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Thomas Isakeit

Professor and Extension Specialist, Field Crops
Focus Area:  Diseases of field crops and vegetables
Office:  
113F PLPM
Email:  
Phone:  
979-862-1340
Graduate Education
Ph.D., Plant Pathology. Michigan State University, 1988

Areas of Expertise

  • Management of plant diseases

Professional Summary

Thomas Isakeit, Ph.D., is a professor and extension specialist in the Texas A&M University Department of Plant Pathology. He responds to the needs of
Texas growers with research and educational efforts aimed at solving their plant disease problems. He works on diseases of field crops, with emphasis
on major diseases of cotton, corn, and sorghum. He also works on diseases of some vegetables, with emphasis on watermelons. While it is essential to
respond to disease problems as they arise, he strives to anticipate how changes in agriculture in the future will affect plant diseases and approaches for
their control. Information resulting from all these efforts is useless unless it is communicated to the clientele that need it – primarily farmers, which is the
key component of his job. The ultimate purpose of his activities is to help maintain the viability of agriculture in Texas. He is not taking any graduate
students, post-docs, research associates, or is looking for employees.

Selected Publications

  1. Mayfield, K., F. J. Betrán, T. Isakeit, G. Odvody, S. C. Murray, W.L.Rooney, and J.C. Landivar. 2012. Registration of maize germplasm lines Tx736, Tx739, Tx740, for reducing preharvest aflatoxin accumulations. Journal of Plant Registrations. doi: 10.3198/jpr2010.12.0675crg https://www.crops.org/files/publications/jpr/new-articles/6-1-c10-12-0675crg.pdf
  2. Mayfield, K. L., S. C. Murray, W. L. Rooney, T. Isakeit, and G. A. Odvody. 2011. Confirmation of QTL Reducing Aflatoxin in Maize Testcrosses. Crop Science 51:2489-2498. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2011.02.0112
  3. Radwan, G.L., T. Isakeit, C.W. Magill, R.Perumal, L.K. Prom, and C.R. Little. 2011. Screening exotic sorghum germplasm, hybrids and elite lines for resistance to a new virulent pathotype (P6) of Peronosclerospora sorghi causing downy mildew. Plant Health Progress, doi:10.1094/PHP-2011-0323-01-RS. http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/sub/php/research/2011/p6/
  4. Ojiambo, P.S., G.J.Holmes, M.L. Adams, M. Babadoost, S.C. Bost, R. Boyles, M. Brooks, W. Britton, J. Damicone,  D.S.Egel, K.L. Everts, D.M. Ferrin, A.J. Given, B.K. Gugino, M.K. Hausbeck, D.M. Ingram, T. Isakeit, A.P. Keinath, T. Keever, D. Langston, M.T. McGrath, S.A. Miller, R. Mulrooney, S. Rideout, E. Roddy,K.W. Seebold, E.J. Sikora, A. Thornton, R.L.Wick, C.A. Wyenandt, C. A. 2011. Cucurbit downy mildew ipmPIPE: a next generation web-based interactive tool for disease management and extension outreach. Plant Health Progress, doi: 10.1094/PHP-2011-0411-01-RV.http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/sub/php/review/2011/cucurbit/
  5. Prom, L.K., T. Isakeit, R. Perumal, J.E. Erpelding, W. Rooney, and C. W. Magill. 2011.  Evaluation of the Ugandan sorghum accessions for grain mold and anthracnose resistance. Crop Protection, 30:566-571. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2010.12.025
  6. Isakeit, T., S. Murray, and J. Wilborn. 2011. Efficacy of Afla-Guard (Aspergillus flavus NRRL 21882) to control mycotoxins on corn in Burleson County, Texas, 2010.  Plant Disease Management Reports 5:FC091.www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/reports/2011/FC091.pdf
  7. Isakeit, T., S. Murray, and K. Mayfield. 2011. Aflatoxin and fumonisin in transgenic corn hybrids in Burleson County, Texas, 2009.  Plant Disease Management Reports 5:FC090.www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/reports/2011/FC090.pdf
  8. Isakeit, T., D. Pietsch, and J.Blumenthal. 2011. Reaction of sorghum hybrids to grain mold and grain weathering in southern and central Texas, 2010.  Plant Disease Management Reports 5:FC089.www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/reports/2011/FC089.pdf
  9. Isakeit, T., and A. Scott, Jr. 2010. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Hidalgo County, Texas, 2008. Plant Disease Management Reports 4:FC082.www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/reports/2010/FC082.pdf
  10. Isakeit, T., S. Murray, and K. Mayfield. 2010. Efficacy of Afla-Guard (Aspergillus flavus NRRL 21882) to control aflatoxin on corn in Burleson County, Texas, 2009.  Plant Disease Management Reports 4:FC081.www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/trial/PDMR/reports/2010/FC081.pdf
  11. Hernandez-Zepeda, C., T. Isakeit, A. Scott, Jr., and J.K. Brown. 2010. First report of Okra yellow mosaic Mexico virus in okra in the United States. Plant Dis. 94:924.
  12. Isakeit, T., J.E. Woodward, C. Niu, and R.J.Wright. 2010. First report of Sclerotinia stem rot of canola caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Texas. Plant Dis. 94:792.

 

Plant Disease Information

Information on aflatoxin on corn
http://aflatoxin.tamu.edu

Information on watermelon diseases in Texas
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/vegetable/watermelon