Recently Accepted Manuscripts

Last updated June 11, 2007

Epidemiology of Flavescence Dorée in Vineyards in North-Western Italy--C. Morone, M. Boveri, S. Giosuè, P. Gotta, V. Rossi, I. Scapin, and C. Marzachì; accepted on 6 June 2007

Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Infecting Eggplant in the Philippines--M. L. Lewis Ivey, B. B. McSpadden Gardener, N. Opina, and S. A. Miller; accepted on 4 June 2007

Ceratocystis Wilt of Cacao—A Disease of Increasing Importance--C. J. Engelbrecht, T. C. Harrington, and A. Alfenas; accepted on 4 June 2007

Effects of Diffuse Colonization of Grape Berries by Uncinula necator on Bunch Rots, Berry Microflora, and Juice and Wine Quality--D. M. Gadoury, R. C. Seem, W. F. Wilcox, T. Henick-Kling, L. Conterno, A. Day, and A. Ficke; accepted on 31 May 2007

Dynamics of QoI Sensitivity in Mycosphaerella fijiensis in Costa Rica During 2000 to 2003--A. F. Amil, P. Heaney, C. Stanger, and M. W. Shaw; accepted on 31 May 2007

Core Rot Development in Red Delicious Apples Is Affected by Susceptibility of the Seed Locule to Alternaria alternata Colonization--J. Niem, Y. Ettedgui, M. Reuveni, M. Flaishman, and D. Prusky; accepted on 30 May 2007

Mycoparasitism of Helminthosporium solani by Acremonium strictum--V. V. Rivera-Varas, T. A. Freeman, N. C. Gudmestad, and G. A. Secor; accepted on 23 May 2007

Cyclic Lipopeptide Surfactant Production by Pseudomonas fluorescens SS101 Is Not Required for Suppression of Complex Pythium spp. Populations--M. Mazzola, X. Zhao, M. F. Cohen, and J. M. Raaijmakers; accepted on 22 May 2007

Genetic Diversity of Xylella fastidiosa Strains from Costa Rica, São Paulo, Brazil, and the United States--M. Montero-Astua, J. S. Hartung, E. Aguilar, C. Chacon, W. Li, F. J. Albertazzi, and C. Rivera; accepted on 21 May 2007

Genetic Differentiation of Puccinia triticina Populations in Central Asia and the Caucasus--J. A. Kolmer and M. E. Ordonez; accepted on 16 May 2007

Comparison of Colletotrichum orbiculare and Several Allied Colletotrichum Species for mtDNA, RFLPs, Intron RFLP and Sequence Variation, Vegetative Compatibility, and Host Specificity--B. Liu, L. A. Wasilwa, T. E. Morelock, N. R. O’Neil, and J. C. Correll; accepted on 16 May 2007

Host–Pathogen Interactions in Douglas-Fir Seedlings Infected by Phellinus sulphurascens--R. N. Sturrock, M. A. Islam, and A. K. M. Ekramoddoullah; accepted on 15 May 2007

Characterization of a U.S. Isolate of Beet black scorch virus--J. J. Weiland, D. Van Winkle, M. C. Edwards, R. L. Larson, W. L. Shelver, T. P. Freeman, and H.-Y. Liu; accepted on 15 May 2007

Topography and Crop Management Are Key Factors for the Development of American Leaf Spot Epidemics on Coffee in Costa Rica--J. Avelino, S. Cabut, B. Barboza, M. Barquero, R. Alfaro, C. Esquivel, J.-F. Durand, and C. Cilas; accepted on 15 May 2007

Cacao Diseases: Important Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide--R. C. Ploetz; accepted on 15 May 2007

Use of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Profiles to Compare Copper-Tolerant and Copper-Sensitive Strains of Pantoea ananatis--C. Nischwitz, R. Gitaitis, H. Sanders, D. Langston, B. Mullinix, R. Torrance, G. Boyhan, and L. Zolobowska; accepted on 10 May 2007

Detection, Distribution, Sporulation, and Survival of Phytophthora ramorum in a California Forest Soil--E. J. Fichtner, S. C. Lynch, and D. M. Rizzo; accepted 8 May 2007

Quantitative Aspects of the Spread of Asian Soybean Rust in the Southeastern United States, 2005 to 2006--R. S. C. Christiano and H. Scherm; accepted 3 May 2007

Compatible and Incompatible Interactions in Wheat Involving the Bt-10 Gene for Resistance to Tilletia tritici, the Common Bunt Pathogen--D. A. Gaudet, Z.-X. Lu, F. Leggett, and A. Laroche; accepted 1 May 2007

Molecular Characterization of Naturally Occurring RNA1 Recombinants of the Comovirus Bean pod mottle virus--C. Zhang, H. Gu, and S. A. Ghabrial; accepted 30 April 2007

