Timothy D. Murray

Research Specialty and Interests

My research program primarily focuses on the ecology, epidemiology, and control diseases of wheat caused by soilborne fungi. The overall focus has been to develop sustainable methods of disease management with an emphasis on novel approaches and methods of identifying resistant germplasm and new sources of disease resistance, especially in wild relatives of wheat, mapping and development of genetic markers for resistance genes, and population genetics of pathogens. My program also focuses on cultural practices with soil amendments and chemical control, including pathogen resistance to fungicides. I am co-principal investigator on a project to characterize plant pathogenic bacteria in the genus Rathayibacter that cause gumming diseases of grasses including wheat and their seed gall nematode (Anguina and Afrina spp.) vectors.

Professional Experience

• Rosalie and Harold Rea Brown Distinguished Chair, 9/20-present
• Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist, and Department Chair, 2019–present
• Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, July 2013-present
• Chair, Dept. of Plant Pathology, November 2000-December 2008
• Assistant, Associate, Professor and Plant Pathologist, WSU 1983-present

International Research Activities

• Guest Professor, Jilin Agricultural University, 2017-present
• Honorary Research Fellow, Bioversity International, 2016-2019
• Agropolis Fondation, Science Council Member, 2016-present.
• Technical advisor – Bioversity International, Global Conservation and Use of Crop Genetic Diversity to Control Pests and Diseases in Support of Sustainable Agriculture, 2011-2016.
• Collaborator – Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Development of Perennial Wheat and Transfer of Resistance to Wheat streak mosaic virus from Wheat-Thinopyrum intermediumPartial Amphiploids into Adapted Wheat Cultivars, 2007-2013.
• Global Steering Committee – Bioversity International, Global Conservation and Use of Crop Genetic Diversity to Control Pests and Diseases in Support of Sustainable Agriculture, 2007-2011.
• Collaborator – National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido, Memuro, Japan – Investigation of Snow Mold Resistance Genes in Wild Relatives of Wheat and Evaluation of their Breeding Potential, 2001-2013.

Awards & Honors

• Jilin Agricultural University, Guest Professor, 2017-present
• Washington State University, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Team Interdisciplinary Award, Dryland Cropping Systems Team, 2017
• Bioversity International, Honorary Research Fellow, 2016-2019
• President, American Phytopathological Society, 2016
• Fellow, American Phytopathological Society, 2010
• Washington State Crop Improvement Association O. A. Vogel Award, 1993
• Sigma Xi, Washington State University, 1986
• Phi Kappa Phi, UC Davis, 1978

Memberships

• American Phytopathological Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science

Recent Publications

(past 5 years – older publications here pdf)

