Carl Bradley

Carl Bradley

Carl Bradley

Faculty

Faculty
UK Research and Education Center 348 University Drive P.O. 469 Princeton, KY 42445-0469

Last Revised: Jan 30th, 2024

Professional Biography

Extension Professor

Extension Specialist in Plant Pathology


Focus

State-wide educational and applied research programs in disease management of:

  • Small grains
  • Soybeans
  • Canola

Employment Highlights

  • Extension Professor, University of Kentucky, 2015 - present
  • Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2015
  • Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2011
  • Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University-Fargo, 2002-2006
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Idaho, Kimberly Research Extension Center, Kimberly, ID, 2001-2002

Professional Affiliations

  • American Phytopathological Society
  • Canadian Phytopathological Society
  • International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences
  • Crop Science Society of America

Recent Research Publications

(2017 to present; see Bradley Lab pages for a more complete list)

2017

  • Williams, M. and Bradley, C. A. 2017. Fludioxonil + mefenoxam seed treatment improves edamame seedling emergence. HortTechnology 27:846-851.
  • Zeng, F., Lian, X., Zhang, G., Yu, X., Bradley, C. A., and Ming, R. 2017. A comparative genome analysis of Cercospora sojina with other members of the pathogen genus Mycosphaerella on different plant hosts. Genomics Data 13:54-63.
  • Anderson, N. R., Irizarry, M. D., Bloomingdale, C. A., Smith, D. L., Bradley, C. A., Delaney, D. P., Kleczewski, N. M., Sikora, E. J., Mueller, D. S., and Wise, K. A. 2017. Effect of soybean vein necrosis on yield and seed quality of soybean. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 39:334-341.
  • Kandel, Y. R., Wise, K. A., Bradley, C. A., Chilvers, M. I., Byrne, A. M., Tenuta, A. U., Faghihi, J., Wiggs, S., and Mueller, D. S. 2017. Effect of soybean cyst nematode resistance source and seed treatment on population densities of Heterodera glycines, sudden death syndrome, and yield of soybean. Plant Disease 101:2137-2143.
  • Weems, J. D., and Bradley, C. A. 2017. Sensitivity of Exserohilum turcicum to demethylation inhibitor fungicides. Crop Protection 99:85-92.
  • Zeng, F., Wang, C., Zhang, G., Wei, J., Bradley, C. A., and Ming, R. 2017. Draft genome sequence of Cercospora sojina S9, a fungus causing frogeye leaf spot (FLS) disease of soybean. Genomics Data 12:79-80.
  •  Allen, T. W., Bradley, C. A., Sisson, A. J., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M. I., Coker, C. M., Collins, A. A., Damicone, J. P., Dorrance, A. E., Dufault, N. S., Esker, P. D., Faske, T. R., Giesler, L. J., Grybauskas, A. P., Hershman, D. E., Hollier, C. A., Isakeit, T., Jardine, D. J., Kelly, H. M., Kemerait, R. C., Kleczewski, N. M., Koenning, S. R., Kurle, J. E., Malvick, D. K., Markell, S. G., Mehl, H. L., Mueller, D. S., Mueller, J. D., Mulrooney, R. P., Nelson, B. D., Newman, M. A., Osborne, L., Overstreet, C., Padgett, G. B., Phipps, P. M., Price, P. P., Sikora, E. J., Smith, D. L., Spurlock, T. N., Tande, C. A., Tenuta, A. U., Wise, K. A., and Wrather, J. A. 2017. Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2010 to 2014. Plant Health Progress 18:19-27.
  • Wang, J., Bradley, C. A., Stenzel, O., Pedersen, D. K., Reuter-Carlson, U., and Chilvers, M. I. 2017. Baseline sensitivity of Fusarium virguliforme to fluopyram fungicide. Plant Disease 101:576-582.
  • Ajayi-Oyetunde, O. O., and Bradley, C. A. 2017. Identification and characterization of Rhizoctonia species associated with soybean seedling disease. Plant Disease 101:520-533.
  • Ajayi-Oyetunde, O. O., Butts-Wilmsmeyer, C. J., and Bradley, C. A. 2017. Sensitivity of Rhizoctonia solani to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor and demethylation inhibitor fungicides. Plant Disease 101:487-495.
  • Rojas, J. A., Jacobs, J., Napieralski, S., Karaj, B., Bradley, C. A., Chase, T., Esker, P., Giesler, L., Jardine, D., Malvick, D., Markell, S., Nelson, B., Robertson, A., Rupe, J., Smith, D., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Wise, K., and Chilvers, M. 2017. Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America – part I: identification and pathogenicity characterization. Phytopathology 107:280-292.
  • Rojas, J. A., Jacobs, J., Napieralski, S., Karaj, B., Bradley, C. A., Chase, T., Esker, P., Giesler, L., Jardine, D., Malvick, D., Markell, S., Nelson, B., Robertson, A., Rupe, J., Smith, D., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Wise, K., and Chilvers, M. 2017. Oomycete species asociated with soybean seedlings in North America – part II: diversity and ecology in relation to environmental and edaphic factors. Phytopathology 107:293-304.
  • Zhang, G., and Bradley, C. A. 2017. Comparison of quinone outside inhibitor fungicide-resistant and –sensitive isolates of Cercospora sojina. Crop Protection 94:59-63.

Education

Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
M.S., Plant Pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
B.S., Plant and Soil Sciences, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1995

Contact Information

201F Plant Science Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312

(859) 257-7445