Tara Slaminko, Research Specialist Agriculture

Email: tnlynch@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 244-3197

Research Focus

I received my B.S. and M.S. from the University of Illinois. My research involves screening commercial lines nominated by growers and seed companies in Illinois for resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS), Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), Phytophthora root rot (PRR), soybean aphid, and soybean mosaic virus for the Varietal Information Program for Soybeans (VIPS) in the greenhouse. Diseases such as frogeye leaf spot and green stem disorder are also scouted and rated at Variety Testing field locations if widespread infection occurs. I try to improve upon the experimental methods and inoculation techniques used for screening soybeans with various pathogens.

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2008: [link] Slaminko, T. L., Miles, M. R., Marois, J. J., and Hartman, G. L. 2008. Hosts of Phakopsora pachyrhizi identified in field evaluations in Florida. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2008-1103-01-RS.
  
  
• 2008: [download] Slaminko, T. L., Miles, M. R., Frederick, R. D., Bonde, M. R., and Hartman, G. L. 2008. New legume hosts of Phakopsora pachyrhizi based on greenhouse evaluations. Plant Disease 92:767-771.
  
  
• 2007: [download] Hartman, G. L., Hines, R. A., Faulkner, C. D., Lynch, T. N., and Pataky, N. 2007. Late season occurrence of soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean in Illinois. Plant Disease 91:466.
  
  
• 2006: [download] Lynch, T. N., J. J. Marois, D. L. Wright, P.F. Harmon, M. R. Miles, and G. L. Hartman. 2006. First report of soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi on Phaseolus spp. in the United States. Plant Disease 90:970.