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Published Work

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Paez, C. A., Kraisitudomsook, N., Smith, J. A., Loyd, A. L., Lindner, D. L., & Smith, M. E. (2022). Revising the taxonomic placement of Laetiporus persicinus within the Laetiporaceae. Mycologia, 1-15.

 

Smith, J. A., Alake, G., Anger, N.A., Quesada, T., 2022. Transcontinental dispersal of non-endemic fungal pathogens through wooden handicraft imports. mBio. 13 (4), e01075-22.

Loehle, C., Hulcr, J., Smith, J. A., Munro, H. L., Fox, T. 2022. Preventing the Perfect Storm of Invasive-Caused Forest Mortality in the U. S. Journal of Forestry. 121 (1), 104-117.

Hughes M. A., Smith, K. E., Sims, A., Zhang, J., Held, B.W., Blanchette, R. A., Smith, J. A. 2022. Screening of Persea borbonia Clones for Resistance to the Laurel Wilt Pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Forest Pathology. 52 (5), e12776.

D. M. and K. M. O’Donnell. 2021. Three novel Ambrosia Fusarium Clade species producing multiseptate ‘dolphin-shaped’ conidia, and an augmented description of Fusarium kuroshium. Mycologia. 113 (5), 1089-1109.

 

Bhattacharyya, M. K. K., Blomquist, C. L., Bowden, R., Brankovics, B., Brown, D. W., Burgess, L. W., Bushley, K., Busman, M., Cano-Lira, J. F., Carrillo, J. D., Chang, H. X., Chen, C. Y., Chen, W., Chilvers, M. I., Chulze, S. N., Coleman, J. J., Cuomo, C. A., de Beer, Z. W., de Hoog, G. S., Del Castillo-Munera, J., Del Ponte, E., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., Di Pietro, A., Edel-Hermann, V., Elmer, W. H., Epstein, L., Eskalen, A., Esposto, M. C., Everts, K. L., Fernandez-Pavia, S. P., da Silva, G. F., Foroud, N. A., Fourie, G., Frandsen, R. J. N., Freeman, S., Freitag, M., Frenkel, O., Fuller, K. K., Gagkaeva, T., Gardiner, D. M., Glenn, A. E., Gold, S., Gordon, T., Gregory, N. F., Gryzenhout, M., Guarro, J., Gugino, B., Gutierrez, S., Hammond-Kosack, K., Harris, L. J., Homa, M., Hong, C. F., Hornok, L., Huang, J. W., Ilkit, M., Jacobs, A., Jacobs, K., Jiang, C., Jimenez-Gasco, M. D. M., Kang,                 S., Kasson, M. T., Kazan, K., Kennell, J. C., Kim, H., Kistler, H. C., Kuldau, G. A., Kulik, T., Kurzai, O., Laraba, I., Laurence, M. H., Lee, T. Y., Lee, Y. W., Lee, Y. H., Leslie, J. F., Liew, E. C. Y., Lofton, L. W., Logrieco, A., Sanchez Lopez-Berges, M., Luque, A. G., Lysoe, E., Ma, L. J., Marra, R. E., Martin, F. N., May, S. R., McCormick, S., McGee, C. T., Meis, J. F., Migheli, Q., Mohamed Nor, N. M. I., Monod, M., Moretti, A., Mostert, D.,              Mule, G., Munaut, F., Munkvold, G. P., Nicholson, P., Nucci, M., O'Donnell, K., Pasquali,                M., Pfenning, L. H., Prigitano, A., Proctor, R., Ranque, S., Rehner, S., Rep, M., Rodriguez-Alvarado, G., Rose, L. J., Roth, M. G., Ruiz-Roldan, C., Saleh, A. A., Salleh, B., Sang, H.,           Scandiani, M., Scauflaire, J., Schmale, D., 3rd, Short, D. P., Sisic, A., Smith, J. A., Smyth,        C. W., Son, H., Spahr, E., Stajich, J. E., Steenkamp, E., Steinberg, C., Subramaniam, R., Suga, H., Summerell, B. A., Susca, A., Swett, C. L., Toomajian, C., Torres-Cruz, T. J., Tortorano, A. M., Urban, M., Vaillancourt, L. J., Vallad, G. E., van der Lee, T.,          Vanderpool, D., van Diepeningen, A. D., Vaughan, M., Venter, E., Vermeulen, M., Verweij, P. E., Viljoen, A., Waalwijk, C., Wallace, E. C., Walther, G., Wang, J., Ward, T.,       Wickes, B., Wiederhold, N. P., Wingfield, M. J., Wood, A. K. M., Xu, J. R., Yang, X. B., Yli-Matilla, T., Yun, S. H., Zakaria, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, N., Zhang, S. and X. Zhang, X. 2020. Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex. Phytopathology. 10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

