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Plant Health Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates: Recent submissions

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Analyzing Isolates of Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat Across Kansas

Davis, Danielle; Dahal, Anusha; Bruce, Myron; Rupp, Jessica (2022-07-28)

One of the big threats to wheat farmers in Kansas is Fusarium Head Blight (FHB). This disease infects wheat heads, reducing the yield of the plant and releasing deoxynivalenol, a toxin that causes vomit sickness in humans ...
A greenhouse study on ground beetle movement and predation rate based on habitat type

Cox, Elijah; Kim, Tania (2022-07-28)

Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are important in agro-ecosystems as generalist predators of invertebrate pests and weed seeds. However, less is known about ground beetles’ cross-over and predation rates between crop ...
Variability of protease activity and growth rate in isolates of Macrophomina phaseolina from various hosts

Hobson, Sam; Waite, Natalie; Little, Christopher R (2022-07-28)

Macrophomina phaseolina is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes charcoal rot, among other diseases, on over 500 plant hosts and economically important crops in Kansas such as soybean and sorghum. Because it thrives ...
Genome assembly and visualization of aggressive wheat blast strain 16MoT01

Burke, Eva; Bika, Ravi; Lin, Guifang; Liu, Sanzhen (2022-07-28)

Wheat blast, a highly destructive fungal disease caused by pathotype Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum, can cause up to 100% yield loss in wheat fields under optimal pathogen conditions. Until 2016, the disease had been confined ...
The Effects of Phosphorus Application and Cover Cropping on Soil Aggregate Stability

Wood-Smith, Griffin; Stahl, Kendra; Presley, DeAnn R (2022-07-28)

Soil aggregation is the clumping of multiple particles, forming one individual piece of soil. The stability of these aggregates impacts many factors such as preventing erosion, maintaining nutrients, and holding water. ...