Research Terms
Agriculture Forestry Mycology Plant Pathology
Keywords
Diagnostics Forest Pathology Forests Fungi Invasive Species Laurel Wilt Mycology Plant Diseases Tree Diseases Tree Health
Industries
Dreaden, T.J., Black, A.W., Mullerin, S. and J.A. Smith. 2013. First report of Diplodia quercivora causing shoot dieback and branch cankers on live oak (Quercus virginiana) in the USA. Plant Disease.
Hughes, M and J.A. Smith. 2013. Vegetative propagation of putatively laurel wilt-resistant redbay (Persea borbonia). Native Plants Journal 15: 42-50.
Machado-Caballero, J. E., Lockhart, B. E., Mason, S. L., Mollov, D., and J. A. Smith. 2013. Identification, transmission, and partial characterization of a previously undescribed flexivirus causing a mosaic disease of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in the USA. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2013-0509-01-RS.
Kasson, M.T., K O’Donnell, A. P. Rooney, S. Sink, R. C. Ploetz. J. N. Ploetz; J. Konkol, D. Carrillo, S. Freeman, Z. Mendel, J. A. Smith, A. W. Black, J. Hulcr, C. Bateman, K. Stefkova, P. R. Campbell, A. D. Geering, E. K. Dann, A. Eskalen, K. Mohotti, D. P. Short, T. Aoki, K. A. Fenstermacher, D. D. Davis, D. M. Geiser. 2013. An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts. Fungal Genetics and Biology 56: 147-157.
Hughes, M. A., Brar, G., Ploetz, R. C., and Smith, J. A. 2013. Field and growth chamber inoculations demonstrate Persea indica as a newly recognized host for the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2013-08XX-01-BR.
Spence, D., J.A. Smith, J. Hulcr, A.E. Mayfield, R.C. Ploetz and L. Stelinski. 2013. Effect of chipping on emergence of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and recovery of the laurel wilt pathogen from infested in wood chips. Journal of Economic Entomology 106: 2093-2100.
Spence, D., M. Hughes, and J.A. Smith. 2013. Laurel wilt: An exceptionally damaging exotic symbiosis that threatens Florida’s forests. Journal of Florida Studies 1(2): Online (http://www.journaloffloridastudies.org/0102laurelwilt.html)
Aoki, T., Smith, J., Mount, L.L., Geiser, D.M., O’Donnell, K. 2013. Fusarium torreyae sp. nov., a novel pathogen causing canker disease of Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia), a critically endangered conifer restricted to northern Florida and southwestern Georgia. Mycologia 105(2): 312-319.
Peña, P.E., D. Carrillo R. E. Duncan, J. L. Capinera, G. Brar, S. McLean,M. L. Arpaia, E. Focht, J. A. Smith, M. Hughes and P. E. Kendra. 2012. Susceptibility of Persea spp. and other Lauraceae to attack by redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Florida Entomologist 95(3): 783-787.
Ploetz, R.C., J. M. Perez-Mart?nez, J. A. Smith, M. Hughes, T. J. Dreaden, S. A. Inch and Y. Fu. 2012. Responses of avocado to laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola. Plant Pathology 61 (4): 801-808.
Dreaden, T.J., J. A. Smith, G.M. Blakeslee and E.L. Barnard. 2012. Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR seed lot screening method for Fusarium circinatum, causal agent of pitch canker disease. Forest Pathology 42(5): 405-411.
Hughes, M. A., Shin, K., Eickwort, J. and Smith, J. A. 2012. First Report of Laurel Wilt Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Silk Bay in Florida. Plant Disease 96 (6): 910.
Hughes, M., J. A. Smith, A. E. Mayfield, III, M. C. Minno, and K. Shin. 2011. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on pondspice in Florida. Plant Disease 95: 1588.
Ploetz, R. C., J. E. Peña, J. A. Smith, T. J. Dreaden, J. H. Crane, T. Schubert, and W. Dixon. 2011. Laurel Wilt, Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, is Confirmed in Miami-Dade County, Center of Florida’s Commercial Avocado Production. Plant Disease 95: 1589.
Dreaden, T.J., J.A. Smith and K. Shin. 2011. First report of Diplodia corticola causing branch cankers on live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Florida. Plant Disease 95: 1027.
Smith, J.A., K. O’Donnell, L.L. Mount, K. Shin, K. Peacock, A. Trulock, T. Spector, J. Cruse-Sanders and R. Determann. 2011. A novel Fusarium causes a canker disease of the critically endangered conifer, Torreya taxifolia. Plant Disease 95: 633-639.
Croxton, M., M. Andreu, D. Williams, W. Overholt and J.A. Smith. 2011. Source and diversity of air-potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida. Invasive Plant Science and Management 4: 22-30.
Damadi, M., M.H. Pei, J.A. Smith and M. Abbasi. 2010. A new species of Melampsora rust on Salix elbursensis from Iran. Forest Pathology. Article first published online 7 Dec., 2010; DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00699.x
Kubisiak, T.L., C.L. Anderson, H.V. Amerson, J.A. Smith, J.M. Davis and C.D. Nelson. 2010. A genomic map enriched for markers linked to Avr1 in Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme. Fungal Genetics and Biology 48: 266-274.
Anderson, C.L., T.L. Kubisiak, J.A. Smith, J.M. Davis and C.D. Nelson. 2010. Genome size variation in the pine fusiform rust pathogen Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme as determined by flow cytometry. Mycologia 102: 1295-1302.
Riggins, J.J., M. Hughes, A. E. Mayfield III, B. Layton, C. Balbalian, R. Campbell and J. A. Smith. 2010. First occurrence of laurel wilt disease on redbay trees in Mississippi. Plant Disease 94: 634.
