Dr. Thomas Ward Allen

Dr. Thomas Ward Allen

Title

  • Assoc Extension/Research Prof

Contact Information

ta152@msstate.edu
Office: 662-686-3272

Overview

Education

  • Auburn University, Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), Plant Pathology
  • Auburn University, Master of Science (MS), Forestry
  • Indiana University Bloomington, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology

Publications

Year Publications
2024

Sanders, T., Bond, J. A., Allen, T. W., Gholson, D., Krutz, L. J., Webster, E. 2024. Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) control and rice injury with labeled herbicides following exposure to sub-lethal concentrations of paraquat. Weed Technology

2024

Bowman, H., Bond, J. A., Allen, T. W., Reynolds, D. B., Bararpour, T., Dodds, D. M., Eubank, T. 2024. Salvage treatments for barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) control following simulated failed herbicide application. Weed Technology

2024

Awuni, G., Gore, J., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Allen, T. W., Cook, D. R., Musser, F. 2024. Duration of rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.) infestation impacts the milk stage of panicle development. Cogent Food & Agriculture 10(1).

2023

Aboughanem, N., Stephenson, R. C., Allen, T. W., Henn, R., Moore, W. F., Lawrence, A., Sabanadzovic, S. 2023. Characterization of a Putative New Member of the Genus Potyvirus from Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) in Mississippi. Viruses 15(2145):16 .

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2023

Mueller, D. S., Sisson, A. J., Eide, B., Allen, T. W., Bradley, C., Faske, T. R., Friskop, A. J., Lawrence, K. S., Musser, F., Reisig, D., Tenuta, A., Wise, K. A. 2023. Field crop yield loss calculator for disease and invertebrate pests: an online tool from the Crop Protection Network. PhytoFrontiers

2023

Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., Allen, T. W., Frelichowski, J., Scheffler, J., Sabanadzovic, S. 2023. Discovery and analyses of caulimovirid-like sequences in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Viruses 15:1643.

2023

Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., Allen, T. W., Scheffler, J., Sabanadzovic, S. 2023. First report of pothos latent virus infecting upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in the United States. . Plant Disease 107(7):2270.

2023

Pieralisi, B., Allen, T. W., Bryant, C., Norris, J., Rutland, W. J., Wallace, T. P. 2023. Mississippi Cotton Variety Trials, 2022. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 576

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2022

Wheeler, T. A., Harris, T., Bart, R. S., Isakeit, T., Woodward, J., Allen, T. W., Kemerait, R. C. 2022. Response of Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum isolates to cotton differeing in susceptibility to the bacterium and their predicted type III effectors. 23(1).

2022

Bond, J. A., Allen, T. W., Seale, J., Edwards, H. M. 2022. Glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum) control with PRE and POST herbicide programs. Weed Technology 36:145-151.

2022

Wang, X., Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., Sabanadzovic, S., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Wilkerson, T. H., Allen, T. W. 2022. Evaluating in vitro fitness parameters of QoI-resistant and -sensitive Corynespora cassiicola isolates from Mississippi soybean. . Plant Disease

2022

Wang, X., Dhillon, N. D., Brochard, N., Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., Sabanadzovic, S., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Wilkerson, T. H., Bluhm, B. H., Faske, T. R., Allen, T. W. 2022. Quinone outside inhibitor resistance conferred with the G143A substitution in Corynespora cassiicola, which causes target spot, from Arkansas and Mississippi soybean. Plant Health Progress 22(3):339-341.

2021

Ward, B. M., Shrestha, B., Allen, T. W., Buckley, B., Chen, P., Clubb, M., Mozzoni, L. A., Orazaly, M., Florez, L., Moseley, D., Rupe, J. C., Gentimis, T., Price III, P. P. 2021. Evaluating Cercospora leaf blight resistance in soybean accessions using an improved categorical disease-evaluation scale. Journal of Crop Improvement 35(5):679-699.

