1988 Ph.D. Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University.

Dissertation Title: “The influence of Calonectria crotalariae on population development of Heterodera glycines on resistant and susceptible soybean.”

1978 M.S. Botany, North Carolina State University

1975 B.S. Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

• DSA Award with the Louisiana County Agent Association, June 2001.

• DSA Award with National Association of County Agricultural Agents, August 2001.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board from the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service for “Soybeanand Grain On-Farm Demonstration Program”. W. Morrison, K. Whitam, R. Lencse, E. Funderburg, C. Hollier, C. Overstreet, J. Baldwin, E. Twidwell, R. Strahan, D. Woodard. 1998 $26,000.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board from for “Louisiana Soybean Research Verification Program-LSRVP ‘98”. W. Morrison, R. Lencse, J. Baldwin, K. Wagenhoft, K. Whitam, E. Funderburg, D. Deason, D. Rester, and C. Overstreet. 1998. $42,000.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G. B. Padgett. 2000. $5,000.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G.B. Padgett. 2001. $5,000.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton. C.Overstreet and G.B. Padgett. 2002. $4,500.
  
  
• A grant proposal to United States Environmental Protection Agency for “Using satellite-based positioning systems (GPS) to identify and manage populations of plant parasitic nematodes in cotton”. G. Burris, B. Padgett, C. Overstreet, and M. Wolcott. 2002. $88,087.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G.B. Padgett. 2003. $10,000.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G. B. Padgett. 2003 $10,000 (supplement).
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G.B. Padgett. 2004. $15,005.
  
  
• A grant proposal to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Initiative for “Enhancing opportunities for use of precision agriculture and site-specific application of pesticides in Louisiana”. G. burris, C. Overstreet, B. Padgett, M. Wolcott, and D. Sullivan. 2004 $69,774.
  
  
• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G.B. Padgett. 2005. $15,005. Funded.
  
  

• A grant proposal to The Cotton Foundation for ”Web page development for reniform nematode management”. C. Overstreet. 2005 $1,750. Funded.

• Tipton Team Research Award, precision agriculture team, December 2006

• A grant proposal to Cotton Incorporated for “Reniform nematode management in cotton”. C. Overstreet and G.B. Padgett. 2006. $15,005. Funded.
  
  

• A grant proposal to Cotton Foundation for “Use of hyperspectral imagery and soil electrical conductivity for site-specific reniform nematode evaluations and economical management”. G. W. Lawrence, K.S. Lawrence, and C. Overstreet. 2007. $30,000. Funded.

• Bayer CropScience Award, in recognition of the outstanding contribution to Nematology in Latin America. Presented at the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America meeting in Cordoba, Argentina in November 2007

Workshops

• Nematode Workshop- Reniform/root-knot competition & reproduction. Presented at the 2002 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Atlanta, Ga, January.
  
  
• ArcView introduction. Presented to Louisiana County Agents and Research Station faculty at the Northeast Research Station Field Day, June 2003.
  
  
• GIS for beginners. Presented to Department of Plant Pathology and Department of Entomology faculty and students, Baton Rouge, LA, December 2003.
  
  
• The first 40 days of cotton production. Mid-South meeting sponsored by Bayer CropScience. Dallas, Texas, February 2005.
  
  
• Diagnosing reniform nematode problems. 2007. Workshop: Recognizing and diagnosing your cotton disease problems presented at Beltwide Cotton Conference in New Orleans, LA, January 2007.
• Cotton nematodes and our management options- variable rate success stories. Presented at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Nashville, TN, January 2008        

Conferences

• Louisiana Cotton Forum. 1999. Emerging nematode problems and management techniques”, Monroe, LA, January

• Louisiana Cotton Forum 2000. Early season nematode control. Monroe, LA, March

• Louisiana Consultants Workshop. 2000. Nematodes on corn and sorghum. Alexandria, LA, February

• LSU Turfgrass School. 2000. Nematodes of turfgrass, golf greens, and athletic fields. Baton Rouge, LA, March\

• Louisiana Cotton Forum 2001. Update on reniform nematode management. Monroe, LA, January

