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Probability of occurrence and phenology of pine wilt disease transmission by insect vectors in the southern Rocky Mountains.<\/a>\u00a0Atkins DH<\/b><\/span>, Davis TS*,\u00a0Stewart, JE*<\/b>. Ecological Solutions and Evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) originating from native range varies in response to inoculation with Geosmithia morbida.<\/a>\u00a0Sitz RA<\/b><\/span>, Luna, EK,\u00a0Ibarra Caballero, J<\/b>, Tisserat, NA, Cranshaw, WS, Mckenna JR, Stolz\u00a0<\/sup>J,\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/b>*. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4: 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Exploring fungicides and sealants for management of Cytospora plurivora infections in western Colorado peach production systems.<\/a>\u00a0Miller ST<\/b><\/span>, Sterle D, Minas IS,\u00a0Stewart JE*<\/b>.\u00a02021<\/b>. Crop Protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analyses of Lophodermella needle pathogens (Rhytismataceae) on Pinus species in the USA and Europe<\/a>\u00a0Ata J<\/b>, Burns KS, Marchetti S, Munck I, Beenken L, Worrall JJ,\u00a0Stewart JE*<\/b>. PeerJ.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Soil fertility interactions with Sinorhizobium-Legume symbiosis in a simulated Martian regolith.<\/a>\u00a0Harris F<\/b>,\u00a0Dobbs JT<\/b>,\u00a0Atkins DA<\/b>, Ippolito JA*,\u00a0Stewart JE*<\/b>. PlosOne.\u00a0Accepted with Revision<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Fusarium spp. diversity associated with symptomatic Acacia koa in Hawai\u02bdi<\/a>\u00a0Dobbs\u00a0<\/sup>JT<\/b><\/span>, Kim M-S, Dudley NS, Jones TC, Yeh A, Dumroese RK, Cannon PG, Hauff RD, Klopfenstein NB,\u00a0<\/sup>Wright S,\u00a0Stewart JE*.\u00a0<\/b>Forest Pathology.\u00a0Accepted with Revision<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Calonectria vigiensis sp. nov. (Hypocreales, Nectraceae) associated with dieback and sudden death symptoms Theobroma cacao<\/a>\u00a0Mohali-Castillo S<\/b>*,\u00a0Stewart JE*.\u00a0<\/b>Merida state, Venezuela. Canadian Journal of Botany.\u00a0Accepted.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Phylogenetic and population analyses of the invasive brown root-rot pathogen (Phellinus noxius) highlights the existence of three distinct populations with unique climate habitats<\/a>\u00a0J. E. Stewart, M. S. Kim, Y. Ota, N. Sahashi, J. W. Hanna, M. Akiba, J. P. Ata, N. Atibalentia, F. Brooks, C.-L Chung, E. K. Dann, A. Mohd Farid, T. Hattori, S. S. Lee, K. Otto, G. S. Pegg, R. L. Schlub, L. S. Shuey, A. M. C. Tang, J.-N Tsai, P. G. Cannon, N. B. Klopfenstein. NB. 2020. European Journal of Plant Pathology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Genome comparison and transcriptome analysis of the invasive brown root rot pathogen,\u00a0Phellinus noxius, from different geographic regions reveals potential enzymes associated with degradation of distinct wood substrates.<\/a>\u00a0Ibarra Caballero, JR, Ata JP<\/strong>,\u00a0Leddy, KA<\/strong>, Glenn, TC, Kieran TJ, Klopfenstein, NB, Kim M-S,\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/strong>*. 2020. Fungal Biology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Responses of Engelmann spruce to inoculation with\u00a0Leptographium abietinum, a symbiotic fungus of the North American spruce beetle.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/strong>, Harris, FL,\u00a0Otto, K<\/strong>, Davis, TS. 2020.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Forest Research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Subalpine fir decline in Colorado is associated with stand density, warming climates and interactions among fungal diseases and the western balsam bark beetle.<\/a>\u00a0Lalande<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>BL<\/strong>, Hughes K, Jacobi WR, Tinkham W, Reich R,\u00a0Stewart JE.<\/strong>\u00a02020. Forest Ecology and Management.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Pathogenicity and distribution of two species of\u00a0Cytospora\u00a0to quaking aspen (Populous tremuloides\u00a0Michx.) in selected regions of the Rock Mountain and Midwest in the United States.<\/a>\u00a0Dudley, MM, Tisserat, NA, Jacobi, WR, Stewart JE<\/strong>. 2020. Forest Ecology and Management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Draft Genome Assembly of\u00a0Passalora sequoia\u00a0a needle blight pathogen on Leyland cypress.<\/a>\u00a0Copes, WE, Ibarra Caballero J<\/b>, Babiker E,\u00a0Stewart JE<\/b>, Orner VA, Windham AS, Arias RS.\u00a02020<\/b>.\u00a0BMC Data Note.\u00a0<\/b>DOI: 10.21203\/rs.3.rs<\/a>-29710\/v1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Dietary supplementation with phytochemical improves diversity and abundance of honey bee gut microbiota.