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Graduated Students

1. Nikki T. Lukasko. 2024. Ph.D. Dissertation: Multifungicide resistance and population genomics of Botrytis cinerea greenhouse populations.
2. John R. Spafford. 2024. M.S. Thesis: Evaluation management practices with TOMCAST forecasting model to limit Stemphylium vesicarium on asparagus fern.
3. David E. Perla. 2023. M.S. Thesis: Commercial hard squash cultivars exhibit differences in susceptibility to Phytophthora crown rot.
4. Matthew R. Uebbing.  2023. M.S. Thesis: Managing cucurbit downy mildew on pickling cucumber using disease forecasters and fungicides.
5. Annika M. Peterson.  2022. M.S. Thesis: Examination of soilborne pathogens of celery in Michigan.
6. Grace E. Kenny. 2021. M.S.  Thesis: Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucumber downy mildew
7. Sara E. Getson. 2021.  M.S. Thesis: Fusarium spp. associated with perennial specialty crops.
8. Doug S. Higgins. 2020.  Ph.D. Dissertation: Hop downy mildew management strategies and the etiology of halo blight in Michigan.
9. Sunil Shrestha. 2020. M.S.  Thesis: Managing Botrytis blight in greenhouse ornamentals through host resistance and biorational products.
10. Julian C. Bello. 2020. Ph.D.  Dissertation: Genetic monitoring of cucurbit downy mildew in Michigan.
11. Amber L. Neils. 2018. Ph.D. Dissertation: Management and characterization of Alternaria spp. and seedborne pathogens associated with American ginseng.
12. Kim Eang Tho. 2018. Ph.D. Dissertation: Survey of bacterial foliage diseases in onions, their virulence, epidemiology and management.
13. Safa A. Alzohairy. 2018. Ph.D. Dissertation: Characterization of winter squash age-related resistance to Phytophthora capsici through fruit peel transcriptome profiling and investigation of cell wall properties.
14. Blair R. Harlan. 2018. M.S. Thesis: Epidemiology and management of coleus and impatiens downy mildew; new and emerging pathogens in the United States.
15. Katelyn E. Goldenhar. 2018. M.S. Thesis: Management of cucumber downy mildew with fungicides and host resistance.
16. Irene M. Donne. 2017. M.S. Thesis: Managing carrot foliar diseases in commercial production fields in Michigan.
17. Charles S. Krasnow. 2016. Ph.D. Dissertation: Effects of host resistance, fungicides, and cover crops on Phytophthora capsici.
18. Gabriel A. Torres-Londono. 2016. Ph.D. Dissertation: Morphological characterization, virulence, and fungicide sensitivity evaluation of Phytophthora palmivora.
19. Prissana Wiriyajitsomboon. 2015. Ph.D. Dissertation: Characterization of Setophoma terrestris causing pink root in onion, disease management, and age-related resistance.
20. Johanna Del Castillo Múnera. 2015. Ph.D. Dissertation: Characterization, population genetics and management of Pythium spp. from floriculture crops in Michigan.
21. Chelsea A. Woods. 2014. M.S. Thesis: Evaluation of strategies for managing soilborne pathogens of asparagus in Michigan.
22. Lina M. Rodriguez-Salamanca. 2013. Ph.D. Dissertation: Characterization, virulence, epidemiology, and management of Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose in onion and celery.
23. Rachel P. Naegele. 2013. Ph.D. Dissertation: Genetic diversity, population structure, and host resistance to Phytophthora capsici in the Solanaceae.
24. M. Catalina Cespedes-Sanchez. 2012. M.S. Thesis: Host susceptibility to two Peronosporales among cucurbits and beans.
25. Michael D. Meyer. 2012. Ph.D. Dissertation: Management of Phytophthora capsici on summer squash and age-related resistance on processing pumpkin and winter squash fruits.