2021

Bradley, C. A., Allen, T. W., Sisson, A. J., Bergstrom, G. C., Bissonnette, K. M., Bond, J. A., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M. I., Collins, A. A., Damicone, J. P., Dorrance, A. E., Dufault, N. S., Esker, P. D., Faske, T. R., Fiorellino, N. M., Giesler, L. J., Hartman, G. L., Hollier, C. A., Isakeit, T., Jackson-Ziems, T. A., Jardine, D. J., Kelly, H. M., Kemerait, R. C., Kleczewski, N. M., Koehler, A. M., Kratochvil, R. J., Kurle, J. E., Malvick, D. K., Markell, S. G., Mathew, F. M., Mehl, H. L., Mehl, K. M., Mueller, D. S., Mueller, J. D., Nelson, B. D., Overstreet, C., Padgett, G. B., Price, P. P., Sikora, E. J., Small, I., Smith, D. L., Spurlock, T. N., Tande, C. A., Telenko, D. E., Tenuta, A. U., Thiessen, L. D., Warner, F., Wiebold, W. J., Wise, K. A. 2021. Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2015 to 2019. Plant Health Progress 22(4).

2021

Lawrence, B., Bond, J. A., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Reynolds, D. B., Bararpour, T. 2021. Rice (Oryza sativa) Response to Sub-lethal Rates of Paraquat, Metribuzin, Fomesafen, and Cloransulam-methyl at Different Application Timings. Weed Technology 35.

2021

Sanders, T. L., Bond, J. A., Lawrence, B., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Bararpour, T. 2021. Evaluation of sequential applications of quizalofop and florpyrauxifen-benzyl in acetyl CoA carboxylase-resistant rice (Oryza sativa). Weed Technology 35:268-262.

2021

Crow, W., Catchot, A. L., Dodds, D. M., Gore, J., Cook, D. R., Allen, T. W. 2021. Evaluation of Cotton Cultivar and At-Plant Nematicide Application on Seasonal Populations of Reniform Nematode . Agronomy 11(11):2166.

2021

Vines, P. L., Hoffmann, F. G., Meyer, F. S., Allen, T. W., Tomaso-Peterson, M. 2021. Gaeumannomyces nanograminis, sp. nov., a hyphopodiate fungus identified from diseased roots of ultradwarf bermudagrass in the United States. Mycologia 113(5):938-948.

2021

Burgess, B., Allen, T. W., Bullard, J., Larson, E. J., Lewis, K., McCoy, J., White, J. A. 2021. Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials, 2021. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station

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2021

Petrovic, K., Skaltsas, D., Castlebury, L. A., Kontz, B., Allen, T. W., Chilvers, M. I., Gregory, N., Kelly, H. M., Koehler, A. M., Kleczewski, N. M., Mueller, D. S., Price, III, P. P., Smith, . L., Mathew, F. M. 2021. Diaporthe seed decay of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Is endemic in the United States, but new fungi are Involved. Plant Disease 105(6).

2021

Floyd, C. A., Irby, J. T., Allen, T. W., Catchot, A. L., Dodds, D. M., Sarver, J. M., Maples, W. E., Scholtes, A. B., Carver, S. M. 2021. Evaluation of fungicide application timing on soybean yield, quality, and economic return. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management 7(1):e20102.

2021

Garcia-Aroca, T., Price, P. P., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Allen, T. W., Wilkerson, T. H., Spurlock, T. N., Faske, T. R., Bluhm, B., Conner, K., Sikora, E., Guyer, R., Kelly, H., Squiers, B. M., Doyle, V. P. 2021. Xylaria necrophora, sp. nov., is an emerging root-associated pathogen responsible for taproot decline of soybean in the southern United States. Mycologia 113(2):326-347.

2020

Burgess, B., Allen, T. W., Bullard, J., Haire, D. L., Larson, E. J., Macoon, B., Pickett, I., Rushing, J. B., Reginelli, D. B., White, J. A. 2020. Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials, 2019. Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station

2020

Lawrence, B., Bond, J. A., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Reynolds, D. B., Bararpour, T. 2020. Nitrogen fertilizer programs following rice exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of paraquat. Weed Technology 34:807-813.

