Bostock, Richard M.

Professor of Plant Pathology
Director, Western Plant Diagnostic Network Office Phone: 530-752-0308
FAX: 530-752-5674
E-Mail: rmbostock@ucdavis.edu

Biography

B.S. Rhodes College 1974 Biology
Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1981 Plant Pathology

Area of Specialization

Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; diseases of orchard crops.

Research

General areas of emphasis in my research program are the biochemistry and molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions and diseases of orchard crops. Current projects focus on abiotic stress predisposition to diseases caused by Phytophthora species, using model (tomato and Arabidopsis) and non-model (nursery ornamentals) systems. We are interested in the interaction of phytohormones and other signals that compromise resistance or prime the plant for susceptibility. Our applied research investigates fungal diseases of stone fruit species (Prunus), with an emphasis on canker complexes, brown rot, and selected post-harvest diseases.

Selected Publications:

Lincoln, J.E., C. Richael, B. Overduin, K. Smith, R. Bostock, and D.G. Gilchrist. 2002. Expression of the antiapoptotic baculovirus p35 gene in tomato blocks programmed cell death and provides broad-spectrum resistance to disease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:15217-15221

Marek SM, Wu J, Glass NL, Gilchrist DG, Bostock RM. 2003. Nuclear DNA degradation during heterokaryon incompatibility in Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genetics and Biology 40: 126-137.

Thaler JS, Bostock RM. 2004. Interactions between abscisic-acid-mediated responses and plant resistance to pathogens and insects. Ecology 85: 48-58.

Bostock RM. 2005. Signal crosstalk and induced resistance: straddling the line between cost and benefit. Annual Review of Phytopathology 43: 545-580.

Stack J, Cardwell K, Hammerschmidt R, Byrne J, Loria R, Snover-Clift K, Baldwin W, Wisler G, Beck H, Bostock R, Thomas C, Luke E. 2006. The National Plant Diagnostic Network. Plant Disease 90:128-136.

Weyman PD, Pan Z, Feng Q, Gilchrist DG, and Bostock RM. 2006. A circadian rhythm-regulated tomato gene is induced by arachidonic acid and Phythophthora infestans infection. Plant Physiology 140: 235-248.

Lee M-H and Bostock RM. 2006. Agrobacterium T-DNA-mediated integration and gene replacement in the brown rot pathogen Monilinia fructicola. Current Genetics 49: 309-322.

Lee M-H and Bostock RM. 2006. Induction, regulation, and role in pathogenesis of appressoria in Monilinia fructicola. Phytopathology 96:1072-1080.

Weyman PD, Pan Z, Feng Q, Gilchrist DG, and Bostock RM. 2006. DEA1, a Circadian- and Cold-Regulated Tomato Gene, Protects Yeast Cells from Freezing Death. Plant Molecular Biology 62:547-559.

Lee, M-H. and Bostock, R.M. 2007. Fruit exocarp phenols in relation to quiescence and development of Monilinia fructicola infections in Prunus: a role for cellular redox? Phytopathology (in press)

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