Current Masters student:
Mr. Anuj Lamichhane (MS, 2023-present; Major-Professor)
Area of interest/ research: Understanding the vascular colonization of Pantoea species in onion, PhytoBacteriology
Current PhD students:
Mr. Brendon Myers (PhD, 2018-present; Major-Professor)
Area of Research/Interest: Prediction and validation of pathogenic determinants in Pantoea ananatis affecting Allium species (leek and Welsh onion) using bioinformatics and traditional mutational studies.
Publications:
Myers, B. Shin, G.Y., Stice, S., Agarwal, G., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B., and Dutta, B. 2022. Genome-wide association and dissociation studies in P. ananatis reveal potential virulence factors affecting Allium porrum and A. fistulosum x A. cepa hybrid. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:1094155.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1094155.
Koirala, S., Myers, B., Shin, G.Y., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko., B., and Dutta, B. 2023. Evaluating options to increase the efficacy of biocontrol agents for the management of Pantoea spp. under field conditions. Plant Disease (first look)
Catto, M.A., Mugerwa, H., Myers, B.K., Pandey, S., Dutta, B., Srinivasan, R. 2022. A review of transcriptional responses between insect vectors and plant viruses. Cells 11 (4): 693
Agarwal, G., Choudhary, D., Stice, S.P., Myers, B.K., Gitaitis, R.D., Venter, S.N., Kvitko, B.H., and Dutta, B. 2021. Pan-genome-wide analysis of Pantoea ananatis identified genes linked to pathogenicity in onion. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.684756.
Karki, K., Coolong, T., Kousik, C., Petkar, A., Myers, B., Hajihassani, A., Mandal, M., and Dutta, B. 2021. The transcriptome profile of watermelon is affected by Zn in the presence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Meloidogyne incognita. Pathogens 10:796 https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10070796.
Mr. Santosh Koirala (PhD, 2019-present; Major-Professor)
Area of Research/Interest: Characterization and finding management options for Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes strains that affect Allium species.
Publications:
Koirala, S., Myers, B., Shin, G.Y., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko., B., and Dutta, B. 2023. Evaluating options to increase the efficacy of biocontrol agents for the management of Pantoea spp. under field conditions. Plant Disease (first look)
Zhao, M., Koirala, S., Chen, H.C., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B., and Dutta, B. 2021. Pseudomonas capsici sp. nov., a plant-pathogenic bacterium isolated from pepper leaf in Georgia, USA. International Journal of Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004971.
Koirala, S., Zhao, M., Agarwal, G., Stice, S., Gitaitis, R.., Kvitko, B., and Dutta, B. 2021. Identification of two novel pathovars of Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes affecting Allium sp. and millets. Phytopathology 111:1509-1519.
Stice, .P., Shin, G.Y., Armas, S.D., Koirala, S., Galvan, G.A., Siri, M.I., Severns, P.M., Coutinho, T.A., Dutta, B., and Kvitko, B. 2021. The distribution of onion virulence gene clusters among Pantoea spp. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.00184
Past graduate students:
- Dr. Clarence Codod (PhD, 2019-2023; Co-Major Professor)
- Dr. Shaun Stice (2016-2021, PhD) (Co-Major Professor)
- Ms. Kasmita Karki (2018-2020, MS) (Co-Major Professor)
- Mr. Seth McCallister (2018-2020, MPPPM) (Major Professor)
- Mr. Spencer Stumpf (2015-2017, MS) (Major Professor)
- Mr. Justin Shealey (2015-2017, MPPPM) (Major Professor)
- Mr. Jonathon Searcy (2016-2018, MPPPM) (Major Professor)
- Mr. Josh Neuman (2015-2017MPPPM) (Major Professor)