Research articles

• Campbell, K.G., R.E. Allan, A.H. Carter, P. DeMacon, E. Klarquist, N. Wen, X. Chen, C.M. Steber, C. Morris, D. See, Esser, D. Engle, R. Higginbotham, C. Mundt, and T.D. Murray. 2020. Registration of ‘Castella’ Soft White Winter Club Wheat. J. Plant Registrations DOI:10.1002/plr2.20132. [IN PRESS 24 January 2021].
• Campbell, K.G., R. Allan, A. Burke, X. Chen, P. DeMacon, R. Higginbotham, D. Engle, S. Johnson, E. Klarquist, C. Mundt, T. Murray, C. Morris, D. See, and N. Wen. 2020. Registration of “ARS Crescent” Soft White Winter Club Wheat. J. Plant Registrations DOI:0.1002/plr2.20135. [IN PRESS 14 January 2021].
• Gill, K.S., N. Kumar, H.S. Randhawa, K. Murphy, A.H. Carter, C.F. Morris, R.W. Higginbotham, D.A. Engle, S.O. Guy, D. Lyon, T.D. Murray, X.M. Chen, and W.F. Schillinger. 2020. Registration of ‘Resilience CL+’ Soft White Winter Wheat. J. Plant Registrations 15:196-205. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20118.
• Carter, A.H., K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, A.B. Burke, K.E. Hagemeyer, A. Stowe, J. Worapong, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engle, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2020. Registration of ‘Stingray CL+’ Soft White Winter Wheat. Plant Registrations 15:161-171. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20109.
• Kruse, E.B., S. Revolinski, J. Aplin, D.Z. Skinner, T.D. Murray, C. Edwards, and A.H. Carter. 2020. Gene expression and carbohydrate accumulation in winter wheat lines with different levels of snow mold and freezing cold tolerance. Plants 9(11):1416. DOI:10.3390/plants9111416
• Carter, A.H., K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, A.B. Burke, K.E. Hagemeyer, A. Stowe, J. Worapong, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engle, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2020. Registration of ‘Devote’ Soft White Winter Wheat. J. Plant Registrations 15:121-131. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20079.
• Carter, A.H., K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, A.B. Burke, K.E. Hagemeyer, A. Stowe, J. Worapong, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engle, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2020. Registration of ‘Scorpio’ Hard Red Winter Wheat. J. Plant Registrations 15:113-120. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20076.
• Gargouri, S., V. Balmas, L. Burgess, T. Paulitz, I. Laraba, H. Kim, R.H. Proctor, M. Busman, F.C. Felker, T. Murray, and K. O’Donnell. 2020. A Tunisian endophyte of Macrochloa tenacissima (esparto or needle grass) is a novel species in the Fusarium redolens complex. Mycologia 112:792-807.  DOI:10.1080/00275514.2020.1767493.
• Carter, A. H., K. A. Balow, G. B. Shelton, A. B. Burke, K. Hagemeyer, T. Worapong, R. W. Higginbotham, X. M. Chen, D. A. Engle, T.D. Murray, and C. F. Morris. 2020. Registration of ‘Purl’ Soft White Winter Wheat. J. Plant Registrations 14:398-405. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20069.
• Gill, K.S., N. Kumar, A.H. Carter, H.S. Randhawa, C.F. Morris, B. Baik, R.W. Higginbotham, D.A. Engle, S.O. Guy, I.C. Burke, D. Lyon, T.D. Murray, and X.M. Chen. 2020. Registration of ‘Curiosity CL+’ Soft White Winter Wheat. J. Plant Registrations 14:377-387. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20066.
• Carter, A.H., R.E. Allan, K. Balow, A. Burke, X.M. Chen, D. Engle, K.A. Garland-Campbell, K. Hagemeyer, C. Morris, T. Murray, T. Paulitz, and G. Shelton. 2020. How ’Madsen’ has shaped Pacific Northwest wheat and beyond. J. Plant Registrations 14:223-233. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20049.
• Gargouri, S., E. Khemir, A. Souissi, T.C. Paulitz, T.D. Murray, M. Fakhfakh, I. Achour, S. Chekali, M. Mliki, and L.W. Burgess. 2020.  Survey of take-all (Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici) on cereals in Tunisia and impact of crop sequences. Crop Protection 135:105189. DOI:10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105189.
• Nishio, Z., N. Iriki, M. Ito, T. Tabiki, and T.D. Murray. 2020. Mapping QTL conferring speckled snow mold resistance in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Breeding Science 70:246-252. DOI:10.1270/jsbbs.19111.
