Research
Xing Ma, Xiuyan Zhang, Paul Stodghill, renee Rioux, Smita Shrestha, Brooke Babler, Hannah Rivedal, Kenneth Frost, Jianjun Hao, Gary Secor and Ryan Swingle. Analysis of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae population diversity in US potato growing regions between 2015 and 2022. Frontiers in Microbiology Sept 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1403121
Veronica Roman-Reyna, Renee Rioux, Brooke Babler, Taylor Klass, Jonathan Jacobs. 2023. Concept Note: Toward Metagenomic Sequencing for Rapid, Sensitive, and Accurate Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Potato Seed Production. PhytoFrontiers Special Focus Issue Vol 3, No 1. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-04-22-0037-FI
Dario Arizala, Shefali Dobhal, Brooke Babler, Alex B. Crockford, Renee A. Rioux, Anne M. Alvarez, Mohammad Arif. 2022. Development of a multiplex TaqMan qPCR targeting unique genomic regions for the specific and sensitive detection of Pectobacterium species and P. parmentieri. Journal of Applied Microbiology Volume 132, Issue 4: 3089-3110. 10.1111/jam.15447
Shefali Dobhal, Gamze Boluk, Brooke Babler, Michael J. Stulberg, John Rascoe, Mark Nakhla, Toni Chapman, Alex B. Crockford, Michael Melzer, Anne M. Alvarez and Mohammad Arif. 2020. Comparative genomics approach to develop a robust and highly reliable multiplex TaqMan real-time qPCR assay for sensitive detection of genus Dickeya and Dickeya dianthicola. Journal of Applied Microbiology Volume 128: 1703-1719. 10.1101/847590
Afnan Shazwan Nasaruddin, Brooke N. Babler, Nicole T. Perna, Jeremy D. Glasner and Amy O. Charkowski. 2019. First Report of Dickeya Dianthicola causing Blackleg on Potato in Texas. Plant Diseases. First Look. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-19-0024-PDN
Brooke N. Weber, R. Andrews Witherell and Amy O. Charkowski. 2014. Low-Cost Potato Tissue Culture with Microwave and Bleach Media Preparation and Sterilization. Am. J. Potato Res. DOI 10.1007/s12230-014-9423-7
Maria del Pilar Villavincencio Marquez, B. Weber, A. Witherell, D. K. Willis and A. O. Charkowski. 2011. The 3-Hydroxy-2-Butanone Pathway is required for Pectobacterium carotovorum Pathogenesis. PLoS ONE 6(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022974