 

Pandit, K., J. A. Smith, T. A. Quesada, C. Villari & D. J. Johnson. (2020). Association of Recent Incidence of Foliar Disease in Pine Species in the Southeastern United States with Tree and Climate Variables. Forests 11 (11),1155.  https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111155

 

R.A., Choudhury, H.L.  Er, M. Hughes, J.A. Smith, G.E. Pruett, J. Konkol, R.C. Ploetz,  J.J. Marois, K.A. Garrett, A.H.C. van Bruggen. (2020). Host density dependence and environmental factors affecting laurel wilt disease incidence. Plant Pathology.  00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13314

Martini, X., Hughes, M.A., Conover, D., & J.A. Smith. (2020). Use of Semiochemicals for the Management of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle. Insects 11 (11), 796-800.

 

Zhang, Y., J. Zhang, D. Vanderpool, Smith, J.A. and J. A. Rollins. (2020). Genomic insights into Raffaelea lauricola pathogenesis. BMC Genomics 21(1): DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06988-y

 

Dreaden, T. J. ,T. Quesada and J. A. Smith. (2020). Detection method for Fusarium torreyae the canker pathogen of the critically endangered Florida torreya, Torreya taxifolia. Forest Pathology. DOI: 10.1111/efp.12597

 

Darr, M.N., D. Coyle, J. Hulcr, J. A. Smith, W. Hubbard and J. Eickwort. (2020). Forest Health Diagnostics Facebook Page: Impact and Natural Resources Programming Implications. Journal of Extension 58 (3): v58-3a5

 

Skelton, J. N., A. Loyd , J. A. Smith, R. A. Blanchette, B.W. Held  and J. Hulcr. (2020). Fungal symbionts of bark and ambrosia beetles can suppress decomposition of pine sapwood by competing with wood-decay fungi. Fungal Ecology 45:   DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100926

 

Martini, X, L. Sobel, D. Conover, A. Mafra-Neto and J. A. Smith (2020). Verbenone reduces landing of the redbay ambrosia beetle, vector of the laurel wilt pathogen, on live standing redbay trees. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 22:83-91.

 