• Murray, T.D., Barrantes Infante, and B.K. Schroeder. 2020. First report of Bacterial Head Blight of Pseudoroegneria spicata subsp. spicata caused by Rathayibacter agropyri in Idaho. Plant Disease 104:1534. DOI:10.1094/PDIS-06-19-1233-PDN.
• Luster, D.G., M.B. McMahon, A.J. Sechler, M.L. Carter, E.E. Rogers, B.K. Schroeder, and T.D. Murray. 2020. Immunoreagents for development of a diagnostic assay specific for Rathayibacter toxicus. Food and Agricultural Immunology 31:1, 231-242. DOI:10.1080/09540105.2020.1714554.
• Gill, K.S., N. Kumar, H.S. Randhawa, A.H. Carter, J. Yenish, C.F. Morris, B. Baik, R.W. Higginbotham, S.O. Guy, D.A. Engle, X.M. Chen, T.D. Murray, and D. Lyon. 2020. Registration of ‘Mela CL+’ Soft White Winter Wheat. J. Plant Registrations 14:144-152. DOI:10.1002/plr2.20006.
• Li, H., T.D. Murray, R.A. McIntosh, and Y. Zhou.  2019. Breeding for new cultivars warrants sustainable production of wheat. The Crop Journal 7:715-717.  DOI:10.1016/j.cj.2019.11.001.
• Tancos, M.A., A.J. Sechler, E.W. Davis II, J.H. Chang, B.K. Schroeder, T.D. Murray, and E. E. Rogers. 2020. The identification and conservation of tunicaminyluracil-related biosynthetic gene clusters in several Rathayibacter species collected from Australia, Africa, Eurasia, and North America. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02914.
• Kruse, E.B., K.L.E. Klos, J. Marshall, T.D. Murray, B.P. Ward, and A.H. Carter. 2019. Evaluating Selection of a Quantitative Trait: Snow Mold Tolerance in Winter Wheat. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 2:190059. DOI:10.2134/age2019.07.0059.
• Lozada, D.N., J.G. Godoy, T.D. Murray, Ward, B.P., and A.H. Carter. 2019. Genetic dissection of snow mold tolerance in US Pacific Northwest winter wheat through genome-wide association study and genomic selection. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2019.01337.
• Cui, L., D. Qiu, L. Sun, Y. Sun, Y. Ren, H. Zhang, J. Li, J. Zou, P. Wu, H. Liu, L. Yang, Y. Zhou, Y. Wang, Y. Lv, Z. Liu, T.D. Murray, and H. Li. 2019. Resistance to Heterodera filipjevi and H. avenae in winter wheat is conferred by different QTL. Phytopathology 110:472-482. DOI:10.1094/PHYTO-04-19-0135-R.
• Davis II, E.W., J.F. Tabima, A.J. Weisberg, L.D. Lopes, M.S. Wiseman, M.S. Wiseman, T. Pupko, M.S. Belcher, A. J. Sechler, B.K. Schroeder, T.D. Murray, D.G. Luster, W.L. Schneider, E.E. Rogers, F. Andreote, N.J. Grünwald, M.L. Putnam, and J.H. Chang. 2018. Evolution of the US Biological Select Agent, Rathayibacter toxicus (pdf). mBio 9(4):e01280-18. DOI:1128/mBio.01280-18.
• Cui, L., Y. Ren, T.D. Murray, W. Yan, Q. Guo, Y. Niu, Y. Sun, and H. Li. 2018. Development of perennial wheat through hybridization between wheat and wheatgrasses: A review (pdf). Engineering 4:507-513. doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2018.07.003. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2018.07.003.
• Lewien, M.J., T.D. Murray, K.L. Jernigan, K. Garland-Campbell, and A.H. Carter. 2018. Genome-wide association mapping for eyespot disease in Pacific Northwest winter wheat (pdf). PloSONE 13(4): e0194698.
• Schroeder, B.K., W.L. Schneider, D.G. Luster, A. Sechler and T.D. Murray. 2018. Rathayibacter agropyri (non O’Gara, 1916) comb. nov., nom. rev. isolated from western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) (pdf). Intl. J. Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68:1519-1525.
• Barrantes-Infante, B.L., B.K. Schroeder, S.A. Subbotin, and T.D. Murray. 2018. Afrina sporoboliae n. sp. (Nematoda: Anguinidae), a new seed-gall nematode associated with Sporobolus cryptandrus from West Central Idaho (pdf). Phytopathology 108:768-779.
• Sechler, A.J., M.A. Tancos, D.J. Schneider, J.G. King, C.M. Fennesey, B.K. Schroeder, T.D. Murray, D.G. Luster, W.L. Schneider, and E.E. Rogers. 2017. Whole genome sequence of two Rathayibacter toxicus strains reveals a tunicamycin biosynthetic cluster similar to Streptomyces chartreusis (pdf).  PloSONE 12(8): e0183005.
• Bruckner, P.L., J.E. Berg, K.D. Kephart, R.N. Stougaard, G.P. Pradhan, P.F. Lamb, J.H. Miller, S.S. Briar, C. Chen, D.L. Nash, D.L. Holen, J.P. Cook, S. Gale, Y. Jin, J.A. Kolmer, X. Chen, G. Bai, and T.D. Murray. 2017. Registration of ‘Loma’ Hard Red Winter Wheat (pdf). J. Plant Registrations 11:281-284.
