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ARS Home Northeast Area Kearneysville, West Virginia Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection People & Locations







Mark A Demuth
                        Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection

                        




                        
                        Horticulturist
                        Phone: (304) 725-3451
                         ext. 398
                        
                        Fax: (304) 728-2340(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            **Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)‘Bell’ pear
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Bell, R., Schuup, J., Dardick, C.D., Demuth, M.A., Gottschalk, C.C. 2023. ‘Bell’ pear. HortScience. 58(8):832-835. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17113-23.Notice to fruit growers and nursery growers of release of the pear tree 'Bell'

- (Other)Utilization of early flowering genes to accelerate the genetic improvement of long-generation cycle plant species

- (Proceedings)Scorza, R., Dardick, C.D., Callahan, A.M., Srinivasan, C., Raines, C.D., Demuth, M.A., Dejong, T.M., Harper, J., Castro, S. 2014. Utilization of early flowering genes to accelerate the genetic improvement of long-generation cycle plant species. Proceedings of the IX Reunion de Biologia Vegetal REBIVE - 2014. p. 15.Black knot [Apiosporina morbosa (Schw.)] resistance in imported and domestic Prunus domestica L. germplasm and cultivars

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Scorza, R., Demuth, M.A. 2015. Black knot [Apiosporina morbosa (Schw.)] resistance in imported and domestic Prunus domestica L. germplasm and cultivars. Journal of American Pomological Society. 69(1):45-50.Spatial and temporal assessment of pollen- and seed-mediated gene flow from genetically engineered plum Prunus domestica

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Scorza, R., Kriss, A.B., Callahan, A.M., Webb, K.K., Demuth, M.A., Gottwald, T.R. 2013. Spatial and temporal assessment of pollen- and seed-mediated gene flow from genetically engineered plum Prunus domestica. PLoS One. 8(10):75291.PRUNUS HOST RANGE OF PLUM POX VIRUS (PPV) IN THE UNITED STATES BY APHID AND GRAFT INOCULATION

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Damsteegt, V.D., Scorza, R., Stone, A.L., Schneider, W.L., Webb, K.K., Demuth, M.A., Gildow, F.E. 2007. Prunus host range of plum pox virus (ppv) in the United States by aphid and graft inoculation. Plant Disease. 91:18-23'HONEYSWEET' - A TRANSGENIC PLUM POX VIRUS RESISTANT PLUM - DEVELOPMENT, FIELD TESTING, AND REGULATORY ISSUES.

- (Abstract Only)Scorza, R., Gonsalves, D., et. al. 'Honeysweet' - A Transgenic Plum Pox Virus Resistant Plum - Development, Field Testing, and Regulatory Issues. International Symposium on Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species. Abstract. October 10-14, 2005 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.


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