Christina Cowger

Cowger, C., Smith, J., Boos, D., Bradley, C. A., Ransom, J., & Bergstrom, G. C. (2020). Managing a Destructive, Episodic Crop Disease: A National Survey of Wheat and Barley Growers' Experience With Fusarium Head Blight. PLANT DISEASE, 104(3), 634–648. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-18-1803-SR

Cowger, C., Ward, T. J., Nilsson, K., Arellano, C., McCormick, S. P., & Busman, M. (2020). Regional and field-specific differences in Fusarium species and mycotoxins associated with blighted North Carolina wheat. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108594

Cowger, C., Ward, B., Brown-Guedira, G., & Brown, J. K. M. (2020). Role of Effector-Sensitivity Gene Interactions and Durability of Quantitative Resistance to Septoria Nodorum Blotch in Eastern US Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00155

Cowger, C., & Brown, J. K. M. (2019). Durability of Quantitative Resistance in Crops: Greater Than We Know? ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, VOL 57, 2019, pp. 253–277. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100016

Beccari, G., Arellano, C., Covarelli, L., Tini, F., Sulyok, M., & Cowger, C. (2019). Effect of wheat infection timing on Fusarium head blight causal agents and secondary metabolites in grain. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 290, 214–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.10.014

Cowger, C., Arellano, C., Marshall, D., & Fitzgerald, J. (2019). Managing Fusarium Head Blight in Winter Barley With Cultivar Resistance and Fungicide. PLANT DISEASE, 103(8), 1858–1864. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-18-1582-RE

Meyers, E., Arellano, C., & Cowger, C. (2019). Sensitivity of the US Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici Population to Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides. PLANT DISEASE, 103(12), 3108–3116. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-19-0715-RE

McNally, K. E., Menardo, F., Luthi, L., Praz, C. R., Muller, M. C., Kunz, L., … Keller, B. (2018). Distinct domains of the AVRPM3(A2/F2) avirulence protein from wheat powdery mildew are involved in immune receptor recognition and putative effector function. New Phytologist, 218(2), 681–695. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15026

Ceron-Bustamante, M., Ward, T. J., Kelly, A., Vaughan, M. M., McCormick, S. P., Cowger, C., … Nava-Diaz, C. (2018). Regional differences in the composition of Fusarium Head Blight pathogens and mycotoxins associated with wheat in Mexico. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 273, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.03.003

Wiersma, A. T., Whetten, R. B., Zhang, G., Sehgal, S. K., Kolb, F. L., Poland, J. A., … Olson, E. L. (2018). Registration of Two Wheat Germplasm Lines Fixed for Pm58. JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS, 12(2), 270–273. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2017.06.0036crg

Ficke, A., Cowger, C., Bergstrom, G., & Brodal, G. (2018). Understanding yield loss and pathogen biology to improve disease management: Septoria nodorum blotch - a case study in wheat. Plant Disease, 102(4), 696–707. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-09-17-1375-fe

Cowger, C., Mehra, L., Arellano, C., Meyers, E., & Murphy, J. P. (2018). Virulence differences in Blumeria graminis f. sp tritici from the Central and Eastern United States. Phytopathology, 108(3), 402–411. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-06-17-0211-r

Abdelrhim, A., Abd-Alla, H. M., Abdou, E. S., Ismail, M. E., & Cowger, C. (2018). Virulence of Egyptian Blumeria graminis f. sp tritici population and response of Egyptian wheat cultivars. Plant Disease, 102(2), 391–397. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-07-17-0975-re

Mehra, L. K., Cowger, C., & Ojiambo, P. S. (2017). A model for predicting onset of Stagonospora nodorum blotch in winter wheat based on preplanting and weather factors. Phytopathology, 107(6), 635–644. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-03-16-0133-r

Wiersma, A. T., Pulman, J. A., Brown, L. K., Cowger, C., & Olson, E. L. (2017). Identification of Pm58 from Aegilops tauschii. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 130(6), 1123–1133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-017-2874-8

Lukaszewski, A. J., & Cowger, C. (2017). Re-engineering of the Pm21 transfer from Haynaldia villosa to bread wheat by induced homoeologous recombination. Crop Science, 57(5), 2590–2594. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2017.03.0192

