Agricultural Science and Conservation Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2021
Diurnal variation in serum concentrations of cortisol in captive African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants, Ursula Bechert, Sean Hixon, and Dennis L. Schmitt
Patterns of serum immune biomarkers during elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus viremia in Asian and African elephants, Katie L. Edwards, Erin M. Latimer, Jessica Siegal-Willott, Wendy Kiso, Luis R. Padilla, Carlos R. Sanchez, Dennis Schmitt, and Janine L. Brown
Effect of Donor Diet on In Vitro Digestibility of Forages by Fecal Inoculate, Taylor N. Godwin, Gary W. Webb, and Philip Lancaster
Distinct responses of vitis aestivalis norton and vitis vinifera kishmish vatkana to seven viruses revealed by small rna sequencing, Susanne F. Howard, Sylvia Petersen, Adam L. Uhls, and Wenping Qiu
Impact of Storage Conditions on Equine Fecal Inoculum for Estimating In Vitro Digestibility, Delaney O'Donnell, Lacy Sukovaty, and Gary Webb
Epigenetic clock and methylation studies in elephants, Natalia A. Prado; Janine L. Brown; Joseph A. Zoller; Amin Haghani; Mingjia Yao; Lora R. Bagryanova; Michael G. Campana; Jesús E. Maldonado; Dennis L. Schmitt; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Elephant Genomes Reveal Accelerated Evolution in Mechanisms Underlying Disease Defenses, Marc Tollis; Elliott Ferris; Michael S. Campbell; Valerie K. Harris; Shawn M. Rupp; Tara M. Harrison; Wendy K. Kiso; Dennis L. Schmitt; Michael M. Garner; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Grapevine Vein Clearing Virus Is Prevalent and Genetically Variable in Grape Aphid (Aphis Illinoisensis Shimer) Populations, Adam Uhls, Sylvia Petersen, Cory Keith, Susanne F. Howard, Xiaokai Bao, and Wenping Qiu
Submissions from 2020
Effect of three planting dates on three types of garlic in southwest missouri, Clydette M. Alsup-Egbers, Patrick Byers, Kelly McGowan, Pamela B. Trewatha, and William E. McClain
Believing is seeing: lessons from emerging viruses in grapevine, Elizabeth J. Cieniewicz, Wenping Qiu, Pasquale Saldarelli, and Marc Fuchs
Factors affecting goat meat demand and willingness to pay a premium price for domestically produced goat meat in the southern United States, Mohammed Ibrahim, Nalini Pattanaik, Benjamin Onyango, Elizabeth Walker, Melissa Bledsoe, and Christine Sudbrock
North American Grape ‘Norton’ is Resistant to Grapevine Vein Clearing Virus, Wenping Qiu, Sylvia M. Petersen, and Susanne Howard
Survey on Equine Parasite Control in the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, Gary W. Webb, Heidi Brady, Cassandra O’Hara, and Sadie Sacra
Submissions from 2019
Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Leaf Morphology Indicates Conserved Shape Loci in Grapevine, Elizabeth M. Demmings, Brigette R. Williams, Cheng Ruei Lee, Paola Barba, Shanshan Yang, Chin-Feng Hwang, Bruce Reisch, Daniel H. Chitwood, and Jason P. Londo
Comparison of small area estimation methods applied to biopower feedstock supply in the Northern U.S. region, Michael E. Goerndt, Barry T. Wilson, and Francisco X. Aguilar
Phosphorus Improves Leaf Nutrient Concentrations in Wheat, Oat, and Cereal Rye, Jerri Lynn Henry, William E. McClain, and Melissa A. Remley
Associations between residual feed intake and apparent nutrient digestibility, in vitro methane-producing activity, and volatile fatty acid concentrations in growing beef cattle, Jocelyn R. Johnson, Gordon E. Carstens, Wimberly K. Krueger, Phillip A. Lancaster, Erin G. Brown, Luis O. Tedeschi, Robin Anderson, Kristen A. Johnson, and Arieh Brosh
Feeding strategies and shade type for growing cattle grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue, K. A. Johnson, N. Busdieker-Jesse, W. E. McClain, and P. A. Lancaster
A natural reservoir and transmission vector of grapevine vein clearing virus, Sylvia M. Petersen, Cory Keith, Kaylie Austin, Susanne Howard, Li Su, and Wenping Qiu