• LSU Lawn and Ornamental School. 2001. Nematode problems in the landscape. Baton Rouge, LA, February

• Louisiana Consultants Workshop. 2001. Managing nematodes in agronomic crops with nematicides, crop rotation, and resistant varieties. Alexandria, LA, February

• Cotton ACE Group, LSU Ag Center annual meeting. 2001. Nematode control update. Baton Rouge, LA December

• Reniform Nematode Taskforce annual meeting. 2001. Reniform nematode management in Louisiana. Stoneville, MS December

• Louisiana Plant Protection Association annual meeting. 2002. LPPA- The organization. Baton Rouge, LA April

• Cotton ACE Group, LSU Ag Center annual meeting. 2003. Update on GIS/GPS training activities for LSU AgCenter faculty in 2003. Baton Rouge, LA December

• Beltwide Cotton Production meeting. 2004. Precision agriculture: current state of the art; Plant Pathology/Nematology. San Antonio, TX January

• Louisina Cotton Forum. 2004. Precision agriculture: the state of the art in Nematology. Monroe, LA January

• Louisiana Cotton Forum. 2004. Nematode management in cotton. Monroe, LA January

• Reniform nematode- An introduction. Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Orlando, Florida, January, 1999

• Incidence and distribution patterns of reniform nematode. Louisiana Plant Protection Association meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, April 1999

• Evidence for spread by reniform nematode in Louisiana during the past 20 years. Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America and American Phytopathological Society – Caribbean Division joint meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June, 1999

• Incidence and occurrence above thresholds of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Meloidogyne incognita in Louisiana during 1997-98. Society of Nematologists and American Society of Parasitology joint meeting, Monterey, CA July 1999

• Geographical dispersion of reniform nematode in Louisiana. Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX January, 2000

• Nematicide efficacy against reniform nematode in cotton. Louisiana Plant Protection Association meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2000

• Management options for reniform nematode in cotton production for Louisiana. Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America, Auburn, Alabama, April 2000

• The effects of nematicides and cover crops on reniform nematode. Beltwide Cotton Conference, Anaheim, CA, January 2001

• Telone against the reniform nematode in cotton. Louisiana Plant Protection Association meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2001

• Telone II for the management of the reniform nematode in cotton during 1999-2000 in northern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Society of Nematology meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2001

• Fumigants for reniform nematode management in Louisiana. Beltwide Cotton Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2002

• The use of Telone in cotton production in Louisiana. Beltwide Cotton Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, January 2003

• The use of Telone against reniform and root-knot nematode in cotton. Louisiana Plant Protection Association, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2003

• GIS-GPS in Plant Pathology and Nematology. Department of Plant Pathology Seminar, Baton Rouge, LA, October 2003

• Geo-spatial technologies for optimizing pest management and minimizing environmental impact. 13th Annual Quality Assurance Conference- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 6 Meeting, Dallas, Texas October 2003

• Telone against root-knot nematode in Louisiana during 2003. Beltwide Cotton Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 2004

• Current management strategies employed against the reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) in cotton production in Louisiana, USA (poster). 2004 Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference, Alexandria, LA, January.

•  Developing management zones for root-knot nematode in cotton in Mississippi Alluvial soils. 2004. Society of Nematology Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado, August

• Limitations of soil bulk electrical conductivity and nematode management zones. 2004 Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October

• The ONTA Foundation, building the future now. 2004 Organization of Nematologist of Tropical America, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 

•  Utilization of GPS/GIS technology and soil electroconductivity to manage plant-parasitic nematodes and early-season insect pests in cotton. 2004. 14^th Annual Quality Assurance Conference- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 6 Meeting, Dallas, Texas October 2004

• Telone application against root-knot nematode in Tensas Parish, Louisiana during 2004. Beltwide Cotton Conference, New Orleans, LA January 2005

• Developing site-specific management for nematodes. 2005 Info-Ag Mid-South Conference, Tunica, Mississippi, February 2005

• Managing nematodes in the twenty-first century. 2005 Louisiana Plant Protection Association and Louisiana Association of Agronomists meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2005

• GIS, GPS procedures to help improve integrated pest management. 15^th Annual Quality Assurance Conference- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 6 Meeting, Dallas, Texas October 2005

• Delineation of nematode management zones based on nematicide response and soil electrical conductivity. 2006 Beltwide Cotton Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 2006.

