Tim Sit

Kamau, D. W., Waceke, W., Cortada, L., Mwaura, O., Pirzada, T., Sit, T. L., … Coyne, D. (2025). Efficacy of banana fibre paper for the management of the root-knot nematode,<i> Meloidogyne</i><i> incognita,</i> on potato (<i> Solanum</i><i> tuberosum)</i> in Kenya. NEMATOLOGY, 27(1), 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10367

Gillespie, C. J., Sit, T. L., Loucanides, A. J., Hu, J., Matusko, B. E., Terwilliger, N. R., … Hu, S. (2024). Multi-amplicon nitrogen cycling gene standard: An innovative approach for quantifying N-transforming soil microbes in terrestrial ecosystems. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109461

Sohail, M., Pirzada, T., Guenther, R., Barbieri, E., Sit, T., Menegatti, S., … Khan, S. A. (2023). Cellulose Acetate-Stabilized Pickering Emulsions: Preparation, Rheology, and Incorporation of Agricultural Active Ingredients. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11(42), 15178–15191. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02428

Sanfacon, H., Alam, S. B., Ghoshal, B., Ghoshal, K., Hui, E., Jackson, A. O., … Xiang, Y. (2023). D'Ann Rochon (1955-2022), a life of passion for plant virology. VIROLOGY, 587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2023.109874

Pirzada, T., Affokpon, A., Guenther, R. H., Mathew, R., Agate, S., Blevins, A., … Khan, S. A. (2023). Plant-biomass-based hybrid seed wraps mitigate yield and post-harvest losses among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Food, 4(2), 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00695-z

Stephens, C. M., Gannon, T. W., Cubeta, M. A., Sit, T. L., & Kerns, J. P. (2022). Characterization and Aggressiveness of Take-All Root Rot Pathogens Isolated from Symptomatic Bermudagrass Putting Greens. PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 112(4), 811–819. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-21-0215-R

Dedehouanou, H., & Affokpon, A. (2022). Comprehensive Perception Approach of Adoption: Innovative Wrap & Plant Technology for Nematodes Management on Yam. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(4), 355–368. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.94.12225

Dedehouanou, H. (2022). Wrap & Plant Plant Technology: An Innovative and Cost-Effective Method for Seed Yam Treatment for Nematode Control in Fields. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 9(5), 39–59. https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.95.12240

Ochola, J., Cortada, L., Mwaura, O., Tariku, M., Christensen, S. A., Ng’ang’a, M., … Torto, B. (2022). Wrap-and-plant technology to manage sustainably potato cyst nematodes in East Africa. Nature Sustainability, 5(5), 425–433. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00852-5

Wrap-and-plant technology to manage sustainably potato cyst nematodes in East Africa. (2022, February 28). OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.60692/dvm0a-bdp74

Wrap-and-plant technology to manage sustainably potato cyst nematodes in East Africa. (2022, February 28). OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.60692/veyqd-66h24

Kraft, L. J., Sit, T. L., Diepenbrock, L. M., Ashrafi, H., Aryal, R., Fernandez, G. E., & Burrack, H. J. (2021). Detection of Fruit Meals Within Laboratory-Raised and Field-Trapped Adult Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Guts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.719645

Bozinovic, G., Shea, D., Feng, Z., Hinton, D., Sit, T., & Oleksiak, M. F. (2021). PAH-pollution effects on sensitive and resistant embryos: Integrating structure and function with gene expression. PLOS ONE, 16(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249432

Gentzel, I. N., Park, C. H., Bellizzi, M., Xiao, G., Gadhave, K. R., Murphree, C., … Wang, G.-L. (2020). A CRISPR/dCas9 toolkit for functional analysis of maize genes. Plant Methods, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00675-5

Ruark-Seward, C. L., Davis, E. L., & Sit, T. L. (2020). Localization of viral and host RNA within soybean cyst nematode via fluorescence in situ hybridization. EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY, 211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2020.107866

Sherman, M. B., Guenther, R., Reade, R., Rochon, D. A., Sit, T., & Smith, T. J. (2020). Near-Atomic-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structures of Cucumber Leaf Spot Virus and Red Clover Necrotic Mosaic Virus: Evolutionary Divergence at the Icosahedral Three-Fold Axes. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 94(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01439-19

