Significant Publications, 2013-2024

This list of publications are considered to have had significant influence on practices spanning the seed value chain, including seed production, environmental protection and conservation, seed testing methods, disease diagnosis, management of seed and seedling diseases, biotech and pest risk analysis, phytosanitary policy and regulation, seed enterprise management, and food & feed safety.

 Seed Systems and Biosafety

  • Christensen, P. J., Misra, M. K., Rai, S., Shyy, Y.-Y. & Wolt, J. D. (2014). Confined production process for non-food corn. Iowa State University: Seed Science Center.
  • Cortes, J., & Harries, A. (2015). Quality management for seed enterprises in developing countries. Iowa State University: Seed Science Center. This manual applies process management concepts to help organizations deliver high quality seed of improved varieties.
  • Harries, A., Shyy, Y.-Y., & Hendrickson, G. (2013). National variety list for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Iowa State University: Seed Science Center.

 

Seed Physiology

  •  Beavers, A. W., A. S. Goggi, M. B. Reddy, A. M. Lauter, & M. P. Scott. (2015). Recurrent selection to alter grain phytic acid concentration and iron bioavailability. Crop Science, 55(5), 2244-2251. https://doi:10.2135/cropsci2014.12.0807
  • Christian, E. J., A. S. Goggi, & Moore, K. J. (2014). Temperature and light requirements for Miscanthus sinensis germination. Crop Science, 54(2), 791-795.
  • Coleman, Z., Boelter, J., Espinosa, K., Goggi, A. S., Palmer, R. G., & Sandhu, D. (2017). Isolation and characterization of Aconitate hydratase 4 (Aco4) from soybean. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 97(4), 684-691. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0363
  • Dean, A. N., Wigg, K., Zambiazzi. E. V., Christian, E. J., Goggi, A. S., Schwarte, A., Johnson, J., & Cabrera, E. (2021). Migration of oil bodies in embryo cells during acquisition of desiccation tolerance in chemically defoliated corn seed production fields. Agriculture, 11(2), 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11020129
  • Espinosa, K., Boelter J., Lolle, S., Hopkins, M., Goggi, A. S., Palmer, R. G., & Sandhu, D.  (2015). Evaluation of spontaneous generation of allelic variation in soybean in response to sexual hybridization and stress. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 95, 405-415.
  • Kimmelshue, C. L, Goggi, A. S., & Moore, K. J. (2022). Single plant yield in corn based on emergence date, seed size, sowing depth, and plant-to-plant distance. Crops, 2, 62–86. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops2010006             
  • Kimmelshue, C. L, Goggi, A. S., & Moore, K. J. (2022). Seed size, planting depth, and a perennial ground cover system effect on corn emergence and grain yield. Agronomy, 12(2), 437. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020437
  • Kimmelshue, C. L., Goggi, A. S., & Cademartiri, R. (2019). Biological control coatings based on bacteriophages and polymers against bacteria in seeds. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 17950. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54068-3
  • Krueger, K., Goggi, A. S., Mallarino, A. P., & Mullen, R. E. (2013). Phosphorus and potassium fertilization effects on soybean seed quality and composition. Crop Science, 53(2), 602-610.
  • Mbofung, G., Goggi, A. S., Leandro, L. F. S., & Mullen, R. E. (2013). Effect of storage temperature and relative humidity on viability and vigor of chemically treated soybean seeds. Crop Science, 53, 1086-1095.
  • Moore, K. J., Anex, R. P., Elobeid, A. E, Fei, S., Flora, C. B., Goggi, A. S., Jacobs, K. L., Kaleita, A. L., Jha, P., Laird, D. A., Karlen, D.L., Lenssen, A. W., Lübberstedt, T., McDaniel, M. D., Raman, D. R., & Weyers, S. L. (2019). Regenerating agricultural landscapes with perennial ground cover for intensive crop production. Agronomy, 9, 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9080458
  • Priester, J. H., Moritz, S. C., Espinosa, K., Ge, Y., Wang, Y., Nisbet, R. M., Schimel, J. P., Goggi, A. S., Gardea-Torresdey, J. L., & Holden, P. A. (2017). Damage assessment for soybean cultivated in soil with either CeO2 or ZnO manufactured nanomaterial. Science of the Total Environment, 579, 1756-1768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.149
  • Reed, S., Atkinson, T., Gorecki, C., Espinosa, K., Przybylski, S., Goggi, A. S., Palmer, R. G., & Sandhu, D. (2014). Candidate gene identification for a lethal chlorophyll-deficient mutant in soybean. Agronomy, 4, 462-469.
  • Salas-Fernandez, M. G., Schoenbaum, G. R., & Goggi, A. S. (2014). Novel germplasm and screening methods for early cold tolerance in sorghum. Crop Science, 54, 2631–2638.
  • Samarah, N. H., Mullen, R. E., Cianzio, S., Gladon, R., & Goggi, A. S. (2016). Ethylene evolution from podded and depodded seeds of soybean in relationship with seed desiccation tolerance during maturation. Seed Science and Technology, 44(1), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.15258/sst.2016.44.1.07
  • Sandhu, D., Atkinson, T., Noll, A., Johnson, C., Espinosa, K., Boelter, J., Abel, S., Dhatt, B. K., Barta, T., Singsaas, S., Sepsenwol, E., Goggi, A. S., & Palmer, R. (2016). Soybean proteins GmTic110 and GmPsbP are crucial for chloroplast development and function. Plant Science, 252, 76–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.07.006                  
  • Simma, B., Polthanee, A. Goggi, A. S.  Siri, B., Promkhambut, A., & Caragea, P. C. (2017). Wood vinegar seed priming improves yield and suppresses weeds in dryland direct-seeding rice under rainfed production. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 37, 56. https://doi.org/0.1007/s13593-017-0466-2
  • Sun, M., Goggi, A. S., Matson, K., Palmer, R. G., Moore, K., & Cianzio, S. R. (2015). Thin plate spline regression model used at early stages of soybean breeding to control field spatial variation. Journal of Crop Improvement, 29(3), 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2015.1026623

