2008

Dr. Helen Miller’s Lab: USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center

Miller, H.B., Ledbetter, C.K., Bennett, S. Using a commercial dna extraction kit to obtain rna from mature rice kernels. Plant Biotechnology Journal 3:360-363, 2008.

Dr. David Erza's Lab: The Volcani Center (Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research), Israel

David Ezra, Tammy Kroitor and Avraham Sadowsky. Molecular characterization of Phoma tracheiphila, causal agent of Mai secco disease of citrus in Israel. European Journal of Plant Pathology, Volume 118, Number 2. June 2007. Pages 198-191.

Dr. Gary Strobel's Lab: Montana State University, Department of Plant Sciences

Gary A. Strobel, Katreena Kluck, Wilford M. Hess, Joe Sears, David Ezra and Percy N. Vargus. Muscodor albus E-6, an endophyte of Guazuma ulmifolia making volatile antibiotics: isolation, characterization and experimental establishment in the host plant. Microbiology (2007), 153, 2613-2620.

Dr. Fry's Lab: Department of Biochemistry, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Samer Khateb, Pnina Weisman-Shomer, Inbal Hershco-Shani, Anna L. Ludwig and Michael Fry. The tetraplex (CGG)n destabilizing proteins hnRNP A2 and CBF-A enhance the in vivo translation of fragile X premutation mRNA. Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, Vol. 35, No. 17 5775-5788.

Dr. Robert Shatters' Lab: USDA Horticultural Research Laboratory, Subtropical Insect Unit

Laura M. Boykin, Robert G. Shatters, Jr., Rosemary C. Rosell, Cindy L McKenzie, Ruth Ann Bagnall, Paul De Barro and Donald R. Frohlich.. Global relationships of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) revealed using Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial COI sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics ad Evolution, Volume 44, Issue 3, September 2007, Pages 1306-1319.

Laura M. Boykin, Ruth Ann Bagnall, Donald R. Frohlich, David G. Hall, Wayne B. Hunter, Catherine S. Katsar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Rosemarie C. Rosell, and Robert G. Shatters, Jr. Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the vector for citrus greening disease, huanglongbing. Molecular Ecology Notes (2007).

Natascha Techen, Ikhlas A. Khan, Zhiqiang Pan, Brian E. Scheffler. The Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for the Identification of Ephedra DNA in Dietary Supplements. Planta Med 2006; 72: 241-247

Dr. Robert Shatters' Lab: USDA Horticultural Research Laboratory, Subtropical Insect Unit

L.M. Boykina, R.G. Shatters Jr., D.G. Halla, R.E. Burnsa and R.A. Franquia. Analysis of host preference and geographical distribution of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) using phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I DNA sequence data. Bulletin of Entomological Research (2006), 96:457-469 Cambridge University Press

McKenzie, C.L., Bethke, J., Boykin, L.M., Byrne, F., Chamberlin, J., Gilrein, D., M., Ludwig, S., Oetting, R., Osborne, L., Schmale, L., Shatters, R. 2006. Monitoring the U.S. Ornamental Industries B's and Q's [abstract]. Bemisia International Workshop Proceedings.

Dr. Arthur Hunt's Lab: University of Kentucky, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Kevin P. Forbes, Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli, and Arthur G. Hunt. An Arabidopsis Fip1 Homolog Interacts with RNA and Provides Conceptual Links with a Number of Other Polyadenylation Factor Subunits. The Journal of Biological Chemistry VOL 281, NO1, pp 176-186, January 6, 2006.