Book Chapter(S)

Polston, J. E. 2001. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus - Economic Impact. p. 89-90 In: Post-Global Crop Protection Compendium. Hopkins, K. ed., Walllingford, UK: CAB International, 2000.

Zehnder, G.W., C. Yao, J.F. Murphy, E.R. Sikora, J.W. Kloepper, D.J. Schuster, and J.E. Polston, 1999. pp. 335-355 In: Induced Plant Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Zehnder, G.W., C. Yao, J.F. Murphy, E.R. Sikora, J.W. Kloepper, D.J. Schuster, and J.E. Polston. 1998. Microbe-induced resistance: A novel strategy for control of insect-transmitted diseases in vegetables. In: Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook, URL:http://ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/zehnder.htm E.B. Radcliffe and W.D. Hutchison eds. Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Hiebert, E., A.M. Abouzid, and J.E. Polston. 1995. Whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses. pp. 277-288 In: Bemisia: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management. D. Gerling and R.T. Mayer, eds. Intercept Press, Andover, U. K.

Mayer, R.T., T.G. McCollum, R.E. McDonald, J.E. Polston, and H. Doostdar, 1995. Bemisia feeding induces pathogenesis-related proteins in tomato. pp. 179-188 In: Bemisia: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management. D. Gerling and R.T. Mayer, eds. Intercept Press, Andover, U. K.

Schuster, D.J., P.A. Stansly and J.E. Polston. 1995. Expressions of plant damage by Bemisia. pp. 153-165 In: Bemisia: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management. D. Gerling and R.T. Mayer, eds. Intercept Press, Andover, U. K.

Scott, J.W., M.R. Stevens, J.H.M. Barten, C.H. Thome, J.E. Polston, D.J. Schuster, and C.A. Serra. 1995. Introgression of resistance to whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses from Lycopersicon chilense to tomato. pp. 357-367 In: Bemisia: Taxonomy, Biology, Damage, Control and Management. D. Gerling and R.T. Mayer, eds. Intercept Press, Andover, U. K.

Refereed Publications

Polston, J. E., Cohen, L., Sherwood, T. A., Ben-Joseph, R., and Lapidot, M. 2006. Capsicum Species: Symptomless Hosts and Reservoirs of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV). Phytopathology 96:447-452.

Ling, K. S., Simmons, A. M., Hassell, R. L., Keinath, A. P., and Polston, J. E.  2006.  First Report of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in South Carolina. Plant Disease 90: 379.

Nava, A. R., Patte, C. P., Hiebert, E. and Polston, J. E.  2006. Detection and Variability of Begomoviruses in Tomato from the Andean States of Venezuela.  Plant Disease 90:61-66.

Segev, L., W. M. Wintermantel, J. E. Polston, and M. Lapidot. 2004.  First Report of Tomato chlorosis virus in Israel. Plant Disease 88:1160. Yang, Y., T. Sherwood, C. P. Patte, E. Hiebert, and J. E. Polston. 2004. Use of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) Rep gene sequences to engineer TYLCV resistance in tomato. Phytopathology 94:490-496.

Urbino C., J. E. Polston, C. P. Patte, and M-L. Caruana. 2003. Characterization and genetic diversity of Potato yellow mosaic virus from the Caribbean. Archives of Virology: 149:417-424.

Polston, J. E. and T. A. Sherwood. 2003. Pymetrozine interferes with transmission of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Phytoparasitica 31:490-498.

Ramos, P. L., R.G. Guevara-González, M. Pruna, O. Guerra, J.E. Polston, G.R. Argüello-Astorga, and R.F. Rivera-Bustamante 2003.Tomato mottle Taino virus pseudorecombineswith PYMV but not with ToMoV: Implicationsfor the delimitation of cis- and trans-actingreplication specificity determinants. Arch. of Virology 148:1697-1712.

Freitas-Astua, J., Astua-Mong, G., Polston, J. E., and Hiebert, E. 2003. A simple and reliable method for the screening of transgenic tobacco plants. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (PAB) (published by EMBRAPA) 38: 893-896.

Freitas-Astua, J., Purcifull, D. E., Polston, J. E., and Hiebert, E. 2002. Traditional and transgenic strategies for controlling tomato-infecting begomoviruses. Fitopatologia Brasileira 27: 437-449.

Polston, J. E., T. R. Rosebrock, T. Sherwood, T. Creswell, and P. J. Shoemaker. 2002. Appearance of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in North Carolina. Plant Dis. 86:73.

Abouzid, A. M., Purcifull, D. E., Polston, J. E., Beckham, K.E., Freitas-Astua, J., Crawford, W. E., Peterson, M. A., Peyser, B., Patte, C. P., and Hiebert, E. 2002. Serological studies using polyclonal antisera prepared against the viral coat protein of four geminiviruses expressed in Escherichia coli. Plant Disease 86: 1109-1114.

