individual publications

• academic article

  • Genetic transformation of apple (Malus X domestica) without use of a selectable marker gene. .  Tree Genetics & Genomes.  6:11. 2010
  • Identification of genes differentially expressed during infection with Erwinia amylovora. .  BMC Plant Biology.  10:10. 2010
  • In vitro pollen functionality of attacin-transgenic “Royal Gala” apple plants and apples transformed with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (ACS)-antisense vector. .  Plant Biosystems.  144:6. 2010
  • Stable expression and phenotypic impact of attacin E transgene in orchard grown apple trees over a 12 year period. .  BMC Biotechnology.  2010:41. 2010
  • Rapid transcriptional response of apple to fire blight disease revealed by cDNA suppression subtractive hybridization analysis. .  Tree Genetics & Genomes.  5:27-40. 2009
  • Genetic transformation of apple without use of a selectable marker.  Acta Horticulturae.  738:319-322. 2007
  • Inducible promoters for use in apple.  Acta Horticulturae.  738:329-334. 2007
  • Strategies for obtaining fire blight resistance in apple by rDNA technology.  Acta Horticulturae.  738:283-285. 2007
  • Resistance of apple rootstocks to fire flight infection caused by internal movement of Erwinia amylovora from scion infections.  Acta Horticulturae.  663:229-233. 2004
  • Development of Fire Blight Resistant Apple Cultivars by Genetic Engineering.  Acta Horticulturae.  622:105-111. 2003
  • Fire blight management in the 21st century: using new technologies that enhance host resistance in apple.  Plant Disease.  88:756-765. 2003
  • Resistance of Geneva and other apple rootstocks to Erwinia amylovora.  Plant Disease.  8:26-32. 2003
  • Evaluation of control of fire blight infection of apple blossom and shoots with SAR inducers, biological agents, a grow regulator, copper compounds, and other materials.  Acta Horticulturae.  590:325-331. 2002
  • Resistance of 'Geneva" apple rootstocks to Erwinia amylovora when grown as potted plants and orchard trees.  Acta Horticulturae.  590:369-363. 2002
  • T4 lysozyme and attacin genes enhance resistance of transgenic ‘Galaxy’ apple against Erwinia amylovora.  Journal of American Society of Horticultural Science.  127:515-519. 2002
  • Observations on the susceptibility of Japanese apple cultivars and rootstock selections to fire blight.  Journal of American Pomological Society.  55:120-124. 2001
  • Susceptibility of Japanese apple cultivars and rootstock selections to fire blight.  Journal of American Pomological Society.  55:120-123. 2001
  • Expression of endochitinase from Trichoderma harzianum increases resistance to apple scab and reduces vigor.  Phytopathology.  90:72-77. 2000
  • Chitinase-transgenic lines of ‘Royal Gala’ apple showing enhanced resistance to apple scab.  Acta Horticulturae.  484:595-599. 1999
  • Isolation of attacin E protein from an Escherichia coli expression vector and production of its antibody for use in immunoassays.  Acta Horticulturae.  489:267-268. 1999
  • An efficient method for rooting and acclimation of micropropagated apple cultivars.  HortScience.  33:1251-1252. 1998
  • Internal movement of Erwinia amylovora through symptomless apple scion tissues into the rootstock.  Plant Disease.  82:646-650. 1998
  • Characterization of Erwinia amylovora strains using random amplified polymorphic DNA fragments (RAPDs).  Journal of Applied Microbiology.  82:389-398. 1997
  • Detection of systemic spread of Erwinia amylovora through symptomless apple scion tissues into the rootstocks.  Acta Horticulturae.  411:77. 1996
  • Increasing the resistance of apple rootstocks to fire blight by genetic engineering: A progress report.  Acta Horticulturae.  411:409. 1996
  • Leaf wounding increases efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of apple.  HortScience.  31:1026-1027. 1996
  • Use of the area under the disease progress curve for quantification of resistance of apple and pear varieties and rootstocks to Erwinia amylovora.  Acta Horticulturae.  411:373. 1996
  • Increasing the fire blight resistance of apple by transformation with genes encoding antibacterial proteins.  Acta Horticulturae.  338:385-386. 1993
  • Orchard evaluation of chemical and biological materials to control fire blight.  Acta Horticulturae.  388:363-368. 1993
  • Streptomycin-resistant bacteria associated with fire blight infections.  Plant Disease.  77:63-66. 1993
  • The role of aminoglycoside antibiotics on the regeneration and selection of neomycin phosphotransferase-transgenic apple plants and cells.  Journal of American Society of Horticultural Science.  118:311-316. 1993
  • Transgenic 'Malling 26' apple containing the lytic protein attacin E has increased resistance to Erwinia amylovora.  Euphytica.  77:123-128. 1993
  • Emploi des biotechnologies pour l'amelioration du pommier: augmentation de la resistance aux maladies.  Le Fruit Belge.  60:280-283. 1992
  • Homologous streptomycin-resistance gene present among diverse bacteria in New York apple orchards.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  57:486-491. 1990
  • Use of Ti-plasmid DNA probes for determining tumorigenicity of Agrobacterium strains.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  56:1782-1785. 1990
  • Streptomycin resistance of Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans in apple orchards and its association with a conjugative plasmid.  Phytopathology.  78:410-413. 1988
  • An assay for the virulence of Erwinia amylovora using Malus tissue culture.  Acta Horticulturae.  217:283. 1987
  • Evaluation and selection of fire blight resistance in apple with reference to differential virulence in Erwinia amylovora.  Acta Horticulturae.  217:263-264. 1987
  • Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with the occurrence of blossom infection in the Northeastern United States.  Acta Horticulturae.  217:99. 1987
  • Differential susceptibility of Malus spp. cultivars Robusta 5, Novole, and Ottawa-523 to Erwinia amylovora.  Plant Dis..  70:1017-1019. 1986
  • Differential host X pathogen interactions among cultivars of apple and strains of Erwinia amylovora.  Phytopathology.  74:136-139. 1984
  • Differential virulence of Erwinia amylovora to specific apple cultivars and its implications for breeding and selecting fire blight resistant plants.  Acta Horticulturae.  151:255-258. 1984
  • Towards a Practical Warning System for Fire Blight Blossom Infection.  Acta Horticulturae.  151:23-36. 1984
  • Varietal differences in incidence of infection of apple blossoms and shoots by Erwinia amylovora (fire blight).  Acta Horticulturae.  117:71. 1981
  • Fire blight epidemiology: Factors affecting release of Erwinia amylovora by cankers.  Phytopathology.  67:1119-1125. 1977
  • Streptomycin-resistant Erwinia amylovora not found in western New York pear and apple orchards.  Plant Dis. Reptr..  60:624-626. 1976