 

Seed Pathology

  • Anderson, S. J., Simmons, H.E., French-Monar, R. D., & Munkvold, G. P. (2016). Susceptibility of maize inbreds and incidence of symptomless infection by the head smut pathogen, Sphacelotheca reiliana. Plant Health Progress. https://doi:10.1094/PHP-RS-15-0014.
  • Anderson, S. J., Simmons, H. E., & Munkvold, G. P. (2015). Real-time PCR assay for detection of Sphacelotheca reiliana infection in maize (Zea mays) seedlings and evaluation of seed treatment efficacy. Plant Disease, 99, 1847-1852.
  • Arias, S. L., Block, C. C., Mayfield, D. A., Santillana, G., Stulberg, M. J., Broders, K. D., Jackson-Ziems, T. A., & Munkvold, G. P. (2020). Occurrence in seeds and potential seed transmission of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum in maize in the United States. Phytopathology, 110, 1139-1146.
  • Arias, S. L., Mary, V. S., Otaiza, S. N., Wunderlin, D. A., Rubinstein, H. R., & Theumer, M. G. (2016). Toxin distribution and sphingoid base imbalances in Fusarium verticillioides-infected and fumonisin B1-watered maize seedlings. Phytochemistry, 125, 54–64.
  • Arias, S. L., Mary, V. S., Velez, P. A., Rodriguez, M. G., Otaiza, S. N., & Theumer, M. G. (2021). Where does the peanut smut pathogen, Thecaphora frezii, fit in the spectrum of smut diseases? Plant Disease, 105(9), 2268-2280.
  • Block, C. C., Shepherd, L. M., Mbofung, G. C., Sernett, J. M., & Robertson, A. E. (2019). Re-evaluation of seed transmission of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis in Zea mays. Plant Disease, 103, 110-116. (A comprehensive evaluation of the risk of seed transmission of Goss’s wilt in corn seed, which is of phytosanitary and regulatory importance.)
  • Block, C. C., Shepherd, L. M., & Pataky, J. K. (2017). Detection of Pantoea stewartii ssp. stewartii from maize seeds. In M. Fatmi, R. Walcott, & N. Schaad (Eds.), Detection of plant-pathogenic bacteria in seed and other planting material (2nd ed., pp. 33-37). American Phytopathological Society. (Book is widely-used as a reference by scientists and researchers working on bacterial disease diagnostics.)
  • Bowers, E., & Munkvold, G.P. (2014). Fumonisins in conventional and transgenic, insect-resistant maize intended for fuel ethanol production: Implications for fermentation efficiency and DDGS co-product quality. Toxins, 6, 2804-2825.
  • Bowers, E., Hellmich, R. L., & Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Comparison of fumonisin contamination using HPLC and ELISA methods in Bt and near-isogenic maize hybrids infested with European corn borer or Western bean cutworm. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62, 6463-6472. https://doi: 10.1021/jf5011897
  • Cappelle, K. M., Munkvold, G. P., & Wolt, J. D. (2019). Meta-effect of insect resistant maize on fumonisin B1 in grain estimated by variance-weighted and replication-weighted analyses. World Mycotoxin Journal, 12, 141-151.
  • Cruz, D., Ellis, M., Munkvold, G. P., & Leandro, L. (2018). Isolate x cultivar interactions, in-vitro growth and fungicide sensitivity of Fusarium oxysporum isolates causing seedling disease on soybean. Plant Disease, 102, 1928-1937.
  • Cruz, D. R., Leandro, L. F. S., Mayfield, D. A., Meng, Y., & Munkvold, G. P. (2020). Effects of soil conditions on root rot of soybean caused by Fusarium graminearum. Phytopathology, 110, 1693-1703. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-20-0052-R
  • Cruz, D., Leandro, L., & Munkvold, G. P. (2019). Effects of temperature and pH on Fusarium oxysporum and soybean seedling disease. Plant Disease, 103, 3234-3243.