26. Tiffany B. Enzenbacher. 2011. M.S. Thesis: An evaluation of cucurbits and ornamentals to Phytophthora spp.
27. Xiaopeng Wang. 2010. M.S. Thesis: Susceptibility of cucurbit foliage and fruits to Phytophthora capsici.
28. Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo. 2010. Ph.D. Dissertation: Host range, host resistance and population structure of Phytophthora capsici.
29. Lina M. Rodriguez-Salamanca. 2010. M.S. Thesis: Management of asparagus rots.
30. Leah L. Granke. 2010. Ph.D. Dissertation: Effects of environmental conditions on Phytophthora capsici dispersal and disease development.
31. Abigail F. Morris. 2009. M.S. Project: Effect of jasmonic acid on the saponin concentration of American ginseng.
32. Jennifer M. Foster. 2009. M.S. Thesis: Management tools to control Phytophthora capsici in pepper and eggplant.
33. Catherine Erhardt. 2009. M.S. Thesis: Developing a high-throughput, SNP-based population screening method for Pseudoperonospora cubensis.
34. Shaunta N. Hill. 2009. Ph.D. Dissertation: Epidemiology of Alternaria panax on American ginseng and evaluation of a disease forecaster.
35. James W. Counts, Jr. 2006. M.S. Thesis: Strategies for managing Fusarium crown and root rot on asparagus.
36. Ryan S. Bounds. 2006. Ph.D. Dissertation: Integrating disease predictors and a reduced-risk fungicide and evaluating disease thresholds for late blight management in celery.
37. Amanda J. Gevens. 2005. Ph.D. Dissertation: Documenting and characterizing Phytophthora capsici from irrigation water and bean in Michigan and screening for fruit resistance in cucumber.
38. Bryan J. Webster. 2005. M.S. Thesis: Managing foliar blights on specialty crops.
39. Shaunta N. Hill. 2005. M.S. Thesis: Virulence and fungicide sensitivity of Phytophthora cactorum isolated from American ginseng.
40. Julianna K. Tuell. 2003. M.S. Thesis: Fusarium and the asparagus miner (Ophiomyia simplex L.) in Michigan.
41. Ryan S. Bounds. 2003. M.S. Thesis: Using scouting and disease forecasters to manage foliar blights of carrots.
42. Elizabeth A. Dorman. 2003. M.S. Thesis: Developing a reduced risk management program to control Alternaria dauci and Cercospora carotae on carrots in Michigan.
43. Janet M. Byrne. 2002. Ph.D. Dissertation: Epidemiology of mildews on floricultural crops.
44. Kurt H. Lamour. 2001. Ph.D. Dissertation: An investigation of Phytophthora capsici on vegetable hosts in Michigan: Survival, spread, and response to the phenylamide fungicide mefenoxam.
45. Amanda K. Rinehart. 2001. M.S. Thesis: The use of arbuscular mycorrhizae to remediate the effects of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. asparagi and Fusarium proliferatum.
46. Taylor C. Reid. 2000. M.S. Thesis: Evaluation of strategies for the control of Fusarium crown and root rot of asparagus.
47. Nicole A. Werner. 2000. M.S. Thesis: Genomic variation and control of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis.
48. Carmen M. Medina-Mora. 1999. M.S. Thesis: Genetic variation in strains of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis and the development of bird’s eye lesions on tomatoes.
49. Monica P. Meyer. 1997. M.S. Thesis: Using TOM-CAST, a disease forecasting system, for timing fungicide sprays for purple spot of asparagus.
50. Laura L. Arriola. 1997. M.S. Thesis: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Trichoderma harzianum in relation to border cell production and Fusarium root rot of asparagus.
51. Janet M. Byrne. 1996. M.S. Thesis: Epidemiology and management of Colletotrichum coccodes on processing tomatoes.
52. Gail J. Celio. 1996. M.S. Thesis: Evaluation of cultivar susceptibility and early development of powdery mildew on poinsettia.
53. Patricia M. Pritchard. 1995. M.S. Thesis: Influence of DIF on the susceptibility of floral crops to Botrytis cinerea