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Optimizing Fungicide Timing for the Control of Rhizoctonia Crown and Root Rot of Sugar Beet Using Soil Temperature and Plant Growth Stages.
- W. Kirk, P. Wharton, +8 authors D. Ruppal
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 11 June 2008
Azoxystrobin is applied early in the sugar beet growing season in north-central United States for control of Rhizoctonia damping-off and Rhizoctonia crown and root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani… Expand
First Report of Potato Tuber Sprout Rot Caused by Fusarium sambucinum in Michigan.
- P. Wharton, P. Tumbalam, W. Kirk
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 1 November 2006
Fusarium dry rot is one of the most important diseases of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), affecting tubers in storage and whole seed or seed pieces after planting (2). Fusarium sambucinum Fuckel… Expand
Influence of competition and host plant resistance on selection in Phytophthora infestans populations in Michigan, USA and in Northern Ireland
- G. K. Young, G. K. Young, +4 authors K. Deahl
- Biology
- 1 August 2009
Competition between genotypes of Phytophthora infestans was studied by inoculating potato cultivars with differing susceptibility to late blight in field experiments over three years in Northern… Expand
Heterokaryotic nuclear conditions and a heterogeneous nuclear population are observed by flow cytometry in Phytophthora infestans
- M. Catal, L. King, P. Tumbalam, P. Wiriyajitsomboon, W. Kirk, G. Adams
- Biology, Medicine
- Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the…
- 1 August 2010
A simple and reliable method for preparation of whole nuclei of a common oomycete, Phytophthora infestans, is described for laser flow cytometry. The ease of preparation, the absence of detectable… Expand
Evaluation of biological seed treatments in combination with management practices for the control of seed-borne late blight in potato
- P. Wharton, W. Kirk, R. Schafer, P. Tumbalam
- Biology
- 1 December 2012
Abstract Using an effective fungicide in combination with good management practices during seed tuber cutting and storage, prior to planting, is essential to reducing late blight. The efficacy of two… Expand
First Report of in vitro Fludioxonil-Resistant Isolates of Fusarium spp. Causing Potato Dry Rot in Michigan.
- E. Gachango, W. Kirk, L. Hanson, A. Rojas, P. Tumbalam, K. Shetty
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 7 January 2011
Fusarium dry rot of potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a postharvest disease caused by several Fusarium spp. Dry rot is managed primarily by reducing tuber bruising and promoting rapid wound healing. Dry… Expand
Seed treatment application-timing options for control of fusarium decay and sprout rot of cut seedpieces
- P. Wharton, W. Kirk, Devan Berry, P. Tumbalam
- Biology
- American Journal of Potato Research
- 1 May 2007
The efficacy of application timings of a commercially formulated mixture of fludioxonil plus mancozeb (Maxim MZ) applied prior to planting for the control of seedpiece decay and rotting of sprouts,… Expand
First Report of Fusarium torulosum Causing Dry Rot of Seed Potato Tubers in the United States.
- E. Gachango, W. Kirk, L. Hanson, A. Rojas, P. Tumbalam
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant disease
- 11 August 2011
Fusarium dry rot of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a postharvest disease caused by several Fusarium species and is of worldwide importance. Thirteen species of Fusarium have been implicated in… Expand
Impact of Different US Genotypes of Phytophthora infestans on Potato Seed Tuber Rot and Plant Emergence in a Range of Cultivars and Advanced Breeding Lines
- W. Kirk, Firas Abu-El Samen, +4 authors A. Thompson
- Biology
- Potato Research
- 14 February 2009
Seed pieces of different potato cultivars and advanced breeding lines (ABLs) from north central US breeding programmes were inoculated with different genotypes of Phytophthora infestans (US-1,… Expand
Corn stover ethanol yield as affected by grain yield, Bt trait, and environment
- P. Tumbalam, K. Thelen, +4 authors Juan Gao
- Chemistry
- 1 February 2016
Abstract Literature values for glucose release from corn stover are highly variable which would likely result in tremendous variability in bio-refinery ethanol yield from corn stover feedstock. A… Expand