Strickland, D. A., Villani, S. M., and Cox, K. D. (2022). Optimizing use of DMI fungicides for management of apple powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera leucotricha in New York State. Plant Disease 106(4): 1226-1237.
Ayer, K., Strickland, D., Choi, M.-W., & Cox, K. (2021). Optimizing the integration of a biopesticide (Bacillus subtilis QST 713) with a single-site fungicide (benzovindiflupyr) to reduce reliance on synthetic multi-site fungicides (captan and mancozeb) for management of apple scab. Plant Disease 105(11): 3545-3553.
Strickland, D. A., Hodge, K. T., and Cox, K. D. (2021). An examination of apple powdery mildew and the biology of Podosphaera leucotricha (Ellis & Everh.) E. S. Salmon from past to present. Plant Health Progress 22(4): 421-432.
Wallis A, Yannuzzi IM, Choi MW, Spafford J, Siemon M, Ramachandran P, Timme R, Pettengill J, Cagle R, Ottesen AR, Cox K. (2021). Investigating the distribution of strains of Erwinia amylovora and streptomycin resistance in apple orchards in New York using CRISPR profiles: a six-year follow-up. Plant Disease doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2585-RE. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33599513.
Wallis, A. E., Miranda-Sazo, M. R., & Cox, K. D. (2021). Assessing and Minimizing the Development and Spread of Fire Blight Following Mechanical Thinning and Pruning in Apple Orchards. Plant Disease, 105(3), 650–659. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-06-20-1324-re
Ayer K. M., Choi M. W., Smart S. T., Moffett A. E., Cox K. D. The effect of SDHI fungicide dose and mixture on development of resistance in Venturia inaequalis [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 6]. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2020;AEM.01196-20. doi:10.1128/AEM.01196-20
Wallis, A. E., & Cox, K. D. (2020). Management of Fire Blight Using Pre-bloom Application of Prohexadione-Calcium. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/pdis-09-19-1948-re
Lichtner, F. J., Jurick, W. M., Ayer, K. M., Gaskins, V. L., Villani, S. M., & Cox, K. D. (2020). A Genome Resource for Several North American Venturia inaequalis Isolates with Multiple Fungicide Resistance Phenotypes. Phytopathology. doi: 10.1094/phyto-06-19-0222-a
Ayer, K.M., Villani, S.M., Choi, M., and Cox. K.D. 2019. Characterization of the VisdhC and VisdhD genes in Venturia inaequalis, and sensitivity to fluxapyroxad, pydiflumetofen, inpyrfluxam, and benzovindiflupyr. Plant Disease. 103:1092-1100.
Cox. K.D., Villani, S.M., Poniatowska, A., Schnabel, G., Holb, I., and Fajardo, J. 2018. Recovery plan for Monilinia polystroma causing Asiatic brown rot of stone fruit. Plant Health Progress. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-12-17-0080-RP
Agnello, A., Cox. K.D., Lordan, J., Francescatto, P., Robinson, T. 2017. Comparative programs for arthropod, disease and weed management in New York Organic Apples. Insects. 8(3)1-20. pii: E96. doi: 10.3390/insects8030096.
Agnello, A.M., Breth, D.I., Tee, E.M., Cox, K.D., Villani, S.M., Ayer, K.M., Wallis, A.E., Donahue, D.J., Combs, D.B., Davis, A.E., Neal, J.A., and English-Loeb, and F.M. 2017. Xylosandrus germanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) occurrence, fungal Associations, and management Trials in New York apple orchards. J. Econ. Entomol. 110:2149-2164.
Hu M, Cox K.D., and Schnabel G. 2017. Resistance to Increasing Chemical Classes of Fungicides by Virtue of “Selection by Association” in Botrytis cinerea. Phytopathology. 106:1513-1520.
Tancos, K. A., Borejsza-Wysocka, E., Kuehne, S., Breth, D., and Cox, K. D. 2017. Fire blight symptomatic shoots and the presence of Erwinia amylovora in asymptomatic apple budwood. Plant Dis. 101:186-191
Tancos, K. A., and Cox, K. D. 2017. Effects of consecutive streptomycin and kasugamycin applications on epiphytic bacteria in the apple phyllosphere. Plant Dis. 101:158-164.
Tancos, K. A., and Cox, K. D. 2016. Exploring diversity and origins of streptomycin-resistant Erwinia amylovora isolates in New York through CRISPR spacer arrays. Plant Dis. 100:1307-1313.
Villani, S. M., Ayer, K., and Cox, K. D. 2016. Molecular characterization of the sdhB gene and baseline sensitivity to penthiopyrad, fluopyram, and benzovindiflupyr in Venturia inaequalis. Plant Dis. 100:1709-1716.
Villani, S. M., Hulvey, J., Hily, J-M., and Cox, K. D. 2016. Overexpression of the CYP51A1 gene and repeated elements are associated with differential sensitivity to DMI fungicides in Venturia inaequalis. Phytopathology. 106: 562-571.
Tancos, K. A., Villani, S. M., Borejsza-Wysocka, E., Kuehne, S., Breth, D., Aldwinckle, H. S., Carol, J., and Cox, K. D. 2016. Prevalence of Streptomycin Resistant Erwinia amylovora in New York Apple Orchards. Plant Disease. 100(4): 802-809.