Christopher A. Clark
Professor

Publications/Presentations/Patents

Refereed Journal Articles
LaBonte, D., Clark, C., Villordon, A., Cannon, J., Hoy, M., Sistrunk, M., Freeman, E., and Roberts, G. 2004. Yield of four generations of virus-tested sweetpotato. HortTechnology 14:1 - 3.

Carroll, H. W., Villordon, A. Q., Clark, C. A., LaBonte, D. R., and Hoy, M. W. 2004. Studies on Beauregard sweetpotato clones naturally infected with viruses. Int. J. Pest. Mgmt. 50:101 - 106.

Lotrakul, P., Valverde, R. A., and Clark, C. A. 2003. Properties of a begomovirus isolated from sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] infected with Sweet potato leaf curl virus. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatologia 21:128 - 136.

Zhang, X., Clark, C. A., and Pettis, G. S. 2003. Interstrain inhibition in the sweet potato pathogen Streptomyces ipomoeae: Purification and characterization of a highly specific bacteriocin and cloning of its structural gene. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2201 - 2208.

Villordon, A., Q., Cannon, J. M., Carroll, H. L., Franklin, J. W., Clark, C. A., and LaBonte, D. R. 2003. Sweetpotato 'Beauregard' mericlones vary in yield, vine characteristics, and storage root size and shape attributes. HortScience 38:1089 - 1092.

Souto, E. R., Sim, J. Chen, J., Valverde, R. A., and Clark, C. A. 2003. Properties of Strains of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and Two Newly Recognized Potyviruses Infecting Sweet Potato in the United States . Plant Disease 87:1226 - 1232.

LaBonte, D. R., Cannon, J. M., Clark, C. A., Villordon, A. Q., Wilson, P. W., Hammond, A. H., and Story, R. N. 2003. 'Bienville' sweetpotato. Hortscience 38:473 - 474.

Holmes, G. J., and Clark, C. A. 2002. First report of Geotrichum candidum as a pathogen of sweetpotato storage roots from flooded fields in North Carolina and Louisiana Plant Disease 86:695.

Harrison, H. F., Peterson, J. K., Clark, C. A., and Snook, M. E. 2001. Sweetpotato periderm components inhibit in vitro growth of root rotting fungi. Hortscience 36: 927-930.

Book and Book Chapter Contributions
Clark, C. A., Valverde, R. A., Fuentes, S., Salazar, L. F., and Moyer, J. W. 2002. Research for improved management of sweetpotato pests and diseases: Cultivar decline. Pages 103 - 112 in; Ames , T., ed. Proc. 1st Internat. Symp. on Sweetpotato, Acta Hort. 583.

Lotrakul, P., Valverde, R. A., Clark, C. A., Hurtt, S., and Hoy, M. W. 2002. Sweetpotato leaf curl virus and related geminiviruses in sweetpotato. Pages 135-141 in; Ames , T., ed. Proc. 1st Internat. Symp. on Sweetpotato, Acta Hort. 583.

Clark, C. A., Hoy, M. W., Valverde, R. A., La Bonte, D. R., and Cannon, J. M. 2002. Effects of viruses on sweetpotatoes in Louisiana, USA. Pages 238-241 in; Nakatani, M., and Komaki, K., eds. Potential of Root Crops for Food and Industrial Resources, Proc. Twelfth Symp. Internat. Soc. Trop. Root Crops, Sept. 10-16, 2000.

Loria, R., Clark, C. A., Bukhalid, R. A., and Fry, B. A. 2001. III. Gram-positive bacteria. B. Streptomyces. Pages 236 - 249 in: Schaad, N. W., Jones, J. B., and Chun, W., eds. Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, 3rd Edition. APS Press, The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul , MN .

Clark, C. A., and Valverde, R. A. 2001. Viruses and sweetpotato cultivar decline in Louisiana, USA. Pages 62 - 69 in; Nakazawa, Y., and Ishiguro, K., eds. International Workshop on Sweetpotato Cultivar Decline Study, Proceedings, Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station, Miyakonjo , Japan .

Valverde, R. A., Lotrakul, P., and Clark, C. A. 2001. Properties and variability of Sweetpotato leaf curl virus. Pages 82 - 84, in; Nakazawa, Y., and Ishiguro, K., eds. International Workshop on Sweetpotato Cultivar Decline Study, Proceedings, Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station, Miyakonjo, Japan.

Clark, Christopher. 2000. Sweetpotato black rot. Pages 992-992 in: Maloy, O. C., and Murray, T. D., eds. Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Clark,C. A., and Moyer, J. W. 1988. Compendium of Sweet Potato Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN. 74 pp.

Other
Technology To Improve the Quality of Sweet Potato ‘Seed’. Christopher A. Clark, Don R. LaBonte, Rodrigo A. Valverde, Mary W. Hoy, Pongtharin Lotrakul, Charalambos Kokkinos and Cecilia McGregor. Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 2003. LINK TO ARTICLE
 

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