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Author:

Rodriguez Estrada, Alma Edith

Title:

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND INCREASES OF YIELD AND THE ANTIOXIDANTS SELENIUM AND ERGOTHIONEINE IN BASIDIOMATA OF PLEUROTUS ERYNGII

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Pleurotus eryngii
phylogeny
mushroom cultivation
antioxidants
selenium
ergothioneine

File:

Download RodriguezEstradaDissertation2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Royse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member

Author:

Poleatewich, Anissa Mahon

Title:

Development of Biological Control Strategies for Integrated Management of Pre- and Postharvest Diseases of Apple in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Bacillus
Venturia inaequalis
Biological Control
Malus domestica

File:

Download Poleatewich_Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Anthony Backman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Anthony Backman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Henry K Ngugi, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Bangya

Title:

AZOXYSTROBIN SENSITIVITY AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA CAUSING GRAY LEAF SPOT ON PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (LOLIUM PERENNE) TURF

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

azoxystrobin resistance management
azoxystrobin sensitivity
gray leaf spot
perennial ryegrass
Magnaporthe grisea

File:

Download Bangya_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Wakar Uddin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Christ, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

KHANG, CHANG HYUN

Title:

Molecular Characterization of the MgMEP Avirulence Gene Family in the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Targeted gene replacement
Transposable element
Telomere
Molecular evolution
Genetic variability
Gene-for-gene interaction
AVR-Pita
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation
Positive-negative dual selection

File:

Download CK-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Seogchan Kang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

Author:

Mamiro, Delphina Peter

Title:

Non-composted and spent mushroom substrates for production of Agaricus bisporus

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

biological efficiency
non-composted substrate
spent mushroom substrate
Agaricus bisporus
mushroom yield
supplements

File:

Download Delphina_Ph.D.Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Royse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Durwood Davis, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member

Author:

Short, Dylan Phillip

Title:

Widespread occurence and evolution of human pathogenic Fusarium

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

mycotic keratitis
opportunistic pathogens
fungi
multilocus sequence typing
phylogenetic diversity
Fusarium
population genetics
species diversity

File:

Download dissertation_contents3_merged.pdf

Committee Members:

David Michael Geiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Michael Geiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jiminez Gasco, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Eddie Holmes, Committee Member

Author:

Nalim, F. Ameena

Title:

STUDIES IN MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF FUSARIUM SPECIES

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

internal transcribed spacer
lisianthus
stem rot
tuber rot
biological species concept
phylogenetics species concept
multiple gene genealogy
genealogical concordance
stem rot
Sri Lanka
Haematonectria
Nectria haematococca
Fusarium solani species complex
Eustoma grandiflorum
DNA sequencing
caladium
crown rot
beta-tubulin
nuclear large subunit
ribosomal RNA
translation elongation factor 1-alpha

File:

Download etdFAN.pdf

Committee Members:

David Michael Geiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Daniel J Royse, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member
Claude W De Pamphilis, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Hye-Seon

Title:

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BASIS OF FUSARIUM WILT IN ARABIDOPSIS

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Fusarium
Arabidopsis
Pathogenicity
Calcium biosensor

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seogchan Kang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member

Author:

Molineros, Julio E

Title:

UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT FORECASTING

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

forecasting
wheat
Fusarium
scab
head blight

File:

Download MolinerosFinal2.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Alan Isard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erick D De Wolf, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Ganapati P Patil, Committee Member

Author:

Geml, József

Title:

Systematics, biogeography and control of artillery fungi (Sphaerobolus spp.)

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

evolution
mycology
phylogenetics

File:

Download ThesisGEML.pdf

Committee Members:

David Michael Geiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Durwood Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel J Royse, Committee Member
Elwin Lynn Stewart, Committee Member
S Blair Hedges, Committee Member