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1. Breunig, M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2022. Comparison Between Prothioconazole and Prothioconazole-Desthio in Poison-Plate Mycelial Growth Assays of Fusarium graminearum. Plant Health Progress, pp.PHP-06.
2. Telenko, D.E., Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A., Check, J., Da Silva, C.R., Kleczewski, N., Roggenkamp, E., Ross, T.J. and Smith, D.L., 2022. Fungicide efficacy on tar spot and yield of corn in the Midwestern United States. Plant Health Progress, (ja).
3. Broders, K., Iriarte, G., Bergstrom, G., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M., Cruz, C., Dalla Lana, F., Duray, Z., Malvick, D., Mueller, D. and Paul, P., 2021. Phyllachora species infecting maize and other grass species throughout the Americas represents a complex of closely related species which vary in their host and geographic range. Authorea Preprints.
4. Rocco da Silva, C., Check, J., MacCready, J.S., Alakonya, A.E., Beiriger, R., Bissonnette, K.M., Collins, A., Cruz, C.D., Esker, P.D., Goodwin, S.B. and Malvick, D.... Chilvers, M.I. & Telenko, D. E., 2021.Recovery Plan for Tar Spot of Corn, Caused by Phyllachora maydis. Plant Health Progress, pp.PHP-04.
5. Webster, R.W., Roth, M., Mueller, B., Mueller, D.S., Chilvers, M.I., Willbur, J.F., Mourtzinis, S., Conley, S.P. and Smith, D.L., 2021.Integration of Row Spacing, Seeding Rates, and Fungicide Application for Control of Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Glycine max. Plant Disease, (ja).
6. Bradley, C.A., Allen, T.W., Sisson, A.J., Bergstrom, G.C., Bissonnette, K.M., Bond, J., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M.I., Collins, A.A., Damicone, J.P. and Dorrance, A.E., 2021. Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2015 to 2019. Plant Health Progress, pp.PHP-01.
7. Baetsen-Young, A.M., Araldi Da Silva, G., Kandel, Y.R., Jacobs, J.L., Byrne, A.M., Mueller, D.S., Smith, D.L., Tenuta, A.U., Wise, K.A., Day, B. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021.Influence of Fusarium virguliforme Temporal Colonization of Corn, Tillage, and Residue Management on Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Soybean Yield. Plant Disease, 105(10), pp.3250-3260.
8. Sang, H., Chang, H.X., Choi, S., Son, D., Lee, G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021.Genome‐wide transcriptional response of the causal soybean sudden death syndrome pathogen Fusarium virguliforme to a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor fluopyram. Pest Management Science.
9. Staveness, D., Breunig, M., Ortiz, V., Sang, H., Collins III, J.L., McAtee, R.C., Chilvers, M.I. and Stephenson, C.R., 2021. Photochemically derived 1-aminonorbornanes provide structurally unique succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors with in vitro and in planta activity. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2(9), p.100548.
10. Steinke, K., Purucker, S. and Chilvers, M., 2021. Integrating multiple inputs for soft red and white winter wheat. Agronomy Journal, 113(5), pp.4306-4322.
11. Haus, M.J., Pierz, L.D., Jacobs, J.L., Wiersma, A.T., Awale, H.E., Chilvers, M.I., Buell, C.R. and Cichy, K.E., 2021.Preliminary evaluation of wild bean (Phaseolus spp.) germplasm for resistance to Fusarium cuneirostrum and Fusarium oxysporum. Crop Science, 61(5), pp.3264-3274.
12. Webster, R.W., Roth, M.G., Reed, H., Mueller, B., Groves, C.L., McCaghey, M., Chilvers, M.I., Mueller, D.S., Kabbage, M. and Smith, D.L., 2021.Identification of Soybean (Glycine max) Check Lines for Evaluating Genetic Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot. Plant disease, 105(8), pp.2189-2195.
13. Geiser, D.M., Al-Hatmi, A.M., Aoki, T., Arie, T., Balmas, V., Barnes, I., Bergstrom, G.C., Bhattacharyya, M.K., Blomquist, C.L., Bowden, R.L. and Brankovics, B.,.... Chilvers, M.I., ... 2021.Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex. Phytopathology®, 111(7), pp.1064-1079.
