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Biography:
I study plant pathology with a focus on fungal diseases and their management on vegetables and hop, pathogenic and beneficial nematode communities, and soil microbial communities. I earned a M.S. in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire in 2008 and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2017.
Current research areas:
I am currently studying the effect of anerobic soil disinfestation and biological control for disease management of vegetables in home gardens, best managemenet practices and disease control for hop, and nematode communities in soil.
Recent publications:
1. Cole, E. Barker, A. Zandvakili, O., Sadeghpour, A., Xing, B., Hashemi, M., Allan-Perkins, E., & Jung, G. 2021. Soil nutrient and nematode community changes in response to hardwood charcoal application. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2020.1869774
2. Tyrrell, M., Peabody, D., Peabody, R. James-Pederson, M., Hirst, R., Allan-Perkins, E., et al. 2020. Mosaic fungal individuals have the potential to evolve within a single generation. Scientific Reports. 10: 17625.
3. Sharpe, A., Barrios, S. Gayer, S., Allan-Perkins, E., Stein, D., Appiah-Madson, H., Falco, R., & Distel, D. 2020. DESS deconstructed: is EDTA solely responsible for protection of high molecular weight DNA in this common tissue preservative? PLOS One 15: e0237356.
4. Allan-Perkins, E., Li, D.W., Schultes, N. Yavuz, S. & LaMondia, J. 2020. The identification of a new species, Diaporthe humulicola, a pathogen causing Diaporthe leaf spot on common hop. Plant Disease. 104: 2377-2390.
5. Allan-Perkins, E., Li, D.W., Schultes, N. Yavuz, S., & LaMonida, J. 2019. First report of the resurgence of hop powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) in a New England Commercial Hop Yard. Plant Disease. 103: 1431
6. Allan-Perkins, E., Manter, D., & Jung, G. 2019. Soil microbial communities on roughs, fairways, and putting greens on cool-season golf courses. Crop Science. 59: 1753-1767.
7. Allan-Perkins, E., Hulvey, J., Popko Jr., J., Mitkowski, N., Vargas, J., & Jung, G. 2019. Fungicide resistance in turfgrass. In: McGrath, M., Stevenson, K., & Wyenandt, C. eds. Fungicide resistance in North America. APS Press, Minneapolis, MN. 357-370.
8. Allan-Perkins, E., Manter, D., & Jung, G. 2018. Abundance of bacteria, fungi, and Sclerotinia homoeocarpa in the thatch and soil of golf courses. Phytobiomes. 2: 71-81.
9. Allan-Perkins, E., Manter, D., Wick, R., Ebdon, S., & Jung, G. 2017. Nematode communities on putting greens, fairways, and roughs of organic and conventional cool-season golf courses. Applied Soil Ecology. 121:161-171.
10. Allan-Perkins, E., Campbell-Nelson, K., Popko Jr., J., Sang, H., & Jung, G. 2017.
Investigating selection of demethylation inhibitor fungicide insensitive Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates by boscalid, flurprimidol, and paclobutrazol. Crop Science. 57:1-9.
11. Green, R., Sang, H., Chang, T., Allan-Perkins, E., Petit, E., & Jung, G. 2016. Draft
genome sequences of the turfgrass pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (HRS10 and HR111). Genome Announcements. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.01715-15.