Charles Opperman

Pirzada, T., Khan, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Affokpon, A. (2023, February 17). Banana-paper seed wrap increases yam crop yield and quality in Africa. NATURE FOOD, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00718-9

Sohail, M., Pirzada, T., Guenther, R., Barbieri, E., Sit, T., Menegatti, S., … Khan, S. A. (2023). Cellulose Acetate-Stabilized Pickering Emulsions: Preparation, Rheology, and Incorporation of Agricultural Active Ingredients. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 11(42), 15178–15191. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02428

Conceicao, I. L., Escobar, C., Opperman, C., & Fourie, H. (2023, March 16). Editorial: Genetics of plant-nematode interactions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, Vol. 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1181564

Wang, S., Pirzada, T., Xie, W., Barbieri, E., Hossain, O., Opperman, C. H., … Khan, S. A. (2022). Creating hierarchically porous banana paper-metal organic framework (MOF) composites with multifunctionality. APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY, 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101517

Sohail, M., Pirzada, T., Opperman, C. H., & Khan, S. A. (2022, July 13). Recent advances in seed coating technologies: transitioning toward sustainable agriculture. GREEN CHEMISTRY, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2gc02389j

Ochola, J., Cortada, L., Mwaura, O., Tariku, M., Christensen, S. A., Ng'ang'a, M., … Torto, B. (2022, February 28). Wrap-and-plant technology to manage sustainably potato cyst nematodes in East Africa. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00852-5

Pirzada, T., Sohail, M., Tripathi, A., Farias, B. V., Mathew, R., Li, C., … Khan, S. A. (2021, November 27). Toward Sustainable Crop Protection: Aqueous Dispersions of Biodegradable Particles with Tunable Release and Rainfastness. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202108046

Mathew, R., & Opperman, C. H. (2020). [Review of Current Insights into Migratory Endoparasitism: Deciphering the Biology, Parasitism Mechanisms, and Management Strategies of Key Migratory Endoparasitic Phytonematodes]. PLANTS-BASEL, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9060671

Ochola, J., Coyne, D., Cortada, L., Haukeland, S., Ng'ang'a, M., Hassanali, A., … Torto, B. (2020). Cyst nematode bio-communication with plants: implications for novel management approaches. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6105

Mathew, R., & Opperman, C. H. (2019). The genome of the migratory nematode, Radopholus similis, reveals signatures of close association to the sedentary cyst nematodes. PLOS ONE, 14(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224391

Tyagi, P., Mathew, R., Opperman, C., Jameel, H., Gonzalez, R., Lucia, L., … Pal, L. (2018). High-Strength Antibacterial Chitosan–Cellulose Nanocrystal Composite Tissue Paper. Langmuir, 35(1), 104–112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02655

Guenther, R. H., Lommel, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Sit, T. L. (2018). Plant Virus-Based Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Agronomic Compounds as a Suspension Concentrate. VIRUS-DERIVED NANOPARTICLES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES: METHODS AND PROTOCOLS, Vol. 1776, pp. 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7808-3_13

Holterman, M., Karegar, A., Mooijman, P., Megen, H., Elsen, S., Vervoort, M. T. W., … Helder, J. (2017). Disparate gain and loss of parasitic abilities among nematode lineages. PLOS ONE, 12(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185445

Ruark, C. L., Koenning, S. R., Davis, E. L., Opperman, C. H., Lommel, S. A., Mitchum, M. G., & Sit, T. L. (2017). Soybean cyst nematode culture collections and field populations from North Carolina and Missouri reveal high incidences of infection by viruses. PLOS ONE, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171514

Cao, J., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Willoughby, J. A. (2016). Development of abamectin loaded lignocellulosic matrices for the controlled release of nematicide for crop protection. CELLULOSE, 23(1), 673–687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0817-6

Szitenberg, A., Cha, S., Opperman, C. H., Bird, D. M., Blaxter, M. L., & Lunt, D. H. (2016). Genetic Drift, Not Life History or RNAi, Determine Long-Term Evolution of Transposable Elements. GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 8(9), 2964–2978. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw208

Galle, G., Opperman, C. H., & Kerns, J. P. (2016). Population dynamics of Belonolaimus longicaudatus in Central North Carolina. Journal of Nematology, 48(4), 322–323.

Vang, L. E., Opperman, C. H., Schwarz, M. R., & Davis, E. L. (2016). Spirotetramat causes an arrest of nematode juvenile development. NEMATOLOGY, 18, 121–131. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002948

Heiken, J., Schwarz, M. R., Davis, E. L., & Opperman, C. H. (2016). The Effects of fluopyram on nematodes. Journal of Nematology, 48(4), 330–331.