14. McCoy, A.G., Noel, Z.A., Jacobs, J.L., Clouse, K.M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021. Phytophthora sojae pathotype distribution and fungicide sensitivity in Michigan. Plant Disease, (ja).
15. Petrović, K., Skaltsas, D., Castlebury, L.A., Kontz, B., Allen, T.W., Chilvers, M.I., Gregory, N., Kelly, H.M., Koehler, A.M., Kleczewski, N.M. and Mueller, D.S., 2021.Diaporthe Seed Decay of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] Is Endemic in the United States, But New Fungi Are Involved. Plant Disease, pp.PDIS-03.
16. Redman, R.S., Kim, Y.O., Cho, S., Mercer, M., Rienstra, M., Manglona, R., Biaggi, T., Zhou, X.G., Chilvers, M., Gray, Z. and Rodriguez, R.J., 2021. A Symbiotic Approach to Generating Stress Tolerant Crops. 9(5), p.920.
17. Kandel, Y.R., Hunt, C., Ames, K., Arneson, N., Bradley, C.A., Byamukama, E., Byrne, A., Chilvers, M.I., Giesler, L.J., Halvorson, J. and Hooker, D.C., 2021. Meta-Analysis of Soybean Yield Response to Foliar Fungicides Evaluated from 2005 to 2018 in the United States and Canada. Plant Disease, pp.PDIS-07.
18. Noel, Z.A., McDuffee, D. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021. Influence of soybean tissue and oomicide seed treatments on oomycete isolation. Plant Disease, pp.PDIS-03.
19. Chang, H.X., Noel, Z.A. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021.A β‐lactamase gene of Fusarium oxysporum alters the rhizosphere microbiota of soybean. The Plant Journal.
20. Carpenter, K.A., Sisson, A.J., Kandel, Y.R., Ortiz, V., Chilvers, M.I., Smith, D.L. and Mueller, D.S., 2021. Effects of Mowing, Seeding Rate, and Foliar Fungicide on Soybean Sclerotinia Stem Rot and Yield. Plant Health Progress.
21. Breunig, M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2021. Baseline sensitivity of Fusarium graminearum from wheat, corn, dry bean and soybean to pydiflumetofen in Michigan, USA. Crop Protection, 140: 105419.
22. McCoy, A.G., Miles, T.D., Bilodeau, G.J., Woods, P., Blomquist, C., Martin, F.N., and Chilvers, M.I. 2020. Validation of a Preformulated, Field Deployable, Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Phytophthora Species. MDPI-Plants.  https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9040466 
23. Noel, Z.A., Chang, H.X. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Variation in soybean rhizosphere oomycete communities from Michigan fields with contrasting disease pressures. Applied Soil Ecology, 150, p.103435.
24. Roth, M.G., Oudman, K.A., Griffin, A., Jacobs, J.L., Sang, H. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Diagnostic qPCR Assay to Detect Fusarium brasiliense, a Causal Agent of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome and Root Rot of Dry Bean. Plant disease, 104(1), pp.246-254.
25. Chang, H.X., Wen, Z., Tan, R., Dong, H., Wickland, D.P., Wang, D. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Linkage Mapping for Foliar Necrosis of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome. Phytopathology, pp.PHYTO-09.
26. Roth, M.G., Jacobs, J.L., Napieralski, S., Byrne, A.M., Stouffer-Hopkins, A., Warner, F.W. and Chilvers, M.I., 2020. Fluopyram Suppresses Population Densities of Heterodera glycines in Field and Greenhouse Studies in Michigan. Plant Disease, 0 0:0.
27. McCoy, A., Noel, Z., Sparks, A. H., and Chilvers, M. 2019. ‘hagis’, an R Package Resource for Pathotype Analysis of Phytophthora sojae Populations Causing Stem and Root Rot of Soybean. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-07-19-0180-A 
28. McCoy, A.G., Roth, M.G., Shay, R., Noel, Z.A., Jayawardana, M.A., Longley, R.W., Bonito, G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Identification of Fungal Communities Within the Tar Spot Complex of Corn in Michigan via Next-Generation Sequencing. Phytobiomes journal, 3(3), pp.235-243.