  • da Silva, M. P., Tylka, G. L., & Munkvold, G. P. (2016). Seed treatment effects on maize seedlings co-infected with Rhizoctonia solani and Pratylenchus penetrans. Plant Disease, 101, 957-963.
  • da Silva, M. P., Tylka, G. L., & Munkvold, G. P. (2016). Seed treatment effects on maize seedlings co-infected with Fusarium spp. and Pratylenchus penetrans. Plant Disease, 100, 431-437.
  • de Sousa, M. V., Machado, J. da C., Simmons, H., & Munkvold, G. P. (2015). Real-time quantitative PCR assays for the rapid detection and quantification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. phaseoli in Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) seeds. Plant Pathology, 64, 478-488. https://doi: 10.1111/ppa.12257
  • Dutta, B., Block, C. C., Stevenson, K. L., Hunt Sanders, F., Walcott, R. R., & Gitaitis, R. D. (2013). Distribution of phytopathogenic bacteria in infested seeds. Seed Science & Technology, 41, 383-397. (Demonstrated common patterns in how bacteria colonize seeds of different crops.)
  • Ellis, M. L., Lanubile, A., Garcia, C., & Munkvold, G. P. (2016). Association of putative fungal effectors in Fusarium oxysporum with wilt symptoms in soybean. Phytopathology, 106, 762-773.
  • Ellis, M. L., Cruz, D. R. C., Leandro, L. L., & Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of fungi in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex from soybean roots. Phytopathology, 104, 1329-1339.
  • Ellis, M. L., & Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Trichothecene genotype of Fusarium graminearum isolates from soybean (Glycine max) seedling and root diseases in the United States. Plant Disease, 98, 1012. https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-14-0150-PDN
  • Gomez, R., Liebman, M., & Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Weed seed decay in conventional and diversified cropping systems. Weed Research, 54, 13-25. https://doi: 10.1111/wre.12052
  • Gullino, M. P., & Munkvold, G. P. (Eds.). (2014). Global perspectives on the health of seeds and plant propagation material (vol. 6). Springer Verlag.
  • Harveson, R. M., Markell, S. G., Block, C. C., & Gulya, T. J. (2016). Compendium of sunflower diseases and pests. American Phytopathological Society. (The definitive guide to sunflower disease and insect pests. Useful to crop scouts, seed industry, researchers.)
  • Kimani, E. N., Kiarie, S. M., Gatwiri, L., Mugambi, C., Miano, D. W., Macharia, I., Munkvold, G. P., Muiru, M., Prasanna, B. M., & Wangai, A. (2021). Seed contamination, viability and vertical transmission of maize chlorotic mottle virus in maize in Kenya. Plant Health Progress, 22,496-502.
  • Korus, K., Lang. J. M., Adesemoye, A. O, Block, C. C., Pal, N., Leach, J. E., & Jackson-Ziems, T. A. (2017). First report of Xanthomonas vasicola causing bacterial leaf streak on corn in the United States. Plant Disease, 101, 1030. (Corn is the most important agricultural export for the U.S. This new disease report generated significant concern in the maize seed industry and USDA regulators because of potential effects on export markets.)
  • Lanubile, A., Ellis, M. L., Marocco, A., & Munkvold, G. P. (2016). Association of effector Six6 with the ability of Fusarium oxysporum to cause wilt symptoms on soybean. Phytopathology, 106, 1404-1412.
  • Lanubile, A., Muppirala, U. K., Severin, A. J., & Munkvold, G. P. (2015). Transcriptome profiling of soybean (Glycine max) roots challenged with pathogenic and non-pathogenic isolates of Fusarium oxysporum. BMC Genomics, 16, 1089. https://doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-2318-2.
  • Lanza, F. E., Mayfield, D. A., & Munkvold, G. P. (2016). First report of Fusarium temperatum causing maize seedling blight and seed rot in North America. Plant Disease, 100, 1019.
