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Matthew A Tancos

                                                                (PhD)
                        Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research

                        




                        
                        Research Plant Pathologist
                        Phone: (301) 619-7386
                        
                        
                        Fax: (301) 619-2880(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsGene Drive for Tanacetum Vulgare Control: A Model for Management
                                                    Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (A)Accession Number: 441068Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia Crupinae for the Management of Invasive Crupina Vulgaris Populations in Idaho
                                                    Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (A)Accession Number: 442430Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina vulgaris Populations
                                                    Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (A)Accession Number: 445063Discovery and Development of Microbial-Based Biological Control Agents for Use Against Invasive Weeds in the United States
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 439284Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina vulgaris Populations
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 443809Augmenting Microbial Biopesticides with Genetic Biocontrol for Improved Weed Suppression
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 443847Management of Invasive Weed Populations with Biological 
Control Agents
                                                    Memorandum of Understanding
                                                                    (M)Accession Number: 445998**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Characterization of emerging Xanthomonas campestris isolates on the widespread, non-native weed Alliaria petiolata
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Harney-Davila, G., Cipollini, D. 2024. Characterization of emerging Xanthomonas campestris isolates on the widespread, non-native weed Alliaria petiolata. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2391-SR.Genomic features of the host-specific fungal biocontrol agent Ramularia crupinae approved for the management of the federally noxious weed Crupina vulgaris.
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Fulcher, M.R. 2023. Genomic features of the host-specific fungal biocontrol agent Ramularia crupinae approved for the management of the federally noxious weed Crupina vulgaris. PhytoFrontiers. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-10-23-0138-SC.Benefits and risks of gene drives for invasive plant management - the case for common tansy
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Croghan, L., Smith, A.G., Tancos, M.A., Anderson, N.O., Becker, R.L. 2023. Benefits and risks of gene drives for invasive plant management - the case for common tansy. Frontiers in Agronomy.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2023.1290781.Agricultural Research Service weed science research: past, present, and future
                                                        

- (Review Article)Young, S.L., Anderson, J.V., Baerson, S.R., Bajsa Hirschel, J.N., Blumenthal, D.M., Boyd, C.S., Boyette, C.D., Brennan, E.B., Cantrell, C.L., Chao, W.S., Chee Sanford, J.C., Clements, D.D., Dray Jr, F.A., Duke, S.O., Porter, K.M., Fletcher, R.S., Fulcher, M.R., Gaskin, J., Grewell, B.J., Hamerlynck, E.P., Hoagland, R.E., Horvath, D.P., Law, E.P., Madsen, J., Martin, D.E., Mattox, C.M., Mirsky, S.B., Molin, W.T., Moran, P.J., Mueller, R.C., Nandula, V.K., Newingham, B.A., Pan, Z., Porensky, L.M., Pratt, P.D., Price, A.J., Rector, B.G., Reddy, K.N., Sheley, R.L., Smith, L., Smith, M., Snyder, K.A., Tancos, M.A., West, N.M., Wheeler, G.S., Williams, M., Wolf, J.E., Wonkka, C.L., Wright, A.A., Xi, J., Ziska, L.H. 2023. Agricultural Research Service weed science research: past, present, and future. Weed Science. 71(4):312-327. https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2023.31.Weed biocontrol at the USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit

- (Abstract Only)Fulcher, M.R., Tancos, M.A. 2023. Weed biocontrol at the USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit. International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Proceedings of the XVI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Page 154.Genetic diversity and structure of Crupina vulgaris (common crupina): A noxious rangeland weed of the western United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Gaskin, J.F., Chapagain, N., Schwarzländer, M., Tancos, M.A., West, N.M. 2023. Genetic diversity and structure of Crupina vulgaris (common crupina): A noxious rangeland weed of the western United States. NeoBiota. 82:57-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.82.90229.suppl1.Screening and assessing biological differences among oomycete-parasitic Trichoderma asperellum isolates for biological control development
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Thomas, J.L., Widmer, T.L. 2023. Screening and assessing biological differences among oomycete-parasitic Trichoderma asperellum isolates for biological control development. PhytoFrontiers. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-09-22-0094-SC.Cruciferous weed isolates of Xanthomonas campestris yield insight into pathovar genomic relationships and genetic determinants of host- and tissue-specificity
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dubrow, Z.E., Carpenter, S.S., Carter, M.E., Grinage, A., Gris, C., Lauber, E., Butchachas, J., Jacobs, J.M., Smart, C.D., Tancos, M.A., Noël, L.D., Bogdanove, A.J. 2022. Cruciferous weed isolates of Xanthomonas campestris yield insight into pathovar genomic relationships and genetic determinants of host- and tissue-specificity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 35(9):791-802. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-22-0024-R.Genome sequence of Xanthomonas campestris strain FDWSRU 18048, an emerging pathogen of non-native, invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Dubrow, Z.E., Carpenter, S.S., Bogdanove, A.J. 2022. Genome sequence of Xanthomonas campestris strain FDWSRU 18048, an emerging pathogen of non-native, invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11:e00942-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00942-21.Cruciferous weeds do not act as major reservoirs of inoculum for black rot outbreaks in New York State
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Lange, H.W., Tancos, M.A., Smart, C.D. 2021. Cruciferous weeds do not act as major reservoirs of inoculum for black rot outbreaks in New York State. Plant Disease. 106:174-181. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-0998-RE.Colletotrichum fioriniae infecting invasive Japanese hop (Humulus scandens) in the United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Frederick, R.D., Cavin, C.A., Thomas, J.L., Bruckart, W.L., Tancos, M.A. 2021. Colletotrichum fioriniae infecting invasive Japanese hop (Humulus scandens) in the United States. Plant Disease. 106:330-330. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-21-1191-PDN.Insights from the past: trends in microbial-based weed biological control research
                                                        

