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Education

• B.S.A. - University of Georgia 1998 (Plant Protection/Pest Management)
• M.S. - University of Georgia 2002 (Plant Pathology)
• Ph.D. - University of Arkansas 2005 (Plant Science)

Research Emphasis

Major emphasis is put on Asian rust and other diseases of soybean, corn and wheat pathology, nematodes of crops, and general plant pathology in east central and northeast Arkansas.

Program Area

Applied research in precision agriculture and nematode/disease management across crops.

Honors and Awards

Arkansas Farm Bureau Commendation for Asian Soybean Rust Monitoring Efforts (2007).

Publications

• W. S. Monfort, A. S. Csinos, J. Desaeger, K. Seebold, T. M. Webster, and J. C. Diaz-Perez. 2006. Evaluating Brassica Species as an Alternative Control Measure for Root-knot Nematode (M. incognita) in Georgia Vegetable Plasticulture. Crop Protection – Accepted November 2006.
•  Monfort, W.S., Culbreath, A.K., Stevenson, K.L, Brenneman, T.B., and Perry, C.D. 2007. Use of Resistant Peanut Cultivars and Reduced Fungicide Inputs for Disease Management in Strip-Tillage and Conventional Tillage Systems. Plant Health Progress – Submitted December 2006.
• Monfort, W. S, Kirkpatrick, T. L., and Mauromoustakos, A. 2005. Influence of Soil Texture on Meloidogyne incognita Induced Yield Suppression of Cotton. Journal of Nematology – Accepted November 06.
• Monfort, W.S., Kirkpatrick, T.L., and Rothrock, C.S. 2005. Effects of nocturnal soil temperatures and Meloidogyne incognita densities on cotton seedling growth and the interaction with Thielaviopsis basicola. Plant Disease 90:519-522.
• Monfort, W. S, Kirkpatrick, T. L., Rothrock, C.S., and Mauromoustakos, A. 2005. Effect of a novel seed treatment on infection of cotton seedlings by Meloidogyne incognita.  Journal of Nematology 38:245-249.
• Monfort, W.S. 2005. Potential for remote identification of within-field problem zones associated with meloidogyne incognita and thielaviopsis basicola for site-specific control in cotton. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• Monfort, W.S., Culbreath, A.K., Stevenson, K.L, Brenneman, T.B., Gorbet, D.W., and Phatak, S.C. 2004. Effects of reduced tillage, resistant cultivars, and reduced fungicide inputs on progress of early leaf spot of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Plant Disease 88:858-864.
• Monfort, W.S. 2002. Effects of reduced tillage, resistant cultivars, and reduced fungicide inputs on leaf spot disease of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia.
• Perry, C., Monfort, S., Vellidis, G., and Culbreath, A. 2002. Proceedings of ASAE Annual International Meeting / CICR Xvth World Congress. Chicago, Illinois.