Journal articles:
Abedon, B.G., R.D. Hatfield, and W.F. Tracy. 2006. Cell wall composition in juvenile
and adult leaves of maize (Zea mays L.) Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry
54:3896-3900.
Tracy, W.F. and Yen-Ming Chang. 2006. Effects of divergent selection for endosperm
appearance in a sugary1 maize population. Maydica (in press)
Tracy, W.F., S. R. Whitt, and E.S. Buckler. 2006. Sugary1 and the Origin of Sweet
Maize. Crop Science 46(1): 49-54.
Pataky, J. K., and Ledencan T. 2006. Resistance conferred by the Ht1 gene in sweet
corn infected by mixtures of virulent and avirulent Exserohilum turcicum. Plant Dis.
90:771-776.
Pataky, J. K., and Snetselaar, K.M. 2006. Common smut of corn. The Plant Health
Instructor. DOI:10.1094/PHI-I2006-0927-1.
Williams, M.M. II. Planting date influences critical period of weed control in sweet corn.
Weed Science 54:928-933. 2006.
Williams, M.M. II and Masiunas, J.B. Functional relationships between giant ragweed
interference and sweet corn yield and ear traits. Weed Science. 54:948-953. 2006.
Williams, M.M. II, Boydston, R.A., and Davis, A.S. Canopy variation among three sweet
corn hybrids and implications for light competition. HortScience 41:1449-1454. 2006.
State, Station bulletins, etc:
Pataky, J., Williams, M., Nordby, J., Michener, P., Frihauf, J., Castañeda, V., and
Chávez, A. 2005. Sweet corn hybrid disease nursery - 2005. Pg.84-98. Midwestern
Vegetable Variety Trial Report for 2005, Purdue University, AES Bulletin No. B17810.
(also available at: www.sweetcorn.uiuc.edu)
Press interview and story entitled “Unearthing new clues to controlling weeds”, by Jan
Suszkiw, published in-print and on-line in Agricultural Research 54:20-21. 2006.
Press interview and story entitled “Corn that creates its own shade”, by D. Levey-Larson,
published in-print and on-line in Agro-Ecology News and Perspectives 14:10-11. 2005.
Williams, M.M. II and Boydston, R.A. Crop hybrid selection as a tool to manage annual
grasses in sweet corn. 8th Annual Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Research Report. pp. 136139. 2005.
Abstracts:
Chandler, M.A. and W.F. Tracy. 2006. Identification of genomic regions affecting
quantitative resistance to common rust (Puccinia sorghi Schw.) and vegetative phase
change in a sweet corn (Zea mays L.) population. Abstracts 47th Annual Maize Genetics
Conference.
Riedeman E.R., M.A. Chandler, B.G. Abedon, and W.F. Tracy. 2006. Divergent
selection for vegetative phase change and its affects on resistance to common rust
(Puccinia sorghi) and European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis). Abstracts 47th Annual
Maize Genetics Conference.
Castañeda-de León V. T., Leal-Lara H., Chávez-Medina, J. A., and Pataky, J. K. 2006.
Production of huitlacoche (Ustilago maydis) on male sterile corn hybrids.
Phytopathology. 96:S20.
Williams, M.M. II. Planting date influences critical period for weed control in sweet corn.
WSSA Abstracts. 2006.
Davis, A.S. and Williams, M.M. II. Wild proso millet demography in snap beans
following three sweet corn hybrids. NCWSS Abstracts. 2006.
So, Y., Pataky, J.K., Williams, M.M. II, Davis, A.S. Role of sweet corn canopy
architecture in crop/weed interactions. NCWSS Abstracts. 2006.
Williams, M.M. II, Rabaey, T.L., Boerboom, C.M., and Davis, A.S. Survey of weeds and
weed management in sweet corn grown for processing. NCWSS Abstracts. 2006.
Volenberg, D.S., Williams, M.M. II, Pataky, J.K., and Riechers, D.E. Responses of
tolerant and sensitive sweet corn inbreds and near isogenic hybrids to postemergence
herbicides with different modes of action. NCWSS Abstracts. 2006.
Book Chapters
Tracy, W.F. and M. A. Chandler. 2006. The Historical and Biological Basis of the
Concept of Heterotic Patterns in Corn Belt Dent Maize. pp. 219-233. in Plant Breeding:
The Arnel Hallauer International Symposium, eds. K. Lamkey and M. Lee, Hallauer
Plant Breeding Symposium. Blackwell Pub. Ames, Iowa.
Manuscripts in Press:
Pataky, J.K., Nordby, J.N., Williams, M.M. II, and Riechers, D.E. Inheritance of crosssensitivity in sweet corn to herbicides applied postemergence. Journal of the American
Society for Horticultural Science (in press).
Bennett, M.A., E.M. Grassbaugh, S. Contreras, and M. Hofelich. 2006. Vegetable
Research Results 2005. OARDC Hort and Crop Science Series No. 746. 20 pgs.
Kean, D., J. Myers, and J. Stang. 2006. Vegetable Variety Trials 2005. OSUES
EM8777. (http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EM8777-03.pdf).