29. Roth, M.G., Noel, Z.A., Wang, J., Warner, F., Byrne, A.M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Predicting Soybean Yield and Sudden Death Syndrome Development Using At-Planting Risk Factors. Phytopathology, 109(10), pp.1710-1719.
30. Noel, Z.A., Sang, H., Roth, M.G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Convergent Evolution of C239S Mutation in Pythium spp. β-Tubulin Coincides with Inherent Insensitivity to Ethaboxam and Implications for Other Peronosporalean Oomycetes Phytopathology, 109(12), pp.2087-2095.
31. Noel, Z.A., Rojas, A.J., Jacobs, J.L. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. A High-Throughput Microtiter-Based Fungicide Sensitivity Assay for Oomycetes Using Z′-Factor Statistic. Phytopathology, 109(9), pp.1628-1637.
32. Rojas, J.A., Witte, A., Noel, Z.A., Jacobs, J.L. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Diversity and Characterization of Oomycetes Associated with Corn Seedlings in Michigan. Phytobiomes Journal, 3(3), pp.224-234.
33. Wang, J., Sang, H., Jacobs, J.L., Oudman, K.A., Hanson, L.E. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome Causal Agent Fusarium brasiliense Present in Michigan. Plant disease, 103(6), pp.1234-1243.
34. Wang, J., Jacobs, J.L., Roth, M.G. and Chilvers, M.I., 2019. Temporal Dynamics of Fusarium virguliforme Colonization of Soybean Roots. Plant disease, 103(1), pp.19-27.
35. McCoy, A.G., Romberg, M.K., Zaworski, E.R., Robertson, A.E., Phibbs, A., Hudelson, B.D., Smith, D.L., Beiriger, R.L., Raid, R.N., Byrne, J.M. and Chilvers, M.I., 2018. First Report of Tar Spot on Corn (Zea mays) Caused by Phyllachora maydis in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Plant disease, 102(9), p.1851.
36. Wang, J., Bradley, C.A., Stenzel, O., Pedersen, D.K., Reuter-Carlson, U., Chilvers, M.I. Submitted Aug 19, 2016. Baseline sensitivity of Fusarium virguliforme to fluopyram fungicide. Plant Disease
37. Kuhlgert, S., Austic, G., Zegarac, R., Osei-Bonsu, I., Hoh, D., Chilvers, M., Roth, M., Bi, K., TerAvest, D., Weebadde, P., Kramer, D. MultispeQ Beta – A tool for large-scale plant phenotyping connected to the open PhotosynQ network. 2016. 3:160592 Royal Society Open Science
38. Del Castillo Munera, J., Quesada-Ocampo, L.M., Rojas, A., Chilvers, M.I., Hausbeck, M.K. Population structure of Pythium ultimum from greenhouse floral crops in Michigan. Submitted May 25 2016 Phytopathology
39. Rojas, J.A, Jacobs J., Napieralski, S., Karaj, B., Bradley, C.A., Chase, T., Esker, P., Giesler, L., Jardine, D., Malvick, D. Markell, S., Nelson, B., Robertson, A., Rupe, J., Smith, D., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Wise, K., Chilvers, M.I. Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America – Part I: Identification and pathogenicity characterization. 2016. Accepted Phytopathology
    
40. Rojas, J.A, Jacobs J., Napieralski, S., Karaj, B., Bradley, C.A., Chase, T., Esker, P., Giesler, L., Jardine, D., Malvick, D. Markell, S., Nelson, B., Robertson, A., Rupe, J., Smith, D., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Wise, K., Chilvers, M.I. Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America – Part II: Diversity and ecology in relation to environmental and edaphic factors. 2016. Accepted Phytopathology
    
41. Kandel, Y.R., Wise, K.A., Bradley, C., Tenuta, A., Chilvers, M.I., Mueller, D. 2016. Fungicide and cultivar effects on sudden death syndrome and yield of soybean. Plant Disease 100:1339-1350
42. Wang J., Chilvers, M.I. 2016. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Fusarium virguliforme and their transferability to clade 2 of the Fusarium solani species complex. Fungal Ecology 20:7-14
