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Associate Professor, Soil-borne Diseases of Cotton and Peanut
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Lubbock
806-746-4014
ta-wheeler@tamu.edu
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: B.S.
Texas A&M University: M.S.
North Carolina State University: Ph.D
Research Emphasis:
Soil-borne diseases of cotton and peanut
1. Breeding for cotton disease resistance to: Thielaviopsis basicola, Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum, Meloidogyne incognita, Verticillium dahliae, and Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum.
2. Examination of factors which influence pod rot, with an emphasis on Pythium.
3. Remote sensing of cotton and peanut for identification of stresses including: moisture, fertility, insects, weeds, and diseases.
Urgent Topic:
Assistance in plant breeding for commercial companies in Texas. There is little expertise in plant pathology in commercial cotton companies in Texas. The same may be true for other crops. As a result of the strong emphasis on yield and quality, disease resistance that has been achieved in past varieties has become much less of a priority with new varieties. What should be the role of TAES/TCE plant pathologist in assisting companies to continue breeding for disease resistance. This includes projects that have some level of support and also when companies do not want to pay for the plant pathology expertise.
Recent Publications
Wheeler, T. A., and K. F. Bronson. 2003. Precision agriculture: tools of the trade. Nematology Monograph & Perspectives 2:1-8.
Wheeler, T. A. And H. W. Kaufman. 2003. Relationship of aerial broad band reflectance to Meloidogyne incognita density in cotton. Journal of Nematology 35:48-57.
Bronson, K. F., J. W. Keeling, J. D. Booker, T. T. Chua, T. A. Wheeler, R. K. Boman, and R. J. Lascano. 2003. Cotton and soybean yield and phosphorus accumulation: Influence of variable-rate phosphorus fertilizer, landscape position and soil properties. Agronomy Journal 95:949-957.
Gannaway, J. R., T. A. Wheeler, R. K. Bowman, J. Leser, M. Kelley, M. Murphy, D. Nesmith, L. Schoenhals, and V. Morgan. Cotton Performance Tests in the Texas High Plains and Trans-Pecos Areas of Texas 2003. Technical Report 04-1.
Wheeler, T. A., Zhixin Xiang, E. B. Peffley, and J. R. Gannaway. 2003. The effects of chitinase and 1,3-ß-glucanase genes in transformed cotton on diseases. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conference (cd). National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.