Evaluation of Likelihood of Co-occurrence of Erwinia amylovora with Mature Fruit of Winter Pear--T. Temple, P. L. Pusey, and K. Johnson; accepted 30 April 2007

Wheat streak mosaic virus Lacking HC-Pro Is Competent to Produce Disease Synergism in Double Infections with Maize chlorotic mottle virus--D. C. Stenger, B. A. Young, F. Qu, T. J. Morris, and R. French; accepted 25 April 2007

Differential Activity of Carboxylic Acid Amide (CAA) Fungicides Against Various Developmental Stages of Phytophthora infestans--Y. Cohen and U. Gisi; accepted 24 April 2007

Sensitivity to a Phytotoxin from Rhizoctonia solani Correlates with Sheath Blight Susceptibility in Rice--S. A. Brooks; accepted 23 April 2007

Detection of Erysiphe necator in Air Samples Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Species-Specific Primers--J. S. Falacy, G. G. Grove, W. F. Mahaffee, H. Galloway, D. A. Glawe, R. C. Larsen, and G. J. Vandemark; accepted 23 April 2007

Genetic Diversity and the Presence of Two Distinct Groups in Ophiostoma clavigerum Associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae in British Columbia and the Northern Rocky Mountains--S. Lee, R. C. Hamelin, D. L. Six, and C. Breuil; accepted 23 April 2007

Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Identical and Two Distinct Virus Populations Differently Labeled with Cyan and Yellow Fluorescent Proteins in Co-Infected Plants--T. Takahashi, T. Sugawara, T. Yamatsuta, M. Isogai, T. Natsuaki, and N. Yoshikawa; accepted 23 April 2007

The Host Range and Molecular Phylogenies of the Soft Rot Enterobacterial Genera Pectobacterium and Dickeya--B. Ma, M. E. Hibbing, H.-S. Kim, R. M. Reedy, I. Yedidia, J. Breuer, J. Breuer, J. D. Glasner, N. T. Perna, A. Kelman, and A. O. Charkowski; accepted 21 April 2007

Diagnostic Values and Utility of Immunological, Morphological and Molecular Methods for In Planta Detection of Phytophthora ramorum--L. F. F. Kox, I. R. van Brouwershaven, B. T. L. H. van de Vossenberg, H. E. van den Beld, P. J. M. Bonants, and J. de Gruyter; accepted on 18 April 2007

Localized Melanization of Appressoria is Required for Pathogenicity of Venturia inaequalis--U. Steiner and Erich-Christian Oerke; accepted on 17 April 2007

A Crop Loss-Related Forecasting Model for Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Winter Oilseed Rape--S. Koch, S. Dunker, B. Kleinhenz, M. Röhrig, and A. V. Tiedemann; accepted on 16 April 2007

Pierce's Disease of Grapevines: Identification of the Primary Vectors in North Carolina--A. L. Myers, T. B. Sutton, J. A. Abad, and G. G. Kennedy; accepted on 12 April 2007

The Influence of Climate on Foliar Symptoms of Eutypa Dieback in Grapevines--M. R. Sosnowski, D. Shtienberg, M. L. Creaser, T. J. Wicks, R. Lardner, and E. S. Scott; accepted on 10 April 2007

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Spread of Infections by Verticillium dahliae Pathotypes within a High Tree-Density Olive Orchard in Southern Spain--J. A. Navas-Cortés, B. B. Landa, J. L. Trapero-Casas, D. Rodríguez-Jurado, and R. M. Jiménez-Díaz; accepted 9 April 2007

Anisotropy, in Density and in Distance, of the Dispersal of Yellow Rust of Wheat: Experiments in Large Field Plots and Estimation--S. Soubeyrand, J. Enjalbert, A. Sanchez, and I. Sache; accepted 9 April 2007

Dispersal Distances for Airborne Spores Based on Deposition Rates and Stochastic Modeling--A. Stockmarr, V. Andreasen, and H. Østergård; accepted 9 April 2007

Selection for Pathogenicity to Strawberry in Populations of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from Native Plants--S. J. MacKenzie, T. E. Seijo, D. E. Legard, L. W. Timmer, and N. A. Peres; accepted 6 April 2007

Effect of Infection Timing on Fusarium Head Blight and Mycotoxin Accumulation in Open- and Closed-Flowering Barley--M. Yoshida, N. Kawada, and T. Nakajima; accepted 5 April 2007

Identifying Pigmentation-Related Genes in Ophiostoma piceae Using Agrobacterium-Mediated Integration--P. Tanguay, K. Tangen, and C. Breuil; accepted 5 April 2007

