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Joel A. Jurgens

Research Scientist
University of Minnesota
495 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-625-6231
jurgens@umn.edu


Selected Publications:

Held, B. W., J.A. Jurgens, S.M. Duncan, R.L. Farrell and R.A. Blanchette. 2005. Assessment of fungal diversity and deterioration in a wooden structure at New Harbor, Antarctica. Polar Biology Published on line as DOI 10.1007/s00300-005-0084-3. (reprint)

Held, B. W., J. A. Jurgens, B. E. Arenz, S. M. Duncan, R. L. Farrell and R. A. Blanchette. 2005. Environmental factors influencing microbial growth inside the historic huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 55:45-53. PDF reprint

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens and J. E. Haight. 2004. Wood deterioration in Chacoan great housesof the southwestern United States. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 6:204-212. PDF reprint

Blanchette, R. A., B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens, D.L. McNew, T. C. Harrington, S. M. Duncan and R. L. Farrell .2004. Wood destroying soft rot fungi in the historic expedition huts of Antarctica. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:1328-1335. PDF reprint

Farrell, R. L., R. A. Blanchette, M. Auger, S. M. Duncan, B. W. Held, J. A. Jurgens, and R. Minasaki. 2004. Scientific evaluation of deterioration in historic huts of Ross Island, Antarctica. In: S. Barr and P. Chaplin (eds.), Polar Monuments and Sites: Cultural Heritage in the Arctic and Antarctica Regions. ICOMOS Monuments and Sites Number VIII. Available from the International Polar Heritage Committee.

Smith, J. A. T. A. Burnes, J. A. Jurgens, A. J. David and R. A. Blanchette. 2003. Potential resistance mechanisms in Pinus strobus to Cronartium ribicola. In: Proceedings of the Second IUFRO Rusts of Forest Trees Working Party Conference, 19- 23 Aug., 2002, Xu, M.-Q., Walla, J.A., and Zhao, W.-X. (eds.) Yangling, China Forest Research 16 (Suppl).

Blanchette, R.A., B.W. Held, J.A. Jurgens, J. Aislabie, S. Duncan and R.L. Farrell, 2004. Environmental pollutants from the Scott and Shackleton expeditions during the ‘Heroic Age’ of Antarctic exploration. Polar Record 40 (213): 143-145. PDF reprint

Jurgens, J.A., Blanchette, R.A., and Carlson, D.N., 2003. Evaluating the Wooden Remnants of the Tektas Burnu Shipwreck. In: Koestler, R.J., Koestler, V.R., Charola, A.E., and Nieto-Fernandez, F.E., (Eds.), Art, Biology, and Conservation: Biodeterioration of Works of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 390-407. (PDF reprint)

Held B. W., R.A. Blanchette, J.A. Jurgens, R.L. Farrell and S. Duncan. 2003. Deterioration and conservation issues associated with Antarctica’s historic huts. In: R. J. Koestler, V. R. Koestler, A. E. Charola, and F. E. Nieto-Fernandez, (Eds.), Art, Biology, and Conservation: Biodeterioration of Works of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork, 370-389.

Jurgens, J.A., R.A. Blanchette, P.J. Zambino, and A. David. 2003. Histology of white pine blister rust in needles of resistant and susceptible eastern white pine. Plant Disease 87(9): 1026-1030. (PDF reprint)

Smith, J.A., Burnes, T.A., David, A.J., Jurgens, J.A., and R.A. Blanchette. 2002. Resistance mechanisms in Pinus strobus L. to infection by Cronartium ribicola. Proceedings of IUFRO Rusts of Forest Diseases Conference, Yangling, China (August 2002).

Minasaki, R., Duncan, S., Farrell, R.L., Blanchette, R.A., Held, B.W., Jurgens, J.A. and Watson, N. 2001. Mycological diversity associated with historic huts and artefacts of the Heroic Period in Ross Sea Region. VIII SCAR International Biology Symposium, Antarctic Biology in a Global Context, 27 Aug-1 Sep. Amsterdam.

Jurgens, J. A., Blanchette, R. A. and Zambino, P. J. 2000. Histological investigations in eastern white pine to identify white pine blister rust resistance. Phytopathology,
90: S40.

Jurgens, J. A. 2000. Evaluating eastern white pine for resistance to blister rust: a look at what’s happening in the tree. North Central Forest Pest Workshop, p. II-2.

 
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