Publications

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  1. González-Acuña, J. F., Allen, T. W., Bish, M. D., Bradley, C. A., Camiletti, B. X., Chilvers, M., Dangal, N. K., Diaz-Arias, M. M., Fakhoury, A. M., Faske, T. R., Gleason, M. L., Hansen, B. C., Kelly, H. M., Lopez-Nicora, H. D., Lux, L., Malvick, D. K., Mangel, D., Markell, S. G., Mueller, D. S., Price, P. P. III, Renfroe-Becton, H., Scherer, J. M., Sikora, E. J., Smith, D. L., Striegel, A., Telenko, D. E. P. & Webster, R. W. 2026 Modelling the Environment-Related Risk of Frogeye Leaf Spot (Cercospora sojina) in Soybean Across the United States. Scientific Reports, in press.
  2. Rogers, A., Jaiswal, N., Caldwell, D.L,. Roggenkamp, E.M., Scofield, S.R., Chilvers, M.I., Iyer-Pascuzzi, A.S., Helm, M. 2026. Current understanding of the genetic and molecular interactions between the tar spot pathogen Phyllachora maydis and maize. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions
  3. Nikzainalalam, N.N., Byrne, A.M., Copeland, J.D., McCoy A.G., Miles, T.D., Chilvers, M.I. 2026. Flutriafol uptake and disease suppression in corn (Zea mays) via fungicide application at planting. Crop Protection. 206:107594 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2026.107594
  4. De Souza S., Groves, C.L., Tenuta, A., Mueller, B., Telenko, D.E.P., Mueller, D.S., Mathew, F., Kelly, H.M., Lopez-Nicora, H., Chilvers, M.I., Smith, D.L. 2026. Efficacy of seed-applied fungicides against damping-off caused by Pythium and Globisporangium in soybean (Glycine max) in North America. Plant Health Progress https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-25-0242-RS
  5. Check, J.C., Bales, S., Dong, Y., Smith, D.L., Webster, R.W., Wilbur, J.F., Chilvers, M.I. 2026 Multi-crop Sclerotinia sclerotiorum apothecia prediction models for irrigated environments are improved by on-site weather monitoring and supervised machine learning. Phytopathology https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-25-0126-R
  6. Bearss, L.S., Chilvers, M.I., Hayden, Z., Steinke, K. 2026. Integrating starter fertilizer, fungicide timing, and late-season nitrogen strategies for winter wheat. Agronomy Journal 2026;118:e70292 https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70292
  7. Kessler, M., Dangal, N.K., Chilvers, M.I., Fakhoury, A., Lopez-Nicora, H.D., Malvick, D., Mathew, F.M., Webster, R.W., Smith, D.L., Telenko, D.E.P., Tenuta, A., Todd, T., Wiggs, S.N., Mueller, D.S., Onofre, R.B. 2026. Evaluating the effectiveness of integrated strategies to manage sudden death syndrome of soybean: Supplementing SDS-resistant and -susceptible cultivars with chemical and biological seed treatments. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-25-1496-RE
  8. Hamilton, R., Anderson, E. Sang, H., Wang, D., Chilvers, M.I. 2026. Evaluating a saponin biological seed treatment on soybean disease and yield in Michigan and the challenges in biological seed treatment efficacy. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2025.2597336
  9. Rana, S., Ali, N., Cao, Z., Check, J.C., Chilvers, M.I., Wilbur, J., Werling, B., Liu, Y., Dong, Y. 2026. Comparative analysis of machine learning models to restore gaps in multivariate time series leaf wetness sensor data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 240:111187 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2025.111187
  10. Dangal, N.K., Ernat, E.M., Adee, E.A., Betts, A.K., Bish, M., Bissonnette, K.M., Bradley, C., Byamukama, E., Byrne, A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Faske, T.R., Hamilton, R., Jackson-Ziems, T.A., Kandel, Y.R., Kleczewski, N.M., Markell, S.G., Mathew, F.M., Mueller, B., Onofre, R.B., Scherer, J., Smith, D.L., Telenko, D.E.P., Tenuta, A., Van Herk, C., Wang, D,. Wiggs, S.N., Yabwalo, D., Mueller, D.S. 2026. Soybean seed treatment evaluation under various levels of sudden death syndrome and populations of soybean cyst nematode. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-25-1114-RE
  11. Dangal, N.K., Oros, M., Lo, J., Baumann, I., Smith, D.L., Allen, T.W., Betts, A.K., Bish, M., Bissonnette, K., Byamukama, E., Byrne, A., Chilvers, M.I., Faske, T.R., Friskop, A., Jackson-Ziems, T.A., Kelly, H.M., Kleczewski, N., Langston, D., McCoy, A., Mueller, D.S., Onofre, R., Price, P.P., Robertson, A.E., Sikora, E.J., Telenko, D.E.P., Tenuta, A., Wise, K.A. 2026. Determining the optimal timing and economic return of corn fungicide applications using a network meta-analysis. PhytoFrontiers https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-08-25-0079-R
  12. Breunig, M., Byrne, A.M., Jacobs, J.L., Ward, T.J., McCoy, A.G., and Chilvers, M.I. 2026. Characterization of Fusarium species composition, trichothecene genotype, and in planta and in vitro fungicide sensitivity of isolates from wheat and corn in Michigan, USA. Phytopathology 116:226-238 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-25-0214-R
  13. Telenko, DE,. Allen, T., Sisson, A.J., Bergstrom, G.C., Betts, A.K,. Bish M, Bissonnette K, Bond JP, Bonkowski J, Bradley CA, Byamukama E, Camiletti B, Chilvers MI, Collins A, Damicone J, Dufault N, Duffeck M, Esker P, Faske TR, Grabau ZJ, Harbach C, Isakeit T, Jackson TA, Kelly HM, Kemerait RC, Kleczewski N, Langston D, Lofton J, Lopez-Nicora H, Lux L, Malvick D, Mangel D, Markell S, Mathew F, Mehl H, Mehl KM, Mideros S, Mueller DS, Mueller JD, Nelson BD, Onofre R, Padgett B, Plumblee M, Price III PP, Shires MK, Sikora E, Small I, Smith DL, Spurlock T, Tande C, Tenuta A, Thiessen LD, Warner, F., Watson, T., Webster, R., Wise, K., Zeng, Y. 2025. Estimated soybean yield and economic losses caused by diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2020 to 2024. Plant Health Progress
  14. Chahal, K.S., Miles, M., Chilvers, M.I., Miles, T. 2025. A diagnostic guide for oak wilt disease in oak and chestnut. Plant Health Progress https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-05-25-0154-DG
  15. Irvin, M.J., Chilvers, M.I., Wright, E.M., Jacobs, J.L., Hoyos-Villegas, V. 2025. Response of elite dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) genotypes to Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani root rot. Plant Pathology 74:2682-2696 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.70038
  16. K. Pennerman, P. Goldman, C. J. Dilla-Ermita, G. Ramos, J. H. Jaime, J. Lopez-Hernandez, J. Ramos, M. Aviles, C. Borrero, A. O. Gomez, J. M. Neal, M. Chilvers, V. Ortiz, E. H. Stukenbrock, G. H. Goldman, A. Mengistu, H. D. Lopez-Nicora, G. O. Sacher, N. Vaghefi, L. Kiss, J. P. Benz, A. R. Machado, T. E. Seijo, N. A. Peres, F. N. Martin, J. C. Broome, K. Ivors, G. S. Cole, S. J. Knapp, D. J. McFarlane, S. W. Mattner, M. Gambardella, E. Gluck-Thaler, and P. M. Henry. 2025 Population genomics of Macrophomina spp. reveals cryptic host specialization and evidence for meiotic recombination. MPMI https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-03-25-0032-R