Identification of Maize Kernel Endosperm Proteins Associated with Resistance to Aflatoxin Contamination by Aspergillus flavus--Z. -Y. Chen, R. L. Brown, K. E. Damann, and T. E. Cleveland; accepted 4 April 2007

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Challenges in Adaptation of Plant Disease Warning Systems to New Locations: Re-Appraisal of Billing’s Integrated System (BIS) for Predicting Fire Blight in a Warm Dry Environment--E. Billing; accepted 4 April 2007

A Statistical Comparison of the Blossom Blight Forecasts of MARYBLYT and Cougarblight with Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve Analysis--M. M. Dewdney, A. R. Biggs, and W. W. Turechek; accepted 4 April 2007

Comparative Analysis of Flexible Two‑Parameter Models of Plant Disease Epidemics--B. Hau and E. Kosman; accepted 3 April 2007

Temporal Dynamics of Brown Rot in Different Apple Management Systems and Importance of Dropped Fruit for Disease Development--I. J. Holb and H. Scherm; accepted 3 April 2007

Impact of Diurnal Periodicity, Temperature, and Light on Sporulation of Bremia lactucae--B. Nordskog, D. M. Gadoury, R. C. Seem, and A. Hermansen; accepted on 3 April 2007

Characterization and Mapping of Oat Crown Rust Resistance Genes Using Three Assessment Methods--E. W. Jackson, D. E. Obert, M. Menz, G. Hu, J. B. Avant, J. Chong, and J. M. Bonman; accepted on 30 March 2007

Host Effect on the Molecular and Biological Properties of a CEVd Isolate from Vicia faba--M. Gandía, L. Bernad, L. Rubio, and N. Duran-Vila; accepted on 29 March 2007

Differences in Virulence and Genomic Features of Strains of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, the Apple Proliferation Agent--E. Seemüller and B. Schneider; accepted on 28 March 2007

Epidemiology of Blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) of Canola (Brassica napus) in Relation to Maturation of Pseudothecia and Discharge of Ascospores in Western Australia--R. Khangura, J. Speijers, M. J. Barbetti, M. U. Salam, and A. J. Diggle; accepted on 26 March 2007

Molecular Diagnostics in the Sigatoka Disease Complex of Banana--M. Arzanlou, E. C. A. Abeln, G. H. J. Kema, C.Waalwijk, J. Carlier, I. de Vries, M. Guzmán, and P. W. Crous; accepted on 21 March 2007

A Quantitative Assay Using Mycelial Fragments to Assess Virulence of

Mycosphaerella fijiensis--B. G. G. Donzelli and A. C. L. Churchill; accepted on 20 March 2007

Effects of Temperature on Urediniospore Germination, Germ-Tube Growth, and Initiation of Infection in Soybean by Phakopsora Isolates--M. R. Bonde, D. K. Berner, S. E. Nester, and R. D. Frederick; accepted on 17 March 2007

Characterisation of Resistance Mechanisms to Erysiphe pisi in Medicago truncatula--E. Prats, M. J. Llamas, and D. Rubiales; accepted on 17 March 2007

Gene Expression Patterns in Near Isogenic Lines for Wheat Rust Resistance Gene Lr34/Yr18--S. H. Hulbert, J. Bai, J. P. Fellers, M. G. Pacheco, and R. L. Bowden; accepted on 10 March 2007

Edaphic Soil Levels of Mineral Nutrients, pH, Organic Matter, and Cationic Exchange Capacity in the Geocaulosphere Associated With Potato Common Scab--G. Lazarovits, J. Hill, G. Patterson, K. L. Conn, and N. S. Crump; accepted on 7 March 2007

Protection of Citrus Rootstocks Against Phytophthora spp. with a Hypovirulent Isolate of P. nicotianae--G. C. Colburn and J. H. Graham; accepted on 7 March 2007

Asexual Reproduction of Phytophthora capsici as Affected by Extracts from Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Soils--S. Sanogo; accepted on 7 March 2007

Cost-Effective Control of a Quarantine Disease: A Quantitative Exploration Using “Design of Experiments” Methodology and Bio-Economic Modeling--A. Breukers, W. van der Werf, J. P. C. Kleijnen, M. Mourits, and A. O. Lansink; accepted on 4 March 2007

Heritability of Latent Period Estimated From Wild-Type and Selected Populations of Puccinia triticina--J. S. Lehman and G. Shaner; accepted on 28 February 2007

Identification of Race 1 Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae on Lettuce by Inter Retrotransposon Sequence Characterized Amplified Region (IR-SCAR) Technique--M. Pasquali, F. Dematheis, M. L. Gullino, and A. Garibaldi; accepted on 26 February 2007