Cao, J., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Willoughby, J. A. (2015). Development of Abamectin Loaded Plant Virus Nanoparticles for Efficacious Plant Parasitic Nematode Control. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(18), 9546–9553. https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSAMI.5B00940

Bird, D. M. K., Jones, J. T., Opperman, C. H., Kikuchi, T., & Danchin, E. G. J. (2015). Signatures of adaptation to plant parasitism in nematode genomes. Parasitology, 142(S1), S71–S84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013002163

Burke, M., Scholl, E. H., Bird, D. M. K., Schaff, J. E., Colman, S. D., Crowell, R., … Opperman, C. H. (2015). The plant parasite Pratylenchus coffeae carries a minimal nematode genome. NEMATOLOGY, 17(6), 621–637. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00002901

Cao, J., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Opperman, C. H., Lommel, S. A., & Willoughby, J. A. (2014). Loading and Release Mechanism of Red Clover Necrotic Mosaic Virus Derived Plant Viral Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery of Doxorubicin. SMALL, 10(24), 5126–5136. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201400558

Cabrera, A. R., Donohue, K. V., Khalil, S. M. S., Scholl, E., Opperman, C., Sonenshine, D. E., & Roe, R. M. (2011). New approach for the study of mite reproduction: The first transcriptome analysis of a mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 57(1), 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.09.006

Davies, K. G., Rowe, J., Manzanilla-Lopez, R., & Opperman, C. H. (2011). Re-evaluation of the life-cycle of the nematode-parasitic bacterium Pasteuria penetrans in root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. NEMATOLOGY, 13, 825–835. https://doi.org/10.1163/138855410x552670

Mauchline, T. H., Mohan, S., Davies, K. G., Schaff, J. E., Opperman, C. H., Kerry, B. R., & Hirsch, P. R. (2010). A method for release and multiple strand amplification of small quantities of DNA from endospores of the fastidious bacterium Pasteuria penetrans. LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 50(5), 515–521. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765x.2010.02830.x

Mbeunkui, F., Scholl, E. H., Opperman, C. H., Goshe, M. B., & Bird, D. M. K. (2010). Proteomic and Bioinformatic Analysis of the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne hapla: The Basis for Plant Parasitism. Journal of Proteome Research, 9(10), 5370–5381. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr1006069

Bird, D. M. K., Williamson, V. M., Abad, P., McCarter, J., Danchin, E. G. J., Castagnone-Sereno, P., & Opperman, C. H. (2009). The Genomes of Root-Knot Nematodes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Vol. 47, pp. 333–351. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080508-081839

Bird, D. M., & Opperman, C. H. (2009). [Review of The secret(ion) life of worms]. GENOME BIOLOGY, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-1-205

Dhandaydham, M., Charles, L., Zhu, H., Starr, J. L., Huguet, T., Cook, D. R., … Opperman, C. (2008). Characterization of root-knot nematode resistance in Medicago truncatula. Journal of Nematology, 40(1), 46–54.

Opperman, C. H., Bird, D. M., Williamson, V. M., Rokhsar, D. S., Burke, M., Cohn, J., … Windham, E. (2008). Sequence and genetic map of Meloidogyne hapla: A compact nematode genome for plant parasitism. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 105(39), 14802–14807. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0805946105

Snyder, D. W., Opperman, C. H., & Bird, D. M. (2006). A method for generating Meloidogyne incognita males. Journal of Nematology, 38(2), 192–194.

Waterman, J. T., Bird, D. M., & Opperman, C. H. (2006). A method for isolation of Pasteuria penetrans endospores for bioassay and genomic studies. Journal of Nematology, 38(1), 165–167.

Diener, S. E., Houfek, T. D., Kalat, S. E., Windham, D. E., Burke, M., Opperman, C., & Dean, R. A. (2005). Alkahest NuclearBLAST: a user-friendly BLAST management and analysis system. BMC Bioinformatics, 6.

Charles, L., Carbone, I., Davies, K. G., Bird, D., Burke, M., Kerry, B. R., & Opperman, C. H. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of Pasteuria penetrans by use of multiple genetic loci. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 187(16), 5700–5708. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.187.16.5700-5708.2005

Kojetin, D. J., Thompson, R. J., Benson, L. M., Naylor, S., Waterman, J., Davies, K. G., … Cavanagh, J. (2005). Structural analysis of divalent metals binding to the Bacillus subtilis response regulator Spo0F: the possibility for In vitro metalloregulation in the initiation of sporulation. BIOMETALS, 18(5), 449–466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-005-4303-8

Dong, K., Barker, K. R., & Opperman, C. H. (2005). Virulence genes in Heterodera glycines: Allele frequencies and ror gene groups among field isolates and inbred lines. PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 95(2), 186–191. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-95-0186

Bird, D. M., Opperman, C. H., & Davies, K. G. (2003). [Review of Interactions between bacteria and plant-parasitic nematodes: now and then]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 33(11), 1269–1276. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00160-7

Niblack, T. L., Arelli, P. R., Noel, G. R., Opperman, C. H., Ore, J. H., Schmitt, D. P., … Tylka, G. L. (2002). A revised classification scheme for genetically diverse populations of Heterodera glycines. Journal of Nematology, 34(4), 279–288.

Koltai, H., Dhandaydham, M., Opperman, C., Thomas, J., & Bird, D. (2001). Overlapping plant signal transduction pathways induced by a parasitic nematode and a rhizobial endosymbiont. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, 14(10), 1168–1177. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI.2001.14.10.1168

Marin, D. H., Barker, K. R., Kaplan, D. T., Sutton, T. B., & Opperman, C. H. (2000). Development and evaluation of a standard method for screening for resistance to Radopholus similis in bananas. PLANT DISEASE, 84(6), 689–693. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2000.84.6.689

Kaplan, D. T., Thomas, W. K., Frisse, L. M., Sarah, J. L., Stanton, J. M., Speijer, P. R., … Opperman, C. H. (2000). Phylogenetic analysis of geographically diverse Radopholus similis via rDNA sequence reveals a monomorphic motif. Journal of Nematology, 32(2), 134–142.

Kaplan, D. T., & Opperman, C. H. (2000). Reproductive strategies and karyotype of the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis. Journal of Nematology, 32(2), 126–133.

Marin, D. H., Barker, K. R., Kaplan, D. T., Sutton, T. B., & Opperman, C. H. (1999). Aggressiveness and damage potential of Central American and Caribbean populations of Radopholus spp. in banana. Journal of Nematology, 31(4), 377–385.

Conkling, M. A., Opperman, C. H., Acedo, G. N., & Song, W. (1999). Nematode-resistant transgenic plants. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Marin, D. H., Kaplan, D. T., & Opperman, C. H. (1999). Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA differs with burrowing nematode collection site, but not with host range. Journal of Nematology, 31(2), 232–239.

Bird, D. M., Opperman, C. H., Jones, S. J. M., & Baillie, D. L. (1999). [Review of The Caenorhabditis elegans genome: A guide in the post genomics age]. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 37(1999), 247–265. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.phyto.37.1.247

Opperman, C. H., & Conkling, M. A. (1998). Bioengineering resistance to plant-parasitic nematodes. In Plant and nematode interactions / co-eds Kenneth R. Barker, Gary A. Pederson, Gary L. Windham. Madison, Wis.: American Society of Agronomy, Inc.: Crop Science Society of America, Inc.: Soil Science Society of  America, Inc.,  1998. (pp. 239–250). Madison, Wis.: American Society of Agronomy, Inc.: Crop Science Society of America, Inc.: Soil Science Society of  America, Inc.

Bird, D. M., & Opperman, C. H. (1998). Caenorhabditis elegans: A genetic guide to parasitic nematode biology. Journal of Nematology, 30(3), 299–308.

Conkling, M. A., Opperman, C. H., & Taylor, C. G. (1998). Pathogen-resistant transgenic plants. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Opperman, C. H., & Bird, D. M. (1998). [Review of The soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines: a genetic model system for the study of plant-parasitic nematodes]. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY, 1(4), 342–346. https://doi.org/10.1016/1369-5266(88)80057-8

Dong, K., & Opperman, C. H. (1997). Genetic analysis of parasitism in the soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines. Genetics, 146(4), 1311–1318.

Dong, K., Barker, K. R., & Opperman, C. H. (1997). Genetics of soybean-Heterodera glycines interactions. Journal of Nematology, 29(4), 509–522.

Kaplan, D. T., & Opperman, C. H. (1997). Genome similarity implies that citrus-parasitic burrowing nematodes do not represent a unique species. Journal of Nematology, 29(4), 430–440.

Kaplan, D. T., Vanderspool, M. C., & Opperman, C. H. (1997). Sequence tag site and host range assays demonstrate that Radopholus similis and R-citrophilus are not reproductively isolated. Journal of Nematology, 29(4), 421–429.

Opperman, C., & Conkling, M. A. (1994). Nematode-induced plant gene expression and related control strategies. Fundamental and Applied Nematology, 17(3), 211.

OPPERMAN, C. H., TAYLOR, C. G., & CONKLING, M. A. (1994). ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE-DIRECTED EXPRESSION OF A PLANT ROOT-SPECIFIC GENE. SCIENCE, 263(5144), 221–223. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.263.5144.221

OPPERMAN, C. H., & CHANG, S. (1992). [Review of NEMATODE ACETYLCHOLINESTERASES - MOLECULAR-FORMS AND THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN NEMATODE BEHAVIOR]. PARASITOLOGY TODAY, 8(12), 406–411. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(92)90189-9

Opperman, C. H., & Chang, S. (1991). Effects of aldicarb and fenamiphos on acetylcholinesterase and motility of Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Nematology, 23(1), 20.

Opperman, C. H., & Chang, S. (1990). Plant-parasitic nematode acetylcholinesterase inhibition by carbamate and organophosphate nematicides. Journal of Nematology, 22(4), 481.