Maria Tomaso-Peterson

Professor Emerita

Email: mt1@msstate.edu

Phone: (662) 325-2593

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Badial, A., M. Tomaso-Peterson, J. G. King. 2020. Monitoring ectotrophic root-infecting fungi associated with bermudagrass putting green roots using quantitative multiplex assays. Plant Health Progress 21:144-151. Download

Minaev, N., M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. M. Tseng, G. D. Chesser, T. C. Barickman, J. D. McCurdy. 2020. Harvest aids for improved bermudagrass sod shelf-life and transplant success. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 3(1):e20108. Download

Vines, P. L., F. G. Hoffmann, F. S. Meyer, T. W. Allen, J. Luo, N. Zhang, M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2019. Magnaporthiopsis cynodontis, a novel turfgrass pathogen with widespread distribution in the United States. Mycologia 112(1):52-63. Download

Begitschke, E., G., J. D. McCurdy, T. M. Tseng, T. C. Barickman, B. R. Stewart, C. M. Baldwin, M. P. Richard, M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2018. Preemergence herbicide effects on hybrid bermudagrass root architecture and establishment. HortScience 53(4):567-572. Download

Sharma, S., A. Z. Zaccaron, J. B. Ridenour, T. W. Allen, K. Conner, V. P. Doyle, T. Price, E. Sikora, R. Singh, T. Spurlock, M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. H. Wilkerson, B. H. Bluhm. 2018. Draft genome sequence of Xylaria sp., the causal agent of taproot decline of soybean in the southern United States. Data in Brief 17:129-133. Download

Smith, D. L., J. P. Kerns, N. R. Walker, A. F. Payne, B. Horvath, J. C. Inguagiato, E. Kaminski, M. Tomaso-Peterson, P. L. Koch. 2018. Development and validation of a weather-based warning system to advise fungicide applications to control dollar spot on turfgrass. PLOS ONE. Download

Tomaso-Peterson, M. 2018. Ink spot of warm-season golf course turfgrasses. Crop Forage Turfgrass Management 4(1):1-5. Download

Zhang, G., J. A. Bond, A. M. Fakhoury, A. E. Dorrance, L. Weber, T. R. Faske, L. J. Giesler, D. E. Hershman, B. S. Kennedy, D. L. Neves, C. A. Hollier, H. M. Kelly, M. A. Newman, N. M. Kleczewski, S. R. Koenning, T. W. Allen, L. D. Thiessen, H. L. Mehl, T. Zhou, M. D. Meyer, D. S. Meuller, Y. R. Kandel, P. P. Price III, J. C. Rupe, E. J. Sikora, J. R. Standish, M. Tomaso-Peterson, K. A. Wise, C. A. Bradley. 2018. Widespread occurrence of quinone outside inhibitor fungicide-resistant isolates of Cercospora sojina, causal agent of frogeye leaf spot of soybean, in the United States. Plant Health Progress 19:295-302. Download

Craft, J., C. M. Baldwin, J. D. McCurdy, B. R. Stewart, H. W. Philley, E. K. Blythe, M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2017. Maintaining soil physical properties in athletic fields using alternative technology. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 13(1):636-641 Download

Vines, P., L., M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. W. Allen, B. R. Stewart, J. L. DuBien, 2017. Ultradwarf bermudagrass performance as influenced by cultivar selection and cultural management practice. Crop Science 57(1):1-9. Download

Broderick, S. R., C. J. Balbalian, M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2016. First report of stem canker of interspecific Impatiens hybrids caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in the United States. Plant Disease 100(9):1951. Download

Craft, J. M., C. M. Baldwin, W. H. Philley, J. D. McCurdy, B. R. Stewart, M. Tomaso-Peterson, E. K. Blythe. 2016. Impact of dry-injection cultivation to maintain soil physical properties for an ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green. HortScience 51(9):1171-1175. Download

Hodges, B., C. Baldwin, B. R. Stewart, M. Tomaso-Peterson, J. McCurdy, E. Blythe, H. Philley. 2016. Quantifying a daily light integral for establishment of warm-season cultivars on putting greens. Crop Science 56(5):2818-2826. Download

Tomaso-Peterson, M., Y.-K. Jo, P. Vines, F. G. Hoffmann. 2016. Curvularia malinah sp. nov. incites a new disease of warm-season turfgrasses in the southeastern United States. Mycologia 108(5):915-924. Download

Standish, J. R., M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. W. Allen, S. Sabanadzovic, N. Aboughanem. 2015. Occurrence of QoI fungicide resistance in Cercospora sojina from Mississippi soybean. Plant Disease 99:1347-1352. Download

Cochran, D. R., R. L. Harkess, P. R. Knight, M. Tomaso-Peterson, E. K. Blythe, C. H. Gilliam. 2014. Evaluation of a commercial extract of giant knotweed on drought tolerance of impatiens. HortScience 49(8):1034-1040. Download

Gilley, M.D., M. Tomaso-Peterson, T.W. Allen, B.S. Baldwin. 2013. Foliar disease incidence associated with giant miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) cultivars in Mississippi. Phytopathology, 103:S2.49. Download

Smith, D.B., J. Kerns, J. Kaminski, B. Horvath, M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2013. Validation of a logistic regression model for prediction of dollar spot of amenity turfgrasses. Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online, 12(2):40-42. Download

Standish, J.R., M. Tomaso-Peterson, T.W. Allen. 2013. Fungal diversity by plant section in the Mississippi soybean production system. Phytopathology, 103:S2.146. Download

Vines, P.L., M. Tomaso-Peterson, T.W. Allen, B.R. Stewart, F.S. Meyer, J.L. DuBien. 2013. Characterization of ectotrophic root-infecting fungi isolated from ultradwarf bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis) root materials. Phytopathology, 103:S2.153. Download

Crouch, J., M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2012. Anthracnose disease of centipedegrass turf caused by Colletotrichum eremochloa, a new fungal species closely related to Colletotrichum sublineola. Mycologia 104(5):1085-1096. Download

Gu, M., M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2012. Efficacy of nonconventional fungicides for control of Pythium root rot in poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima Wild. Ex Klotzsch). Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 57(4):250-256.

Hanes, A.W., L.E. Trevathan, and M. Tomaso-Peterson. 2012. Germination, shoot growth, and seedborne fungi of fungicide treated wheat seed in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Vol. 57(4):235-239.

Tomaso-Peterson, M., J.A. Crouch, C. Balbalian. 2012. Anthracnose of centipedegrass turf. Applied Turfgrass Science. 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

Tomaso-Peterson, M., J.R. Young. 2010. Cultivar response of seeded bermudagrass to leaf spot and the influence of nitrogen and month of disease severity. Applied Turfgrass Science. Download

Young, J.R., M. Tomaso-Peterson, K. de la Cerda, F.P. Wong. 2010. Two mutations in B-tubulin 2 gene associated with thiophanate methyl resistance in Colletotrichum cereale isolates from creeping bentgrass in Mississippi and Alabama. Plant Disease 94:207-212. Download

Young, J.R., M. Tomaso-Peterson, L.P. Tredway, K. de la Cerda. 2010. Occurrence and molecular identification of azoxystrobin-resistant Colletotrichum cereale isolates from putting greens in the southeastern United States. Plant Disease 94:751-757. Download

Tredway, L.P., M. Tomaso-Peterson, D.H. Perry, N.R. Walker. 2009. Spring dead spot of bermudagrass: a challenge for researchers and turfgrass managers. Plant Health Progress. Download