  17. Roggenkamp, E.M,. Jaiswal, N., Helm, M., Thompson, A., Chilvers, M.I. 2025. Survey of maize gene expression upon environmental exposure to the tar spot pathogen, Phyllachora maydis. PhytoFrontiers https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-12-24-0136-R
  18. Kelley, B., Dong, Y., Chilvers, M.I., Das, M., 2025. The Impact of Irrigation Scheduling on Water Use Efficiency of Corn and Soybean Production in Michigan: Lesson Learned from On-Farm Demonstration. Frontiers in Agronomy 7 https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2025.1496198
  19. Check, J.C., Jacobs, J., Phillips, P., Roggenkamp, E., Willbur, J., Chilvers, M.I. Unravelling the environmental drivers of Phyllachora maydis spore release and dispersal using spore trapping and qPCR. Phytopathology 115:955-967 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-01-25-0027-R
  20. Dangal NK, Allen TW, Barro JP, Betts AK, Bish M, Bissonnette K, Bond JP, Bradley CA, Chilvers MI, Del Ponte EM, Faske TR, Friskop AJ, Hollier C, Jackson-Ziems TA, Kandel YR, Kelly HM, Langston D, Onofre RB, Padgett B, Price PP, Robertson AE, Sikora E, Sisson AJ, Smith DL, Telenko DE, Tenuta AU, Wise KA, Mueller DS 2025 Fungicide efficacy guides for foliar diseases in corn and soybean: Development and validation. Plant Health Progress 26 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-02-25-0073-RS
  21. Wade, C.R., Check, J.C., Chilvers, M.I., Dong, Y. 2025. Monitoring leaf wetness dynamics in corn and soybean fields using an IoT (Internet of Things)-based monitoring system. Smart Agricultural Technology 11:100919  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.100919
  22. McCoy et al Chilvers, M.I. Development and application of species-specific qPCR and RPA assays for the lettuce wilt pathogen, Globisporangium uncinulatum (syn. Pythium uncinulatum). PhytoFrontiers 5:209-219 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-10-24-0112-FI
  23. Heger, L., Sharma, N., McCoy, A.G., Martin, F.N., Miles, L.A., Chilvers, M.I., Naegele, R.P., and Miles, T.D. 2025. Multiplexed real-time and digital PCR tools to differentiate clades of Plasmopara viticola causing downy mildew in grapes. Plant Disease 109:2044-2054 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-25-0173-SR  
  24. Chahal, K.S., Wachendorf, E.J., Miles, L.A., Grove, A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Miles, T.M. 2025. Novel non-destructive detection methods for Bretziella fagacearum in northern red oak and chestnut. Phytopathology 115:733-743 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-24-0253-R
  25. Ortmeier-Clarke, H., Mourtzinis, S., Smith, D., Chilvers, M., Telenko, D., Conley, S.P. 2025 Variety choice influences soft red winter wheat yield more than seed treatment. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management 11:e70037 https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70037
  26. Kaur, H., Cassida, K., Chilvers, M., Singh, M. 2025. Tar spot impacts silage corn yield and forage nutritive value. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management. 11:e70031. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70031
  27. Korne, M., Jacobs, J., Gabrysiak, S., Chilvers, M.I., Bonito, G. 2025. Michigan winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) roots host communities of Mortierellaceae and endohyphal bacteria. Fungal Ecology 73:101398 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2024.101398
  28. Friskop, A.J., Sisson, A.J., Allen, T.W., Anderson-Onofre, K.F., Aoun, M., Bergstrom, G.C., Bissonnette, K.M., Bowen, K.L., Bradley, C.A., Burrows, M.E., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M.I., Collins, A.A., Cowger, C., De Wolf, E.D., Dill-Macky, R., Esker, P.D., Faske, T.R., Hunger, R.M., Kelly, H.M., Kleczewski, N.M., Koehler, A.M., Langston, D.B., Marshall, J.M., Martinez-Espinoza, A.D., McKelvy, U., Mehl, H.L., Meyer, R.F., Obasa, K., Padgett, G.B., Paul, P.A., Price, P.P., Smith, D.L., Telenko, D.E.P., Tenuta, A.U., Wegulo, S.N., and Wiersma, J.J.. 2025. Estimated yield reductions and economic losses on wheat caused by disease from 2018 through 2021. Plant Health Progress 26:325-337 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-09-24-0087-RS
  29. Mohan, K., Barnes, S., Rasuleva, D., Mukaila, T., Allen, T.W., Bergstrom, G.C., Betts, A.K., Bissonnette, K.M., Bonkowski, J., Bradley, C.A., Buck, J.W., Chilvers, M.I., Dorrance, A.E. Giesler, L.J., Kelly, H.M., Kleczewski, N., Lopez-Nicora, H.D., Malvick, D.K., Mangel, D.J., Markell, S.G., Mueller, D.S., Shires, M., Sikora, E.J., Smith, D.L., Spurlock, T.N., Telenko, D.E.P., Wise, K.A., Yabwalo, D., Mathew F.M. 2025. Sensitivity of soybean (Glycine max L.) pathogens Diaporthe aspalathi, caulivora, and D. longicolla to Difenoconazole and Fluopyram fungicides. Plant Health Progress 26:62-69 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-08-24-0078-RS
  30. Nikzainalalam, N.N, Copeland, D.J., Wiggins, M.S., Telenko, D.E.P., Wise, K.A., Kleczewski, N.M., Jackson-Ziems, T.A., Robertson, A.E., Bergstrom, G.C., Tenuta, A.U., McCoy, A.G., Jacobs, J.L., Chilvers, M.I. 2025. Identification of Cercospora on corn in North America and baseline flutriafol fungicide sensitivity. Plant Disease 109:423-434 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-24-0585-RE
  31. Lee, G., DiBiase, C.N., Liu, B., Li, T., McCoy, A.G., Chilvers, M.I., Sun, L., Wang, D., Lin, F., Zhao, M. 2024. Transcriptomic and epigenetic responses shed light on soybean resistance to Phytophthora sansomeana. The Plant Genome 17:e20487 http://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20487
  32. Kaur H., Difonzo, C., Cassida, K., Chilvers, M.I., Singh, M. 2024. Planting time and seeding rate impact insect feeding, ear rots, and forage quality in silage corn. Agronomy Journal 116:1978-1990 https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21620
  33. Rogers, A., Jaiswal, N., Roggenkamp, E., Kim, H-S., MacCready, J.S., Chilvers, M.I., Scofield, S.R., Iyer-Pascuzzi, A.S., Helm M. Genome-informed trophic classification and functional characterization of virulence proteins from the maize tar spot pathogen Phyllachora maydis. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-01-24-0037-r
  34. Check J.C., Harkness R., Heger L., Chilvers M.I., Mahaffee W.F., Sakalidis M.L., Miles T.D. 2024. It's a trap! Exploring the application of rotating-arm impaction samplers in plant pathology. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-10-23-2096-FE. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38411610. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-23-2096-FE
