Kathy Lawrence

EDUCATION

• 1993 Ph.D., Mississippi State University (Plant Pathology)
• 1988 1988 M.S., Mississippi State University (Plant Pathology)
• 1981 1981 B.S., New Mexico State University (Agronomy, Crop Science)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2013-Present Professor, Auburn University
• 2004-13 Associate Professor, Auburn University
• 1999-03 Assistant Professor, Auburn University
• 1996-99 Associate Professor, Northeast Louisiana University
• 1992-96 Assistant Professor, Northeast Louisiana University

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2020-2025 Joe Kloepper Endowed Professor.
• 2019-2024 Alumni Professor. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University.
• 2018 Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 2017 Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 2016-2019 Treasurer for the Society of Nematology
• 2013 Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 2012 Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 2011 Distinguished Service Award, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America
• 2009 Syngenta Award for Research, Society of Nematologists
• 2008-10 Editor in Chief, Nematropica
• 2008-09 President of the Cotton Disease Council
• 2003 Distinguished Service Award, Southern Soybean Disease Workers
• 1997 Agriculture Teacher of Merit, National Association of College Teachers of Agriculture
• 1996-98 Tom Scott Professorship, Department of Agriculture, Northeast Louisiana University

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

COURSES TAUGHT

• PLPA 3000 – 4 credits General Plant Pathology and Laboratory – This is an upper level undergraduate course is designed give students an appreciation of general Plant Pathology. The Plant pathology course introduces students to 1) living and non-living entities which incite plant diseases; 2) the mechanisms and environmental conditions which stimulate plant disease; 3) the interactions between the disease causing agents and the environments and; 4) the methods of preventing, managing, or alleviating the damage of plant disease. Lectures concentrate on providing students with a visual symptoms and signs of plant disease with an understanding of the organisms that cause disease under what specific environmental conditions. Disease management is demonstrated in the laboratory with emphasis on sustainable and economical pest management strategies. Laboratories are designed with experiments to validate to students IPM practices in cropping systems common in the southeastern region.
• PLPA 3003/3004 – 4 credits Plant Pathology Distance Education – This is the distance education or Auburn Online version of plant pathology available to students who are not on campus during the summer. Lecture materials are identical to the classroom version of this class. Laboratories have been modified to work with the distance educations technologies.
• PLPA 5060/6060 – 3 credits Plant Disease Management – undergraduate/graduate.
  This course is co-taught by Dr. Kloepper and Dr. Lawrence. The course is designed to instill in students the classical options for managing plant diseases. Management is stressed rather than complete disease control to emphasize that economically and environmentally some disease will always be present when crops or ornamentals are grown. After completion of the course, students will be competent to review current literature on disease management options and design a treatment regime for any plant disease that they encounter. Examples of successful sustainable IPM programs will be presented as case studies. Field trips provide students with hands-on experience in different aspects of the pest management decision-making process.
• PLPA 5203/6204 – 4 credits Mycology Distance Education – undergraduate/graduate.
  This is a comprehensive survey of the fungi, their evolution, morphology and ontogeny of reproductive
  structures. The focus is on plant pathogens. Multimedia lecture medium.
• PLPA 5500/6500 – Plant Nematology and Laboratory – undergraduate/graduate.
  This upper level undergraduate /graduate level course designed to introduce students to plant parasitic nematodes in relation to plant disease. The course outlines a basic understanding of all types of nematodes and their importance in the environment and as animal, human, and plant parasites. The nature of nematology pathogenicity; principles of plant disease management and current production practices will be discussed. Laboratories will focus on collection techniques, isolation or extraction methods and identification of plant pathogenic nematodes. The nematode collection allows students real hands on experience collecting, extracting, preserving and identifying nematodes common to key commodity and ornamental crops.
• PLPA 5503/6506 – Plant Nematology Distance Education – undergraduate/graduate.
  Presentation of nematodes in relation to plant diseases; identification of plant parasitic nematodes;
  nature of pathogenicity; principles and practices of management; and recent advances in phytonematology.
  Multimedia lecture medium.
• PLPA 7080 – 3 credits Field Survey of Plant Pathology – graduate.
