College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

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Pratima Devkota, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., 2017 Forest Sciences and Biology, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL, USA

M.S., 2013 Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

B.S., 2009 Microbiology, Botany (Minor), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Post-doctoral research associate – Tree-pathogen interactions, Root rot pathogens, Plant defense mechanisms, Tree biochemistry, Biotic and abiotic factors impacting Forest Health

Research Interests

Tree defense mechanisms, Disease resistance mechanisms, Fungal genetics and physiology, Forest health, Fruit tree diseases, Biotic and abiotic factors impacting tree health, Forest pathology and entomology, and Ecophysiology of forest trees.

Awards and Grants

James Floyd Goggans’ Endowed Fellowship, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, 2016

Outstanding Graduate Student in Forest Biology 2016-2017, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Dukes Award in Biological Sciences, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, 2015

Auburn University Graduate Student Thesis/Dissertation Grant, 2016. Auburn University Graduate Student Thesis/Dissertation Grant, 2015

University Grant Commission, Tribhuvan University, M.S. thesis Grant (Rupees 20,000)

First place in poster presentation at Southeastern Society of American Foresters, January 25, 2016

Second place in poster session at Southeastern Society of American Foresters, January 25, 2015

Outstanding Graduate Student poster award at BSSRC, March 2-5, 2015

First place in Graduate Seminar Poster Session, Auburn University, April 2015

Outstanding International Graduate Student Award, 2015, Auburn University

Outstanding International Graduate Student Award, 2017, Auburn University

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Devkota. P., Mensah. J., Nadel. R. L., Matusick G., Eckhardt L. G. (2018). Pinus taeda L. response to differential inoculum density of Leptographium terebrantis colonized toothpicks. Forest Pathology, e12474. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/efp.12474

Devkota. P., Nadel. R. L., Eckhardt. L. G. (2018). Intra-species variation of mature Pinus taeda in response to root-infecting ophiostomatoid fungi. Forest pathology, e12415. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/efp.12415

Devkota. P., Enebak S. A., Eckhardt. L. G. (2018). The impact of drought and vascular-inhabiting pathogen invasion in Pinus taeda health. (International Journal of Forestry Research, 1249140). https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1249140

Devkota. P., Eckhardt L. G. (2018). Variation in pathogenicity of different Leptographium terebrantis isolates to Pinus taeda L. Forest Pathology, e12469 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/efp.12469

Devkota. P., Enebak S. A., Eckhardt. L. G. (2018). Intraspecific and interspecific-stocktype response of Pinus taeda families to Grosmannia huntii and Leptographium terebrantis (Under Review).

Devkota. P., Eckhardt L.G. (2018). Screening Pinus taeda families for resistance to bark beetle-vectored ophiostomatoid fungi. (Under Review)

Devkota. P., Kloepper J., Enebak S. A., Eckhardt. L. G. (2018). Driving towards biocontrol of ophiostomatoid fungi by Plant Growth-promoting Rhizobacteria in Pinus taeda. (Under Review)

Amatya. R., Devkota. P., Gautam. A. 2013. Reduced susceptibility to Vancomycin in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A time for action. Nepal Med Coll J, Vol 15(3) p (197-98).

Devkota. P., Hammerschmidt R. (2018). Insights into Armillaria solidipes and Armillaria mellea invasion and host resistance. (In preparation)

Devkota. P., Hammerschmidt R. (2018). Identification and fractionation of antifungal phytoanticipins from Prunus maackii periderm. (In preparation)