Peer Reviewed Publications and Book Chapters

..............................................................2010.................................................................

Lewis Ivey, M.L., Tusiime, G., and Miller, S.A. 2010. A Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in Banana. Plant Dis. 94:109-114. [pdf]

Xu, X., Miller, S. A., Baysal-Gurel, F., Gartemann, K.-H., Eichenlaub, R. and Rajashekara, G. 2010. Bioluminescent imaging of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis infection of tomato seeds and plants. Appl. Env. Microbiol. (in press). [pdf]

Miller, S. A., Kinyua, Z. M., Beed, F., Harmon, C. L., Xin, J., Vergot, P., Momol, T., Gilbertson, R. and Garcia, L. 2010. The International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN) in Africa: Improving capacity for diagnosing diseases of banana and other African crops. Acta Hort. (in press). [pdf]

..............................................................2009.................................................................

Miller, S. A., Beed, F. and Harmon, C. L. 2009. Plant disease diagnostic capabilities and networks. Annu Rev. Phytopathology 47:15-38. [pdf]

Sikirou, R., Beed, F. Ezin, V., Gbèhounou, G., Miller, S. A. and Wydra, K. 2009. First report of bacterial wilt of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in Benin. Plant Dis. 93:549. [pdf]

Carter, B. A., Reeder, R., Mgenzi, S.R., Kinyua, Z. M., Mbaka, J. N., Doyle, K., Maina, M., Valentine, G., Aritua, V., Lewis Ivey, M. L , Miller, S. A. and Smith, J. J. 2009. Identification of Xanthomonas vasicola (formerly X. campestris pv. musacearum), causative organism of banana xanthomonas wilt, in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi. New Disease Reports http://www.bspp.org.uk/publications/new-disease-reports/ndr.php?id=019025.

Baysal. F., McSpadden-Gardener, B., Cardina, J., Kleinhenz, M. and Miller, S.A. 2009. Effect of Field Management Practices on Disease Development, Soil Chemistry and Yield in Organic Tomatoes. Proc. 2nd Intl. Symposium on Tomato Diseases Eds.: H. Saygili et al. Acta Hort. 808, ISHS 2009. pp.113-116. [pdf]

Baysal, F., Welty, C. and Miller, S.A. 2009. Comparison of IPM Tactics in Home Vegetable Gardens: Tomato. Proc. 2nd Intl. Symposium on Tomato Diseases Eds.: H. Saygili et al. Acta Hort. 808, ISHS 2009. pp.133-136. [pdf]

Baysal, F. and Miller, S.A. 2009. Effect of Commercial Biofumigant Cover Crops on Growth, Yield and Disease of Processing Tomatoes. Proc. 2nd Intl. Symposium on Tomato Diseases Eds.: H. Saygili et al. Acta Hort. 808, ISHS 2009. pp.117-120. [pdf]

Baysal, F., Welty, C. and Miller, S. A. 2009. Comparison of IPM tactics in home vegetable gardens. Acta Hort. 808: 133-136.

..............................................................2008.................................................................

Aruscavage, D., Miller, S.A., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Lee, K., and LeJeune, J.T. 2008. Survival and Dissemination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Physically and Biologically Damaged Lettuce Plants. J. Food. Prot. 71: 2384-2388. [pdf]

Harp, T. L., Pernezny, K., Ivey, M. L., Miller, S. A., Kuhn, P. J. and Datnoff, L. 2008. The etiology of recent pepper anthracnose outbreaks in Florida. Crop Protection 27: 1380-1384. [pdf]

Baysal-Gurel, F., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Dorrance, A.,.....and Miller, S.A. 2008.An Immunofluorescence Assay to Detect Urediniospores of Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Plant Dis. 92:1387-1393. [pdf, contains colored images]

Baysal, F., Benitez, M., Kleinhenz, M., Miller, S.A. and McSpadden-Gardener, B.B. 2008. Field Management Effects on Damping-Off and Early Season Vigor of Crops in a Transitional Organic Cropping System. Phytopathology. 98: 562-570. [pdf]

..............................................................2007.................................................................

Lewis Ivey, M.L., Mc Spadden Gardener, B.B., Opina, N., and Miller, S.A. 2007. Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Infecting Eggplant in the Philippines. Phytopathology. 97: 1467-1475. [pdf]

Briar, S. S., Grewal, P. S., Somasekhara, N., Stinner, D. and Miller, S. A. 2007. Soil nematode community, organic matter, microbial biomass and nitrogen dynamics in field plots transitioning from conventional to organic management. Applied Soil Ecology 37:256-266.