Petersen, S., Lyerly, J. H., McKendry, A. L., Islam, M. S., Brown-Guedira, G., Cowger, C., … Murphy, J. P. (2017). Validation of fusarium head blight resistance QTL in US winter wheat. Crop Science, 57(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2015.07.0415

Ben-David, R., Parks, R., Dinoor, A., Kosman, E., Wicker, T., Keller, B., & Cowger, C. (2016). Differentiation among Blumeria graminis f. sp tritici isolates originating from wild versus domesticated Triticum species in Israel. Phytopathology, 106(8), 861–870. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-07-15-0177-r

Petersen, S., Lyerly, J. H., Maloney, P. V., Brown-Guedira, G., Cowger, C., Costa, J. M., … Murphy, J. P. (2016). Mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance quantitative trait loci in winter wheat cultivar NC-Neuse. Crop Science, 56(4), 1473–1483. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2015.05.0312

Cowger, C., Weisz, R., Arellano, C., & Murphy, P. (2016). Profitability of integrated management of Fusarium head blight in North Carolina winter wheat. Phytopathology, 106(8), 814–823. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-10-15-0263-r

Cowger, C., Parks, R., & Kosman, E. (2016). Structure and migration in US Blumeria graminis f. sp tritici populations. Phytopathology, 106(3), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-03-15-0066-r

Kelly, A., Proctor, R. H., Belzile, F., Chulze, S. N., Clear, R. M., Cowger, C., … Ward, T. J. (2016). The geographic distribution and complex evolutionary history of the NX-2 trichothecene chemotype from Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 95, 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2016.08.003

Petersen, S., Lyerly, J. H., Worthington, M. L., Parks, W. R., Cowger, C., Marshall, D. S., … Murphy, J. P. (2015). Mapping of powdery mildew resistance gene Pm53 introgressed from Aegilops speltoides into soft red winter wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 128(2), 303–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-014-2430-8

Hao, Y. F., Parks, R., Cowger, C., Chen, Z. B., Wang, Y. Y., Bland, D., … Johnson, J. (2015). Molecular characterization of a new powdery mildew resistance gene Pm54 in soft red winter wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 128(3), 465–476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-014-2445-1

Mehra, L. K., Cowger, C., Weisz, R., & Ojiambo, P. S. (2015). Quantifying the effects of wheat residue on severity of Stagonospora nodorum blotch and yield in winter wheat. Phytopathology, 105(11), 1417–1426. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-03-15-0080-r

Bertucci, M., Brown-Guedira, G., Murphy, J. P., & Cowger, C. (2014). Genes conferring sensitivity to Stagonospora nodorum necrotrophic effectors in Stagonospora nodorum blotch-susceptible US wheat cultivars. Plant Disease, 98(6), 746–753. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-08-13-0820-re

Cowger, C., & Arellano, C. (2013). Fusarium graminearum infection and deoxynivalenol concentrations during development of wheat spikes. Phytopathology, 103(5), 460–471. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-03-12-0054-r

Crook, A. D., Friesen, T. L., Liu, Z. H., Ojiambo, P. S., & Cowger, C. (2012). Novel necrotrophic effectors from stagonospora nodorum and corresponding host sensitivities in winter wheat germplasm in the Southeastern United States. Phytopathology, 102(5), 498–505. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-08-11-0238

Zeatfoss, A. D., Cowger, C., & Ojiambo, P. S. (2011). A degree-day model for the latent period of stagonospora nodorum blotch in winter wheat. Plant Disease, 95(5), 561–567. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-09-10-0651

Agata, K., Alasaad, S., Almeida-Val, V. M. F., Alvarez-Dios, J. A., Barbisan, F., Beadell, J. S., … Carvalho, B. M. (2011). Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 December 2010-31 January 2011. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11(3), 586–589.

McIntosh, R. A., Zhang, P., Cowger, C., Parks, R., Lagudah, E. S., & Hoxha, S. (2011). Rye-derived powdery mildew resistance gene Pm8 in wheat is suppressed by the Pm3 locus. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 123(3), 359–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-011-1589-5

Schmale, D. G., Wood-Jones, A. K., Cowger, C., Bergstrom, G. C., & Arellano, C. (2011). Trichothecene genotypes of Gibberella zeae from winter wheat fields in the eastern USA. Plant Pathology, 60(5), 909–917. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02443.x

Maxwell, J. J., Lyerly, J. H., Srnic, G., Parks, R., Cowger, C., Marshall, D., … Murphy, J. P. (2010). MlAB10: A triticum turgidum subsp dicoccoides derived powdery mildew resistance gene identified in common wheat. Crop Science, 50(6), 2261–2267.