Crous, P.W.; Wingfield, M.J.; Chooi, Y.-H.; Gilchrist, C.L.M.; Lacey, E.; Pitt, J.I.; Roets, F.; Swart, W.J.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; Valenzuela-Lopez, N.; Hubka, V.; Shivas, R.G.; Stchigel, A.M.; Holdom, D.G.; Jurjević, Ž.; Kachalkin, A.V.; Lebel, T.; Lock, C.; Martín, M.P.; Tan, Y.P.; Tomashevskaya, M.A.; Vitelli, J.S.; Baseia, I.G.; Bhatt, V.K.; Brandrud, T.E.; De Souza, J.T.; Dima, B.; Lacey, H.J.; Lombard, L.; Johnston, P.R.; Morte, A.; Papp, V.; Rodríguez, A.; Rodríguez-Andrade, E.; Semwal, K.C.; Tegart, L.; Abad, Z.G.; Akulov, A.; Alvarado, P.; Alves, A.; Andrade, J.P.; Arenas, F.; Asenjo, C.; Ballarà, J.; Barrett, M.D.;     Berná, L.M.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Bianchinotti, M.V.; Bransgrove, K.; Burgess, T.I.; Carmo, F.S.; Chávez, R.; Čmoková, A.; Dearnaley, J.D.W.; Santiago, A.L.C.M. de A.; Freitas-Neto, J.F.; Denman, S.; Douglas, B.; Dovana, F.; Eichmeier, A.; Esteve-Raventós, F.; Farid, A.; Fedosova, A.G.; Ferisin, G.; Ferreira, R.J.; Ferrer, A.; Figueiredo, C.N.; Figueiredo, Y.F.;   Reinoso-Fuentealba, C.G.; Garrido-Benavent, I.; Cañete-Gibas, C.F.; Gil-Durán, C.; Glushakova, A.M.; Gonçalves, M.F.M.; González, M.; Gorczak, M.; Gorton, C.; Guard, F.E.; Guarnizo, A.L.; Guarro, J.; Gutiérrez, M.; Hamal, P.; Hien, L.T.; Hocking, A.D.; Houbraken, J.; Hunter, G.C.; Inácio, C.A.; Jourdan, M.; Kapitonov, V.I.; Kelly, L.; Khanh, T.N.; Kisło, K.; Kiss, L.; Kiyashko, A.; Kolařík, M.; Kruse, J.; Kubátová, A.; Kučera, V.; Kučerová, I.; Kušan, I.; Lee, H.B.; Levicán, G.; Lewis, A.; Liem, N.V.; Liimatainen, K.; Lim, H.J.; Lyons, M.N.; Maciá-Vicente, J.G.; Magaña-Dueñas, V.; Mahiques, R.; Malysheva, E.F.; Marbach, P.A.S.; Marinho, P.; Matočec, N.; McTaggart, A.R.; Mešić, A.; Morin, L.; Muñoz-Mohedano, J.M.; Navarro-Ródenas, A.; Nicolli, C.P.; Oliveira, R.L.; Otsing, E.; Ovrebo, C.L.; Pankratov, T.A.; Paños, A.; Paz-Conde, A.; Pérez-Sierra, A.; Phosri, C.; Pintos, Á.; Pošta, A.; Prencipe, S.; Rubio, E.; Saitta, A.; Sales, L.S.; Sanhueza, L.; Shuttleworth, L.A.; Smith, J. A.; Smith, M.E.; Spadaro, D.; Spetik, M.; Sochor, M.; Sochorová, Z.; Sousa, J.O.; Suwannasai, N.; Tedersoo, L.; Thanh, H.M.; Thao, L.D.; Tkalčec, Z.; Vaghefi, N.; Venzhik, A.S.; Verbeken, A.; Vizzini, A.; Voyron, S.; Wainhouse, M.; Whalley, A.J.S.; Wrzosek, M.; Zapata, M.; Zeil-Rolfe, I.; Groenewald, J.Z. (2020). Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 44 (159) 301-459. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.11

 

Dreaden, T. J., Hughes, M.A., Ploetz, R.C., Black, A. and  J. A. Smith. 2019. Genetic analyses of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, in Asia provide clues on the source of the clone that is responsible for the current USA epidemic. Forests 10(37). DOI: 10.3390/f10010037

 

T. Aoki, Smith, J.A., Kasson, M.T., Freeman, S., Geiser D. M., Geering, A. D., O’Donnell, K. 2019. Three novel Ambrosia Fusarium Clade species producing clavate macroconidia known (F. floridanum and F. obliquiseptatum) or predicted (F. tuaranense) to be farmed by Euwallacea spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) on woody hosts. Mycologia 111(6):1-17.

 

Quesada, T. S. Lucas, K.E. Smith, and J. A. Smith. 2019. Response to temperature and virulence assessment of Fusarium circinatum isolates in the context of climate change. Forests. 10(1): 40; doi:10.3390/f10010040

A.L. Loyd,  Linder, E.R., Smith, M.E., Blanchette, R.A. and J. A. Smith. 2019. Cultural characterization and chlamydospore function of the Ganodermataceae present in the eastern United States. Mycologia  111(1):1-12.