Ellis, M. D., Hoak, J. M., Ellis, B. W., Brown, J. A., Sit, T. L., Wilkinson, C. A., … Welbaum, G. E. (2020). Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis of Individual Flue-Cured Tobacco Seeds and Seedlings Reveals Seed Transmission of Tobacco Mosaic Virus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 110(1), 194–205. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-19-0201-FI

Pirzada, T., de Farias, B. V., Mathew, R., Guenther, R. H., Byrd, M. V., Sit, T. L., … Khan, S. A. (2020). Recent advances in biodegradable matrices for active ingredient release in crop protection: Towards attaining sustainability in agriculture. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 48, 121–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2020.05.002

Linak, J. A., Jacobson, A. L., Sit, T. L., & Kennedy, G. G. (2020). Relationships of virus titers and transmission rates among sympatric and allopatric virus isolates and thrips vectors support local adaptation. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64507-1

Pirzada, T., Mathew, R., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Opperman, C. H., Pal, L., & Khan, S. A. (2020). Tailored Lignocellulose-Based Biodegradable Matrices with Effective Cargo Delivery for Crop Protection. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(17), 6590–6600. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05670

Ruark-Seward, C. L., Davis, E. L., & Sit, T. L. (2019). Electropermeabilization-based fluorescence in situ hybridization of whole-mount plant parasitic nematode specimens. METHODSX, 6, 2720–2728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.11.009

Farias, B. V., Pirzada, T., Mathew, R., Sit, T. L., Opperman, C., & Khan, S. A. (2019). Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers as Seed Coatings for Crop Protection. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(24), 19848–19856. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05200

Steckelberg, A.-L., Akiyama, B. M., Costantino, D. A., Sit, T. L., Nix, J. C., & Kieft, J. S. (2018). A folded viral noncoding RNA blocks host cell exoribonucleases through a conformationally dynamic RNA structure. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 115(25), 6404–6409. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802429115

Diepenbrock, L. M., Lundgren, J. G., Sit, T. L., & Burrack, H. J. (2018). Detecting Specific Resource Use by Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Using Gut Content Analysis. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 111(3), 1496–1500. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy077

Ruark, C. L., Gardner, M., Mitchum, M. G., Davis, E. L., & Sit, T. L. (2018). Novel RNA viruses within plant parasitic cyst nematodes. PLOS ONE, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193881

Guenther, R. H., Lommel, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Sit, T. L. (2018). Plant Virus-Based Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Agronomic Compounds as a Suspension Concentrate. VIRUS-DERIVED NANOPARTICLES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES: METHODS AND PROTOCOLS, Vol. 1776, pp. 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7808-3_13

Ruark, C. L., Koenning, S. R., Davis, E. L., Opperman, C. H., Lommel, S. A., Mitchum, M. G., & Sit, T. L. (2017). Soybean cyst nematode culture collections and field populations from North Carolina and Missouri reveal high incidences of infection by viruses. PLOS ONE, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171514

Cao, J., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Willoughby, J. A. (2016). Development of abamectin loaded lignocellulosic matrices for the controlled release of nematicide for crop protection. CELLULOSE, 23(1), 673–687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0817-6

Cao, J., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., Opperman, C. H., & Willoughby, J. A. (2015). Development of Abamectin Loaded Plant Virus Nanoparticles for Efficacious Plant Parasitic Nematode Control. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(18), 9546–9553. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b00940

Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2015, November). Tombusviridae. ELS. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0000756.pub3

Cao, J., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Opperman, C. H., Lommel, S. A., & Willoughby, J. A. (2014). Loading and Release Mechanism of Red Clover Necrotic Mosaic Virus Derived Plant Viral Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery of Doxorubicin. SMALL, 10(24), 5126–5136. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201400558

Bozinovic, G., Sit, T. L., Giulio, R. D., Wills, L. F., & Oleksiak, M. F. (2013). Genomic and physiological responses to strong selective pressure during late organogenesis: few gene expression changes found despite striking morphological differences. BMC Genomics, 14(1), 779. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-779