Briar, S. S., Jagdale, G. B., Cheng, Z., Hoy, C. W., Miller, S. A. and Grewal, P. S. 2007. Indicative value of soil nematode food web indices and trophic group abundance in differentiating habitats with a gradient of anthropogenic impact. Environmental Indicators 2: 146-160.

Derksen, R. C., Vitanza, S., Welty, C., Miller, S., Bennett, M. and Zhu, H. 2007. Field evaluation of application variables and plant density for bell pepper pest management. Trans. Of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 50:1945-1953. [pdf]

Benitez, M-S., Baysal Tustas, F., Rotenberg, D., Kleinhenz, M., Cardina, J., Stinner, D., Miller, S.A., and Mc Spadden Gardener, B.B. 2007. Multiple Statistical Approaches of Community Fingerprint Data Reveal Bacterial populations Associated with General Disease Suppression Arising from the Application of Different Organic Field Management Strategies. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 39: 2289-2301. [pdf]

Alfano, G., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Cakir, C., Bos, J.I.B., Miller, S.A., Madden, L.V., Kamoun, S., and Hoitink, H.A.J. 2007. Systemic modulation of gene expression in tomato by Trichoderma hamatum 382. Phytopathology. 97: 429-437. [pdf]

..............................................................2006.................................................................

Bai, X., Zhang, J., Ewing, A., Miller, S.A., Jansco Radek, A., Schevchenko, D., Tsukerman, K., Walunas, T., Lapidus, A., Campbell, J.W. and Hogenhout, S.A. 2006. Living with genome instability: the adaptation of phytoplasmas to diverse environments of their insect and plant hosts. J. Bacteriology 188:1-15.

Aruscavage, D., Lee, K., Miller, S. and LeJeune, J. T. 2006. Interactions affecting the proliferation and control of human pathogens on edible plants. J. Food Science 71:89-99.

Nahar, M.S., Grewal, P.S., Miller, S. A., Stinner, D., Stinner, B.R., Kleinhenz, M.D., Wszelaki, A. and Doohan, D. 2006. Differential effects of raw and composted cow manure on nematode community, and its indicative value for soil microbial, physical and chemical properties. Applied Soil Ecology 34:140-151.

..............................................................2005.................................................................

Wszelaki, A.L. and Miller, S.A.  2005. Determining the efficacy of disease management product in organically-produced tomatoes. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2005-0713-01-RS

Yang, W., Sacks, E., Lewis Ivey, M., Miller, S.A, and Francis, D. 2005. Resistance in Lycopersicon esculentum intraspecific crosses to race T1 strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria causing bacterial spot of tomato. Phytopathology. 95: 519-527. [pdf]

Geiser, D.M., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Hakiza, G., Juba, J.H. and Miller, S.A. 2005. Gibberella xylarioides (anamorph: Fusarium xylarioides), a causative agent of coffee wilt disease in Africa, is a previously unrecognized member of the G. fujikuroi species complex. Mycologia 97(1): 191-201 [pdf]

Briceño-Montero, G. and Miller, S. A. 2005. Evaluation of biological control options for bacterial spot management during transplant production. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 695: 357-365. [pdf]

Lewis Ivey, M. L. and Miller, S. A. 2005. Evaluation of hot water seed treatment for the control of bacterial leaf spot and bacterial canker on fresh market and processing tomatoes. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 695: 197-204. [pdf]

Opina, N. L. and Miller, S. A, 2005. Evaluation of immunoassays for detection of Ralstonia solanacearum, causal agent of bacterial wilt of tomato and eggplant in the Philippines.  Acta Hort. (ISHS) 695: 353-356. [pdf]

..............................................................2004.................................................................

