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Selected Publications

Books:

  1. Charudattan, R. and H.L. Walker, eds. 1982. Biological Control of Weeds with Plant
    Pathogens, John Wiley, New York. 293 pp.
  2. Charudattan, R. and Browning, H.W. eds. 1992. Regulations and Guidelines: Critical
    Issues in Biological Control. Proceedings of a USDA/CSRS National Workshop, June
    10-12, 1991, Vienna, VA, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, 205 p.
  3. Charudattan, R. and Pitelli, R.A. 1993. Controle Biológico de Plantas Daninhas Através
    de Fitopatógenos. UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil. 34 p. (a booklet prepared for the
    shortcourse on biological control of weeds).
  4. Hardy, R.W.F., Beachy, R.N., Browning, W.H., Caulder, J.D., Charudattan, R., Faulkner,
    P., Gould, F.L., Hinkle, M.K., Jaffee, B.A., Knudson, M.K., Lewis, W.J., Loper, J.E.,
    Mahr, D.L., and Van Alfen, N.K. 1996. Ecologically Based Pest Management: New
    Solutions for a New Century. National Research Council, National Acad. Press,
    Washington, DC. 144 p.
  5. Charudattan, R., Labrada, R., Center, T.D., and Kelly-Begazo, C. eds. 1996. Strategies
    for Water Hyacinth Control. Report of a Panel of Experts Meeting, September 11-14,
    1995, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of
    Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, 217 pp.

Book Chapters:

  1. Charudattan, R. 1982. Regulation of microbial weed control agents. Pages 175-188, in
    R. Charudattan and H.L. Walker, eds., Biological Control of Weeds with Plant
    Pathogens, John Wiley, New York.
  2. Charudattan, R. 1985. The use of natural and genetically altered strains of pathogens for
    weed control. Pages 347-372 in: M.A. Hoy and D.C. Herzog, eds., Biological Control in
    Agricultural IPM Systems. Acad. Press, Orlando, FL. 589 pp.
  3. Charudattan, R. 1988. Inundative control of weeds with indigenous fungal pathogens.
    Pages 86-110 in: M.N. Burge, ed., Fungi in Biological Control Systems, Manchester
    University Press, Manchester, England, 269 pp.
  4. Charudattan, R. 1990. Release of fungi: Large-scale use of fungi as biological weed
    control agents. Pages 70-83 in: J.J. Marois and G. Bruening, eds., Risk Assessment in
    Agricultural Biotechnology: Proceedings of the International Conference. Publ. No.
    1928, Publ. Div. Agric. and Natural Resources, Univ. Calif., Oakland, CA.
  5. Charudattan, R., DeValerio, J.T., and Prange, V.J. 1990. Special problems associated
    with aquatic weed control. Pages 287-303 in: R. Baker and P.E. Dunn, eds., New
    Directions in Biological Control: Alternatives for Suppressing Agricultural Pests and
    Diseases. UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, V 112.
    Alan R. Liss, New York.
  6. Charudattan, R. 1990. Biological control by means of fungi. Pages 186-201 in: A.
    Pieterse, and K.J. Murphy, eds., Aquatic Weeds. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
  7. Charudattan, R. 1990. Pathogens with potential for weed control. Pages 132-154 in: R.Hoagland ed., Microbes and Microbial Products as Herbicides. Am. Chem. Soc. Symp.
    Ser. 439, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC.
  8. Charudattan, R. 1991. The mycoherbicide approach with plant pathogens. Pages 24-57
    in: D.O. TeBeest ed., Microbial Control of Weeds. Chapman and Hall, New York.
  9. Charudattan, R. 1992. The role of pesticides in altering biocontrol efficacy. Pages 421-
    432 in: J.A. Altman, ed., Pesticide Interactions in Crop Production: Beneficial and
    Deleterious Effects, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  10. Charudattan, R. 1999. Plant Pathogens for Biological Control of Waterhyacinth - A
    Status Report. In: M.P. Hill, M.H. Julien, and T.D. Center, eds. Proceedings of the First
    IOBC Global Working Group Meeting for the Biological and Integrated Control of Water
    Hyacinth, St. Lucia Park Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 to 19 Nov. 1998. Plant Protection
    Res. Inst., Pretoria, S. Africa. p. 80.
  11. Isaacson, D.L. and Charudattan, R. 1999. Biological Approaches to Weed Management.
    Chapter 22, Pages 593-626 In: J.R. Ruberson, ed. Handbook of Pest Management.
    Marcel Dekker, New York.
