SELECT PUBLICATIONS

1. Rayachhetry, M.B., M.L. Elliott, and T.D. Center. 1998. Field-evaluation of the melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia) control potential of Botryosphaeria ribis. Weed Technology. Revised Manuscript submitted.
   
   
2. Center, T. D., T. K. Van, M. Rayachhetry, G. R. Buckingham, S. A. Wineriter, and M. Purcell. 1998. Release and establishment of Oxyops vitiosa for the biological control of melaleuca in south Florida. Proceedings of the 1998 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council and Florida Native Plant Society Joint Symposium "Florida's Garden of Good and Evil", 3-7 June 1998, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
   
   
3. Van, T. K., M.B. Rayachhetry, and T. D. Center. 1998. Reproductive ecology of melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia) in south Florida. Weed Science Society of America 38:23.
   
   
4. Rayachhetry, M. B., T. K. Van, and T. D. Center. 1998. Regeneration potential of the canopy-held seeds of melaleuca in south Florida. International Journal of Plant Science 159: 648-654.
   
   
5. Rayachhetry, M. B., M. L. Elliot, and T. K. Van. 1997. Natural epiphytotic of a rust fungus (Puccinia psidii) on Melaleuca quinquenervia in Florida. Plant Disease 81: 831.
   
   
6. Rayachhetry, M.B. and M.L. Elliott. 1997. Evaluation of fungus-chemical compatibility for melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia) control. Weed Technology 11:64-69.
   
   
7. Rayachhetry, M.B., G.M. Blakeslee, and T.D. Center. 1996. Predisposition of melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia) to invasion by the potential biological control agent Botryosphaeria ribis . Weed Science 44:603-608.
   
   
8. Rayachhetry, M.B., G.M. Blakeslee, and T. Miller. 1996. Histopathology of Botryosphaeria ribis in Melaleuca quinquenervia: pathogen invasion and host response. International Journal of Plant Sciences 157:221-229.
   
   
9. Rayachhetry, M.B., G.M. Blakeslee, and R. Charudattan. 1996. Susceptibility of Melaleuca quinquenervia to Botryosphaeria ribis, a potential biological control agent. Plant Disease 80:145-150.
   
   
10. Rayachhetry, M.B., G.M. Blakeslee, R.S. Webb, and J.W. Kimbrough 1996. Characteristics of the Fusicoccum anamorph of Botryosphaeria ribis, a potential candidate of biological control of Melaleuca quinquenervia in south Florida. Mycologia 88:239-248.
    
    
11. Rayachhetry, M.B., and M.L. Elliott. 1996. Compatibility of a native fungus with herbicides for integration in melaleuca control in south Florida. Phytopathology 86(11):S22.
    
    
12. Rayachhetry, M.B., R.S. Webb, J.W. Kimbrough, and T. Miller. 1995. Haustorial morphology of Cronartium conigenum in naturally infected cones of three Pinus species from Guatemala. European Journal of Forest Pathology 25:152-158.
    
    
13. Rayachhetry, M.B., R.S. Webb, T. Miller, and J.W. Kimbrough. 1995. Histology of Pinus maximinoi cones infected by Cronartium conigenum. European Journal of Forest Pathology 25:100-108.

1. Rayachhetry, M.B., T. K. Van, and T.D. Center. 1998. Aboveground biomass allocation among different components of melaleuca tree in south Florida. Prepared for Forest Ecology and Management. Manuscript under preparation.
   
   
2. Center, T.D., T.K. Van, M.B. Rayachhetry, G.R. Buckingham. S. Wineriter, and M. Purcell. 1998. Field colonization of the melaleuca snout beetle (Oxyops vitiosa) in south Florida. Prepared for Biological Control. In peer review process.
   
   
3. Van T.K., M.B. Rayachhetry, and T.D. Center. 1998. Estimating aboveground biomass of melaleuca in south Florida. Prepared for Wetland Ecology and Management. In peer review process.