Alan G. Taylor
Professor and Chair
Department of Horticultural Sciences

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E-Mail: agt1@cornell.edu

Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, Crop Science, 1981
M.S. Michigan State University, Horticulture, 1977
B.S. Heidelberg College, Biology, 1975

Professional Responsibilities and Projects
Administration 50%, Research 40% and Teaching 10%

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Refereed journal articles; book chapters and conference proceedings:

Taylor, A. G., A. M. McCarthy and E. M. Chirco. 1982. Density separation of seeds with hexane and chloroform. J. Seed Tech. 7(1): 78-83.

Hadar, Y., G. E. Harman and A. G. Taylor. 1983. Biological control of seed rot caused by Pythium spp. using Trichoderma koningii and T. harzianum from New York soils. Phytopath. 74: 106-110.

Hadar, Y., G. E. Harman, A. G. Taylor and J. M. Norton. 1983. Effects of pre-germination of pea and cucumber seeds and of seed treatment with Enterobacter cloacae on rots caused by Pythium. Phytopath. 73: 1322-1325.

Khan, A. A., N. H. Peck, A. G. Taylor and C. Samimy. 1983. Osmoconditioning of beet seeds to improve emergence and yield in cold soils. Agron. J. 75: 788-794.

Samimy, C., and A. G. Taylor. 1983. Influence of seed quality on ethylene production of germinating snap beans. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 108: 767-769.

Taylor, A. G., T. J. Kenny, E. P. Carney and G. H. Gibbs. 1983. Development of a foam microenvironment for enhanced seedling establishment. HortScience 18: 696-697.

Taylor, A. G., Y. Hadar, J. M. Norton, A. A. Khan and G. E. Harman. 1985. The influence of pre-sowing seed treatments of table beets on the susceptibility to damping-off caused by Pythium spp. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 110: 516-519.

Taylor, A. G. and T. J. Kenny. 1985. Improvement of germinated seed quality by density separation. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 110: 347-349.

Khan, A. A. and A. G. Taylor. 1986. Polyethylene glycol incorporation into table beet seed pellets to improve emergence and yield in wet soil. HortScience 21 (4): 987-989.

Taylor, A. G. and E. M. Chirco. 1986. Endogenous inhibitors in corn seed genotypes: Inhibition of root growth on roll towel germination tests. J. Seed Techn. 10(2):111-120.

Samimy, C., A. G. Taylor and T. J. Kenny. 1987. Relationship of germination and vigor tests to field emergence of snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). J. Seed Techn. 11(1):23- 34.

Taylor, A. G. and M. H. Dickson. 1987. Seed coat permeability in semi-hard snap bean seeds: Its influence on imbibitional chilling injury. J. Hort. Sci. 62:183- 189.

Taylor, A. G. and D. T. Warholic. 1987. Protecting fluid drilled lettuce from herbicides by incorporating activated carbon into gels. J. Hort. Sci. 62:31-37.

Holubowicz, R., A. G. Taylor, M. C. Goffinet and M. H. Dickson. 1988. Nature of the semihard seed characteristic in snap beans. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 113(2):248-252.

Taylor, A. G., and C. W. Ten Broeck. 1988. Seedling emergence forces of vegetable crops. HortScience 23(2):367-369.

Harman, G. E., and A. G. Taylor. 1988. Improved seedling performance by integration of biological control agents at favorable pH levels with solid matrix priming. Phytopath. 78:520-525.

Taylor, A. G., D. E. Klein and T. H. Whitlow. 1988. SMP: Solid matrix priming of seeds. Scientia Hort. 37:1-11.

Hill, H. J., A. G. Taylor and X. L. Huang. 1988. Seed viability determinations in cabbage utilizing sinapine leakage and electrical conductivity measurements. J. Exp. Botany 39:1439-1447.

Taylor, A. G., X. L. Huang and H. J. Hill. 1988. Sinapine leakage from non-viable cabbage seeds. J. Exp. Botany 39:1433-1438.

Hill, H. J. and A. G. Taylor. 1989. Relationship between viability, endosperm integrity and imbibed lettuce seed density and leakage. HortScience 24(5):814-816.

