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Research Project: Integrated Crop Disease Mitigation through Improved Understanding of Relationships between Genetics, Environment, and Management

Location: Soil Dynamics Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Metatranscriptomic and metagenomic analyses of cotton aphids (Aphis gossypii) collected from cotton fields in Alabama, USA Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhao, C., Escalante, C., Jacobson, A.L., Balkcom, K.S., Conner, K.N., Martin, K.M. 2025. Metatranscriptomic and metagenomic analyses of cotton aphids (Aphis gossypii) collected from cotton fields in Alabama, USA. Frontiers in Insect Science. 5:1461588. https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2025.1461588.

Data and code from: Cotton stalk management and a cover crop produce minimal effects on cotton leafroll dwarf virus Reprint Icon - (Database / Dataset)
Balkcom, K.S., Read, Q.D., Frazier, S., Brown, S., Jacobson, A.L., Conner, K., Escalante, C. 2024. Data and code from: Cotton stalk management and a cover crop produce minimal effects on cotton leafroll dwarf virus. Ag Data Commons. Software. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/25783143.

Cotton stalk management and a cover crop produce minimal effects on cotton leafroll dwarf virus Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Frazier, S., Brown, S.M., Read, Q.D., Jacobson, A.L., Conner, K., Escalante, C., Balkcom, K.S. 2024. Cotton stalk management and a cover crop produce minimal effects on cotton leafroll dwarf virus. Agronomy Journal. 117(1):e70002. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70002.

Decoding the viral community in soybean thrips (Neohydatothrips variabilis) through RNA-Seq suggests presence of insect, plant and fungal viruses in Auburn, AL, 2023 - (Abstract Only)
Sharma, A., Zhao, C., Martin, K.M. 2025. Decoding the viral community in soybean thrips (Neohydatothrips variabilis) through RNA-Seq suggests presence of insect, plant and fungal viruses in Auburn, AL, 2023 [abstract]. 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans, LA. Jan 14-16, 2025.

Transcriptomic analysis of salivary glands in the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii - (Abstract Only)
Zhao, C., Escalante, C., Jacobson, A.L. 2024. Transcriptomic analysis of salivary glands in the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii [abstract]. 2024 Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meetings, Phoenix, AZ. Nov. 10-13, 2024.

Characterization of the proteins encoded by a recently emerged cotton-infecting Polerovirus Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Akinyuwa, M., Price, B., Kang, S. 2024. Characterization of the proteins encoded by a recently emerged cotton-infecting Polerovirus. Virus Genes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-024-02086-3.

Plant virus transmission during seed development and implications to plant defense system Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Escalante, C., Sanz-Seaz, A., Jacobson, A., Otulak-Koziel, K., Koziel, E., Balkcom, K.S., Zhao, C., Conner, K. 2024. Plant virus transmission during seed development and implications to plant defense system. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15:1385456. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1385456.

Yeast two-hybrid screening for cotton leafroll dwarf virus-Aphis gossypii interactions - (Abstract Only)
Mueller, N., Zhao, C. 2024. Yeast two-hybrid screening for cotton leafroll dwarf virus-Aphis gossypii interactions. Plants, Insects and Microbes Symposium, Auburn, AL. May 17, 2024.

A newly isolated cotton-infecting Polerovirus with cryptic pathogenicity encodes a weak suppressor of RNA silencing Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Akinyuwa, M., Price, B., Martin, K., Kang, S. 2023. A newly isolated cotton-infecting Polerovirus with cryptic pathogenicity encodes a weak suppressor of RNA silencing. Frontiers in Agronomy. 5:1235168. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1235168.

Effects of cotton stalk management and cover crop use on soil properties and CLRDV incidence - (Abstract Only)
Frazier, S., Brown, S., Balkcom, K.S., Jacobson, A.L. 2022. Effects of cotton stalk management and cover crop use on soil properties and CLRDV incidence [ABSTRACT]. In S. Boyd and M. Huffman (eds.) Beltwide Cotton Conf., San Antonio, TX. 4-6 Jan. 2022 Nat. Cotton Counc. Cordova, TN.