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Dr. Edward Braun Professor 217 Bessey Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone:515-294-0951 Fax:515-294-9420 
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| Educational Background | |
| Ph.D: Cornell University | |
| Courses Taught | |
| Micro 201: Introduction to Microbiology. Fall and Spring semesters.
Pl P 408/508: Principles of Plant Pathology. Fall and spring semesters. |
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| Research Areas | |
| My research focuses on disease resistance in soybeans. Beta-aminobutyric acid (BABA) has been shown to induce disease resistance in a wide range of plant species. Our preliminary experiments have shown that BABA treatment can protect soybean seedlings from infection by Phytophthora sojae (root rot) and Peronospora manschurica (downy mildew) and cause a significant reduction in soybean cyst nematode reproduction. I am also collaborating in a study of the molecular interactions between soybeans and the soybean rust fungus, Phakopsora pachyrhizi. | |
| Primary Duties | |
| My primary responsibilities are in undergraduate teaching. I teach two courses, Introductory Plant Pathology (Pl P 408/508) and Introduction to Microbiology (Micro 201), each fall and spring semester. |
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| Publications | |
| Yu, G-X, Braun, E., and Wise, R. P. 2001. Rds and Rih mediate hypersensitive cell death independent of gene-for-gene resistance to the oat crown rust pathogen Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae. Molec. Plant-Microbe Interact. 14:1376-1383. Kolomiets, M. V., Chen, H., Gladon, R. J., Braun, E. J., and Hannapel, D. J. 2000. A leaf lipoxygenase of potato induced specifically by pathogen infection. Plant Physiology 124:1121-1130. Carlton, W. M., Braun, E. J., and Gleason, M. L. 1998. Entry of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis into tomato leaves through hydathodes. Phytopathology 88:525-529. Zhu, J., Braun, E. J., Perry, J. L., and Bronson, C. R. 1998. Identification, characterization and mapping of Ecm1, a locus affecting extracellular matrix production and lesion size in Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Genome 41:111-119. Braun, E. J., and Howard, R. J. 1994. Adhesion of Cochliobolus heterostrophus conidia and germlings to leaves and artificial surfaces. Exp. Mycol. 18:211-220. |
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