43. Kandel, Y.R., Haudenshield, J., Srour, A.Y., Islam, K.T., Fakhoury, A.M., Santos, P., Wang, J., Chilvers, M.I., Hartman, G., Malvick, D., Floyd, C.M., Mueller, D., Leandro, L. 2015. Multi-laboratory comparison of quantitative PCR assays for detection and quantification of Fusarium virguliforme from soybean roots and soil. Phytopathology 105:1601-1611 (Editors pick)
44. Olson, T.R., Gebreil, A., Micijevic, A., Bradley, C., Wise, K.A., Mueller, D.S., Chilvers, M.I., Mathew, F.M. 2015. Association of Diaporthe longicolla with black zone lines on mature soybean plants. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-RS-15-0020
45. Wang J., Jacobs, J.L., Byrne, J.M. Chilvers, M.I. 2015. Improved diagnoses and quantification of Fusarium virguliforme, causal agent of soybean sudden death syndrome. Phytopathology 105:378-387
46. Kandel, Y., Bradley, C., Wise, K., Chilvers, M., Tenuta, A., Davis. V., Esker, P., Smith, D., Licht, M., Mueller, D. 2015. Effect of glyphosate application on sudden death syndrome of glyphosate-resistant soybean under field conditions. Plant Disease 99:347-354
47. Wen, Z., Tan, R., Yuan, J., Bales, C., Du, W., Zhang, S., Chilvers, M.I., Schmidt, C., Song, Q., Cregan, P., Kull, L., Wang, D. 2014. Genome-wide association mapping of quantitative resistance to sudden death syndrome in soybean. BMC Genomics 15:809
48. Chilvers, M.I., Jones, S., Meleca, J., Peever, T., Pethybridge, S., Hay, F. 2014. Characterization of mating type genes supports the hypothesis that Stagonosporopsis chrysanthemi is homothallic and provides evidence that Stagonosporopsis tanaceti is heterothallic. Current Genetics. 60:295-302.
49. Sikora, E.J., Allen, T.W., Wise, K.A., Chilvers M.I. et al. 2014. A coordinated effort to manage soybean rust in North America: a success story in soybean disease monitoring. Plant Disease (Featured Article). 98:864-875
50. Stewart, J.E., Andrew, M., Bao, X., Chilvers, M.I., Carris, L.M., Peever, T.L. 2013. Development and utility of sequence characterized amplified genomic regions (SCAR) for lower-level fungal systematics: Proof of principle using Alternaria, Ascochyta and Tilletia. Mycologia 105:1077-86.
51. Zhuang, X, McPhee, K.E., Coram, T.E., Peever, T.L., Chilvers, M.I. 2013. Development and characterization of 37 novel EST-SSR markers in Pisum sativum (Fabaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences 1(1):1200249
52. Zhuang, X, McPhee, K.E., Coram, T.E., Peever, T.L., Chilvers, M.I. 2012. Rapid transcriptome characterization and parsing of sequences in a non-model host-pathogen interaction; pea-Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. BMC Genomics 13:668
53. Akamatsu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I., Kaiser, W.J., Peever, T.L. 2012. Karyotype polymorphism and chromosomal rearrangement in populations of the phytopathogenic fungus, Ascochyta rabiei. Fungal Biology. 116:1119-1133
54. Peltier, A.J., Bradley, C.A., Chilvers, M.I., Malvick, D.K., Mueller, D.S., Wise, K.A., Esker, P.D. 2012. Biology, yield loss, and control of Sclerotinia stem rot of soybean. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 3(2):B1-B7
55. Ozkilinc, H., Akamatsu, H. Abang, M., Thomas, K., Chilvers, M.I., Peever, T.L. 2011. Development, characterization and linkage analysis of microsatellite loci for the Ascochyta blight pathogen of faba bean, Didymella fabae. Journal of Microbiological Methods 87:128-130
