Publications
Refereed Journal Articles:
Rush, C. M. and Lyda, S. D. 1982. The effects of anhydrous ammonia on membrane stability of Phymatotrichum omnivorum. Mycopathologia 79:147-152.
Rush, C. M. and Lyda, S. D. 1982. Levels of anhydrous ammonia toxic to mycelium and sclerotia of Phymatotrichum omnivorum. Phytopathology 72:1085-1089.
Rush, C. M. and Lyda, S. D. 1983. An evaluation of anhydrous ammonia fumigation as a control for Phymatotrichum root rot of cotton. Plant Disease 67:291-293.
Rush, C. M. and Gerik, T. J. 1984. Interactions between Phymatotrichum omnivorum and Sorghum bicolor. Plant Disease 68:500-501.
Rush, C. M., Gerik, T. J. and Lyda, S. D. 1984. Factors affecting symptom appearance and development of Phymatotrichum root rot. Phytopathology 74:1466-1469.
Rush, C. M., Lyda, S. D. and Gerik, T. J. 1984. The relationship between time of cortical senescence and foliar symptom development of Phymatotrichum root rot of cotton. Phytopathology 74:1464-1466.
Rush, C. M., Upchurch, D. R. and Gerik, T. J. 1984. In situ observations of Phymatotrichum omnivorum with a borscope mini-rhizotron system. Phytopathology 74:104-105.
Gerik, T. J. and Rush, C. M. 1985. Optimizing plot size for field studies of Phymatotrichum root rot of cotton. Phytopathology 75:240-243.
Percy, R. G. and Rush, C. M. 1985. Evaluation of four upland cotton genotypes for a rate limiting resistance to Phymatotrichum root rot. Phytopathology 75:463-466.
Rush, C. M., Gerik, T. J. and Kennerley, C. M. 1985. Atypical disease symptoms associated with Phymatotrichum root rot of cotton. Plant Disease 69:534-537.
Rush, C. M. and Kraft, J. M. 1986. Effects of wheat chaff and tillage on inoculum density of Pythium ultimum in the Pacific Northwest . Phytopathology 76:1330-1332.
Rush, C. M. and Kraft, J. M. 1986. Effects of inoculum density and placement on Fusarium root rot of peas. Phytopathology 76:1333-1337.
Rush, C. M. 1987. Incidence of hollow heart of Pisum sativum in the Pacific Northwest . J. Seed Tech. 11(2):121-130.
Rush, C. M. 1987. The relationship between hollow heart of pea and seed electrolyte loss, disease susceptibility and plant growth. Phytopathology 77:1533-1536.
Rush, C. M. 1987. Root rot of sugar beet caused by Pythium deliense in the Texas Panhandle. Plant Disease 71:469.
Rush, C. M. 1987. First report of Aphanomyces cochlioides on sugar beet in Texas . Plant Disease 72:79.
Specht, L. P. and Rush, C. M. 1988. Fungi associated with root and foot rot of winter wheat and populations of Cochliobolus sativus in the Texas Panhandle. Plant Disease 72:959-963.
Rush, C. M. and Gerik, T. J. 1989. Relationship between post harvest management of grain sorghum and Phymatotrichum root rot in the subsequent cotton crop. Plant Disease 73:304-305.
Martyn, R. D. and Rush, C. M. 1989. Etiology of a root rot disease of sugar beet in Texas . Plant Disease 73:879-884.
Rush, C. M. and Winter, S. R. 1990. Influence of previous crops on Rhizoctonia root and crown rot of sugar beet. Plant Disease 74:421-425.
Mathieson, J. T., Rush, C. M., Bordovsky, D., Clark, L. E. and Jones, O. R. 1990. Effects of tillage on common root rot of wheat in Texas . Plant Disease 74:1006-1008.
Rush, C. M. and Mathieson, J. T. 1990. Effects of common root rot on winter wheat forage production. Plant Disease 74:982-985.
Mathieson, J. T. and Rush, C. M. 1991. Influence of temperature and five fungicides on Rhizoctonia root rot of hard red winter wheat. Plant Disease 75:983-986.
Rush, C. M. 1991. Comparison of seed priming techniques with regard to seedling emergence and Pythium damping-off in sugar beet. Phytopathology 81:878-882.
Rush, C. M. 1992. Stand establishment of sugar beet seedlings in pathogen-infested soils as influenced by cultivar and seed-priming technique. Plant Disease 76:800-805.
