Adair/Bollenbacher Summer Internship
Project Titles – 2016
DNA fingerprinting of globally distributed plant pathogenic fungi (Correll)
Screening for disease resistance in spinach (Correll)
The use of molecular tools in plant breeding (Correll)
Bioinformatics – computer based biology (Correll)
Improving yield and quality of heirloom tomatoes by grafting on root-knot nematode resistant rootstock
(Kirkpatrick, SWREC, Hope, AR)
Natural defensive roles for phytochemicals on insect herbivores (Korth)
Studies of genes involved in plant salt stress (Korth)
Identification of genes involved in resistance to bacterial panicle blight (Rojas)
Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae effectors interacting with plant genes (Rojas)
Biological control of Rhizoctonia solani using nonpathogenic Rhizoctonia spp. (Rothrock)
Zoospore behavior of Pythium in response to plant root chemicals (Rothrock)
The role of temperature on seedling disease and seed emergence in soybean (Rupe)
The role of temperature and leaf wetness on the development of soybean frogeye leaf spot. (Rupe)
Bioinformatics and virus discovery (Tzanetakis)
Development of short term management options for rice bacterial panicle blight using non-chemical means
(Wamishe; Stuttgart, Arkansas)