56. Akamatsu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I., Stewart, J.E. and Peever, T.L. 2010. Identification and function of a polyketide synthase gene responsible for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin pigment biosynthesis in Ascochyta rabiei. Current Genetics 56:349-360
57. Frenkel, O., Peever T.L., Chilvers, M.I., Özkilinc, H., Can, C., Abbo, S., Shtienberg, D. and Sherman A. 2010. Ecological divergence of the fungal pathogen Didymella rabiei on sympatric wild and domesticated chickpea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76:30-39
58. Chilvers, M.I., Rogers, J.D., Dugan, F.M., Stewart, J.E., Chen, W. and Peever, T.L. 2009. Didymella pisi sp. nov., the teleomorph of Ascochyta pisi. Mycological Research 113:391-400
59. Dugan, F.M., Akamatsu, H., Lupien, S.L., Chen, W., Chilvers, M.I., and Peever, T.L. 2009. Ascochyta blight of chickpea reduced 38% by application of Aureobasidium pullulans (anamorphic Dothioraceae, Dothideales) to post-harvest debris. Biocontrol Science and Technology 19:537-545
60. Chilvers, M.I., Peever, T.L., Kaiser, W.J., Akamatsu, H., Chen, W., and Muehlbauer, F.J. 2007. Didymella rabiei ascospore release from chickpea debris in relation to weather variables in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 29:365-371
61. Chilvers, M.I., du Toit L.J., Akamatsu, H., and Peever, T.L. 2007. A real-time, quantitative PCR seed assay for Botrytis spp. that cause neck rot of onion. Plant Disease 91:599-608
62. Akamatsu, H.O., Grünwald, N.J., Chilvers, M.I., Porter, L.D., and Peever, T.L. 2007. Development of codominant simple sequence repeat, single nucleotide polymorphism and sequence characterized amplified region markers for the pea root rot pathogen, Aphanomyces euteiches. Journal of Microbiological Methods 71:82-86
63. Chilvers, M.I., and du Toit L.J. 2006. Detection and identification of Botrytis species associated with neck rot, scape blight, and umbel blight of onion. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-1127-01-DG
64. Chérif, M., Chilvers, M.I., Akamatsu, H., Kaiser, W.J., and Peever, T.L. 2006. Cloning of the mating type locus from Ascochyta lentis (teleomorph: Didymella lentis) and development of a multiplex PCR mating assay for Ascochyta species. Current Genetics 50:203-215
65. Hernandez-Bello, M.A., Chilvers, M.I., Akamatsu, H., and Peever, T.L. 2006. Host specificity of Ascochyta species infecting legumes of the Viciae and Cicerae tribes and pathogenicity of an interspecific hybrid. Phytopathology 96:1148-1156
66. Chilvers, M.I., Hay, F.S., Hills, J., Dennis, J.J.C., and Wilson, C.R. 2006. Influence of benzimidazole fungicides on incidence of Botrytis allii infection of onion leaves and subsequent incidence of onion neck rot in storage in Tasmania, Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 46:1661-1664
67. Chilvers, M.I., Pethybridge, S.J. and Hay, F.S. 2004. Characterisation of Botrytis species associated with neck rot of onion in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 33:29-32
68. Chilvers, M.I., Hay, F.S. and Wilson, C.R. 2004. Survey for Botrytis species associated with onion bulb rot in northern Tasmania, Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 33:419-422

REFEREED REPORTS, PLANT DISEASE NOTES, BOOKS and EDITORIALS

1. A farmer’s guide to corn diseases. 2016. Chilvers, M.I. et al., contributing author. Edited by Wise, K., Mueller, D., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Bradley, C., Robertson, A.
2. A farmer’s guide to soybean diseases. 2016. Chilvers, M.I. et al., contributing author. Edited by Mueller, D., Wise, K., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Sikora, E., Bradley, C., Robertson, A.
