# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Research interests are in the epidemiology and management of rice and bioenergy crop diseases. Research activities center on rice sheath blight, bacterial panicle blight, narrow brown leaf spot, blast, the seedling disease complex and other diseases important in Texas and other southern states. Studies are conducted to better understand disease incidence and severity in response to changes in population genetics of pathogens, rice varieties, environmental conditions, cultural practices, and fungicide use. Current research projects include evaluating and identifying disease resistance, exploiting beneficial microorganisms and cover crops for biocontrol of diseases, and evaluating the impacts of fungicides on disease epidemics and grain yield and quality for main and ratoon (second) crops. The ultimate goal of my basic and applied research program is to develop effective disease management tools and to provide economically and environmentally sound disease management recommendations for rice production.

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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<italic>fusarium Proliferatum </italic>

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<italic>fusarium Incarnatum-equiseti </italic>

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<italic>fusarium Incarnatum </italic>

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<italic>oryza Latifolia</italic>

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<italic>oryza Sativa</italic>

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<italic>sarocladium Oryzae</italic>

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<italic>fusarium Equiseti </italic>

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Magnaporthe Oryzae<italic></italic><italic></italic>

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<italic>epicoccum Sorghimum</italic>

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<italic>curvularia Hawaiiensis</italic>

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<italic>magnaporthe Oryzae</italic>

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<italic>epicoccum Sorghinum</italic>

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<italic>alternaria Padwickii</italic>

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<italic>cochliobolus Miyabeanus</italic>

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Oklahoma State University - (Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States)

# publications[].label
Plant-Based Culture Media for Improved Growth and Sporulation of Cercospora janseana.

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Draft Genome Resources of Seven Strains of Tilletia horrida , Causal Agent of Kernel Smut of Rice

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Optimum timing of propiconazole to manage narrow brown leaf spot in the main and ratoon rice crops in Texas

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Warming increases Bacterial Panicle Blight (Burkholderia glumae) occurrences and impacts on USA rice production.

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First Report of the Occurrence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Race 2 in Commercial Watermelon Production Areas of Maryland and Delaware.

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Screening of cultural media for sporulation of Tilletia barclayana

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Identification and distribution of fungal pathogens associated with seedling blight of rice in the southern United States

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The best timing of fungicide applications for control of narrow brown leaf spot of rice in main and ratoon crops

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Field efficacy of new fungicides for management of narrow brown leaf spot of rice

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Ridge Detection and Perceptual Grouping Based Automatic Counting of Rice Seedlings Using UAV Images

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Culture media promoting sporulation of rice kernel smut fungus Tilletia barclayana

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Fungal pathogens associated with rice seedling disease in the Southern United States

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Severe outbreak of bacterial panicle blight across Texas Rice Belt in 2010

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First Report of Fusarium Sheath Rot of Rice Caused by Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti Species Complex in the United States.

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Efficacy of Bacillus biocontrol agents for management of sheath blight and narrow brown leaf spot in organic rice

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Screening and Selection of Elite Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) For Suppression of Rhizoctonia solani and Enhancement of Rice Seedling Vigor

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Seed endophytic microbial populations between organically and conventionally grown rice are taxonomically and functionally

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Wheat Lodging Segmentation Based on Lstm_PSPNet Deep Learning Network

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Suppression of Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon by Soil Amendment with Hairy Vetch.

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A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops.

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Chemical management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon

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Effects of temperature and leaf wetness duration on antifungal activity of Bacillus subtilis MBI600 for management of sheath blight in rice

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Chemical management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon in the eastern USA

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Detection of rice sheath blight using an unmanned aerial system with high-resolution color and multispectral imaging.

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Disease severity and yield potential of rice cultivars in organic production systems

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Comparison between the Effects of Visible Light and Multispectral Sensor Based on Low-Altitude Remote Sensing Platform in the Evaluation of Rice Sheath Blight

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Assessment of the levels of damage caused by Fusarium head blight in wheat using an improved YoloV5 method

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Evaluating the efficacy of fungicides for wheat scab control by combined image processing technologies

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Myrothecium verrucaria strain X-16, a novel parasitic fungus to Meloidogyne hapla

# publications[].label
Multistate evaluation of PGPR strain MBI600 and its combined use with azoxystrobin for control of sheath blight in rice

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Screening Brassicaceous Plants as Biofumigants for Management of Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA.

# publications[].label
Research imagery and spectral characteristics of rice sheath blight using three portable sensors

# publications[].publisher
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

# publications[].label
Integration of Brassica Cover Crop with Host Resistance and Azoxystrobin for Management of Rice Sheath Blight.

# publications[].label
Sustainable Strategies for Managing Bacterial Panicle Blight in Rice

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Cover Crops of Hybrid Common Vetch Reduce Fusarium Wilt of Seedless Watermelon in the Eastern United States

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First Report of White Leaf Streak of Rice Caused by Mycovellosiella oryzae in Texas.

# publications[].label
A population genomics approach to characterize diversity and structure of Cercospora janseana on rice in the southern United States

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Commercial Potential of Microbial Inoculants for Sheath Blight Management and Yield Enhancement of Rice

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Efficacy of Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 Against Sheath Blight Caused by Rhizoctonia solani and on Growth and Yield of Rice

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An improved DenseNet model to classify the damage caused by cotton aphid

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Field evaluation of rice resistance to seedling blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG-11 and AG-4

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Suppression of soilborne diseases in watermelon and rice with brassica biofumigation crops

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Characterization of a Regional Population of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum by Race, Cross Pathogenicity, and Vegetative Compatibility.

