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Hunter, James Edward
Cornell Emeritus Professor
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- Prof Emeritus, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES)
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Research
research overview
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- Biology and epidemiology of bacterial and fungal pathogens and improved disease management
- Airborne fungal pathogens and the diseases they cause on papaya and macadamia in the high rainfall area of the Big Island of Hawaii
- Biology and epidemiology of both bacterial and fungal diseases of vegetable crops
- Host-plant resistance
- Molecular genetics of bacterial pathogens was emphasized later in my career to improve understanding of the biology of some of these pathogens
Publications
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academic article
- Conditioning sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum for carpogenic germination. Plant Disease. 79:411-415. 1995
- DNA sequence variation and phylogenetic relationships among strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae inferred from restriction site maps and fragment length polymorphism. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59:4180-4188. 1993
- Comparison of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strains recovered from bacterial brown spot lesions on snap bean with strains from other sources by a bean pod assay. Plant Disease. 73:419-423. 1989
- Fungal induced blemishes of sugar snap peas associated with adherence of blossom parts to the pods. HortScience. 23:847-848. 1988
- Association of common ragweed with Sclerotinia rot of cabbage in New York State. Plant Disease. 70:26-28. 1986
- Evaluation of the potential of the flea beetle, Phyllotretra cruciferae Goeze, to transmit Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris causal agent of black rot of crucifers. Can. J. of Plant Pathology. 7:308-310. 1985
- Relationship between soil moisture and occurrence of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and white mold disease on snap beans. Protec. Ecol. 7:269-280. 1984
- A root rot of apple caused by Rhizoctonia solani in New York nurseries. Plant Disease. 62:476-479. 1978
- Effects of timing, coverage, and an oil additive on control of white mold of snap bean with benomyl. Plant Disease. 62:633-637. 1978
- Inheritance of resistance to white mold disease in Phaseolus coccineus. Journal of Heredity. 69:200-202. 1978
- Observations on the source and spread of Xanthomonas compestris in an epidemic of black rot in New York. Plant Disease Reports. 59:384-387. 1975
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article
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conference paper
- Review of disease research on beets. New York State Proc. Veg. Conference. 57-59. 1976
- Review of research on white mold and root rot of beans. New York State Proc. Veg. Conf. 32-41. 1976
- 1973 Bean disease research summary. New York State Proc. Veg. Conference. 36-42. 1974
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- Association of common ragweed with Sclerotinia rot of cabbage in New York state. 1287. 1985
- Evaluating bean germplasm for resistance to Whetzelinia sclerotiorum. 50. 1975
- Predisposition of beans to infection by ascospores of Whetzelinia clerotiorum prior to blossoming. 61. 1975
- Practical mode of action of benomyl in the control of Whetzelinia sclerotiorum on beans. 279. 1974
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report
- White mold of beans in New York 1979
Service
current professional activities
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- Member, American Phytopathological Society
Background
educational background
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Ph.D., Botany University of New Hampshire, 1964
B.A., Microbiology University of New Hampshire, 1961
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