  • Logrieco, A. F., Battilani, P., Camardo Leggieri, M., Haesaert, G., Jiang, Y., Lanubile, A., Mahuku, G., Mesterhazy, A., Ortega-Beltran, A., Pasti, M. A., Smeu, I., Torres, A., Xu, J., & Munkvold, G. P. (2021). Perspectives on global mycotoxin issues and management from the MycoKey Maize Working Group. Plant Disease, 105, 525-537. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-20-1322-FE
  • Logrieco, A. F., Haidukowski, M., Susca, A., Mulè, G., Munkvold, G. P., & Moretti, A. (2014). Aspergillus section Nigri as contributor of fumonisin B2 contamination in maize. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 31, 149-155. https://doi: 10.1080/19440049.2013.862349
  • Mandap, J. A. L., Hellmich, R. L., Busman, M., Maier, D. E., & Munkvold, G. P. (2023). Aspergillus flavus and stored grain insect interactions in stored conventional and transgenic maize hybrids. Journal of Stored Products Research.
  • Meng, Y., Hao, J., Mayfield, D. A., Luo, L., Munkvold, G. P., & Li, J. (2017). Roles of genotype-determined mycotoxins in Fusarium graminearum causing maize seedling blight. Plant Disease, 101, 1103-1112.
  • Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Crop management practices to minimize the risk of mycotoxins in temperate-zone maize production. In J.F. Leslie & A. Logrieco (Eds.), Mycotoxin reduction in grain chains: A practical guide (pp. 59-77). Wiley Blackwell Publishing.
  • Munkvold, G. P. (2016). Fusarium species and their associated mycotoxins. In A. Moretti & A. Susca (Eds.), Mycotoxigenic fungi: Methods and protocols. Springer.
  • Munkvold, G. P., Arias, S. L., Taschl, I., & Gruber-Dorninger, C. (2019). Mycotoxins in corn—Occurrence, impacts, and management. In S. Serna-Saldivar (Ed.), Corn chemistry and technology (3rd ed.). American Association of Cereal Chemists.
  • Munkvold, G. P., & Gullino, M. L. (2020). Seed and propagative material. In M.L. Gullino, R. Albajes, P. Nicot, & J.C. van Lenteren (Eds.), Pest and disease management in greenhouse crops. Springer.
  • Munkvold, G. P., Proctor, R.  H., & Moretti, A. (2021). Mycotoxin production in Fusarium according to contemporary species concepts. Annual Review Phytopathology, 59, 373–402. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-020620-102825 
  • Munkvold, G. P., Watrin, C., Scheller, M., Zeun, & R., Olaya, G. (2014). Benefits of chemical seed treatments on crop yield and quality. In M. L. Gullino & G. P. Munkvold Global perspectives on the health of seeds and plant propagation material (vol. 6, pp. 89-103). Springer Verlag.
  • Munkvold, G. P., Weieneth, L., Proctor, R., Busman, M., Blandino, M., Susca, A., Logrieco, A., & Moretti, A. (2018). Pathogenicity of fumonisin-producing and nonproducing strains of Aspergillus species in section Nigri to maize ears and seedlings. Plant Disease, 102, 282-291. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-17-0103-RE
  • Munkvold, G. P., & White, D. G. (Eds.). (2016). Compendium of corn diseases (4th ed). American Phytopathological Society.
  • Nishimwe, K., Mandap, J. A., & Munkvold, G. P. (2020). Advances in understanding fungal contamination in cereals. In D. Maier (Ed.), Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.
  • Otaiza, S. N., Mary, V. S., Arias, S. L., Bertrand, L., Velez, P. A., Rodriguez, M. G., Rubinstein, H. R., & Theumer, M. G. (2021). Cell death induced by fumonisin B1 in two maize hybrids: Correlation with oxidative status biomarkers and salicylic and jasmonic acids imbalances. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 163(1), 203-221.
