Theses/Dissertations from 2024
THE EFFECT OF A SIGNAL PEPTIDASE MUTATION ON PROTEIN SECRETION BY THE MAIZE ANTHRACNOSE PATHOGEN COLLETOTRICHUM GRAMINICOLA, Renata Belisario
ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY-RELATED GENES IN LIPID TRANSPORT FOR EFFICIENT REPLICATION OF TOMBUSVIRUSES, Yuanrong Kang
Systemic signaling in plants: Role of cuticle, salicylic acid, RNA, and vitamins, Huazhen Liu
Assessing Endophyte Frequency Distributions and the Effect of Epichloë brachyelytri in the Chemotypic and Genotypic Diversity of Brachyelytrum erectum, Rachel Ann Sneed
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Exploring The Effects Of Environmental Factors On Rice Blast Disease, April Ellen Lamb
THE ROLE OF MAP KINASES, TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, CALLOSE BINDING PROTEINS IN SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE, Xinyu Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
An improved understanding of Diplodia ear rot in Kentucky corn, Nolan Ryan Anderson
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FROGEYE LEAF SPOT OF SOYBEAN: DAMAGE THRESHOLDS, EFFICACY AND PROFITABILITY OF FOLIAR FUNGICIDES, Jhonatan Paulo Barro
An Examination of Organic Options in Tomato Systems and Their Use as Alternatives to Copper-based Products, Erica Ann Fealko
THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN INTER- AND INTRA- CELLULAR SIGNALING IN PLANT DEFENSE, Fan Xia
USE OF HETEROTHALLIC MAT DELETION STRAINS OF FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM AS TEST MATES IN CROSSES TO EVALUATE THE GENETICS OF PATHOGENICITY AND FITNESS, Gabdiel Emmanuel Yulfo-Soto
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
NEGATIVE REGULATORY FACTORS IN TOMBUSVIRUS REPLICATION: KNOWN PROTEINS, NOVEL ROLES, Paulina Alatriste González
CHARACTERISTICS OF CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE WITH REDUCED SENSITVITY TO AZOXYSTROBIN, William Barrett Barlow
THE ROLES OF THE ACTIN NETWORK AND CO-OPTED HOST FACTORS IN TBSV REPLICATION, Melissa Gabriela Molho Medina
SEEING DOUBLE WITH CANNABIS: HETEROPLOID POPULATIONS IN BIPOLARIS GIGANTEA, CAUSAL AGENT OF BIPOLARIS LEAF SPOT, Desiree Szarka
WHEAT DISEASE MANAGEMENT WITH FUNGICIDES: QOI-RESISTANT PARASTAGONOSPORA NODORUM AND ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI, APPLICATION TIMING FOR LEAF DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AND SPRAYER CONFIGURATIONS FOR FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT MANAGEMENT, Nathaniel Heubeck White
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
DIVERSITY AND CROSS-INFECTION POTENTIAL OF COLLETOTRICHUM ON APPLES AND SMALL FRUITS IN KENTUCKY MIXED-FRUIT ORCHARDS, Madison Julia Eaton
CHARACTERIZING THE ROLES OF PIPECOLIC ACID AND REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES METABOLIC ENZYMES IN PLANT SYSTEMIC IMMUNITY, Ruiying Liu
PATHOGENICITY, TOXIGENIC POTENTIAL, AND GENOMICS OF Fusarium graminearum AND F. meridionale CAUSING EAR AND STALK ROT OF MAIZE, Franklin Jackson Machado
VIRUS-INDUCED CHANGES IN NUCLEAR PROTEINS AND MEMBRANES IN NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA CELLS, Caleb Mathias
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
HOST RESTRICTION FACTORS IN THE REPLICATION OF TOMBUSVIRUSES: FROM RNA HELICASES TO NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC SHUTTLING, Cheng-Yu Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
EVALUATION OF TRICHODERMA SPP. AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR SOYBEAN DISEASES, Jonathan Vance Lacey
ROLE OF GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE PERMEASES IN PLANT DEFENSE, Juliana Moreira Soares
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Rsv1 Mediated Resistance to SMV in Soybean, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Eid