Publications

multistate outbreaks of salmonella serotype poona infections associated with eating cantaloupe from mexico--united states and canada, 2000-2002.	three multistate outbreaks of salmonella serotype poona infections associated with eating cantaloupe imported from mexico occurred in the spring of consecutive years during 2000-2002. in each outbreak, the isolates had indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) patterns; the pfge patterns observed in the 2000 and 2002 outbreaks were indistinguishable, but the pattern from 2001 was unique among them. outbreaks were identified first by the california department of health services (2 ...	2002	12487526
mapping of genetic loci that regulate quantity of beta-carotene in fruit of us western shipping melon (cucumis melo l.).	melon (cucumis melo l.) is highly nutritious vegetable species and an important source of beta-carotene (vitamin a), which is an important nutrient in the human diet. a previously developed set of 81 recombinant inbred lines (ril) derived from group cantalupensis us western shipper market type germplasm was examined in two locations [wisconsin (wi) and california (ca), usa] over 2 years to identify quantitative trait loci (qtl) associated with quantity of beta-carotene (qbetac) in mature fruit. ...	2008	18773190
curtovirus-cucurbit interaction: acquisition host plays a role in leafhopper transmission in a host-dependent manner.	curly top disease (ctd) of vegetable crops is caused by viruses in the genus curtovirus (family geminiviridae). cucurbits are reported to be susceptible to ctd; however, the disease is rare in california despite annual outbreaks in other hosts (e.g., common bean, pepper, sugar beet, and tomato). consistent with these observations, no obvious curly top symptoms were observed in melon fields surveyed for ctd in central california in 2004 and 2005, whereas the disease was readily observed in tomato ...	2009	19055441