Jason A Smith,
ASO PROFSSOR
Department:
AG-SCHL FOR, FISH, & GEOMATICS
Business Phone:
(352) 846-0843
Business Email:
jasons@ufl.edu
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2018-2019,2021-2022
FNR3131C Dendrology/Forest Plants
2017-2023
FOR6151 Forest Ecosystem Health
2012-2023
FOR4624C Forest Health Management
2009,2011-2013,2013-2023
FOR6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation
2017-2021
FOR4934 Topics in Natural Resources
2009-2020
FOR6933 Seminar
2010-2019
FOR2662 Forests for the Future
2018
FOR7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2018
FOR7979 Advanced Research
2017-2018
FOR6971 Research for Master’s Thesis
2016,2018
FOR4911 Supervised Research in Forest Resources and Conservation
2015-2016
FOR6940 Supervised Teaching
2010,2013-2015,2015-2016
FOR6905 Research Problems in Forest Resources and Conservation
2015
FOR4905 Individual Study in Natural Resources
2014
FOR6910 Supervised Research
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0001-7950-1964
Publications
2023
Revising the taxonomic placement of Laetiporus persicinus within the Laetiporaceae
Mycologia.
115(1):107-121
[DOI] 10.1080/00275514.2022.2139144.
2022
Transcontinental Dispersal of Nonendemic Fungal Pathogens through Wooden Handicraft Imports
mBio.
13(4)
[DOI] 10.1128/mbio.01075-22.
[PMID] 35766379.
2021
Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex.
Phytopathology.
111(7):1064-1079
[DOI] 10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE.
[PMID] 33200960.
2021
Three novel Ambrosia Fusarium Clade species producing multiseptate “dolphin-shaped” conidia, and an augmented description of Fusarium kuroshium.
Mycologia.
113(5):1089-1109
[DOI] 10.1080/00275514.2021.1923300.
[PMID] 34343445.
2020
Genomic and transcriptomic insights into Raffaelea lauricola pathogenesis.
BMC genomics.
21(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s12864-020-06988-y.
[PMID] 32819276.
2019
Cultural characterization and chlamydospore function of the Ganodermataceae present in the eastern United States.
Mycologia.
111(1):1-12
[DOI] 10.1080/00275514.2018.1543509.
[PMID] 30676890.
2019
Three novel Ambrosia Fusarium Clade species producing clavate macroconidia known (F. floridanum and F. obliquiseptatum) or predicted (F. tuaranense) to be farmed by Euwallacea spp. (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) on woody hosts.
Mycologia.
111(6):919-935
[DOI] 10.1080/00275514.2019.1647074.
[PMID] 31560603.
2018
Elucidating wood decomposition by four species of Ganoderma from the United States.
Fungal biology.
122(4):254-263
[DOI] 10.1016/j.funbio.2018.01.006.
[PMID] 29551199.
2018
Identifying the “Mushroom of Immortality”: Assessing the Ganoderma Species Composition in Commercial Reishi Products.
Frontiers in microbiology.
9
[DOI] 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01557.
[PMID] 30061872.
2018
Pathogenicity of Ganoderma Species on Landscape Trees in the Southeastern United States.
Plant disease.
102(10):1944-1949
[DOI] 10.1094/PDIS-02-18-0338-RE.
[PMID] 30088787.
2017
The Fungus Raffaelea lauricola Modifies Behavior of Its Symbiont and Vector, the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Xyleborus Glabratus), by Altering Host Plant Volatile Production.
Journal of chemical ecology.
43(5):519-531
[DOI] 10.1007/s10886-017-0843-y.
[PMID] 28455797.
2016
Two novel Fusarium species that cause canker disease of prickly ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) in northern China form a novel clade with Fusarium torreyae.
Mycologia.
108(4):668-81
[DOI] 10.3852/15-189.
[PMID] 27055569.
2015
Attraction of Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus Glabratus, To Leaf Volatiles of its Host Plants in North America.
Journal of chemical ecology.
41(7):613-21
[DOI] 10.1007/s10886-015-0595-5.
[PMID] 26070721.
2014
Development of Multilocus PCR Assays for Raffaelea lauricola, Causal Agent of Laurel Wilt Disease.
Plant disease.
98(3):379-383
[DOI] 10.1094/PDIS-07-13-0772-RE.
[PMID] 30708438.
2014
Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea.
Fungal biology.
118(12):970-8
[DOI] 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.09.001.
[PMID] 25457944.
2013
An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B.
56:147-57
[DOI] 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.04.004.
[PMID] 23608321.
2013
Fusarium torreyae sp. nov., a pathogen causing canker disease of Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia), a critically endangered conifer restricted to northern Florida and southwestern Georgia.
Mycologia.
105(2):312-9
[DOI] 10.3852/12-262.
[PMID] 23099517.
2011
A genomic map enriched for markers linked to Avr1 in Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B.
48(3):266-74
[DOI] 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.09.008.
[PMID] 20888926.
2011
A Novel Fusarium Species Causes a Canker Disease of the Critically Endangered Conifer, Torreya taxifolia.
Plant disease.
95(6):633-639
[DOI] 10.1094/PDIS-10-10-0703.