  This is a graduate level class covering the practical aspects of plant diseases under field conditions. Multiple on-site visits via field trips which may cover multiple states are experienced. The class also experiences plant disease management through industry, research, extension, and governmental agencies tours. Discussion of IPM as it relates plant diseases observed and these agencies that focus on management are discussed.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

• Lawrence, K. S., and G. W. Lawrence. 2023. Fusarium Seedling Disease of Cotton. (In Press) in Cotton Compendium. eds. Kirpatrick Rothrock, and Woodward. American Phytopathological Society Publications, St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Lawrence, G.W. and K. S. Lawrence. 2023. The Reniform Nematode. Pages (In Press) in Cotton Compendium. eds. Kirpatrick Rothrock, and Woodward. American Phytopathological Society Publications, St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Lawrence, Kathy S. 2021. Reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) and its interactions with cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Chapter 14: pages 94-100 in Integrated nematode management: state of the art and visions for the future. eds Richard Sikora, Johan Desaeger and Leendert Molendijk for CABI. DOI:10.1079/9781789247541.0014
• Lawrence, K. S., and G. W. Lawrence. 2020. Plant-Parasitic Nematode Management Chapter 12: pages 164-180 in Conservation Tillage Systems: Production, Profitability and Stewardship. eds J. Bergtold, R. Raper, G. Hawkins, and K. Iversen. CRC Press LLC. eds: Sergei A. Subbotin and John J. Chitambar
• Lawrence, K. S., and G. W. Lawrence. 2015. Chapter 12: Pest Management: Nematodes. In Conservation Tillage Systems: Production, Profitability and Stewardship. eds J. Bergtold, R. Raper, G. Hawkins, and K. Iversen. CRC Press LLC.
• Krishna Kumar, K. V., M.S. Reddy, J.W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, X.G. Zhou, D.E. Groth, S. Zhang, R. S. Rao, Q. Wang, M. R. B. Raju, S. K. Raju, W. G. D. Fernando, H. Sudini, B. Du, and M. E. Miller. 2011. Chapter 9: Commercial Potential of Microbial Inoculants for Sheath Blight Management and Yield Enhancement of Rice. In Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Ecosystems. eds D.K. Maheshwari. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Dyer, David R., Molli Newman, Kathy S. Lawrence. 2022. Diversity and temporal distribution of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum races and genotypes as influenced by Gossypium cultivar. Frontiers of Fungal Biology Sec. Fungi-Plant Interactions. DOI.org/10.3389/ffunb.2022.1022761.
• Klink, Vincent P., Nadim W. Alkharouf, Kathy S. Lawrence, Bisho R. Lawaju, Keshav Sharma, Prakash M. Niraula, Brant T. McNeece. 2022. The heterologous expression of conserved Glycine max (soybean) mitogen activated protein kinase 3 (MAPK3) paralogs suppresses Meloidogyne incognita parasitism in Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton). Transgenic Res. doi.org/10.1007/s11248-022-00312-y.
• Niraula, Prakash M., Brant T. McNeece, Keshav Sharma, Nadim W. Alkharouf, Kathy S. Lawrence, and Vincent P. Klink. 2022. The central circadian regulator CCA1 functions in Glycine max during defense to a root pathogen, regulating the expression of genes acting in effector triggered immunity (ETI) and cell wall metabolism. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 185:198–220. doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.05.028.
• Gordon, Kara L., Drew W. Schrimsher, and Kathy S. Lawrence. 2022. Additional fertilizer and nematicide combinations on upland cotton to manage Rotylenchulus reniformis and Meloidogyne incognita in Alabama. Journal of Nematology Vol 54: 1-15. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2022-003.
• Groover, Will, L and Kathy S. Lawrence. 2021. Evaluation of a new chemical nematicide, fluazaindolizine (ReklemelTM active), for plant-parasitic nematode management in bermudagrass. Journal of Nematology Vol. 53: 1-14. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-043.
• Rondon, Marina N. and Kathy Lawrence. 2021. The fungal pathogen Corynespora cassiicola: A review and insights for target spot management on cotton and Soya bean. Journal of Phytopathology 2021; 00:1-10. DOI: 10.1111/jph.12992.
• Sanchez, WinDi, David Shapiro, Geoff Williams, and Kathy Lawrence. 2021. Entomopathogenic nematode management of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) in three native Alabama soils under low moisture conditions. Journal of Nematology 53:1-14. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-063.