Hill, H. J., A. G. Taylor, and T. G. Min. 1989. Density separation of imbibed and primed vegetable seeds. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 114(4):661-665.

Taylor, A. G. and G. E. Harman. 1990. Concepts and technologies of selected seed treatments. Ann. Rev. Phytopath. 28: 321-339.

Harman, G. E., X. Jin, T. E. Stasz, G. Peruzzotti, A. C. Leopold and A. G. Taylor. 1991. Production of conidial biomass of Trichoderma harzianum for biological control. Biol. Control 1: 23-28.

Jin, X., G. E. Harman and A. G. Taylor. 1991. Conidial biomass and desiccation tolerance of Trichoderma harzianum produced at different medium water potentials. Biol. Control 1: 237-243.

Taylor, A. G., T. G Min, G. E. Harman and X. Jin. 1991. Liquid coating formulation to increase efficacy of biological seed treatments. Biol. Control 1: 16-22.

Taylor, A. G., T. G Min and C. A. Mallaber. 1991. Seed coating system to upgrade Brassicaceae seed quality by exploiting sinapine leakage. Seed Sci. & Technol. 19: 423-433.

Taylor, A. G., J. Prusinski, H. J. Hill and M. D. Dickson. 1992. Influence of seed hydration on seedling performance. HortTechnol. 2: 336-344.

Tomas, T. N., A. G. Taylor and L. A. Ellerbrock. 1992. Time-sequence photography to record germination events. HortScience 27: 372.

Tomas, T. N., A. G. Taylor, L. A. Ellerbrock and E. M. Chirco. 1992. Lettuce seed necrosis. Seed Sci. & Technol. 20: 539-546.

Taylor, A. G., D. B. Churchill, S. S. Lee, D. M. Bilsland and T. M. Cooper. 1993. Color sorting of coated Brassica seeds by fluorescent sinapine leakage to improve germination. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 118: 551-556.

Taylor, A. G., D. H. Paine and C. A. Paine. 1993. Sinapine leakage in Brassica seeds. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 118: 546-550.

Lee, P. C. and A. G. Taylor. 1995. Accuracy of sinapine leakage in Brassica as a method to detect seed germinability. Plant Varieties and Seeds. 8, 17-28.

Taylor, A. G., S. S. Lee, M. B. Beresniewicz and D. H. Paine. 1995. Amino acid leakage from aged vegetable seeds. Seed Sci. & Technol. 23: 113-122.

Lee, S. S., A. G. Taylor, M. B. Beresniewicz and D. H. Paine. 1995. Sugar leakage from aged leek, onion and cabbage seeds. Plant Varieties and Seeds 8 (2): 81-86.

Beresniewicz, M. B., A. G. Taylor, M. C. Goffinet and B. T. Terhune. 1995.             Characterization and location of a semipermeable layer in seed coats of leek, onion, tomato and pepper. Seed Sci. & Technol. 23: 123-134.

Beresniewicz, M. B., A. G. Taylor, M. C. Goffinet and W. D. Koeller. 1995. Chemical nature of a semipermeable layer in seed coats of leek, onion, tomato and pepper. Seed Sci. & Technol. 23: 135-145.

Beresniewicz, M. B., A. G. Taylor, M. C. Goffinet and B. T. Terhune. 1995. Seed coat             integrity in relation to amino acid leakage in onion and leek. Plant Varieties and Seeds. 8  (2):87-96.

Bay, A. P. M., A. G. Taylor and D. H. Paine. 1995. Mechanical damage resistance in snap beans: protection of the embryonic axis exposure by the cotyledons. Plant Varieties and Seeds. 8:151-159

Bay, A. P. M., A. G. Taylor and M. C. Bourne. 1995. The influence of water activity on three genotypes of snap beans in relation to mechanical damage resistance. Seed Sci. & Technol. 23: 583-594.

Bay, A. P. M., M. C. Bourne and A. G. Taylor. 1996. Effect of moisture content on compressive strength of whole bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and separated cotyledons.  Internat. Journ. Food Science & Technol. 31: 327-331.

Jin, X., A. G. Taylor, and G. E. Harman. 1996. Development of media and automated liquid fermentation methods to produce desiccation-tolerant propagules of Trichoderma             harzianum. Biol. Cont. 7: 267-274.