  12. Rosskopf, E.N., Charudattan, R., and Kadir, J.B. 1999. Use of Plant Pathogens in Weed
    Control. Pages 891-918 In: T.W. Fisher, T.S. Bellows, L.E. Caltagirone, D.L. Dahlsten,
    C. Huffaker, G. Gordh, eds. Handbook of Biological Control. Academic Press, San
    Diego, CA.
  13. Charudattan, R. 2000. Current Status of Biological Control of Weeds. Pages 269-288.
    In: G.G. Kennedy and T.B. Sutton, eds. Emerging Technologies for Integrated Pest
    Management: Concepts, Research, and Implementation. Proceeding of a Conference,
    March 8-10, 1999, Raleigh, NC. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
  14. Charudattan, R. 2001. Biological control of water hyacinth by using pathogens:
    Opportunities, challenges, and recent developments. Pages 21-28 in: Biological and
    Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. Proceedings of the Second
    Meeting of the Global Working Group for the Biological and Integrated Control of Water
    Hyacinth, Beijing, China, 9-12 Oct., 2000. ACIAR Proceedings No. 102. Australian
    Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra.
  15. Charudattan, R. 2001. Summary of session 3. Biological control - Pathogens: Pages
    146-147 in: Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes.
    Proceedings of the Second Meeting of the Global Working Group for the Biological and
    Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth, Beijing, China, 9-12 Oct., 2000. ACIAR
    Proceedings No. 102. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research,
    Canberra.
  16. Charudattan, R. 2001. Are we on top of aquatic weeds? Weed problems, control options,
    and challenges. Pages 43-68 in: C. R. Riches (ed.). 2001 BCPC Symposium
    Proceedings No. 77: The World’s Worst Weeds. The British Crop Protection Council,
    Farnham, Surrey, U.K.
  17. Shabana, Y.M., Elwakil, M.A., and Charudattan, R. 2001. Biological control of water
    hyacinth by a mycoherbicide in Egypt. Pages 53-56 in: Biological and Integrated Control
    of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. Proceedings of the Second Meeting of theGlobal Working Group for the Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth,
    Beijing, China, 9-12 Oct., 2000. ACIAR Proceedings No. 102. Australian Centre for
    International Agricultural Research, Canberra.
  18. Charudattan, R., Wyss, G.S., and Chandramohan, S. 2002. Biological Control. Pages
    25-58. In: W.B. Wheeler, Ed., Pesticides in Agriculture and the Environment. Marcel
    Dekker, New York.
  19. Charudattan, R. 2003. Biological control of weeds with pathogens used as bioherbicides.
    In: Pages 89-95, Proceedings of the First Latin-American Short Course on Biological
    Control of Weeds. June 24-28, 2002, Montelimar, Nicaragua. J. Medal, H. Norambuena,
    and D. Gandolfo, editors. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural
    Sciences, Gainesville. (In Spanish; translated by the editors).

Papers in Refereed Journals:

  1. Charudattan, R. 1969. Studies on strains of Fusarium vasinfectum Atk. I. On their
    morphology and pathogenicity on cotton. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 70:139-156.
  2. Charudattan, R. 1970. Studies on strains of Fusarium vasinfectum Atk. II. In vitro
    production of toxin and enzymes and immunoserology. Phytopathol. Z. 67:129-143.
  3. Charudattan, R. and DeVay, J.E. 1972. Common antigens among varieties of
    Gossypium hirsutum and isolates of Fusarium and Verticillium species. Phytopathology
    62:230-234.
  4. Charudattan, R., Stall, R.E., and Batchelor, D.L. 1973. Serotypes of Xanthomonas
    vesicatoria unrelated to its pathotypes. Phytopathology 63:1260-1265.
  5. Charudattan, R. 1973. Pathogenicity of fungi and bacteria from India to hydrilla and
    waterhyacinth. Hyacinth Control J. 11:44-48.
  6. Charudattan, R. and Hubbell, D.H. 1973. The presence and possible significance of
    cross-reactive antigens in Rhizobium-legume associations. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
    39:619-627.
  7. Charudattan, R. and Conway, K.E. 1975. Comparison of Uredo eichhorniae, the
    waterhyacinth rust with Uromyces pontederiae. Mycologia 67:653-657.
  8. Charudattan, R. and Conway, K.E. 1976. Mycoleptodiscus terrestris leaf spot on
    waterhyacinth. Plant Dis. Rep. 60:77-80.
  9. Charudattan, R., Perkins, B.D., and Littell, R.C. 1978. The effects of fungi and bacteria
    on the decline of arthropod-damaged waterhyacinth in Florida. Weed Sci. 26:101-107.