Harveson, R. M. and Rush, C. M. 1993. An environmentally controlled experiment to monitor the effect of aphanomyces root rot and rhizomania on sugar beet. Phytopathology 83:1220-1223.
Harveson, R. M. and Rush, C. M. 1993. A simple method for field and greenhouse inoculation of Polymyxa betae and beet necrotic yellow vein virus. Phytopathology 83:1216-1219.
Rush, C. M. and Vaughn, K. M. 1993. Effect of irrigation and soil matric potential on sugar beet seed germination and damping-off caused by Aphanomyces cochlioides. Phytopathology 83:202-206.
Harveson, R. M. and Rush, C. M. 1994. Evaluation of fumigation and rhizomania-tolerant cultivars for control of a root disease complex of sugar beets. Plant Dis. 78:1197-1202.
Heidel, G. B. and Rush, C. M. 1994. Distribution of beet necrotic yellow vein virus, beet distortion mosaic virus and an unnamed soilborne sugar beet virus in Texas and New Mexico . Plant Dis. 78:603-606.
Lindsten, K. and Rush, C. M. 1994. First report of beet soilborne virus in the United States . Dis. Note 78:316.
Michels, G. J., Jr., Rush, C. M., Whitaker-Deerberg, R. L., and Heidel, G. B. 1994. Deleterious effects of wheat streak mosaic virus infection of winter wheat on greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) reproduction. Southwest. Entomol. 19:109-113.
Rush, C. M., Carling, D. E., Harveson, R. M., and Mathieson, J. T. 1994. Prevalence and pathogenicity of anastomosis groups of Rhizoctonia solani from wheat and sugar beet in Texas . Plant Dis. 78:349-352.
Rush, C. M., French, R., and Heidel, G. B. 1994. Differentiation of two closely related furoviruses using the polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 84:1366-1369.
Rush, C. M. and Heidel, G. B. 1995. Furovirus diseases of sugar beets in the United States . Plant Dis. 79:868-875.
Harveson, R. M., Rush, C. M., and Wheeler, T. A. 1996. The spread of beet necrotic yellow vein virus from point source inoculations as influenced by irrigation and tillage. Phytopathology 86:1242-1247.
Harveson, R.M., and C.M. Rush. 1997. Genetic variation among Fusarium oxysporum isolates from sugar beet as determined by vegetative compatibility. Plant Dis. 81:85-88.
Heidel, G. B., C. M. Rush, T. L. Kendall, S. A. Lommel and R. C. French. 1997. Characteristics of beet soil-borne mosaic virus, a furo-like virus infecting sugar beet. Plant Dis. 81: 1070-1076.
Harveson, R. M. and C. M. Rush. 1998. Characterization of Fusarium Root Rot Isolates from Sugar Beet by Growth and Virulence at Different Temperatures and Irrigation Regimes. Plant Dis. 82:1039-1042.
Fritt, D.A., G.J. Michels, Jr., and C.M. Rush. 1999. The effects of planting date and insecticide treatments on the incidence of High Plains Disease in Corn. Plant Disease 83: 1125-1128.
Mahmood, T. and C. M. Rush. 1999. Evidence of Cross-Protection between Beet Soil Borne Mosaic Virus and Beet Necotic Yellow Vein Virus in Sugar Beet. Plant Disease. 83:521-526
Michels, Jr., G. J., G. Piccinni, C. M. Rush, and D. A. Fritts. 1999 Sensing Greenbug (Homoptera: Aphididae) Infestations In Winter Wheat With Infrared Transducers. Southwestern Entomology 24(4):269-279.
Piccinni, G. and C. M. Rush. 2000. Determination of Optimum Irrigation Regime and Water Use Efficiency of Sugar Beet Grown in Pathogen Infested Soil. Plant Dis. 84:1067-1072
Piccinni, G., C.M. Rush, K.M. Vaughn, and Lazar, M. D. 2000. Lack of Relationship Between Susceptibility to Common Root Rot and Drought Tolerance Among Several Closely Related Wheat Lines. Plant Disease. 83:25-28.
Cole, N.A., C. Rush, and L.W. Greene. 2001. Corn Smut effects on Ruminants: Influence of Corn Smut on the Palatability and Digestibility of Corn Silage. The Professional Animal Scientist 17 :287-294
Lee. L., E.B. Telford, J.S. Batten, K-B. G. Scholthof, and C.M. Rush. 2001. Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Genome Organization of Beet Soilborne Mosaic Virus, a Proposed Member of the genus Benyvirus. Archives of Virology 146: 1-11.