  35. Check J.C., Harkness R., Heger L., Chilvers M.I., Mahaffee W.F., Sakalidis M.L., Miles T.D. It's a trap! An approachable guide to constructing and using rotating-arm air samplers. 2024. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0131-SR. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38537138. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0131-SR
  36. Anderson, N.R., McCoy, A.G., Castellano, C., Chilvers, M.I., Alinger, E., Allen, T.W., Bissonnette, K., Copeland, D., Hustedde, N., Jackson-Ziems, T.A., Kleczewski, N., Leon, C., Mueller, J., Price, T., Raid, R., Robertson, A.E., Sikora, E.J., Telenko, D.E.P., Wiggins, M., Wise, K. 2024. Sensitivity of the causal agent of northern leaf blight of corn, Exserohilum turcicum, to the demethylase inhibiting fungicide flutriafol. Plant Health Progress https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-11-23-0098-RS
  37. Chen, J.-Y., Sang, J., Chilvers, M.I., Wu, C.-H., Chang, H.X. 2024 Characterization of soybean chitinase genes induced by rhizobacteria involved in the defense against Fusarium oxysporum. Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1341181. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1341181
  38. Lin, F., Salman, M., Zhang, Z., McCoy, A.G., Li, W., Magar, R.J., Mitchell, D., Zhao, M., Gu, C., Chilvers, M.I., Wang, D. 2024. Identification and molecular mapping of a major gene conferring resistance to Phytophthora sansomeana in soybean ‘Colfax’. TAAG 137:55 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-04556-6
  39. McCoy, A., Jacobs, J., Chilvers, M.I. 2024. Host range characterization of Phytophthora sansomeana across corn, soybean, wheat, winter cereal rye, dry bean and oats, and an in vitro assessment of seed treatment sensitivity. Plant Disease 108:2710-2721 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2303-RE
  40. Ma, J., Park, S.-W., Kim, G., Kim, C.S., Chang, H-X., Chilvers, M.I., Sang, H. 2024. Characterization of SsHog1 and Shk1 using efficient gene knockout systems through repeated protoplasting and CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein approaches in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72:4237-4245 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08093
  41. Hamilton, R., Jacobs, J.L,. McCoy, A.G., Kelly, H.M., Bradley, C.A., Malvick, D.K., Rojas, J.A,. Chilvers, M.I. 2024. Multistate sensitivity monitoring of Fusarium virguliforme to the SDHI fungicides fluopyram and pydiflumetofen in the United States. Plant Disease 108:1602-1611 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2465-RE
  42. Bissonnette K., Chilvers, M.I. et al. Submitted Feb 13, 2023, accepted Jan 2, 2024. Management of soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome with nematode-protectant seed treatments across multiple environments in soybean. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2465-RE
  43. Caldwell, D. L.1, Da Silva, C. R., McCoy, A. G., Avila, H., Bonkowski, J. C., Chilvers, M. I., Helm, M., Telenko, D. E. P., Iyer-Pascuzzi, A.S. 2024. Uncovering the Infection Strategy of Phyllachora maydis during Maize Colonization: A Comprehensive Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-23-0298-KC Preprint: https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.08.26.554799v1
  44. Singh, M., DiFonzo, C., Fusilier, K., Kaur, H., Chilvers, M.I. Accepted Oct 22, 2023 Insect ear-feeding impacts Gibberella ear rot and deoxynivalenol accumulation in corn grain. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20258
  45. Roggenkamp E.M., Check, J.C., Biswal, A.K., Floyd, C.M., Miles, L.A., Nicolli, C.P., Shim, S., Salgado-Salazar, C., Alakonya, A.E., Malvick, D.K., Smith, D.L., Telenko, D.E.P., Chilvers, M.I. 2024 Development of a qPCR assay for species-specific detection of the tar spot pathogen Phyllachora maydis. PhytoFrontiers 4:61-71 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-04-23-0050-FI
  46. Mathew F., et al. Variation in isolate virulence and accession resistance associated with Diaporthe aspalathi, caulivora, and D. longicolla in soybean. Plant Health Progress https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-04-23-0041-RS
  47. Lamichhane, J.R., Barbetti, M., Chilvers, M.I., Pandey, A.K., Steinberg, C. 2024. Exploiting root exudates to manage soil-borne disease complexes in a changing climate. Trends in Microbiology 32:27-37 [2279]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2023.07.011
  48. McCoy, A.G., Belanger, R.R., Bradley, C.A., Cerritos-Garcia, D.G., Garnica V.C., Giesler, L.J., Grijalba, P.E., Guillin, E., Henriquez, M.A., Kim, Y.M., Malvick, D.K., Matthiesen, R.L., Mideros, S.X., Noel, Z.A., Robertson, A.E., Roth, M.G., Schmidt, C.L., Smith, D.L., Sparks, A.H., Telenko, D.E.P., Tremblay, V., Chilvers, M.I. 2023 A global-temporal analysis on Phytophthora sojae resistance-gene efficacy. Nature Communications 14, 6043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41321-7
  49. Webster, R.W., Nicolli, C., Allen, T.W., Bish, M.D., Bissonnette, K., Check, J.C., Chilvers, M.I., Duffeck, M.R., Kleczewski, N., Luis, J.M., Mueller, B.D., Paul, P.A., Price, P.P., Robertson, A.E,. Ross, T.J., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, R., Schmidt, T., Shim, S., Telenko, D.E.P., Wise, K., Smith, D.L., 2023. Uncovering the environmental conditions required for Phyllachora maydis infection and tar spot development on corn in the United States for use as predictive models for future epidemics. Scientific Reports 13, 17064 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44338-6
  50. Kandel Y.R., Brown, M.T., Byrne, A., Jacobs, J., Chilvers, M.I., Ernat E.M., Kleczewski, N., Mueller, B., Telenko, D.E.P., Tenuta, A., Smith, D.L., Mueller, D.S. 2023 Integration of host resistance, seed treatment, and seeding rate for management of sudden death syndrome, a disease of soybean caused by Fusarium virguliforme. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-04-22-0036-RS
  51. Ross, T., Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M,. Smith, D.L., Mueller, B., Shim, S., Telenko, D. 2023. Integration of disease tolerance and fungicide application for management of tar spot on hybrid corn in North Central United States. Plant Health Progress. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-22-0103-RS
  52. Ortiz, V., Chang, H.-X., Sang, H., Jacobs, J., Malvick, D.K., Baird, R., Mathew, F.M., Estévez de Jensen C., Wise, K.A., Mosquera, G.M., Chilvers, M.I. 2023. Population genomic analysis reveals geographic structure and climatic diversification for Macrophomina phaseolina isolated from soybean and dry bean across the US, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Frontiers in Genetics. 14:1103969 https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1103969