• chapter

  • Transgenic resistant varieties and rootstocks resistant to fire blight.  Fire Blight: The Disease and its Causative Agent Erwinia amylovora. 2000
  • Galaxy lines transgenic for attacin E and T4 lysozyme genes have increased resistance to fire blight.  Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology in the 21st Century. 507-511. 1999
  • Antibiotics.  Methods in Phytobacteriology. 327-331. 1990

• conference paper

  • Identification and mapping of genes differentially expressed during interaction of resistant and susceptible apple cultivars (Malus Xdomestica) with Erwinia amylovora.  Acta Horticulturae. 195-199. 2008
  • Transcriptional response of Malus to Erwinia amylovora infection .  Acta Horticulturae. 189-194. 2008
  • Down regulation of ethylene production in apples.  Use of Agriculturally Important Genes in Biotechnology. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Use of Agriculturally Important Genes in Biotechnology, Szeged, Hungary, 17-21 Oct 99. 26-31. 2000
  • Effect of expression of hrpN in apple on resistance to Erwinia amylovora.  Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: 2000 World Congress on In Vitro Biology. 2000
  • Enhancement of disease resistance in apples.  Use of Agriculturally Important Genes in Biotechnology. 135-141. 2000
  • Orchard performance and resistance to Erwinia amylovora (fire blight) of lytic protein transgenic Royal Gala apple.  Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Supplement. 2000
  • Resistance of attacin E transgenic lines of Royal Gala apple to Erwinia amylovora.  Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: 2000 World Congress on In Vitro Biology. 2000
  • Transformation in apple for increased disease resistance.  Acta Horticulturae. 611-616. 2000
  • Transgenic 'Royal Gala' apple expressing attacin E has increased field resistance to Erwinia amylovora (fire blight).  Acta Horticulturae. 631-633. 2000
  • Transgenic apple plants expressing chitinases from Trichoderma have increased resistance to scab (Venturia inaequalis).  Acta Horticulturae. 617-618. 2000
  • Effect of cecropin-like transgenes on fire blight resistance.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1999
  • Effects of multiple transgenes on resistance to fire blight of Galaxy apple.  Proc 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1999
  • Evaluation of the hrpN gene for resistance to fire blight in apple.  Acta Hortic.. 247-250. 1999
  • Genetic transformation for fire blight resistance in apple.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1999
  • Genetic transformation for fire blight resistance in apple..  Acta Hortic.. 295-296. 1999
  • Isolation of attacin E protein from an Escherichia coli expression vector and production of an antibody for use in ELISA and western analysis.  Proc 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1999
  • New approaches to the development of transgenic plants resistant to fire blight.  Acta Hortic.. 301-304. 1999
  • Relatedness of Erwinia amylovora strains based on amplied 16S-23S ribosomal DNA restriction enzyme analysis-ardrea.  Acta Hortic.. 55-59. 1999
  • Transformation of Pinova apple with T4-lysozyme for fire blight resistance.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1999
  • Transformation of authentic M.26 apple rootstock for enhanced resistance to fire blight.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1999
  • Development and use of a screening technique to eavluate systemic acquired resistance inducers for the control of shoot infection of apple caused by Erwinia amylovora.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Effect of pruning and other orchard factors on the rootstock phase of fire blight.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Evaluation of systemic acquired resistance inducers, biological control agents, and bactericides for the control of fire blight on apple blossom.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Evaluation of the hrpN gene for resistance to fire blight in apple.  Proc. 8th Inter. Workshop on Fire Blight. 1998
