Publications on Pumpkin Diseases
Babadoost, M. 2000. Outbreak of Phytophthora foliar blight and fruit rot in processing pumpkin fields in Illinois. Plant Dis. 84:1345.
Babadoost, M., and S. Z. Islam. 2001. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Phytophthora blight of processing pumpkin, 2000. Fung. & Nemat. Tests 56:V65.
Islam, S. Z., M. Babadoost, and T. Honda. 2002. Effect of red-light treatment of seedlings of pepper, pumpkin, and tomato on the occurrence of Phytophthora damping-off. HortScience 37:678-681.
Babadoost, M., and S. Z. Islam. 2002. Phytophthora blight on pumpkin. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2002-1216-01-DG.
Babadoost, M. 2002. Evaluation of fungicides for control of pumpkin diseases, 2001. Fung. & Nemat. Tests 57: B42.
Babadoost, M., and S. Z. Islam. 2003. Fungicide seed treatment effects on seedling damping-off of pumpkin caused by Phytophthora capsici. Plant Dis. 87:63-68.
Islam, S.Z., and M. Babadoost. 2004. Evaluation of selected fungicides for control of Phytophthora blight of processing pumpkin, 2003. Fung. & Nemat. Tests 59:V129.
Tian, D., and M. Babadoost. 2004. Host range of Phytophthora capsici from pumpkin and pathogenicity of the isolates. Plant Dis. 88:485-489.
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Babadoost, M. 2004. Phytophthora blight: A serious threat to cucurbit industries. http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/cucurbit/.
Babadoost, M., and Islam, S.Z. 2005. Evaluation of fungicides for control of powdery mildew and downy mildew of pumpkin, 2004. Fung. & Nemat. Tests 60: V053.
Islam, S.Z., and Babadoost, M. 2005. Fungicide evaluation for control of Phytophthora blight of processing pumpkin, 2004. Fung. & Nemat. Tests 60:V054.
Islam, S.Z., Babadoost, M., Lambert, K., Ndeme, A., and Fouly, H.M. 2005. Characterization of Phytophthora capsici isolates from processing pumpkin in Illinois. Plant Dis. 89:191-197.
Babadoost, M., and Islam, S.Z. 2005. Fungicide evaluation for control of Phytophthora blight of processing pumpkin, 2005. Fung. & Nemat. Tests 61: V023.
Jossey, S., and Babadoost, M. 2006. First Report pf Tobacco ringspot virus in pumpkin (Cucurbita peop) in Illinois. Plant Disease 90: 1361.
Pavon, C., and Babadoost, M. 2006. Determining density of Phytophthora capsici oospores in soil. Pages 507-514 in Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2006, September 17-21, 2006, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC, USA.