CSN Affiliate Dr. Wade Elmer was selected as the next Vice Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Newly appointed Director of CAES (and CSN Affiliate) Jason White said, “Most of you know Wade well; he has worked at the Station since 1987 and is currently Department Head for Plant Pathology and Ecology. He and I are very much looking forward to working together.”
A CSN manuscript, entitled “Metalloid and metal oxide nanoparticles suppress Sudden Death Syndrome of soybean,” has been accepted by Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Read the online publication here. Cristian Perez, Roberto De La Torre Roche, Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Chuanxin Ma, Yu Shen, Jason C. White, Edson Pozza, Adélia Pozza and Wade Elmer, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2019, Available Online.
Chuanxin Ma’s manuscript, entitled “Time-dependent transcriptional response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Cu nanoparticle exposure upon infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici,” has been accepted by ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Read the online publication here. Chuanxin Ma, Jaya Borgatta, Roberto De La Torre Roche, Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Jason C. White, Robert J Hamers, and Wade Elmer, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, Available Online.
The CSN manuscript by Borgatta et al, entitled “Copper Based Nanomaterials Suppress Root Fungal Disease in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus): Role of Particle Morphology, Composition and Dissolution Behavior,” has been highlighted by a ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering special issue that you can read online here. Jaya Borgatta, Chuanxin Ma, Natalie Hudson-Smith, Wade Elmer, Cristian David Plaza Pérez, Roberto De La Torre-Roche, Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Christy L. Haynes, Jason C. White and Robert J. Hamers (2018). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6 (11), 14847-14856. Read the article online here.
Wade Elmer’s manuscript, entitled “Nanoparticles for plant disease management,” has been accepted by Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. Read the online publication here. Wade Elmer, Chuanxin Ma and Jason White, Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2018, 6 66-70.
