Tom W. Allen

Tom W. Allen

Extension/Research Professor

Row Crop Pathogens

Email: ta152@msstate.edu
Phone:  (662) 686-9311


Research Areas:
  • Diseases of row crops

Websites:
Mississippi Crop Situation Blog

Publications

  • Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic N., T. W. Allen, J. Frelichowski, J. Scheffler, S. Sabanadzovic. 2023. Discovery and analyses of caulimovirid-like sequences in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Viruses 15(8):1643.  Download
  • Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., R. C. Stephenson, T. Allen, A. Henn, W. F. Moore, A. Lawrence, S. Sabanadzovic. 2023. Characterization of a new member of the genus Potyvirus from kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in Mississippi. Viruses 15(11):2145. Download
  • Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., T. W. Allen, J. Scheffler, S. Sabanadzovic. 2023. First report of pothos latent virus infecting upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in the United States. Plant Disease 107(7):2270. Download
  • Wang, X., N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, S. Sabanadzovic, M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. H. Wilkerson, T.W. Allen. 2023. Defining fungicide resistance mechanisms in the Corynespora cassiicola population from Mississippi soybean. Plant Disease 107 (8):2365-2374. Download
  • Wang, X., N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, S. Sabanadzovic, M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. H. Wilkerson, T.W. Allen. 2023. Evaluating in vitro fitness parameters of G143A-containing and wild-type Corynespora cassiicola isolates from Mississippi soybean. Plant Disease 107 (8):2375-2383.  Download
  • Wang, X., N.B.D.S. Dhillon, N. Brochard, N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, S. Sabanadzovic, M. Tomaso-Peterson, T. H. Wilkerson, B. H. Bluhm, T.R. Faske, T.W. Allen. 2022. Quinone outside inhibitor resistance conferred with the G143A substitution in Corynespora cassiicola, which causes target spot, from Arkansas and Mississippi soybean. Plant Health Progress 23:239-244. Download
  • Burgess, B., T. W. Allen, J. Bullard, D. L. Haire, E. J. Larson, B. Macoon, I. Pickett, J. B. Rushing, D. B. Reginelli, J. A. White. 2020. Mississippi wheat and oat variety trials, 2019. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 549, Mississippi State University.  Download
  • Crow, W., A. L. Catchot, J. Gore, D. M. Dodds, D. R. Cook, T. W. Allen. 2020. Evaluation of tillage, at-planting treatment, and nematicide on tobacco thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and reniform nematode (Tylenchida: Hoplolamidae) management in cotton. Agronomy 10(2):300.  Download
  • Crow, W., A. L. Catchot, J. Gore, D. M. Dodds, T. W. Allen, D. R. Cook. 2020. Evaluation of seed treatment, herbicide, and nematicide on tobacco thrips (Thysanoptera:Thripdae) and reniform nematode (Tylenchida:Hololaimidae) control. Journal of Cotton Science 24:10-16.  Download
  • Lawrence, B., J. A. Bond, B. R. Golden, T. W. Allen, D. B. Reynolds, T. Bararpour. 2020. Nitrogen fertilizer programs following rice exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of paraquat. Weed Technology 34:807-813.  Download
  • Lawrence, B., J. A. Bond, B. R. Golden, T. W. Allen, D. B. Reynolds, T. Bararpour. 2020. Nitrogen fertilizer programs following rice exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of paraquat. Weed Technology 34:807-813.  Download
  • Lawrence, B., J. A. Bond, B. R. Golden, T. W. Allen, D. B. Reynolds, T. Bararpour. 2020. Rice (Oryza sativa) performance following exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of paraquat applied alone or in mixture with common residual herbicides. Weed Technology 34:675-681.  Download
  • Sanders, T. L., J. A. Bond, B. H. Lawrence, B. R. Golden, T. W. Allen, T. Bararpour. 2020. Evaluation of weed control in acetyl CoA carboxylase-resistant rice (Oryza sativa) with mixtures of quizalofop and auxinic herbicides. Weed Technology 34:498-505.  Download
