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William Rutter
Vegetable Research
Plant Pathologist

Phone: (843) 402-5317
Fax: (843) 573-4715
Room 207

2700 SAVANNAH HIGHWAY
CHARLESTON, SC 249145334
Projects
Biology, Etiology and Host Resistance in Vegetable Crops to Diseases and Nematodes
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 432663
A Multi-state Effort to Contain and Manage the Invasive Guava Root Knot Nematode (GRKN) in Vegetable Crops.
Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)
  Accession Number: 437518
Developing Sustainable and Profitable Tools for Management of Tomato Fields Infested with Soilborne Pathogens, Nematodes, and Weeds
Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)
  Accession Number: 437748
Developing Resources to Manage the Exotic Root-knot Nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 435211

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Characterization of resistance to major tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) in solanum sisymbriifolium Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hajihassani, A., Rutter, W.B., Schwarz, T., Woldemariam, M.W., Ali, E., Hamidi, N. 2020. Characterization of resistance to major tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) in solanum sisymbriifolium. Phytopathology. 110:666-673. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-19-0393-R.
Identification of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting root-knot nematode resistant sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) in South Carolina Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rutter, W.B., Skantar, A.M., Handoo, Z.A., Mueller, J., Aultman, S.P., Agudelo, P. 2019. Identification of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting root-knot nematode resistant sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) in South Carolina. Plant Disease. 103(4):11. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-18-1388-PDN.
Cucurbit rootstocks resistant to fusarium oxysporumf.sp. niveum remain resistant when co-infected by <i>Meloidogyne incognita in the field Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Keinath, A.P., Wechter, W.P., Rutter, W.B., Agudelo, P.A. 2019. Cucurbit rootstocks resistant to fusarium oxysporumf.sp. niveum remain resistant when co-infected by <i>Meloidogyne incognita in the field. Plant Disease. 103(6):1383-1390. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-18-1869-RE.
Retargeting of a plant defense protease by a cyst nematode effector Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Pogorelko, G., Juvale, P., Rutter, W.B., Hutten, M., Maier, T., Hewezi, T., Paulus, J., Van Der Hoorn, R., Grundler, F., Siddique, S., Lionetti, V., Zabotina, O., Baum, T. 2019. Retargeting of a plant defense protease by a cyst nematode effector. Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14295.
Resistant pepper carrying N, Me1, and Me3 have different effects on penetration and reproduction of four major meloidogyne species - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hajihassani, A., Rutter, W.B., Luo, X. 2019. Resistant pepper carrying N, Me1, and Me3 have different effects on penetration and reproduction of four major meloidogyne species. Journal of Nematology. 51:1-9. https://doi.org/359780.
PA-593: A root-knot nematode resistant sweet cherry-type pepper Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rutter, W.B., Kousik, C.S., Thies, J.A., Farnham, M.W., Fery, R.L. 2018. PA-593: A root-knot nematode resistant sweet cherry-type pepper. Horticultural Science. 53(12):1922-1923. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13544-18.
Variation in the AvrSr35 effector determines Sr35 resistance against wheat stem rust race Ug99 Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rutter, W.B., Salcedo, A., Akhunova, A., Wang, S., Bolus, S., Chao, S., Rouse, M.N., Szabo, L.J., Bowden, R.L., Akhunov, E., Dubcovsky, J. 2017. Variation in the AvrSr35 effector determines Sr35 resistance against wheat stem rust race Ug99. Science. 358(6370):1604-1606. https://doi:10.1126/science.aao7294.
Divergent and convergent modes of interaction between wheat and Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici isolates revealed by the comparative gene co-expression network and genome analyses Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rutter, W.B., Salcedo, A., Akhunova, A., Wang, S., Hanquan, L., Bowden, R.L., Akhunova, E. 2017. Divergent and convergent modes of interaction between wheat and Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici isolates revealed by the comparative gene co-expression network and genome analyses. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 18:291. doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3678-6.
Development of a sweet cherry pepper line with resistance to the southern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita - (Abstract Only)