Dr. Misbakhul Munir

Smith, H., Dixon, E., Munir, M., Ward Gauthier, N. A. 2025. Comparative Analysis of Hemp and Wheat Fusarium graminearum Populations. Plant Disease 109(9):1976-1982.

Ayankojo, I. T., Munir, M., Patel, J. 2025. Evaluation of Potential Phytotoxicity of Avelyo for the Control of Powdery Mildew in Lettuce in a Greenhouse Hydroponic Production System in Mississippi, 2025. Plant Health Progress 26(4):759.

Ayankojo, I. T., Munir, M. 2025. Evaluation of Potential Phytotoxicity of Avelyo for the Control of Powdery Mildew in Lettuce in a Greenhouse Hydroponic Production System in Mississippi, 2025. Plant Disease Management Report

Munir, M., Smith, H., Dixon, E., Szarka, D., Wong, J., Adedokun, T., Church, A., Thomas, E., Schroer, R., Reynolds, J., Gauthier, N. 2025. Development of qPCR Assays to Detect and Quantify Fusarium spp. on Hemp ( Cannabis sativa ) Flowers. Plant Health Progress 26(3):293-300.

Rudolph, R. E., Dixon, E., Leonberger, K., Munir, M., Pettigrew, K., Polo, M., Smith, H. S., Lamb, A., Gauthier, N. A. 2025. Effects of High Tunnel Soil Solarization on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in the Temperate Climate of Central Kentucky. Plant Disease 109(4):842-850.

Rudolph, R. E., Dixon, E., Munir, M., Leonberger, K., Pettigrew, K., Polo, M., Smith, H. S., Gauthier, N. A. 2024. Susceptibility of Zucchini Cultivars to Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera xanthii) Under High- and Low-Nitrogen Regimes. Plant Health Progress 25(4):380-385.

Munir, M., Smith, H., Valentine, T., Leonberger, K., Szarka, D., Dixon, E., Anthony, N., Ricciardi, M., Adedokun, T., Keene, T., Pearce, R., Gauthier, N. 2024. Leaf Spot Disease Development and Its Effect on Yield of Essential Oil-Producing Hemp Cultivars in Kentucky. Plant Disease 108(6):1621-1631.

Rudolph, R. E., Dixon, E., Munir, M., Leonberger, K., Pettigrew, K., Polo, M., Smith, H. S., Bajek, V., Irwin, L., Gauthier, N. A. 2024. Potential for Cultural Management of Lettuce Drop (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) in High Tunnels Through Modification of Soil Moisture, Planting Date, and Cultivar. Plant Health Progress 25(1):72-77.

Rudolph, R. E., Bajek, V., Munir, M. 2023. Effects of Soil Solarization and Grafting on Tomato Yield and Southern Root-knot Nematode Population Densities. HortScience 58(11):1443-1449.

Munir, M., Leonberger, K., Kesheimer, K., Bolt, M., Zuefle, M., Aronson, E., Ricciardi, M., Schluttenhofer, C., Joly, D., Smith, H. S., Coburn, J., Filho, J. F., Rondon, S. I., Smart, C. D., Collins, A., Garfinkel, A., Gauthier, N. A. 2023. Occurrence and Distribution of Common Diseases and Pests of U.S. Cannabis: A Survey. Plant Health Progress 24(4):498-507.

Bajek, V., Munir, M., Rudolph, R. E. 2023. Soil Census of Kentucky High Tunnels Reveals Statewide Distribution of Two Meloidogyne Species. Plant Health Progress 24(4):508-515.

DuPont, S. T., Munir, M., Cox, K., Johnson, K., Peter, K., Baro, A. 2023. Evaluation of pruning therapies in apple trees with fire blight. Journal of Plant Pathology 105(4):1695-1709.

Smith, H., Szarka, D., Dixon, E., Adedokun, O., Munir, M., Ricciardi, M., Schroer, R., Gauthier, N. 2023. Emerging Fusarium spp. Causing Head Blight on Hemp in Kentucky. Plant Health Progress 24(2):132-134.

DuPont, S. T., Cox, K., Johnson, K., Peter, K., Smith, T., Munir, M., Baro, A. 2023. Evaluation of biopesticides for the control of Erwinia amylovora in apple and pear. Journal of Plant Pathology 106(3):889-901.

Dixon, E., Leonberger, K., Amsden, B., Szarka, D., Munir, M., Payee, W., Datnoff, L., Tubana, B., Gauthier, N. 2022. Suppression of Hemp Powdery Mildew Using Root-Applied Silicon. Plant Health Progress 23(3):260-264.

Munir, M., Wang, H., Dufault, N. S., Anco, D. J. 2020. Early Detection of Airborne Inoculum of Nothopassalora personata in Spore Trap Samples from Peanut Fields Using Quantitative PCR. Plants 9(10):1327.

Munir, M., Wang, H., Agudelo, P., Anco, D. J. 2020. Rapid Detection of Fungicide Resistance Phenotypes Among Populations of Nothopassalora personata in South Carolina Peanut Fields. Plant Health Progress 21(2):123-132.