Rivera Vargas, L., V. B. Acosta, J. S. Beaver, J. E. Polston, and E. Hiebert. 2002. Detection of bean golden yellow mosaic virus in bean breeding lines and the common legume weed, Macroptilium lathyroides, in Puerto Rico. J. of Agric. of the Univ. of Puerto Rico 85:165-176.

Hunter, W. B., C. P. Patte, X. H. Sinisterra, D. S. Achor, C. J. Funk, and J. E. Polston. 2001. Discovering new insect pathogens: Whitefly iridovirus (Homoptera:Aleyrodidae: Bemisia tabaci). J. Invert. Pathol. 78:220-225.

Wintermantel, W.M., J.E. Polston, J. Escudero, and E.R. Paoli. 2001. First report of tomato chlorosis virus in Puerto Rico. Plant Disease 85:228.

Murphy, J.F., G.W. Zehnder, D.J. Schuster, E.J. Sikora, J.E. Polston, and J.W. Kloepper. 2000. PGPR-mediated protection in tomato against Tomato mottle virus. Plant Disease 84:779-784.

Hunter, W.B. and J.E. Polston. 2000. Development of a continuous whitefly cell line [Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)] for the study of begomovirus J. of Invert. Pathology 77:33-36.

Sinisterra, X.H., C.P. Patte, S. Siewnath, and J.E. Polston. 2000. Identification of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Is in The Bahamas. Plant Disease 84:592.

Polston, J.E., R. J. McGovern, and L.G. Brown. 1999. Introduction of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Florida and implications for the spread of this and other geminiviruses of tomato. Plant Disease 83:984-988.

Sinisterra, X.H., J.E. Polston, A.M. Abouzid, and E. Hiebert, 1999. Tobacco plants transformed with a modified coat protein of tomato mottle begomovirus show resistance to virus infection. Phytopathology 89: 701-706.

Csizinszky, A., D.J. Schuster, and J.E. Polston. 1999. Effect of UV-reflective mulches on tomato yields and on the silverleaf whitefly. HortSci.: 34:911-914.

Momol, M.T., G.W. Simone, W. Dankers, R.K. Sprenkel, S.M. Olson, E.A. Momol, J.E. Polston, and E. Hiebert. 1999. First report of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in tomato in south Georgia. Plant Disease 83:487.

Polston, J.E., D. Bois, G. Ano., F. Poliakoff, and C. Urbino. 1998. Occurrence of a strain of potato yellow mosaic virus in tomato in the eastern Caribbean. Plant Disease 82:126.

Hunter, W.B., E. Hiebert, S.E. Webb, J.H. Tsai, and J.E. Polston. 1998. Location of geminiviruses in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Plant Disease 82:1147-1151.

Polston, J.E. and P.K. Anderson. 1997. The emergence of whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses of tomato in the Western Hemisphere. Plant Disease 81:1358-1369.

McGovern, R.J., J.E. Polston, and B. Harbaugh. 1997. Detection of a severe isolate of impatiens necrotic spot virus infecting lisianthus in Florida. Plant Disease 81:1334.

Thome, C.R., D.J. Schuster, and J.E. Polston. 1996. Nocturnal feeding of silverleaf whitefly adults (Homoptera:Aleyrodidae). J. of Agricultural Entomology 13:275-278.

Wu, Z.C., J.S. Hu, J.E. Polston, D.E. Ullman, and E. Hiebert. 1996. Complete nucleotide sequence of a non-vector transmissible strain of abutilon mosaic geminivirus in Hawaii. Phytopathology 86:608-613.

Hunter, W.B., E. Hiebert, S.E. Webb, J.E. Polston, and J.H. Tsai. 1996. Precibarial and cibarial chemosensilla in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Insect Morph. and Embryol. 25:295-304.

Yang, T.C., F.W. Zettler, and J.E. Polston. 1996. First report of lily X potexvirus in the United States. Plant Disease 80:1430.

Polston, J.E., D.O. Chellemi, D.J. Schuster, R.J. McGovern, and P.A. Stansly. 1996. Spatial and temporal dynamics of tomato mottle geminivirus and Bemisia tabaci in Florida tomato fields. Plant Disease 80:1022-1028.

Cantliffe, D.J., G.J. Hochmuth, S.J. Locascio, P.A. Stansly, C.S. Vavrina, J.E. Polston, D.J. Schuster, D.R. Seal, D.O. Chellemi, and S.M. Olsen. 1995. Production of Solanacea for fresh market under field conditions: current problems and potential solutions. Acta Horticulturae 412:229-244.