• Carter, A.H., S.S. Jones, K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, A.B. Burke, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engels, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2017. Registration of ‘Jasper” soft white winter wheat (pdf). J. Plant Registrations 11:263-268.
• Murray, T.D., B.K. Schroeder, W.L. Schneider, D.G. Luster, A. Sechler, E. Rogers and S. Subbotin. 2017. Rathayibacter toxicus and other Rathayibacter species Inducing Bacterial Head Blight of Grasses and the potential for livestock poisonings (pdf). Phytopathology 107:804-815,
• Kumar, N., H.W. Randhawa, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, T.D. Murray and K.S. Gill. 2017. Targeted and efficient transfer of multiple value-added genes into wheat varieties (pdf). Molecular Breeding 37:68.
• Gargouri, S., S. Beraies, M.S. Gharbi, T. Paulitz, T.D. Murray, and L.W. Burgess. 2017. Occurence of Sclerotinia stem rot of Fenugreek caused by Sclerotinia trifoliorum and S. Sclerotiorum in Tunisia (pdf). Eur. J. Plant Pathology 149:587-597.
• Campbell, K.G., A.H. Carter, S.S. Jones, X.M. Chen, P. DeMacon, R. Higginbotham, D. Engle, S.O. Guy, C.C. Mundt, T.D. Murray, C.F. Morris, and D. See. 2017. Registration of “Pritchett” Soft White Winter Club Wheat (pdf). J. Plant Registrations 11:152-158.
• Kruse, E.B., S.W. Carle, N. Wen, D.Z. Skinner, T.D. Murray, K.A. Garland-Campbell, and A.H. Carter. 2017. Genomic regions associated with freezing tolerance and snow mold resistance in winter wheat (pdf). G3. Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7:775-780.
• Froese, P.S., T. Murray and A.H. Carter. 2016. Quantitative Cephalosporium stripe disease resistance mapped in the wheat genome (pdf). Crop Science 56:1586-1601.
• Berg, J.E., P.F. Lamb, J.H. Miller, D.M. Wichman, K.D. Kephart, R.N. Stougaard, G.P. Pradhan, D.L. Nash, W.E. Grey, D. Gettel, Y. Jin, J.A. Kolmer, X. Chen, G. Bai, T.D. Murray, and P.L. Bruckner. 2016. Registration of ‘Northern’ Wheat (pdf). J. Plant Registrations 10:135-138.
• Vera, D.I and T.D. Murray. 2016. Occurrence and survival of apothecia of Oculimacula acuformis and O. yallundae on wheat stubble in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (pdf).
• Wu, L.F., L. Cuia, H.L. Lic, L. Suna, X. Gaoa, X.M. Wanga, T.D. Murray and H. J. Li. 2016. Characterization of resistance to cereal cyst nematode in soft white winter wheat cultivar Madsen (pdf). Plant Disease 100:679-685.
• Carter, A.H., S.S. Jones, X. Cai, S.R. Lyon, K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engle, B. Baik, S.O. Guy, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2014. Registration of ‘Puma’ soft white winter wheat (pdf). Journal of Plant Registrations 8:273-278.
• Quincke, M.C., T.D. Murray, C.J. Peterson, K.E. Sackett and C.C. Mundt. 2014. Biology and Control of Cephalosporium Stripe of Wheat (pdf). Plant Pathology 63:1207-1217.
• Sheng, H., D.R. See, and T.D. Murray. 2014.  Mapping resistance genes for Oculimacula acuformis in Aegilops longissima (pdf). Theoretical and Applied Genetics doi: 10.1007/s00122-014-2361-4.
• Carter, A.H., S.S. Jones, X. Cai, S.R. Lyon, K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engle, B. Baik, S.O. Guy, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2014. Registration of ‘Puma’ wheat. Journal of Plant Registrations doi:10.3198/jpr2013.12.0074crc.
• Esvelt Klos, K., H. Wetzel III, and T.D. Murray.  2014.  Resistance to Oculimacula yallundae and Oculimacula acuformis is conferred by Pch2 in wheat (pdf).  Plant Pathology 63:400-404. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12107.
• Carter, A.A., S.S. Jones, S.R. Lyon, K.A. Balow, G.B. Shelton, R.W. Higginbotham, X.M. Chen, D.A. Engle, B. Baik, S.O. Guy, T.D. Murray, and C.F. Morris. 2013. Registration of ‘Otto’ Wheat (pdf). Journal of Plant Registrations 7:195-200, doi: 10.3198/jpr2012.07.0013crc .
• Robinson, M.D. and T.D. Murray. 2013. Genetic variation of Wheat streak mosaic virus in the United States Pacific Northwest. Phytopathology 103:98-104 (pdf), doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-05-12-0108-R.

