Jules Butchacas

This study establishes a protocol for hydathode infection by Xtt in barley, causing bacterial blight symptoms and mimicking natural infection.

This study shows that loss of the inaZ gene, which enables ice nucleation activity, restricts bacterial dispersal and leads to genetic and ecological isolation.

The paper identifies Pseudomonas coronafaciens pv. coronafaciens causing BHB in Idaho oat fields and reports resistant barley genotypes.

The paper investigates phage-bacterial interactions in plant agroecosystems, finding nested network structures and phylogeny-driven defense systems.

This study shows that gene loss and gain in Xanthomonas translucens drive host range shifts, with fitness costs for generalist behavior and enhanced virulence for specialist behavior.

The paper develops a greenhouse spray inoculation protocol to screen barley germplasm for resistance against Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens, confirming moderate resistance in cultivar Quest across diverse strains.

This study shows that rpfF is not essential for X. translucens pv. undulosa pathogenesis, suggesting quorum sensing interference is not a viable strategy for preventing bacterial leaf streak.