William Bailey
Extension Faculty
Professional Biography
Dr. Bailey's program focuses on the agronomic aspects of dark tobacco production, burley tobacco production, cigar tobacco production, tobacco pesticide screening, pesticide residue testing, crop management, fire-curing, and air-curing.
Scholars@UK
Chemical Efficacy Field Trials for Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci (Angular Leaf Spot) in Nicotiana tabacum
Webb, A. B. & Bailey, W. A., 2025, In: Plant Health Progress. 26, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Copper Efficacy Field Trials for Control of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci in Nicotiana tabacum Production
Webb, A. B. & Bailey, W. A., 2024, In: Plant Health Progress. 25, 4, p. 492-497 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soil test potassium changes over time following fall potassium application in three western Kentucky soils
Keeney, A. B., Ritchey, E. L. & Bailey, W. A., 2020, In: Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment. 3, 1, e20058.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Responses of winter wheat and diclofop-methyl-sensitive and -resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) to AE F130060 03
Bailey, W. A., Hatzios, K. K. & Wilson, H. P., 2003, In: Weed Science. 51, 4, p. 515-522 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) interference and seed production dynamics in cotton
Bailey, W. A., Askew, S. D., Dorai-Raj, S. & Wilcut, J. W., 2003, In: Weed Science. 51, 1, p. 94-101 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Weed management in peanut (Arachis hypogaea) with diclosulam preemergence
Bailey, W. A., Wilcut, J. W., Jordan, D. L., Swann, C. W. & Langston, V. B., 1999, In: Weed Technology. 13, 3, p. 450-456 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Weed control and snap bean (phaseolus vulgaris) response to reduced rates of fomesafen
Bailey, W. A., Wilson, H. P. & Hines, T. E., Apr 2003, In: Weed Technology. 17, 2, p. 269-275 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Economic assessment of weed management for transgenic and nontransgenic cotton in tilled and nonfilled systems
Askew, S. D., Bailey, W. A., Scott, G. H. & Wilcut, J. W., 2002, In: Weed Science. 50, 4, p. 512-520 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tolerance of imidazolinone-resistant corn (zea mays) to diclosulam
Wilcut, J. W. & Bailey, W. A., Jan 2003, In: Weed Technology. 17, 1, p. 60-64 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Command 3ME and Roundup Ultra systems for Roundup Ready cotton
Scott, G. H., Askew, S. A., Wilcut, J. W. & Bailey, W. A., 1999, p. 734. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Competition and seed-rain dynamics of velvetleaf in cotton
Bailey, W. A., Wilcut, J. W. & Askew, S. D., 1999, p. 753. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Weed management in no-till cotton in North Carolina and Tennessee
Bailey, W. A., Wilcut, J. W. & Hayes, R. M., 1999, p. 738-739. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Absorption, translocation, and metabolism of sulfentrazone in potato and selected weed species
Bailey, W. A., Hatzios, K. K., Bradley, K. W. & Wilson, H. P., 2003, In: Weed Science. 51, 1, p. 32-36 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dark tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) tolerance to trifloxysulfuron and halosulfuron
Bailey, W. A., Oct 2007, In: Weed Technology. 21, 4, p. 1016-1022 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Influence of AE F130060 03 Application Timing on Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) Control
Hines, T. E., Bailey, W. A. & Wilson, H. P., Oct 2003, In: Weed Technology. 17, 4, p. 842-853 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wheat cultivar tolerance to AE F130060 03 1
Bailey, W. A., Wilson, H. P., Brann, D. E. & Griffey, C. A., Oct 2004, In: Weed Technology. 18, 4, p. 881-886 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Competition and proliferation of four smartweed species in cotton
Askew, S. D., Wilcut, J. W., Bailey, W. A. & Scott, G. H., 1999, p. 753-754. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Weed management in strip-tillage Roundup Ready cotton
Wilcut, J. W., Askew, S. D., Scott, G. H. & Bailey, W. A., 1999, p. 734. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Weed management, fiber quality, and net returns in no-tillage transgenic and nontransgenic cotton (gossypium hirsutum)
Bailey, W. A., Wilcut, J. W. & Hayes, R. M., Jan 2003, In: Weed Technology. 17, 1, p. 117-126 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diclosulam does not influence yields in eight virginia market-type peanut (Arachis hypogaea) cultivars
Bailey, W. A., Wilcut, J. W., Spears, J. F., Isleib, T. G. & Langston, V. B., 2000, In: Weed Technology. 14, 2, p. 402-405 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Corteva SOW 2022-02
Bailey, W. (PI)
Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
4/30/22 → 12/31/22
Project: Research project
Further Evaluation of Corteva Corn Herbicides for Carryover to Tobacco
Bailey, W. (PI)
Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
4/15/21 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
Evaluation of Corteva Corn Herbicide for Carryover to Tobacco
Bailey, W. (PI)
5/1/20 → 12/31/20
Project: Research project
2020 ALCS Tobacco & Product Applied Technology Field Studies Research Projects
Bailey, W. (PI)
4/1/20 → 3/31/22
Project: Research project
Production of Commercial Quantities of Fire- and Air-Cured Leaf from Experimental Dark Tobacco Lines
Bailey, W. (PI)
6/17/19 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
Effect of preharvest Debaryomyces hansenii application on nitrite and TSNA in dark tobacco
Bailey, W. (PI)
6/22/15 → 4/30/16
Project: Research project
Effect of Chloride-containing potassium fertilizer application on dark air-cured tobacco
Bailey, W. (PI)
6/22/15 → 4/30/16
Project: Research project
Conservation tillage evaluation in dark tobacco
Bailey, W. (PI)
5/1/14 → 4/30/15
Project: Research project
Conservation tillage management systems for tobacco
Bailey, W. (PI) & Pearce, R. (CoI)
5/9/13 → 5/8/14
Project: Research project
Princeton, KY Field Yield and Quality Evaluation of Pale Yellow Dark Tobacco Lines
Bailey, W. (PI)
3/15/11 → 3/14/12
Project: Research project
Princeton, KY Field Yield and Quality Evaluation of Burley RNAi Nicotine Demethylase Lines and Hybrids
Bailey, W. (PI)
3/15/11 → 4/15/14
Project: Research project
Evaluation of Pale Yellow and Standard Tobacco Varieties Response to Traditional and Agressive Fire Curing
Bailey, W. (PI)
4/14/10 → 4/13/11
Project: Research project
Field Evaluation of Nicotine Demethylase Experimental Lines
Bailey, W. (PI)
4/14/10 → 4/13/11
Project: Research project
Education
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, 2002
M.S., Agronomy, North Carolina State University, 1999
B.S., Agronomy, North Carolina State University, 1997
