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2024

  • Zhang Z., He W., Wu F., Quesada-Ocampo L.M., and Xiang L. 2024. Development of a bionic hexapod robot with adaptive gait and clearance for enhanced agricultural field scouting. Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Vol 11:24006450.
  • Krasnow C., Bhatta U., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Ziv C. (2024). A diagnostic guide for Fusarium fruit rot of pumpkin and winter squash. Plant Health Progress. 2024; 1535-1025
  • Wong TW. S., Ye W., Thiessen L. D., Huseth A. S., Gorny A., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Occurrence and distribution of Meloidogyne spp. in fields rotated with sweetpotato and host range of a North Carolina population of Meloidogyne enterolobii. Plant Disease: First Look.
  • Stahr M. N., Lytle A., Avila. K., Bertone M., Huseth A. S., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Drosophila hydei as a potential vector of Ceratocystis fimbriata, the causal agent of sweetpotato black rot, in storage facilities. Phytopathology: First Look.
  • Cochran, S., Quesada-Ocampo, L.M., Kerns, J.P., Thiessen, L.D. (2024) Phytophthora nicotianae: a quick diagnostic guide for black shank of tobacco. Plant Health Progress: First Look.
  • Mascarenhas J., Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Diagnostic Guide for sclerotial blight and circular spot of sweetpotato. Plant Health Progress: First Look.
  • Grunwald N. J., Bock C. H., Chang J. H., Alves De Souza A., Del Ponte E. M., du Toit L. J., Dorrance A. E., Dung J., Gent D., Goss E. M., Lowe-Power T. M., Madden L. V., Martin F. M., McDowell J., Naegele R. P., Potnis N., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Sundin G. W., Thiessen L., Vinatzer B. A., and Zeng Q. (2024) Open access and reproducibility in plant pathology research: guidelines and best practices. Phytopathology: First Look.
  • Wong TW. S. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Sensitivity of Meloidogyne incognita, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. niveum, and Stagonosporopsis citrulli to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors used for control of watermelon diseases. Plant Disease: First Look.
  • Stahr M. N., Parada-Rojas C. H., Childs K. Alfenas R. F., Fernandes F. M., Avila K., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Long-read sequencing genome assembly of Ceratocystis fimbriata enables development of molecular diagnostics for sweetpotato black rot. Phytopathology: First Look.
  • Parada-Rojas C.H., Childs K. L., Stahr M. N., Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Effector repertoire of sweetpotato black rot fungal pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 37: 315-326.
  • Shirley A. M., Vallad G. E., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Dufault N., and Raid R. (2023) Effect of cucurbit host, production region, and season on the population structure of Pseudoperonospora cubensis in Florida. Plant Disease: 108: 442-450.

2023

  • Patel, T., Quesada-Ocampo, L. M., Wehner, T. C., Bhatta, B. P., Correa, E., Malla, S. (2023) Recent Advances and Challenges in Management of Colletotrichum orbiculare, the Causal Agent of Watermelon Anthracnose. Horticulturae 9, no. 10: 1132.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Parada-Rojas C. H., Hansen Z., Vogel G., Smart C., Hausbeck M.K.. Carmo R.M., Huitema E., Naegele R.P., Kousik C.S., Tandy P., and Lamour K.   (2023) Phytophthora capsici: Recent progress on fundamental biology and disease management 100 years after its description. Annual Review of Phytopathology 61: 185-208.
  • Sanogo S., Lamour K. Kousik C. S., Lozada D. N., Parada-Rojas C. H., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Wyenandt  C.A., Babadoost M., Hausbeck M., Hansen Z., Ali E.,  McGrath M., Hu J., Crosby K., and Miller S. (2023) Phytophthora capsici, 100 Years Later: Research Mile Markers from 1922 to 2022. Phytopathology 113: 921-930.
  • D’Arcangelo K. N., Wallace E. C., Miles T. D., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2023) Carboxylic acid amides but not Quinone outside Inhibitor fungicide resistance mutations show clade-specific occurrence in Pseudoperonospora cubensis causing downy mildew in commercial and wild cucurbits. Phytopathology 113: 80-89.