  53. Kaur, H., DiFonzo, C., Chilvers, M., Cassida, K.A. Singh, M.P. 2023. Hybrid insect protection and fungicide application for managing ear rots and mycotoxins in silage corn. Agronomy Journal. 115:1957-1971 http://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21342
  54. MacCready J., Roggenkamp, E., Gdanetz, K., Chilvers, M.I. 2023. Elucidating the obligate nature and biological capacity of an invasive fungal corn pathogen. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 36:411-424 https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-10-22-0213-R Editors pick!
  55. Check, J., Byrne, A. M., Singh, M. P., Steinke, K., Widdicombe, W. D., Chilvers, M. I. 2023. Effects of nitrogen application rate and plant density on severity of tar spot of corn. Plant Health Progress. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-12-22-0125-RS 1st place Plant Health Progress Student Paper of the Year Award 2023
  56. W. Webster, B.D. Mueller, M.I. Chilvers, A.M. Byrne, J.F. Boyse, W.W. Widdicombe, D.S. Mueller, S. Wiggs, Y. Kandel, D.E.P. Telenko, J. Ravellette, S. Shim, and D.L. Smith 2023. Integrating Seeding Rates and Pesticide Programs for Managing Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Glycine max Under High Soil Nitrogen Conditions. Plant Health Progress 24:320-325 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-22-0102-RS
  57. Kandel Y.R., Lawson, M.R., Brown, M.T., Chilvers, M.I., Kleczewski, N.M., Telenko, D.E., Tenuta, A.U., Smith, D.L., Mueller, D.S. 2023. Field and greenhouse assessment of seed treatment fungicides for management of sudden death syndrome and yield response of soybean. Plant Disease 107:1131-1138 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-22-0527-RE
  58. Nieto-Lopez, E.H., Justo Miorini, T.J., Wulkop-Gil1, C.A., Chilvers, M., Giesler, L.J. Jackson-Ziems, T.A., Kabbage, M., Mueller, D.S., Smith, D.L. Tovar-Pedraza, J.M., Willbur, J.F., Everhart, S.E. 2023. Fungicide sensitivity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from U.S. soybean and dry bean, compared to different regions and climates. Plant Disease 107:2395-2406 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-22-1707-RE
  59. Yan, S., Loladze, A., Wang, A., Sun, S., Chilvers, M.I., Olsen, M., Burgueño, J., Petroli, C.D., Molnar, T., Vicente, F.S., Zhang, X., Boddupalli, M.P. 2022. Association mapping of resistance to tar spot complex in maize. Plant Breeding 2022:1-11 http://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.13056
  60. Lin F, Li W, McCoy AG, Wang K, Jacobs J, Zhang N, Huo X, Wani SH, Gu C, Chilvers MI, Wang D. 2022. Identification and characterization of pleiotropic and epistatic QDRL conferring partial resistance to Pythium irregulare and Pythium sylvaticum in soybean. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 135:3571-3582 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04201-0
  61. Fusilier, K., Chilvers, M., Limay-Rios, V., Singh, M. Accepted Jun 10, 2022. Mycotoxin Co-Occurrence in Michigan Harvested Maize Grain. Toxins 14:421 https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14070431
  62. Telenko, D.E.P., Chilvers, M.I., Ames, K., Byrne, A.M., Check, J.C., Da Silva, C.R., Jay, W.S., Mueller, B., Ross, T.J., Smith, D.L., Tenuta, A.U. 2022. Fungicide efficacy during a severe epidemic of tar spot on corn in the United States and Canada. Plant Health Progress. 23:342-344 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-02-22-0012-BR
  63. Broders, K., Iriarte-Broders, G., Bergstrom, G. C., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M., Cruz, C., Dalla-Lana, F., Duray, Z., Malvick, D., Mueller, D., Paul, P. ,Plewa, D., Raid, R., Robertson, A. E., Salgado-Salazar, C., Smith, D., Telenko, D., VanEtten, K., & Kleczewski, N. M. 2022. Phyllachora species infecting maize and other grass species in the Americas represents a complex of closely related species. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8832. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8832
  64. McCoy, A.G., Byrne, A.M., Jacobs J.L., Anderson, G., Kurle, J.E., Telenko, D.E.P., Chilvers, M.I. Oomicide treated soybean seeds reduce early season stand loss to Phytophthora sojae. Crop Protection 157: 105984 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2022.105984
  65. Breunig, M., Nagelkirk, M., Byrne, A.M., Wilbur, J.F. Steinke, K., Chilvers, M.I. Meta-analysis of yield response to applications of fungicides made at different crop growth stages in Michigan winter wheat. Plant Health Progress 23:300-307 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-09-21-0118-RS
  66. Pimentel, Mirian; Srour, Ali; Warner, Amanda; Bond, Jason; Bradley, Carl; Rupe, John; Chilvers, Martin; Rojas, J. Alejandro; Jacobs, Janette; Little, Christopher; Robertson, Alison; Geisler, Loren; Malvick, Dean; Wise, Kiersten; Tenuta, Albert; Fakhoury, Ahmad Submitted Jul 22, 2020. Ecology and Diversity of Fungal Species Associated with Soybean Seedling Diseases in the Midwestern United States. 2022 Journal of Applied Microbiology Journal of Applied Microbiology, 00, 1–15 https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15507
  67. Pimentel, M.F., Arnao, E., Warner, A.J., Rocha, L.F., Subedi, A., Elsharif, N., Chilvers, M.I., Robertson, A.E., Matthiesen, R., Bradley, C.A., Bond, J.P., Fakhoury, A.M. 2022. Reduction of Pythium Damping-off in Soybean by Biocontrol Seed Treatment. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-21-1313-RE
  68. Noel, Z.A., Longley, R., Benucci, G.M.N., Trail, F., Chilvers, M., Bonito, G. 2022. Non-target impacts of fungicide disturbance on phyllosphere yeasts in conventional and no-till management. ISME Communications 2, 19 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00103-w
  69. Telenko, D.E.P., Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M., Check, J.C., Da Silva, C.R., Kleczewski, N.M., Roggenkamp, E.E., Ross, T.J., Smith, D.L. 2022. Fungicide efficacy on tar spot and yield of corn in the Midwestern United States. Plant Health Progress 23:281-287 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-21-0125-RS
  70. Collins P.J., Tan R., Wen, Z., Boyse, J.F., Chilvers, M.I., Wang, D. 2022 Genetic mapping of host resistance to soybean sudden death syndrome https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20689
  71. Breunig, M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2022. Comparison Between Prothioconazole and Prothioconazole-Desthio in Poison-Plate Mycelial Growth Assays of Fusarium graminearum. Plant Health Progress, pp.PHP-06.
