Richard E. Baird

Richard E. Baird

Professor

Plant (Forest) Mycology

Email: reb58@msstate.edu
Phone:  (662) 325-3200


Education:
  • Ph.D., Mississippi State University
  • Ph.D., University of Tennessee
  • M.S., West Virginia University
  • B.S., West Virginia University

Research Areas:
  • Applied and basic studies of plant disease and evaluation of various control measures
  • Fungal, plants biochemical processes impacted by nutrition, biotic and abiotic stress
  • Biotic and abiotic environmental changes on microbiome of plants in agriculture, forests and landscape ecosystems
  • Genetic and taxonomic molecular studies of pathogenic and mycorrhizal associates in agricultural, forest and landscape ecosystems
  • Taxonomic and ecological studies of basidiomycetous fungi

Courses Taught:
  • EPP/FNH - Clinical and Applied Mycology (Plant and Foods)
  • EPP 6254 - Introduction to Mycology
  • EPP 6152 - Taxon-Fungi Imperfecti
  • EPP 6162 - Taxon-Ascomycetes
  • EPP 6172 - Taxon- Basidiomycetes
  • EPP 6182 - Taxon-Oomycetes and Zygomycetes
  • EPP 9000 - Directed Individual Study

Society Membership:
  • American Phytopathological Society
  • Mycological Society of America

Recognitions and Awards:
  • Adjunct Professor in Exercise Physiology, Department of Kinesiology, Mississippi State University

