Assistant Professor Carolyn Young
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, 2005, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Research emphasis: mycology and plant pathology
Carolyn has 10 years of experience with Neotyphodium species and has cloned and characterized the genes required for the biosynthesis of the indole-diterpenes paxilline and lolitrem B. The lab conducts research within the area of plant-microbe interactions, in particular with fungal endophytes of cool season grasses and with Phymatotrichopsis omnivora, a destructive plant pathogen of crops.Iannone, L. J. , Novas, M. V. , Young, C. A., De Battista, J. P., & Schardl, C. L. (2011). Endophytes of native grasses from South America: Biodiversity and ecology. Fungal Ecology, August, doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2011.05.007 .
Schardl, C. L., Young, C. A., Faulkner, J. R. , Florea, S., & Pan, J. (In Press).Chemotypic diversity of epichloae, fungal symbionts of grasses. Fungal Ecology. April, doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2011.04.005.
Interrante, S. M., Singe, R., Islam, M. A., Stein, J., Young, C. A., & Butler, T. J. (2011). Effectiveness of Sinorhizobium inoculants on annual medics. Crop Science, 51, doi:10.2135/cropsci2011.02.0076.
Ghimire, S. R. , Rudgers, J., Charlton, N. D. , Young, C. A., & Craven, K. D. (2011). Prevalence of an intraspecific Neotyphodium hybrid in natural populations of stout wood reed (Cinna arundinacea L.) from eastern North America. Mycologia, 103 (1), 75-84 doi:10.3852/10-154 .
Hopkins, A. A., Young, C. A., Panaccione, D. G. , Simpson, W. R. , Mittal, S. , & Bouton, J. H. (2010). Agronomic performance and lamb health among several tall fescue novel endophyte combinations in the South-Central USA. Crop Science, 50 (4), 1552-1561 DOI:10.2135/cropsci2009.08.0473.
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