Khan, J., Ooka, J.J., Miller, S. A., Madden, L. V. and Hoitink, H. A. J. 2004.  Systemic resistance induced by Trichoderma hamatum 382 in cucumber against Phytophthora crown rot and leaf blight.  Plant Disease 88:280-286. [pdf]

Yanar, Y., and Miller, S.A. 2004. Effect of treating pepper with benzothiadiazole derivative and non-pathogenic Xanthomonas campestris pathovars on the level of disease caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Plant Pathology Journal 3(1):52-55. [pdf]

Zhang, J., Miller, S. A., Nault, L., Hogenhout, S. A. and Hoy, C. W. 2004.  Molecular and symptom analyses of phytoplasma strains from lettuce reveal a diverse population.  Phytopathology 92:842-849. [pdf]

Lewis Ivey, M. L., Nava Diaz, C. and Miller, S.A. 2004.  Identification and management of Colletotrichum acutatum on immature bell peppers.  Plant Dis. 88:1198-1204. [pdf]

Nahar, M.S., Grewal, P.S., Miller, S.A., Stinner, D., Stinner, B.R., Kleinhenz, M.D., Wszelaki, A. and Doohan, D.  2004.  Differential effects of raw and composted manure on nematode community, and soil microbial, physical and chemical properties.  Appl. Soil Ecol. (in press).

Sahin, F., Abbasi, P., Lewis Ivey, M., Zhang,J. and Miller, S. A. 2003. Diversity among strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vitians from lettuce.  Phytopathology 93:64-70.

..............................................................2003.................................................................

Yanar,Y. and Miller, S. A. 2003. Resistance of pepper cultivars and Capsicum spp. accessions to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Plant Disease 87:303-307.

Ozbek, E., Miller, S. A., Meulia, T. and Hogenhout, S. 2003. Infection and replication sites of Spiroplasma kunkelii (Class: Mollicutes) in midgut and malpighian tubules of the leafhopper Dalbulusmaidis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 82:167-175.

Sahin, F., Kotan, R., Abbasi, P. and Miller, S. A. 2003. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Xanthomonas campestris pv. zinniae strains.  European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 165-172. [pdf]

Al-Dahmani, J., Abbasi, P. A., Miller, S. A. and Hoitink, H. A. J. 2003. Suppression of bacterial leaf spot of tomato with foliar sprays of compost extracts under greenhouse and field conditions.  Plant Disease 87:913-919.

Zhou, L.Y., Hoy, C.W., Miller, S.A. and Nault, L.R. 2003.  Marking methods and field experiments to estimate aster leathopper (Macrosteles quadrilineatus) dispersal rates. Environmental Entomology 32(5): 1177-1186.

Scott, J. W., Francis, D. M., Miller, S. A., Somodi, G. C. and Jones, J. B. 2003.  Tomato bacterial spot resistance derived from PI 114490; inheritance if resistance to race T2 and relationship across three pathogen races.  J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128:698-703.

..............................................................2002.................................................................

Gergon, E. B., Miller, S. A. and Davide, R. G. 2002. The effect of rice root-knot nematode on the growth and yield of onion (Allium cepa L.) ‘Yellow Granex’.  Plant Disease 86:1339-1344

Abbasi, P. A., Al-Dahmani, J., Sahin, F., Hoitink, H. A. J. and Miller, S. A. 2002.  Effect of compost amendments on disease severity and yield in organic and convention tomato production systems.  Plant Disease 86:156-161.

Lewis Ivey, M. L., Wright, S. and Miller, S. A. 2002. Report of bacterial  leaf spot on collards and turnip leaves in Ohio. Plant Disease 86:186.

Zhou, X., Hoy, C. W., Miller, S. A. and Nault, L. R. 2002.  Spatially explicit simulation of aster yellows epidemics and control on lettuce.  Ecological Modelling151:293-307.

Alberto,R., Duca,M., Santiago,S., Miller, S. A., and Black, L. 2002. First report of anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penzig) Penzig & Sacc.) of onion (Allium cepa L.) in the Philippines.  J. Tropical Plant Pathology 37: 46-51.

Louws, F. J., Wilson, M., Cuppels, D.A., Jones, J. B., Shoemaker, P. B., Sahin, F. and Miller, S.A. 2001.  Field control of bacterial spot of tomato and pepper and bacterial speck of tomato using a plant activator.  Plant Disease 85: 481-488. [pdf]

........................................................2001 & 2000 .........................................................

Gergon, E. B., Miller, S. A. and Davide, R. G. 2001. Root-knot disease of onion caused by the rice root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola: Occurrence, pathogenicity, and varietal resistance. Philipp. Agric. Scient.  84:43-50.

Gergon, E. B., Miller, S. A., Davide, R. G., Opina, O. S. and Obien, S. R. 2001.  Evaluation of cultural practices (surface burning, deep ploughing, organic amendments) for management of rice root-knot nematode in rice-onion cropping system and their effect on onion.  Int.J. Pest Mgt. 47:265-272.