Population Dynamics of Fusarium spp. and Microdochium nivale in Crops and Crop Residues of Winter Wheat--J. Köhl, B. H. de Haas, P. Kastelein, S. L. G. E. Burgers, and C. Waalwijk; accepted on 20 February 2007

Population Genetic Structure of Septoria passerinii in Northern Great Plains Barley--S. Lee and S. Neate; accepted on 16 February 2007

Phylogenetic Relationships of Xylella fastidiosa Strains Isolated From Landscape Ornamentals in Southern California--R. Hernandez-Martinez, K. de la Cerda, H. S. Costa, D. A. Cooksey, and F. P. Wong; accepted 13 February 2007

Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to a Pyrenophora teres Avirulence Gene--A. Beattie, G. Scoles, and B. Rossnagel; accepted 12 February 2007

Microsatellite and Minisatellite Analysis of Leptosphaeria maculans in Australia Reveals Regional Genetic Differentiation--H. Hayden, A. Cozijnsen, and B. J. Howlett; accepted on 9 February 2007

Resistance Enhancement of Transgenic Tomato to Bacterial Pathogens by the Heterologous Expression of Sweet Pepper Ferredoxin-I Protein (PFLP)--H.-E. Huang, C.-A. Liu, M.-J. Lee, C.-G. Kuo, H.-M.Chen, M.-J. Ger, Y.-C. Tsai, Y.-R. Chen, M.-K. Lin, and T.-Y. Feng; accepted on 7 February 2007

A Recessive Allele (tgr-1) Conditioning Tomato Resistance to Geminivirus Infection is Associated with Impaired Viral Movement--X.-Y. Bian, M. R. Thomas, M. S. Rasheed, M. Saeed, P. Hanson, P. J. De Barro, and M. A. Rezaian; accepted on 6 February 2007

Multiplex Real-Time Quantitative PCR to Detect and Quantify Verticillium dahliae Colonization in Potato Lines That Differ in Response to Verticillium Wilt--Z. K. Atallah, J. Bae, S. H. Jansky, D. I. Rouse, and W. R. Stevenson; accepted on 5 February 2007

Real-Time PCR Quantification and Mycotoxin Production of Fusarium graminearum in Wheat Inoculated with Isolates Collected From Potato, Sugarbeet, and Wheat--R. R. Burlakoti, R. Estrada, Jr., V. V. Rivera, A. Boddeda, G. A. Secor, and T. B. Adhikari; accepted on 5 February 2007

The Course of Colonization of Two Different Vitis Genotypes by Plasmopara viticola Indicates Compatible and Incompatible Host–Pathogen Interactions--S. Unger, C. Büche, S. Boso, and H.-H. Kassemeyer; accepted on 2 February 2007

Genetic Diversity in Populations of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in Cruciferous Weeds in Central Coastal California--A. Ignatov, A. Sechler, E. L. Schuenzel, I. Agarkova, B. Oliver, A. K. Vidaver, and N. W. Schaad; accepted on 2 February 2007

Proteinaceous Metabolites from Pyrenophora teres Contribute to Symptom Development of Barley Net Blotch--A. Sarpeleh, H. Wallwork, D. E. A. Catcheside, M. E. Tate, and A. J. Able; accepted on 28 January 2007

Photosynthetic Declines in Phytophthora ramorum-Infected Plants Develop Prior to Water Stress and in Response to Exogenous Application of Elicitins--D. R. Manter, D. R. Kelsey, and J. Karchesy; accepted on 26 January 2007

Characterization and Distribution of Mating Type Genes in the Dothistroma Needle Blight Pathogens--M. I. Groenwald, R. E. Barnes, A. V. Bradshaw, A. Dale Brown, J. Z. Groenewald, K. J. Lewis, B. D. Wingfield, M. J. Wingfield, and P. W. Crous; accepted on 25 January 2007

Two Amino Acid Substitutions in the Coat Protein of Pepper Mild Mottle Virus Are Responsible for Overcoming the L(^4) Gene-Mediated Resistance in Capsicum spp.--Y. Genda, A. Kanda, H. Hamada, K. Sato, J. Ohnishi, and S. Tsuda; accepted on 24 January 2007

Prunus necrotic ringspot virus Early Invasion and its Effects on Apricot Pollen Grain Performance--A. Khalid, L. Burgos, V. Pallas Benet, and M. A. Sanchez Pina; accepted on 16 January 2007

Effect of Microclimate on Leveillula taurica powdery Mildew of Sweet pepper--Y. Elad, Y. Messika, M. Brand, D. Rav David, and A. Sztejnberg; accepted on 21 December 2006

Systemic Acquired Resistance in Canola Is Linked with PR-Gene Expression and Requires Salicylic Acid--S. D. Potlakayala, D. W. Reed, P. S. Covello, and P. R. Fobert; accepted 2 December 2006