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Geldert C<\/b>, Abdo Z,\u00a0Stewart JE<\/b>, Seshardri A.\u00a02020<\/b>.\u00a0Applied Microbiology<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Whole genome analysis of the koa wilt pathogen (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. koae) and the development of molecular tools for early detection and monitoring<\/a>\u00a0Dobbs, JT<\/b>, Kim M-K, Dudley NS, Jones TC, Yeh A, Dumroese RK, Cannon PG, Hauff\u00a0<\/sup>RD, Klopfenstein NB,\u00a0<\/sup>Stewart JE*.<\/b>\u00a02020<\/b>.\u00a0BMC Genomics.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Preventive chemical control of Cytospora canker in peaches in western Colorado.<\/a>\u00a0Miller, ST, Otto, KL<\/strong>, Sterling, D, Minas, IS,\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/strong>. 2019.<\/i>\u00a0Plant Disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Genomic comparisons of the laurel wilt pathogen,\u00a0Raffaelea lauricola, and related tree pathogens highlight an arsenal of pathogenicity related genes.<\/a>\u00a0Ibarra Caballero, JR<\/strong>, Jeon, J, Lee Y-H, Fraedrich S, Kim, M-S,\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/strong>. 2019.\u00a0<\/i>Fungal Biology and Genetics. 125: 84-92.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Transcriptome analysis of\u00a0Podosphaera pannosa\u00a0infecting\u00a0Eucalyptus urophylla:\u00a0de novo\u00a0assembly, expression profiling, secretome prediction and, discovery of SSR markers.<\/a>\u00a0Fonseca NR, ^Ibarra Caballero, JR, Stewart JE<\/strong>*, Kim M-S, Lucio MS. Guimar\u00e3es, Alfenas, A.C., Klopfenstein, N.B.\u00a0<\/i>2019.<\/i>\u00a0Forest Pathology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Armillaria altimontana\u00a0is associated with unimpeded growth and\u00a0survival of western white pine (Pinus monticola) planted in northern Idaho:\u00a0Potential in situ biological control agent for Armillaria root disease caused\u00a0by\u00a0A. solidipes.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Warwell, MV, McDonald, GI, Hanna, JW, Kim, M-S, #Lalande, B, Stewart, JE<\/strong>, Klopfenstein, NB. 2019. Forests. 10: 294-298.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Insects visiting drippy blight diseased red oak trees are contaminated with the pathogenic bacterium\u00a0Lonsdalea quercina\u00a0subsp.\u00a0quercina.<\/a>\u00a0Sitz, R.A.<\/strong>#<\/sup>, Aquino, V., Tisserat, N.A.,\u00a0Stewart J.E<\/strong>., Cranshaw W.S. 2019.<\/i>\u00a0Plant Disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Responses of bacterial and fungal community structure to different rates of 1,3-dichloropropene fumigation.<\/a>\u00a0Zeng, Y., Abdo, Z., Charkowski, A., Stewart, JE<\/strong>, Frost, K. 2019.<\/i>\u00a0Phytobiomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mining the\u00a0Uromyces transveralis\u00a0genome for molecular markers reveals a lack of genotypic diversity among gladioulus rust isolates<\/a>\u00a0Delong, JA, Stewart, JE<\/strong>, Balencia-Botin, A, Pedley, KF, Buck, JW, Brewer, MT. 2019. PeerJ.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Drippy blight, a disease of red oaks in Colorado Produced from the combined effect of the scale insect\u00a0Allokermes\u00a0galliformis\u00a0and the bacterium\u00a0Lonsdalea quercina\u00a0subsp.\u00a0quercina.<\/a>\u00a0Sitz, R<\/strong>, Snelling,\u00a0J., Ibarra Caballero<\/strong>, J., Zerillo, M., Alexander, K., Tisserat, N., Cranshaw, W.,\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/strong>. 2018.<\/i>\u00a0Arboriculture and Urban Forestry\u00a0<\/i>44: 146-153.<\/i>\u00a0Journal Impact: 0.80<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The influence of prescribed crown fire on Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) populations 33 years post-fire.<\/a>\u00a0Ritter, S.M., Hoffman, C.M., Stewart, JE<\/strong>, Zimmerman, T.\u00a0<\/i>2018.\u00a0Forest Pathology, 48: e12419.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Molecular genetic approaches towards understanding forest-associated fungi and their interactive roles within forest ecosystems.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, JE<\/strong>*, Kim M-S, Klopfenstein NB. 2018.<\/i>\u00a0Current Forestry Reports. 1: 1-13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Engelmann spruce chemotypes and their effects on symbiotic fungi associated with North American spruce beetle.<\/a>\u00a0Davis, TS, Home, F.B, Yetter, JC, Stewart, JE<\/strong>. 2018. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 44: 601-610.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Evaluating ecological roles of\u00a0Leptographium abietinum, a symbiotic fungus associated with North American spruce beetle.