  10. Charudattan, R., Zettler, F.W., Cordo, H.A., and Christie, R.G. 1980. Partial
    characterization of a potyvirus infecting the milkweed vine, Morrenia odorata.
    Phytopathology 70:909-913.
  11. Charudattan, R. and DeVay, J.E. 1981. Purification and partial characterization of an
    antigen from Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum that cross-reacts with antiserum to
    cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) root antigens. Physiol. Plant Pathol. 18:289-295.
  12. Charudattan, R., McKinney, D.E., and Hepting, K.T. 1981. Production, storage,
    germination, and infectivity of uredospores of Uredo eichhorniae and Uromyces
    pontederiae. Phytopathology 71:1203-1207.
  13. Charudattan, R. and Rao, K.V. 1982. Bostrycin and 4-deoxybostrycin: Two nonspecific
    phytotoxins produced by Alternaria eichhorniae. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 43:846-849.
  14. Hiebert, E. and Charudattan, R. 1984. Characterization of Araujia mosaic virus by in
    vitro translation analyses. Phytopathology 74:642-646.
  15. Charudattan, R., Linda, S.B., Kluepfel, M., and Osman, Y.A. 1985. Biocontrol efficacy
    of Cercospora rodmanii on waterhyacinth. Phytopathology 75:1263-1269.
  16. Charudattan, R. 1986. Integrated control of waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) with a
    pathogen, insects, and herbicides. Weed Sci. 34 (Suppl. 1):26-30.
  17. Hofmeister, F.M. and Charudattan, R. 1987. Pseudocercospora nigricans, a pathogen of
    sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia) with biocontrol potential. Plant Dis. 71:44-46.
  18. Charudattan, R. 1991. Assessment of efficacy of mycoherbicide candidates. Pages
    455-464, in: E.S. Delfosse, ed., Proc. VII Int. Symp. Biol. Control Weeds, Rome, Italy,
    March 6-11, 1988, Ist. Sper. Patol. Veg. (MAF).
  19. Uma Verma and Charudattan, R. 1993. Host range of Mycoleptodiscus terrestris, a
    microbial herbicide candidate for Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum. Biol.
    Control 2:271-280.
  20. Chakraborty, S., Charudattan, R., and DeValerio, J.T. 1993. Reaction of selected
    accessions of Cassia rotundifolia to exotic fungal pathogens. Tropical Grasslands 28:32-
    37.
  21. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R., and ElWakil, M.A. 1995. Identification, pathogenicity,
    and safety of Alternaria eichhorniae from Egypt as a bioherbicide agent for
    waterhyacinth. Biol. Control 5:123-135.
  22. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R., and ElWakil, M.A. 1995. Evaluation of Alternaria
    eichhorniae as a bioherbicide for waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in greenhouse
    trials. Biol. Control 5:136-144.
  23. Charudattan, R., Uma Verma, J.T. DeValerio, and A. Tomley. 1995. Pathogens
    attacking groundsel bush, Baccharis halimifolia L., in Florida. Proc. Int. Symp. Biol.
    Control Weeds 8: 437-444.
  24. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R., and Elwakil, M.A. 1995. Occurrence of Alternaria
    eichhorniae and Alternaria alternata on waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Egypt.
    Plant Disease 79:319.
  25. Charudattan, R., Prange, V.J., and DeValerio, J.T. 1996. Incorporation of "Bialaphos
    genes" into a pathogenic bacterium. Weed Technol. 10:625-636.
  26. Shabana, Y.M. and Charudattan, R. 1996. Microorganisms associated with hydrilla in
    ponds and lakes in North Florida. J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 34:60-68.
  27. Shabana, Y.M. and Charudattan, R. 1997. Preparation and regeneration of mycelial
    protoplasts of Alternaria eichhorniae. J. Phytopathol. 145:335-338.
  28. Shabana, Y.M., Charudattan, R., DeValerio, J.T., and Elwakil, M.A. 1997. An evaluation
    of hydrophilic polymers for formulating the bioherbicide agents Alternaria cassiae and
    A. eichhorniae. Weed Technol. 11:212-220
  29. Pitelli, R.A., Charudattan, R., and DeValerio, J.T. 1998. Effect of Alternaria cassiae,
    Pseudocercospora nigricans, and soybean (Glycine max) planting density on the
    biological control of sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia). Weed Technol. 12:37-40.
