Multisite Field Evaluation of Bacteriophages for Fire Blight Management: Incorporation of Ultraviolet Radiation Protectants and Impact on the Apple Flower Microbiome - Gdanetz, Kristi; Dobbins, Madison R.; Villani, Sara M.; Outwater, Cory A.; Slack, Suzanne M.; Nesbitt, Darlene; Svircev, Antonet M.; Lauwers, Erin M.; Zeng, Quan; Cox, Kerik D.; Sundin, George W. (PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 2024)
Keywords: bacteriophage; blossom blight; microbiome

Type and duration of water stress influence host selection and colonization by exotic ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Ranger, Christopher M.; Parajuli, Madhav; Gresham, Sean; Barnett, Jenny; Villani, Sara; Walgenbach, James; Baysal-Gurel, Fulya; Owen Jr, James S.; Reding, Michael E. (FRONTIERS IN INSECT SCIENCE, 2023)
Keywords: flood stress; drought stress; secondary insects; wood-boring beetles; Scolytinae; Xyleborini; Xylosandrus germanus; Anisandrus maiche

Optimizing Use of DMI Fungicides for Management of Apple Powdery Mildew Caused by Podosphaera leucotricha in New York State - Strickland, David A.; Villani, Sara M.; Cox, Kerik D. (PLANT DISEASE, 2022)
Keywords: disease management; fungi; tree fruits

A Genome Resource for Several North American Venturia inaequalis Isolates with Multiple Fungicide Resistance Phenotypes - Lichtner, Franz J.; Jurick, Wayne M., II; Ayer, Katrin M.; Gaskins, Verneta L.; Villani, Sara M.; Cox, Kerik D. (PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 2020)
Keywords: disease control and pest management; genetics and resistance; techniques

Behavioral evidence for contextual olfactory-mediated avoidance of the ubiquitous phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea by Drosophila suzukii - Cha, Dong H.; Hesler, Stephen P.; Brind'Amour, Gabrielle; Wentworth, Karen S.; Villani, Sara; Cox, Kerik D.; Boucher, Matthew T.; Wallingford, Anna; Park, Shinyoung K.; Nyrop, Jan; Loeb, Gregory M. (INSECT SCIENCE, 2020)
Keywords: chemical ecology; host finding behavior; insect-microbe interactions; pest management; repellent; semiochemicals

Managing Colletotrichum on Fruit Crops: A "Complex" Challenge - Dowling, Madeline; Peres, Natalia; Villani, Sara; Schnabel, Guido (PLANT DISEASE, 2020)
Keywords: anthracnose; pathology; fungi; small fruits; disease management; pathogen diversity

Characterization of the VisdhC and VisdhD Genes in Venturia inaequalis, and Sensitivity to Fluxapyroxad, Pydiflumetofen, Inpyrfluxam, and Benzovindiflupyr - Ayer, Katrin M.; Villani, Sara M.; Choi, Mei-Wah; Cox, Kerik D. (PLANT DISEASE, 2019)

Optimizing disease management in fruit cultivation - Villani, Sara M.; Cox, Kerik D.; Sundin, George W. (ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE CULTIVATION OF TEMPERATE ZONE TREE FRUITS AND BERRIES, VOL 1: PHYSIOLOGY, GENETICS AND CULTIVATION, 2019)

Molecular Characterization of the sdhB Gene and Baseline Sensitivity to Penthiopyrad, Fluopyram, and Benzovindiflupyr in Venturia inaequalis - Villani, Sara M.; Ayer, Katrin; Cox, Kerik D. (PLANT DISEASE, 2016)

Overexpression of the CYP51A1 Gene and Repeated Elements are Associated with Differential Sensitivity to DMI Fungicides in Venturia inaequalis - Villani, Sara M.; Hulvey, Jon; Hily, Jean-Michel; Cox, Kerik D. (PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 2016)