<\/a>\u00a0Davis TS, Stewart JE<\/strong>, Mann A, Ramey SM, Bradley C, Hofstetter RW. 2018. Fungal Ecology. doi: 10.1016\/j.funeco.2018.04.008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Virulence of genetically distinct\u00a0Geosmithia morbida\u00a0isolates to black walnut and their response to co-inoculation with\u00a0Fusarium solani<\/a>\u00a0Sitz, R.A.<\/strong>, Luna, E.K.,\u00a0Ibarra Caballero, J.<\/strong>, Tisserat, N.A., Cranshaw, W.S.,\u00a0Stewart, JE.<\/strong>\u00a02017. Plant Disease. 101: 116-120.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Impacts of lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) infestation on stand structure and fuel load in lodgepole pine dominated forests in central Colorado.<\/a>\u00a0Ritter S, Hoffman C, Ex S, Stewart, JE<\/strong>. 2017.\u00a0Botany. 95: 307-231.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Draft Genome Sequence of the Fungus Associated with Oak-Wilt Mortality in South Korea,\u00a0Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae\u00a0KACC44405, Genome Announcements<\/a>\u00a0Jongbum, J, Ki-Tae K, H-J Song, G-W Lee, K Cheong, H Kim, G Choi, Y-H Lee, JE Stewart<\/strong>, NB Klopfenstein, M-S Kim. 2017. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/genomeA.00797-17<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Two horizontally transferred xenobiotic resistance gene clusters associate with detoxification of benzoxazolinones by\u00a0Fusarium\u00a0species.<\/a>\u00a0Glenn, A.T., Davis, B., Minglu, G., Gold, S.E., Mitchell, T., Proctor, R., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Snook, M.<\/em>\u00a02016.<\/em>\u00a0PlosOne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Observed and anticipated impacts of drought on forests insects and diseases in the United States.<\/a>\u00a0Kolb, T.E., Fettig, C.J., Bentz, B.J.,\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Weed, A.S., Hicks, J.A., Aryes, M.P. 2016. Forest Ecology and Management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
First Report of\u00a0Fusarium proliferatrum\u00a0causing Fusarium root disease on sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) in a forest container nursery in California.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>,\u00a0K. Otto<\/strong>, Cline, G.A., Dumroese, R.K., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2016. Plant Disease. 100: 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Phylogeographic analysis of\u00a0Alternaria alternata\u00a0causing brown spot of tangerines in China reveals previously unknown diversity<\/a>\u00a0Huang, F., Fu, Y., Nie, D., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Peever, T.L., Li, H. 2015. Fungal Biology. 119: 320-330.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Evolutionary history and variation in host range in the\u00a0Didymella bryoniae\/Stagonosporopsis caricae\u00a0species complex pathogenic to curcurbits and papaya.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Turner, A.N., Brewer, MT. 2015.\u00a0<\/em>Fungal Biology. 119: 370-182.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Extreme diversity found in the emerging pathogen of blueberry\u00a0Exobasidium maculosum.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Brooks#<\/sup>\u00a0K., Brannen, P.M, Cline, W.O., Brewer, M.T. 2015.\u00a0<\/em>PlosOne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Discord between morphological and phylogenetic species boundaries: incomplete lineage sorting and recombination results in fuzzy species boundaries in an asexual fungal pathogen\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Timmer, L.M., Lawrence, C.B., Pryor, B.M., Peever, T.L. 2014. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 1: 38.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Population history and pathways of spread of the plant pathogen\u00a0Phytophthora plurivora.<\/a>\u00a0Schoebel, C.N., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Gr\u00fcnwald, N.J., Prospero, S. 2014. PlosOne. e85368.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Phytophthora rubi\u00a0isolates collected from raspberry (Rubus idaeus) in the Western United States show no differentiation in pathogenicity, fungicide resistance or genetic structure.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Kroese, D., Tabima, J.F., Larsen, M.M., Press, C.M., Zasada, I., Gr\u00fcnwald, N.J. 2014.\u00a0Plant Disease. 98: 1702-1706.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Transcriptome characterization of an Armillaria root disease pathogen reveals candidate pathogenicity-related genes.<\/a>\u00a0Ross-Davis*<\/sup>, A.L.,\u00a0Stewart*<\/sup>, J.E.<\/strong>, Hanna, J.W., Kim, M.-S., Cronn, R., Rai, H., Richardson, B.R. McDonald, G.I., and Klopfenstein, N.B..