Blackberry cultivar feeding preference of adult Japanese beetles, Maciej A. Pszczolkowski, Kyndra Chastain, Rachel Veenstra, and Martin L. Kaps
Survey of antituberculosis drug administration and adverse effects in elephants in North America, Laura E. Rosen, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Sharon L. Deem, Ramiro Isaza, Dennis Schmitt, and Michele Miller
Construction of a high-density linkage map and QTL detection of downy mildew resistance in Vitis aestivalis-derived ‘Norton’, Surya D. Sapkota, Li Ling Chen, Shanshan Yang, Katie E. Hyma, Lance Cadle-Davidson, and Chin-Feng Hwang
Quantitative trait locus mapping of downy mildew and botrytis bunch rot resistance in a Vitis aestivalisderived ‘Norton’-based population, Surya D. Sapkota, Li Ling Chen, S. Yang, K. E. Hyma, L. E. Cadle-Davidson, and Chin-Feng Hwang
Genetic diversity of ten black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) cultivars and construction of a mapping population, S. Jacob Schneider, Anna Y. Hwang, Sadie D. Land, Li-Ling Chen, Andrew L. Thomas, and Chin Feng Hwang
First report of grapevine red blotch virus in hybrid grapes in Missouri, James E. Schoelz, M. Adhab, Wenping Qiu, and Sylvia Petersen
Morphological traits underlying differences in early vigor among four cotton genotypes, Liu Shenjun, Melissa A. Remley, Nichols L. Robert, and Felix B. Fritschi
Effect of stocker management program on beef cattle skeletal muscle growth characteristics, satellite cell activity, and paracrine signaling impact on preadipocyte differentiation, Mathew A. Vaughn, Phillip A. Lancaster, Kelly C. Roden, Evin D. Sharman, Clinton R. Krehbiel, Gerald W. Horn, and Jessica Starkey
Submissions from 2018
What extension personnel should know about midwestern goat producers, Kelsey F. Cole, Catherine Hoegeman, Benjamin M. Onyango, Jodie A. Pennington, Charlotte A. Clifford-Rathert, and Elizabeth L. Walker
Analysis of grapevine gene expression data using node-based resilience clustering, Jeffrey Dale, John Matta, Susanne Howard, Gunes Ercal, Wenping Qiu, and Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi
Life cycle efficiency of beef production: IX. relationship between residual feed intake of heifers and cow efficiency ratios based on harvest, carcass, and wholesale cut weight outputs, M. E. Davis, P. A. Lancaster, J. J. Rutledge, and L. V. Cundiff
Matted-row strawberry cultivar productivity in Missouri, 2013-14, Martin L. Kaps
First report of Grapevine red blotch virus in seven Vitis species in a U.S. Vitis Germplasm repository, Tryston Thompson, Sylvia Petersen, J. Londo, and W. P. Qiu
Submissions from 2017
Seed Biology of the Weed Maryland Meadowbeauty (Rhexia mariana L.) in Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), Meagan M. Coneybeer-Roberts, Katherine M. Jennings, David W. Monks, Michael G. Burton, and Patricia S. Stowe
Constructing a Genetic Linkage Map of Vitis aestivalis-derived 'Norton' and Its Use in Comparing Norton and Cynthiana, Mia Hammers, Surya Sapkota, Li-Ling Chen, and Chin-Feng Hwang
Viral small RNAs reveal the genomic variations of three grapevine vein clearing virus quasispecies populations, Susan Howard and Wenping Qiu
Effects of post-weaning growth rate and puberty induction protocol on reproductive performance of Bos indicus-influenced beef heifers, P Moriel, Phillip Lancaster, G C. Lamb, J M.B. Vendramini, and J D. Arthington
Extension Avenue Use Among Small-Scale Goat Producers in Missouri and Arkansas, Benjamin M. Onyango, Elizabeth L. Walker, Christine E. Sudbrock, Melissa A. Remley, Charlotte Clifford-Rathert, Kelsey F. Cole, Catherine Hoegeman, and Mohammed Ibrahim
Pharmacological analysis of the feeding response of codling moth (Cydia pomonella; Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) neonates to bitter compounds, Maciej A. Pszczolkowski