2020

Lawrence, B., Bond, J. A., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Reynolds, D. B., Bararpour, T. 2020. Rice (Oryza sativa) performance following exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of paraquat applied alone or in mixture with common residual herbicides. Weed Technology 34:675-681.

2020

Sanders, T., Bond, J. A., Lawrence, B., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Bararpour, T. 2020. Evaluation of weed control in acetyl CoA carboxylase-resistant rice (Oryza sativa) with mixtures of quizalofop and auxinic herbicides. Weed Technology 34:498-505.

2020

Lawrence, B., Bond, J. A., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Reynolds, D. B., Bararpour, T. 2020. Rice (Oryza sativa) performance following exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of paraquat applied alone or in mixture with common POST and residual herbicides. Weed Technology 34:675-681.

2020

Crow, W., Catchot, A. L., Gore, J., Dodds, D. M., Allen, T. W., Cook, D. R. 2020. Evaluation of Seed Treatment, Herbicide, and Nematicide on Tobacco Thrips (Thysanoptera:Thripdae) and Reniform Nematode (Tylenchida:Hololaimidae) Control. Journal of Cotton Science 24:10-16.

2020

Vines, P. L., Hoffmann, F. G., Meyer, F. S., Allen, T. W., Luo, J., Zhang, N., Tomaso-Peterson, M. 2020. Magnaporthiopsis cynodontis, a novel turfgrass pathogen with widespread distribution in the United States. Mycologia 112(1):52-63.

2020

Wilson, B. R., Allen, T. W., Catchot, A. L., Krutz, L. J., Dodds, D. M. 2020. Determining the profitability of reniform nematode control practices in the Mississippi cotton production system. Plant Health Progress 21(2):105-112.

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2020

Crow, W., Catchot, A. L., Gore, J., Dodds, D. M., Cook, D. R., Allen, T. W. 2020. Evaluation of tillage, at-planting treatment, and nematicide on tobacco thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and reniform nematode (Tylenchida: Hoplolamidae) management in cotton. Agronomy 10(2).

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2019

Vines, P. L., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Hoffmann, F. G., Meyer, F. S., Allen, T. W., Luo, J., Zhang, N. 2019. Magnaporthiopsis cynodontis, a novel turfgrass pathogen with widespread distribution in the United States. Mycologia 112(1):52-63.

2019

Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, N., Allen, T. W., Henn, A. R., Lawrence, A., Sabanadzovic, S. 2019. Biological and molecular characterization of a diverged isolate of pokeweed mosaic virus from Mississippi. Journal of Plant Pathology

2019

Aboughanem, N., Allen, T. W., Wilkerson, T. H., Conner, K. N., Sikora, E. J., Nichols, R. L., Sabanadzovic, S. 2019. First report of cotton leafroll dwarf virus in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) in Mississippi. Plant Disease 103:1798.

2019

Wise, K. A., Smith, D., Freije, A., Mueller, D. S., Kandel, Y., Allen, T. W., Bradley, C. A., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M., Faske, T., Friskop, A., hollier, C., Jackson-Ziems, T. A., Kelly, H., Kemerait, B., Price III, P., Robertson, A., Tenuta, A. 2019. Meta-analysis of yield response of foliar fungicide-treated hybrid corn in the United States and Ontario, Canada. PLoS ONE 14(6):e0217510.

2019

Wang, X., Allen, T. W., Wang, H., Peterson, D. G., Nichols, R. L., Liu, A., Li, X., Deng, P., Jia, J., Lu, S. 2019. Development of a qPCR protocol to detect the cotton bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum. Plant Disease 103(3):422-429.

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2018

Zhang, G., Bond, J. A., Fakhoury, A. M., Dorrance, A. E., Weber, L., Faske, T. R., Giesler, L. J., Hershman, D. E., Kennedy, B. S., Neves, D. L., Hollier, C. A., Kelly, H. M., Newman, M. A., Kleczewski, N. M., Koenning, S. R., Allen, T. W., Thiessen, L. D., Mehl, H. L., Zhou, T., Meyer, M. D., Meuller, D. S., Kandel, Y. R., Price III, P. P., Rupe, J. C., Sikora, E. J., Standish, J. R., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Wise, K. A., Bradley, C. A. 2018. Widespread occurrence of quinone outside inhibitor fungicide-resistant isolates of Cercospora sojina, causal agent of frogeye leaf spot of soybean, in the United States. Plant Health Progress 19:295-302.

