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Last published 2019
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Ronald J. Sayler

Plant Pathology & Biotechnology

Also affiliated: Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999); Center for Agricultural Resources Research (1999); North Dakota State University (1995); University of California, Davis (1999–2006); Academia Sinica (1999)

14 h-index 26 pubs 706 cited

  • Pest Control, Biological
  • Turkeys
  • Plant Diseases
  • Animals
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Phenotype
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Aflatoxins
  • Aspergillus flavus
  • Zea mays
  • Crops, Agricultural

Biography and Research Information

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Ronald J. Sayler's research has focused on plant and animal disease, with an emphasis on identifying and controlling pathogens. His work includes developing methods for inoculating and evaluating rice diseases, such as sheath blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani, and the emerging pathogen Burkholderia glumae. Sayler has investigated the biological control of apple blue mold using Pseudomonas fluorescens and explored strategies for controlling Aspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin production in maize through transgenic approaches and the discovery of resistance genes.

His research also extends to understanding plant stress responses, as seen in a study of an Arabidopsis mutant exhibiting heat and osmotic hypersensitivity. Sayler has contributed to the field with 26 publications, accumulating 706 citations and an h-index of 14. His work demonstrates a commitment to addressing agricultural challenges through biological and genetic research.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 26
  • Citations: 706

Positions

Selected Publications

  • Inhibition of Aspergillus flavus Growth and Aflatoxin Production in Transgenic Maize Expressing the α-amylase Inhibitor from Lablab purpureus L. (2019)
    Journal of Visualized Experiments DOI OpenAlex
  • Inhibition of Aspergillus flavus Growth and Aflatoxin Production in Transgenic Maize Expressing the α-amylase Inhibitor from Lablab purpureus L. (2019)
    Journal of Visualized Experiments 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Control of Aspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin production in transgenic maize kernels expressing a tachyplesin-derived synthetic peptide, AGM182 (2018)
    Plant Science 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mi-1.2, an R gene for aphid resistance in tomato, has direct negative effects on a zoophytophagous biocontrol agent, Orius insidiosus (2014)
    Journal of Experimental Botany 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Discovery and confirmation of genes/proteins associated with maize aflatoxin resistance (2014)
    World Mycotoxin Journal 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Conventional PCR Detection and Real-Time PCR Quantification of Reniform Nematodes (2012)
    Plant Disease 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Co-infection of Market-Age Turkeys with Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes in Two Stress Models (2009)
    Avian Diseases 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Effects Of Stress On Respiratory Disease and Transient Colonization Of Turkeys With Listeria monocytogenes Scott A* (2008)
    Avian Diseases Digest DOI OpenAlex
  • The Effects of Stress on Respiratory Disease and Transient Colonization of Turkeys with Listeria monocytogenes Scott A (2008)
    Avian Diseases 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Detection and Quantification of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA, the Rice Sheath Blight Pathogen, in Rice Using Real-Time PCR (2007)
    Plant Disease 61 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Method for Inoculation and Evaluation of Rice Sheath Blight Disease (2007)
    Plant Disease 156 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Wave-like Distribution Patterns of Gfp-marked Pseudomonas fluorescens Along Roots of Wheat Plants Grown in Two Soils (2007)
    Microbial Ecology 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mutation in a homolog of yeast Vps53p accounts for the heat and osmotic hypersensitive phenotypes in Arabidopsis hit1-1 mutant (2006)
    Planta 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mutation in a homolog of yeast Vps53p accounts for the heat and osmotic hypersensitive phenotypes in Arabidopsis hit1-1 mutant (2006)
    Planta 41 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Genetic Characterization and Real-Time PCR Detection of Burkholderia glumae, a Newly Emerging Bacterial Pathogen of Rice in the United States (2006)
    Plant Disease 82 citations DOI OpenAlex

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