- (Abstract Only)Comparative secretome analyses of toxigenic and atoxigenic Rathayibacter species
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Mcmahon, M.B., Garrett, W.M., Luster, D.G., Rogers, E.E. 2021. Comparative secretome analyses of toxigenic and atoxigenic Rathayibacter species. Phytopathology. 111:1530-1540. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-11-20-0495-R.Bacterial canker of tomato: revisiting a global and economically damaging seedborne pathogen
                                                        

- (Review Article)Peritore-Galve, C.F., Tancos, M.A., Smart, C.D. 2020. Bacterial canker of tomato: revisiting a global and economically damaging seedborne pathogen. Plant Disease. 105:1581-1595. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1732-FE.Uromyces rebeccae sp. nov., a newly described rust on the federally endangered plant, California sea-blite (Suaeda californica)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bruckart, W.L., Thomas, J.L., Abbasi, M., Aime, C.M., Frederick, R.D., Tancos, M.A. 2020. Uromyces rebeccae sp. nov., a newly described rust on the federally endangered plant, California sea-blite (Suaeda californica). Mycologia. 112(3):543-551. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2020.1739602.First Report of Xanthomonas campestris infecting Invasive Garlic Mustard in the United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Frederick, R.D. 2020. First Report of Xanthomonas campestris infecting Invasive Garlic Mustard in the United States. Plant Disease. 104:1251. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-19-1963-PDN.The identification and conservation of tunicaminyluracil-related biosynthetic gene clusters in several Rathayibacter species collected from Australia, Africa, Eurasia and North America
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tancos, M.A., Sechler, A.J., Davis, E.W., Chang, J.H., Schroeder, B.K., Murray, T.D., Rogers, E.E. 2020. The identification and conservation of tunicaminyluracil-related biosynthetic gene clusters in several Rathayibacter species collected from Australia, Africa, Eurasia and North America. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:2914. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02914.Discovery of tunicamycin-related biosynthetic gene clusters in three Rathayibacter species, including one endemic to the Northwest U.S. (R. agropyri)

- (Abstract Only)Dual RNA-seq analyses of Rathayibacter toxicus and bacteriophage NCPPB3778 over a time course following infection

- (Abstract Only)Evolution of the U.S. biological select agent Rathayibacter toxicus

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Davis, E.W., Tabima, J.F., Weisberg, A.J., Lopes, L.D., Wiseman, M.S., Wiseman, M.S., Pupko, T., Belcher, M.S., Sechler, A.J., Tancos, M.A., Schroeder, B.K., Murray, T.D., Luster, D.G., Schneider, W.L., Rogers, E.E., Andreote, F., Grunwald, N.J., Putman, M.L., Chang, J.H. 2018. Bacteriophage NCPPB3778 and a type I-E CRISPR drive the evolution of the U.S. biological select agent Rathayibacter toxicus. mBio. 9:e01280-18.Partial proteome of the corynetoxin-producing Gram-positive bacterium, Rathayibacter toxicus
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Fennessey, C.M., McMahon, M.B., Sechler, A.J., Kaiser, J., Garrett, W.M., Tancos, M.A., Luster, D.G., Rogers, E.E., Schneider, W.L. 2018. Partial proteome of the corynetoxin-producing Gram-positive bacterium, Rathayibacter toxicus. Proteomics. 18:1700350. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201700350.Whole genome sequence of two Rathayibacter toxicus strains reveals a tunicamycin biosynthetic cluster similar to Streptomyces chartreusis

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Sechler, A.J., Tancos, M.A., Schneider, D.J., King, J.G., Fennesey, C.M., Schroeder, B.K., Luster, D.G., Schneider, W.L., Rogers, E.E. 2017. Whole genome sequence of two Rathayibacter toxicus strains reveals a tunicamycin biosynthetic cluster similar to Streptomyces chartreusis. PLoS One. 12(8):e0183005.
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