Kevin Myers

Education

• B.S. Engineering Mechanics University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• M.S. Engineering Mechanics University of Wisconsin Madison
• M.A. Biology Binghamton University

Research Interests

• Plant Pathology- diagnosis of plant diseases and plant disease epidemiology

Publications

• Childers, R., Danies, G., Myers, K., Fei, Z., Small, I. M., & Fry, W. E. (2015). Acquired resistance to mefenoxam in sensitive isolates of Phytophthora infestans. Phytopathology, 105(3), 342-349.
• Danies, G., Small, I. M., Myers, K., Childers, R., & Fry, W. E. (2013). Phenotypic characterization of recent clonal lineages of Phytophthora infestans in the United States. Plant Disease, 97(7), 873-881.
• Danies, G., Myers, K., Mideros, M. F., Restrepo, S., Martin, F. N., Cooke, D. E., ... & Fry, W. E. (2014). An ephemeral sexual population of Phytophthora infestans in the northeastern United States and Canada. PloS one, 9(12), e116354.
• Cai, G., Myers, K., Fry, W. E., & Hillman, B. I. (2019). Phytophthora infestans RNA virus 2, a novel RNA virus from Phytophthora infestans, does not belong to any known virus group. Archives of virology, 164, 567-572.
• Cai, G., Myers, K., Hillman, B. I., & Fry, W. E. (2009). A novel virus of the late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, with two RNA segments and a supergroup 1 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Virology, 392(1), 52-61.
• Restrepo, S., Myers, K. L., Del Pozo, O., Martin, G. B., Hart, A. L., Buell, C. R., Fry, W.E., & Smart, C. D. (2005). Gene profiling of a compatible interaction between Phytophthora infestans and Solanum tuberosum suggests a role for carbonic anhydrase. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 18(9), 913-922.
• Goss, E. M., Cardenas, M. E., Myers, K., Forbes, G. A., Fry, W. E., Restrepo, S., & Grünwald, N. J. (2011). The plant pathogen Phytophthora andina emerged via hybridization of an unknown Phytophthora species and the Irish potato famine pathogen, P. infestans. PloS one, 6(9), e24543.
• Hu, C.H., Perez, F.G., Donahoo, R., McLeod, A., Myers, K., Ivors, K., Secor, G., Roberts, P.D., Deahl, K.L., Fry, W.E. and Ristaino, J.B., 2012. Recent genotypes of Phytophthora infestans in the eastern United States reveal clonal populations and reappearance of mefenoxam sensitivity. Plant Disease, 96(9), pp.1323-1330.
• Cai, G., Myers, K., Fry, W.E. and Hillman, B.I., 2012. A member of the virus family Narnaviridae from the plant pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora infestans. Archives of virology, 157, pp.165-169.
• Vargas, A.M., Ocampo, L.M.Q., Céspedes, M.C., Carreño, N., González, A., Rojas, A., Zuluaga, A.P., Myers, K., Fry, W.E., Jiménez, P. and Bernal, A.J., 2009. Characterization of Phytophthora infestans populations in Colombia: first report of the A2 mating type. Phytopathology, 99(1), pp.82-88.
• Runno-Paurson, E., Fry, W.E., Myers, K.L., Koppel, M. and Mänd, M., 2009. Characterisation of Phytophthora infestans isolates collected from potato in Estonia during 2002–2003. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 124, pp.565-575.
• Saville, A., Graham, K., Grünwald, N.J., Myers, K., Fry, W.E. and Ristaino, J.B., 2015. Fungicide sensitivity of US genotypes of Phytophthora infestans to six oomycete-targeted compounds. Plant Disease, 99(5), pp.659-666.
• Dey, T., Saville, A., Myers, K., Tewari, S., Cooke, D.E., Tripathy, S., Fry, W.E., Ristaino, J.B. and Guha Roy, S., 2018. Large sub-clonal variation in Phytophthora infestans from recent severe late blight epidemics in India. Scientific Reports, 8(1), p.4429.
• Chowdappa, P., Kumar, N.B., Madhura, S., Kumar, M.S., Myers, K.L., Fry, W.E., Squires, J.N. and Cooke, D.E., 2013. Emergence of 13_ A 2 Blue Lineage of Phytophthora infestans was Responsible for Severe Outbreaks of Late Blight on Tomato in South‐West India. Journal of Phytopathology, 161(1), pp.49-58.
• Mideros, M.F., Turissini, D.A., Guayazán, N., Ibarra-Avila, H., Danies, G., Cárdenas, M., Myers, K., Tabima, J., Goss, E.M., Bernal, A. and Lagos, L.E., 2018. Phytophthora betacei, a new species within Phytophthora clade 1c causing late blight on Solanum betaceum in Colombia. Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, 41(1), pp.39-55.
• Runno-Paurson, E., Fry, W.E., Remmel, T., Mänd, M. and Myers, K.L., 2010. Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Estonian isolates of Phytophthora infestans in 2004-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology, pp.381-390.
• Smart, C.D., Myers, K.L., Restrepo, S., Martin, G.B. and Fry, W.E., 2003. Partial resistance of tomato to Phytophthora infestans is not dependent upon ethylene, jasmonic acid, or salicylic acid signaling pathways. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 16(2), pp.141-148.