  • Evaluation of the hrpN gene for resistance to fire blight in apple.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Expression of fungal chitinolytic enzymes in transgenic apples confers high levels of resistance to scab.  Proc. IX Int. Congr. Plant Tissue Cell Culture, Jerusalem, June 1998. 1998
  • Galaxy lines transgenic for attacin E and T4 lysozyme genes have increased resistance to fire blight.  Proc. IX Int. Congr. Plant Tissue Cell Culture, Jerusalem, June 1998. 1998
  • Genetic transformation for fire blight resistance in apple.  Proc. 8th Inter. Workshop on Fire Blight. 1998
  • Internal movement of Erwinia amylovora through healthy apple scion tissue and its role in the rootstock phase of fire blight.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • New approaches to the development of transgenic plants resistant to fire blight.  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
  • Relatedness of Erwinia amylovora strain based on amplied 16S-23S ribosomal DNA restriction enzyme analysis – ARDREA.  Proc. 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight. October, 1998. 1998
  • Relatedness of Erwinia amylovora strains based on amplied 16S-23S ribosomal DNA restriction enzyme analysis-ardrea.  Proc. 8th Inter. Workshop on Fire Blight. 1998
  • Evaluation of biological control agents, systemic aquired resistance (SAR) inducers and chemicals for the blossom control of fire blight on apple.  59th Annual New England, New York, Canadian Fruit Pest Management Workshop, October 21-22. 1997
  • Genetic engineering of apple for increased resistance to fire blight.  Proc. Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding & Genetics, 1-6 September 1996. 1997
  • Population dynamics of nonpathogenic mutants of Erwinia amylovora in apple host tissue.  Acta Hortic.. 239-240. 1990
  • Homologous streptomycin resistance gene present among diverse bacteria in New York apple orchards.  Proc. V Intl. Conf. on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. 1989
  • Development of a risk-assessment system for fire blight.  Proc. VI Intl. Conf. on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. 1988
  • Streptomycin resistance of Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans in apple orchards and its association with a conjugative plasmid.  Proc. of 3rd International Working Group on Pseudomonas syringae. 1988
  • An assay for the virulence of Erwinia amylovora using Malus tissue culture.  Acta Hortic.. 283. 1987
  • Cloning and restriction map of the recA-like gene of Erwinia amylovora.  Acta Hortic.. 173-174. 1987
  • Evaluation and selection of fire blight resistance in apple with reference to differential virulence in Erwinia amylovora.  Acta Hortic.. 263-264. 1987
  • Multiple regression analysis of factors associated with the occurrence of blossom infection in the northeastern United States.  Acta Hortic.. 99. 1987
  • Orchard evaluation of five strains of Erwinia herbicola for control of blossom infection.  Acta Hortic.. 219. 1987
  • Development of a risk-assessment system for fire blight.  Proc. 6th Int. Conf. Plant Path. Bacteria. 1986
  • Development of a risk-assessment system for fire blight.  Proc. 6th Inter. Conf. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. 1985
  • Differential virulence of Erwinia amylovora to specific apple cultivars and its implications for breeding and selecting fire blight resistant plants.  Acta Hortic.. 255-258. 1984
  • Factors affecting the development of fire blight blossom infections.  Acta Hortic.. 37-40. 1984
  • Recent progress in chemical control of fire blight.  Acta Hortic. 155-163. 1984
  • Recent progress in the development of biological controls for fire blight—A review.  Acta Hortic.. 195-202. 1984
  • Towards a practical warning system for fire blight blossom infection.  Acta Hortic.. 23-36. 1984
  • Towards a practical warning system for fire blight blossom infection.  Acta Hortic. 23-26. 1984
  • Biological control of fire blight by Erwinia herbicola.  Proc. 5th Inter. Conf. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. 1981