• Progress in field mapping nematode populations and potential uses of electrical conductivity to create nematode zones. 2006 Symposium presented at the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 2006

• Progress in field mapping nematode populations and potential uses of electrical conductivity to create management zones. Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology Seminar, September, 2006.

• Telone II fumigation. 2007. Symposium: Effectively managing an unseen foe: nematodes on cotton at the Beltwide Cotton Conference in New Orleans, LA, January 2007

• Defining nematode management zones in cotton. 2007. Joint American Phytopathological Society/Society of Nematology meeting in San Diego, CA, July-August 2007

• Diagnosing reniform nematode problems. 2007. Workshop: Recognizing and diagnosing your cotton disease problems presented at Beltwide Cotton Conference in New Orleans, LA, January 2007

• Fifth International Congress of Nematology. 2008. Site-specific technology: an introduction and investigation of its use for management in Louisiana, USA. Presented at the Precision Agriculture, Information Technology and Nematode Control Symposia in Brisbane, Australia, July 2008.

• Fifth International Congress of Nematology. 2008. Reniform nematode and cotton production in the USA. Presented at the Reniform, Lesion and False Root-knot Nematodes Symposia in Brisbane, Australia, July 2008.Overstreet, C., E. Burris, D.R. Cook, E.C. McGawley, B. Padgett, and M. Wolcott. 2007 Telone II fumigation. 2007 Beltwide Cotton Proceedings pp. 587-597.

Publications:

Overstreet, C., E.C. McGawley, and D.M. Ferrin. 2008. Southern root-knot nematode on vegetables: Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood. Pub. 3077, 2 pages.

Ferrin, D.M. and C. Overstreet. 2008. Disease Management in home vegetable gardens. Pub. 3050, 4 pages.

Smith, T.P., C. Overstreet, D. Ferrin, C. Clark, and E. Burris. 2008. Nematode management: Louisiana sweet potato production. 2008. Pub. 3075, 4 pages.

Wolcott, M., C. Overstreet, E. Burris, and G.B. Padgett. 2008. Site-specific nematode management-nematode population, soil texture, and nutrient dynamics. Proceedings of LASA meeting, p. 19.

Wolcott, M.C., G. Burris, E.C. McGawley, C. Overstreet, and G.B. Padgett 2008 Site-specific nematode management- nutrient and texture dynamics. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, 210-218.

Woodward, J. E., W. S. Monfort, R. C. Kemerait, W. S. Gazaway, T. A. Wheeler, J. D. Mueller, M. A. Newman, Ph. M. Phipps, C. Overstreet, T. L. Kirkpatrick, G. W. Lawrence, A. F. Robinson, P. D. Colyer, C. S. Rothrock, R. B. Hutmacher, P. A. Roberts, K. S. Lawrence. 2008 Managing cotton nematodes: management options and regional successes Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, pages 197-198.

Ferrin, D.M., C.A. Hollier, and C. Overstreet. 2008. Louisiana plant disease management guide. Pub. 1802, 285 pages.

Lawrence, G. W., R. L. King, K. S. Lawrence, C. Overstreet, S. H. Norwood, A.T. Winstead, J. Caceres and M. Wolcott. 2008 Site-specific nematode management- population dynamics. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, pages 219-220.

Lawrence, K. S., G. W. Lawrence, E. van Santen, A. Winstead, S. Norwood, C. Burmester and C. Overstreet. 2008 .Relationships between soil electrical conductivity and NDVI for site-specific Rotylenchulus reniformis nematode evaluations and yield potential in cotton. Proceedings of the 5^th Nematology Congress, Brisbane, Australia, page 312.

Lawrence, G.W., R.L. King, S. Samson, K.S. Lawrence, C. Overstreet, S.H. Norwood, A.T. Winstead, J. Caceres, and M. Wolcott. 2008. Use of remote sensing for estimating in-field reniform nematode numbers in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. Proceedings of the 5^th Nematology Congress, Brisbane, Australia, page 311.