King, J.N., A.J. David and J.A. Smith. 2010. A review of genetic approaches to the management of blister rust in white pines. Forest Pathology 40: 292-313.
Smith, J.A., T.J. Dreaden, M. Hughes, A.E. Mayfield III, A. Boone, S.W. Fraedrich and C. Bates. 2009. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on sassafras in Florida and South Carolina. Plant Disease 93: 1079.
Smith, J. A., L.L. Mount, A.E. Mayfield III, C.A. Bates, W.A. Lamborn and S.W. Fraedrich. 2009. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on camphor in Florida and Georgia. Plant Disease 93: 198.
Mayfield, A.E., J.E. Pena, J.H. Crane, Smith, J.A., C.L. Branch, E.D. Ottoson, and M. Hughes. 2008. Ability of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to bore into young avocado (Lauraceae) plants and transmit the laurel wilt pathogen (Raffaelea sp.). Florida Entomologist 91: 485-487.
Mayfield, A.E., J.A. Smith, M. Hughes, and T.J. Dreaden. 2008. First report of laurel wilt disease caused by a Raffaelea sp. on avocado in Florida. Plant Disease 92: 976.
Burnes, T.A., J.A. Smith, R.A. Blanchette, and J.J. Luby. 2008. Black currant clonal identity and white pine blister rust resistance. HortScience 43: 200-202.
Mayfield, A.E., E.L. Barnard, J.A. Smith, S.C. Bernick, J.M. Eickwort, and T.J. Dreaden. 2008. Effect of propiconazole on laurel wilt disease development in redbay trees and on the pathogen in vitro. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 34: 312-324.
Schwingle, B. W., J.A. Smith, and R. A. Blanchette. 2007. Phytophthora species associated with diseased woody ornamentals in Minnesota nurseries. Plant Disease 91: 97-102.
Schwingle, B. W., J. A. Smith, R. A. Blanchette, S. Gould, and B. Blanchette, J. L. Pokorny, and S. D. Cohen. 2006. First report of dieback and leaf lesions on Rhododendron spp. caused by Phytophthora hedraiandra in the United States. Plant Disease 90: 109.
Smith, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, J.J. Jacobs, L. Higgins, B. A. Witthun, J. H. Gillman and A. J. David. 2006. Proteomic comparison of needles from blister rust-resistant and susceptible Pinus strobus seedlings reveals up-regulation of putative disease resistance proteins. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19: 150-160.
Smith, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, T.A. Burnes, J.H. Gillman and A. J. David. 2006. Epicuticular wax and white pine blister rust resistance in selections of Pinus strobus L. Phytopathology 96: 171-177.
Smith, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, and G. Newcombe. 2004. Molecular and morphological characterization of the willow rust fungus, Melampsora epitea, from arctic and temperate hosts in North America. Mycologia 96: 1330-1338.
Gillman, J.H., D. Zlesak, and J.A. Smith. 2003. Application of potassium-silicate reduces black spot infection of Rosa ‘Meipelta’ (Fuschia Meidilin®). HortScience 38: 1144-1147.
Smith, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, M.E. Ostry and N.A. Anderson. 2002. Etiology of bronzeleaf disease of Populus. Plant Disease 86: 462-469.
EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS
Sanagorski, L., Trulock, A. and J.A. Smith. 2013. Armillaria root rot. ENH 1217. UF/IFAS EDIS. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep478
Spence, D. and J.A. Smith. 2012. Thousand cankers disease: a threat to black walnut in Florida. FOR 308. UF/IFAS EDIS. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr376
Barnard, E.L. and J.A. Smith. 2011. Understanding decay in Florida trees: An explanation and pictorial guide to some of the more common decay fungi observed on Florida Trees. Florida Division of Forestry. 8 pp.
Smith, J.A., Barnard, A.E. Mayfield, III., J. Eickwort, D. Treadway and M.C. Monroe. 2011. Tree disease and insect identification guide. UF/IFAS Extension. 41 pp.
Hicks, S.L., M.C. Monroe. G. S. Iyer and J.A. Smith. 2011. What is a healthy forest?: A supplement to the Project Learning Tree. FOR 286. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr354
Iyer, G. S., M.C. Monroe and J.A. Smith. 2011. Beyond the trees: A systems approach to understanding forest health in the southeastern United States, A High School Module. FOR 287. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr376
Spence, D. J. A. Smith, A. E. Mayfield III, J. Hulcr, R.C. Ploetz and L. Stelinski. 2011. Assessing the survival of the redbay ambrosia beetle and laurel wilt pathogen in wood chips. FOR 351. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr351
Spence, D. and J. A. Smith. 2011. Emerald Ash Borer: a potential future threat to ash trees in Florida. FOR 284. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr346.
Smith, J. A. and K. Peacock. 2010. Oak Wilt: A potential future threat to oaks in Florida. FOR 274. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr336.
Smith, J.A. 2010. Seridium canker of Leyland cypress. FOR 279. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr341.
Smith, J. A. and A. Trulock. 2010. The decline of Florida torreya: An endemic conifer on the edge of extinction. FOR 276. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr338.
Crane, J. C. and J. A. Smith. 2010. Homeowner detection of and recommendations for mitigating redbay ambrosia beetle – laurel wilt disease on redbay and avocado trees in the home landscape. HS 1179. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1179.
Dreaden, T.J. and J.A. Smith. 2010. Annosum root rot of southern pines. FOR 269. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr331.
Dreaden, T.J. and J.A. Smith. 2010. Pitch canker disease of pines. FOR 236. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr298.
Hughes, M. and J.A. Smith. 2009. Red root and butt rot of sand pine. FOR 238. UF/IFAS EDIS Database. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr300.