Boxwood Blight Research Updates

Aiello, D., Guarnaccia, V., Vitale, A., LeBlanc, N., Shishoff, N., and Polizzi, G. 2022. Impact of Calonectria Disease on Ornamental Horticulture: Diagnosis and Control Strategies. Plant Disease https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PDIS-11-21-2610-FE

Barker, B.S., Coop, L., and Hong, C. 2022. Potential Distribution of Invasive Boxwood Blight Pathogen (Calonectria pseudonaviculata) as Predicted by Process-Based and Correlative Models. Biology 11, 849 (open access at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/6/849/pdf)

Brand, T., Beltz, H., Ehsen, B., Adhikari, U., Daughtrey, M. L., Luster, D. G., Kong, P., and Hong, C. X. 2022. Multi-year field plantings evaluating boxwood cultivars for susceptibility to the blight pathogens (Calonectria spp.) in Northern Germany. Plant Disease published online as First Look at https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-22-1102-RE

Dhakal, K., Bika, R., Ghimire, B., Parajuli, M., Neupane, S., Neupane, K., Addesso, K.M., and Baysal-Gurel, F. 2022. Arthropod and Disease Management in Boxwood Production. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 13(1): 18 (open access at https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmac013)

Kodati, S., Allan-Perkins, E., Cowles, R.S., and LaMondia, J. 2022. The effect of temperature, leaf wetness period, and cultivar susceptibility on boxwood blight disease development and sporulation. Plant Disease, published online as First Look at https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-05-22-1022-RE

Kodati S., Cowles R., and LaMondia, J. 2022. Survival of conidia of the boxwood blight pathogen Calonectria pseudonaviculata under different relative humidity condition. Plant Health Progress. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHP-12-21-0142-RS

Li, X. P., Kong, P., Daughtrey, M. L., Kosta, K., Schirmer, S., Howle, M., Likins, M., and Hong, C. X. 2022. Characterization of the soil bacterial community in selected boxwood gardens across the United States. Microorganisms 10, 1514 at https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081514

Rogers, L.W., Koehler, A.M., Crouch, J. A., Cubeta, M.A. and LeBlanc, N.R. 2022. Comparative genomic analysis reveals contraction of gene families with putative roles in pathogenesis in the fungal boxwood pathogens Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22:79 (open access at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02035-4)

Weiland, J.E., Ohkura, M., Scagel, C.F., Davis, E.A., and Beck, B.R. 2022. Cool temperatures favor growth of Oregon isolates of Calonectria pseudonaviculata and increase severity of boxwood blight on two Buxus cultivars. Plant Disease.

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Baysal-Gurel, F., Simmons, T, and Jennings, C. 2022. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of boxwood blight, 2021. Plant Disease Management Report No. 16: OT021. Click here to access publication. Registration is required

Behe, Bridget, Patricia Huddleston, and Charles Hall. 2022. Gardening motivations of U.S plant purchasers during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Environmental Horticulture (2022) 40 (1): 10-17. Click here to access publication

Hong, C. X., Daughtrey, M., Howle, M., Schirmer, S., Kosta, K., Kong, P., Likins, M., and Suslow, K. Rapid Decline of Calonectria pseudonaviculata Soil Population in Selected Gardens across the United States. Plant Disease Click here to access publication

Fred E. Gouker, Yonghong Guo, and Margaret R. Poole. HRM Analysis Enables Efficient Detection and Differentiation of Two Boxwood Blight Pathogens by qPCR Assays. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-09-21-0066-SC

Ping Kong, Xiaoping Li, Fred Gouker and Chuanxue Hong. cDNA Transcriptome of Arabidopsis Reveals Various Defense Priming Induced by a Broad-Spectrum Biocontrol Agent Burkholderia sp. SSG. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/6/3151

Kong, P. 2021. Survival of SSG, an endophytic Burkholderia biocontrol agent, on boxwood leaf surface. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 39(4):139-142 Click to Read The Article

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