Terry A. Wheeler

Areas of Expertise

• Management of cotton plant pathogens (seedling disease, Fusarium and Verticillium wilt, bacterial blight, and root-knot and reniform nematodes).

Professional Summary

Terry Wheeler, Ph.D is a professor with Texas A&M AgriLife Research (Dept of Plant Pathology and Microbiology) located at the research and extension center in Lubbock. Terry works primarily in the management of cotton diseases that are important in the Southern High Plains of Texas. The emphasis in her program is on identifying varieties that demonstrate the best resistance to bacterial blight, Verticillium wilt, and root-knot and reniform nematodes. Trials are conducted both on-station, but also in many cotton production fields around the region. In addition, Terry also tests chemical and biological products (seed treatments, at-plant infurrow, and over-the-top) for nematode management. There are several systems type projects located in Lamesa, Halfway, and Morton, TX which allow Terry to monitor the impact of tillage practices, irrigation rates, and crop rotation on certain soilborne plant pathogens.

Selected Publications

1. Wheeler, T. A., J. P. Bordovsky, J. W. Keeling, B. G. Mullinix Jr., and J. E. Woodward. 2012. Effects of crop rotation, cultivar, and irrigation/nitrogen rate on Verticillium wilt in cotton. Plant Dis. In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-11-0111-RE.
2. Wheeler, T. A., and J. E. Woodward. 2011. Affect of Verticillium wilt on cultivars in the Southern High Plains of Texs. Pp. 293-305. In 2011 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Atlanta, GA, 4-7 Jan. cd format.
3. Wheeler, T. A., J. E. Woodward, and B. G. Mullinix, Jr. 2010. Effect of seedling rate on Verticillium wilt incidence, yield, and value for three cotton cultivars. Journal of Cotton Science 14:173-180.
4. Vandiver, M., T. A. Wheeler, and B. G. Mullinix, Jr. 2010. Evalution of commercial aerial imagery to assess variability of height and yield in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fields. Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources 23:26-41.
5. Wilson, J. N., T. A. Wheeler, and B. G. Mullinix Jr. 2010. Effect of sodium hypocholorite on mortality of Sclerotinia minor sclerotia. Peanut Science 37:92-94.
6. Wheeler, T. A., and J. E. Woodward. 2010. The effects of Verticillium wilt on cotton cultivars. Pp. 314-324. In 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans, LA, 4-7 Jan. cd format.
7. Wheeler, T. A., J. W. Keeling, J. P. Bordovsky, J. Everitt, K. F. Bronson, R. K. Boman, and B. G. Mullinix Jr. 2009. Effect of irrigation rates on three cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars in a root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) infested field. Journal of Cotton Science 13:56-66.
8. Wheeler, T. A., J. F. Leser, M. D. Arnold, M. N. Parajulee, and B. G. Mullinix, Jr. 2008. Frequency of enhanced degradation of aldicarb on field soils from the High Plains of Texas. Journal of Cotton Science 12:325-330.
9. Wheeler, T. A., D. O. Porter, D. Archer, and B. G. Mullinix, Jr. 2008. Effect of fumigation on Rotylenchulus reniformis population density through subsurface drip irrigation located every other furrow. Journal of Nematology 40:210-216.
10. Choppakatla, V., T. A. Wheeler, G. L. Schuster, C. Robinson, and D. O. Porter. 2008. Relationship of soil moisture with the incidence of pod rot in peanut in west Texas. Peanut Sci. 35:116-122.
11. Niu, C., H. E. Lister, B. Nguyen, T. A. Wheeler, and R. J. Wright. 2008. Resistance to Thielaviopsis basicola in the cultivated A genome cotton. Theoretical Applied Genetics 117:1313-1323.
12. Wheeler, T. A., J. F. Leser, J. W. Keeling, and B. Mullinix. 2008. Effect of terminated cover crop and aldicarb on cotton yield and Meloidogyne incognita population density. Journal of Nematology 40:147-151.