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Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
RESEARCH:
I am responsible for applied research to address plant disease problems faced by the growers of Montana. Some current projects include integrated management of wheat foliar and head diseases, epidemiology of wheat viruses in the Great Plains region, and the use of conventional and biological seed treatments for damping off in chickpea.
AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
My primary responsibility is to Extension. I educate growers, extension agents, crop advisors and industry personnel about plant disease management in Montana. I serve as a communication link between the university and the agricultural community. I supervise the Schutter Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and represent Montana in the IR-4 Project for registration of pesticides on minor crops.
EDUCATION
- B.A. Biology, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 199
- PhD Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- State liason representative, IR-4 Project
- Member of the American Phytopathological Society Extension, Diagnostics, Seed Pathology and Virology Committees
- Gamma Sigma Delta honor society for agriculture
PUBLICATIONS FROM 1998 TO PRESENT
Refereed Journals
Burrows, M., Franc, G., Rush, C., Blunt, T., Ito, D., Kinzer, K., Olson, J., O'Mara, J., Price, J., Tande, C., Ziems, A., Stack, J. 2009. Occurrence of viruses in wheat in the Great Plains region, 2008. Plant Health Progress (in press).
Jacobsen, B., M. Burrows, and K. Ong. 2008. Extension plant pathology: bringing our science to the public. APSnet feature article, December. www.apsnet.org
Leisso, R., P. Miller, and M. Burrows. June, 2008. Integrated management of chickpea pre-emergence damping off. Can. J. Plant Pathol. In press.
Leisso, R., B. Jacobsen and M. Burrows. June, 2008. Fusarium spp. causing pre-emergence damping off of kabuli chickpeas: Pathogenicity of isolates in relation to soil moisture and propagule concentration. Can J. Plant Pathol. In preparation.
M. Burrows , A. Dyer, R. Johnston, W. Grey. 2008. Evaluation of fungicide application timing for control of stripe rust on winter wheat in Montana, 2007. Plant Disease Management Reports. 2:CF028.
M.E. Burrows. 2008. Using local farmer’s markets to promote Extension programming. Journal of Extension. 46:IAW1.
X. Yang, T. Thannhauser, M.E. Burrows, D. Cox-Foster, F. Gildow, and S. Gray. 2008. Coupling genetics and proteomics to identify aphid proteins associated with vector-specific transmission of Polerovirus (Luteoviridae). Journal of Virology. 82:291-299.
M.E. Burrows, M.C. Caillaud, D.M. Smith, and S.M. Gray. 2007. The transmission of Barley yellow dwarf luteovirus-SGV and Cereal yellow dwarf luteovirus-RPV is genetically controlled in the aphid Schizaphis graminum. Heredity 98: 106-113
S.M. Gray, M.C. Caillaud, M.E. Burrows, and D.M. Smith. 2007. Transmission of viruses that cause barley yellow dwarf is controlled by different loci in the aphid, Schizaphis graminum. Journal of Insect Science 7:25.
M.E. Burrows, M.C. Caillaud, D.M. Smith, E.C. Benson, F.E. Gildow, and S.M. Gray. 2006. The genetic regulation of polerovirus and luteovirus transmission in the aphid Schizaphis graminum. Phytopathology 96: 828-837.
M.E. Lee Burrows, C.M. Boerboom, J.M. Gaska, and C.R. Grau. 2005. The relationship between Aphis glycines and Soybean mosaic virus incidence in different pest management systems. Plant Dis. 89: 926-934.
M.E. Lee, C.R. Grau, L.A. Lukaesko, I.-M. Lee. 2002. Identification of aster yellows phytoplasmas in soybean in Wisconsin based on RFLP analysis of PCR-amplified products (16S rDNAs). Can. J. Plant Pathol. 24:125-130.
C.R. Grau, I.-M. Lee, M.E. Lee, M.F. Heimann and L.A. Lukaesko. 1999. Status of Phytoplasma in North American Soybean. Soybean Disease Compendium. APS Press: St. Paul, MN.
R.D. Peters, M.E. Lee, C.R. Grau, S.J. Driscoll, R.M. Winberg, N.C. Kurtzweil, L.A. Lukaesko, I.–M. Lee. 1999. First report of aster yellows phytoplasma in alfalfa. Plant Disease 83:488.
Chastain, C.J., M.E. Lee, M.A. Moorman, P. Shameekumar, R. Chollet. 1997. Site-directed mutagenesis of maize recombinant C4-pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase at the phosphorylatable target threonine residue. FEBS Letters 413:169-173.
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