• Lawaju BR, Groover W, Kelton J, Conner K, Sikora E, Lawrence KS. 2021. First report of Meloidogyne incognita infecting Cannabis sativa in Alabama. Journal of Nematology. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-052. PMID: 33959722; PMCID: PMC8098102.
• Beckmann J.F., Dormitorio T., Oladipupo, S. O., Terra, M. T. B., Lawrence, K., Macklin, K.S., Hauck, R., Heterakis gallinarum and Histomonas meleagridis DNA Persists in Chicken Houses Years after Depopulation, Veterinary Parasitology (2021), DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2021.109536
• Hassan, Mohannad, K., Kathy S. Lawrence, Edward J. Sikora, Mark R. Liles, and Joseph W. Kloepper. 2021. Enhanced biological control of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, by combined inoculation of cotton or soybean seeds with a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium and pectin-rich orange peel. Journal of Nematology 53:1-17. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-058.
• Klink, Vincent P., Omar Darwish, Nadim W. Alkharouf & Katherine S. Lawrence. 2021. The impact of pRAP vectors on plant genetic transformation and pathogenesis studies including an analysis of BRI1-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE 1 (BAK1)-mediated resistance. Journal of Plant Interactions, 16:1, 270-283, DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2021.1940328.
• Land, Caroline J., Gary E. Vallad, Johan Desaeger, Edzard Van Santen, Joe Noling, and Kathy Lawrence. 2021. Supplemental fumigant placement improves root-knot and Fusarium wilt management for tomatoes produced on a raised bed, plasti-culture system in Florida’s Myakka fine sand. Plant Disease. DOI/pdf/10.1094/PDIS-03-21-0543-RE
• Nyaku, S. T., V. R. Sripathi, K. Lawrence, and G. Sharma. 2021. Characterizing Repeats in Two Whole-Genome Amplification Methods in the Reniform Nematode Genome. International Journal of Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5532885.
• Niraula, Prakash M., Xuefeng Zhang, Dragica Jeremic, Katheryn S. Lawrence, and Vincent P. Klink. 2021. Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase /hydrolase increases tightly-bound xyloglucan and chain number but decreases chain length contributing to the defense response that Glycine max has to Heterodera glycine. PLOS ONE 16(1): e0244305. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244305
• Koebernick, J., G. Kaplan, K. Lawrence, J. Patel, S. Brown, and R. Sikkens. 2021. Response to nematicide by cotton genotypes varying in reniform nematode resistance. Crop Science 61:929–935. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20346102.
• Lawaju BR, Niraula P, Lawrence GW, Lawrence KS and Klink VP. (2020). The Glycine max Conserved Oligomeric Golgi (COG) Complex Functions during a Defense Response to Heterodera glycines. Frontiers of Plant Science. 11:564495.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.564495.
• Groover, W., and K. S. Lawrence. 2020. Plant health evaluations of Belonolaimus longicaudatus and Meloidogyne incognita colonized bermudagrass using remote sensing. Journal of Nematology 52:1-13. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-109.
• Dyer, David R., William Groover, Kathy S. Lawrence. 2020. Yield loss of cotton cultivars due to Rotylenchulus reniformis and the added benefit of a nematicide. Plant Health Progress 21:113-118. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-19-0073-RS
• Groover, Will, David Held, Kathy Lawrence, and Kendra Carson. 2020. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: a novel management strategy for Meloidogyne incognita on turfgrass. Pest Management Science DOI:10.1002/ps.5867.
• Sharma, Keshav, Prakash M. Niraula, Hallie A. Troell, Mandeep Adhikari, Hamdan Ali Alshehri, Nadim W. Alkharouf, Kathy S. Lawrence & Vincent P. Klink. 2020. Exocyst components promote an incompatible interaction between Glycine max (soybean) and Heterodera glycines (the soybean cyst nematode). Scientific Reports 10:15003. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72126-z.
• Subedi, Pratima, Kaitlin Gattoni, Wenshan Liu, Kathy S. Lawrence, and Sang-Wook Park, 2020. Current utility of plant growth –promoting rhizobacteria as biological control agents towards plant-parasitic nematodes. MDPI Plants 9: 1167. DOI:10.3390/plants9091167.