Grapevine vein clearing virus: Diagnostics, genome, genetic diversity, and management, Wenping Qiu and J. Schoelz
Exposure to lipopolysaccharide in utero alters the postnatal metabolic response in heifers, N.C. Burdick Sanchez, J. A. Carroll, J D. Arthington, and P. A. Lancaster
Submissions from 2016
Predicting Emergence in a Midwestern Population of the Green June Beetle, Cotinis nitida (L.)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Cory Creed, Brian Cowell, Donn T. Johnson, and Maciej A. Pszczolkowski
Life cycle efficiency of beef production: VIII. Relationship between residual feed intake of heifers and subsequent cow efficiency ratios, M. E. Davis, Phillip A. Lancaster, J. J. Rutledge, and L. V. Cundiff
Toward the elucidation of cytoplasmic diversity in North American grape breeding programs, Jonathan Fresnedo-Ramírez; Qi Sun; Chin-Feng Hwang; Craig A. Ledbetter; David W. Ramming; Anne Y. Fennell; M. Andrew Walker; James J. Luby; Matthew D. Clark; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Assembly and analysis of the chloroplast genome of the North American hybrid grape 'Norton', S. Howard, J. Bouck, and Wenping Qiu
Submissions from 2015
Artemisia arborescens "Powis Castle" extracts and α-thujone prevent fruit infestation by codling moth neonates, Cory Creed, Ariel Mollhagen, Noelle Mollhagen, and Maciej Pszczolkowski
Early vigor of advanced breeding lines and modern cotton cultivars, S. Liu, Melissa A. Remley, F. M. Bourland, R. L. Nichols, W. E. Stevens, A. Phillips Jone, and F. B. Fritschi
Elephant (Elephas maximus) health and management in Asia: Variations in veterinary perspectives, David Miller, Bradford Jackson, Heidi S. Riddle, Christopher Stremme, Dennis Schmitt, and Thaddeus Miller
Uncovering success attributes for direct farmers' markets and agri-tourism in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, Benjamin Onyango, Ramu Govindasamy, and Clydette Michelle Alsup-Egbers
Exploiting Economic Potential for Goat Production: A Case for Missouri and Arkansas, Benjamin M. Onyango, Kelsey F. Cole, Elizabeth L. Walker, Catherine Hoegeman, and Charlotte Clifford-Rathert
Current understanding of grapevine defense mechanisms against the biotrophic fungus (Erysiphe necator), the causal agent of powdery mildew disease, Wenping Qiu, Feechan Angela, and Dry Ian
A phenotypic study of Botrytis bunch rot resistance in Vitis aestivalis-derived 'Norton'grape, Surya Sapkota, Li-Ling Chen, Kathleen Schreiner, Hui Ge, and Chin-Feng Hwang
Genetic study of Botrytis bunch rot resistance in grapevine, Surya D. Sapkota, Li-Ling Chen, and Chin-Feng Hwang
Occurrence of polyphenols, organic acids, and sugars among diverse elderberry genotypes grown in three Missouri (USA) locations, Andrew Thomas, Patrick Byers, Sanjun Gu, John D. Avery Jr., Martin L. Kaps, A. Datta, Lakdas Fernando, P. Grossi, and George Rottinghaus
Horticultural Performance of Eight American Elderberry Genotypes at Three Missouri Locations, Andrew L. Thomas, Patrick L. Byers, John D. Avery, Martin L. Kaps, and Sanjun Gu
Marge': A European Elderberry for North American Producers, Andrew L. Thomas, Patrick L. Byers, John D. Avery, Martin L. Kaps, Sanjun Gu, H.-Y. Johnson, and Marge Millican
A visual system for scoring body condition of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), Shanmugasundaram Wijeyamohan, Kibby Treiber, Dennis Schmitt, and Charles Santiapillai
Characterization of the promoter of Grapevine vein clearing virus, Yu Zhang, Carlos Angel, S Valdes, Wenping Qiu, and James Schoelz
Submissions from 2014
Interspecific Hybrid Identification of Vitis aestivalis-derived 'Norton'-Based Populations Using Microsatellite Markers, Pragya Adhikari, Li-Ling Chen, Xu Chen, Surya Sapkota, and Chin-Feng Hwang
Functions of EDS1-like and PAD4 genes in grapevine defenses against powdery mildew, Fei Gao, Ru Dai, Sharon Pike, Wenping Qiu, and Walter Gassmann