2022

  • Bello-Rodriguez J. C., Sakalidis M. L., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Martin F. N., and Hausbeck M. K. (2022) Clade-specific monitoring of airborne Pseudoperonospora spp. sporangia using mitochondrial DNA markers for disease management of cucurbit downy mildew. Phytopathology 112: 2110–2125.
  • Standish J. R., Góngora-Castillo E., Bowman M., Childs K., Tian M., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2022) Development, Validation, and Utility of Species-Specific Diagnostic Markers for Detection of Peronospora belbahrii. Phytopathology 112: 1667-1675.
  • Parada-Rojas C. H. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2022) Phytophthora capsici populations are structured by geography, host, and fluopicolide sensitivity. Phytopathology 112: 1559–1567.
  • Shirley A. M., Vallad G. E., Dufault N., Raid R., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2022) Duration of disease control for fungicides against cucurbit downy mildew under Florida field conditions. Plant Disease 106: 1167–1174.

2021

  • Salcedo A., Al-Haddad J., Buell R., Trail F., Gongora-Castillo E., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) Comparative transcriptome analysis of two contrasting maize inbred lines provides insights into molecular mechanisms for stalk rot resistance. PhytoFrontiers 1: 314-329.
  • Kousik C., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Keinath A., Hausbeck M., Granke L., Naegele R., and Ji P. (2021) Managing stubborn oomycete plant pathogens. Plant Health Progress 22: 215-218.
  • Parada-Rojas C. H., Granke L. L., Naegele R. P., Hansen Z., Hausbeck M. K., Kousik S., McGrath M. T., Smart C., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) A diagnostic guide of Phytophthora capsici infecting vegetable crops. Plant Health Progress 22: 404-414.
  • Purayannur S., Munster M. J., Bertone M. A., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) First report of downy mildew caused by Peronospora chenopodii-ambrosioidis on epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides) in North Carolina. Plant Health Progress 22: 384-386.
  • Weldon W. A., Marks M. E., Gevens A. J., D’Arcangelo K. N., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Parry S., Gent D. H., Cadle-Davidson L. E., and Gadoury D. M. (2021) A comprehensive characterization of ecological and epidemiological factors driving perennation of Podosphaera macularischasmothecia. Phytopathology 111: 1972-1982.
  • Purayannur S., Gent D. H., Miles T.D., Radišek S., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) The hop downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora humuli. Molecular Plant Pathology 22: 755-768.
  • Parada-Rojas C. H., Pecota K., Yencho G. C., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) Sweetpotato root development influences susceptibility to black rot caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata. Phytopathology 111: 1660-1669.
  • Crandall S. G., Ramon M. L., Burkhardt A. K., Bello-Rodriguez J. C., Adair N., Gent D. H., Hausbeck M. K., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Martin F. N. (2021) A multiplex TaqMan qPCR assay for detection and quantification of clade 1 and clade 2 isolates of Pseudoperonospora cubensis and P. humuli. Plant Disease 105: 3154-3161.
  • Stahr M. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) Effects of water temperature, inoculum concentration and age, and sanitizer on infection of Ceratocystis fimbriata, causal agent of black rot in sweetpotato. Plant Disease 105: 1365-1372.
  • Salcedo A., Purayannur S., Standish J. R., Miles T., Thiessen L., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) Fantastic downy mildew pathogens and how to find them: Advances in detection and diagnostics. Plants 10: 435.
  • Rahman A., Standish J.R., D’Arcangelo K. N., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) Clade-specific biosurveillance of Pseudoperonospora cubensis using spore traps for precision disease management of cucurbit downy mildew. Phytopathology 111: 312-320.
  • D’Arcangelo K., Adams M. L., Kerns J. P., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2021) Assessment of fungicide product applications and program approaches for control of downy mildew on pickling cucumber in North Carolina. Crop Protection 140: 105412.