• Groover, W., K. S. Lawrence, and P. Donald. 2020. Temporal distribution of plant-parasitic nematodes on select bermudagrass sites in Alabama. Nematropica 50:77-85. https://journals.flvc.org/nematropica/article/view/124876
• Niraula, Prakash M., Kathy S. Lawrence, and Vincent P. Klint. 2020. The heterologous expression of a soybean (Glycine max) xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase (XTH) in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) suppresses parasitism by the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. PLOS ONE (Accepted) PONE-D-20-03012R1
• Avelar, Sofia, Roberto Ramos-Sobrinho, Kassie Conner, Robert L. Nichols, Kathy Lawrence, and Judith K. Brown. 2020. Characterization of the Complete Genome and P0 Protein for a Previously Unreported Genotype of Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus, an Introduced Polerovirus in the United States. Plant Disease 104:780-786. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06019-1316-RE
• Dyer, David R., William Groover, and Kathy S. Lawrence. 2020. Yield loss of cotton cultivars due to Rotylenchulus reniformis and the added benefit of a nematicide. Plant Health Progress 21: 113-118. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-10-19-0073-RSW.
• Austin, Brant T. McNeece, Keshav Sharma, Prakash M. Niraula, Katheryn S. Lawrence and Vincent P. Klink. 2019. An expanded role of the SNARE-containing regulon as it relates to the defense process that Glycine max has to Heterodera glycines. Journal of Plant Interactions 14:1. 276-283, DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2019.1622043.
• Disi, J. O., Mohammad, H.K., Lawrence, K. Kloepper, J. and Fadamiro, H. 2019. A soil bacterium can shape belowground interactions between maize, herbivores and entomopathogenic nematodes. Plant Soil (2019) 437:83–92. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-03957-7.
• McNeece, B. T. Sharma, K. Lawrence, G. W., Lawrence, K. S. and Klink, V. P. 2019. The mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) gene family functions as a cohort during the Glycine max defense response to Heterodera glycines. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 137:25-41. doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.01.018.
• Hall, Meredith, K. S. Lawrence, D. Shannon, T. Gonzales, and M. Newman. 2019. First Report of Binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-G on Common Turmeric (Curcuma longa) in the United States. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-18-1583-PDN
• Lawaju, B.R., Lawrence, K.S., Lawrence, G.W., and Klink, V.P. 2018. Harpin-inducible defense signaling components impair infection by the ascomycete Macrophomina phaseolina. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 129:331–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.06.020
• Till, Stephen, Kathy Lawrence and Patricia Donald. 2018. Nematicides, Starter Fertilizers, and Plant Growth Regulators Implementation into a Corn Production System. Plant Health Progress 19: 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-18-1550-PDN
• Avelar, Sofia, Drew W. Schrimsher, Kathy S. Lawrence, and Judith K. Brown. 2018. First report of cotton leafroll dwarf virus associated with cotton blue disease symptoms in Alabama. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-18-1550-PDN
• Xiang, Ni, K.S. Lawrence, and P.A. Donald. 2018.Biological control potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria suppression of Meloidogyne incognita on cotton and Heterodera glycines on soybean: A review. Journal of Phytopathology. 2018; 1–10.
• Xiang, Ni, K.S. Lawrence, J.W. Kloepper, and P.A. Donald. 2018. Biological control of Rotylenchulus reniformis on soybean by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Nematropica: 48:116-125.
• Crutcher, F. K., L. S. Puckhaber, R. K. Stipanovic, A. A. Bell, R. L. Nichols, K. S. Lawrence, J. Liu. 2017. Microbial resistance mechanisms to the antibiotic and phytotoxin Fusaric acid. Journal of chemical Ecology October 6, 2017. DOI 10.1007/s10886-017-0889-x
• Gosse, H. N., K. S. Lawrence, and Sang-Wook Park. 2017. Underground mystery: the role of chemotactic attractants in plant root and phytonematode interactins. Scientia Ricerca 1(2): 83-87.
• Hall, M., K. Lawrence, W. Groover, D. Shannon, and T. Gonzalez. 2017. First Report of the Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) on Curcuma longain the United States. Plant Disease 101 (10):1826. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-17-0409-PDN.
• Moye, Hugh. H. Jr., N. Xiang, K. Lawrence, and E. van Santen. 2017. First Report of Macrophomina phaseolinaon Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in Alabama. Plant Disease 101 (5): 842. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-16-1750-PDN.
• Xiang, Ni, K.S. Lawrence, J.W. Kloepper, P.A. Donald, and J.A. McInroy. 2017. Biological control of Heterodera glycines by spore-forming plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on soybean. PLOS ONE 12(7): e0181201. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181201.
