Girma Tabor

Girma Tabor

Assistant Scientist

Department of Plant Pathology
320 Bessey Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

Phone: 515-294-9128
Fax: 515-294-9420
Email: gtabor@iastate.edu

Education:

  • B.S., Plant Sciences, Alemya University of Agriculture, 1986
  • M.S., Forest Biology, Iowa State University, 1993. Thesis: Population Structure of Melampsora leaf rust in Central Iowa.
  • Ph.D., Forest Biology and Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, 1998. Dissertation: The Poplar Leaf Rust Pathosystem: Pathogenic variability and inheritance of resistance.

Employment History:

  • Assistant Lecturer, Alemya University of Agriculture, 1986-1990.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University, 1992-1998.
  • Post-doc, Iowa State University, 1999-?.
  • Assistant Scientist, Iowa State University, ?-present.

Current Job Responsibilities:

  • Soybean Cyst Nematode-Brown Stem Rot interactions

Publications:

I. Research articles:

  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L., and Bronson, C. R. 2007. Genotypes A and B of Cadophora gregata differ in ability to colonize susceptible soybeans. Plant Disease (in press).
  • Tabor, G.M., and Bronson, C.R. 2007. Genetic control of quantitative differences in T-toxin production and growth in Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Genome (in preparation).
  • Tabor, G.M., and Bronson, C.R. 2007. Pathogenicity mutants of the southern corn leaf blight pathogen, Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Genome (in preparation).
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L., and Bronson, C. R. 2007. Genotype B of Cadophora gregata reduces quantity and quality of soybean yield. Plant Disease (in preparation).
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L., and Bronson, C. R. 2006. Soybean stem colonization by genotypes A and B of Cadophora gregata increases with increasing population densities of Heterodera glycines. Plant Disease 90: 1297-1301.
  • Tabor, G. M., Cianzio, S. C., Tylka, G. L., Roorda, R., and Bronson, C. R. 2006. A new greenhouse method to assay soybean resistance to brown stem rot. Plant Disease 90: 1186-1194.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L, Cianzio, S. C., and Bronson, C. R. 2003. Resistance to Phialophora gregata is expressed in the stems of resistant soybeans. Plant Disease 87: 970-976.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L, Behm, J. E., and Bronson, C. R. 2003. Heterodera glycines infection increases incidence and severity of brown stem rot in both resistant and susceptible soybean. Plant Disease 87: 655-661.
  • Tabor, G. M., Kubisiak, T., Klopfenstein, N. B., Hall, R. B, and McNabb, Jr., H. S. 2000. Bulked segregant analysis identifies molecular markers linked to Melampsora medusae resistance in Populus deltoides. Phytopathology 90:1039-1042.

II. Research abstracts:

  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L., and Bronson, C. R. 2007. Genotype B of Cadophora gregata reduces quantity and quality of soybean yield. Phytopathology (in press).
  • Tabor, G. M., Bronson, C. R, and Tylka, G. L. 2006. Heterodera glycines affects soybean infection by Cadophora gregata. Abstract. In: Proc. forty-fifth annual meeting of the society of nematologists, June 18-21, 2006, Kauai Beach, USA.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L, and Bronson, C. R. 2002. Resistance to Phialophora gregata is expressed in the stems of resistant soybeans. Phytopathology 92: S80.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L, and Bronson, C. R. 2001. Heterodera glycines increases susceptibility of soybeans to Phialophora gregata. Phytopathology 91: S87.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L, and Bronson, C. R. 2001. Internal stem browning can be an unreliable indicator of colonization of soybean stems by Phialophora gregata. Phytopathology 91: S180.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L, and Bronson, C. R. 2001. Soybean cyst nematode increases colonization of soybean stems by Phialophora gregata. Phytopathology 91: S180.
  • McNabb, H. S. Jr., Tabor, G. M., Seeman, S. S., and Hall, R. B. 1999. Significance of the conservation of disease resistance gene analogs to poplar breeding for pest resistance. Abstract. In: Proc. of International Poplar Symposium II, September 13-17, 1999, OrlĂ©ans, France.
  • Tabor, G. M., Kubisiak, T., Klopfenstein, N. B., Hall, R. B, and McNabb, Jr., H. S. 1998. Molecular markers linked to Melampsora medusae resistance in Populus deltoides. Phytopathology 88: S118.
  • Tabor, G. M., and McNabb, Jr., H. S. 1995. Population structure of Melampsora leaf rusts of Populus in Iowa, USA. In: Proceedings of the First International Poplar Symposium, Seattle, WA, USA. August 1995.

III. Book chapters:

  • Tabor, G. M., and McNabb, Jr., H. S. 1997. Use of Molecular Genetic Markers to Study the Variability of Pathogens of Populus. Pp 150-154. In Micro-propagation, Genetic Engineering, and Molecular Biology of Populus. N. B. Klopfenstein, U. M. Chun, M. S. Kim, and M. R. Ahuja, editors. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-297. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, CO, USA. 310p.

IV. Extension publications:

  • Tabor G. M., Leandro, L., and Robertson, A. E. 2007. Brown stem rot and sudden death syndrome: Can you tell them apart? Iowa State University, integrated crop management newsletter.
  • Robertson, A. E., and Tabor G. M. 2007. Soybean brown stem rot. Iowa State University, extension publication. Pm-890.
  • Tabor, G. M., Tylka, G. L., and Bronson, C. R. 2006. Brown stem rot and its interaction with the soybean cyst nematode. Pp 101-104. In proceedings of the 18th annual integrated crop management conference, Ames, Iowa, USA.
  • Ziegler, K.E., Tabor, G.M., and Carroll, D.E. 2003. Iowa crop performance test-corn gray leaf spot severity ratings. Districts 5, 6, and 7. Iowa State University Extension, bulletin number PM 660 GLS 03.

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