  30. Martinez Jimenez, M., and Charudattan, R. 1998. Survey and evaluation of Mexican
    native fungi for biocontrol of waterhyacinth. J. Aquat. Plant Manage.36:145-148.
  31. Smither-Kopperl, M.L., Charudattan, R., and Berger, R.D. 1998. Dispersal of spores of
    Fusarium culmorum in aquatic systems. Phytopathology 88:382-388.
  32. Kadir, J.B., Charudattan, R., Stall, W.M., and Bewick, T.A. 1999. Effect of Dactylaria
    higginsii on interference of Cyperus rotundus with L. esculentum. Weed Sci. 47:682-
    686.
  33. Smither-Kopperl, M.L., Charudattan, R., and Berger, R.D. 1999. Deposition and
    adhesion of spores of Fusarium culmorum on hydrilla. Can J. Plant Pathol. 21:291-297.
  34. Smither-Kopperl, M.L., Charudattan, R., and Berger, R.D. 1999. Plectosporium
    tabacinum, a pathogen of the invasive aquatic weed Hydrilla verticillata in Florida.
    Plant Dis. 83:24-28.
  35. Barreto, R., Charudattan, R., Pomella, A., and Hanada, R. 2000. Biological control of
    neotropical aquatic weeds with fungi. Crop Prot. 19:697-703.
  36. Charudattan, R. and Dinoor, A. 2000. Biological control of weeds using plant
    pathogens: accomplishments and limitations. Crop. Prot. 19:691-695.
  37. Kadir, J.B. and Charudattan, R. 2000. Dactylaria higginsii, a fungal bioherbicide agent
    for purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus). Biol. Control. 17:113-124.
  38. Kadir, J.B., Charudattan, R., and Berger, R.D. 2000. Effects of some epidemiological
    factors on levels of disease caused by Dactylaria higginsii on Cyperus rotundus. Weed
    Sci. 48:61-68.
  39. Kadir, J.B., Charudattan, R., Stall, W.M., and Brecke, B.J. 2000. Field efficacy of
    Dactylaria higginsii as a bioherbicide for the control of purple nutsedge (Cyperus
    rotundus). Weed Technol. 14:1-6.
  40. Rosskopf, E.N., Charudattan, R., Shabana, Y.M., Benny, G.L. 2000. Phomopsis
    amaranthicola, a new species from Amaranthus sp. Mycologia 92: 114-122.
  41. Rosskopf, E.N., Charudattan, R., DeValerio, J.T., and Stall, W.M. 2000. Field
    evaluation of Phomopsis amaranthicola, as a biological control agent of Amaranthus spp.
    Plant Dis. 84: 1225-1230.
  42. Rosskopf, E.N., Charudattan, R., Chellemi, D.O., and Chandramohan, S. 2000.
    Alternatives to methyl bromide for weed control. Acta Horticulturae 532:103-107.
  43. Shabana, Y.M., Elwakil, M.A. and Charudattan, R. 2000. Effect of media, light and pH
    on growth and spore production by Alternaria eichhorniae, a mycoherbicide agent for
    waterhyacinth. Z. Pflanzenkr. Pflanzensch. 107: 617-626.
  44. Chandramohan, S., and Charudattan, R. 2001. Control of seven grasses with a mixture of
    three fungal pathogens with restricted host ranges. Biol. Control 22: 246-255.
  45. Charudattan, R. 2001. Biological control of weeds by means of plant pathogens:
    Significance for integrated weed management in modern agro-ecology. BioControl 46:
    229-260.
  46. Shabana, Y.M., Elwakil, M.A. and Charudattan, R. 2001. Effect of nutrition and
    physical factors on mycelial growth and production of pigments and nonchromatic UVabsorbing compounds of Alternaria eichhorniae. J. Phytopathology 149: 21-27.
  47. Tessmann, D.J., Charudattan, R., Kistler, H.C., and Rosskopf, E.N. 2001. A molecular
    characterization of Cercospora species pathogenic to water hyacinth and emendation of
    C. piaropi. Mycologia 93: 323-334.
  48. Wyss, G.S., Charudattan, R., and DeValerio, J.D. 2001. Evaluation of agar and grain
    media for mass production of conidia of Dactylaria higginsii. Plant Dis. 85: 1165-1170.
  49. Chandramohan, S., Charudattan, R., Sonoda, R.M., and Megh Singh. 2002. Field
    evaluation of a fungal pathogen mixture for the control of seven weedy grasses. Weed
    Sci. 50: 204-213.
  50. Chandramohan, S. and Charudattan, R. 2003. A multiple-pathogen strategy for
    bioherbicidal control of several weeds. Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 13: 199-205.