  72. Telenko, D.E., Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A., Check, J., Da Silva, C.R., Kleczewski, N., Roggenkamp, E., Ross, T.J. and Smith, D.L., 2022. Fungicide efficacy on tar spot and yield of corn in the Midwestern United States. Plant Health Progress, (ja).
  73. Broders, K., Iriarte, G., Bergstrom, G., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M., Cruz, C., Dalla Lana, F., Duray, Z., Malvick, D., Mueller, D. and Paul, P., 2021. Phyllachora species infecting maize and other grass species throughout the Americas represents a complex of closely related species which vary in their host and geographic range. Authorea Preprints.
  74. Rocco da Silva, C., Check, J., MacCready, J.S., Alakonya, A.E., Beiriger, R., Bissonnette, K.M., Collins, A., Cruz, C.D., Esker, P.D., Goodwin, S.B. and Malvick, D.... Chilvers, M.I. & Telenko, D. E., 2021.Recovery Plan for Tar Spot of Corn, Caused by Phyllachora maydis. Plant Health Progress, pp.PHP-04.
  75. Webster, R.W., Roth, M., Mueller, B., Mueller, D.S., Chilvers, M.I., Willbur, J.F., Mourtzinis, S., Conley, S.P. and Smith, D.L., 2021.Integration of Row Spacing, Seeding Rates, and Fungicide Application for Control of Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Glycine max. Plant Disease, (ja).
  76. Bradley, C.A., Allen, T.W., Sisson, A.J., Bergstrom, G.C., Bissonnette, K.M., Bond, J., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M.I., Collins, A.A., Damicone, J.P. and Dorrance, A.E., 2021. Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2015 to 2019. Plant Health Progress, pp.PHP-01.
  77. Baetsen-Young, A.M., Araldi Da Silva, G., Kandel, Y.R., Jacobs, J.L., Byrne, A.M., Mueller, D.S., Smith, D.L., Tenuta, A.U., Wise, K.A., Day, B. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021.Influence of Fusarium virguliforme Temporal Colonization of Corn, Tillage, and Residue Management on Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Soybean Yield. Plant Disease, 105(10), pp.3250-3260.
  78. Sang, H., Chang, H.X., Choi, S., Son, D., Lee, G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021.Genome‐wide transcriptional response of the causal soybean sudden death syndrome pathogen Fusarium virguliforme to a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor fluopyram. Pest Management Science.
  79. Staveness, D., Breunig, M., Ortiz, V., Sang, H., Collins III, J.L., McAtee, R.C., Chilvers, M.I. and Stephenson, C.R., 2021. Photochemically derived 1-aminonorbornanes provide structurally unique succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors with in vitro and in planta activity. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2(9), p.100548.
  80. Steinke, K., Purucker, S. and Chilvers, M., 2021. Integrating multiple inputs for soft red and white winter wheat. Agronomy Journal, 113(5), pp.4306-4322.
  81. Haus, M.J., Pierz, L.D., Jacobs, J.L., Wiersma, A.T., Awale, H.E., Chilvers, M.I., Buell, C.R. and Cichy, K.E., 2021.Preliminary evaluation of wild bean (Phaseolus spp.) germplasm for resistance to Fusarium cuneirostrum and Fusarium oxysporum. Crop Science, 61(5), pp.3264-3274.
  82. Webster, R.W., Roth, M.G., Reed, H., Mueller, B., Groves, C.L., McCaghey, M., Chilvers, M.I., Mueller, D.S., Kabbage, M. and Smith, D.L., 2021.Identification of Soybean (Glycine max) Check Lines for Evaluating Genetic Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot. Plant disease, 105(8), pp.2189-2195.
  83. Geiser, D.M., Al-Hatmi, A.M., Aoki, T., Arie, T., Balmas, V., Barnes, I., Bergstrom, G.C., Bhattacharyya, M.K., Blomquist, C.L., Bowden, R.L. and Brankovics, B.,.... Chilvers, M.I., ... 2021.Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex. Phytopathology®, 111(7), pp.1064-1079.
  84. McCoy, A.G., Noel, Z.A., Jacobs, J.L., Clouse, K.M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021. Phytophthora sojae pathotype distribution and fungicide sensitivity in Michigan. Plant Disease, (ja).
  85. Petrović, K., Skaltsas, D., Castlebury, L.A., Kontz, B., Allen, T.W., Chilvers, M.I., Gregory, N., Kelly, H.M., Koehler, A.M., Kleczewski, N.M. and Mueller, D.S., 2021.Diaporthe Seed Decay of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Is Endemic in the United States, But New Fungi Are Involved. Plant Disease, pp.PDIS-03.
  86. Redman, R.S., Kim, Y.O., Cho, S., Mercer, M., Rienstra, M., Manglona, R., Biaggi, T., Zhou, X.G., Chilvers, M., Gray, Z. and Rodriguez, R.J., 2021. A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops. 9(5), p.920.