Lawrence, K.S., G.W. Lawrence, T. Wheeler, J. Woodward, J.R. Rich, C. Overstreet, M.A. Newman, T.L. Kirkpatrick, R.C. Kemerait and P. Phipps. 2008. Seed treatment nematicide alternative for cotton. Proceedings of the 5^th Nematology Congress, Brisbane, Australia, page 181.

Overstreet, C., E. Burris, B. Padgett, and M. Wolcott. 2007 Defining nematode management zones in cotton. Journal of Nematology 39:84-85.

Overstreet, C., G. Burris, E.C. McGawley, G.B. Padgett, and M. C. Wolcott. 2008 Site-specific nematode management- population dynamics. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, pages 203-209.

Overstreet, C., M.C. Wolcott, G. Burris, and G.B. Padgett. 2008. Site-specific technology- an introduction and investigation of its use for management in Louisiana, U.S.A. Proceedings of the 5^th Nematology Congress, Brisbane, Australia, page 135

Overstreet, C. and E.C. McGawley. 2008. The reniform nematode in cotton production in the U.S.A. Proceedings of the 5^th Nematology Congress, Brisbane, Australia, page 183.

Overstreet, C. and M. C. Wolcott. 2007 Using verification strips to validate nematode management zones in cotton. Nematropica 37:177.

Overstreet, C., E. Burris, E.C. McGawley, B. Padgett, and M. Wolcott. 2007 The response of nematicides in cotton across Mississippi alluvial soils. 2007 Proceedings LASA, p. 21

Hollier, C., C. Overstreet, and D. Ferrin. 2007. Plant Disease Management Guide. LCES publication, Pub. 1802, 224 pages.

Overstreet, C., E. Burris, B. Padgett, and M. Wolcott. 2007 Defining nematode management zones in cotton. Journal of Nematology 39:84-85.

Overstreet, C., E. Burris, B. Padgett, and M. Wolcott. 2006 Best management of nematodes in cotton using precision agriculture. Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Annual Report, FY 2005 submitted to USDA-CSREES, pp. 14-15

Overstreet, C, G. Burris, D. Cook, E.C. McGawley, B. Padgett and M. Wolcott. 2006. Delineation of nematode management zones based on nematicide response and soil electrical conductivity. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, p.106.

Overstreet, C, G. Burris, D. Cook, E.C. McGawley, B. Padgett and M. Wolcott. 2006. Using geospatial technologies to better manage nematode problems. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, p. 164.

Overstreet, C., E. Burris, D.R. Cook, E.C. McGawley, G.B. Padgett, and M.C. Wolcott. 2006. Identifying root-knot nematode areas in cotton using soil electrical conductivity. Proceedings of the 5^th National IPM Symposium, http://www.ipmcenters.org/IPMsymposiumV/

Overstreet, C., E. C. McGawley, E. Burris, D. Cook, G. B. Padgett, and M. Wolcott. 2006 Progress in field mapping nematode populations and potential uses of electrical conductivity to create nematode zones. Nematropica 36:139.

Overstreet, C., E. McGawley, G. Burris, B. Padgett, M. Wolcott, D. Cook, and D. Sullivan. 2005. Managing nematodes in the twenty-first century. Proceedings of the Louisiana Plant Protection Association and Louisiana Association of Agronomists, pages 28-29.

Overstreet, C., G. Burris, G.B. Padgett, M. Wolcott, D.R. Cook, D. Sullivan, R.L. Goodson. 2005. Telone application against root-knot nematode in Tensas Parish, Louisiana during 2004. Beltwide Cotton Proceedings, pp. 171-176.

Overstreet, C., M. C. Wolcott, E. Burris, G. B. Padgett, D. R. Cook, and D. L. Sullivan. 2005. The response of Telone against the southern root-knot nematode in cotton across soil electrical conductivity zones. Journal of Nematology 37:387

Robinson, A.F., R. Akride, J.M. Bradford, C.C. Cook, W.S. Gazaway, T.L. Kirkpatrick, G.W. Lawrence, G. Lee, E.C. McGawley, C. Overstreet, B. Padgett, R. Rodriguez-Kabana, A. Westphal, and L.D. Young. 2005. Rotylenchus reniformis below plow depth in 20 cotton fields across the Southern United States. Journal of Nematology 37:265-271.

