individual publications

• academic article

  • Eop1 from a Rubus strain of Erwinia amylovora functions as a host-range limiting factor. .  Phytopathology.  101:935-944. 2011
  • CFGP: a web-based, comparative fungal genomics platform.  Nucleic Acids Research.  36. 2008
  • Apple proteins that interact with DspA/E, a pathogenicity effector of Erwinia amylovora, the fire blight pathogen.  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.  19:53-61. 2006
  • PR genes of apple: identification and expression in response to elicitors and inoculation with Erwinia amylovora.  BMC Plant Biology.  6:23. 2006
  • The Hrp pathogenicity island of Erwinia amylovora and identification of three novel genes required for systemic infection.  Molecular Plant Pathology.  6:125-138. 2005
  • The Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 hrp/hrc gene cluster encodes an active Hrp type III secretion system that is flanked by virulence genes functionally unrelated to the Hrp system.  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.  17:644-653. 2004
  • Regulation of hrp genes and type III protein secretion in Erwinia amylovora by HrpX/HrpY, a novel two-component system, and HrpS.  Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact..  11:1251-1262. 2000
  • Homology and functional similarity of an hrp-linked pathogenicity locus, dspEF, of Erwinia amylovora and the avirulence locus avrE of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  95:1325-1330. 1998
  • HrpW of Erwinia amylovora, a new harpin that contains a domain homologous to pectate lyases of a distinct class.  Journal of Bacteriology.  180:5203-5210. 1998
  • Sequences related to transposable elements and bacteriophages flank avirulence genes of Pseudomonas syringae.  Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact..  11:1247-1252. 1998
  • The hrpC and hrpN operons of Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 are flanked by plcA and homologs of hemolysin/adhesin genes and accompanying activator/transporter genes..  Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact..  11:563-567. 1998
  • The hrpA and hrpC operons of Erwinia amylovora encode components of a type III pathway that secretes harpin.  Journal of Bacteriology.  179:1690-1697. 1997

• booksection

  • Disease-specific genes of Erwinia amylovora: Keys to understanding pathogenesis and potential targets for disease control 2000
  • hrp Genes and Harpins of Erwinia amylovora: A Decade of Discovery 2000

• conference paper

  • The fire blight resistance of apple clones in which DspE interacting proteins are silenced.  Acta Horticulturae. 509-513. 2006
  • Characterization of left end of the pathogenicity island of Erwinia amylovora.  Phytopathology. 2002
  • DspE of Erwinia amylovora interacts with receptor kinases of apple.  Acta Horticulturae. 469-475. 2002
  • Analysis of three bacterial strains isolated from symptomatic plants from Australia.  Acta Hortic.. 149-157. 1999
  • New approaches to the development of transgenic plants resistant to fire blight.  Acta Hortic.. 301-304. 1999
  • Secreted enigmatic proteins of Erwinia amylovora—for good and evil.  Acta Hortic.. 371-375. 1999
  • Analyses of three bacterial strains isolated from symptomatic plants from Australia.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Analysis of three bacterial strains isolated from symptomatic plants from Australia.  Proc. 8th Inter. Workshop on Fire Blight. 1998
  • New transgenic approaches for possible increased resistance to fire blight.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Secreted enigmatic proteins of Erwinia amylovora—for good and evil.  Proc. 8th Inter. Workshop on Fire Blight. 1998

• document part

  • Silencing of Apple Proteins that Interact with DspE, a Pathogenicity Effector from Erwinia amylovora, increases resistance to fire blight 2004
  • Apple proteins that interact with DspE, a pathogenicity effector from Erwinia amylovora 2003
  • Silencing of Apple Proteins that Interact with DspE, a Pathogenicity Effector from Erwinia amylovora, as a Strategy to Increase Resistance to Fire Blight 2003