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Combined Use of PGPRs and Reduced Rates of Azoxystrobin to Improve Management of Sheath Blight of Rice.

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Construction of spectral detection models to evaluate soluble solids content and acidity in Dangshan pear using two different sensors

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First Report of Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 Causing Seedling Disease in Rice

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POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A NEW HIGHLY VIRULENT RACE OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. NIVEUM IN WATERMELON IN THE USA

# publications[].publisher
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

# publications[].label
Suppression of Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon Enhanced by Hairy Vetch Green Manure and Partial Cultivar Resistance

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First Report of Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae Causing Alternaria Leaf Spot of Melon in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States.

# publications[].label
Screening of fungicides for management of kernel smut of rice

# publications[].label
A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops

# publications[].label
Registration for Optical Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Based on FAST Detection, Window Selection, and Histogram Specification

# publications[].label
Organic rice disease management using genetic resistance, cover crop and organic fertilizer

# publications[].label
Assessment of Aerial Agrichemical Spraying Effect Using Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery.

# publications[].label
Genome-wide analysis of genetic diversity of Rhizoctonia solani AG-11 isolates from rice in the southern United States

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Hybrid Rice Outperforms Inbred Rice in Resistance to Sheath Blight and Narrow Brown Leaf Spot.

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A novel progressively delivered fruit bagging apparatus

# publications[].label
Field efficacy of fungicides for management of sheath blight and narrow brown leaf spot of rice

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Near-Infrared Model and Its Robustness as Affected by Fruit Origin for 'Dangshan' Pear Soluble Solids Content and pH Measurement

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Integrated use of brassica seed meal and cultivar resistance for management of seedling disease in organic rice production

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Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis Reveals Diversity of the Rice Kernel Smut Populations in the United States.

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Field disease reaction of rice cultivars and elite lines in Texas

# publications[].label
Population genomics reveals genetic diversity, structure, and mode of reproduction of the rice pathogen Cercospora janseana in Louisiana and Texas

# publications[].label
Races and Inoculum Density of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Commercial Watermelon Fields in Maryland and Delaware.

# publications[].label
Stakeholder and field surveys on weed issues and research needs in rice production in Texas

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First Report of Bacterial Panicle Blight of Rice Caused by Burkholderia glumae in South Africa.

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Effects of cultivar resistance and biocontrol agent on spatial spread of bacterial panicle blight of rice

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Rice main-crop cutting height affects severity of narrow brown leaf spot in the ratoon crop

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Soil amended with Brassica juncea plant tissue reduces sclerotia formation, viability and aggressiveness of Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA towards rice

# publications[].label
Registration of 'Trinity' long-grain rice cultivar

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Morphophysiological diversity and its association with herbicide resistance in Echinochloa ecotypes

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Efficacy of seed treatment fungicides for control of seedling diseases of rice

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Kernel Smut and False smut: The Old-Emerging Diseases of Rice-A Review.

# publications[].label
A high-quality genome assembly for Cercospora janseana, causal agent of narrow brown leaf spot of rice.

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Seeding rate effects on organic rice growth, yield, and economic returns

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DEVELOPING A SMALL UAV PLATFORM TO DETECT SHEATH BLIGHT OF RICE

# publications[].publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

# publications[].label
Integrating spectral and image data to detect Fusarium head blight of wheat

# publications[].label
Integrated Management of Gummy Stem Blight of Watermelon by Green Manure and Melcast-scheduled Fungicides

# publications[].label
Wheat lodging extraction using Improved_Unet network.

# publications[].label
Field evaluation of a beneficial Bacillus strain for biocontrol of sheath blight in rice

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Hyperspectral and imagery integrated analysis for vegetable seed vigor detection

# publications[].label
Genetic variation of rice kernel smut populations in the United States

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USE OF BRASSICACEOUS SEED MEAL EXTRACTS FOR MANAGING ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE IN BERMUDAGRASS

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Race 3, a New and Highly Virulent Race of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Causing Fusarium Wilt in Watermelon.

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First Report of Brown Leaf Spot of Rice Caused by Curvularia hawaiiensis in the United States.

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First Report of Leaf Spot of Rice Caused by Epicoccum sorghinum in the United States.

# publications[].label
Effects of Host Resistance and Inoculum Density on the Suppression of Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon Induced by Hairy Vetch.

# publications[].label
Identification of Rice Sheath Blight through Spectral Responses Using Hyperspectral Images.

# publications[].label
Anthracnose and Gummy Stem Blight Are Reduced on Watermelon Grown on a No-Till Hairy Vetch Cover Crop.

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Sterile White Basidiomycete Fungus Marasmius graminum: A New Pathogen Causing Seedling Blight in Rice.

# researcherOn[].label
Improving Rice Disease Management Practices

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

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Developing Sustainable Rice Disease Management Strategies

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Sustainable and Profitable Strategies for Integrated Pest Management in Southern Organic Rice

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

# organizations[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# schools[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# etdChairOf[].label
Handiseni, Maxwell (2015-05). Brassica Biofumigation for Management of Rice Sheath Blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-1A. Doctoral Dissertation.