Recent Publications:

Adhikari, T. B., M. R. Siddique, F. J. Louws, S. C. Sim, and D. R. Panthee. 2023. Molecular mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to early blight in tomato. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1135884.

Oh, Y., T. Ingram., R. Shekasteband, T. Adhikari, F. J. Louws, and R. A. Dean. 2023. Tissues and mechanisms associated with Verticillium wilt resistance in tomato using bi-grafted near-isogenic lines. J. Exp. Bot. 74:4685-4706.

Adhikari, T. B., R. Aryal, L. Redpath, L. Van den Broeck, H. Ashrafi, A. N. Philbrick, R. L. Jacobs, R. Sozzani., and F. J., Louws. 2022. RNA-Seq and gene regulatory network analyses uncover candidate genes in the early defense to two hemibiotrophic Colletorichum spp. in strawberry. Front. Genet. 12:805771.

Adhikari, T. B., N. Muzhinji, D. Halterman, and F. J. Louws. 2021. Genetic diversity and population structure of Alternaria species infecting tomato and potato in North Carolina and Wisconsin. Sci. Rep. 11:17024

Adhikari, T. B., A. Gao, T. Ingram, and F. J. Louws. 2020. Pathogenomics characterization of an emerging fungal pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in greenhouse tomato production systems. Front. Microbiol. 11:1995.

Philbrick, A. N., T. B. Adhikari, , F. J. Louws, and A. M. Gorny. 2020. Meloidogyne enterolobii, a major threat to tomato production: Current status and future prospects for its management. Front. Plant Sci. 11:606395.

Ingram, T. W, Y., Oh, T. B. Adhikari, F. J., Louws, and R. A. Dean. 2020. Comparative genome analyses of 18 Verticillium dahliae tomato isolates reveal phylogenetic and race-specific signatures. Front. Microbiol. 11:573755.

Acharya, B., T. W. Ingram, Y. Oh, T. B, Adhikari, R. A., Dean, and F. J., Louws.  2020. Opportunities and challenges in studies of host-pathogen interactions and management of Verticillium dahliae in tomatoes. Plants 9:1622.

Adhikari, T. B., T. W. Ingram, D. Halterman, and. F. J. Louws. 2020. Gene genealogies reveal high nucleotide diversity and admixture haplotypes within three Alternaria species associated with tomato and potato. Phytopathology 110:1449-1464.

Adhikari, P., T. B. Adhikari, F.J. Louws, D. R. Panthee. 2020. Advances and challenges in bacterial spot resistance breeding in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21:1734.

Jacobs, R., T. B. Adhikari, J. Pattison, G. Fernandez, and F. J. Louws. 2020. Improved methods for measuring anthracnose resistance in strawberry. Plant Dis. 104:398-407.

Adhikari, P., T. B. Adhikari, S. Timilsina, I. Meadows, J. Jones, D. Panthee, and F. J. Louws. 2019. Phenotypic and genetic diversity of Xanthomonas perforans populations in North Carolina. Phytopathology 109:1533-1543.

Jacobs, R., T. B. Adhikari, J. Pattison, G. C. Yencho, G. E. Fernandez, and F. J. Louws. 2019. Inheritance of resistance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum in strawberry. Phytopathology 109:428-435.

Scholarships and Fellowships:

• NSERC Industrial Research Fellowship, Canada
• Rockefeller Foundation Rice Biotechnology Career Fellowship, USA
• Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, USA
• Asian Development Bank Fellowship, Philippines
• USAID/MUCIA Fellowship, Philippines
• Colombo Plan Scholarship, India

Professional Memberships:

• American Phytopathological Society (Regular member)
• Nepal Plant Pathological Society (Life member)
• Philippines Phytopathological Society (Life member)