• Cai, G., Krychiw, J.F., Myers, K., Fry, W.E. and Hillman, B.I., 2013. A new virus from the plant pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora infestans with an 8 kb dsRNA genome: The sixth member of a proposed new virus genus. Virology, 435(2), pp.341-349.
• Hansen, Z.R., Everts, K.L., Fry, W.E., Gevens, A.J., Grünwald, N.J., Gugino, B.K., Johnson, D.A., Johnson, S.B., Judelson, H.S., Knaus, B.J. and McGrath, M.T., Myers, K.L., Ristaino, J.B., Roberts, P.D., Secor, G.A., and Smart, C.D. 2016. Genetic variation within clonal lineages of Phytophthora infestans revealed through genotyping-by-sequencing, and implications for late blight epidemiology. PLoS One, 11(11), p.e0165690.
• Göre, M.E., Altın, N., Myers, K., Cooke, D.E., Fry, W.E. and Özer, G., 2021. Population structure of Phytophthora infestans in Turkey reveals expansion and spread of dominant clonal lineages and virulence. Plant Pathology, 70(4), pp.898-911.
• Fry, W.E., Patev, S.P., Myers, K.L., Bao, K. and Fei, Z., 2019. Phytophthora infestans sporangia produced in culture and on tomato leaflet lesions show marked differences in indirect germination rates, aggressiveness, and global transcription profiles. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 32(5), pp.515-526.
• Olave-Achury, A., Cardenas, D., Restrepo, S., Lucca, F., Fry, W.E., Myers, K.L., Danies, G. and Soto-Suarez, M., 2022. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Phytophthora infestans isolates associated with tomato and potato crops in Colombia. Phytopathology®, 112(8), pp.1783-1794.
• González-Tobón, J., Childers, R.R., Rodríguez, A., Fry, W., Myers, K.L., Thompson, J.R., Restrepo, S. and Danies, G., 2022. Searching for the mechanism that mediates mefenoxam-acquired resistance in Phytophthora infestans and how it is regulated. Phytopathology®, 112(5), pp.1118-1133.
• Göre, M.E., Altın, N., Yaman, T., Myers, K., Çağlı, A., Cooke, D.E., Pırlak, U., Alkan, M., Kabakçı, H., Zencirci, N. and Fry, W.E., 2019. Severe outbreaks of Phytophthora infestans on potato in Turkey caused by recent changes in the pathogen population structure. Phytoparasitica, 47, pp.693-709.
• Mideros, M.F., Turissini, D.A., Guayazan, N., Danies, G., Cardenas, M., Myers, K., Tabima, J., Goss, E.M., Bernal, A., Lagos, L.E. and Grajales, A., 2016. Ecological speciation within the Phytophthora genus. bioRxiv, p.096842.
• Mcleod, A., Fry, B.A., Zuluaga, A.P., Myers, K.L. and Fry, W.E., 2008. Toward improvements of oomycete transformation protocols. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 55(2), pp.103-109.
• Chowdappa, P., Nirmal Kumar, B.J., Madhura, S., Mohan Kumar, S.P., Myers, K.L., Fry, W.E. and Cooke, D.E.L., 2015. Severe outbreaks of late blight on potato and tomato in South India caused by recent changes in the Phytophthora infestans population. Plant Pathology, 64(1), pp.191-199.
• Al-Kaabi, S., Mayton, H., Al-Jabri, M., Al-Maqbali, R., Al-Shibli, W., Myers, K., Fry, W. and Al-Adawi, A., 2020. Appearance and diversity of Phytophthora infestans in Oman in 2013–2015. Journal of Plant Pathology, 102, pp.1015-1020.
• Fry, W.E., McGrath, M.T., Seaman, A., Zitter, T.A., McLeod, A., Danies, G., Small, I.M., Myers, K., Everts, K., Gevens, A.J. and Gugino, B.K., 2013. The 2009 late blight pandemic in the eastern United States–causes and results. Plant Disease, 97(3), pp.296-306.
• Cai, G., Myers, K., Fry, W.E. and Hillman, B.I., 2018. Did a novel virus contribute to late blight epidemics?. BioRxiv, p.383653.
• Mayton, H., Myers, K. and Fry, W.E., 2008. Potato late blight in tubers—The role of foliar phosphonate applications in suppressing pre-harvest tuber infections. Crop Protection, 27(6), pp.943-950.
• Mayton, H., Amirkhani, M., Loos, M., Johnson, B., Fike, J., Johnson, C., Myers, K., Starr, J., Bergstrom, G.C. and Taylor, A., 2022. Evaluation of Industrial Hemp Seed Treatments for Management of Damping-Off for Enhanced Stand Establishment. Agriculture, 12(5), p.591.
• Giles, G., Indermaur, E.J., Gonzalez-Giron, J.L., Herrmann, T.Q., Shelnutt, S.S., Starr, J.K., Myers, K., Jensen, S.L., Bergstrom, G.C., Crawford, J.L. and Hansen, J.L., 2023. First Report of Downy Mildew Caused by Pseudoperonospora cannabina on Cannabis sativa in New York. Plant Disease, 107(5), p.1638.
• Fry, W. E., Birch, P. R. J., Judelson, H. S., Grünwald, N. J., Danies, G., Everts, K. L., Gevens, A.J., Gugino, B.K., Johnson, D.A., Johnson, S.B., McGrath, M.T. Myers, K.L., Ristaino, J.B., Roberts, P.D., Secor, G., & Smart, C. D. (2015). Five reasons to consider Phytophthora infestans a reemerging pathogen. Phytopathology, 105(7), 966-981.