Research Publication 2021

Avenot, H. F., Baudoin, A., and Hong, C. X. 2021. Conidial production and viability of Calonectria pseudonaviculata on infected boxwood leaves as affected by temperature, wetness and dryness periods. Plant Pathology published online at
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J. A. LaMondia, E. Allan-Perkins, S. Kodati; Factors affecting boxwood blight spread under landscape conditions. Journal of Environmental Horticulture, September 2021; 39 (3): 100–107. doi:
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Kong, P.; Sharifi, M.; Bordas, A.; Hong, C. Differential Tolerance to Calonectria pseudonaviculata of English Boxwood Plants Associated with the Complexity of Culturable Fungal and Bacterial Endophyte Communities.
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Bika R, Copes W, and Baysal-Gurel F. 2021. Comparative performance of sanitizers in managing plant-to-plant transfer and postharvest infection of Calonectria pseudonaviculata and Pseudonectria foliicola on boxwood. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/ PDIS-03-21-0481-RE

Castroagudín VL, Shishkoff N, Stanley O, Whitesell R, Olson T, and Crouch JA. 2021. First report: Co-infection of Sarcococca hookeriana (sweetbox) by Coccinonectria pachysandricola and Calonectria pseudonaviculata causes a foliar disease of sweetbox in Pennsylvania. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-1006-1020-1198-PDN

LeBlanc N, Cubeta MA, and Crouch JA. 2021. Population genomics trace clonal diversification and intercontinental migration of an emerging fungal pathogen of boxwood. Phytopathology 111:184-193. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-06-20-0219-fi

Shishkoff N, Miller ME, and Cubeta MA. 2021. Rooting response of boxwood cultivars to hot water treatment and thermal sensitivity of Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata in diseased boxwood (Buxus spp.). Journal of Environmental Horticulture 39:1-10. https://doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-39.1.1

Yang X, McMahon MB, Ramachandran SR, Garrett WM, LeBlanc N, Crouch JA, Shishkoff N, and Luster DG. 2021. Comparative analysis of extracellular proteomes reveals putative effectors of the boxwood blight pathogens, Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata. Bioscience Reports 41(3):BSR20203544. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20203544

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