1. Paudel, S., Zhao, M., Dutta, B., and Kvitko, B. 2024. Thiosulfinate tolerance gene clusters are common features of Burkholderia onion pathogens. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions (first look)
  2. Kaur, N., and Dutta, B. 2024. Aggressive Alternaria brassicicola with reduced fungicide sensitivity can be associated with naturally infested broccoli seeds. Plant Disease (first look)
  3. Lenon, K.M., Dutta, B., Coma, M. Q., Johnson, W., and Schmidt, J. 2024. From weeds to natural enemies: implications of weed cultivation and biopesticides for organic onion production. Journal of Economic Entomology (in press)
  4. Kaur, N., and Dutta, B. 2024. Characterization of seed-to-seedling transmission of Alternaria brassicicola in broccoli. Plant Disease (first look)
  5. de Jesus, H.I., Cassity-Duffey, K., Dutta, B., da Silva, A.L.B.R., Coolong, T. 2024. Influence of Soil Type and Temperature on Nitrogen Mineralization from Organic Fertilizers. Nitrogen 5: 47–61. https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen5010004.
  6. Gangurde, S., Thompson, E., Yaduru, S., Wang, H., Fountain, J.C., Chu, Y., Ozias-Akins, P., Isleib, T.G., Holbrook, C.C., Dutta, B., Culbreath, A., Pandey, M., and Guo, B. 2024. Linkage mapping and genome wide association study identified two peanut late leaf spot resistance loci, PLLSR-1 and PLLSR-2, using a nested association mapping. Phytopathology (first look).
  7. Codod, C., Severns, P., Sparks, A.N., Srinivasan, R., Kemerait, R.C., and Dutta, B. 2024. Assessment of prickly sida as a potential inoculum source for sida golden mosaic virus in commercial snap bean farms in southern Georgia. Plant Dis. (first look)
  8. Rutz, T.; Coolong, T., Srinivasan, R., Sparks, A., Dutta, B., Codod, C., Simmons, A.M., da Silva, A.L.B.R. 2023. Use of Insect Exclusion Row Cover and Reflective Silver Plastic Mulching to Manage Whitefly in Zucchini Production. Insects, 14, 863. https://doi.org/10.3390/ insects14110863.
  9. Zhao, M., Gitaitis, R.D., and Dutta, B. 2023. Characterization of Pseudomonas capsici strains from pepper and tomato. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1267395 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1267395.
  10. Gautam, S., Gadhave, K.R., Buck, J.W., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Adkins, S., Simmons, A.M., and Srinivasan, R. Effects of Host Plants and Their Infection Status on Acquisition and Inoculation of A Plant Virus by Its Hemipteran Vector. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091119
  11. De Jesus, H., Cassity-Duffey, K., da Silva, A. L. B. R., Dutta, B., Coolong, T. 2023. Influence of organic fertilizer sources and application rates on onion production in Georgia, USA. HortTechnology (in press)
  12. Pandey, S., da Silva, A. L. B. R., Dutta, B., Chong, J. H., Mutschler, M. A., and Schmidt, J. 2023. Acyl sugar tomato lines suppress whiteflies and Ambylseius swirskii establishment. Entomol. Exp. Appl. (in press)
  13. Shin, G.Y., Dutta, B., and Kvitko, B. 2023. The genetic requirements for HiVir-mediated onion necrosis by Pantoea ananatis, a necrotrophic plant pathogen. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. (in press)
  14. 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)
  15. Gautam, S., Buck, J.W., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Sanchez, T., Smith, H.A., Adkins, S., Srinivasan, R. 2023. Sida golden mosaic virus, an emerging pathogen of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the southeastern United States Viruses 15: 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15020357.
  16. Myers, B. Shin, G.Y., Stice, S., Agarwal, G., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B., and Dutta, B.  2023. 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.
  17. Zhao, M., Shin, G.Y., Stice, S., Coutinho, T., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B., and Dutta, B.  2023.  A novel biosynthetic gene cluster across the Pantoea species complex is important for pathogenicity in onion.  Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. (in press)
  18. Kabir, Y.,  Díaz-Pérez, J.C., Bautista, J., Dutta, B., and Nambeesan, S.U. 2022. Mineral nutrients, physiological disorders, postharvest water loss and PR gene expression in bell pepper fruit under shade nets. Journal of Horticulture Research (in press)
  19. Zhao, M., Tyson, C., Gitaitis, R.,  Kvitko, B., and  Dutta, B. 2022. Rouxiella badensis, a new bacterial pathogen of onion causing bulb rot. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:1054813.