Overstreet, C., E.C. McGawley, B. Padgett, G. Burris, M. Wolcott and T. Erwin. 2004. The efficacy of TeloneII against the southern root-knot nematode in cotton during 2003. Proceeding of Louisiana Plant Protection Association, p. 24.

Overstreet, C., B. Padgett, M. Wolcott, G. Burris, and T. Erwin. 2004. Telone against root-knot nematode during 2003. Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conference, pages 384-385.

Overstreet, C., G. Burris, B. Padgett, M. Wolcott, and D. Sullivan. 2004. Using soil bulk electrical conductivity to help create nematode management zones: Louisiana State University, Cotton Incorporated Sponsored Researchers Meeting, Precision Cotton Resource CD, page 21.

Overstreet, C., M. Wolcott, G.B. Padgett, E. Burris, E.C. McGawley, and D. Sullivan. 2004. Developing management zones for root-knot nematode in cotton in Mississippi Alluvial soils. Journal of Nematology 36:339-340.

Overstreet, C., M. Wolcott, E.C. McGawley, B. Padgett, G. Burris and D. Sullivan. 2004. Limitations of soil bulk electrical conductivity and nematode management zones. Nematropica 34:136-137.

Burris, E., R. Costello, B. Padgett, C. Overstreet and M. Wolcott. 2003 Using remote sensing and GPS in nematode control. Louisiana Agriculture Vol. 46: 11-12.

Overstreet, C. and M. Wolcott. 2003. Nematodes associated with cotton in Louisiana during 1990-2001. Journal of Nematology 35:356-357.

Overstreet, C., E.C. McGawley, and B. Padgett. 2002. Current management strategies employed against the reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) in cotton production in Louisiana, U.S.A. Nematology 4:306-307

McGawley E.C. and C. Overstreet. 2001. Disease interactions. Pp. 326-330. In: The Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. O.C. Maloy and T. D. Murray (eds), John Wiley & Sons

Overstreet, C. and E.C. McGawley. 2001. Sting nematode. Pp. 45-46. In T.L. Kirkpatrick and C.S. Rothrock (eds.) Compendium of Cotton Diseases, 2nd edition. Published by the American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Overstreet, C. and E.C. McGawley. 2001. Introduction to cotton nematodes. Pp. 38-40. In T.L. Kirkpatrick and C.S. Rothrock (eds.) Compendium of Cotton Diseases, 2nd edition. Published by the American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minnesota

Overstreet, C. E.C. McGawley, and G.W. Lawrence. 2001.Telone II for the management of the reniform nematode in cotton during 1999-2000 in northern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Journal of Nematology 33:271.

Overstreet, C., B. Padgett, J. Price, and E. McGawley. 2001. The effects of nematicides and cover crops on reniform nematode. Beltwide Cotton Proceedings Volume 1:128.

Hollier, C. A, D. E. Hershman, C. Overstreet, and B.M. Cunfer. 2001. Management of wheat diseases in the southeastern United States- An integrated pest management approach.Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Pub. 2824. 44 pages

Overstreet, C. and E.C. McGawley. 2000. Management options for reniform nematode in cotton production for Louisiana. Nematropica 30:142-143.

Overstreet, C. and E. C. McGawley. 1999. Incidence and occurrence above thresholds of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Meloidogyne incognita in Louisiana during 1997-98. Journal of Nematology 31:561-562 (abstract).

Overstreet, C. and E. C. McGawley. 1999 Evidence for spread by reniform nematode in Louisiana during the past 20 years. Nematropica 29:127-128 (abstract).

McGawley, E.C. and C. Overstreet. 1999. Reniform nematode. Pp.54-55. In: Soybean Disease Compendium, 4th edition. Published by the American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minnosota.

Koenning, S.R., C. Overstreet, J.W. Noling, P.A. Donald, J.O. Becker and B.A. Fortnum. 1999. Survey of crop losses in response to phytoparasitic nematodes in the United Stated for 1994. J. of Nematology 31: 458-618.