Martin, S. L., He, L., Meilleur, F., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., & Heller, W. T. (2013). New insight into the structure of RNA in red clover necrotic mosaic virus and the role of divalent cations revealed by small-angle neutron scattering. ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY, 158(8), 1661–1669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-013-1650-6

Park, S.-H., Sit, T. L., Kim, K.-H., & Lommel, S. A. (2013). The red clover necrotic mosaic virus capsid protein N-terminal amino acids possess specific RNA binding activity and are required for stable virion assembly. VIRUS RESEARCH, 176(1-2), 107–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2013.05.014

Park, S.-H., Sit, T. L., Kim, K.-H., & Lommel, S. A. (2012). The Red clover necrotic mosaic virus capsid protein N-terminal lysine-rich motif is a determinant of symptomatology and virion accumulation. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY, 13(7), 744–754. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00784.x

Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2011). Dianthovirus. The Springer Index of Viruses, pp. 1895–1900. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_310

Bozinovic, G., Sit, T. L., Hinton, D. E., & Oleksiak, M. F. (2011). Gene expression throughout a vertebrate's embryogenesis. BMC GENOMICS, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-132

Martin, S. L., Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Swartz, P. D., Meilleur, F., Lommel, S. A., … Section, F. (2010). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of red clover necrotic mosaic virus. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS, 66(11), 1458–1462. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1744309110032483

Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2010, April). Tombusviridae. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0000756.pub2

Basnayake, V. R., Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2009). The Red clover necrotic mosaic virus origin of assembly is delimited to the RNA-2 trans-activator. VIROLOGY, 384(1), 169–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2008.11.005

Powers, J. G., Sit, T. L., Qu, F., Morris, T. J., Kim, K.-H., & Lommel, S. A. (2008). A versatile assay for the identification of RNA silencing suppressors based on complementation of viral movement. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, 21(7), 879–890. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-21-7-0879

Powers, J. G., Sit, T. L., Heinsohn, C., George, C. G., Kim, K.-H., & Lommel, S. A. (2008). The Red clover necrotic mosaic virus RNA-2 encoded movement protein is a second suppressor of RNA silencing. VIROLOGY, 381(2), 277–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2008.09.004

Lommel, S. A., & Sit, T. L. (2008). Tombusviruses. Encyclopedia of Virology, pp. 145–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-012374410-4.00382-4

Tompkins, L. M., Sit, T. L., & Wallace, A. D. (2008). Unique transcription start sites and distinct promoter regions differentiate the pregnane X receptor (PXR) isoforms PXR 1 and PXR 2. DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION, 36(5), 923–929. https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.107.018317

Franzen, S., Belyea, J., Gilvey, L. B., Davis, M. F., Chaudhary, C. E., Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2006). Proximal cavity, distal histidine, and substrate hydrogen-bonding mutations modulate the activity of Amphitrite ornata dehaloperoxidase. BIOCHEMISTRY, 45(30), 9085–9094. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi060020z

Sherman, M. B., Guenther, R. H., Tama, F., Sit, T. L., Brooks, C. L., Mikhailov, A. M., … Lommel, S. A. (2006). Removal of divalent cations induces structural transitions in Red clover necrotic mosaic virus, revealing a potential mechanism for RNA release. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 80(21), 10395–10406. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01137-06

Basnayake, V. R., Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2006). The genomic RNA packaging scheme of Red clover necrotic mosaic virus. VIROLOGY, 345(2), 532–539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2005.10.017

Tremblay, D., Vaewhongs, A. A., Turner, K. A., Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2005). Cell wall localization of Red clover necrotic mosaic virus movement protein is required for cell-to-cell movement. VIROLOGY, 333(1), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2004.12.019

Belyea, J., Gilvey, L. B., Davis, M. F., Godek, M., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., & Franzen, S. (2005). Enzyme function of the globin dehaloperoxidase from Amphitrite ornata is activated by substrate binding. BIOCHEMISTRY, 44(48), 15637–15644. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi051731k

Turner, K. A., Sit, T. L., Callaway, A. S., Allen, N. S., & Lommel, S. A. (2004). Red clover necrotic mosaic virus replication proteins accumulate at the endoplasmic reticulum. VIROLOGY, 320(2), 276–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2003.12.006