Publications

  • Brown, S. P., S. L. Clark, E. Ford, N. Mirza, A. Odeh, S. E. Schlarbaum, A. Jumpponen, R. E. Baird. 2023. Convergent shifts of soil fungal communities associated with Fagaceae reforestation efforts in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management 531:120805. Download
  • Brown, S., M. Shahrtash, C. E. Stokes, S. M. Baird, R. E. Baird, S. Lu. 2023. Model-based community analyses identify fungal endophytes that may modulate symptom development of charcoal rot disease in soybean. Phytofrontier. Download
  • Clark, S. L., S. E. Schlarbaum, A. M. Saxton, S. N. Jeffers, R. E. Baird. 2023. Eight-year field performance of backcross American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedlings planted in the southern Appalachians, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 532:120820. Download
  • Ortiz, V., H.-X. Chang, H. Sang, J. Jacobs, D. K. Malvick, R. E. Baird, F. M. Mathew, J. C. E. de Jensen, K. A. Wise, G. M. Mosquera, M. I. Chilvers. 2023. Population genomic analysis reveals geographic structure and climatic diversification for Macrophomina phaseolina isolated from soybean and dry bean across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Frontiers in Genetics 14:1103969 Download
  • Santos-Rivera, M., N. Fitzkee, R. Hill, R. Baird, E. Blair, M. Thoreson, A. Woolums, F. Meyer, C. Vance. 2023. Nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics of blood plasma from dairy calves infected with the main causal agents of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). Nature Scientific Reports 13:2672. Download
  • Schill, M. L., S. Brown, A. Veach, R. E. Baird. 2023. Wildfire severity alters soil microbial exoenzyme production and fungal abundances in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Pedosphere Download
  • Smith, B., S. P. Brown, J. Frampton, A. Braham, C. E. Stokes, R. E. Baird. 2023. Optimizing select Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) reforestration methods within an artificial bald at Mount Buckley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist 22(3):333-351.
  • Brown, S. P., M. Shahrtash, A. E. Tucker, J. Knoepp, C. E. Stokes, R. Baird. 2022. Seasonal disconnects between saprobic and mycorrhizal sporocarp communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Fungal Ecology 55:101125. Download
  • Brown, S. P., S. L. Clark, E. Ford, A. Jumpponen, A. M. Saxton, S. E. Schlarbaum, R. E. Baird. 2022. Comparisons of interspecies field performance of Fagaceae (Castanea and Quercus) planted in the southeastern United States with attention to soil fungal impacts on plant performance. Forest Ecology and Management 525:120569.  Download
  • Mohottige, C. U. G., A. Howard, R. E. Baird, T. Mlsna. 2022. Volatile biomarkers for early-stage diagnosis of sweet potatoes Rhizopus soft rot tissue disease. Agricultural Science and Technology 2(4):734-741. Download
  • She, J., C. G. Mohottie, M. King, Y. Jiang, M. Mlsna, S. Clark, R. Baird, T. Mlsna. 2021. Estimation of total phenolic compounds and non-targeted volatile metabolomics in leaf tissues of American chestnut (Castanea dentata), Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) and the backcross breeding generations. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment 10(2). Download
  • Brown, S., A. Veach, J. Horton, E. Ford, A. Jumpponen, R. E. Baird. 2019. Soil fungal and bacterial communities shift in response to recent wildfires in Southern Appalachia. Forest Ecology and Management 451:117520. Download
  • Clark, S., S. Schlarbaum, A. Saxton, R. E. Baird. 2019. Eight-year blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) resistance of backcross American chestnut s (Castanea dentata) planted in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 433:153-161.  Download
  • Reazin, C., R. E. Baird, S. Clark, A. Jumpponen. 2019. Chestnut bred for blight resistance recruit distinct fungal rhizobiomes from common nursery soils. Mycorrhiza 29:313-323:  Download
  • Wadl, P., B. Mack, S. Beltz, G. Moore, R. E. Baird, T. Rinehart, M. Staton, D. Hadziabdic, R. Trigiano. 2019. Development of genomic resources for the powdery mildew, Erysiphe pulchra. Plant Disease 103(5).  Download
  • Bily, D., S. V. Diehl, M. Cook, L. E. Wallace, L. Sims, C. Watson, R. E. Baird. 2018. Temporal and local variations of a Phytophthora spp. community in a forested urban water drainage and stream runoff system. Southeastern Naturalist 17:176-201. Download
  • She, J., D. Mlsna, R. E. Baird, C. Mohottige, T. Mlsna. 2018. Volatile metabolomics with focus on fungal and plant applications-A review. Current Metabolomics 6:1-14.  Download
  • Brannon, M. P., J. K. H. Brannon, R. E. Baird. 2017. Educational applications of small mammal skeletal remains found in discarded bottles. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Special Issue 10):4-10. Download
  • Trigiano, R., O. Spring, M. Thines, A. Windham, R. E. Baird, S. Jeffers. K. Lamour, 2017. Oomycota: The fungus-like organisms. Pages 135-154 in R. Trigiano, B. Ownley (Ed.), Plant Pathology Concepts and Laboratory Exercises 3rd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
  • Baird, R. E., C. E. Stokes, A. S. Windham. 2016. Basidiomycota: Diverse complex of saprophytic, parasitic and symbiotic fungi. Chapter 15, pages 237-248 in B.H. Ownley, R.N. Trigiano, editors, Plant Pathology Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, Third Edition. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Sun, D., J. She, J. Gower, C. E. Stokes, G. Windham, R. E. Baird, T. E. Mlsna. 2016. Effects of growth parameters on the analysis of Aspergillus flavus volatile metabolites. Separations 3(2):13. Download
  • Trigiano, R. N., O. Spring, A. S. Windham, R. E. Baird, S. N. Jeffers, K. H. Lamour. 2016. Oomycota: The fungus-like organisms. Chapter 8, pages 135-154 in B.H. Ownley, R.N. Trigiano, editors, Plant Pathology Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, Third Edition. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Woolfolk, S., C. E. Stokes, C. Watson, G. T. Baker, R. L. Brown, R. E. Baird. 2016. Fungi associated with Solenopsis invicta Buren (Red Imported Fire Ant, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from mounds in Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 15(2):220-234. Download
