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Sorghum, Soybean, Plant Pathology, Fusarium, Macrophomina, Grain Mold, Stalk Rot, Charcoal Rot, Row Crops Pathology
United States

Biography

I am a broadly trained plant pathologist with a passion for teaching students and conducting applied microbiology research on plants, fungi, and their disease interactions in Great Plains and sub-tropical agroecosystems.

Activities

Employment (4)

Kansas State University: Manhattan, Kansas, US

2019-07-01 to present | Full Professor (Plant Pathology)
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Kansas State University: Manhattan, KS, US

2013-07-01 to present | Associate Professor of Plant Pathology (Plant Pathology)
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Christopher R. Little

Kansas State University: Manhattan, KS, US

2007-06-01 to 2013-06-30 | Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology (Plant Pathology)
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University of Texas-Pan American: Edinburg, TX, US

2002-08-01 to 2007-05-31 | Assistant Professor of Biology (Biology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Texas A&M University: College Station, TX, US

1996-08-01 to 2002-05-31 | Ph.D., Plant Pathology (Plant Pathology & Microbiology)
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University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY, US

1991-08-01 to 1996-05-31 | B.Sc., Microbiology (Biology)
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Works (50 of 58)

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Brassica juncea Preseason Cover Crops Reduce Soybean Root Colonization by Macrophomina phaseolina, the Fungus Causing Charcoal Rot

Plant Health Progress
2025-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Gretchen Sassenrath; Natalie Waite; Che-Jen Hsiao; Christopher R. Little
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Phosphorus and plant disease

Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease, 2nd Ed
2023-08-01 | Book chapter
Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Charcoal rot: A major root and stalk disease of sorghum.

Macrophomina phaseolina: Ecobiology, Pathology, and Management
2023-07-01 | Book chapter
Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Registration of grain sorghum seed (A/B) and pollinator (R) parent lines for chilling and drought tolerance.

Journal of Plant Registrations
2023-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Evaluating the Role of Exogenously Applied Ascorbic Acid in Rescuing Soybean Plant Health in The Presence of Pathogen-Induced Oxidative Stress

Pathogens
2022-09-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Afsana Noor; Christopher R. Little
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Ecology and diversity of fungal species associated with soybean seedling diseases in the US Midwest

Journal of Applied Microbiology
2022-02-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Registration of the sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] nested association mapping (NAM) population in RTx430 background.

Journal of Plant Registrations
2021-05-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Variation in stalk rot resistance and physiological traits of sorghum genotypes in the field under high temperature conditions.

Journal of General Plant Pathology
2020-07-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Improving sweet sorghum for enhanced juice traits and biomass

Plant Breeding
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ananda Y. Bandara; Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya; Dereje D. Gobena; Daniel J. Hopper; Tesfaye T. Tesso; Christopher R. Little; Rod Snowdon
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Dynamics of host glutathione and glutathione related enzymes in Macrophomina phaseolina-sorghum bicolor interaction

2019-11-25 | Other
Contributors: Ananda Y. Bandara; Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya; Sanzhen Liu; Christopher R. Little
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Host lipid alterations after Macrophomina phaseolina infection contribute to charcoal rot disease susceptibility in grain sorghum: Evidence from transcriptomic and lipidomic data

2019-11-25 | Other
Contributors: Ananda Y. Bandara; Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya; Sanzhen Liu; Christopher R. Little
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The necrotrophic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina induces oxidative stress-associated genes and related biochemical responses in charcoal rot susceptible sorghum genotypes

2019-11-25 | Other
Contributors: Ananda Y. Bandara; Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya; Sanzhen Liu; Christopher R. Little
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Stalk rot resistant sorghum genotypes are resilient to pathogen-mediated photosystem II quantum yield retardation

Crop Protection
2019-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Ananda Y. Bandara; Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya; Tesfaye T. Tesso; Christopher R. Little
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Registration of Six Grain Sorghum Pollinator (R) Lines

Journal of Plant Registrations
2019-01-01 | Journal article
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The necrotrophic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina promotes charcoal rot susceptibility in grain sorghum through induced host cell wall-degrading enzymes

Phytopathology
2018-08-01 | Journal article
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Diseases and their management in sorghum cultivation: Seedling, seed. panicle, and foliar diseases

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation in Sorghum: Genetics, Breeding, and Production Techniques
2018-05-01 | Book chapter
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Diseases and their management in sorghum cultivation: Stalk, root, and other diseases.