Reviews

• Murray, T.D., I. Agarkova, S. Alderman, J. Allen, R. Bulluck, J. Chitambar, C. Divan, I. Riley, B. Schroeder, A. Sechler, and S. Subbotin. 2015. Recovery Plan for Rathayibacter Poisoning caused by Rathayibacter toxicus (syn. Clavibacter toxicus). National Plant Disease Recovery System, a cooperative project of The American Phytopathological Society and The United States Department of Agriculture.
• Murray, T.D., Bockus, W.W., R.L. Bowden, R.M. Hunger, R.W. Smiley, and W. Morrill, eds. 2015. Diseases of Wheat (Triticum L.). in: Common Names of Plant Diseases. APS, Minneapolis.

Technical Reports

• Murray, T.D. and H. Sheng. 2017. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to eyespot in Washington, 2016. Plant Disease Management Reports 11:CF033.
• Murray, T.D. and H. Sheng. 2017. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to Cephalosporium stripe in Washington, 2016. Plant Disease Management Reports 11:CF017
• Sexton, Z.F. and T.D. Murray. 2016. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to Cephalosporium stripe in Washington, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:CF047.
• Sexton, Z.F. and T.D. Murray. 2016. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to eyespot in Washington, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:CF048.
• F. Sexton and T.D. Murray. 2016. Evaluation of fungicides to control eyespot in winter wheat, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:CF044.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2015. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to Cephalosporium stripe, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:CF013.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2014. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to Cephalosporium stripe, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:CF002.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2014. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to eyespot, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:CF010.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2014. Evaluation of fungicides to control eyespot in winter wheat in Washington, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:CF009.
• Murray, T.D. Hymenula cerealis (Cephalosporium stripe, cereals). CABI Crop Protection Compendium.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2013. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to Cephalosporium stripe, 2012. Plant Disease Management Report 7:CF021.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2013. Reaction of winter wheat cultivars and breeding lines to eyespot, 2012. Plant Disease Management Report 7:CF004.
• Wetzel III, H.C. and T.D. Murray. 2013. Evaluation of fungicides to control eyespot in winter wheat, 2012. Plant Disease Management Reports 7:CF003.

