Melanie L. Lewis Ivey
Assistant Professor

Peer Reviewed Publications (Past four years)

Lewis Ivey, M.L., Xu, X., and Miller, S.A.  Leveraging management strategies for seedborne plant diseases to reduce Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium incidence on tomato seed and seedlings. J. Food Prot.  Submitted July 2013.

Lewis Ivey, M.L., and Miller, S.A.  2013.  Assessing the Efficacy of Pre-Harvest, Chlorine-Based Sanitizers Against Human Pathogen Indicator Microorganisms and Phytophthora capsici in Non-Recycled Surface Irrigation Water.  Water Research 47:4639-4651.

Lewis Ivey, M.L., and Miller, S.A. Viability staining of Phytophthora capsici propagules.  Mycologia Accepted April 2013.

Luster, D., McMahon, M., Edwards, H., Boerma, B., Lewis Ivey, M., Miller, S.A. and Dorrance, A.  2012.  Novel Phakopsora pachyrhizi Extracellular Proteins are Ideal Targets for Immunological Diagnostic Assays.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol.  78:3890-3895.

Lewis Ivey, M.L., LeJeune, J.T., and Miller, S.A.  2012.  Vegetable Producers’ Perceptions of Food Safety Hazards in the Midwestern USA.  Food Control, 26:453-465.

Ma, Xing, Lewis Ivey, M.L. and Miller, S.A.  2011.  First Report of Xanthomonas gardneri Causing Bacterial Spot of Tomato in Ohio and Michigan.  Plant Dis.  95: 1584.

Ling, K.S., Lin, H., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Zhang, W., and Miller, S.A.  2011.  First Report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ Naturally Infecting Tomatoes in the State of Mexico, Mexico.  Plant Dis.  95: 1026.

Lewis Ivey, M.L., Tusiime, G., and Miller, S.A.  2010.  A PCR Assay for the Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in Bananas.  Plant Dis.  94:109-114.

Carter, B. A., Reeder, R., Mgenzi, S.R., Kinyua, Z. M., Mbaka, J. N., Doyle, K., Maina, M., Valentine, G., Aritua, V., Lewis Ivey, M. L , Miller, S. A. and Smith, J. J.  2009. Identification of Xanthomonas vasicola (formerly X. campestris pv. musacearum), causative organism of banana xanthomonas wilt, in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi. New Disease Reports http://www.bspp.org.uk/publications/new-disease-reports/ndr.php?id=019025.

Aruscavage, D.,  Miller, S.  A., Lewis Ivey, M. L., Lee, K., LeJeune, J.T.  2008.  Survival and Dissemination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Physically and Biologically Damaged Lettuce Plants.  J.  Food Prot.  71: 2384-2333.

Baysal-Gurel, F., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Dorrance, A., Luster, D., Frederick, R., Czarnecki, J., Boehm, M. and Miller, S.A.  2008.  An Immunofluorescence Assay to Detect Urediniospores of Phakopsora pachyrhizi.  Plant Dis.  92: 1387-1393.

Harp T.L., Pernezny K., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Miller S.A., Kuhn P. J., and Datnoff, L.  2008.  The etiology of recent pepper anthracnose outbreaks in Florida.  Crop Prot. 27: 1380-1384.

Editor Reviewed Publications (Past four years)

Xu, X., Miller, S.A., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  2013.  Evaluation of the efficacy of chemical and physical seed treatments in reducing the incidence of bacterial spot on pumpkin seedlings, 2012.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 7:V059. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Xu, X., Miller, S.A., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  2013.  Evaluation of novel seed sanitizers on fungicide efficacy against Phytophthora capsici and seedling vigor, 2012.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 7:ST006. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Jasinski, J., Precheur, R.J., Miller, S.A., Lewis Ivey, M.L., and Riedel, R.M.  2012.  Controlling bacterial infections on pumpkin fruit in OH with varietal resistance and bactericides, 2011.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 6:V054.  The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Miller, S.A., Mera, J.R., Baysal-Gurel, F., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  2011.  Evaluation of fungicides for the control of downy mildew and Phytophthora fruit rot of cucumber, 2010.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 5:V001.  The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Miller, S.A., Mera, J.R., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  2011.  Evaluation of fungicides for control of Phytophthora blight and fruit rot of peppers, 2010.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 5:V008.  The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Jasinski, J., Miller, S.A., Lewis Ivey, M.L., Precheur, R.J., Rhodes, R.M., and Riedel, R.M.  2011.  Efficacy of conventional and bio-rational fungicides on cucurbit powdery mildew on pumpkin in OH, 2010.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 5:V170.  The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Miller, S.A., Mera, J.R., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  Evaluation of fungicides for the control of downy mildew of cucumber and melon, 2008.  Plant Disease Management Reports.  Report No. 3:V011.  The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Extension Publications

Lewis Ivey, M.L., and Miller, S.A.  Innovative Tomato Bacterial  Disease Factsheets.  Available on-line at www.vegetablediseasefacts.com.

Lewis Ivey, M.L., Baysal-Gurel, F., Frederick, R., Luster, D., Czarnecki, J., Dorrance, A., and Miller, S.A.   2009.  Immunofluorescence Assay Detection of the Soybean Rust Pathogen.  The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus, OH, Ohio State Extension Bulletin SBR-2-09.

Miller, S.A., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  2005.  Hot Water Treatment of Vegetable Seeds to Eradicate Bacterial Plant Pathogens in Organic Production Systems.  The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus, OH, Ohio State Extension Bulletin HYG-3086-05.

Miller, S.A., and Lewis Ivey, M.L.  2005. Hot Water and Chlorine Treatment of Vegetable Seeds to Eradicate Bacterial Plant Pathogens.  The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus, OH, Ohio State Extension Bulletin HYG-3085-05.

Lewis Ivey, M.L., and Miller, S.A.  2004.  Anthracnose Fruit Rot of Pepper.  The Ohio State University Extension, Columbus, OH, Ohio State Extension Bulletin HYG-3307-04.

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