  20. Nieto-Lopez, E., Garcia, D.G.C., Bach, R.K., Petkar, A., Smart, C.D., Hoepting, C.A., Langston, D., Rideout, S., Dutta, B., and Everhart, S. 2022. Species identification and fungicide sensitivity of fungi causing Alternaria Leaf Blight and Head Rot in cole crops in the Eastern U.S. Plant Disease (first look).
  21. Karki, K., Negi, V.S., Coolong, T., Petkar, A., Mandal, M.; Kousik, C., Gitaitis, R., Hajihassani, A., Dutta, B. 2022. Micronutrients affect expression of induced resistance genes in hydroponically grown watermelon against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Meloidogyne incognita. Pathogens 11: 1136. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/pathogens11101136.
  22. Codod, C.B., Severns, P. M., Sparks, A. N., Srinivasan, R., Kemerait, R.C., and Dutta, B. 2022. Characterization of the spatial distribution of the whitefly-transmitted virus complex in yellow squash fields in southern Georgia, USA. Frontiers in Agronomy 4:930388.
    doi: 10.3389/fagro.2022.930388.
  23. Mugerwa, H., Gautam, S., Catto, M.A., Dutta, B., Brown, J.K., Adkins, S., Srinivasan, R. 2022. Differential Transcriptional Responses in Two Old World Bemisia tabaci Cryptic Species Post Acquisition of Old and New World Begomoviruses. Cells 11, 2060. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11132060.
  24. Gautam, S., Mugerwa, H., Buck, J.W., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Adkins, S., Srinivasan, R. 2022. Differential transmission of Old- and New-World begomoviruses by Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) Cryptic Species of Bemisia tabaci. Viruses 14:1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14051104.
  25. LaTora, A.G., Codod, C.B., Legarrea, S., Dutta, B., Kemerait, R.C.,Jr., Adkins, S., Turechek, W., Coolong, T., da Silva, A.L.B.R., Srinivasan, R. 2022. Combining cultural tactics and insecticides for the management of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, and viruses in yellow squash. Horticulturae  8: 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8040341.
  26. 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 https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11040693.
  27. Shin, G.Y., Smith, A., Coutinho, T.A., Dutta, B., Kvitko, B. 2022. Validation of species-specific PCR assays for the detection of Pantoea ananatis, P. agglomerans, P. allii and P. stewartii. Plant Disease (first look).
  28. Luckew, A., Meru, G.,  Wang, Y.,  Mwatuwa, R.,  Paret, M., Carvalho, R.,  Kalischuk, M.,  da Silva, A.L.B.R,, Candian, J., Dutta, B., , Srinivasan, R.,  Kavalappara, S., Konakalla, R.R.D., Bag, S., and McGregor,C. 2022. Field evaluation of Cucurbita germplasm for resistance to whiteflies and whitefly-transmitted viruses. HortScience 57: 337-344.
  29. Karki, K., Grant, J., Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva, A.L., Petkar, A., Hajihassani, A., Coolong, T., and Dutta, B. 2022. Evaluation of Pic-clor 60 [choloropicrin pre-mixed with 1,3 dicholoropropene] and soil-applied fungicides for the Fusarium wilt management in watermelon. Crop Protection https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105894.
  30. Zhao, M., Tyson, C., Chen, H.C., Paudel, S., Gitaitis, R., Kvitko, B., and Dutta. B. 2022. Pseudomonas allivorans sp. nov., a plant-pathogenic bacterium isolated from onion leaf in Georgia, USA. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 45 (1):126278. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2021.12627.
  31. Marchant, W.G., Gautam, S., Dutta, B., and Srinivasan, R. 2022. Mixed infection of tomato yellow leaf curl virus variants in tomato plants: whitefly-mediated transmission and subsequent acquisition. Phytopathology 112:720-728.