Abstracts

• Schroeder, B.K., A. Sechler, E. Rogers, D.G. Luster, W.L. Schneider, and T.D. Murray. 2018. Genetic characterization of Rathayibacter spp. present in the United States. International Congress of Plant Pathology, Boston, August 2018. Phytopathology [IN PRESS].
• Murray, T.D. 2017. Seasonal ascospore release by the wheat eyespot pathogens Oculimacula yallundae and O. acuformis in the Northwest USA. European Foundation for Plant Pathology, Dunkerque, France, May 30, 2017.
• Sheng, H. and T.D. Murray. 2017. Comparative whole genome analysis of the wheat eyespot pathogens, Oculimacula yallundaeand O. acuformis. Phytopathology 107:S5.133.
• Wang, X., E. Kramer, D.A. Glawe, T.D. Murray, D.M. Weller, and P.A. Okubara. 2017. Potential of native yeasts from Washington vineyards as biocontrol agents against Botrytis bunch rot of grape. Phytopathology 107:S5.25.
• Luster, D.G., M.B. McMahon, A.J. Sechler, E.E. Rogers, W.L. Schneider, B.K. Schroeder, and T.D. Murray. 2017. Evaluation of immunoreagents for development of a diagnostic assay specific for Rathayibacter toxicus. Phytopathology 107:S5.56.
• Murray, T.D., Schroeder, B.K., and B.L. Barrantes-Infante. 2017. Isolation of a new Rathayibacter species from Sporobolus cryptandrus in Northcentral Idaho. Phytopathology 107:S4.19.
• Henick-Kling, T., H. Piao, P. Okubara, C. Edwards, Murray, T.D. Glawe, and M. Hess. 2016. A look into the microbial populations of Washington State vineyards and their persistence during wine fermentation. XXVIth Entretiens Scientifiques Lallemand, April 28, 2016, Osoyoos, Canada.
• Barrantes-Infante, B.L., B.K. Schroeder, and T.D. Murray. 2016. Distribution and genetic diversity of Anguina spp. in the Pacific Northwest, United States. SON/ONTA meeting, July 17-21, 2016.
• Kruse, E., S. Carle, Murray, T.D. Skinner, and A. Carter. 2016. QTL analysis of snow mold and cold tolerance in soft white winter wheat cultivar ‘Eltan’. Proc. Plant and Microbe Adaptation to Cold Conference, May 23, 2016, Seattle, WA.
• Jarvis, D., R. Nankya, B. Sthapit, J. Ochoa, J. Wasswa, Z. Shan, Y. Wang, K. Bai, C. Long, L. Bewqadi, M. Arbaoui, X. Cadima, D. Gauchan, I. Lopez, P. Colangelo, M. Holzinger, Y. Gebrehawaryat, C. Fadda, P. De Santis, T. Murray, and A.H.D. Brown. 2016. Using crop genetic diversity on farm to reduce crop damage and vulnerability to plant pathogens in cold conditions. Proc. Plant and Microbe Adaptation to Cold Conference, May 23, 2016, Seattle, WA.
• Sheng, H., K. Klos, Z. Sexton and T.D. Murray. 2015. High-throughput single seed detection of Cephalosporium gramineum in wheat. Phytopathology 105(11):S4.126.
• Jarvis, D.I., J. Mulumba, H. Peng, P., Paparu, Y. Yang, E. Zhang, C. Lu, Y. Wang, W. Jie, J. Ochoa, C. Suarez, M. Arbaoui, L. Belqadi, M. Sadiki, R. Nankya, K. Bai, P. Colangelo, P. De Santis, T. Murray, A.H.D. Brown, C. Fadda, and M. Holzinger. 2015. Enhanced use of crop varietal diversity to manage pests and diseases in agricultural ecosystems. The European Ecological Federation Annual Meeting, September 23, 2015, Rome, Italy.
• Vera, D. and T.D. Murray. 2014. Occurrence of apothecia of Oculimacula acuformis and O. yallundae on wheat stubble in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Phytopathology 104(11S):S3.185.
• Vera, D. and T.D. Murray. 2014. Seasonal variation in ascospore release by Oculimacula yallundae and O. acuformis in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Phytopathology 104(11S):S3.122.
• Schneider, W.L., A.E. Sechler, D.J. Schneider, S.J. Mauzey, B.K. Schroeder, T.D. Murray and D.G. Luster. 2014. Genomic sequencing of Rathayibacter toxicus and the associated phage reveals potential source of toxin production. Phytopathology 104(11S):S3.104.
• Mauzey, S.J., W.L. Schneider, D.G. Luster, B.K. Schroeder and T.D. Murray. 2014. Distribution of Rathayibacter spp. and their nematode vectors (Anguina spp.) in the United States Pacific Northwest. Phytopathology 104(11S):S3.76.
• Mauzey, S.J., W.L. Schneider, D.G. Luster, M.A. McClure, T.D. Murray and B.K. Schroeder. 2014. Identification of new Rathayibacter species using multi-locus sequence analysis. Phytopathology 104(11S):S3.76.
• Klos, K.E., J.G. Evans and T.D. Murray. 2014. Genetic and phenotypic variation among, Cephalosporium gramineum isolates collected in the Pacific Northwest United States. Phytopathology 104(11S):S3.38.
• Jarvis, D., J. Mulumba, H. Peng, P. Paparu, Y. Yang, C. Lu, Y. Wang, W. Jie, J. Ochoa, C. Suarez, M. Arbaoui, L. Belqadi, M. Sadiki, R. Nankya, K. Bai, P. Colangelo, P. De Santis, T. Murray, T. Brown, and C. Fadda. 2014. A risk-minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystems. Proc. Conf. Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management: Working Together for a Sustainable Future, Manado, Indonesia, 4-7 July 2013. Crop Protection 61:106.
• Murray, T.D. and L. Kennaway. 2014. Development of a web-based geospatial database for sharing historic United States barberry eradication records. BGRI Technical Workshop, March 22-25, 2014, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.
• Mauzey, S., B. Schroeder and T.D. Murray. 2013. Classification of Rathayibacter agropyri sp. nov., based on analysis of the 16S rRNA and housekeeping genes. Phytopathology 103:S2.92.

Books

• Bockus, W.W., R.L. Bowden, R.M. Hunger, T.D. Murray, R.W. Smiley, and W. Morrill, eds. 2010. Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Insects, Third Edition. APS Press, Minneapolis.
• Maloy, O. C. and T. D. Murray, eds. 2000. Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, John Wiley & Sons, New York 1346 pp.
• Murray, T. D., D. W. Parry, and N. D. Cattlin. 1998. A Colour Handbook of Diseases of Small Grain Cereal Crops. Manson Publishing, London.