G. Piccinni, J.M. Shriver, and C.M. Rush. 2001. The relationship among seed size, planting date and common root rot in hard red winter wheat. Plant Disease 85: 973-976.
Harveson, R.M. and C.M. Rush. 2002. The influence of irrigation and cultivar blends on the severity of multiple root diseases of sugar beets. Plant Disease 86: 901-908.
Michels, G. J., C.M. Rush, G. Piccinni, D.A. Owings, and D. Jones. 2002. Effect of irrigation regimes and plant populations on greenbug abundance in grain sorghum. Southwestern Entomologist 27:135-147.
Skare, J.M., I. Wijkamp, J. Rezende, G. Michels, C. Rush, K-B Scholthof, and H. Scholthof. 2002. Colony Establishment and Maintenance of the Eriophyid Wheat curl Mite Aceria tosichella for controlled transmission studies on a new virus-like pathogen. Journal of Virological Methods 108: 133-137.
Steddom, G. Heidel, D. Jones, and C.M. Rush. 2003. Remote Detection of Rhizomania in Sugar Beets. Phytopathology 93: 720-726.
Workneh, F., Villanueva E., Steddom, K., and C.M. Rush. 2003. Spatial Association and Distribution of Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus and Beet soilborne Mosaic Virus in Sugar Beet Fields. Plant Disease 87: 707 – 711.
Balota, M., C.M. Rush, W.A. Payne, and M.D. Lazar. 2005. The effect of Take-all disease on gas-exchange rates and biomass in two winter wheat lines with differential drought response. Plant and Soil: 275: 335-345.
Prom, L.K., Isakeit, T., Odvody, G.N., Rush, C.M., Kaufman, H.W., Montes, N. 2005. Survival of Claviceps africana Within Sorghum Panicles at Several Texas Locations. Plant Dis. 89: 39-43.
Rush, C.M., Stein, J.M., Bowden, R., Riemenschneider, R., Boratynski, T., and Royer, M.H. 2005. Status of Karnal Bunt of Wheat in the United States 1997 – 2004. Plant Disease 89: 212-223. (Invited Feature Article).
Skare, J.M., Ineke Wijkamp, Jorge A.M. Rezende, Elliot W. Kitajima, Jong-Won Park, Benedicte Desvoyes, Charles Rush, Gerald Michels, Karen-Beth G. Scholthof, and Herman B. Scholthof. 2005. Isolation and partial characterization of a new eriophyid mite-borne membrane-enveloped virus-like complex from plants. Virology (In Press).
Steddom, K., M.W. Bredehoeft, M. Kahn, and C.M. Rush 2005. Comparison of visual and multispectral radiometric disease evaluations of Cercospora leaf spot of sugarbeet. Plant Disease 89:153-158.
Steddom, K., D. Jones, and C.M. Rush. 2005. A picture is worth a thousand words. APSnet online journal (http://apsnet.org/online/feature/remote).
Steddom, K., M. McMullen, B. Schatz, and C.M. Rush, 2005. Comparing image format and resolution for assessment of foliar diseases of wheat. Plant Health Progress doi: 10. 1094/PHP-2005-0516-01-RS.
Stein, J. M., Maples, H. W., and Rush, C. M. 2005. Epidemiology of Tilletia indica teliospores in regulated wheat fields in Texas . Plant Dis. 89:828-833.
Workneh, F., Narasimhan, B., Srinivasan, R., and Rush, C. M., 2005. Potential of radar estimated rainfall for plant disease risk forecast. Phytopathology: 95:25-27.
Piccinni, G., C. M. Rush, G. J. Michels, Jr. and K. Steddom. 2006. Interaction between plant population and PET-based irrigation in grain sorghum yield. Agron. J. (accepted).
Rush, C. M., Lui, H.-Y., Lewellen, R. T., and Acosta-Leal, R. 2006. The Continuing Saga of Rhizomania of Sugar Beets in the United States. Plant Dis. 91: 4-15. (Invited Feature Article).
Workneh, F. and Rush, C. M. 2006. Development of a weather-based model for predicting sorghum ergot. Plant Dis. 91: (Accepted).
Workneh, F., Narasimhan, B., Srinivasan, R., and Rush, C. M., 2006. Assessment of regional site-specific sorghum ergot severity using radar-rainfall measurement.Plant Dis. 91:(Accepted).