[PMID] 30731893.
2010
Genome size variation in the pine fusiform rust pathogen Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme as determined by flow cytometry.
Mycologia.
102(6):1295-302
[DOI] 10.3852/10-040.
[PMID] 20943541.
2009
Identification, synthesis and field testing of (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-henicosatriene, a second bioactive component of the sex pheromone of the autumn gum moth, Mnesampela privata.
Journal of chemical ecology.
35(12):1411-22
[DOI] 10.1007/s10886-009-9717-2.
[PMID] 20012676.
2006
Epicuticular Wax and White Pine Blister Rust Resistance in Resistant and Susceptible Selections of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus).
Phytopathology.
96(2):171-7
[DOI] 10.1094/PHYTO-96-0171.
[PMID] 18943920.
2006
Proteomic comparison of needles from blister rust-resistant and susceptible Pinus strobus seedlings reveals upregulation of putative disease resistance proteins.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI.
19(2):150-60
[PMID] 16529377.
2004
Modeling branched polyethylene: copolymers possessing precisely placed ethyl branches.
Journal of the American Chemical Society.
126(36):11238-46
[PMID] 15355105.
2004
Molecular and morphological characterization of the willow rust fungus, Melampsora epitea, from arctic and temperate hosts in North America.
Mycologia.
96(6):1330-8
[PMID] 21148956.
2003
Modeling random methyl branching in ethylene/ propylene copolymers using metathesis chemistry: synthesis and thermal behavior.
Journal of the American Chemical Society.
125(8):2228-40
[PMID] 12590552.
2002
Etiology of Bronze Leaf Disease of Populus.
Plant disease.
86(5):462-469
[DOI] 10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.5.462.
[PMID] 30818667.
Grants
Jun 2023
ACTIVE
Collaborative proposal to investigate the biology and management of rel?mpago blight and diagnostic tools for tree diseases in Florida
Role: Project Manager
Funding: FL DEPT OF AG AND CON SER FORESTRY
via US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Jan 2023
– Dec 2023
Professional Arborists Guide to Florida Tree Pathogens, Pests and Abiotic Disorders
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: INTL SOC OF ARBORICULTURE
Aug 2021
– Aug 2023
Investigating the spread and impact of a new alien needle cast species on loblolly pine
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Jul 2021
– Jun 2023
SNAP-Pathogen Surveillance System
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG APHIS
Jan 2020
– Dec 2022
A comprehensive survey and species delimitation of decay fungi affecting urban trees in Florida
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL CHAPTER INTL SOC OF ARBORICULTURE
Jan 2020
– Jun 2021
ROTKEY: A Guide to the Most Significant Decay Fungi Affecting Florida Trees
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL CHAPTER INTL SOC OF ARBORICULTURE
Sep 2019
– Aug 2022
Development of Tools for Rapid Development of Disease Tolerant Florida Torreya
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Jul 2019
– Jun 2022
Rapid Diagnostics of Pine Pathogens
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
via US DEPT OF AG NATL INST OF FOOD AND AG
Jun 2019
– Jul 2021
Evaluating the distribution and impact of brown spot needle blight on an atypical host and the increased risk of needle cast on loblolly pine
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Dec 2018
– Sep 2019
Developing laurel-wilt resistant redbay (Persea borbonia) and swamp (Persea palustris): Examining resistance mechanisms in tolerant trees and exploring potential leaf transmission.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF AG AND CON SER FORESTRY
via US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Oct 2018
– Oct 2020
Development and Evaluation of Potential Monokaryotic Ganoderma Strains for Commercial Use by Mycoworks
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: MYCOWORKS
Aug 2018
– Dec 2018
Graduate Assistantship for Stephanie Adams for Fall, 2018
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: MORTON ARBORETUM
Aug 2017
– Aug 2018
FL FY 17 Laural Wilt Farm Bill Project 6
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG APHIS
Jan 2017
– Dec 2019
Improving hazard tree diagnosis by comparing saprophytic and pathogenic capability of Ganoderma species in the Southeastern US
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: INTL SOC OF ARBORICULTURE
Jun 2016
– Mar 2019
Forest Health Protection – Developing laurel-wilt resistant redbay (Persea borbonia) and swamp bay (Persea palustris)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
May 2016
– Mar 2018
Forest Health Diagnostician Position
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF AG AND CONSUMER SER
via US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Sep 2015
– Feb 2021
Laurel Wilt of Avocado: Management of an Unusual and Lethal Disease
Role: Project Manager
Funding: US DEPT OF AG NATL INST OF FOOD AND AG
May 2015
– Sep 2017
Developing Laurel Wilt Host Tolerance
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Jun 2014
– Jun 2016
Evaluating the use of coppice-regeneration to maintain redbay as a Native American cultural resource in the face of laurel wilt -FY 2014
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Apr 2014
– Mar 2017
Evaluation of Incidence and severity of Diplodia dieback of slash pine in peninsular Florida
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: US DEPT OF AG FOREST SERVICE
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 846-0843
Emails:
- Business:
- jasons@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
-
PO Box 110410
GAINESVILLE FL 32611 - Business Street:
-
BOX 110410
GAINESVILLE FL 32611