 

Kobziar, L. N., Pingree, M. R. A., Larson, H., Dreaden, T. J. Green, S. and J. A. Smith. 2018. Pyroaerobiology: the aerosolization and transport of viable microbial life by wildland fire. Ecosphere 9(11). DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2507

 

Showalter, D.N., Raffa, K. F., Sniezko, R.A., Herms, D.A., Liebhold, A.M. Smith, J.A. and P. Bonello. 2018. Strategic Development of Tree Resistance against Forest Pathogen and Insect Invasions in Defense-Free Space. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: 1-9.

 

A.L. Loyd , C.W. Barnes, B.W. Held, M.J. Schink, M.E. Smith, J. A. Smith, and R.A. Blanchette. 2018. Elucidating “lucidum”: distinguishing the diverse laccate Ganoderma species of the United States. PlosOne 13 (7): e0199738.

 

A.L. Loyd , M.A. Jusino, C. Truong, B. Spakes-Richter, M.E. Smith, R.A. Blanchette, and J. A. Smith. 2018. Identifying the “Mushroom of immortality.” Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 1-4.

 

Paez, C.A. and J.A. Smith. 2018. First report of Diplodia sapinea and Diplodia scrobiculata causing an outbreak of tip blight on slash pine in Florida. Plant Disease 102:1657.

 

A.L. Loyd  and J.A. Smith. 2018. First report of poplar rust caused by Melampsora medusae on Populus mexicana in the United States. Plant Disease 102:2033.

 

A.L. Loyd, E.R. Linder, N.A. Anger, B. Spakes-Richter, R.A. Blanchette, and J.A. Smith. 2018. Pathogenicity of Ganoderma species on landscape trees in the southeastern United States. Plant Disease 102: 1944-1946.

 

A.L. Loyd, B.W. Held, E.R. Linder, J.A. Smith, and R.A. Blanchette. 2018. Elucidating wood decomposition by four species of Ganoderma from the United States. Fungal Biology. 122: 254-263.

 

Newman, C., A. L. Loyd, and J. A. Smith. 2018. First report of branch cankers caused by Sphaerulina musiva on Populus purdomii in the United States. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-18-0928-PDN

 

Quesada, T.,  J. Hughes, K. Smith,  K. Shin, P. James, and J. A. Smith. 2018. A low-cost spore trap allows collection and real-time PCR quantification of airborne Fusarium circinatum spores. Forests 9: 1-10.

 

Hughes, M. A. J. J. Riggins, F. H. Koch, A. I. Cognato, C. Anderson, J. P. Formby, T. J. Dreaden, R. C. Ploetz, J. A. Smith. 2017. No rest for the laurels: Symbiotic invaders causes unprecedented damage to southern USA forests. Biological Invasions. DOI 10.1007/s10530-017-1427-z

 

Hughes, M.A, Martini, X., Kuhns, E., Colee, J., Mafra-Neto, A., Stelinski, L.L. and Smith, J.A. 2017. Evaluation of repellents for the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, the vector of the laurel wilt pathogen. The Journal of Applied Entomology. DOI:10.1111/jen.12387

 

Dreaden, T. J., A. S. Campbell, C. A. Gonzalez-Benecke, R. C. Ploetz and J. A. Smith. 2017. Response of swamp bay, Persea palustris, and redbay, P. borbonia, to Raffaelea spp. isolated from Xyleborus glabratus. Forest Pathology. 47 (1), e12288. doi:10.1111/efp.12288.

 

Martini, X., M. A. Hughes, N. Killiny, J. George, S. L.Lapointe, J. A. Smith, L. L. Stelinski. 2017.The fungus Raffaelea lauricola modifies behavior of its symbiont and vector, the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus), by altering host plant volatile production. Journal of Chemical Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0843-y

 

Zhou, X., O’Donnell, K., Aoki, T., Smith, J. A., Kasson, M.T., Z. M. Cao.  2016. Two novel Fusarium species that cause canker disease of prickly ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) in northern China form a novel clade with Fusarium torreyae. Mycologia 108(4): 668-681.