  32. Agarwal, G.,  Gitaitis, R.D., and Dutta, B. 2021. Pan-genome of novel Pantoea stewartii subsp. indologenes reveals genes involved in onion pathogenicity and evidence of lateral gene transfer. Microrganisms 9: 1761. https://doi.org/10.3390/ microorganisms9081761.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. Candian, J.S., Coolong, T., Dutta, B., Srinivasan, R., Sparks, A., Barman, A., and da Silva, A.L.B.R. 2021. Yellow squash and zucchini cultivar selection for resistance to cucurbit leaf crumple virus in the southeastern United States. HortTechnology DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04877-21.
  36. 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.
  37. Zhao, M., Kvitko, B.H., Gitaitis, R.D., and Dutta, B. 2021. Bacterial streak and bulb rot of onion. Plant Health Instructor  DOI: 10.1094/PHI-E​​-2021-0421-01​.
  38. Brewer, M.T., Cameron, C.L., Chan, C.T., Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R.D., Grauke, L.J., Brock, J.H., and Brenneman, T.B. 2021. Neofusicoccum caryigenum, a new species causing leaf dieback disease of pecan (Carya illinoinensis), Mycologia doi: 10.1080/00275514.2021.1880216.
  39. 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.
  40. Stice, S., 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.
  41. Agarwal, G., Kavalappara, S.R., Gautam, S., Silva, A., Simmons, A., Srinivasan, R., and Dutta, B. 2021. Field screen and genotyping of Phaseolus vulgaris against two begomoviruses in Georgia, USA. Insects 12:49-69. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12010049.
  42. Stumpf, S., Leach, L., Srinivasan, R., Coolong, T., Gitaitis, R., and Dutta, B. 2021. Foliar chemical protection against Pantoea ananatis in onion is negated by thrips feeding.  Phytopathology 111: 258-267. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-05-20-0163-R
  43. Gautam, S., Crossley, M.S., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Simmons, A.M., da Silva, A., Snyder, W.E., and Srinivasan, R. 2020. Low Genetic Variability in Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 Populations within Farmscapes of Georgia, USA. Insects 2020, 11, 834. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/12/834
  44. Gautam, S., Mugerwa, H., Sudarraj, S., Gadhave, K., Murphy, J., Dutta, B., and Srinivasan, R. 2020. Specific and spillover effects on vectors following infection of two RNA viruses in pepper plants. Insects 11: 602-617. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32899551/
  45. Gautam, S., Gadhave, K, Buck, J. W., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Adkins, S., and Srinivasan, R. 2020. The effects of mixed-viral infections in host plants and in the vector (whitefly) on vector preference and fitness and implications for epidemics. Virus research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168170219307555
  46. Stice, S., Thao, K.K., Khang, C.K., Baltrus, D.A., Dutta, B., and Kvitko, B.H. 2020. Thiosulfinate tolernace is virulence strategy for an atypical bacterial pathogen of onion. Current Biology 30: 1-11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S096098222030779X
  47. Gadhave, K, Gautam, S., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Adkins, S., and Srinivasan, R. 2020. Low frequency non-feeding transmission of cucurbit leaf crumple virus, a bipartite begomovirus, in whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius suggests limited impact on epidemics. Phytopathology 110: 1235-1241 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32096698/
  48. Zhao, M., Dutta, B., Luo, X., Burdman, S., and Walcott, R. 2020. Genetically distinct Acidovorax citrulli strains display cucurbit fruit preference under field conditions. Phytopathology 10: 973-980. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-10-19-0389-R
  49. da Silva, A.L.B.R., Candian, J.S., do Rego, E.R., Coolong, T., and Dutta, B. 2020. Screening of cabbage cultivars for resistance to black rot under field conditions. HortTechnology DOI:https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04481-19 
  50. Rahimi, S., Hseih, S., Renlin, Xu., Avis, Tyler, A., Smith, D., Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R., and Tambong, J. 2019. Pathogenicity and a TaqMan real-time PCR for specific detection of Pantoea allii, a bacterial pathogen of onions. Plant Disease 103:3031-3040. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-03-19-0563-RE
  51. Agarwal, G., Stumpf, S., Kvitko, B., and Dutta, B. 2019. Center rot of onion. Plant Health Instructor. https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/disimpactmngmnt/topc/Pages/CenterRotOnion.aspx
  52. Gadhave, K,Dutta, B., Coolong, T., and Srinivasan, R. 2019A non-persistent aphid-transmitted Potyvirus differentially alters the vector and non-vector biology through host plant quality manipulation. Nature Scientific Reports 9:2503. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39256-5
  53. Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R., Agarwal, G., Coutinho, T., and Langston D. 2018. Pseudomonas coronafaciens nov., a new phytobacterial species diverse from Pseudomonas syringaePLoS ONE13(12):e0208271. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0208271