  • Woolfolk, S., C. E. Stokes, C. Watson, R. L. Brown, R. E. Baird. 2016. Bacteria associated with red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) from mounds in Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 15(1):83-101. Download
  • Zhang, N., R. E. Baird, R. N. Trigiano. 2016. Plant pathogenic species of the sscomycota: pezizomycotina. Chapter 13, pages 205-220 in B.H. Ownley, R.N. Trigiano, editors, Plant Pathology Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, Third Edition. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Sun, D., J. She, J. Gower, C. E. Stokes, W. Gary, R. E. Baird, T. E. Mlsna 2015. Multivariate analysis of microbial volatile organic compounds for aflatoxigenic A. flavus detection. International Journal in Agricultural Research Science 2(4):186-197. Download
  • Baird, R., C. E. Stokes, A. Wood-Jones, M. Alexander, C. Watson, G. Taylor, K. Johnson, P. Threadgill, S. Diehl. 2014. A molecular clone and culture inventory of the root fungal community associated with eastern hemlock in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist 13 (Special Issue 6):219-237. Download
  • Baird, R., C. E. Stokes, J. Frampton, B. Smith, C. Watson, C. Pilgram, and M. Scruggs. 2014. Density and diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungal community present in high elevation Fraser fir of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. North American Fungi 9:1-21. Download
  • Baird, R.E., A.K. Wood-Jones, J.J. Varco, C. Watson, W.D. Starrett, G. Taylor, K. Johnson. 2014. Rhododendron decline in the Great Smoky Mountains and surrounding areas: intensive site study of biotic and abiotic parameters associated with the decline. Southeastern Naturalist, The, 13(1):1-25. Download
  • Stokes, C. E., R. E. Baird, A. Wood-Jones, C. Watson, M. Alexander, G. Taylor, K. Johnson, S. V. Diehl, P. Threadgill. 2014. A molecular clone and culture inventory of the root fungal community associated with eastern hemlock in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist 13(6):219-237. Download
  • Stokes, C. E., R. E. Baird, A. Wood-Jones, M. Alexander, C. Watson, G. Taylor, K. Johnson, S. V. Diehl, T. Remaley. 2014. Fleshy saprobic and ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with healthy and declining eastern hemlock stands in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southern Naturalist 13(6):192-218. Download
  • Baird, R.E., A.K. Wood-Jones, J.J. Varco, C. Watson, W.D. Starrett, G. Taylor, and K. Johnson. 2013. All taxa biodiversity inventory survey of select soil and plant ecological parameters associated with rhododendron decline in the Great Smoky Mountains and surrounding areas. Southeastern Naturalist, The, Vol. 12(4):703-722. Download
  • Baird, R.E., L. Wallace, G.T. Baker, M.L. Scruggs. 2013. Stipitate hydnoid fungi of the temperate southeastern United States (monograph & book). Fungal Diversity, 62:41-114. Download
  • Windham, M.T., R.E. Baird, L. Vito, K. Cheng, J.A. Grant, A.S. Windham, G. Taylor, D.H. Guerry. 2013. First Report of Geosmithia morbida (Thousand Cankers Disease) found in North Carolina. Plant Disease. Download
  • Shier, W.T., J. Nelson, H.K. Abbas, R.E. Baird. 2012. Root toxicity of mycotoxin botryodiplodin in soybean seedlings. Toxicon 60:163. Download
  • Baird, R.E., P.A. Wadl, T.W. Allen, D.F. McNeill, X. Wang, J.K. Moulton, T.A. Rinehart, H.K. Abbas, W.T. Shier, and R.N. Trigiano. 2010. Variability of United States isolates of Macrophomina phaseolina based on simple sequence repeats and cross genus transferability to related Botryosphaeraceae genera. Mycopathologia 170:169-180. Download
  • Perry, D.H., M. Tomaso-Peterson, R.E. Baird. 2010. Seasonal variation in frequency of isolation of Ophiosphaerella korrae from bermudagrass roots in Mississippi and pathogenicity of selected isolates. Mycopathologia 169:395-402. Download
  • Baird, R.E., P.A. Wadl, X.W. Wang, D. Hadziabdic, T.A. Rinehart, H.K. Abbas, W.T. Shier, and R.N. Trigiano. 2009. Microsatellites from the charcoal rot fungus (Macrophomina phaseolina). Molecular Ecology 9:946-948. Download
  • Baird, R.E., S.W. Woolfolk, C.E. Watson, Jr. 2009. Microfungi of forest litter of healthy American Beech, Fraser Fir, and Eastern Hemlock stands during an all taxa biodiversity inventory in forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist 8(4):609-630. Download
  • Baird, R.E. 2008. Basidiomycota: Fleshy mushrooms and other important and symbiotic associations. Plant Pathology: Concepts and laboratory exercises, 2nd edition, Trigiano, Windham and Windham eds.
  • Baird, R.E. 2008. Basidiomycota: Select economically important and symbiotic associates. Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, 2nd Edition, Tigiano, Windham and Windham eds.
  • Baird, R.E. 2008. Deuteromycota: Artificial assemblage of asexual forming fungi. Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, pp. 151-160.
  • Baird, R.E. 2008. Laboratory exercises of select asexual forming fungicetes. Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, 2nd Edition, Tigiano, Windham and Windham eds., pp. 161-169.
  • Baird, R.E., H.K. Abbas, G.L. Windham, W.P. Williams, S.M. Baird, W.K. Ma, R.Y. Kelley, L.K. Hawkins, M.L. Scruggs. 2008. Identification of select fumonisin forming Fusarium spp. Using PCR applications of the polyketide synthase gene and comparison of fumonisin production in vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 9(4):554-570. Download
  • Curry, K.J., R.E. Baird. 2008. Ascomycota: Discomycetes, loculoascomycetes, pyrenomycetes. Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises, 2nd Edition, Tigiano, Windham and Windham eds., pp. 143-150.
  • Trigiano, R.N., R.E. Baird, and S.N. Jeffers. 2008. Laboratory exercises with the oomycetes. Plant Pathology: Concepts and laboratory exercises, 2nd edition, Trigiano, Windham and Windham eds.
  • Trigiano, R.N., S.N. Jeffers, R.E. Baird. 2008. Laboratory exercises with pathogenic filamentous streminipiles. Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Practices. Trigiano, Windham and Windham eds.

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