  • Wilson, B. R., T. W. Allen, A. L. Catchot, L. J. Krutz, D. M. Dodds. 2020. Determining the profitability of reniform nematode control practices in the Mississippi cotton production system. Plant Health Progress 21(2):105-112.  Download
  • Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., T. W. Allen, A. R. Henn, A. Lawrence, S. Sabanadzovic. 2019. Partial characterization of a divergent isolate of pokeweed mosaic virus from Mississippi. Journal of Plant Pathology 101:1127-1131. 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
  • Wang, X., T. W. Allen, H. Wang, D. G. Peterson, R. L. Nichols, A. Liu, X. Li, P. Deng, J. Jia, S. Lu. 2019. Development of a qPCR protocol to detect the cotton bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum. Plant Disease 103(3):422-429.  Download
  • Wise, K. A., D. Smith, A. Freije, D. S. Mueller, Y. Kandel, T. W. Allen, C. A. Bradley, E. Byamukama, M. Chilvers, T. Faske, A. Friskop, C. Hollier, T. A. Jackson-Ziems, H. Kelly, B. Kemerait, P. Price III, A. Robertson, A. Tenuta. 2019. Meta-analysis of yield response of foliar fungicide-treated hybrid corn in the United States and Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE 14(6):e0217510.  Download
  • Albright, D., B. Burgess, J. Bullard, J. W. Burkhalter, T. W. Allen, D. L. Haire, J. T. Irby, B. Macoon, I. Pickett, D. B. Reginelli, J. A. White, A. M. Silva, W. Solomon, S. McQuirter. 2018. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2017. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 526. Download
  • Burgess, B., T. W. Allen, J. M. Carson, D. L. Haire, E. J. Larson, B. Macoon, S. McQuirter, I. Pickett, J. B. Rushing, D. B. Reginelli, J. A. White. 2018. Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials, 2018. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 531. Download
  • Ryals, J. L., D. R. Cook, A. L. Catchot, F. Musser, S. D. Stewart, R. B. Leanord, D. G. Buntin, D. L. Kerns, T. W. Allen, J. Gore. 2018. Impact of corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on field corn (Poales: Poaceae) yield and grain quality. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(3):1249-1255.  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
  • 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
  • Bararpour, T., N. E. Korres, T. W. Allen, J. A. Bond. 2017. Infection of Sorghum bicolor, selected grass species, and Zea mays by Gloeocercospora sorghi, causal pathogen of zonate leaf spot. Phytoparasitica 45(2):211-217. Download
  • Showmaker, K. C., M. A. Arick II, C.-Y. Hsu, B. E. Martin, X. Wang, J. Jia, M. J. Wubben, R. L. Nichols, T. W. Allen, D. G. Peterson, S. Lu. 2017. The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1. Standards in Genomic Sciences 12:42. 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
  • Burgess, B., J. Bullard, J. W. Burkhalter, T. W. Allen, D. L. Haire, J. T. Irby, B. Macoon, D. B. Reginelli, D. S. Respess, D. E. Rowe, A. M. Silva, I. Pickett, W. Solomon. 2016. Mississippi soybean variety trials, 2016. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin IB0515, Mississippi State University. 82 pp. Download
  • Burgess, B., T. W. Allen, J. L. Bibb, J. Bullard, J. M. Carson, D. L. Haire, B. Johnson, E. J. Larson, B. Macoon, D. B. Reginelli, D. S. Respess, D. E. Rowe. 2016. Mississippi Wheat & Oat Variety Trials, 2016. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Information Bulletin 0511. 38 pp. Download
  • Golden, B. R., T. W. Allen, J. Orlowski. 2016. Seed-applied fungicide and inoculant interactions for late-planted soybean in the mid-southern United States. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management 2. Download