  54. Bag, S.,Tabassum, A., Brock, J., and Dutta, B. 2019. First report of Tobacco Streak Virus Infecting Summer Squash in Georgia, USA. Plant Disease 103: 1442 https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-12-18-2232-PDN
  55. Hajihassani, A.,Dutta, B., Jagdale, G., and Subbotin, S. 2018. First report of yellow nutsedge cyst nematode, Heterodera cyperi, in Georgia, U.S.A. Journal of Nematology 50:456-458. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30451428/
  56. Hajihassani, A.,Hamidi, N., Dutta, B, and Tyson, C. 2018. First Report of Stubby Root Nematode, Paratrichodorus minor, on Onion in Georgia, U.S.A. Journal of Nematology 50:453-455. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30451427/
  57. Jordan, B.,Culbreath, A.K., Brock, J., and Dutta, B. 2018. First report of Myrothecium leaf spot caused by Myrothecium roridum on pepper in Georgia. Plant Disease 102:246. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-06-17-0918-PDN
  58. Jordan, B., Culbreath, A.K., Brock, J., Tyson, C., and Dutta, B. 2018. First Report of Anthracnose on Celery caused by Colletotrichum acutatum sensu latoin Georgia. Plant Disease 102:8. 
  59. Stice, S.,Stumpf, S., Gitaitis, R.D., Kvitko, B.H., and Dutta, B. 2018. Pantoea ananatis genetic diversity analysis reveals low core genome diversity and accessory genes correlated with onion pathogenicity. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00184.
  60. Stumpf, S., Kvitko, B., Gitaitis, R., Dutta,B. 2018. Isolation and characterization of novel Pantoea stewartii indologenes strains exhibiting center rot in onion. Plant Disease 102:727-733. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30673400/
  61. Neufield, K.N.,Keinath, A.P., Gugino, B., McGrath, M.T., Sikora, E.J., Miller, S.A., Ivey, M.L., Langston, D.B., Dutta, B., Keever, T., Sims, A., and Ojiambo, P.S. 2018. Predicting the risk of cucurbit downy mildew in the eastern United States using an integrated aerobiological model. International Journal of Biometeriology 62:655-668. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29177798/
  62. Dutta, B., Langston, D.B., Luo, X., Carlson, S., Kichler, J., and Gitaitis, R. 2017. A Risk assessment model for bacterial leaf spot (BLS) of pepper (Capsicum annuum), caused by Xanthomonas euvesicatoria, based on concentrations of macronutrients and micronutrients and micronutrient ratios. Phytopathology 107:1331-1338. (Editor’s pick; October 2017). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28686086/
  63. Stumpf, S., Gitaitis, R., Coolong, T., Riner, C., and Dutta, B. 2017. Interaction of onion cultivar and growth stages on incidence of Pantoea ananatisbulb infection. Plant Disease. 101:1616-1620. (Editor’s pick; September 2017). https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-01-17-0143-RE
  64. Barman, A.,Gadhave, K, Dutta, B., and Srinivasan, R. 2017Plasticity in host utilization by two host-associated lineages of Aphis gossypii Bulletin Entomological Research. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/abs/plasticity-in-host-utilization-by-two-hostassociated-populations-of-aphis-gossypii-glover/F9E80C9673791A3B3F2737AED23F27A0
  65. Gadhave, K., Dutta, B., Coolong, T., Adkins, S., and Srinivasan, R. 2017First Report of a Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in cucurbits in Georgia, United States. Plant Health Progress. 19:9-10. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PHP-03-17-0016-BR
  66. Johnson, W.,Dutta, B., Sanders, F.H., and Luo, X. 2017Interactions among cultivation, weeds and a bio-fungicide in organic Vidalia sweet onion. Weed Technology 31:890-896. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/weed-technology/article/abs/interactions-among-cultivation-weeds-and-a-biofungicide-in-organic-vidalia-sweet-onion/2F4A6136B052705FD7EBD8F681FB4538
  67. Dutta, B., Anderson, F., Smith, S., and Gitaitis, R.D. 2016Epiphytic survival of Pantoea ananatison Richardia scabra in Georgia. Plant Disease. 101:613-618. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-10-16-1411-RE
  68. Morris, K., Langston, D.B., Dutta, B., Davis, R.F., Timper, P., Noe, J.P., Dickson, D.W. 2016. Evidence for a disease complex between Pythium aphanidermatumand root-knot nematodes in cucumber. Plant Health Progress 17:200-201. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PHP-BR-16-0036
  69. Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R., Barman, A., Avci, U., Marasigan, K., and Srinivasan, R. 2016. Interactions between Frankliniella fuscaand Pantoea ananatis in the center rot epidemic of onion (Allium cepa). Phytopathology 106:956-962. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27135678/
  70. Dutta, B., Schneider, R.W., Robertson, C.L., and Walcott, R.R. 2016. Embryo localization enhances the survival of Acidovorax citrulliin watermelon seeds. Phytopathology106:330-338. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26756827/
  71. Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R.D., Smith, S., Searcy, J.V.K., and Langston, D.B. 2016. Pathogen distribution, incubation period and seedling transmission resulting from secondary contamination of pepper seeds with Xanthomonas euvesicatoriaSeed Science and Technology44:1-10. 