• document part

  • A multi-plasmid transformation approach for the high-throughput generation of RNAi mutants of apple 2007
  • Computational identification of candidate genes involved in response to fire blight in apples 2007
  • Differential apple gene expression during interactions of resistant and susceptible apple cultivars with the necrogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora 2007
  • Differentially regulated genes determined by cDNA-AFLP analysis during interactions of Erwinia amylovora with resistant and susceptible apple cultivars 2007
  • Functional genomic response of apple to fire blight 2007
  • Genes differentially expressed during interactions of resistant and susceptible apple cultivars with Erwinia amylovora.  98. 2007
  • Identification of genes expressed in apple (Malus Xdomestica) in response to Erwinia amylovora infection 2007
  • Using a multi-plasmid transformation system for high-throughput generation of RNAi mutants of apple.  175. 2007
  • Transcriptional response in apple to fire blight disease 2006
  • Using functional and applied genomics to identify genes that confer either resistance or susceptibility to fire blight 2006
  • Inducible DNA promoter for use in apple.  103. 2005
  • Strategies for obtaining fire blight resistance in apple by rDNA technology.  19. 2005
  • Using rDNA technology to obtain fire blight resistance in apple fruit cultivars 2005
  • Resistance of Apple Rootstocks to Fire Blight Infection Caused by Internal Movement of Erwinia amylovora from Scion Infections 2003
  • Fire blight resistance of Geneva apple rootstocks 2002
  • Fire blight resistance of the Geneva apple rootstocks.  4-1. 2002
  • Quality of fruit of lytic protein transgenic apple lines with enhanced resistance to fire blight 2002
  • Differential expression of PR genes in apple in response to SAR inducers and Erwinia amylovora 2001
  • Effect of Mineral Nutrition on Blossom, Shoot and Rootstock Fire Blight of Young, Dwarf Apple Trees 2001
  • Effect of mineral nutrition on blossom, shoot and rootstock fire blight of young, dwarf apple trees 2001
  • Evaluation of control of fire blight infection of apple blossom and shoots with SAR inducers, biological agents , a grow regulator, copper compounds, and other materials 2001
  • Fruit characteristics of lytic protein transgenic Royal Gala apple lines with resistance to fire blight 2001
  • Plant transformation for induction of fire blight resistance: Transgenic apples expressing viral eps-depolymerase 2001
  • Resistance of Cornell-Geneva apple rootstocks to Erwinia amylovora when grown as vegetative shoots and orchards trees 2001
  • Resistance of hrpN-transgenic M.26 apple rootstock plants to Erwinia amylovora 2001
  • The roles of tree age and borer damage in the infection of rootstocks by Erwinia amylovora 2001
  • Orchard performance of fire blight-resistant Geneva apple rootstocks.  58. 1998
  • Evaluation of Fire Blight Resistance of Apple Cultivars and Breeding New Resistant Cultivars.  151-259. 1984

• report

  • Biologicals, SAR inducers, copper compounds, and other chemicals for blossom blight control on apple, 2000 2001
  • Evaluation of copper compounds, an SAR inducer, and a growth regulator for blight control on apple, 2000 2001
  • Control of fire blight infection of apple blossoms, 1999.  22. 2000
  • Control of fire blight infection of apple shoots, effects on shoot growth and fruit russeting, 1999.  23. 2000
  • Evaluation of several products for the control of fire blight on apple blossom, 1997.  22. 1998