Book Chapters

• Murray, T.D. and D. Gaudet. 2013.  Global Change in Winter Climate and Agricultural Sustainability.  Plant and Microbe Adaption to Cold, Pages 1-16 in: Plant and Microbe Adaptations to Cold in a Changing World, R. Imai, M. Yoshida and N. Matsumoto, eds. Springer, New York.

Extension Publications

• Murray, T. Stripe Rust Update and Fusarium Head Blight. June 25, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. Wheat Beat Podcast: High-Temperature Adult-Plant Resistance. May 28, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. High-Temperature Adult-Plant Resistance: How Warm is Warm Enough? May 24, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2018. May Update: Stripe Rust Still at Low Levels, but Starting to Increase. May 22, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2018. April Update: Stripe Rust Situation Unchanged from March. Timely Topics, April 19, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Duncan, K., S. Bag, K. Frost, T. Murray, and C. Hagerty. 2018. Diagnostic guide: Wheat soil-borne mosaic. Plant Health Progress https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-17-0064-DG.
• Murray, T. 2018. March Forecast: Potential Damage from Stripe Rust Increases. Timely Topics, March 12, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2018. Mild Winter Weather and Wheat Diseases – What to Expect? Timely Topics, February 9, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. and L. Kennaway. 2018. Protecting Cereal Grains from Stem Rust. USDA-APHIS Story Map, January 14, 2018. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis.
• Murray, T. 2018. Good News on the First Stripe Forecast of the 2018 Season! Timely Topics, January 9, 2018. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Kirby, E.M., T.C. Paulitz, T.D. Murray, K.L. Schroeder, and X.M. Chen. 2017. Disease Management Wheat and Barley. In: G. Yorgey and C. Kruger, eds. Advances in Sustainable Dryland Farming in the Inland Pacific Northwest, Washington State University Extension Publication EM108, Pullman, WA. 614 p.
• Murray, T. 2017. Stripe Rust Update. Timely Topics, April 17, 2017. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2017. Stripe Rust Update. Timely Topics, March 17, 2017. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2017. Concern over Snow Mold of Wheat in Eastern Washington. Timely Topics, February 9, 2017. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2017. First Stripe Rust Update of the 2017 Season. Timely Topics, January 13, 2017. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2016. Continue Monitoring Spring Wheat and Barley for Stripe Rust. Timely Topics, June 23, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2016. Continued Vigilance Needed for Stripe Rust. Timely Topics, May 16, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu .
• Murray, T. 2016. Rust Update: Be on the Lookout for Stripe Rust. Timely Topics, April 13, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Higginbotham, R. and T. Murray. 2016. Predicted Potential Yield Losses Due to Stripe Rust. Timely Topics, March 8, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2016. Stripe Rust Found on Mary Winter Wheat near Hermiston. Timely Topics, February 25, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2016. Stripe Rust Spotted in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Timely Topics, February 9, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2016. First Stripe Rust Forecast of 2016. Timely Topics, January 26, 2016. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. 2015. Stripe Rust and Cephalosporium stripe are on the move. Timely Topics, May 22, 2015. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T., Sheng, Z. Sexton, and S. Koberstein. 2015. Eyespot, Cephalosporium Stripe, Snow Mold, and Soilborne Wheat Mosaic Diseases of Winter Wheat. Washington State University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Technical Report 15-1, p. 52.
• Higginbotham, R and T. Murray. 2015. Stripe rust: To spray or not to spray? Timely Topics, April 10, 2015.  http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. New Cereal Cyst Nematode Discovered in Eastern Washington. Timely Topics, September 4, 2014. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T.D. New Cereal Cyst Nematode Discovered in Eastern Washington. Fact Sheet. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. Hail Storms Potentially Increase Wheat Streak Mosaic. Timely Topics, August 21, 2014. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T. More Good News for Stripe Rust. Timely Topics, June 2, 2014. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T., Wetzel III, H. Sheng, D. Vera, and S. Koberstein. 2014. Eyespot, Cephalosporium Stripe, Snow Mold, and Soilborne Wheat Mosaic Diseases of Winter Wheat. Washington State University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Technical Report 14-1. p. 66.
• Murray, T. Stripe Rust Update Brings Good News. Timely Topics, March 19, 2014. http://smallgrains.wsu.edu.
• Murray, T., Wetzel III, and D. Vera. 2013. Eyespot, Cephalosporium Stripe, Snow Mold, and Soilborne Wheat Mosaic Diseases of Winter Wheat. Washington State University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Technical Report 13-1.