 

Ploetz , R. C., Y. Y. Thant, M. A. Hughes, T. J. Dreaden, J. Konkol, J. A. Smith, and C. L. Harmon. 2016. Laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, is detected for the first time outside the southeastern USA. Plant Disease. 100: 2166.

 

Ostry, M. E., Moore, M., Jacobs, J., Smith, J. A. and N. Anderson. 2016. Bronze leaf disease: a threat to cultivated aspens, white poplars and their hybrids. Forest Pathology 46 (1). DOI: 10.1111/efp.12293

 

Brar, G.S., Capinera, J.L, Kendra, P.E., Smith, J. A. and J. E. Peña. 2015.Temperature-Dependent Development of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 98(3):856-864.

Hughes, M.A., Smith, J. A., Ploetz, R.C., Kendra, P.E., Mayfield, A.E. III, Hanula, J.L., Hulcr, J., Stelinski, L., Cameron, S., Riggins, J.J., Carrillo, D., Rabaglia, R.J., Eickwort, J. and T. Pernas. 2015. National Plant Disease Recovery System - Recovery plan for laurel wilt on redbay and other forest species caused by Raffaelea lauricola and disseminated by        Xyleborus glabratus. Plant Health Progress. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-RP-15-0017.

 

Martini, X., Hughes, M. A., Smith, J. A. and L. L. Stelinski. 2015. Attraction of redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, to leaf volatiles of its host plants in North America. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 41:613-621.

 

Hughes, M.A. , Inch, S. A., Ploetz, R.C., Er, H.L., VanBruggen, A. and J. A. Smith. 2015. Responses of swamp bay, Persea palustris, and avocado, Persea americana, to various concentrations of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Forest Pathology 45: 111-119.

 

Hughes, M.A. , Black, A.W. and J. A. Smith. 2014. First report of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, on bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) in Florida. Plant Disease 98(8): 1159.

 

Dreaden, T. J., Davis, J. M., de Beer, W., Ploetz, R. C., Soltis, P. S., Wingfield, M. J., and J. A. Smith. 2014. Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea. Fungal Biology 118: 970-978.

 

Sniezko, R., Smith, J. A., Liu, J.J. and R. Hamelin. 2014. Genetic Resistance to Fusiform Rust in Southern Pines and White Pine Blister Rust in White Pines ­ A Contrasting Tale of Two Rust Pathosystems. Forests 5: 2050-2083.

 

Dreaden, T.J., Davis, J.M., Harmon, C.L., Ploetz, R.C., Palmateer, A.J. and J. A. Smith. 2014. Development of multilocus PCR assays for Raffaelea lauricola, causal agent of laurel wilt disease. Plant Disease 98(3): 379-383.

 

Dreaden, T.J., Black, A.W., Mullerin, S. and J. A. Smith. 2014. First report of Diplodia quercivora causing shoot dieback and branch cankers on live oak (Quercus virginiana) in the USA. Plant Disease 98:282.

 

Dreaden, T.J., Wingfield M. J., and Smith, J. A. 2014. Development of a PCR-RFLP Based Detection Method for the Oak Pathogens Diplodia corticola and D. quercivora. Plant Health Progress 15: 9-12.

 

White, T.L., Davis, J.M., Gezan, S., Hulcr, J., Jokela, E., Kirst, M., Martin, T.A., Peter, G., Powell, G. and Smith, J. A. 2014. Breeding For Value in a Changing World: Past Achievements and Future Prospects. New Forests 45: 301-309

 

Hughes, M and J. A. Smith. 2014. Vegetative propagation of putatively laurel wilt-resistant redbay (Persea borbonia). Native Plants Journal 15:42-50.

 

Kasson, M.T., K O’Donnell, A. P. Rooney, S.  Sink, R. C. Ploetz. J. N. Ploetz; J.  Konkol, D. Carrillo, S. Freeman,  Z. Mendel, J. A. Smith, A. W. Black, J. Hulcr, C. Bateman, K. Stefkova, P. R. Campbell, A. D. Geering, E. K. Dann, A. Eskalen, K. Mohotti, D. P. Short, T. Aoki, K. A. Fenstermacher, D. D. Davis, D. M. Geiser. 2013. An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 56: 147-157.