2018

Ryals, J. L., Cook, D. R., Catchot, A. L., Musser, F., Stewart, S. D., Leanord, R. B., Buntin, D. G., Kerns, D. L., Allen, T. W., Gore, J. 2018. Impact of Corn Earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Field Corn (Poales: Poaceae) Yield and Grain Quality. Journal of Economic Entomology

2018

Sharma, S., Zaccaron, A. Z., Ridenour, J. B., Allen, T. W., Conner, K., Doyle, V. P., Price, T., Sikora, E., Singh, R., Spurlock, T., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Wilkerson, T. H., Bluhm, B. H. 2018. Draft genome sequence of Xylaria sp., the causal agent of taproot decline of soybean in the southern United States. Data in Brief 17:129-133.

2017

Bararpour, T., Korres, N. E., Allen, T. W., Bond, J. A. 2017. Infection of Sorghum bicolor, selected grass species, and Zea mays by Gloeocercospora sorghi, causal pathogen of zonate leaf spot. Phytoparasitica 45:211-217.

2017

Vines, P. L., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Allen, T. W., DuBien, J. L., Stewart, B. R. 2017. Cultivar selection, cultural management practice, and fungicide application influence leaf spot and dollar spot on ultradwarf bermudagrass. Crop Forage Turfgrass Management 3:7.

2017

Showmaker, 1. C., Arick II, M. A., Hsu, C., Martin, B. E., Wang, X., Jia, J., Wubben, M. J., Nichols, R. L., Allen, T. W., Peterson, D. G., Lu, S. 2017. The genome of the cotton bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum strain MSCT1. Standards in Genomic Sciences 12:42.

2017

Vines, P. L., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Allen, T. W., Stewart, B. R., DuBien, J. L. 2017. Ultradwarf bermudagrass performance as influenced by cultivar selection and cultural management practice. Crop Science 57(1):1–9.

2016

Woodward, J., Dodds, D. M., Main, C., Barber, T., Boman, R. K., Whitaker, J. R., Edmisten, K., Banks, J. C., Buehring, N. W., Allen, T. W. 2016. Evaluation of Foliar Applications of Strobilurin Fungicides in Cotton across the Southern United States. Journal of Cotton Science

2016

Woodard, J. E., Buehring, N. W., Dodds, D. M., Martin, C. L., Barber, L. T., Bowman, R. K., Whitaker, J. R., Edmisten, K. L., Allen, T. W. 2016. Evaluation of Foliar applications of Strobilurin Fungicides in cotton across the southern states. Journal of Cotton Science 20:116-124.

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2016

Harback, C. J., Allen, T. W., Bowen, C. R., Davis, J. A., Hill, C. B., Leitman, M., Leonard, B. R., Mueller, D. S., Padgett, G. B., Phillips, X. A., Schneider, R. W., Sikora, E. J., Singh, A. K., Hartman, G. L. 2016. Delayed senescence in soybean: Terminology, research update, and survey results from growers. . Plant Health Progress 17:76-83.

2016

Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Orlowski, J. 2016. Seed-applied fungicide and inoculant interactions for late-planted soybean in the mid-southern United States. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management 2(1).

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2016

Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Orlowski, J. 2016. Seed-applied fungicide and inoculant interactions for late-planted soybean in the Mid-southern United States . Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management

2015

Standish, J. R., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Allen, T. W., Sabanadzovic, S., Aboughanem, N. 2015. Occurrence of QoI fungicide resistance in Cercospora sojina from Mississippi soybean. . Plant Disease 99:1347-1352.