Genetic Diversity and Tissue and Host Specificity of Grapevine vein clearing virus, Qiang Gao, Shae Honesty, Meilong Xu, Yu Zhang, and Wenping Qiu
Cloning and characterization of the dagger nematode resistance gene XiR1, Chin-Feng Hwang, Kenong Xu, Rong Hu, S. Riaz, and M. A. Walker
Enhancement of insecticides against codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with L-aspartate in laboratory and field experiments, Maciej Pszczolkowski and John J. Brown
Dissection of defense pathways in the grapevine-powdery mildew interaction by employing arabidopsis defense-related mutants, Wenping Qiu, W. Gassmann, Fei Gao, Kashmir Singh, and Yiming Zhang
Sediment, Nutrient, and Bacterial Runoff from Biosolids and Mineral Fertilizer Applied to a Mixed Cool- and Native Warm-Season Grassland in the Ozark Mountains, Cody B . Wallace, Michael G. Burton, Steven G. Hefner, and Thomas A. DeWitt
Submissions from 2013
Effect of preceding rainfall on sediment, nutrients, and bacteria in runoff from biosolids and mineral fertilizer applied to a hayfield in a mountainous region, Michael G. Burton, Cody B. Wallace, S. G. Hefner, and T. A. DeWitt
Lactotransferrin in Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Seminal Plasma Correlates with Semen Quality, Wendy K. Kiso, Vimal Selvaraj, Jenefer Nagashima, Atsushi Asano, Janine L. Brown, Dennis L. Schmitt, John Jeszyk, Alexander J. Travis, and Budhan S. Pukazhenthi
Attraction of Codling Moth Neonates to Fruit Presented on Colored Surfaces, Maciej Pszczolkowski
The first national survey of elephants in sri lanka, Charles Santiapillai and S. Wijeya-mohan
Kinetics of viral loads and genotypic analysis of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus-1 infection in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), Jeffrey J. Stanton; Jian-Chao Zong; Crystal Eng; Lauren Howard; Joe Flannagan; Martinia Stevens; Dennis Schmitt; Ellen Wiedner; Danielle Graham; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Characterization of NPR1 Genes from Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon Grapevine, Yi Ming Zhang, Xi lu Ni, Hui qin Ma, and Wenping Qiu
Submissions from 2012
Estimates of the pharmacokinetics of famciclovir and its active metabolite penciclovir in young Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), A. Paige Brock Dr., Ramiro Isaza, Robert P. Hunter, Laura K. Richman, Richard J. Montali, Dennis L. Schmitt, David E. Koch, and William A. Lindsay
Inexpensive trap for monitoring the green June beetle, Brian Cowell, Michal Reut, Donn Johnson, Darek Czokajlo, Soo-Hoon Samuel Kim, Barbara A. Lewis, and Maciej Pszczolkowski
Transcriptional expression of Stilbene synthase genes are regulated developmentally and differentially in response to powdery mildew in Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine, Ru Dai, Hui Ge, Susanne Howard, and Wenping Qiu
Dilated ureters, renal dysplasia, and chronic renal failure in an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Gwen Jankowski, Jennifer N. Langan, Michael J. Adkesson, Karen A. Terio, Natalie D. Mylniczenko, Tom Meehan, and Dennis L. Schmitt
Pretreatment of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) spermatozoa with cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrins and glycerol addition at 4°C improves cryosurvival, Wendy K. Kiso, Atsushi Asano, Alexander J. Travis, Dennis L. Schmitt, Janine L. Brown, and Budhan S. Pukazhenthi
Genetic diversity in North American captive Asian elephants, R. Lei, Rick A. Brenneman, Dennis L. Schmitt, and E. E. Louis
First Report of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 2 in a Hybrid Grape 'Vidal Blanc' in Missouri, Shaista Lunden and Wenping Qiu
Benghal dayflower (Commelina benghalensis) seed viability in soil, Mandeep Riar, Theodore Webster, Barry Brecke, David Jordan, Michael Burton, Darcy P. Telenko, and Thomas W. Rufty
Tuberculosis in Elephants: Assessing Risks Versus Resources, Heidi S. Riddle, David S. Miller, and Dennis Schmitt
