Alexander I. Putman

Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension and Assistant Plant Pathologist
University of California, Riverside
900 University Ave.
Boyce 1415
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-4212
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Biography

The Vegetable and Strawberry Pathology Program focuses on disease challenges facing the production of these crops in California, especially disease caused by soilborne fungi such as Athelia, Fusarium, Macrophomina, Sclerotinia, Stromatinia, and Verticillium. To understand these diseases the Program will integrate various research approaches that could include cropping systems, epidemiology, host resistance, pathogen biology, remote sensing, or soil ecology. Research projects will directly support extension efforts to provide improved disease management options to growers and to improve the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the California vegetable and strawberry industries.

Education

Ph.D. Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University. 2014
M.S. Agronomy, University of Connecticut. 2008
B.S. Natural Resource Sciences, University of Maryland. 2006

Discipline

Plant Pathology

Specialty

Vegetable and strawberry crops; epidemiology and disease management; downy mildew diseases; soilborne pathogens

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Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Putman, A.I., L.P. Tredway, and I. Carbone. 2015. Characterization and distribution of mating-type genes of the turfgrass pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa on a global scale. Fungal Genetics and Biology 81:25-40. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2015.05.012

  • Putman, A.I., and I. Carbone. 2014. Challenges in analysis and interpretation of microsatellite data for population genetic studies. Ecology and Evolution 4:4399-4428. doi:10.1002/ece3.1305

  • Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, A.I. Putman, I. Carbone, and L.P. Tredway et al. 2013. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April–31 May 2013. Molecular Ecology Resources 13:966-968. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12140

  • Putman, A.I., and J.E. Kaminski. 2011. Mowing frequency and plant growth regulator effects on dollar spot severity and on duration of dollar spot control by fungicides. Plant Disease 95:1433-1442. doi:10.1094/PDIS-04-11-0278

  • Putman, A.I., G. Jung, and J.E. Kaminski. 2010. Geographic distribution of fungicide-insensitive Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates from golf courses in the northeastern United States. Plant Disease 94:186-195. doi:10.1094/PDIS-94-2-0186

  • Kaminski, J.E., and A.I. Putman. 2009. Safety of bispyribac-sodium on colonial bentgrass and influence on brown patch severity. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 11:219-226. (Link)

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