John Mueller

Professor of Plant Pathology
Agronomic Crops Program Team, Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, Edisto Research and Education Center

Office: Edisto REC
Phone: 803-284-3343
Fax: 803-284-3684

Email: JMLLR@clemson.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D. Plant Pathology
Univ. of Illinois 1983

M.S. Plant Pathology
Univ. of Illinois 1981

B.S. Agronomy
Univ. of Missouri 1978

Courses Taught

None

Profile

I have a 75% research and 25% extension appointment covering management of diseases and nematodes on corn, cotton, soybean and grain sorghum.

Research Interests

Management of nematodes on row crops including use of site-specific application of Nematicides based on soil texture and yield maps. Relationship of soil texture to the distribution and damage thresholds for Columbia lance and lesion nematodes on corn, cotton, soybean and grain sorghum. Also, evaluation of host plant resistance in soybean and cotton to root-knot, soybean cyst and reniform nematodes.

Extension and Outreach

Statewide responsibilities for disease and nematode management on row crops especially cotton, corn, soybean, and grain sorghum. I am also program team leader for the Agronomic Row Crops Team.

Publications

Holguin, C. M., J. D. Mueller, A. Khalilian and P. Agudelo. 2015. Population dynamics and spatial distribution of Columbia lance nematode in cotton. Applied Soil Ecology 95:107-114.

Holguin, C.M., X. Ma, J. D. Mueller, and P. Agudelo. 2015. Distribution of Hoplolaimus species in soybean fields in South Carolina and North Carolina. Plant Disease (in print). Dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-14-1332-RE

Holguin, C. M., J. A. Baeza, J. D, Mueller, and P. Agudelo. 2015. High genetic diversity and geographic subdivision of three lance nematode species (Hoplolaimus spp.) in the United States. Ecology and Evolution doi: 1002/ece3. 1568.
Holguín, C. M., P. Gerard, J. D. Mueller, A. Khalilian, and P. Agudelo. 2015. Spatial distribution of reniform nematode in cotton as influenced by soil texture and crop rotations. Phytopathology 105:674-683. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-09-14-0240-R)
Overstreet, C., E. C. McGawley, A. Khalilian, T. L. Kirkpatrick, W. S. Monfort, W. Henderson, Jr., and J. D. Mueller. 2014. Site specific nematode management – development and success in cotton production in the United States. Journal of Nematology 46:309-320.
Sikora, E. J., T. W. Allen, K. A. Wise, G. Bergstrom, C. A. Bradley, J. Bond, D. Brown-Rytlewske, M. Chilvers, J. Damicone, E. DeWolf, A. Dorrance, N. Dufault, P. Ester, T. R. Faske, L. Giesler, N. Goldberg, J. Golod, I.R.G. Gomez, C. Grau, A. Grybauskas, G. Franc, R. Hammerschmidt, G. L. Hartman, R. A. Henn, D. Hershman, C. Hollier, T. Isakeit, S. Isard, B. Jacobsen, D. Jardine, R. Kemerait, S. Koenning, M. Langham, D. Malvick, S. Markell, J. J. Marois, S. Monfort, D. Mueller, J. Mueller, R. Mulrooney, M. Newman, L. Osborne, G. B. Padgett, B. E. Ruden, J. Rupe, R. Schneider, H. Schwartz, G. Shaner, S. Singh, E. Stromberg, L. Sweets, A. Tenuta, S. Vaiciunas, X. B. Yang, H. Young-Kelly, and J. Zidek. A coordinated effort to manage soybean rust in North America: A success story in soybean disease monitoring. Plant Disease 98:864-875.



Walker, D. R., D. K. Harris, Z. R. King, Z. Li, H. R. Boerma, J. B. Buckley,
D. B. Weaver, E. J. Sikora, E. R. Shipe, J. D. Mueller, J. W. Buck, R. W. Schneider, J. J. Marois, D. L. Wright, and R. L. Nelson. Evaluation of soybean germplasm accessions for resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi populations in the Southeastern United States, 2009 – 2012.
2014. Crop Science 54:1673-1689. (doi: 10.2135/cropsci2013.08.0513)

Rothrock, C. S., S. A. Winters, P. K. Miller, E. Gbur, L. M. Verhalen, B. E. Greenhagen, T. S. Isakeit, W. E. Batson, Jr., F. M. Bourland, P. D. Colyer, T. A. Wheeler, H. W. Kaufman, G.L. Sciumbato, P. M. Thaxton, K. S. Lawrence, W. S. Gazaway, A. Y. Chambers, M. A. Newman, T. L. Kirkpatrick, J. D. Barham, P. M. Phipps, F. M. Shokes, L. J. Littlefield, G. B. Padgett, R. B. Hutmacher, R. M. Davis, R. C. Kemerait, D. R. Sumner, K. W. Seebold, Jr., J. D. Mueller, and R. H. Garber. 2012. Importance of fungicide seed treatment and environment on seedling diseases of cotton. Plant Disease 96:1805-1817.

Ma, X., P. Agudelo, J. D. Mueller, and H. T. Knap. 2011. Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hoplolaimus stephanus. Journal of Nematology 43:25-34.

Jackson, D. M., H. F. Harrison, J. A. Thies, J. R. Bohac, and J. D. Mueller. 2011. ‘Liberty’ Dry-fleshed Sweetpotato. HortScience Vol. 46(1): 125-129.

Walker, D. R., H. R. Boerma, D. K. Harris, D. V. Phillips, R. W. Schneider, G. L.
Hartman, M. R. Miles, D. B. Weaver, E. J. Sikora, S. H. Moore, J. B. Buckley, E. R.
Shipe, J. D. Mueller, and R. L. Nelson. 2010. Evaluation of USDA soybean germplasm
accessions for resistance to soybean rust in the southeastern United States. Crop Science
51(2): 678-693.

Wrather, J. A., W. E. Stevens, E. D. Vories, T. L. Kirkpatrick, J. D. Mueller, and A. Mauramoustakos. 2010. The use of gall ratings to determine high risk zones in cotton fields infested by Meloidogyne incognita. Crop Science 50:2575-2579.