populations in Texas peanut fields

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TRANSFORMATION OF THE MYCOPARASITE GLIOCLADIUM

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Fitness, persistence, and responsiveness of a genetically engineered strain of Trichoderma virens in soil mesocosms

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Spatial distribution of Malus root systems in irrigated, trellised orchards

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The effects of a pesticide program on non-target epiphytic microbial populations of apple leaves.

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Plant-derived sucrose is a key element in the symbiotic association between Trichoderma virens and maize plants.

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Expression of organophosphate hydrolase in the filamentous fungus Gliocladium virens.

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Silencing GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 compromises cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt.

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Analysis of a putative glycosylation site in the Trichoderma virens elicitor SM1 reveals no role in protein dimerization.

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Secretome of Trichoderma interacting with maize roots: role in induced systemic resistance.

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A proteinaceous elicitor Sm1 from the beneficial fungus Trichoderma virens is required for induced systemic resistance in maize.

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Root-expressed maize lipoxygenase 3 negatively regulates induced systemic resistance to Colletotrichum graminicola in shoots.

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Functional analysis of tvsp1, a serine protease-encoding gene in the biocontrol agent Trichoderma virens.

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Deletion of the Trichoderma virens NRPS, Tex7, induces accumulation of the anti-cancer compound heptelidic acid.

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Visual and Infrared Assessment of Root Colonization of Apple Trees by Phymatotrichopsis omnivora.

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Effects of Trichoderma virens fungus on the feeding behaviors of subterranean termites (Reticulitermes virginicus) Isoptera : Rhinotermitidae

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Trichoderma: the genomics of opportunistic success (vol 9, pg 749, 2011)

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Seasonal Dynamics of Bacterial Colonization of Cotton Fiber and Effects of Moisture on Growth of Bacteria within the Cotton Boll.

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Expression and purification of biologically active Trichoderma virens proteinaceous elicitor Sm1 in Pichia pastoris.

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Effects on hyphal morphology and development by the putative copper radical oxidase glx1 in Trichoderma virens suggest a novel role as a cell wall associated enzyme.

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Dimerization controls the activity of fungal elicitors that trigger systemic resistance in plants.

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Trichoderma: the genomics of opportunistic success.

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Differential expression analysis of Trichoderma virens RNA reveals a dynamic transcriptome during colonization of Zea mays roots.

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Competitiveness of a genetically engineered strain of Trichoderma virens.

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Role of gliotoxin in the symbiotic and pathogenic interactions of Trichoderma virens.

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Functional analysis of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) in Trichoderma virens reveals a polyketide synthase (PKS)/NRPS hybrid enzyme involved in the induced systemic resistance response in maize.

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Cloning and characterization of multiple glycosyl hydrolase genes from Trichoderma virens.

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A logistic model of subsurface fungal growth with application to bioremediation

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Sm1, a proteinaceous elicitor secreted by the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma virens induces plant defense responses and systemic resistance.

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POPULATIONS OF FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SCLEROTIA OF PHYMATOTRICHUM-OMNIVORUM BURIED IN HOUSTON BLACK CLAY

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A paralog of the proteinaceous elicitor SM1 is involved in colonization of maize roots by Trichoderma virens.

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PRODUCTION OF GLIOTOXIN BY GLIOCLADIUM-VIRENS AS A FUNCTION OF SOURCE AND CONCENTRATION OF CARBON AND NITROGEN

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POPULATIONS OF BACTERIA AND ACTINOMYCETES ASSOCIATED WITH SCLEROTIA OF PHYMATOTRICHUM-OMNIVORUM BURIED IN HOUSTON BLACK CLAY

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Defense-related gene expression and enzyme activities in transgenic cotton plants expressing an endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens in response to interaction with Rhizoctonia solani.

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The arg2 gene of Trichoderma virens: cloning and development of a homologous transformation system.

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Fractal analysis of subsurface growth of a genetically modified strain of Gliocladium virens and its parental strain

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Formulating variable carrying capacity by exploring a resource dynamics-based feedback mechanism underlying the population growth models

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Positional variation in phylloplane microbial populations within an apple tree canopy.

