Michael Melzer

Olmedo-Velarde, A., Larrea-Sarmiento, A., Wang, X., Hu, J., and Melzer, M.J. 202X. A

breakthrough in kitavirids: genetic variability, reverse genetics, Koch’s postulates and

transmission of hibiscus green spot virus 2. Phytopathology (in press)

https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-23-0110-R 

 

Vowell, T., Manley, M., Ho, J., Watanabe, S., and Melzer, M.J. 2023. Impact of metal

salts on the survival, development, and oviposition behavior of coconut rhinoceros beetle

(Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae). Frontiers in Insect Science

https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2023.1157769

 

Olmedo-Velarde, A., Loristo, J., Kong, A., Waisen, P., Wang, K.-H., Hu, J., and Melzer,

M. 2022. Examination of the virome of taro plants affected by a lethal disease, the

alomae-bobone virus complex, in Papua New Guinea. Viruses 14:7 1410

https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071410

 

Keith, L.M., Sugiyama, L.S., Brill, E., Adams, B.L., Fukuda, M, Hoffman, K.M., Ocenar,

J., Kawabata, A., Kong, A.T., McKemy, J.M., Olmedo-Velarde, A., and Melzer, M.J.

2022. First report of coffee leaf rust caused by Hemileia vastatrix on coffee (Coffea

arabica) in Hawaii. Plant Disease 106:761 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1072-

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Watanabe, S., Adams, B.-L., Kong, A., Masang, N., Vowell, T., and Melzer, M. 2020.

Identification of genes that result in high mortality of coconut rhinoceros beetle

(Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) when targeted using an RNA interference approach:

implications for large invasive insects. Annals of the Entomological Society of America

https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz057