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Dr. Kimberly Webb
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Dr. Kimberly Webb

 

 

Dr. Kimberly Webb

  
CONTACT INFORMATION
  
ADDRESS:

USDA, ARS, NPA 

1701 Centre Ave.

Crops Research Laboratory

Fort Collins  CO  80526

  
PHONE:970-492-7141
FAX:970-492-7160
  
E-MAIL:Kimberly.Webb@ars.usda.gov

DEGREES:

  • 2005    Ph D.      Kansas State University                Plant Pathology                    
  • 1997    B.S.        Colorado State University             Soil and Crop Sciences

     

Research Focus:

       Sugarbeet is the source of more than half of the domestic sugar that is produced in the United States providing the U.S. with a viable domestic sweetener industry that produces an annual estimated $262.2 billion.  Importantly, sugarbeet is the most valuable crop in crop rotations in many growing areas of the United States and plant diseases remain an important source of crop and sugar losses throughout these growing regions. Thus, it is essential to continue to understand and develop improved disease resistance in sugarbeet in order to minimize losses in economic potential.

      The plant pathology program is responsible for characterizing the interaction of major sugar beet pathogens (i.e. Cercospora beticola, Rhizoctonia solani, and Fusarium oxysporum) with sugar beet in order to provide new information that will facilitate the development of improved sugar beet germplasm with greater disease resistance and assist in the development of innovative management principles.  Using applied, biochemical, and molecular technologies we try to describe how sugarbeet pathogens cause disease, in the hope that novel pathways may be developed to better control those pathogens.  A second focus of the project is to determine the genetic relationship and spatial scale of the pathogen populations that affect sugarbeet, in order to more fully understand the disease interactions and how they may differ throughout the many production regions.

Publications (Refereed):

 
 

Covey, P. A., Kuwitzky, B., Hanson, M., and Webb, K. M. 2014. Multilocus analysis using putative fungal effectors to describe a population of Fusarium oxysporum from sugar beet. Phytopathology. 104:886-896.

  
 Webb, K. M., C. J. Broccardo, J. E. Prenni, and W. M. Wintermantel. 2014. Proteomic profiling of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) leaves during Rhizomania compatible interactions. Proteomes. 2(2):208-223
  
 Webb, K. M., A. J. Case, M. A. Brick, K. Otto, and H. F. Schwartz. 2013. Cross Pathogenicity and vegetative compatibility of Fusarium oxysporum isolated from sugar beet. Plant Disease. 97(9):1200-1206
 

 

 

Webb, K. M., P. Covey, B. Kuwitzky, and M. Hanson. 2013. Characterization of a population of Fusarium oxysporum from sugar beet, using the population structure of putative pathogenicity genes.  Proceeding of 37th Meeting of ASSBT, Anaheim, CA.  February 28-March 2, 2013

  
 Wintermantel W. M., K. M. Webb, C. Broccardo, L. Hladky, P. Covey, and A. Cortez. 2013. Differentiating Rz-1 and Rz-2 resistance reactions to Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus through proteome analysis in sugar beet.  Proceeding of 37th Meeting of ASSBT, Anaheim, CA. February 28-March 2, 2013. 
  
 Schauer, K. L., C. J. Broccardo, K. M. Webb, P. A. Covey, and J. E. Prenni. 2013. Mass spectrometry contamination from Tinuvin 770, a common additive in laboratory plastics. J. Biomol. Tech. 24(2):57-61
  
Webb, K. M., Covey, P. A., and Hanson, L. E. (in press) Pathogenic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Fusarium oxysporum from Sugarbeet in Michigan and Minnesota. J. Sugarbeet Research
  
Panella, L., T. Vagher, A. L. Fenwick, and K. M. Webb.  2011. Rhizoctonia crown and root rot resistance of Beta PIs from the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System, 2010. Plant Disease Management Reports 5:FC067.  Online publication doi:10.1094/PDMR05
  
Webb, K. M., Hill, A. L., Laufman, J., Hanson, L. E. and Panella, L. 2011 Long-term preservation of a collection of Rhizoctonia solani, using cryogenic storage. Annals of Applied Biology. 158:297-304
  
Panella, L., R. T. Lewellen and K. M. Webb. 2011. Registration of FC1018, FC1019, FC1020, and FC1022, Sugarbeet Multigerm Pollinator Germplasms with Disease Resistance.  Journal of Plant Registrations 5(2):1-8
  
L. Panella, A. L. Fenwick, A. L. Hill, T. Vagher, K. M. Webb.  2010. Rhizoctonia crown and root rot resistance of Beta PI from the USDA-ARS NPGS, 2009.  Plant Disease Management Reports 4:FC004
  
Webb, K. M, Garcia, E., O?a, I., Vera Cruz, C.M., and Leach, J.E. 2010.  Influence of rice development on the function of bacterial blight resistance genes. EU. J. Plant Pathology 128:399-407
  
Webb, K.M, Bai, J., O?a, I., Garrett K., Mew, T.W., Vera Cruz, C.M., and Leach, J.E. 2010. A Unique Benefit of High Temperature on a Durable Rice Resistance Gene. New Phytologist 185:568-576
  
Ponciano, G., Webb, K., Bai, J., Vera Cruz, C., and Leach, J. E. 2004. Molecular characterization of the avrXa7 locus from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae field isolates. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 64:145-153
  
Leach, J.E., B. Liu, G. Ponciano, K. Webb, J. Wu, C. Vera Cruz, and H. Leung. 2004. Approaches to achieve durable resistance. Pages 263-269 in Proceedings of the XI. International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Petersburg, Russia. IS-MPMI Press, Minneapolis, MN
  
 Leach, J.E., K. Webb, G. Ponciano, I. O?a, M. Madamba, J. Bai, H. Leung, and C. Vera Cruz. 2002. Pathogen fitness penalty as a predictor of durability of disease resistance genes. Pages 222-231 inBiology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, S. Miller, A. Bent, eds. ISMPMI Press, Minneapolis, MN
  
    Brooks, H. L., Jardine, D. J., Regehr, D. L., Fjell, D. L., Whitney, D. A., Webb, K., and Vanderlip, R. February 2000. Diagnosing Sorghum Production Problems in Kansas. S-125 Cooperative Extension Service, KSU, Manhattan, KS