Contacts:
Tom Harrington, Plant Pathology, (515) 294-0582, tcharrin@iastate.edu
Stephen Fraedrich, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, (706) 559-4273, sfraedrich@fs.fed.us
Stevin Westcott, Press Office, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, (828) 259-0512, swestcott@fs.fed.us
Tree-Killing Fungus Officialy Named by Scientists at ISU, Other Institutions
Gary Munkvold’s 1999 paper on mycotoxins and Bt corn ranked as the 12th most-cited paper on mycotoxins in the past 10 years!
ScienceWatch.com, a division of Thomsen Reuters Publishing, tracks trends and performance in research publications globally. Each month, a Special Topic is covered, providing citation analyses and commentary for selected scientific research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest. For May, 2008, the Special Topic was Mycotoxins. The citation analysis featured the top 20 most-cited papers from the past 10 years.
Tiny Gene Discovered Hiding in a Major Family of Plant Viruses
AMES, Iowa - In an international collaboration, researchers in Allen Miller's lab in the Department of Plant Pathology at Iowa State University have shown that a tiny gene exists in all members of the largest family of plant viruses. Without this gene, the virus is harmless. The discovery was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read More!
Iowa State Alum to Present First George Washington Carver Lecture
The agronomy department will host a series of three George Washington Carver Lectures over the next three weeks. The lectures will celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Iowa State and honor Carver.
Emmanuel Byamukama Wins National Research Paper Competition
Emmanuel Byamukama, graduate student in plant pathology, received first place for a paper in a national competition sponsored by the American Phytopathological Society (APS) Foundation and the APS Epidemiology Committee. Byamukama, a native of Uganda, received the highest scores from APS judges based on the research and the impact it will have on the science of plant pathology.Extension Specialists Part of Soybean Management Webcasts
Extension specialists Greg Tylka, plant pathology, and Palle Pedersen, agronomy, assisted in developing a series of soybean-related webcasts for the Plant Management Network, a nonprofit publishing organization. Its Focus on Soybean web portal is for growers, crop consultants and researchers seeking information on producing soybean crops.
Researchers Unmask How Soybean Parasites Operate
Work by scientists at Iowa State and the University of Missouri on how nematodes damage soybeans is featured on the cover of the March issue of the journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Thomas Baum, plant pathology, and Dan Nettleton, statistics, took part in the research at Iowa State. Researchers examined the molecular mechanisms that allow the nematodes to reprogram soybean plant cells to support their feeding. The results from their studies may lead to more effective management tools to combat the agricultural pest and protect this vital U.S. crop. CSREES funded the research.
Researchers Unmask How Harmful Soybean Parasite Operates
Cyst nematodes are menacing, microscopic roundworms that infect and feed on the root cells of many important agricultural crops. One species of cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, feeds on soybean crops, resulting in up to $1 billion in crop loss in the United States each year.
Recent research, funded by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is uncovering the mechanisms used by this nematode to weaken the plant's defense system.
Recent research, funded by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is uncovering the mechanisms used by this nematode to weaken the plant's defense system.
Plant Pathology Faculty Contribute to Award-Winning Newsletter Issue
A special issue of the ISU Integrated Crop Management Newsletter was published in February 2007 to support the increasing trend in Iowa of growing corn following corn rather than in an alternating rotation with soybean. The special issue of the newsletter recently was selected to receive an Educational Materials Award from the American Society of Agronomy at their annual meeting in November 2007.