Taylor, A. G. Seed storage, germination and quality. 1997. In: Wien, H.C. ed., The Physiology of Vegetable Crops CAB International. Wallingford, UK. p 1-36.

Taylor, A. G., D. F. Grabe and D. H. Paine. 1997. Moisture content and water activity determination of pelleted and film-coated seeds. Seed Technology 19: 24-32.

Lee, P. C., D. H. Paine and A. G. Taylor. 1998. Detection and removal of off-colored bean seeds by color sorting. Seed Technology 20: 43-55.

Taylor, A. G., P. S. Allen, M. A. Bennett, K. J. Bradford, J. S. Burris and M. K. Misra. 1998. Seed enhancements. Seed Science Research 8: 245-256.

Hacisalihoglu, G., A. G. Taylor, D. H. Paine, M. B. Hilderbrand and A. A. Khan. 1999. Embryo elongation and germination rates as sensitive indicators of lettuce seed quality: Priming and aging studies. HortScience 34: 1240-1243.

Taylor, A. G., C. F. Johnson, P. K. Kataki, and R. L. Obendorf. 1999. Ethanol production by hydrated seeds: A high resolution index of seed quality. In A. Liptay, C. S. Vavrina and G. E. Welbaum, eds. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Stand Establishment. Acta Horticulturae 504: 153-160.

Taylor, A. G., P. C. Lee and M. Zhang. 1999. Volatile compounds as indicators of seed quality and their influence on seed aging. Seed Technology. 21: 57-65.

Lee, P. C., A. G. Taylor, M. Zhang, and Y. Esashi. 2000. Volatile compounds and accumulation of acetaldehyde-protein adducts in relation to seed quality and storage conditions. J. New Seeds 2: 59-76.

Lee, P. C., A. G. Taylor, M. Zhang, and Y. Esashi. 2000. Evolution of volatiles during seed aging: Exogenous gas application. J. New Seeds 2: 77-91.

Taylor, A. G., T-G. Min and D. H. Paine. 2000. Maillard reactions cause browning in bean seed coats during ageing: Inhibition by aminoguanidine. In: Black, M, K. J. Bradford and J. Vazquez-Ramos. (eds.) Seed biology: Advances and applications. CABI Pub. p. 189-196.

Katzman, L. S., A. G. Taylor, and R. W. Langhans. 2001. Improvement of spinach germination by seed enhancements. HortScience 36: 979-981.

Paine, D. H., T. Repo and A. G. Taylor. 2001. Noninvasive seed quality test by impedance spectrum analysis. Seed Technology 187-196. 

Taylor, A. G., C. J. Eckenrode and R. W. Straub. 2001. Seed treatments for onions: Challenges and progress. HortScience 36(2): 199-205.

Taylor, A. G., and J. Kwiatkowski. 2001. Polymer film coatings decrease water uptake and water vapour movement into seeds and reduce imbibitional chilling injury. British Crop Protection Council Symposium Proceedings No. 76. p. 215-220.

Kataki, P. K. and A. G. Taylor. 2001. Time course study of ethanol production by corn and soybean to optimize the use of ANA ethanol index as an accurate seed quality test. J. New Seeds 3: 1-17.

Kuhar, T. P., L. J. Stivers-Young, M. P. Hoffmann, and A. G. Taylor. 2002. Control of corn flea beetle and Stewart's wilt in sweet corn with imidacloprid and thiamethoxam seed treatments. Crop Protection 21: 25-31.

Repo, T., D. H. Paine and A. G. Taylor. 2002. Electrical impedance spectroscopy in relation to seed viability and moisture content. Seed Sci. Research 12: 17-29. 

Bicanic D., Persijn S., Taylor A., Cozijnsen J., van Veldhuyzen G. Lenssen G. and Wegh H. 2003. Quality assessment of cabbage (Brassica olearacea) seeds by the CO laser photoacoustic and FTIR detection of ethylene and acetaldehyde.  Review of Scientific Instruments 74, 689-693.

Jyoti, J. L., A. M. Shelton, and A. G. Taylor. 2003. Film-coating seeds with chlorpyrifos for germination and control of cabbage maggot (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) on cabbage transplants J. Entomol. Sci. 38(4): 553-565.

