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Investigation of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Deciduous Forests of Eastern Central Alabama
(2017-01-05)
Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods, and as vectors of human disease, they are second only to mosquitoes in medical importance. There are many unknowns in Alabama regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases that require ...
Southern Root-knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood) and Fungal Susceptibility of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) Accessions
(2017-07-22)
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), a spice crop native to southeast Asia, is undergoing evaluation as a niche crop for Alabama and other southeastern U.S. production areas. Thirteen accessions of Curcuma spp. (including eight ...
Chemical Ecology of Some Underexplored Aspects of Plant-Herbivore-Parasitoid Tritrophic Interactions
(2017-11-28)
Plants, herbivorous insects and their natural enemies are involved in an intricate tritrophic interaction in a complex chemical environment. Herbivore infested plants, as well as plant-fed herbivores release volatile organic ...
Natural competence and intersubspecific recombination in Xylella fastidiosa; a causal agent of emerging plant diseases
(2017-07-25)
Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative, vector-transmitted, plant-pathogenic bacterium causing incurable diseases to economically important crops such as grapevine, citrus, almond, and coffee. Recent epidemiological studies ...
Evaluation of Catenaria anguillulae and its potential use as a biological control agent of Meloidogyne incognita, Heterodera glycines, and Rotylenchulus reniformis
(2017-11-20)
The overall objectives of this study are 1) to isolate Catenaria sp. from nematode samples, grow them in pure culture, and determine the best culture media and incubation temperatures; 2) identify species of Catenaria found ...
Cellular Elucidation of Mode of Defense Responses in Cotton Roots in response to Rotylenchulus reniformis Infections
(2017-04-15)
The hypersensitive response is an important mechanism of plant innate immunity which has been studied for decades. It is the immune response whereby a host plant R genes will recognize a specific effector gene from a ...
Toxicity and repellency of essential oils to the house fly (Musca domestica)
(2017-07-27)
The house fly, Musca domestica (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) is a worldwide agricultural and
public health pest. Using essential oils is one method for controlling the house fly. This study
assessed the toxicity and repellency ...
Transcriptional rearrangement by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in priming drought tolerance in plants
(2017-08-01)
In recent decades, the scarcity of water, referred to as drought, has become one of the most main problems in agriculture throughout the world. Especially since recent increases in human population, and the global climate ...
An evaluation of multiple techniques for the creation of a diagnostic tool for Meloidogyne species identification in Alabama
(2017-07-27)
Species identification of Meloidogyne spp. (root-knot nematode, RKN) is an important tool to offer growers in the state of Alabama because it is beneficial for planning and implementing a crop rotation to reduce the impact ...
Investigating the transmission of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) among white-tailed deer in Alabama
(2017-04-19)
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an arbovirus that mostly cycles between white-tailed deer and biting midges of the genus Culicoides. EHDV infections can be fatal for white-tailed deer and occasionally cause ...