New virus discovery by deep sequencing of small RNAs, Kashmir Singh, Ravneet Kaur, and Wenping Qiu
Small RNA profiling of virus-infected grapevines: evidences for virus infection-associated and variety-specific miRNAs, Kashmir Singh, Aarthi Talla, and Wenping Qiu
Effect of Ergopeptines Associated with Tall Fescue Ingestion on Recovery of Horses Subjected to Standardized Exercise Tests, Gary W. Webb, Susan Demster, Kelsie Minton, Susan Webb, Elizabeth L. Walker, and Benjamin Onyango
A simple technique to estimate linear body measurements of elephants, S. Wijeyamohan, V. Sivakumar, Bruce Read, Dennis Schmitt, S. Krishnakumar, and Charles Santiapillai
Submissions from 2011
Berry skin development in Norton grape: Distinct patterns of transcriptional regulation and flavonoid biosynthesis, Mohammad B. Ali, Susanne Howard, Shangwu Chen, Yechun Wang, Oliver Yu, Laszlo G. Kovacs, and Wenping Qiu
Profiling the yeast communities of wine fermentation using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, Nicholas Bokulich, Chin-Feng Hwang, Shuwen Liu, Kyria Boundy-Mills, and David Mills
Artemisia annua extracts, artemisinin and 1,8-cineole, prevent fruit infestation by a major, cosmopolitan pest of apples, Kevin Durden, S. Sellars, B. Cowell, J. J. Brown, and M. A. Pszczolkowski
Effect of Media pH on Growth and Leaf Tissue Element Concentration of ‘Vidal blanc’ and ‘Norton’ Grape Cultivars, Maru Kipleting Kering and Martin Kaps
Liquid semen storage in elephants (Elephas maximus and Loxodonta africana): Species differences and storage optimization, Wendy K. Kiso, Janine L. Brown, Frank Siewerdt, Dennis L. Schmitt, Deborah Olson, Elizabeth G. Crichton, and Budhan S. Pukazhenthi
Tannin rich peanut skins lack anthelmintic properties, C. T. MacKown, M. A. Brown, and Elizabeth L. Walker
Effects of Ginkgo biloba Constituents on Fruit-Infesting Behavior of Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) in Apples, Maciej Pszczolkowski, Kevin Durden, Samantha Sellars, Brian Cowell, and John Brown
Isopropanol attracts the green lacewing, Chrysopa quadripunctata (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Maciej Pszczolkowski and Donn T. Johnson
Performance of prunus rootstocks in the 2001 NC-140 peach trial, G. L. Reighard; T. G. Beckman; R. Belding; B. L. Black; J. Cline; W. Cowgill; R. Godin; R. S. Johnson; M. Kaps; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Detection of multiple sequence variants of Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus using primers targeting the polymerase domain and partial genome sequencing of a novel variant, F. Terlizzi, C. Li, C. Ratti, Wenping Qiu, R. Credi, and B. Meng
Value of protein supplementation for lambs and meat goat kids grazing bermudagrass in central Oklahoma, Elizabeth L. Walker, S. A. Nusz, D. H. Keisler, and M. A. Brown
Attitudinal survey of producers involved in a meat goat artificial insemination clinic, Elizabeth L. Walker, C. R. Vaught, W. D. Walker, and S. R. Nusz
Effects of Egg Yolk Source on the Cryopreservation of Stallion Spermatozoa, Gary W. Webb, Codi L. Burris, Sarah E. Harmon, and Rachel H. Baker
Association of a novel DNA virus with the grapevine vein-clearing and vine decline syndrome, Yu Zhang, Kashmir Singh, Ravneet Kaur, and Wenping Qiu
Submissions from 2010
A functional EDS1 ortholog is differentially regulated in powdery mildew resistant and susceptible grapevines and complements an Arabidopsis eds1 mutant, Fei Gao, Xiaomei Shu, Mohammad Babar Ali, Susanne Howard, Nan Li, Patrick Winterhagen, Wenping Qiu, and Walter Gassmann
Cloning and characterization of XiR1, a locus responsible for dagger nematode resistance in grape, Chin-Feng Hwang, Kenong Xu, Rong Hu, Rita Zhou, Summaira Riaz, and M. Andrew Walker
Organic Fruit Production Needs and Pest Management Practices in the Southeastern United States, D. T. Johnson, B. Lewis, C. R. Rom, H. Friedrich, R. Bryant, and Maciej Pszczolkowski