Taylor, A. G. 2003. Seed treatments. In: Thomas, B, D. J. Murphy and B. G. Murray. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences. Elsevier Acad. Press. p. 1291 - 1298.

Taylor, A. G. 2003. Seed quality. In: Thomas, B, D. J. Murphy and B. G. Murray. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences. Elsevier Acad. Press. p. 1284 - 1291.

Taylor, A. G., M. C. Goffinet, S. A. Pikuz, T. A. Shelkovenko, M. D. Mitchell, K. M. Chandler and D. A. Hammer. 2003. Physico-chemical factors influence beet (Beta vulgaris L) seed germination. In: G. Nicolas, K. J. Bradford, D. Come and H. W. Pritchard. The Biology of Seeds: Recent Research Advances. CABI. p. 433-440.

Nault, B. A., A. G. Taylor, M. Urwiler, T. Rabaey and W. D. Hutchison. 2004. Neonicotinoid seed treatments for managing potato leafhopper infestations in snap bean. Crop Protection 23: 147-154.
McDonald, M.R., A. G. Taylor, J. W. Lorbeer and J. J. van der Heide. 2004. Efficacy testing of onion seed treatments in the greenhouse and field. In C. S. Vavrina and G. E. Welbaum, eds. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Stand Establishment. Acta Horticulturae, 631, 87-93.

Taylor, A. G., D. H. Paine, N. Suzuki, B. A. Nault and A. McFaul. 2004. Coating technologies for seed treatment applications.  In C. S. Vavrina and G. E. Welbaum, eds. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Stand Establishment. Acta Horticulturae, 631, 49-54.

Kim, S-H., and A. G. Taylor. 2004. Germinability of film-coated snap bean seed as affected by oxygen diffusion rate under different soil moisture contents. Korean J. of Crop Sci. 49: 46-51. 

Nault, B. A and A. G. Taylor. 2004. Snap bean – aphid - virus complex: Efficacy of neonicotinoid seed treatments to reduce the incidence of viruses. Bean Improvement Cooperative. 47: 229-230.

Yildirim, E. and A. G. Taylor. 2005. Effect of biological treatments on growth of bean plants under salt stress. Bean Improvement Cooperative. 48. 174-175.

Nault, B. A., R. W. Straub, and A. G. Taylor. 2006. Performance of novel insecticide seed treatments for managing onion maggot in onion fields. Crop Protection 25: 58-65.

Taylor, A. G., and J. W. Shail. 2006. The impact of CMV in reducing yield of selected snap bean cultivars. Bean Improvement Cooperative. 49: 199-200.

Wu, Q-J., J. Z. Zhao, A. G. Taylor and A. M. Shelton. 2006. Evaluation of insecticides and application methods against swede midge, a new invasive pest in the US.  J. Econ. Entomol, 99, 117-122.

Yildirim, E., A. G. Taylor and T. D. Spittler. 2006. Ameliorative effects of biological treatments on growth of squash under salt stress. Scientia Horticulturae 111: 1-6.

Salanenka, Y. A. and A. G. Taylor. 2007. Seed coat permeability and uptake of applied substances. Acta Horticulturae (in press).

Shail, J. W., A. G. Taylor and R. Provvidenti. 2007. Bioassays to diagnose selected bean potyviruses. Bean Improvement Cooperative. 50: 81-82.

Taylor, A. G., C. A. Hoepting, B. A. Nault, J. W. Lorbeer and M. R. McDonald.  2007. Onion seed treatment and coating technologies.  Acta Horticulturae (in press).

Vozary, E., D. H. Paine, J. Kwiatkowski and A. G. Taylor. 2007. Prediction of soybean and snap bean seed germinability by electrical impedance spectroscopy. Seed Science & Techn. 35, 48-64.

C. Xiang, M. W. Frey, A. G. Taylor, M. Rebovich. 2007. Selective chemical absorbance in
electrospun nonwovens”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 106: 2363-2370.

Rutzke, C. F. J., A. G. Taylor and R. L. Obendorf. 2007. Influence of aging, oxygen and moisture on ethanol production from cabbage seeds. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences (in press).

Last revised: 10/03/2007