  • Pal, N., Block, C. C., & Gardner, C. A. C. (2019). A real-time PCR differentiating Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii from P. stewartii subsp. indologenes in corn seed. Plant Disease, 103, 1474-1486. (Regulatory and phytosanitary importance for corn seed exports.)
  • Robertson, A. E., Jesse, L., Munkvold, G. P., Salaau Rojas, E., & Mueller, D. S. (2015). Physoderma brown spot and stalk rot of corn caused by Physoderma maydis in Iowa. Plant Health Progress. https://doi:10.1094/PHP-BR-15-0003.
  • Seblani, R., Keinath, A. P., & Munkvold, G. P. (2023). Gummy stem blight: One disease, three pathogens. Molecular Plant Pathology, 24, 825-837.
  • Seblani, R., & Munkvold, G. P. (2023). Pathogenicity of Stagonosporopsis caricae, Stagonosporopsis citrulli, and Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum on five commonly cultivated cucurbit species. PhytoFrontiers, 3, 688-693. https://doi/10.1094/PHYTOFR-09-22-0093-R
  • Shepherd, L. M., & Block, C. C. (2017). Detection of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea in soybean seeds. In M. Fatmi, R. Walcott, & N. Schaad (Eds), Detection of plant-pathogenic bacteria in seed and other planting material (2nd ed., pp. 85-88). American Phytopathological Society. (Book is widely-used as a reference by scientists and researchers working on bacterial disease diagnostics.)
  • Shepherd, L. M., Block, C. C., & Vidaver, A. K. (2017). Detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis in maize seeds. In M. Fatmi, R. Walcott, & N. Schaad (Eds), Detection of plant-pathogenic bacteria in seed and other planting material (2nd ed., pp. 39-43). American Phytopathological Society. (Book is widely-used as a reference by scientists and researchers working on bacterial disease diagnostics.)
  • Simmons, H., & Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Seed transmission in the Potyviridae. In M. L. Gullino, & G. P. Munkvold (Eds.), Global Perspectives on the health of seeds and plant propagation material—Plant pathology in the 21st century (vol. 6, pp. 3-15). Springer Verlag.
  • Simmons, H. E., Prendeville, H. R., Dunham, J. P., Ferrari M. J., Earnest, J. D., Pilson D., Munkvold, G. P., Holmes E. C., & Stephenson, A. G. (2015). Transgenic virus-resistance in crop-wild Cucurbita pepo does not prevent vertical transmission of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus. Plant Disease, 99, 1616-1621.
  • Simmons, H. E., Ruchti, T. B., & Munkvold, G. P. (2015). Frequencies of seed infection and transmission to seedlings by potato spindle tuber viroid (a pospiviroid) in tomato. Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, 6, 275. https://doi:10.4172/2157-7471.1000275
  • Stulberg. M. J., Santillana, G., Studholme, D. J., Kasiborski, B., Ortiz-Castro, M., Broders, K., Arias, S. L., Block, C. C., Munkvold, G. P., & Rascoe, J. (2020). Genomics-informed molecular detection of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum strains causing severe bacterial leaf streak of corn. Phytopathology, 110, 1174-1179. (Deeper dive into the genetic similarities and differences among isolates of this pathogen.)
  • Susca, A., Moretti, A., Stea, G., Villani, A., Haidukowski, M., Logrieco, A., & Munkvold, G. P. (2014). Comparison of species composition and fumonisin production in Aspergillus section Nigri populations in maize kernels from USA and Italy. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 188, 75-82

Seed Testing   

  • Stahr, M. G. et al. (2013). Rules for testing seeds, Principles and procedures (vol. 1). Association of Official Seed Analysts.
  • Stahr, M. G. (2016). Vigor testing. In Seed technologist training manual. Society of Commercial Seed Technologists.