  • Harback, C. J., T. W. Allen, C. R. Bowen, J. A. Davis, C. B. Hill, M. Leitman, B. R. Leonard, D. S. Mueller, G. B. Padgett, X. A. Phillips, R. W. Schneider, E. J. Sikora, A. K. Singh, G. L. Hartman. 2016. Delayed senescence in soybean: Terminology, research update, and survey results from growers. Plant Health Progress 17(2):76-83.  Download
  • Mueller, D. S., K. A. Wise, A. J. Sisson, T. W. Allen, G. C. Bergstrom, D. B. Bosley, C. A. Bradley, K. D. Broders, E. Byamukama, M. I. Chilvers, A. Collins, T. R. Faske, A. J. Friskop, R. W. Heiniger, C. A. Hollier, D. C. Hooker, T. Isakeit, T. A. Jackson-Ziems, D. J. Jardine, K. D. Kinzer, S. R. Koenning, D. K. Malvick, M. McMullen, R. F. Meyer, P. A. Paul, A. E. Robertson, G. W. Roth, D. L. Smith, C. A. Tande, A. U. Tenuta, P. Vincelli, F. Warmer. 2016. Corn yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2012-2015. Plant Health Progress 17: 211-222. Download
  • Woodward, J., D. M. Dodds, C. Main, T. Barber, R. K. Boman, J. R. Whitaker, K. Edmisten, J. C. Banks, N. W. Buehring, T. W. Allen. 2016. Evaluation of foliar applications of strobilurin fungicides in cotton across the southern United States. Journal of Cotton Science 20:116-124. Download
  • Burgess, B., J. Bullard, D. A. Braswell, J. M. Carson, S. Horton, E. J. Larson, B. Macoon, D. B. Reginelli, D. E. Rowe, C. L. Stokes, B. Johnson, T. W. Allen, P. Williams, G. B. Triplett. 2015. Mississippi Corn for Grain Hybrid Trials, 2015. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin 502, Mississippi State University. Download
  • Burgess, B., J. Bullard, N. B. Simmons, D. S. Respess, T. W. Allen, L. Stephens, D. B. Reginelli, D. E. Rowe, B. Macoon, A. M. Silva, D. L. Haire. 2015. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2015. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bullletin 504, Mississippi State University. Download
  • Burgess, B., J. Bullard, T. W. Allen, D. A. Braswell, J. M. Carson, D. L. Haire, S. C. Hankins, B. Johnson, E. J. Larson, B. Macoon, D. B. Reginelli, D. E. Rowe. 2015. Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials, 2015. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 500, Mississippi State University. Download
  • Burgess, B., J. Bullard, T.W. Allen, D. Haire, T. Irby, B. Macoon, D. Reginelli, D. Respess, D. Rowe, M. Silva, N. Simmons, L. Stephens. 2015. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials, 2015. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin IB0504, Mississippi State University. 69 pp. Download
  • Cianchetta, A. N., T. W. Allen, R. B. Hutmacher, R. C. Kemerait, T. L. Kirkpatrick, G. W. Lawrence, J. D. Mueller, R. L. Nichols, M. W. Olsen, C. Overstreet, J. E. Woodward, K. S. Lawrence, R. M. Davis. 2015. Survey of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum in the United States. Journal of Cotton Science 19(2):328-336. 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
  • Weaver, M. A., H. K. Abbas, L. L. Falconer, T. W. Allen, H. C. Pringle, G. L. Sciumbato. 2015. Biological control of aflatoxin is effective and economical in Mississippi field trials. Crop Protection 69:52-55. Download
  • Burgess, B.A., J. Bullard, T.W. Allen, D.M. Ingram, B.B. Johnson, E.J. Larson, J. Carson, D.E. Rowe, J.L. Singleton, D.B. Reginelli, S. Hankins, D. Haire, M. Starkey. 2013. Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials, 2013. MAFES Information Bulletin. 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
  • 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
  • Baird, R.E., P.A. Wadl, T.W. Allen, D.F. McNeill, X. Wang, J.K. Moulton, T.A. Rinehart, H.K. Abbas, W.T. Shier, and R.N. Trigiano. 2010. Variability of United States isolates of Macrophomina phaseolina based on simple sequence repeats and cross genus transferability to related Botryosphaeraceae genera. Mycopathologia 170:169-180. Download
  • Allen, T.W., K.C. Steddom, G.L. Peterson, C.M. Rush. 2008. Distribution and recovery of Tilletia indica teliospores from regulated wheat fields in Texas. Plant Disease 92:344-350. Download

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