Education/Training
- Received an Associate of Arts Degree from Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN, May 1985
- Received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Louisiana State University in Shreveport, December 1987
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Areas of Specialization/Research
Project number: LAB03536
Title: Etiology and control of important cotton diseases in Louisiana.
Objectives:
- Evaluate fungicides and other management practices for seedling diseases of cotton in Louisiana cotton.
- Develop management strategies for Fusarium wilt, root-knot nematode, and the Fusarium wilt/root-knot nematode complex and determine their individual and collective effect on cotton productivity.
- Monitor the progress of new and emerging disease problems
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Professional Experience
- Research Associate since June, 1988
- Shift lab supervisor, LuChem Pharmaceuticals, January 1988 - June 1988
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Publications/Presentations/Patents
- Colyer, P.D., S. Micinski, and P.R. Vernon. 1991. Effect of thrips infestation on the development of cotton seedling diseases. Plant Disease 75:380-382.
- Colyer, P.D. and P.R. Vernon. 1992. Zonate leaf spot on kenaf caused by Cristulariella moricola. Plant Disease 76:861.
- Colyer, P.D. and P.R. Vernon. 1993. Effect of tillage on cotton populations and seedling diseases. J. Prod. Agric. 6:108-111.
- Hanna, H.Y., P.D. Colyer, T.L. Kirkpatrick, D.J. Romaine, and P.R.Vernon. 1993. Improving yield of cucumbers in nematode-infested soil by doublecropping with a resistant tomato cultivar, using transplants and nematicides. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 106:163-165.
- Hanna, H.Y., P.D. Colyer, T.L. Kirkpatrick, D.J. Romaine, and P.R. Vernon. 1994. Feasibility of improving cucumber yield without chemical control in soils susceptible to nematode buildup. Hortscience 29 (10):1136-1138.
- Colyer, P.D., T. L. Kirkpatrick, W. D. Caldwell, and P. R. Vernon. 1997. Influence of nematicide application on the severity of the root-knot nematode-Fusarium wilt disease complex in cotton. Plant Disease 81:66-70.
- Colyer, P. D., T. L. Kirkpatrick, P. R. Vernon, J. D. Barham, and R. J. Bateman. 1998. Reducing Meloidogyne incognita injury to cucumber in a tomato-cucumber double-cropping system. J. Nematology 30(2):226-231.
- Colyer, P. D., T. L. Kirkpatrick, W. D. Caldwell, and P. R. Vernon. 2000. Root-knot nematode reproduction and root galling severity on related conventional and transgenic cotton cultivars. J. Cotton Sci. 4:232-236.
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