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Trichoderma virens colonization of maize roots triggers rapid accumulation of 12-oxophytodienoate and two -ketols in leaves as priming agents of induced systemic resistance.

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Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma.

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Microbial degradation of fluometuron is influenced by roundup weatherMAX.

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Two classes of new peptaibols are synthesized by a single non-ribosomal peptide synthetase of Trichoderma virens.

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Secondary metabolism in Trichoderma--a genomic perspective.

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ROOT COLONIZATION BY PHYMATOTRICHUM-OMNIVORUM AND SYMPTOM EXPRESSION OF PHYMATOTRICHUM ROOT-ROT IN COTTON IN RELATION TO PLANTING DATE, SOIL-TEMPERATURE AND SOIL-WATER POTENTIAL

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Oxylipins Other Than Jasmonic Acid Are Xylem-Resident Signals Regulating Systemic Resistance Induced by Trichoderma virens in Maize.

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INFECTION OF THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT BY BEAUVERIA-BASSIANA THROUGH VARIOUS ROUTES OF EXPOSURE

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A putative terpene cyclase, vir4, is responsible for the biosynthesis of volatile terpene compounds in the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma virens.

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The 18mer peptaibols from Trichoderma virens elicit plant defence responses.

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Purifying selection and birth-and-death evolution in the class II hydrophobin gene families of the ascomycete Trichoderma/Hypocrea.

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Modelling the growth of Trichoderma virens with limited sampling of digital images.

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Identification of peptaibols from Trichoderma virens and cloning of a peptaibol synthetase.

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Enhanced biocontrol activity of Trichoderma virens transformants constitutively coexpressing beta-1,3- and beta-1,6-glucanase genes.

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Detection and enumeration of a genetically modified fungus in soil environments by quantitative competitive polymerase chain reaction

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Host-specific transcriptomic pattern of Trichoderma virens during interaction with maize or tomato roots.

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Enhanced expression of a bacterial gene for pesticide degradation in a common soil fungus

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Numbers of fecal streptococci and Escherichia coli in fresh and dry cattle, horse, and sheep manure.

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Sclerotial formation and strand growth of Phymatotrichopsis omnivora in minirhizotrons planted with cotton at different soil water potentials

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Regulation of morphogenesis and biocontrol properties in Trichoderma virens by a VELVET protein, Vel1.

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Measurement of Apple Root Losses Associated with Cold Storage and Elutriation of Soil Core Samples

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American Society For Horticultural Science

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Carbohydrate uptake and catabolism in fungi. importance of sugar trafficking during plant-host interactions

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The role of an extracellular chitinase from Trichoderma virens Gv29-8 in the biocontrol of Rhizoctonia solani.

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Inoculum dynamics ofGliocladium virens associated with roots of cotton seedlings.

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The effects of a pesticide program on microbial populations from apple leaf litter.

# researcherOn[].label
Managing Plant Microbe Interactions in Soil to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Signals, metabolites and transcriptional networks in maize symbiosis with a beneficial root colonizing fungus Trichoderma virens

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Plant Pathology & Microbiology; 2132 TAMU

# schools[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
How Soil Microbes Help Plants Resist Disease

# etdChairOf[].label
Wang, Ken-Der (2018-11). Role of Maize Oxylipins in Regulating Induced Systematic Resistance Triggered by Beneficial Fungus Trichoderma Virens. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Crutcher, Frankie (2012-02). An Investigation of Two Modes of Plant Protection by the Biocontrol Agent Trichoderma virens. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hurley, James Franklin (2011-02). Disruption of Two Gene Loci Putatively Encoding Siderophore-Producing Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases and Characterization of Siderophore Mutants. Master's Thesis.

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Djonovic, Slavica (2007-04). Role of two secreted proteins from Trichoderma virens in mycoparasitism and induction of plant resistance. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Henry, Merribeth Annette (2009-06). Characterization of Sclerotinia minor populations in Texas. Master's Thesis.

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Pedro, Uribe Mejia (2004-11). Dissection of defense responses of skl, an ethylene insensitive mutant of Medicago truncatula. Doctoral Dissertation.