3. Byrne, A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Widdicombe, W., Williams, L. 2016. Effect of fungicides on the performance of corn in Michigan, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:FC054
4. Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M. 2016. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for brown spot control in Michigan soybeans, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:FC024
5. Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M., Olson, E., Siler, L. 2016 Effect of fungicides and nutrient amendments on the performance of winter wheat, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:CF033
6. Chilvers, M.I. and Byrne, A.M., 2016. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for white mold management in Michigan soybeans, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports 10:FC023
7. Habibi, A., Peever, T., Chilvers, M.I., Kaiser, W., Muehlbauer, F. 2015. First report of Ascochyta blight of spotted locoweed (Astragalus lentiginosus) in Idaho caused by Ascochyta sp. Plant Disease 99:1446
8. Byrne A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Dietz, T.S., Johnson, K. 2015. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for brown spot in Michigan soybeans, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:FC026
9. Byrne A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Dietz, T.S., Johnson, K. 2015. Effect of fungicides on the performance of corn in Michigan, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:FC054
10. Byrne, A., Chilvers, M.I. 2015. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for white mold management in Michigan soybeans, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:FC055
11. Nagelkirk, M.L., Chilvers, M.I., Byrne, A.M. 2015. Effect of fungicides on the performance of winter wheat, 2014. Plant Disease Management Reports 9:CF028
12. Chilvers, M.I. Contributor/reviewer for: Michigan pesticide training manual
13. Mollov, D., Chilvers, M.I., and Jacobs J.L. 2014 First report of aster yellows phytoplasma in soybean in Michigan. Plant Disease 98:1578.1
14. Chilvers, M.I. Phytoplasmas. In: Compendium of Soybean Diseases. APS Press. Author for revised section. – submitted Apr-11-14.
15. Byrne A.M. and Chilvers, M.I. 2014. Efficacy of foliar fungicides for white mold control in soybeans in Michigan, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:FC174.
16. Byrne A.M., Chilvers, M.I., Serven, B.L. and Dietz, T.S. 2014. Foliar fungicide efficacy on brown spot of soybeans in Michigan, 2013. Plant Disease Management Reports 8:FC175.
17. Jacobs, J.L. and Chilvers, M.I. 2013. First report of Soybean vein necrosis virus on soybeans in Michigan. Plant Disease 97:1387.
18. Chilvers, M.I. and Serven, B.L. 2013. Foliar fungicide efficacy on brown spot of soybeans in Michigan, 2012. Plant Disease Management Reports 7:FC037.
19. Mueller, D., Wise, K., Dufalt, N., Bradley, C. and Chilvers, M.I. (Edited) 2013. Fungicides for Field Crops. APS Press. 120 pages. (Sold 14,341 copies in first 9 months, nearly ¾ of total APS sales per year)
20. Chilvers, M.I. 2012. Molecular diagnostics in plant disease diagnostic clinics…what’s the status? (Editorial) Fungal Genomics and Biology. 2:e102. doi:10.4172/2165-8056.1000e102
21. Chilvers, M.I., Warner, F.W., Jacobs, J.L. and Wang, J. 2012. Efficacy of nematicide and fungicide seed treatments for soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome in Michigan, 2011. Plant Disease Management Reports. 6:ST003
22. Chilvers, M.I., Jacobs, J.L. and Boyse, J.F. 2012 2012. Triazole foliar fungicide efficacy on Septoria brown spot in soybeans in Michigan, 2011. Plant Disease Management Reports. 6:FC026
23. Chilvers, MI., Zehr, G.L. and Munoz, J.D. 2011. Foliar fungicide efficacy on brown spot in soybeans in Michigan, 2010. Plant Disease Management Reports. 5:FC006.
24. Chilvers, M.I. and Brown-Rytlewski, D.E. 2010. First report and confirmed distribution of soybean sudden death syndrome caused by Fusarium virguliforme in southern Michigan. Plant Disease 94:1164.
25. Abang, M.M., Kabbabeh, S., Ahmed, S., Murad, S., Chilvers M.I., Peever, T.L., and Schroers, H.-J. 2009. First report of chickpea wilt caused by Clonostachys rhizophaga in Syria. Plant Disease 93:666.
26. Akamatsu, H.O., Chilvers, M.I. and Peever, T.L. 2008. First report of spring black stem and leaf spot of Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) in Washington state caused by Phoma medicaginis. Plant Disease 92:833.
27. Chilvers, M.I., Horton, T.L., Peever, T.L., Kaiser, W.J., and Muehlbauer, F.J. 2007. First report of Ascochyta blight of Pisum elatius (wild pea) in the Republic of Georgia caused by Ascochyta pisi. Plant Disease 91:326.
28. Chilvers, M.I., Horton, T.L., Peever, T.L., Kaiser, W.J., and Muehlbauer, F.J. 2006. First report of Ascochyta blight of Vicia hirsuta (Hairy tare) in the Republic of Georgia caused by Ascochyta sp. Plant Disease 90:1555.