  72. Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R.D., Driver, J.E., and Smith, S. 2016. First report of bacterial leaf spot on watermelon caused by Pseudomonas syringaesyringae in Georgia. Plant Disease 100:518. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-06-15-0658-PDN
  73. Searcy, J.V.K., Smith, S., Gitaitis, R.D., and Dutta, B. 2016. First report of tomato pith necrosis caused by Pseudomonas mediterraneain Georgia. Plant Disease 97:988. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-06-15-0715-PDN
  74. Dutta, B.,Ha, Y., Lessl, J.T., Avci, U., Sparks, A.C., Johnson, K.L., and Walcott, R.R. 2015. Pathways of bacterial invasion and watermelon seed infestation by Acidovorax citrulliPlant Pathology 64:537-544. https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.12307
  75. Dutta, B.,Ingram, T., Gitaitis, R.D., Langston, D.B., Brenneman, T., Webster, T.M., and Davis, R.F. 2014. First report of bacterial blight of sugarbeet caused by Pseudomonas syringae aptata in Georgia, USA. Plant Disease 98:1423. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30703981/.
  76. Dutta, B.,Gitaitis, R.D., Smith, S., and Langston, D.B. 2014. Interactions of seedborne bacterial pathogens with host and non-host plants in relation to seed infestation and seedling transmission. PLOS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.009921. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0099215
  77. Dutta, B., Barman, A. K., Srinivasan, R., Avci, U., Ullman, D.E., Langston, D.B., and Gitaitis, R.D. 2014. Transmission of Pantoea ananatisand Pantoea agglomerans causal agents of center rot of onion (Allium cepa) by onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) through feces. Phytopathology 104:812-819. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24548212/
  78. Dutta, B.,Gitaitis, R.D., Webster, T.M., Sanders, H., Smith, S., and Langston, D.B. 2014. Distribution and Survival of Pseudomonas on Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) and Curly dock (Rumex crispus), in Georgia. Plant Disease 98:660-666. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30708561/
  79. Dutta, B.,Sanders, H., Langston, D.B., Booth, C., Smith, S., and Gitaitis, R.D. 2014. Long-term survival of Acidovorax citrulli in citron melon (Citrullus lanatus citroides) seeds. Plant Pathology 63:1130-1137. https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.12180
  80. Dutta, B.,Gitaitis, R., Sanders, H., Booth, C., Smith, S., and Langston, D.B. 2014. Role of blossom colonization in pepper seed infestation by Xanthomonas euvesicatoriaPhytopathology 104:232-239. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PHYTO-05-13-0138-R
  81. Dutta, B., Block, C.C., Stevenson, K.L., Sanders, F.H., Walcott, R. R., and Gitaitis, R.D. 2013. Distribution of phytopathogenic bacteria in infested seeds. Seed Science and Technology41:383-397. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255992256_Distribution_of_phytopathogenic_bacteria_in_infested_seeds
  82. Dutta, B., Gitaitis, R.D., Sanders, F.H., Booth, C., Smith, S., and Langston, D.B. 2013. First report of bacterial leaf spot of pumpkin caused by Xanthomonas cucurbitae, in Georgia, USA. Plant Disease97:1375. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30722167/
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