2020

  • Montero de Espinosa Baselga F., Schultheis J. R., Boyette M. D., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Starke K. D., and Monks D. W. (2020) Vine removal prior to harvest, and curing duration and temperature affect the incidence and severity of internal necrosis in ‘Covington’ sweetpotato. HortTechnology 30: 544-551.
  • Purayannur S., Cano L. M., Bowman M. J., Childs K. L., Gent D. H., and Quesada-Ocampo, L. M. (2020) The effector repertoire of the hop downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora humuli. Frontiers in Genetics 11: 910.
  • Stahr M., Butler S., Huerta A., Ritchie D., and Quesada-Ocampo, L. M. (2020) First report of bacterial root rot caused by Dickeya dadantii, on sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) in North Carolina. Plant Disease 104: 2723.
  • Wallace E., D’Arcangelo K., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) Population analyses reveal two host-adapted clades of Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew, on commercial and wild cucurbits. Phytopathology 110: 1578-1587. *Editor’s pick.
  • Standish J. R., Sharpe S., Butler S., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Meadows I. (2020) First report of downy mildew, caused by Peronospora effusa, on spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) in North Carolina. Plant Health Progress 21: 194-196.
  • Salcedo A., Hausbeck M. K., Pigg S., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) Diagnostic guide for cucurbit downy mildew. Plant Health Progress 21: 166-172. *Editor’s pick.
  • Purayannur S., Miles T.D., Gent D. H., Pigg S., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) Hop downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora humuli: A diagnostic guide. Plant Health Progress 21: 173-179.
  • Standish J. R., Raid R. N., Pigg S., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) A diagnostic guide for basil downy mildew. Plant Health Progress 21: 77-81. *Editor’s pick.
  • Pastrana A.M., Cline W.O., Wong T.W., Watson D.C., Mercier J., Ivors K., Broome J.C., Quesada-Ocampo L.M., and Gordon T.R. (2020) First report of Fusarium Wilt of Blackberry caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. mori in North Carolina. Plant Disease 104: 971.
  • Stahr M. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) Assessing the role of temperature, inoculum level, and wounding on disease progression of the fungal pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata causing black rot in sweetpotato. Plant Disease 104: 930-937.
  • Miller N. F.*, Standish J. R.*, and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) Sensitivity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum to prothioconazole and pydiflumetofen in vitro and efficacy for Fusarium wilt management in watermelon. Plant Health Progress 21: 13-18. *First co-authors. Editor’s pick.

2019

  • Stahr M. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2019) Black rot of sweetpotato: A comprehensive diagnostic guide. Plant Health Progress 20: 255-260.
  • Rahman A., Góngora-Castillo E., Bowman M., Childs K., Gent , Martin F. N., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2019) Genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis of the hop downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora humuli reveal species-specific genes for molecular detection. Phytopathology 109: 1354-1366.
  • Parada-Rojas C. H. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2019) Characterizing sources of resistance to Phytophthora blight of pepper caused by Phytophthora capsici in North Carolina. Plant Health Progress 20: 112-119.
  • Del Castillo Munera J., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Rojas A., Chilvers M., and Hausbeck M. K. (2019) Population structure of Phythium ultimum from greenhouse floral crops in Michigan. Plant Disease 103: 859-867.

2018

  • Parada-Rojas C. H. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2018) Analysis of microsatellites from transcriptome sequences of Phytophthora capsici and applications for population studies. Scientific Reports 8: 5194.
  • Rodriguez-Salamanca L.M., Naegele R. P., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Hausbeck M. K. (2018) Inoculation method, temperature, and relative humidity affect leaf and neck anthracnose, a new onion disease. Plant Health Progress 19: 64-68.
  • Crandall S. G., Rahman A., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Martin F. N., Bilodeau G. J., and Miles T. D. (2018) Advances in diagnostics of downy mildews: lessons learned from other oomycetes and future challenges. Plant Disease 102: 265-275.

2017

  • Rahman A., Miles T. D., Martin F. N., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2017) Molecular approaches for development of biosurveillance tools for the cucurbit downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 39: 282-296.
  • Thomas A., Carbone I., Choe K., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Ojiambo P. (2017) Resurgence of cucurbit downy mildew in the United States: Insights from comparative genomic analysis of Pseudoperonospora cubensis. Ecology and Evolution 7: 6231-6246.
  • Scruggs A. C., Basaiah T., Adams M. L., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2017) Genetic diversity, fungicide sensitivity, and host resistance to Ceratocystis fimbriata infecting sweetpotato in North Carolina. Plant Disease 101: 994-1001.
  • Wallace E. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2017) Analysis of microsatellites from the transcriptome of downy mildew pathogens and their application for characterization of Pseudoperonospora populations. PeerJ 5: e3266.
  • Kousik C. S., Ji P., Egel D., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2017) Fungicide rotation schemes for managing Phytophthora fruit rot of watermelon across Southeastern United States. Plant Health Progress 18: 28-34.