• Dyer, D., N. Xiang, and K. S. Lawrence. 2017. First report of Catenaria anguillulae infecting Rotylenchulus reniformis and Heterodera glycines in Alabama. Plant Disease. 101(8):1547. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-03-17-0366-PDN.
• Xiang, Ni, K.S. Lawrence, J.W. Kloepper, P.A. Donald, J.A. McInroy, and G.W. Lawrence. 2017. Biological control of Meloidogyne incognita by spore-forming plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on cotton. Plant Disease 101(5): 774-784. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PDIS-09-16-1369-RE.
• Land, C. J., K. S. Lawrence, C. H. Burmester, B. Meyer. 2017. Cultivar, irrigation, and soil contribution to the enhancement of Verticillium wilt disease in cotton. Crop Protection 96:1-6.
• Xiang, Ni and K. S. Lawrence. 2016. Optimization of In Vitro Techniques for Distinguishing between Live and Dead Second Stage Juveniles of Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita. PLOS ONE: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154818
• Land, C. J., K. S. Lawrence, and M. Newman. 2016. First Report of Verticillium dahliae on Cotton in Alabama. Plant Disease 100:1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-15-1143-PDN.
• Zhao, C., Y. Feng, R. Mathew, K. Lawrence, and S. Fu. 2015. Soil microbial community structure and activity in a 100-year-old fertilization and crop rotation experiment. Journal of Plant Ecology doi:10.1093/jpe/rtv007
• Lee, H. K., G. W. Lawrence, J. L. DuBien and K. S. Lawrence. 2015. Seasonal variation and cotton-corn rotation in the spatial distribution of Rotylenchulus reniformis in Mississippi cotton soils. Nematropica 45:(72-81).
• Drew W. Schrimsher, Kathy S. Lawrence, Roelof B. Sikkens, and David B. Weaver. 2014. Nematicides enhance growth and yield of Rotylenchulus reniformis resistant cotton genotypes. Journal of Nematology 46:367-375.
• Ruijuan Li, Aaron M. Rashotte, Narendra K. Singh, David B. Weaver, Kathy S. Lawrence, Robert D. Locy. 2014. Integrated signaling networks in plant responses to sedentary endoparasitic nematodes – a perspective. Plant Cell Report Journal. Plant Cell Rep 2015 Jan 11;34(1):5-22. Epub 2014 Sep 11.
• Nyaku, Seloame T., Venkateswara R. Sripathi, Ramesh V. Kantety, Sarah B. Cseke, Ramesh Buyyarapu, Robert Mc Ewan, Yong Q. Gu, Kathy Lawrence, Zachary Senwo, Padmini Sripathi, Pheba George, and Govind C. Sharma. 2014. Characterization of reniform nematode genome through Shotgun Sequencing. Genome 06/2014; 57(4):1-13. DOI: 10.1139/gen-2014-0019.
• Castillo, J. D., Lawrence, K. S., and Kloepper, J. W. 2013. Biocontrol of the reniform nematode by Bacillus firmus GB-126 and Paecilomyces lilacinus 251 on cotton. Plant Disease 97:967-976.
• Moore, S. R., and K. S. Lawrence. 2013. The effect of soil texture and irrigation on Rotylenchulus reniformis and cotton. Journal of Nematology 45:99-105.
• K. Vijay Krishna Kumar, S. KR. Yellareddygari, M. S. Reddy, J. W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, M. E. Miller, H. Sudini, E.C. Surendranatha Reddy, X. G. Zhou and D. E. Groth. 2013. Ultrastructural studies on the interaction between Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 (Integral®) and the rice sheath blight pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 7:2078-2086.
• Seloame T. Nyaku, Ramesh V. Kantety, Yonathan Tilahun, Kathy S. Lawrence, Khairy M. Soliman, Ernst Cebert, and Govind C. Sharma. 2013. 18S and ITS1 Genomic Sequence Variations in Rotylenchulus reniformis Isolates from Alabama. The Journal of Cotton Science 17:184–194.
• Nyaku ST, Sripathi VR, Kantety RV, Gu YQ, Lawrence K, et al. (2013) Characterization of the Two Intra-Individual Sequence Variants in the 18S rRNA Gene in the Plant Parasitic Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60891. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060891.
