Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Sciences

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Crop Sciences
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

Bish, M. D., Herman, T. K., McCoppin, N., Tian, P., Clough, S. J., & Karki, H. S. (2025). First Report of Red Crown Rot of Soybean, Caused by Calonectria ilicicola, in Missouri. Plant disease, 109(5), 1181. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-24-2566-PDN

Favoretto, V. R., Murithi, H. M., Leles, E. P., da Santos, F. M., Chigeza, G., Goldsmith, P., Coyne, D., & Clough, S. J. (2025). Soybean rust-resistant and tolerant varieties identified through the Pan-African Trial Network. Pest Management Science, 81(6), 2769-2775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8639

Greatens, N., Murithi, H. M., Coyne, D., Clough, S. J., Sulyok, M., Okunowo, W. O., Abbas, H. K., Shier, W. T., & Koch Bach, R. A. (2025). Production of the light-activated elsinochrome phytotoxin in the soybean pathogen Coniothyrium glycines hints at virulence factor. PloS one, 20(5 May), Article e0321896. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321896

Koch Bach, R. A., Murithi, H. M., Coyne, D., & Clough, S. J. (2024). Phylogenetic analyses show the Select Agent Coniothyrium glycines represents a single species that has significant morphological and genetic variation. Mycologia, 116(6), 936-948. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2024.2383114

Koch Bach, R. A., Murithi, H. M., Slocum, C. R., Coyne, D., & Clough, S. J. (2024). Remarkably High Internal Transcribed Spacer Haplotype Diversity of the Fungal Select Agent Coniothyrium glycines Discovered Throughout Its Range in Sub-Saharan Africa. Phytopathology, 114(5), 955-960. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-09-23-0315-KC

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