2016

  • Withers S., Gongora-Castillo E., Gent D., Thomas A., Ojiambo P., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2016) Using next-generation sequencing to develop molecular diagnostics for Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the cucurbit downy mildew pathogen. Phytopathology 106: 1105-1116.
  • Scruggs A. C. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2016) Cultural, chemical, and alternative control strategies for Rhizopus soft rot of sweetpotato. Plant Disease 100: 1532-1540.
  • Scruggs A. C. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2016) Etiology and epidemiological conditions promoting Fusarium root rot in sweetpotato. Phytopathology 106: 909-919.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Al-Haddad J., Scruggs A. C., Buell C. R., and Trail F. (2016) Susceptibility of maize to stalk rot caused by Fusarium graminearum deoxynivalenol and zearalenone mutants. Phytopathology 106: 920-927.
  • Wolfenbarger S. N., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Gent D. H. (2016) Powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera macularis on hop (Humulus lupulus L.) in North Carolina. Plant Disease 100: 1245.
  • Naegele R. P., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Kurjan J. D., Saude C., and Hausbeck M. (2016) Regional and temporal population structure of Pseudoperonospora cubensis in Michigan and Ontario. Phytopathology 106: 372-379.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Vargas A. M., Naegele R. P., Francis D. M., and Hausbeck M. (2016) Resistance to crown and root rot caused by Phytophthora capsici in a tomato advanced backcross of Solanum habrochaites and Solanum lycopersicon. Plant Disease 100: 829-835.
  • Wallace E., Choi Y. J., Thines M., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2016) First report of Plasmopara aff. australis on Luffa cylindrica in the United States. Plant Disease 100: 537.

2015

  • Wallace E., Adams M., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2015) First report of downy mildew on buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis in North Carolina. Plant Disease 99: 1861.
  • Rodriguez-Salamanca L. M., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Naegele R. P., and Hausbeck M. (2015) Characterization, epidemiology, and management of anthracnose in celery. Plant Disease 99: 1832-1840.
  • Ojiambo P. S., Gent D. H., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Hausbeck M. K., and Holmes G. J. (2015) Epidemiology and population biology of Pseudoperonospora cubensis: A model system for management of downy mildews. Annual Review of Phytopathology 53: 223-246.
  • Cohen Y., Van den Langenberg K. M., Wehner T. C., Ojiambo P. S., Hausbeck M., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Lebeda A., Sierotzki H., and Gisi U. (2015) Resurgence of Pseudoperonospora cubensis – the agent of cucurbit downy mildew. Phytopathology 105: 998-1012.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Withers S., Butler S., Birdsell T., and Schultheis J. (2015) First report of Plectosporium blight on pumpkin and squash caused by Plectosporium tabacinum in North Carolina. Plant Disease 99: 724.
  • Kousik C., Parada C., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2015) First report of Phytophthora fruit rot on bitter gourd (Mormodica charantia) and sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica) caused by Phytophthora capsici. Plant Health Progress 16: 93-94.
  • Holmes G., Ojiambo P., Hausbeck M., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Keinath A. P. (2015) Resurgence of cucurbit downy mildew in the United States: A watershed event for research and extension. Plant Disease 99: 428-441.

2014

  • Scruggs A. C., Butler S., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2014) First report of Cladosporium leaf spot of spinach caused by Cladosporium variabile in North Carolina.  Plant Disease 98: 1741.
  • Wallace E., Adams M., Ivors K., Ojiambo P., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2014) First report of Pseudoperonospora cubensis causing cucurbit downy mildew on Momordica balsamina and M. charantia in North Carolina.  Plant Disease 98: 1279.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Butler S., Withers S., and Ivors K. (2014) First report of Fusarium rot of garlic bulbs caused by Fusarium proliferatum in North Carolina.  Plant Disease 98: 1009.
  • Naegele R. P., Boyle S., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., and Hausbeck M. K. (2014) Genetic diversity, population structure, and resistance to Phytophthora capsici of a worldwide collection of eggplant germplasm.  PLoS ONE 9(5): e95930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095930.

