Houston Hobbs, Research Specialist Agriculture

Email: hhobbs@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 244-3257

Research Focus

Soybean viruses: surveys of viruses present in Illinois, screening for resistance to viruses in soybean germplasm, evaluation of seed transmission of Soybean mosaic virus, and studies of insect vectors of soybean viruses, are the main projects of my work for G.L. Hartman and L.L. Domier.

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2007: [download] Thekkeveetil, T., Hobbs, H. A., Wang, Y., Kridelbaugh, D., Donnelly, J., Hartman, G. L., and Domier, L. L. 2007. First report of soybean dwarf virus in soybean in northern Illinois. Plant Disease 91:1686.
  
  
• 2007: [download] Lim, H. S., Ko, T. S., Hobbs, H. A., Lambert, K. N., Yu, J. M., McCoppin, N. K., Korban, S. S., Hartman, G. L., and Domier, L. L. 2007. Soybean mosaic virus helper component-protease alters leaf morphology and reduces seed production in transgenic soybean plants. Phytopathology 9:366-372.
  
  
• 2007: [download] Domier, L. L., Steinlage, T. A., Hobbs, H. A., Yang, Y., Herrera-Rodriguez, G., Haudenshield, J. S., McCoppin, N. K., and Hartman, G. L. 2007. Similarities in seed and aphid transmission among Soybean mosaic virus isolates. Plant Disease 91: 546-550.
  
  
• 2006: [download] Hobbs, H. A., Hill, C. B., Grau, C. R., Koval, N. C., Wang, Y., Pedersen, W. L., Domier, L. L., and Hartman, G. L. 2006. Green stem disorder of soybean. Plant Disease 90:513-518.
  
  
• 2006: [download] Hill, C. B., Hartman, G. L., Esgar, R., and Hobbs, H. A. 2006. Field evaluation of green stem disorder in soybean cultivars. Crop Science 46:879-885.
  
  
• 2006: [download] Wang, Y., Hobbs, H. A., Bowen, C. R., Bernard, R. L., Hill, C. B., Haudenshield, J. S., Domier, L. L., and Hartman, G. L. 2006. Evaluation of soybean cultivars, ‘Williams’ isogenic lines, and other selected soybean lines for resistance to two Soybean mosaic virus strains. Crop Sci. 46:2649-2653.
  
  
• 2005: [download] Wang, Y., H.A. Hobbs, C.B. Hill, L.L. Domier, G.L. Hartman, and R.L. Nelson. 2005. Evaluation of ancestral lines of U.S. soybean cultivars for resistance to four soybean viruses. Crop Sci. 45:639-644.
  
  
• 2003: [download] Mabry, T. R., Hobbs, H. A., Steinlage, T. A., Johnson, B. B., Pedersen, W. L., Spencer, J. L., Levine, E., Isard, S. A., Domier, L. L., and Hartman, G. L. 2003. Distribution of leaf feeding beetles and Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) in Illinois and transmission of BPMV in soybeans. Plant Dis. 87:1221-1225.
  
  
• 2003: [download] Hobbs, H. A., Hartman, G. L., Wang, Y., Hill, C. B., Bernard, R. L., Pedersen, W. L.., and Domier, L. L. 2003. Occurrence of seed coat mottling in soybean plants inoculated with Bean pod mottle virus and Soybean mosaic virus. Plant Dis. 87:1333-1336.