\u00a0<\/sup>2013. Forest Pathology. doi: 10.1111\/efp.12056<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Development and utility of sequence characterized amplified genomic regions for lower-level fungal systematics: Proof of principle using\u00a0Alternaria,\u00a0Ascochyta\u00a0and\u00a0Tilletia.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Andrew, M., Bao, X., Chilvers, M.I., Carris, L. M. Peever, T.L., 2013. Mycologia. doi: 10.3852\/12-287.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Signatures of recombination in clonal lineages of the citrus brown spot pathogen,\u00a0Alternaria alternata.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart,<\/strong>\u00a0J.E.<\/strong>, Thomas#<\/sup>\u00a0K.A., Lawrence, C.B., Pryor, B.M., Peever, T.L., 2013.\u00a0Phytopathology. 103: 741-749.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Viability of conidiospores of the butternut canker fungus\u00a0on potential beetle vectors.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, S. Halik, and D.R. Bergdahl 2003. Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report. 94:1-8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Viability of\u00a0Sirococcus clavigignenti\u00a0\u00a0juglandacearum\u00a0conidia on exoskeletons of three coleopteran species.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, S. Halik, and D.R. Bergdahl. 2004. Plant Dis. 88:1085-1091.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Root diseases in coniferous forests of the Inland West: potential implications of fuels treatments.<\/a>\u00a0Rippy, R. C.; Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>; Zambino, P.J.; Klopfenstein, N. B.; Tirocke, J. M.; Kim, M.-S.; Thies, W. G. 2005. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-141. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 32 p.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Root Disease Analyzer \u2013\u00a0Armillaria\u00a0Response Tool (ART). In: Sutherland, E.K., Black, A.E., eds. Science Synthesis and Integration. Environmental Consequences Fact Sheet: 13<\/a>\u00a0McDonald, G.I., Tanimoto, P.D., Rice, T.M., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Tonn, J.R., Hall, D.E., Zambino, P.J., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2005. Research Note RMRS-RN-23-13-WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Molecular characterization of\u00a0Fusarium oxysporum\u00a0and\u00a0Fusarium commune\u00a0from a conifer nursery.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, M.-S. Kim, R.L. James, R.K. Dumroese, N. B. Klopfenstein. 2006. Phytopathology. 96.1124-1133.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Didymella pisi\u00a0sp. nov., the teleomorph of\u00a0Ascochyta pisi.<\/a>\u00a0Chilvers, M.I., Rogers, J.D., Dugan, F.M., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Chen W., Peever, T.L. 2009. Mycological Research. 113: 391-400.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Identification and function of a polyketide synthase gene responsible for 1,8-dihydrozynaphtahlene-melanin pigment biosynthesis in\u00a0Ascochyta rabiei.<\/a>\u00a0Akamastu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Peever, T.L. 2010. Current Genetics. 56: 349-360.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Contrasting codon usage patterns and purifying selection at the mating locus in putatively asexual\u00a0Alternaria\u00a0fungal species.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart<\/strong>*<\/sup>,\u00a0J.E.<\/strong>, Kawabe*<\/sup>, M., Abdo, Z., Arie, T., Peever T.L. 2011.\u00a0PLoS One. 6: e20083.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Complete genome of the onion pathogen\u00a0Enterobacter cloacae\u00a0EcWSU1.<\/a>\u00a0Humann, J.L., Wildung, M., Cheng, C-H, Lee, T., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Drew, J.C., Triplett, E.W., Main, D., B.K. Schroeder. 2011.\u00a0Standards in Genomic Sciences. 5:3 ISSN 1944-3277 doi:10.4056\/sigs.2174950.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Pathogenicity of\u00a0Fusarium oxysporum\u00a0and\u00a0F. commune\u00a0to Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings.<\/a>\u00a0Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Abdo, Z., Dumroese, R.K., Klopfenstein, N.B., Kim, M.-S. 2012.\u00a0Forest Pathology. DOI:\u00a010.1111\/j.1439-0329.2011.00746.x.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Occurrence of\u00a0Fusarium commune\u00a0in forest nurseries.<\/a>\u00a0Kim, M.-S., Stewart, J.E.<\/strong>, Dumroese, R.K., and Klopfenstein, N.B. 2012.\u00a0Journal of Phytopathology. 160: 112-114.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-533","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/stewartlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}