• Bennett, Rebecca S., Tamara Z. Scott, Katheryn S. Lawrence, and Gary W. Lawrence. 2013. Sequence characterization of race 4-like isolates of Fusarium oxysporum from Alabama and Mississippi. Journal of Cotton Science 17:1-6.
• Wheeler, T. A., K. S. Lawrence, D. O. Porter, W. Keeling, and B. G. Mullinix, Jr. 2013. The relationship between environmental variables and response of cotton to nematicides. Journal of Nematology 45: 8-16.
• Rothrock, C. S., S. A. Winters, P. K. Miller, E. Gbur, L. L. Verhalen, T. S. Isakeit,W. E. Batson Jr., F. M. Bourland, P. D. Colyer, T. A. Wheeler, H. W. Kaufman, G. L. Sciumbato, P. M. Thaxton, K. S. Lawrence, W. S. Gazaway, A. Y. Chambers, M. A. Newman, T. L. Kirkpatrick, J. D. Barham, P. M. Phipps, F. M. Shokes, D. R. Sumner, L. J. Littlefield, G. B. Padgett, R. B. Hutmacher, R. M. Davis, R. C. Kemerait, K. W. Seebold Jr., J. D. Mueller, and R. H. Garber. 2012. Importance of fungicide seed treatment and environment on seedling diseases on cotton. Plant Disease 96:1805 – 1817.
• Matsye, P. D., G. W. Lawrence, R. M. Youssef, K. Kim, K. S. Lawrence, B. F. Matthews, and V. P. Klink. 2012. The expression of a naturally occurring, truncated allele 4 of an a-SNAP gene suppresses plant parasitic nematode infection. Plant Molecular Biology DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9932-z.
• Moore, S. R., and K. S. Lawrence. 2012. Rotylenchulus reniformis in cotton: current methods of management and the future of site-specific management. Nematropica 42:227-236.
• Krishna Kumar, K. V., S. KR. Yellareddygari, M. S. Reddy, J. W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, X. G. Zhou, H. Sudini, D. E. Groth, S. Krishnam Raju, M. E. Miller. 2012. Efficacy of Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 against Sheath Blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani and on growth and yield of rice. Rice Science 2012 19:55−63.
• Sikora, E. J., Murphy, J. F., K. S. Lawrence, and Mullen, J. M. 2011. Survey of fungal,nematode and viral diseases of soybean in Alabama. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2011-1227-01-RS.
• Moore, S. R., K. S. Lawrence, F. J. Arriaga, E. van Santen, C. H. Burmester. 2011. Influence of water infiltration and root growth on the downward dispersion of Rotylenchulus reniformis. Nematropica 41:73-79.
• Castillo, J. D., and K. S. Lawrence. 2011. First report of Catenaria auxiliaris parasitizing the reniform nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton in Alabama. Plant Disease 95:490. DOI/abs/10.1094/PDIS-07-10-0524.
• Sikkens, R. B., D. B. Weaver, K. S. Lawrence, S. R. Moore, and E. van Santen. 2011. LONREN upland cotton germplasm response to Rotylenchulus reniformis inoculation level. Nematropica 41:66-72.
• Krishna Kumar, K. V., M.S. Reddy, J.W. Kloepper, S. KR. Yellareddygari, K. S. Lawrence, X. G. Zhou, H. Sudini, M. E. Miller, R. P. Appa, R. E. C. Surendranatha, S. R. Niranjana, and N. S. Chandra. 2011. Plant growth-promoting activities of Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 (INTEGRAL®) and its compatibility with commonly used fungicides in rice sheath blight management. International Journal of Microbiology Research 3:120-130.
• Krishna Kumar, K. V., M.S. Reddy, S. KR. Yellareddygari, J.W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, X. G. Zhou, H. Sudini, and M. E. Miller. 2011. Evaluation and selection of elite plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for suppression of sheath blight of rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani in a detached leaf bio-assay. 2011. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology 2:488-495.
• Krishna Kumar, K. V., M.S. Reddy, J.W. Kloepper, K. S. Lawrence, S. KR. Yellareddygari, X. G. Zhou, H. Sudini, E.C. Surendranatha Reddy, D.E. Groth and M. E. Miller. 2011. Screening and Selection of Elite Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) For Suppression of Rhizoctonia solani and Enhancement of Rice Seedling Vigor. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 5:641-651.