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  1. The biological control agent for bacterial canker of kiwifruit, in Aureo® Gold, is a strain of Aureobasidium pullulans identifiable by novel SCAR marker primers

    Article • Biological Control, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  2. Genomic Biosurveillance of the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Biovar 3 Reveals Adaptation to Selective Pressures in New Zealand Orchards

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, February 2025, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  3. A High-Quality Genome Assembly for Aureobasidium pullulans CG163, the Active Ingredient in Aureo Gold, a Bio-Bactericide Registered for Control of Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Biovar 3

    Article • PhytoFrontiers&#x00AE, December 2024, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  4. Genomic biosurveillance of the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 3 reveals adaptation to selective pressures in New Zealand orchards

    Article • October 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  5. Kiwifruit Resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae and Defence Induction by Acibenzolar-S-methyl and Methyl Jasmonate Are Cultivar Dependent

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  6. Postharvest Application of Acibenzolar-S-Methyl Activates Salicylic Acid Pathway Genes in Kiwifruit Vines

    Article • Plants, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  7. Effector loss drives adaptation of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae to Actinidia arguta

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  8. Highly specific assays to detect isolates of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 3 and Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidifoliorum directly from plant material

    Article • Plant Pathology, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  9. The Scientific, Economic, and Social Impacts of the New Zealand Outbreak of Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit (Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae)

    Article • Annual Review of Phytopathology, August 2017, Annual Reviews

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  10. Comparative genomics-informed design of two LAMP assays for detection of the kiwifruit pathogenPseudomonas syringaepv.actinidiaeand discrimination of isolates belonging to the pandemic biovar 3

    Article • Plant Pathology, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  11. Draft Genome Sequence of the Commercial Biocontrol StrainPantoea agglomeransP10c

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  12. Characterization of P seudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae ( P sa) isolated from France and assignment of Psa biovar 4 to a de n...

    Article • Plant Pathology, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Dr Joel L Vanneste

  13. Elicitors of the salicylic acid pathway reduce incidence of bacterial canker of kiwifruit caused byPseudomonas syringaepv.actinidae

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  14. Evidence of the role of honey bees (Apis mellifera) as vectors of the bacterial plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  15. First Report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae the Causal Agent of Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit on Actinidia arguta Vines in New Zealand

    Article • Plant Disease, March 2014, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  16. Genomic Analysis of the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Provides Insight into the Origins of an Emergent Plant Disease

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, July 2013, PLOS

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  17. Identification, Virulence, and Distribution of Two Biovars of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in New Zealand

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2013, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  18. Using fundamental knowledge of induced resistance to develop control strategies for bacterial canker of kiwifruit caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  19. Pseudomonas syringaepv.actinidiae(Psa): a threat to the New Zealand and global kiwifruit industry

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  20. Phylogenetic Relationships Among Global Populations of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2012, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  21. Acylcyclohexanediones and biological control agents: combining complementary modes of action to control fire blight

    Article • Trees, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  22. Emission of volatile compounds by Erwinia amylovora: biological activity in vitro and possible exploitation for bacterial identification

    Article • Trees, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  23. First Report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, the Causal Agent of Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit in France

    Article • Plant Disease, October 2011, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  24. First report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae causing kiwifruit bacterial canker in New Zealand

    Article • Australasian Plant Disease Notes, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  25. First Record of Bacterial Crown Rot of Papaya (Carica papaya) Caused by an Erwinia papayae-Like Bacterium in the Kingdom of Tonga

    Article • Plant Disease, January 2011, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  26. Inferring the Evolutionary History of the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae from Its Biogeography in Headwaters of Rivers in North America, Europe, and New Zealand

    Article • mBio, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  27. Potential of the electronic-nose for the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal diseases in fruit trees

    Article • EPPO Bulletin, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  28. Detection of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers based on the 16S-23S rDNA intertranscribed spacer region and comparison with PCR primers based on other gene regions

    Article • Plant Pathology, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  29. Potential and limits of acylcyclohexanediones for the control of blossom blight in apple and pear caused by Erwinia amylovora

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  30. Biological control of sapstain fungi with natural products and biological control agents: a review of the work carried out in New Zealand

    Article • Mycological Research, February 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  31. Quantitative determination of the antifungal compound 6-pentyl-alpha-pyrone (6PAP) using a simple plate bioassay

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, January 1997, Wiley

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  32. Erwinia amylovora

    Article • January 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  33. Characterization of a Ubiquitous Plasmid inErwinia amylovora

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 1989, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  34. Migration of Erwinia amylovora in host plant tissues.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Dr Joel L Vanneste

  35. What is fire blight? Who is Erwinia amylovora? How to control it?

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Dr Joel L Vanneste