 

Machado-Caballero, J.E., Lockhart, B.E., Mason, S.L., Mollov, D. and J. A. Smith. 2013. Identification, transmission, and partial characterization of a previously undescribed flexivirus causing a mosaic disease of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in the USA. Online. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2013-0509-01-RS.

 

Hughes, M. A., Brar, G., Ploetz, R. C., and Smith, J. A. 2013. Field and growth chamber inoculations demonstrate Persea indica as a newly recognized host for the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea laurciola. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2013-08XX-01-BR.

 

Spence, D., J.A. Smith, J. Hulcr, A.E. Mayfield,  R.C. Ploetz and L. Stelinski. 2013. Effect of chipping on emergence of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and recovery of the laurel wilt pathogen from infested in wood chips. Journal of Economic Entomology 106: 2093-2100.

 

Spence, D., M. Hughes, and J.A. Smith. 2013. Laurel wilt: An exceptionally damaging exotic symbiosis that threatens Florida’s forests. Journal of Florida Studies. Refereed Online Journal Only.

 

Takayuki, A., Smith, J. A., Mount, L. L., Geiser, D. M., and O’Donnell, K. 2013. Fusarium torreyae sp. nov., a pathogen causing canker disease of Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia), a critically endangered conifer restricted to northern Florida and southwestern Georgia. Mycologia 105, 312-319

Peña, P.E., D. Carrillo R. E. Duncan, J. L. Capinera, G. Brar, S. McLean,M. L. Arpaia, E. Focht, J. A. Smith, M. Hughes and P. E. Kendra. 2012. Susceptibility of Persea spp. and other Lauraceae to attack by redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 95(3): 783-787.

 

Ploetz, R.C., J. M. Perez-Martınez, J. A. Smith, M. Hughes, T. J. Dreaden, S. A. Inch and Y. Fu. 2012. Responses of avocado to laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola. Plant Pathology 61 (4): 801-808.

 

Dreaden, T.J., J. A. Smith, G.M. Blakeslee and E.L. Barnard. 2012. Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR seed lot screening method for Fusarium circinatum, causal agent of pitch canker disease. Forest Pathology 42(5): 405-411.

 

Hughes, M. A., Shin, K., Eickwort, J. and Smith, J. A. 2012. First Report of Laurel Wilt Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Silk Bay in Florida. Plant Disease 96 (6): 910.

 

Hughes, M., J. A. Smith, A. E. Mayfield, III, M. C. Minno, and K. Shin. 2011. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on pondspice in Florida. Plant Disease 95: 1588.

 

Ploetz, R. C., J. E. Peña, J. A. Smith, T. J. Dreaden, J. H. Crane, T. Schubert, and W. Dixon. 2011. Laurel Wilt, Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, is Confirmed in Miami-Dade County, Center of Florida's Commercial Avocado Production. Plant Disease 95: 1589.

 

Dreaden, T.J., J.A. Smith and K. Shin. 2011. First report of Diplodia corticola causing branch cankers on live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Florida. Plant Disease 95: 1027.

 

Smith, J.A., K. O’Donnell, L.L. Mount, K. Shin, K. Peacock, A. Trulock, T. Spector, J. Cruse-Sanders and R. Determann. 2011. A novel Fusarium causes a canker disease of the critically endangered conifer, Torreya taxifolia. Plant Disease 95: 633-639.

 

Croxton, M., M. Andreu, D. Williams, W. Overholt and J. A. Smith. 2011. Source and diversity of air-potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida. Invasive Plant Science and Management 4: 22-30.

 

Damadi, M., M.H. Pei, J. A. Smith and M. Abbasi. 2010. A new species of Melampsora rust on Salix elbursensis from Iran. Forest Pathology. Article first published online 7 Dec., 2010;  DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00699.x

 

Kubisiak, T.L., C.L. Anderson, H.V. Amerson, J.A. Smith, J.M. Davis and C.D. Nelson. 2010. A genomic map enriched for markers linked to Avr1 in Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme. Fungal Genetics and Biology 48: 266-274.