2013

  • Kawahara L. Y., de la Bastide M., Hamilton J. P., Kanamori H., McCombie R., Ouyang S., Schwartz D., Tanaka T., Wu J., Zhou S., Childs K. L., Davidson R. M., Lin H., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Vaillancourt B., Sakai H., Lee S. S., Kim J., Numa H., Itoh T., Buell R. and Matsumoto T. (2013) Improvement of the Oryza sativa Nipponbare reference genome using next generation sequence and optical map data. Rice 6: 4.

2012

  • Granke L. L.*, Quesada-Ocampo L. M.*, Lamour K. H., and Hausbeck M. K. (2012) Advances in research on Phytophthora capsici on vegetable crops in the United States. Plant Disease 96: 1588-1600. *First co-authors. 7th most downloaded paper in the journal during 2012.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Granke L. L., Gutting H. C., Olsen J., Lebeda A., Runge F., Thines M., and Hausbeck M. K. (2012) The genetic structure of Pseudoperonospora cubensis global populations. Plant Disease 96: 1459-1470.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Lebeis A. C., Werner N. A., Fulbright D. W. and Hausbeck M. K. (2012) Genetic diversity of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis in Michigan commercial tomato fields. Plant Disease 96: 788-796.
  • Granke L. L.*, Quesada-Ocampo L. M. *, and Hausbeck M. K. (2012) Differences in virulence of Phytophthora capsici isolates from a worldwide collection on host fruits. European Journal of Plant Pathology 132: 281-296. *First co-authors.

2011

  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M.*, Granke L. L.* and Hausbeck M. K. (2011) Temporal genetic structure of Phytophthora capsici populations from a creek used for irrigation in Michigan. Plant Disease 95: 1358-1369. *First co-authors.
  • Granke L. L., Quesada-Ocampo L. M. and Hausbeck M. K. (2011) Variation in Phenotypic Characteristics of Phytophthora capsici Isolates From a Worldwide Collection. Plant Disease 95: 1080-1088.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Granke L. L., Mercier M. R., Olsen J., and Hausbeck M. K. (2011) Investigating the global population structure of Phytophthora capsici. Phytopathology 101: 1061-1073. *Editor’s pick for August issue and on popular papers for September issue.
  • Savory E. A., Granke L. L., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Varbanova M., Hausbeck M. K., and Day B. (2011) The cucurbit downy mildew pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis. Molecular Plant Pathology 12: 217-226. *Cover for April issue.

2010

  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M. and Hausbeck M. K. (2010) Resistance in tomato and wild relatives to crown and root rot caused by Phytophthora capsici. Phytopathology 100: 619-627. *Cover for June issue.

2009

  • Bos J., Chaparro-Garcia A., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., McSpadden Gardener B. and Kamoun S. (2009) Distinct amino acids of the Phytophthora infestans effector AVR3a condition activation of R3a hypersensitivity and suppression of cell death. MPMI 22: 269-281.
  • Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Fulbright D. W. and Hausbeck M. K. (2009) Susceptibility of Fraser Fir to Phytophthora capsici. Plant Disease 93: 135-141.
  • Vargas A. M., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Céspedes M. C., Carreño N., González A., Rojas A., Zuluaga A. P., Myers K., Fry W. E., Jiménez P., Bernal A. J. and Restrepo S. (2009) Characterization of Phytophthora infestans populations in Colombia: first report of the A2 mating type. Phytopathology 99: 82-88.

2008

2007

  • Lopez C.*, Quesada-Ocampo L. M.*, Bohorquez A., Duque M. C., Vargas J., Tohme J. and Verdier V. (2007) Mapping EST-derived SSRs and ESTs involved in resistance to bacterial blight in Manihot esculenta Crantz. Genome 50 (12): 1078-1088. *First co-authors.

2006

  • Matute D. R., Sepúlveda V. E., Quesada L. M., Goldman G., Taylor J. W., Restrepo A. and McEwen J. G. (2006) Microsatellite analysis of three phylogenetic species of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44: 2153-2157.
  • Garnica D. P., Pinzon A. M., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Bernal A. J., Barreto E., Grunwald N. J. and Restrepo S. (2006) Survey and analysis of microsatellites from transcript sequences in Phytophthora species: frequency, distribution and potential as markers for the genus.  BMC Genomics 7: 245-256.