Blair, M., M.J. Bassett, A.M. Abouzid, E. Hiebert, J.E. Polston, R.T. McMillan, W. Graves, and M. Lamberts. 1995. Occurrence of bean golden mosaic virus in Florida. Plant Disease 79: 529-533.

McGovern, R.J. and J.E. Polston. 1995. First report of fruit rot of Capsicum chinense caused by two species of Colletotrichum. Plant Disease 79:212.

Polston, J.E., D. Bois, A.P. Keinath, D.O. Chellemi. 1995. Occurrence of tomato mottle geminivirus in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Plant Disease 79:539.

Cancino, M., E. Hiebert, D.E. Purcifull, J.E. Polston, and F.J. Morales. 1995. Monoclonal antibody with broad specificity to whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses. Phytopathology 85: 484-501.

McGlashan, D., J.E. Polston, and D. Bois. 1994. Tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus in Jamaica. Plant Disease 78:1219.

Polston, J.E., D. Bois, C.A. Serra, and S. Conception. 1994. First report of a tomato yellow leaf curl-like geminivirus from tomato in the Western Hemisphere. Plant Disease 78:831.

McGovern, R.J., J.E. Polston, G.M. Danyluk, E. Hiebert, A.M. Abouzid, and P.A. Stansly. 1994. Identification of a natural weed host of tomato mottle geminivirus in Florida. Plant Disease 78:1102-1106.

McGovern, R.J., J.E. Polston and J.J. Mullahey. 1994. Solanum viarum: weed reservoir of plant viruses in Florida. Int. J. Pest Mgmt. 40:270-273.

Polston, J.E., E. Hiebert, R.J. McGovern, P.A. Stansly, and D.J. Schuster. 1993. Host range of Tomato mottle virus, a new geminivirus infecting tomato in Florida. Plant Disease 77:1181-1184.

Abouzid, A.M., J.E. Polston, and E. Hiebert. 1992. The nucleotide sequence of Tomato mottle virus, a new geminivirus isolated from tomato in Florida. J. Gen. Virology 73:3225-3229.

Polston, J.E., P. Bubrick and T.M. Perring. 1991. Detection of plant virus coat proteins on whole leaf blots. Analytical Biochemistry 196:267-270.

Polston, J.E., A. Al-Musa, T.M. Perring and J.A. Dodds. 1990. Association of the nucleic acid of squash leaf curl geminivirus and the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Phytopathology 80:850-856.

Polston, J.E., T.M. Perring, and J.A. Dodds. 1989. Nucleic acid probes for detection and strain discrimination of cucurbit geminivirus. Phytopathology 79:1123-1126.

Haber, S., J.E. Polston, and J. Bird. 1987. Use of DNA to diagnose plant diseases caused by single-stranded DNA plant viruses. Can. J. Plant Pathology 9:156-161.

Xu, Z., J.E. Polston, and R.M. Goodman. 1985. Identification of soybean mosaic, southern bean mosaic and tobacco ringspot viruses from soybean in the People's Republic of China. Annals of Applied Biology 108:51-57.

Nonrefereed Publications

Non-referred Journals

Gilreath, P., K. Shuler, J.E. Polston, T.A. Sherwood, G. McAvoy, P.A. Stansly, and E. Waldo. 2001. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistant tomato variety trials. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 113:190-193.

Polston, J.E. 2000. Resistance in Tomato to Tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Citrus and Vegetable Magazine 64: 26-27.

Schuster, D.J and J. E. Polston. 1999. Whitefly Management Guide: Tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Supplement in Citrus and Vegetable Magazine/The Grower, Summer 1999, pp. A6-A7.

Schuster, D.J. and J.E. Polston. 1998. Management of whiteflies, bugs, and leafminers on fresh market tomatoes in West-central Florida, Fall 1996. Arthropod Management Tests 23:156-157.

Schuster, D.J. and J.E. Polston. 1998. Insect management on fresh market tomatoes, Spring 1997. Arthropod Management Tests 23:159-160.

Schuster, D.J. and J.E. Polston. 1997. Management of whiteflies and armyworm on fresh market tomatoes, fall 1995. Arthropod Management Tests: 22:180-181.

Schuster, D.J. and J.E. Polston. 1997. Management of insects on fresh market tomatoes, spring 1996. Arthropod Management Tests 22:184-185.

McGovern, R.J., J.E. Polston, and J.J. Mullahey. 1993. Tropical Soda Apple (Solanum viarum Dunal): Newly recognized host of tomato, pepper, and tobacco viruses in Florida. Citrus & Vegetable Magazine 56:10-12.

