Research Publications:

Recent Research Grants

  • 2007. Immune status of lambs, born of protein-supplemented periparturient ewes and creep-grazed in spring, against Haemonchus contortus. USDA-CSREES NE-IPM Program. $57,000.
  • 2005. Interagency Personnel Agreement with USDA-CSREES for organic agriculture. USDA-CSREES. $34,599.
  • 2002-2006. Comparison of organic farming systems using off-farm nitrogen with and without animals.. USDA-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. $149,968.
  • 2001-2002. Intercropping with resistant varieties for management of plant diseases in organic tomato production. Organic Farming Research Foundation. $8,940.
  • 1999-2002. Systems of transition from conventional to organic agricultural production. USDA-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. $217,247.
  • 1999-2002. Transition methods to convert from conventional to organic agricultural systems. USDA-National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. $103,329.
  • 1997. Development of West Virginia Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Guidance Document. West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection. $8,524.
  • 1991-1992. Hydrogeologic evaluations of the proposed APCO Wyoming to Cloverdale 765 kV electric power transmission line. Appalachian Power Company. $136,632.
  • 1990-1992. Nematicide mobility and biodegradation: Effects of orchard soil management. USDA-CSRS Water Quality. $99,924.
  • 1990-1991, Renewed 1992. Novel rotation crops as alternatives to fumigant nematicide treatment in deciduous tree fruit production. USDA-LISA. Total $30,154.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Smith, L. J. and J. B. Kotcon. Intercropping with resistant cultivars reduces disease on susceptible cultivars in organic tomato production. Plant Disease (in preparation).
  • Collins, A., J. Kotcon and L. Smith. The impact of biodiversity and management practices on disease in organic tomato production in the Mid-Atlantic region. Am. J. Alt. Agr. (submitted).
  • Whaley, D. A., C. B. Yuill, and J. B. Kotcon. Paradigm Shifts – Industry response to pollution prevention. Journal of Hazardous Materials (submitted).
  • Salinas , K. A., S. L. Edenborn, A. J. Sexstone, and J. B. Kotcon. Feeding preferences of the bacteriovorous nematode Cephalobus brevicauda (Cephalobidae): Effect of bacterial type and size. Pedobiologia 51(1): 55-64 .
  • Hendricks, J. R., and J. B. Kotcon. Nematode management in Malus domesticus using endophyte-infected fescue as ground cover. Journal of Nematology (accepted for publication).
  • Pannaccionne, D. G., J. B. Kotcon, C. L. Schardl, R. D. Johnson, and J. B. Morton. 2006. Ergot alkaloids are not essential for endophytic fungus-associated population suppression of the lesion nematode, Pratylenchus scribneri, on perennial ryegrass. Nematology (accepted for publication).
  • Salinas , K. A. and J. Kotcon. 2006. Effects of Kodiak ® (Bacillus subtilis strain GBO3) on soil-inhabiting nematodes near the rhzosphere of treated vs untreated snap bean seeds In Situ. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 39:5-12.
  • Bull, C. T., C. Greene, J. B. Kotcon, and L. Oberholtzer. 2006. Organic Agriculture-Innovations in organic marketing, technology, and research: Introduction to the Proceedings. Crop Management doi:10.1094/CM-2006-0921-01-PS. Available at: http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/cm/symposium/organics/intro/
  • Salinas , K. A., and J. Kotcon. 2005. In vitro culturing of the predatory soil nematode Clarkus papillatus and interactions among adults and juveniles. Nematology 7(1):5-9.
  • Molinari, S. F. Lamberti, L. W. Duncan, J. Halbrendt, J. Kotcon, G. Abawi, R. T. Robbins, A. Nyczepir, M. McHenry, J. C. Magunacelaya, R. Crozzoli, R. M. Lemos, P. Nagy, M. Moens, and D. J. F. Brown. 2005. SOD polymorphism in Xiphinemaamericanum-group (Nematoda: Longidoridae). Nematology 6(6):867-876.
  • Kotcon , J. B. 1997. West Virginia’s Brownfields Legislation: Economic development, environmental protection, or both? West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter 14 (1): 2-11.
  • Biggs, A. R., T. A. Baugher, J. B. Kotcon, D. M. Glenn, A. R. Collins, A. J. Sexstone, H. W. Hogmire, and R. E. Byers. 1997. Growth of apple trees, populations of nematodes, voles, and orchard floor weeds, and nitrate mobility following a corn versus fescue crop rotation.. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 12(4):162-172.
  • Kotcon , J. B., and M. Wimmer. 1993. Monitoring movement of fenamiphos through soil water in peach orchards using quantitation by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 50:35-42.

      28 additional peer-reviewed publications and abstracts. 19 other technical publications

 

 

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