Kernel smoothed profile likelihood estimation in the accelerated failure time frailty model for clustered survival data - Liu, Bo; Lu, Wenbin; Zhang, Jiajia (BIOMETRIKA, 2013)
Keywords: Accelerated failure time model; Clustered survival data; em algorithm; Kernel smoothing; Profile likelihood estimation

A rapid qualitative molecular method for the identification of Colletotrichum acutatum and C. gloeosporioides - Liu, Bo; Louws, Frank J.; Sutton, Turner B.; Correll, James C. (EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, 2012)
Keywords: Rapid identification; Diagnosis; C. acutatum; C. gloeosporioides; Glutamine synthetase (GS) gene; Restriction enzyme digestion

First report of anthracnose caused by colletotrichum fragariae on cyclamen in North Carolina - Liu, B.; Munster, M.; Johnson, C.; Louws, F. J. (Plant Disease, 2011)

Trichoderma communities in soils from organic, sustainable, and conventional farms, and their relation with Southern blight of tomato - Liu, Bo; Glenn, Deborah; Buckley, Katrina (SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 2008)
Keywords: Trichoderma spp.; organic and conventional; dilution plating; DGGE; DNA sequence analysis; canonical correspondence analysis (CCA)

Effect of organnic, sustainable, and conventional management strategies in grower fields on soil physical, chemical, and biological factors and the incidence of Southern blight - Liu, Bo; Tu, Cong; Hu, Shuijin; Gumpertz, Marcia; Ristaino, Jean Beagle (APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY, 2007)
Keywords: chemical and biological properties; organic and conventional farms; microbial communities; functional diversity; species diversity; biolog; DGGE

Identification of the tobacco blue mold pathogen, Peronospora tabacina, by polymerase chain reaction - Ristaino, Jean Beagle; Johnson, Andrea; Blanco-Meneses, Monica; Liu, Bo (PLANT DISEASE, 2007)
Keywords: oomycetes

Long-term effects of organic and synthetic soil fertility amendments on soil microbial communities and the development of southern blight - Liu, Bo; Gumpertz, Marcia L.; Hu, Shuijin; Ristaino, Jean Beagle (SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 2007)
Keywords: Sclerotium rolfsii; soil physical; chemical and biological parameters; organic and synthetic fertility amendments; disease; microbial communities; BIOLOG; DGGE