Guevara F, Auwattanamongkol T and Benitez Ponce MS, 2025. Pythium-induced changes in bacterial and fungal community structure in hydroponically grown lettuce. agriRxiv p.20250299422. https://doi.org/10.31220/agriRxiv.2025.0034
Medina López M, Benitez Ponce, MS and Lopez-Nicora HD. 2025. Soybean cyst nematode reproduction and soybean biomass: the legacy of soil cropping histories. Phytofrontiers. First Look: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-06-25-0057-R
Benitez Ponce MS, Hersh MH, Becker L, Vilgalys R, Clark J. 2025. Fungal community and taxa specialization to host and environment interactions in two temperate forests. PLOS ONE. 5: e0322440. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322440
Frey, T; Shah D; Lindsey L, Sprunger C, Lopez Nicora H, Benitez Ponce MS. 2025.Crop rotation and a rye cover crop have minor impacts on soil health, microbial communities, and soybean yield in Ohio. Frontiers of Soil Science. 5: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2025.1535734
Guevara F; Frey T; Malacrinò A; Benitez Ponce MS. 2025. Influence of system type and management practices on bacterial and fungal community structure in hydroponic systems: insights from commercial facilities in Ohio. Phytobiomes Journal 9:2, 302-316. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-07-24-0070-R
Medina Lopez M; Lopez Nicora H, Benitez Ponce MS. 2024. Fungal communities shift with plant parasitic nematode abundance in soils. Phytobiomes Journal 8:4, 568-577. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-02-24-0021-R
Vega I, Garay-Rodriguez G, Lee B, Moses C, Mock V, Almanza E, Carni M, Durocher S, Jacobs J, Kaczmar NS, Mattson N, Benitez Ponce MS, Heiden N. 2024. Unoxygenated Kratky systems are a viable alternative to active deep water culture approaches. CABI International agriRxiv doi:10.31220/agriRxiv.2024.00272.
Frey, T; Huo D; Medina M; Ritter B; Lindsey L, Benitez Ponce MS. 2024. Fungal communities associated with corn in a diverse long-term crop rotation in Ohio. Phytofrontiers 4:2, 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-07-23-0091-R
Vazquez A, Sprunger C, Benitez Ponce MS. 2023. History of chicken grazing stunts tomato seedling growth and influences associated bacterial endophytes. agriRxiv. CABI International agriRxiv. https://doi.org/10.31220/agriRxiv.2023.00201.
Huo D, Malacrino A, Lindsey L, Benitez Ponce MS. 2023. Subtle responses of soil bacterial communities to corn-soybean-wheat rotation. Phytobiomes Journal 7:3, 392-400 https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-05-22-0032-R.
Rawal R, Poelstra J, Scheerens J, Benitez Ponce MS. 2023. Inoculation of Trichoderma asperelloides NT33 causes minor transcriptional changes in tomato plants under water deficit stress conditions. agriRxiv. CABI International agriRxiv. doi: 10.31220/agriRxiv.2023.00168.
Rawal R, Fenstemaker S, David F, Miller S, Scheerens J, Benitez MS. Novel Trichoderma Isolates Alleviate Water Deficit Stress in Susceptible Tomato Genotypes. 2023. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13:869090. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.869090.
Malacrino A; Abdelfattah A; Berg G; Benitez MS; Bennett AE; Böttner L; Xu S; Schena L. 2022. Exploring microbiomes for plant disease management. Biological Control. 169: 104890.
Huo, D., Frey, T., Lindsey, L. E., & Benitez, MS. 2022. Yield and soil responses to adding wheat to a corn–soybean rotation. Crop Forage & Turfgrass Mgmt, 8,e20143.
Benitez MS, Ewing P., Osborne S, Lehman RM. 2021. Rhizosphere microbial communities
explain positive effects of diverse crop rotations on corn and soybean performance. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 159: 108309.
Navarro KA, Wijeratne S, Culman S, Benitez MS, Dorrance AE. 2021. Comparison of the
Species Communities of Phytophthora, Pythium and Phytopythium Associated with
Soybean Genotypes in High Disease Environments in Ohio. Phytobiomes
Willman M, Keener HM, Benitez MS. 2021. Sequence resource of bacterial communitiesJournal 5:3, 288-304.
associated to hemp in Ohio. Phytobiomes Journal 5:2, 244-247.
Ewing CJ, Slot J, Benitez MS, Rosa C, Malacrino A, Bennett A, Bonello P. 2021. The Foliar
Microbiome Suggests that Fungal and Bacterial Agents May be Involved in the Beech Leaf
Disease Pathosystem. Phytobiomes Journal 5:3, 335-349.
Navarro KA, Wijeratne S, Culman S, Benitez MS, Dorrance AE. 2021. The Effect of Incubation Temperature on the Species Composition of Phytophthora, Phytopythium, and Pythium Communities Associated with Soybean Phytobiomes Journal 5:2, 133-144
Mogren, C; Benitez, MS; McCarter K; Boyer F; Lundgren J. 2020. Diverging landscape impacts on macronutrient status despite overlapping diets in managed (Apis mellifera) and native (Melissodes desponsa) bees. Conservation Physiology 8.1: coaa109. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa109.
Orquera G, Diaz CI, Mogrovejo DC, Villamarin DJ, Jarrin F, Ponce K, Oliva R, Gia J, Forbes G, Andrade-Piedra J, Molineros J, Garzón CD, Koch A, Benítez MS. 2018. Characterization of tuber blight-suppressive soils from four provinces of the Ecuadorean Andes. Plant Pathology https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12872.
Benítez MS, S.Osborne, Lehman RM. 2017. Previous crop and rotation history effects on corn health and associated microbiome. Scientific Reports 7: 15709.
Benítez MS, Taheri W, Lehman RM. 2016. Selection of Fungi by Candidate Cover Crop
species. Applied Soil Ecology, 103, 72-82.
Benítez MS, Hersh MH, Vilgalys R, Clark JC. 2013. Pathogen regulation of plant diversity via
effective specialization. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28:705-711.
Benítez MS, McSpadden Gardener BB. 2009. Linking sequence to function in soil: Sequencedirected isolation of novel bacteria contributing to soilborne plant disease suppression. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75: 915-924.
Baysal F, Benítez MS, Kleinhenz MD, McSpadden Gardener BB, Miller SA. 2008. Field
Management Effects on Damping-off and Early Season Vigor of Crops in a Transitional Organic Cropping System. Phytopathology 98:562-570.
Benítez MS, Baysal Tustas F, Rotenberg D, Kleinhenz MD, Cardina J, Stinner D, Miller SA,
McSpadden Gardener BB. 2007. Multiple statistical approaches of community fingerprint datareveal bacterial populations associated with disease suppression arising from the application of different organic field management strategies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 2289-2301.
Rotenberg D, Joshi R, Benítez MS, Gutierrez Chapin L, Camp A, Zumpetta C, Osborne A, Dick WA, McSpadden Gardener BB. 2007. Farm management effects on rhizosphere colonization by native populations of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing Pseudomonas spp. and their contributions to crop health. Phytopathology 97: 756-766.
McSpadden Gardener BB, Benítez MS, Camp A, Zumpetta C. 2006. Evaluation of a seed treatment containing a phlD+ strain Pseudomonas fluorescens on organic soybeans, 2005. Biological and Cultural Tests 21:FC046.
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