  87. Kandel, Y.R., Hunt, C., Ames, K., Arneson, N., Bradley, C.A., Byamukama, E., Byrne, A., Chilvers, M.I., Giesler, L.J., Halvorson, J. and Hooker, D.C., 2021. Meta-Analysis of Soybean Yield Response to Foliar Fungicides Evaluated from 2005 to 2018 in the United States and Canada. Plant Disease, pp.PDIS-07.
  88. Noel, Z.A., McDuffee, D. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021. Influence of soybean tissue and oomicide seed treatments on oomycete isolation. Plant Disease, pp.PDIS-03.
  89. Chang, H.X., Noel, Z.A. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021.A β‐lactamase gene of Fusarium oxysporum alters the rhizosphere microbiota of soybean. The Plant Journal.
  90. Carpenter, K.A., Sisson, A.J., Kandel, Y.R., Ortiz, V., Chilvers, M.I., Smith, D.L. and Mueller, D.S., 2021. Effects of Mowing, Seeding Rate, and Foliar Fungicide on Soybean Sclerotinia Stem Rot and Yield. Plant Health Progress.
  91. Breunig, M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021. Baseline sensitivity of Fusarium graminearum from wheat, corn, dry bean and soybean to pydiflumetofen in Michigan, USA. Crop Protection, 140: 105419.
  92. McCoy, A.G., Miles, T.D., Bilodeau, G.J., Woods, P., Blomquist, C., Martin, F.N., and Chilvers, M.I. 2020. Validation of a Preformulated, Field Deployable, Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Phytophthora Species. MDPI-Plants.  https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9040466 
  93. Noel, Z.A., Chang, H.X. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Variation in soybean rhizosphere oomycete communities from Michigan fields with contrasting disease pressures. Applied Soil Ecology, 150, p.103435.
  94. Roth, M.G., Oudman, K.A., Griffin, A., Jacobs, J.L., Sang, H. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Diagnostic qPCR Assay to Detect Fusarium brasiliense, a Causal Agent of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Root Rot of Dry Bean. Plant disease, 104(1), pp.246-254.
  95. Chang, H.X., Wen, Z., Tan, R., Dong, H., Wickland, D.P., Wang, D. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Linkage Mapping for Foliar Necrosis of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome. Phytopathology, pp.PHYTO-09.
  96. Roth, M.G., Jacobs, J.L., Napieralski, S., Byrne, A.M., Stouffer-Hopkins, A., Warner, F.W. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Fluopyram Suppresses Population Densities of Heterodera glycines in Field and Greenhouse Studies in Michigan. Plant Disease, 0 0:0.
  97. McCoy, A., Noel, Z., Sparks, A. H., and Chilvers, M. 2019. ‘hagis’, an R Package Resource for Pathotype Analysis of Phytophthora sojae Populations Causing Stem and Root Rot of Soybean. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-07-19-0180-A 
  98. McCoy, A.G., Roth, M.G., Shay, R., Noel, Z.A., Jayawardana, M.A., Longley, R.W., Bonito, G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Identification of Fungal Communities Within the Tar Spot Complex of Corn in Michigan via Next-Generation Sequencing. Phytobiomes journal, 3(3), pp.235-243.
  99. Roth, M.G., Noel, Z.A., Wang, J., Warner, F., Byrne, A.M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Predicting Soybean Yield and Sudden Death Syndrome Development Using At-Planting Risk Factors. Phytopathology, 109(10), pp.1710-1719.
  100. Noel, Z.A., Sang, H., Roth, M.G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Convergent Evolution of C239S Mutation in Pythium spp. β-Tubulin Coincides with Inherent Insensitivity to Ethaboxam and Implications for Other Peronosporalean Oomycetes Phytopathology, 109(12), pp.2087-2095.
  101. Noel, Z.A., Rojas, A.J., Jacobs, J.L. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. A High-Throughput Microtiter-Based Fungicide Sensitivity Assay for Oomycetes Using Z′-Factor Statistic. Phytopathology, 109(9), pp.1628-1637.
  102. Rojas, J.A., Witte, A., Noel, Z.A., Jacobs, J.L. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Diversity and Characterization of Oomycetes Associated with Corn Seedlings in Michigan. Phytobiomes Journal, 3(3), pp.224-234.
  103. Wang, J., Sang, H., Jacobs, J.L., Oudman, K.A., Hanson, L.E. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome Causal Agent Fusarium brasiliense Present in Michigan. Plant disease, 103(6), pp.1234-1243.
  104. Wang, J., Jacobs, J.L., Roth, M.G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Temporal Dynamics of Fusarium virguliforme Colonization of Soybean Roots. Plant disease, 103(1), pp.19-27.
  105. McCoy, A.G., Romberg, M.K., Zaworski, E.R., Robertson, A.E., Phibbs, A., Hudelson, B.D., Smith, D.L., Beiriger, R.L., Raid, R.N., Byrne, J.M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2018. First Report of Tar Spot on Corn (Zea mays) Caused by Phyllachora maydis in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Plant disease, 102(9), p.1851.