Achieving Sustainable Cultivation in Sorghum: Genetics, Breeding, and Production Techniques
2018-05-01 | Book chapter
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Genetic changes in sorghum

Sorghum: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
2018-04-01 | Book chapter
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The biology and control of sorghum diseases

Sorghum: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
2018-04-01 | Book chapter
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Charcoal rot and Fusarium stalk rot diseases influence sweet sorghum sugar attributes

Industrial Crops & Products
2018-02-01 | Journal article
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Impacts of fungal stalk rot pathogens on physicochemical properties of sorghum grain

Plant Disease
2017-10-01 | Journal article
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Fusarium verticillioides inoculum potential influences soybean seed quality

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2017-07-01 | Journal article
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Stalk rot fungi affect grain sorghum yield components in an inoculation stage-specific manner

Crop Protection
2017-04-01 | Journal article
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Stalk Rot Diseases Impact Sweet Sorghum Biofuel Traits

BioEnergy Research
2017-03-01 | Journal article
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Stalk Rot Fungi Affect Leaf Greenness (SPAD) of Grain Sorghum in a Genotype- and Growth-Stage-Specific Manner

Plant Disease
2016-10-01 | Journal article
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Sorghum RILs Segregating for Stay-Green QTL and Leaf Dhurrin Content Show Differential Reaction to Stalk Rot Diseases

Crop Science
2016-09-01 | Journal article
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Effect of soil-test phosphorus and phosphorus fertilization on the severity of soybean sudden death syndrome

Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management
2016-04-29 | Journal article
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First report of seedborne Fusarium fujikuroi and its potential to cause pre- and post-emergent damping-off on soybean (Glycine max) in the United States.

Plant Disease
2015-11-01 | Journal article
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Integrating resistance and tolerance for improved evaluation of sorghum lines against Fusarium stalk rot and charcoal rot.

Phytoparasitica
2015-09-01 | Journal article
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Genome-wide association study on resistance to stalk rot diseases in grain sorghum.

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
2015-06-01 | Journal article
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Registration of nine grain sorghum seed parent (A/B) lines.

Journal of Plant Registrations
2015-03-27 | Journal article
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Evaluation of Gambia and Mali sorghum germplasm against the downy mildew pathogen, Peronosclerospora sorghi in Mexico and the USA.

Journal of General Plant Pathology
2015-01-01 | Journal article
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First report of seedborne Fusarium thapsinum and its pathogenicity on soybean (Glycine max) in the United States.

Plant Disease
2014-11-10 | Journal article
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Evaluation of selected sorghum lines and hybrids for resistance against grain mold and long smut fungi in Senegal, West Africa.

Plant Health Progress
2014-06-24 | Journal article
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Effect of host resistance to Fusarium virguiliforme and Heterodera glycines on sudden death syndrome disease severity and soybean yield.

2014-02-05 | Journal article
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10.1094/PHP-RS-13-0100

Contributors: Christopher R. Little
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Genotypic variation in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) exotic germplasm collections for drought and disease tolerance.

SpringerPlus
2013-12-01 | Journal article
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doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-650

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Analysis of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) lines and hybrids in response to early season planting and cool conditions.

Canadian Journal of Plant Science
2013-09-01 | Journal article
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Christopher R. Little

A visual rating scale for quantifying the severity of greasy spot disease on grapefruit leaves.

International Journal of Fruit Science
2013-06-02 | Journal article
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10.1080/15538362.2013.789273

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New sources of resistance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) germplasm are effective against a diverse array of Potyvirus spp.

Plant Disease
2012-11-11 | Journal article
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Sorghum pathology and biotechnology - A fungal disease perspective: Part II. Anthracnose, stalk rot, and downy mildew.

2012-08-13 | Journal article
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Sorghum pathology and biotechnology - A fungal disease perspective: Part I. Grain mold, head smut, and ergot.

The European Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology
2012-08-12 | Journal article
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Genetic diversity and pathotype determination of Colletotrichum sublineolum isolates causing anthracnose disease in sorghum.

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2012-05-27 | Journal article
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10.1007/s10658-012-9946-z

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Introduction to Fungi

Plant Health Instructor
2012-04-22 | Interactive resource
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Evaluation of soybean genotypes for resistance to three seedborne diseases.

Plant Health Progress
2012-03-18 | Journal article
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doi:10.1094/PHP-2012-0321-02-RS

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Accurate spectral measurements and color infrared imagery of excised leaves exhibiting Gaussian curvature from healthy and stressed plants.

Advanced Image Acquisition, Processing Techniques and Applications I.
2012-03-11 | Book chapter
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10.5772/37300

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Evaluation of soybean genotypes for resistance to charcoal rot.

Plant Health Progress
2011-09-25 | Journal article
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doi:10.1094/PHP-2010-0926-01-RS

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Disease severity and microsclerotium properties of the sorghum sooty stripe pathogen, Ramulispora sorghi.

Plant Disease
2011-07-01 | Journal article
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Detection of salt toxicity and nitrogen deficiency in Cucumis sativus L. using spectroradiometry and CIR imagery.

Journal of Plant Nutrition
2011-05-11 | Journal article
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Grasses of South Texas

2011-05-01 | Book
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Effects of high temperature after anthesis on starch granules in grains of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Journal of Agricultural Science
2011-04-01 | Journal article
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Tropical plant pathology. (1)