Rutto, Ph.D.

L. KipKoriony RUtto

L. Kipkoriony Rutto, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Research

Phone: (804) 524-6781
Fax: (804) 524-5622

Email: lrutto@vsu.edu

Education

Ph.D. (2003) - Ehime University - Japan (Pomology and Plant Nutrition)
M.S. (2000) - Ehime University - Japan (Technology Education)
B.S. (1994) - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) - Kenya (Horticulture)

Research Interest

Agronomy and improvement of specialty crops

New and alternative bio-fuel, therapeutic, or functional food crops

Agriculture mediated soil and water contamination and remediation

Plant-microbe interactions and stress physiology

Professional Society Memberships

American Society of Agronomy
Soil Science Society of America
American Society for Horticultural Science
International Mycorrhiza Society

Selected Publications

Rutto, K.L., J.M. Onguso, A.R. El-Shereif, and F. Mizutani. 2008. Soil microbial activity during conversion from conventional to low input management in a Citrus iyo orchard. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. (pending submission).

Rutto, K.L., and F. Mizutani. 2006. Effect of mycorrhizal inoculation and activated charcoal on growth and nutrition in peach (Prunus persica Batsch) seedlings treated with peach root-bark extracts. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:463-468.

Rutto,K.L., and F. Mizutani. 2006. Peach seedling growth in replant and non-replant soils after inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38:2536-2542.

Rutto,K.L., F. Mizutani, D-G. Moon, Y-S. Cho, and K. Kadoya. 2003 Seasonal fluctuations in mycorrhizal spore populations and infection rates of vineyard soils planted with five legume cover crops. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 72:262-267.

Rutto,K.L., F. Mizutani, and K. Kadoya. 2002. Effect of root-zone flooding on mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal peach (Prunius persica Batsch) seedlings. Sci. Hort. 94-285-295.