  106. Wang, J., Bradley, C.A., Stenzel, O., Pedersen, D.K., Reuter-Carlson, U., Chilvers, M.I. Submitted Aug 19, 2016. Baseline sensitivity of Fusarium virguliforme to fluopyram fungicide. Plant Disease
  107. Kuhlgert, S., Austic, G., Zegarac, R., Osei-Bonsu, I., Hoh, D., Chilvers, M., Roth, M., Bi, K., TerAvest, D., Weebadde, P., Kramer, D. MultispeQ Beta – A tool for large-scale plant phenotyping connected to the open PhotosynQ network. 2016. 3:160592 Royal Society Open Science
  108. Del Castillo Munera, J., Quesada-Ocampo, L.M., Rojas, A., Chilvers, M.I., Hausbeck, M.K. Population structure of Pythium ultimum from greenhouse floral crops in Michigan. Submitted May 25 2016 Phytopathology
  109. Rojas, J.A, Jacobs J., Napieralski, S., Karaj, B., Bradley, C.A., Chase, T., Esker, P., Giesler, L., Jardine, D., Malvick, D. Markell, S., Nelson, B., Robertson, A., Rupe, J., Smith, D., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Wise, K., Chilvers, M.I. Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America – Part I: Identification and pathogenicity characterization. 2016. Accepted Phytopathology
  110. Rojas, J.A, Jacobs J., Napieralski, S., Karaj, B., Bradley, C.A., Chase, T., Esker, P., Giesler, L., Jardine, D., Malvick, D. Markell, S., Nelson, B., Robertson, A., Rupe, J., Smith, D., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Wise, K., Chilvers, M.I. Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America – Part II: Diversity and ecology in relation to environmental and edaphic factors. 2016. Accepted Phytopathology
  111. Kandel, Y.R., Wise, K.A., Bradley, C., Tenuta, A., Chilvers, M.I., Mueller, D. 2016. Fungicide and cultivar effects on sudden death syndrome and yield of soybean. Plant Disease 100:1339-1350
  112. Wang J., Chilvers, M.I. 2016. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Fusarium virguliforme and their transferability to clade 2 of the Fusarium solani species complex. Fungal Ecology 20:7-14
  113. Kandel, Y.R., Haudenshield, J., Srour, A.Y., Islam, K.T., Fakhoury, A.M., Santos, P., Wang, J., Chilvers, M.I., Hartman, G., Malvick, D., Floyd, C.M., Mueller, D., Leandro, L. 2015. Multi-laboratory comparison of quantitative PCR assays for detection and quantification of Fusarium virguliforme from soybean roots and soil. Phytopathology 105:1601-1611 (Editors pick)
  114. Olson, T.R., Gebreil, A., Micijevic, A., Bradley, C., Wise, K.A., Mueller, D.S., Chilvers, M.I., Mathew, F.M. 2015. Association of Diaporthe longicolla with black zone lines on mature soybean plants. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-RS-15-0020
  115. Wang J., Jacobs, J.L., Byrne, J.M. Chilvers, M.I. 2015. Improved diagnoses and quantification of Fusarium virguliforme, causal agent of soybean sudden death syndrome. Phytopathology 105:378-387
  116. Kandel, Y., Bradley, C., Wise, K., Chilvers, M., Tenuta, A., Davis. V., Esker, P., Smith, D., Licht, M., Mueller, D. 2015. Effect of glyphosate application on sudden death syndrome of glyphosate-resistant soybean under field conditions. Plant Disease 99:347-354
  117. Wen, Z., Tan, R., Yuan, J., Bales, C., Du, W., Zhang, S., Chilvers, M.I., Schmidt, C., Song, Q., Cregan, P., Kull, L., Wang, D. 2014. Genome-wide association mapping of quantitative resistance to sudden death syndrome in soybean. BMC Genomics 15:809
  118. Chilvers, M.I., Jones, S., Meleca, J., Peever, T., Pethybridge, S., Hay, F. 2014. Characterization of mating type genes supports the hypothesis that Stagonosporopsis chrysanthemi is homothallic and provides evidence that Stagonosporopsis tanaceti is heterothallic. Current Genetics. 60:295-302.
  119. Sikora, E.J., Allen, T.W., Wise, K.A., Chilvers M.I. et al. 2014. A coordinated effort to manage soybean rust in North America: a success story in soybean disease monitoring. Plant Disease (Featured Article). 98:864-875
  120. Stewart, J.E., Andrew, M., Bao, X., Chilvers, M.I., Carris, L.M., Peever, T.L. 2013. Development and utility of sequence characterized amplified genomic regions (SCAR) for lower-level fungal systematics: Proof of principle using Alternaria, Ascochyta and Tilletia. Mycologia 105:1077-86.
  121. Zhuang, X, McPhee, K.E., Coram, T.E., Peever, T.L., Chilvers, M.I. 2013. Development and characterization of 37 novel EST-SSR markers in Pisum sativum (Fabaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences 1(1):1200249
  122. Zhuang, X, McPhee, K.E., Coram, T.E., Peever, T.L., Chilvers, M.I. 2012. Rapid transcriptome characterization and parsing of sequences in a non-model host-pathogen interaction; pea-Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. BMC Genomics 13:668
  123. Akamatsu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I., Kaiser, W.J., Peever, T.L. 2012. Karyotype polymorphism and chromosomal rearrangement in populations of the phytopathogenic fungus, Ascochyta rabiei. Fungal Biology. 116:1119-1133
  124. Peltier, A.J., Bradley, C.A., Chilvers, M.I., Malvick, D.K., Mueller, D.S., Wise, K.A., Esker, P.D. 2012. Biology, yield loss, and control of Sclerotinia stem rot of soybean. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 3(2):B1-B7
  125. Ozkilinc, H., Akamatsu, H. Abang, M., Thomas, K., Chilvers, M.I., Peever, T.L. 2011. Development, characterization and linkage analysis of microsatellite loci for the Ascochyta blight pathogen of faba bean, Didymella fabae. Journal of Microbiological Methods 87:128-130
  126. Akamatsu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I., Stewart, J.E. and Peever, T.L. 2010. Identification and function of a polyketide synthase gene responsible for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin pigment biosynthesis in Ascochyta rabiei. Current Genetics 56:349-360
  127. Frenkel, O., Peever T.L., Chilvers, M.I., Özkilinc, H., Can, C., Abbo, S., Shtienberg, D. and Sherman A. 2010. Ecological divergence of the fungal pathogen Didymella rabiei on sympatric wild and domesticated chickpea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76:30-39
  128. Chilvers, M.I., Rogers, J.D., Dugan, F.M., Stewart, J.E., Chen, W. and Peever, T.L. 2009. Didymella pisi sp. nov., the teleomorph of Ascochyta pisi. Mycological Research 113:391-400
  129. Dugan, F.M., Akamatsu, H., Lupien, S.L., Chen, W., Chilvers, M.I., and Peever, T.L. 2009. Ascochyta blight of chickpea reduced 38% by application of Aureobasidium pullulans (anamorphic Dothioraceae, Dothideales) to post-harvest debris. Biocontrol Science and Technology 19:537-545
  130. Chilvers, M.I., Peever, T.L., Kaiser, W.J., Akamatsu, H., Chen, W., and Muehlbauer, F.J. 2007. Didymella rabiei ascospore release from chickpea debris in relation to weather variables in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 29:365-371
  131. Chilvers, M.I., du Toit L.J., Akamatsu, H., and Peever, T.L. 2007. A real-time, quantitative PCR seed assay for Botrytis spp. that cause neck rot of onion. Plant Disease 91:599-608
  132. Akamatsu, H.O., Grünwald, N.J., Chilvers, M.I., Porter, L.D., and Peever, T.L. 2007. Development of codominant simple sequence repeat, single nucleotide polymorphism and sequence characterized amplified region markers for the pea root rot pathogen, Aphanomyces euteiches. Journal of Microbiological Methods 71:82-86
  133. Chilvers, M.I., and du Toit L.J. 2006. Detection and identification of Botrytis species associated with neck rot, scape blight, and umbel blight of onion. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-1127-01-DG
  134. Chérif, M., Chilvers, M.I., Akamatsu, H., Kaiser, W.J., and Peever, T.L. 2006. Cloning of the mating type locus from Ascochyta lentis (teleomorph: Didymella lentis) and development of a multiplex PCR mating assay for Ascochyta species. Current Genetics 50:203-215
  135. Hernandez-Bello, M.A., Chilvers, M.I., Akamatsu, H., and Peever, T.L. 2006. Host specificity of Ascochyta species infecting legumes of the Viciae and Cicerae tribes and pathogenicity of an interspecific hybrid. Phytopathology 96:1148-1156
  136. Chilvers, M.I., Hay, F.S., Hills, J., Dennis, J.J.C., and Wilson, C.R. 2006. Influence of benzimidazole fungicides on incidence of Botrytis allii infection of onion leaves and subsequent incidence of onion neck rot in storage in Tasmania, Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:1661-1664
  137. Chilvers, M.I., Pethybridge, S.J. and Hay, F.S. 2004. Characterisation of Botrytis species associated with neck rot of onion in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 33:29-32
  138. Chilvers, M.I., Hay, F.S. and Wilson, C.R. 2004. Survey for Botrytis species associated with onion bulb rot in northern Tasmania, Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 33:419-422

 

REFEREED REPORTS, PLANT DISEASE NOTES, BOOKS and EDITORIALS

  1. A farmer’s guide to corn diseases. 2016. Chilvers, M.I. et al., contributing author. Edited by Wise, K., Mueller, D., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Bradley, C., Robertson, A.