Cowger, C., & Arellano, C. (2010). Plump kernels with high Deoxynivalenol linked to late Gibberella zeae infection and marginal disease conditions in winter wheat. Phytopathology, 100(7), 719–728. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-100-7-0719

Costa, J. M., Bockelman, H. E., Brown-Guedira, G., Cambron, S. E., Chen, X. M., Cooper, A., … Souza, E. (2010). Registration of the soft red winter wheat germplasm MD01W233-06-1 resistant to fusarium head blight. Journal of Plant Registrations, 4(3), 255–260. https://doi.org/10.3198/jpr2010.01.0034crg

Cowger, C., Weisz, R., Anderson, J. M., & Horton, J. R. (2010). cowg Maize debris increases barley yellow dwarf virus severity in North Carolina winter wheat. Agronomy Journal, 102(2), 688–695. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2009.0357

Mundt, C. C., Sackett, K. E., Wallace, L. D., Cowger, C., & Dudley, J. P. (2009). Aerial dispersal and multiple-scale spread of epidemic disease. Ecohealth, 6(4), 546–552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0251-z

Cowger, C., Parks, R., & Marshall, D. (2009). Appearance of powdery mildew of wheat caused by blumeria graminis f. sp tritici on pm17-bearing cultivars in North Carolina. Plant Disease, 93(11), 1219–1219. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-93-11-1219B

Mundt, C. C., Sackett, K. E., Wallace, L. D., Cowger, C., & Dudley, J. P. (2009). Long-distance dispersal and accelerating waves of disease: Empirical relationships. American Naturalist, 173(4), 456–466. https://doi.org/10.1086/597220

Maxwell, J. J., Lyerly, J. H., Cowger, C., Marshall, D., Brown-Guedira, G., & Murphy, J. P. (2009). MlAG12: a Triticum timopheevii-derived powdery mildew resistance gene in common wheat on chromosome 7AL. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 119(8), 1489–1495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-009-1150-y

Parks, R., Carbone, I., Murphy, J. P., & Cowger, C. (2009). Population genetic analysis of an eastern US wheat powdery mildew population reveals geographic subdivision and recent common ancestry with UK and Israeli populations. Phytopathology, 99(7), 840–849. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-99-7-0840

Cowger, C., Patton-Ozkurt, J., Brown-Guedira, G., & Perugini, L. (2009). Post-anthesis moisture increased fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol levels in north carolina winter wheat. Phytopathology, 99(4), 320–327. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-99-4-0320

Cowger, C., Brunner, P. C., & Mundt, C. C. (2008). Frequency of sexual recombination by Mycosphaerella graminicold in mild and severe epidemics. Phytopathology, 98(7), 752–759. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-98-7-0752

Parks, R., Carbone, I., Murphy, J. P., Marshall, D., & Cowger, C. (2008). Virulence structure of the Eastern US wheat powdery mildew population. Plant Disease, 92(7), 1074–1082. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-92-7-1074

Cowger, C., & Weisz, R. (2008). Winter wheat blends (mixtures) produce a yield advantage in north Carolina. Agronomy Journal, 100(1), 169–177. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2007.0128

Cowger, C., & Murphy, J. P. (2007). Artificial inoculation of wheat for selecting resistance to Stagonospora nodorum blotch. Plant Disease, 91(5), 539–545. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-91-5-0539

Cowger, C., & Silva-Rojas, H. V. (2006). Frequency of Phaeosphaeria nodorum, the sexual stage of Stagronospora nodorum, on winter wheat in North Carolina. Phytopathology, 96(8), 860–866. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-96-0860

Cowger, C., & Sutton, A. L. (2005). The Southeastern U.S. fusarium head blight epidemic of 2003. Plant Health Progress, 1. https://doi.org/10.1094/php-2005-1026-01-rs

Cowger, C., Wallace, L. R. D., & Mundt, C. C. (2005). Velocity of spread of wheat stripe rust epidemics. Phytopathology, 95(9), 972–982. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO.95-0972