Guenther, R. H., Sit, T. L., Gracz, H. S., Dolan, M. A., Townsend, H. L., Liu, G. H., … Lommel, S. A. (2004). Structural characterization of an intermolecular RNA-RNA interaction involved in the transcription regulation element of a bipartite plant virus. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 32(9), 2819–2828. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh585

Sit, T. L., Haikal, P. R., Callaway, A. S., & Lommel, S. A. (2001). A single amino acid mutation in the Carnation ringspot virus capsid protein allows virion formation but prevents systemic infection. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 75(19), 9538–9542. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.75.19.9538-9542.2001

Reade, R., Delroux, K., Macdonald, K., Sit, T. L., Lommel, S. A., & Rochon, D. A. (2001). Spontaneous deletion enhances movement of a cucumber necrosis virus based chimera expressing the red clover necrotic mosaic virus movement protein gene +. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2(1), 13–25. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1364-3703.2001.00045.x

Callaway, A., Giesman-Cookmeyer, D., Gillock, E. T., Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2001). [Review of The multifunctional capsid proteins of plant RNA viruses]. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 39(1), 419-+. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.phyto.39.1.419

Giesman-Cookmeyer, D., Sit, T. L., & Lommel, S. A. (2001, August). Tombusviridae. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0000756

Sit, T. L., Vaewhongs, A. A., & Lommel, S. A. (1998). RNA-mediated trans-activation of transcription from a viral RNA. SCIENCE, 281(5378), 829–832. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5378.829

Lommel, S. A., & Sit, T. L. (1998). Trans-activation of transcription from viral RNA. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sit, T. L., Johnston, J. C., Borg, M. G. T., Frison, E., McLean, M. A., & Rochon, D. A. (1995). Mutational analysis of the cucumber necrosis virus coat protein gene. Virology, 206(1), 38–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6822(95)80017-4

Rochon, D. M., Finnen, R. L., & Sit, T. L. (1994). Coat protein of cucumber necrosis virus is not required for efficient generation or accumulation of defective interfering RNAs. Journal of General Virology, 75(9), 2505–2508. https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-75-9-2505

Sit, T. L., Leclerc, D., & Abou-Haidar, M. O. (1994). The Minimal 5′ Sequence for in Vitro Initiation of Papaya Mosaic Potexvirus Assembly. Virology, 199(1), 238–242. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1994.1118

Taylor, B. V., Toy, J., Sit, T. L., & Bognar, A. L. (1993). Cloning and sequence determination of the valS gene, encoding valyl-tRNA synthetase in Lactobacillus casei. Journal of Bacteriology, 175(8), 2475–2478. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.175.8.2475-2478.1993

Sit, T. L., & AbouHaidar, M. G. (1993). Infectious RNA transcripts derived from cloned cDNA of papaya mosaic virus: effect of mutations to the capsid and polymerase proteins. Journal of General Virology, 74(6), 1133–1140. https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-74-6-1133

Sit, T. L., White, K. A., Holy, S., Padmanabhan, U., Eweida, M., Hiebert, M., … AbouHaidar, M. G. (1990). Complete nucleotide sequence of clover yellow mosaic virus RNA. Journal of General Virology, 71(9), 1913–1920. https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-71-9-1913

Eweida, M., Sit, T. L., Sira, S., & AbouHaidar, M. G. (1989). Highly sensitive and specific non-radioactive biotinylated probes for dot-blot, Southern and colony hybridizations. Journal of Virological Methods, 26(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-0934(89)90072-4

EWEIDA, M., SIT, T. L., & ABOUHAIDAR, M. G. (1989). Molecular cloning of the genome of the carlavirus potato virus S: biotinylated RNA transcripts for virus detection in crude potato extracts. Annals of Applied Biology, 115(2), 253–261. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1989.tb03384.x

Sit, T. L., Abouhaidar, M. G., & Holy, S. (1989). Nucleotide Sequence of Papaya Mosaic Virus RNA. Journal of General Virology, 70(9), 2325–2331. https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-70-9-2325