  2. A farmer’s guide to soybean diseases. 2016. Chilvers, M.I. et al., contributing author. Edited by Mueller, D., Wise, K., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Sikora, E., Bradley, C., Robertson, A.
  3. Byrne, A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Widdicombe, W., Williams, L. 2016. Effect of fungicides on the performance of corn in Michigan, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:FC054
  4. Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M. 2016. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for brown spot control in Michigan soybeans, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:FC024
  5. Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M., Olson, E., Siler, L. 2016 Effect of fungicides and nutrient amendments on the performance of winter wheat, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:CF033
  6. Chilvers, M.I. and Byrne, A.M., 2016. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for white mold management in Michigan soybeans, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:FC023
  7. Habibi, A., Peever, T., Chilvers, M.I., Kaiser, W., Muehlbauer, F. 2015. First report of Ascochyta blight of spotted locoweed (Astragalus lentiginosus) in Idaho caused by Ascochyta sp. Plant Disease 99:1446
  8. Byrne A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Dietz, T.S., Johnson, K. 2015. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for brown spot in Michigan soybeans, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:FC026
  9. Byrne A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Dietz, T.S., Johnson, K. 2015. Effect of fungicides on the performance of corn in Michigan, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:FC054
  10. Byrne, A., Chilvers, M.I. 2015. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for white mold management in Michigan soybeans, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:FC055
  11. Nagelkirk, M.L., Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M. 2015. Effect of fungicides on the performance of winter wheat, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:CF028
  12. Chilvers, M.I. Contributor/reviewer for: Michigan pesticide training manual
  13. Mollov, D., Chilvers, M.I., and Jacobs J.L. 2014 First report of aster yellows phytoplasma in soybean in Michigan. Plant Disease 98:1578.1
  14. Chilvers, M.I. Phytoplasmas. In: Compendium of Soybean Diseases. APS Press. Author for revised section. – submitted Apr-11-14.
  15. Byrne A.M. and Chilvers, M.I. 2014. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for white mold control in soybeans in Michigan, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:FC174.
  16. Byrne A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Serven, B.L. and Dietz, T.S. 2014. Foliar fungicide efficacy on brown spot of soybeans in Michigan, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:FC175.
  17. Jacobs, J.L. and Chilvers, M.I. 2013. First report of Soybean vein necrosis virus on soybeans in Michigan. Plant Disease 97:1387.
  18. Chilvers, M.I. and Serven, B.L. 2013. Foliar fungicide efficacy on brown spot of soybeans in Michigan, 2012. Plant Disease Management Reports 7:FC037.
  19. Mueller, D., Wise, K., Dufalt, N., Bradley, C. and Chilvers, M.I. (Edited) 2013. Fungicides for Field Crops. APS Press. 120 pages. (Sold 14,341 copies in first 9 months, nearly ¾ of total APS sales per year)
  20. Chilvers, M.I. 2012. Molecular diagnostics in plant disease diagnostic clinics…what’s the status? (Editorial) Fungal Genomics and Biology. 2:e102. doi:10.4172/2165-8056.1000e102
  21. Chilvers, M.I., Warner, F.W., Jacobs, J.L. and Wang, J. 2012. Efficacy of nematicide and fungicide seed treatments for soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome in Michigan, 2011. Plant Disease Management Reports. 6:ST003
  22. Chilvers, M.I., Jacobs, J.L. and Boyse, J.F. 2012 2012. Triazole foliar fungicide efficacy on Septoria brown spot in soybeans in Michigan, 2011. Plant Disease Management Reports. 6:FC026
  23. Chilvers, MI., Zehr, G.L. and Munoz, J.D. 2011. Foliar fungicide efficacy on brown spot in soybeans in Michigan, 2010. Plant Disease Management Reports. 5:FC006.
  24. Chilvers, M.I. and Brown-Rytlewski, D.E. 2010. First report and confirmed distribution of soybean sudden death syndrome caused by Fusarium virguliforme in southern Michigan. Plant Disease 94:1164.
  25. Abang, M.M., Kabbabeh, S., Ahmed, S., Murad, S., Chilvers M.I., Peever, T.L., and Schroers, H.-J. 2009. First report of chickpea wilt caused by Clonostachys rhizophaga in Syria. Plant Disease 93:666.
  26. Akamatsu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I. and Peever, T.L. 2008. First report of spring black stem and leaf spot of Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) in Washington state caused by Phoma medicaginis. Plant Disease 92:833.
  27. Chilvers, M.I., Horton, T.L., Peever, T.L., Kaiser, W.J., and Muehlbauer, F.J. 2007. First report of Ascochyta blight of Pisum elatius (wild pea) in the Republic of Georgia caused by Ascochyta pisi. Plant Disease 91:326.
  28. Chilvers, M.I., Horton, T.L., Peever, T.L., Kaiser, W.J., and Muehlbauer, F.J. 2006. First report of Ascochyta blight of Vicia hirsuta (Hairy tare) in the Republic of Georgia caused by Ascochyta sp. Plant Disease 90:1555.