State and Regional Publications

Polston, J. E. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Revisited. Pp. 9-11 In: Proc. of the Florida Tomato Institute, PRO520, P. Gilreath and C. S. Vavrina, eds., 3 Sept. 2003, Naples, FL.

Polston, J. E. Current Status of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. Annual Meeting of the Southern Plant Board February , 2002. Status: Accepted - In Press

Polston, J. E. 2002. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus: Breaking the Cycle. Pp. 29-33 In: Proc. of the Florida Tomato Institute, PRO519, P. Gilreath and C. S. Vavrina, eds., 4 Sept. 2002, Naples, FL.

Polston, J.E. and E. Hiebert. 2001. Engineered Resistance in Tomato to Geminiviruses. Pp. 19-22 In: Proc. of the 2001 Florida Tomato Institute, PRO-518, P. Gilreath and C. S. Vavrina, eds., 5 Sept. 2001, Naples, FL.

Polston, J.E. and D.J. Schuster. 2000. New Tools for Management of Whitefly-transmitted Geminiviruses . Pp. 17-19 In: 2000 Florida Tomato Institute Proceedings, PRO-516, C.S. Vavrina, ed., Univ. of Florida and Citrus and Vegetable Magazine. 6 Sept. 2000, Naples, FL.

Gilreath, P., K. Shuler, J.E. Polston, T.A. Sherwood, G. McAvoy, P.A. Stansly, and E. Waldo. 2000. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus Resistant Tomato Variety Trials. pp. 20-24 In: 2000 Florida Tomato Institute Proceedings, PRO-516, C.S. Vavrina, ed., Univ. of Florida and Citrus and Vegetable Magazine, 6 Sept. 2000, Naples, FL.

Polston, J.E, R.J. McGovern, T.A. Sherwood, and R. Kelly. 1999. New Developments in Tomato yellow leaf curl virus In Florida. Pp. 2-5 In: 1999 Florida Tomato Institute Proceedings, PRO-516, C.S. Vavrina, ed., Univ. of Florida and Citrus and Vegetable Magazine. 8 Sept. 1999, Naples, FL.

Polston, J.E. 1998. Update on Tomato yellow leaf curl virus. pp. 5-8 In: 1998 Florida Tomato Institute Proceedings, PRO-111. C.S. Vavrina and P.R. Gilreath, eds. Univ. of Florida and Citrus and Vegetable Magazine. 9 Sept. 1998, Naples, FL.

Polston, J.E. and P.K. Anderson. 1997. The explosion of whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses in tomato in the Americas. pp. 38-42 In: 1997 Florida Tomato Institute Proceedings, PRO-110. C.S. Vavrina, P.R. Gilreath and J.W. Noling eds. Univ. of Florida and Citrus and Vegetable Magazine, 3 Sept. 1997, Naples, FL.

Scott, J.W., D.J. Schuster, and J.E. Polston. 1995. Outlook for tomato mottle geminivirus and tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus resistance breeding. pp. 97-101 In: Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute. C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series, PRO-512, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

Polston, J.E., P. Gilreath, D.J. Schuster, and D.O. Chellemi. 1994. Recent developments in tomato geminiviruses: A new virus and a new pesticide. pp. 65-76 In: Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute. C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series, PRO-105, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

Polston, J.E., D.J. Schuster, and D.O. Chellemi. 1993. Advances in the management of tomato mottle geminivirus. pp. 69-76 In: Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute, C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series. University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

Schuster, D.J., P.A. Stansly, D.E. Dean, J.E. Polston, and G.S. Swanson. 1993. Progress toward a more sustainable pest management program for tomato. pp. 77-106 In: 1993 Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute. C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series, PRO-105, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

Polston, J.E., D.J. Schuster, R.J. McGovern, and E. Hiebert. 1992. New developments in the developments in the management of tomato viruses in Florida. pp. 41-53 In: Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute, C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series, SS-HOS-1, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

Schuster, D.J., J.E. Polston and J.F. Price. 1992. Reservoirs of the sweet potato whitefly for tomatoes in west-central Florida. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 105:311-314.

Polston, J.E., D.J. Schuster, and E. Hiebert. 1991. Insect-transmitted virus of tomato in Florida. pp. 1-11 In: Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute. C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series, SS-VEC-001, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

McGovern, R.J., P.A. Stansly, J.E. Polston, D.J. Schuster, and E. Hiebert. 1991. Alternate hosts of the Florida tomato geminivirus. pp. 12-19 In: Proc. Fla. Tomato Institute. C.S. Vavrina, ed. Vegetable Crops Special Series, SS-VEC-001, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida.

Polston, J.E., M.R. Evans and J.H. Tsai. 1991. Evidence for association of a mycoplasma-like organism with grassy tuber of caladium. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 104:334-336.