2015

Cianchetta, A. N., Allen, T. W., Hutmacher, R. B., Kemerait, R. C., Kirkpatrick, T. L., Lawrence, G. W., Mueller, J. D., Nichols, R. L., Olsen, M. W., Overstreet, C., Woodward, J. E., Lawrence, K. S., Davis, R. M. 2015. Survey of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum in the United States. Journal of Cotton Science 19(2):328-336.

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2015

Weaver, M. A., Abbas, H. K., Falconer, L. L., Allen, T. W., Pringle, H. C., Sciumbato, G. L. 2015. Biological control of aflatoxin is effective and economical in Mississippi field trials. . Crop Protection 69:52-55.

2015

Murillo-Williams, A., Esker, P., Allen, T. W., Stone, C., Frederick, R. 2015. First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean in Costa Rica. Plant Disease 99(3):418.

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
2021

Burgess, B., Bullard, J., Burkhalter, J. W., Allen, T. W., Haire, D. L., Irby, J. T., Macoon, B., McCoy, J., Silva, A. M., Solomon, W., White, J. A. 2021. Mississippi Soybean Variety Trials 2020. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 556.

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2021

Pieralisi, B., Allen, T., Golden, B., McCoy, J., Norris, J., Rutland, W., Shankle, M., Wallace, T. 2021. Mississippi Cotton Variety Trials, 2020. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 558.

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2019

Allen, T. W., Catchot, A. L., Cook, D. R., Dodds, D. M., Gore, J., Irby, J. T., Larson, E. J., Layton, M. B., Little, N., MacGown, J., Musser, F., Meyers, S. L., Speights, C. 2019. 2019 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops. Mississippi State University Extension

2019

Falconer, L. L., Irby, J. T., Allen, T. W., Bond, J. A., Catchot, A. L., Cook, D. R., Golden, B. R., Gore, J., Krutz, L. J., Pringle, H. 2019. 2019 Soybean Planning Budgets. Mississippi State University Extension

2019

Irby, J. T., Scholtes, A. B., Oswalt, P. G., Allen, T. W. 2019. 2018 Soybean Variety Demonstration Program. . Mississippi State University Extension

2019

Irby, J. T., Scholtes, A. B., Oswalt, P. G., Allen, T. W. 2019. Soybean Seed Quality Results for MG IV Varieties from the 2018 On-Farm Variety Demonstration.. Mississippi State University Extension

2018

Falconer, L. L., Irby, J. T., Allen, T. W., Bond, J. A., Catchot, A. L., Cook, D. R., Golden, B. R., Gore, J., Krutz, L. J., Pringle, H. 2018. Soybeans 2019 Planning Budget. MSU Extension Service

2018

Falconer, L. L., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Bond, J. A., Gore, J., Krutz, L. J., Pringle, H. 2018. Rice 2019 Planning Budgets.

2017

Falconer, L. L., Golden, B. R., Allen, T. W., Bond, J. A., Gore, J., Krutz, L. J., Pringle, H. 2017. Rice 2018 Planning Budgets.

2017

Falconer, L. L., Irby, J. T., Orlowski, J., Allen, T. W., Bond, J. A., Gore, J., Buehring, N. W., Catchot, A. L., Cook, D. R., Golden, B. R., Krutz, L. J., Pringle, H. 2017. Soybeans 2018 Planning Budgets. MSU Extension Service

2016

Buehring, N. W., Taylor, A., Harrison, M. P., Burger, B., Solomon, L., Allen, T. W. 2016. Roundup Ready and Conventional Soybean Variety Trials. 2016 Soybean Variety Trial Report

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Awards & Honors

  • Geoff Guyton Innovation in Technology Award
    Mississippi State University
  • Southern Soybean Disease Workers - Distinguished Service Award
    Southern Soybean Disease Workers
  • Conservation Systems Soybean Researcher of 2016
    National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference
  • Friends of IPM Award - Mississippi Crop Situation Blog Team
    Southern IPM Center

Society Memberships

  • American Phytopathological Society
  • Mississippi Association of Plant Pathologists and Nematologists
  • Society of Nematologists
  • Southern Division American Phytopathological Society
  • Southern Soybean Disease Workers