Dr. Richard E. Baird

Schill, M. L., Baird, R. E., Brown, S. P., Veach, A. 2024. Wildfire severity alters soil microbial exoenzyme production and fungal abundances in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Pedosphere 34(4):15.

Brown, S., Shahrtash, M., Stokes, C. E., Baird, S. M., Baird, R., Lu, S. 2024. Model-based community analyses identify fungal endophytes that may modulate symptom development of charcoal rot disease in soybean. Phytofrontiers

Smith, B., Brown, S., Frampton, J., Braham, A., Stokes, C. E., Baird, R. E. 2023. Optimizing Select Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Reforestation Methods within an Artificial Bald at Mount Buckley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park . Southeastern Naturalist 22(3):333-351.

Ortiz, V., Chang, H., Sang, H., Jacobs , J., Malvick, D. K., Baird, R. E., Mathew, F. M., Estevez de Jensen, C., Wise, K., Mosquera, G. M., Mosquera, G. M., Chilvers, M. 2023. Population genomics reveal geographic structure and climatic diversification for Macrophomina phaseolina isolated from soybean and dry bean across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Frontiers in Genetics 14(10.3389):22.

Clark, S. L., Schlarbaum, S. E., Saxton, A. M., Jeffers, S. N., Baird, R. E. 2023. Eight-year field performance of backcross American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedlings planted in the southern Appalachians, USA. Forest Ecology and Mangement 532((10)):120820.

Brown, S., Clark, S., Ford, E., Jumpponen, A., Saxton, A., Schlarbaum, S., Baird, R. E. 2023. Convergent shifts of soil fungal communities associated with Fagaceae reforestation efforts in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Mangement 531:27.

Santos-Rivera, M., Fitzkee, N., Hill, R., Baird, R., Blair, E., Thoreson, M., Woolums, A., Meyer, F., Vance, C. 2023. Nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics of blood plasma from dairy calves infected with the main causal agents of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). Nature Scientific Reports 13:2672.

Brown, S., Clark, S., Ford, E., Jumpponen , A., Saxton, A., Schlarbaum, S., Baird, R. E. 2022. Comparisons of interspecies field performance of Fagaceae (Castanea and Quercus) planted in the southeastern United States with attention to soil fungal impacts on plant performance. Forest Ecology and Management 525(120569):13 pp.

Mohottige, C. U., Howard, A., Baird, R., Mlsna, T. 2022. Volatile biomarkers for early-stage disease diagnosis of sweet potatoes Rhizopus soft rot tissue disease. Agricultural Science and Technology 2(4):734-741.

Brown , S. P., Shahrtash, M., Tucker, A. E., Knoepp, J., Stokes, C. E., Baird, R. E. 2022. Seasonal disconnects between saprobic and mycorrhizal sporocarp communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Fungal Ecology 55(101125):1-11.

She, J., Mohottige, C. U., King, M., Jiang, Y., Mlsna, M., Clark, S., Baird, R., Mlsna, T. 2021. Estimation of Total Phenolic Compounds and Non-Targeted Volatile Metabolomics in Leaf Tissues of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata), Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima) and the Backcross Breeding Generations. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment 10(2):222-256.

Brown, S. P., Veach, A. M., Horton, J. L., Ford, E., Jumpponen, A., Baird, R. E. 2019. Context dependent fungal and bacterial soil community shifts in response to recent wildfires in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management 451(117520):12.

Reazin, C., Baird, R. E., Clark, S., Jumpponen, A. 2019. Chestnut bred for blight resistance recruit distinct fungal rhizobiomes from common nursery soils. Mycorrhiza 29(4):313-323.

Wadl, P. A., Mack, B. M., Beltz, S. B., Moore, G. G., Baird, R. E., Rinehart, T. A., Staton, M. E., Hadziabdic, D., Trigiano, R. N. 2019. Development of genomic resources for the powdery mildew, Erysiphe pulchra. Plant Disease 103(0191-2917):804-807.

Clark, S. L., Schlarbaum, S. E., Saxton, A. M., Baird, R. E. 2019. Eight-year blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) resistance of backcross-generation American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) planted in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 433:153-161.

She, J., Mlsna, D. A., Baird, R. E., Mohottige, C. U., Mlsna, T. E. 2018. Volatile metabolomics with focus on fungal and plant applications-A review. Current Metabolomics 6:1-14.

Veach, A. M., Stokes, C. E., Knoepp, J., Jumpponen, A., Baird, R. E. 2018. Fungal Communities and Functional Guilds Shift Along an Elevational Gradient in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Microbial Ecology 76(1):156-168.

Bily, D. S., Diehl, S. V., Cook, M., Wallace, L. E., Sims , L., Sims, L., Watson, C., Baird, R. E. 2018. Temporal and Locational Variations of a Phytophthora spp. Community in an Urban Forested Water Drainage and Stream-Runoff System. Southeastern Naturalist 17(1):176-202.

Brannon, M. P., Brannon, J. K., Baird, R. E. 2017. Educational applications of small mammal skeletal remains found in discarded bottles. Southeastern Naturalist 16(10 (special)):4-10.

Sun , D., She, J., Gower, J. L., Stokes, C. E., Windham, G. L., Baird, R. E., Mlsna, T. E. 2016. Effects of Growth Parameters on the Analysis of Aspergillus flavus Volatile Metabolites . Separations 3(2):13.

Woolfolk, S., Stokes, C. E., Watson, C., Brown, R. L., Baird, R. E. 2016. Bacteria Associated with Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) from Mounds in Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 15(1):83-101.

Woolfolk, S., Stokes, C. E., Watson, C., Baker, G. T., Brown, R. L., Baird, R. E. 2016. Fungi associated with solenopsis invicta buren (Red Imported Fire Ant, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from mounds in Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 15(2):220-234.

Sun, D., Gower, J., Stokes, C. E., Windham, G. L., Baird, R. E., Mlsna, T. E. 2015. Multivariate Analysis of Microbial Volatile Organic. International Journal in Agricultural Research Science 2(4):186-197.

Baird, R. E., Stokes, C. E., Wood-Jones, A., Watson, C., Alexander, M., Taylor, G., Johnson, K., Threadgill, P., Diehl, S. V. 2014. A Molecular Clone and Culture Inventory of the Root Fungal Community Associated with Eastern Hemlock in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist 13(6):219-237.

Baird, R. E., Stokes, C. E., Wood-Jones, A., Alexander, M., Watson, C., Taylor, G., Johnson, K., Remaley, T., Diehl, S. V. 2014. Fleshy Saprobic and Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities Associated with Healthy and Declining Eastern Hemlock Stands in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist 13(6):192-218.