  51. Shabana, Y.M., Cuda, J.P., and Charudattan, R. 2003. Evaluation of Pathogens as
    Potential Biocontrol Agents of Hydrilla. J. Phytopathol. 151:1-7.
  52. Shabana, Y.M., Cuda, J.P., and Charudattan, R. 2003. Combining plant pathogenic fungi
    and the leaf-mining fly, Hydrellia pakistanae, increases damage to hydrilla. J. Aquat.
    Plant Manage. 41:76-81.
  53. Wyss, G.S., Charudattan, R., Rosskopf, E.N., and Littell, R.C. 2004. Effects of selected
    pesticides and adjuvants on germination and vegetative growth of Phomopsis
    amaranthicola, a biocontrol agent for Amaranthus spp. Weed Res. 44: 469-482.
  54. Chandramohan, S., Shine Jr., J.M., Duchrow, M.J., Rosskopf, E.N., Charudattan, R.,
    2004. A bioherbicide system to manage guineagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) In
    sugarcane in Florida. Sugar Cane Int. 22(2): 28-30.
  55. Yandoc, C.B., Charudattan, R., Shilling, D.G., 2004. Suppression of cogongrass
    (Imperata cylindrica) by a bioherbicidal fungus and plant competition. Weed Sci.
    52:649-653.
  56. Charudattan, R., 2005. Ecological, practical, and political inputs into selection of weed
    targets: What makes a good biological control target? Biol. Control, 35: 183-196.
  57. Rosskopf, E.N., Yandoc, C.B., Charudattan, R., 2005. Genus-specific host range of
    Phomopsis amaranthicola (Sphaeropsidales), a bioherbicide agent for Amaranthus spp.
    Biocontrol Sci. Technol. 16: 27-35.
  58. Rosskopf, E.N., Yandoc, C.B., Charudattan, R., DeValerio, J.T., 2005. Influence of
    epidemiological factors on the bioherbicidal efficacy of Phomopsis amaranthicola on
    Amaranthus spp. Plant Dis. 89:1295-1300.
  59. Yandoc, C.B., Charudattan, R., Shilling, D.G., 2005. Evaluation of fungal pathogens as
    biological control agents for cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica). Weed Technol. 19:19-26.
  60. Evidente, A., Andolfi, A., Cimmino, A., Vurro, M., Fracchiolla, M., Charudattan, R.,
    2006. Herbicidal potential of ophiobolins produced by Drechslera gigantea. J. Agric.
    Food Chem., 54: 1779-1783.
  61. Yandoc, C.B., Rosskopf, E.N., Pitelli, R.L.C.M., Charudattan, R., 2006. Effects of
    selected pesticides on conidial germination and mycelial growth of Dactylaria higginsii,a potential bioherbicide for purple nutsedge. Weed Technol. 20: 255-260.
  62. Evidente, A., Andolfi, A., Cimmino, A., Vurro, M., Fracchiolla, Charudattan, R., and
    Motta, A. 2006. Ophiobolin E and 8-epi-ophiobolin J, phytotoxins produced by
    Drechslera gigantean, a potential mycoherbicides of weedy grasses. Phytochemistry 67:
    2281–2287.
  63. Yandoc-Ables, C.B., Rosskopf, E.N., and Charudattan, R. 2006. Plant pathogens at
    work: Progress and possibilities for weed biocontrol. Part 1: Classical vs. bioherbicidal
    approach. APSnet Feature Story Aug. 2006.
    http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/weed1/.
  64. Yandoc-Ables, C.B., Rosskopf, E.N., and Charudattan, R. 2006. Plant pathogens at
    work: Progress and possibilities for weed biocontrol. Part 2: Improving weed control
    efficacy. APSnet Feature Story Aug. 2006. http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/weed2/.
  65. Pomella, A.W.V., Barreto, R.W., and Charudattan, R. 2007. Nimbya alternantherae, a
    potential bicontrol agent for Alligatorweed, Alternanthera philoxeroides. BioControl
    52:271-288.
  66. Charudattan, R. and Hiebert, E. 2007. A plant virus as a bioherbicide for tropical soda
    apple, Solanum viarum. Outlooks on Pest Management ??:000-000 (June 2007).
  67. Ferrell, J., Charudattan, R., Elliott, M., and Hiebert, E. 2007. Effects of selected
    herbicides on the efficacy of tobacco mild green mosaic virus to control tropical soda
    apple (Solanum viarum). Weed Technol. (submitted).