 

Anderson, C.L., T.L. Kubisiak, J.A. Smith, J.M. Davis and C.D. Nelson. 2010. Genome size variation in the pine fusiform rust pathogen Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme as determined by flow cytometry. Mycologia 102: 1295-1302.

 

Riggins, J.J., M. Hughes, A. E. Mayfield III, B. Layton, C. Balbalian, R. Campbell and J. A. Smith. 2010. First occurrence of laurel wilt disease on redbay trees in Mississippi. Plant Disease 94: 634.

 

King, J.N., A.J. David and J. A. Smith. 2010. A review of genetic approaches to the management of blister rust in white pines. Forest Pathology 40: 292-313.

 

Smith, J. A., T.J. Dreaden, M. Hughes, A.E. Mayfield III, A. Boone, S.W. Fraedrich and C. Bates. 2009. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on sassafras in Florida and South Carolina. Plant Disease 93: 1079.

 

Smith, J. A., L.L. Mount, A.E. Mayfield III, C.A. Bates, W.A. Lamborn and S.W. Fraedrich. 2009. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on camphor in Florida and Georgia. Plant Disease 93: 198.

 

Mayfield, A.E., J.E. Pena, J.H. Crane, Smith, J. A., C.L. Branch, E.D. Ottoson, and M. Hughes. 2008. Ability of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to bore into young avocado (Lauraceae) plants and transmit the laurel wilt pathogen (Raffaelea sp.). Florida Entomologist 91: 485-487.

 

Mayfield, A.E., J. A. Smith, M. Hughes, and T.J. Dreaden. 2008. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by a Raffaelea sp. on avocado in Florida. Plant Disease 92: 976.

 

Burnes, T.A., J. A. Smith, R.A. Blanchette, and J.J. Luby. 2008. Black currant clonal identity and white pine blister rust resistance. HortScience 43: 200-202.

 

Mayfield, A.E., E.L. Barnard, J. A. Smith, S.C. Bernick, J.M. Eickwort, and T.J. Dreaden. 2008. Effect of propiconazole on laurel wilt disease development in redbay trees and on the pathogen in vitro. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 34: 312-324.

Schwingle, B. W., J. A. Smith, and R. A. Blanchette. 2007. Phytophthora species associated with diseased woody ornamentals in Minnesota nurseries. Plant Disease 91:  97-102.

 

Schwingle, B. W., J. A. Smith, R. A. Blanchette, S. Gould, and B. Blanchette, J. L. Pokorny, and S. D. Cohen. 2006. First report of dieback and leaf lesions on Rhododendron spp. caused by Phytophthora hedraiandra in the United States. Plant Disease 90: 109.

 

Smith, J. A., R.A. Blanchette, J.J. Jacobs, L. Higgins, B. A. Witthun, J. H. Gillman and A. J. David. 2006. Proteomic comparison of needles from blister rust-resistant and susceptible Pinus strobus seedlings reveals up-regulation of putative disease resistance proteins. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19: 150-160.

 

Smith, J. A., R.A. Blanchette, T.A. Burnes, J.H. Gillman and A. J. David. 2006. Epicuticular wax and white pine blister rust resistance in selections of Pinus strobus L. Phytopathology 96: 171-177.

 

Smith, J. A., R. A. Blanchette, and G. Newcombe. 2004. Molecular and morphological characterization of the willow rust fungus, Melampsora epitea, from arctic and temperate hosts in North America. Mycologia 96: 1330-1338.

 

Gillman, J.H., D. Zlesak, and J. A. Smith. 2003. Application of potassium-silicate reduces black spot infection of Rosa ‘Meipelta’ (Fuschia Meidilin®). HortScience 38: 1144-1147.

 

Smith, J. A., R.A. Blanchette, M.E. Ostry and N.A. Anderson. 2002. Etiology of bronzeleaf disease of Populus. Plant Disease 86: 462-469.

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