Tobin Peever Assistant Professor Department of Plant Pathology Washington State University Pullman, Wa 99164-6430 Phone: 509-335-3754 Fax: 509-335-9581 Email:tpeever@wsu.edu   Ph.D. 1994, Cornell University, Plant Pathology RESEARCH INTERESTS: Plant Reproduction RESEARCH SUMMARY: My research interests involve the molecular, population and evolutionary genetics of fungi and fungal systematics. Part of my research program deals with the molecular genetics of fungal mating genes, fungal mating systems, and the evolution of fungal reproductive strategies.   REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS: T.L. Peever, L. Carpenter-Boggs, L.M. Carris, L.W. Timmer and A. Bhatia. 2005. Citrus black rot is caused by phylogenetically distinct lineages of Alternaria alternata. Phytopathology 95: 512-518 Masunaka, A., K. Ohtani, T.L. Peever, L.W. Timmer, T. Tsuge, M. Yamamoto, H. Yamamoto and K. Akimitsu. 2005. An isolate of Alternaria alternata that is pathogenic to both tangerines and rough lemon and produces two host-selective toxins, ACT- and ACRL-toxins. Phytopathology 95:241-247. Chen, W., C.J. Coyne, T.L. Peever and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2005. Characterization of chickpea differentials for virulence assay of Ascochta blight and identification of chickpea accessions resistant to Ascochyta rabiei. Plant Pathology 53:759-769. Peever, T.L., S. Salimath, G. Su, W.J. Kaiser and F.J. Muehlbauer. 2004. Historical and contemporary multilocus population structure of Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph: Didymella rabiei) in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Molecular Ecology 13: 291-309. Milgroom, M.G. and T.L. Peever. 2003 Population biology of plant pathogens: The synthesis of plant disease epidemiology and population genetics. Plant Disease 87: 608-617. Barve MP, Arie T, Salimath SS, Muehlbauer FJ, Peever TL. 2003 Cloning and characterization of the mating type (MAT) locus from Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph: Didymella rabiei) and a MAT phylogeny of legume-associated Ascochyta spp. Fungal Genet Biol. 39(2):151-67. Yamak, F., T.L. Peever and G.G. Grove. 2002. Occurrence and Identification of Phytophthora spp. Pathogenic to Pear Fruit in Irrigation Water in the Wenatchee River Valley of Washington State. Phytopathology 92: 000-000 (in press). Douhan, G.W., T.L. Peever and T.D. Murray. 2002. Multilocus population Structure of Tapesia yallundae in Washington State. Molecular Ecology 11: (in press). Dugan, F.M. and T.L. Peever. 2002. Morphological and cultural differentiation of described species of Alternaria from Poaceae. Mycotaxon (in press). Peever, T.L., Ibañez, A., Akimitsu, K. and L.W. Timmer. 2002. Worldwide phylogeography of the citrus brown spot pathogen, Alternaria alternata. Phytopathology 92: 794-802. Peever, T.L., Y.-C. Liu, P. Cortesi and M.G. Milgroom. 2000. Variation in Tolerance and Virulence in the Chestnut Blight Fungus-Hypovirus Interaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66: 4863-4869. Timmer, L. W., P.D. Roberts, H.M. Darhower, P.M. Bushong, E.W. Stover, T.L. Peever and A.M. Ibáñez, A. M. 2000. Epidemiology and control of citrus greasy spot in different citrus-growing areas in Florida. Plant Disease 84: 1294-1298. Timmer, L.W., H.M. Darhower, S.E. Zitko, T.L. Peever, A.M. Ibáñez and P.M. Bushong. 2000. Environmental factors affecting the severity of Alternaria brown spot of citrus and their potential use in timing fungicide applications. Plant Disease 84: 638-643. Bas, B., Z. Dalkilic, T.L. Peever, H.N. Nigg, S.E. Simpson, F.G. Gmitter Jr., and R.C. Adair. 2000. Genetic relationships among Florida Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 93: 459-467. Masunaka, A., A. Tanaka, T. Tsuge, T.L. Peever, L.W. Timmer, M. Yamamoto, H. Yamamoto and K. Akimitsu. 2000. Distribution and characterization of AKT homologs in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata. Phytopathology 90: 762-768. Pimentel, G., L.M. Carris and T.L. Peever. 2000. Characterization of interspecific hybrids between Tilletia controversa and T. bromi. Mycologia 92: 411-420. Peever, T.L., L. Olsen, A. Ibáñez and L.W. Timmer. 2000. Genetic differentiation and host specificity among populations of Alternaria spp. causing brown spot of grapefruit and tangerine x grapefruit hybrids in Florida. Phytopathology 90: 407-414. Pimentel, G., T.L. Peever and L.M. Carris. 2000. Genetic variation among natural populations of Tilletia controversa and T. bromi. Phytopathology 90: 376-383. Peever, T.L., Y. Canihos, L. Olsen, A. Ibáñez, Y,-C. Liu and L.W. Timmer. 1999. Population genetic structure and host specificity of Alternaria spp. causing brown spot of Minneola tangelo and rough lemon in Florida. Phytopathology 89: 851-860. Canihos, Y., T.L. Peever and L.W. Timmer. 1999. Temperature, leaf wetness and isolate effects on infection of Minneola tangelo leaves by Alternaria sp. Plant Disease 83: 429-433. Graham, J.H., L.W. Timmer, D.L. Drouillard and T.L. Peever. 1998. Characterization of Phytophthora spp. causing outbreaks of citrus brown rot in Florida. Phytopathology 88: 724-729. Peever, T.L., Y-C. Liu, K. Wang, B.I. Hillman, R. Foglia and M.G. Milgroom. 1998. Incidence and Diversity of Double-Stranded RNAs occurring in the Chestnut Blight Fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, in China and Japan. Phytopathology 88: 811-817. Peever, T.L., Y.-C. Liu and M.G. Milgroom. 1997. Diversity of of hypoviruses and other double-stranded RNAs in Cryphonectria parasitica in North America. Phytopathology 87: 1026-1033. Sujkowski, L.S., B.A. Fry, R.J. Power, S.B. Goodwin, T.L. Peever, R.A. Hamlen and W.E. Fry. 1995. Sensitivities of Mexican isolates of Phytophthora infestans to chlorothalonil, cymoxanil and metalaxyl. Plant Disease 79: 1117-1120. Peever, T.L. and M.G. Milgroom. 1995. Genetic correlations in resistance to morpholine and piperidine fungicides in Pyrenophora teres. European Journal of Plant Pathology 101: 93-99. Peever, T.L. and M.G. Milgroom. 1994. Genetic structure of Pyrenophora teres populations determined with RAPD markers. Canadian Journal of Botany 72: 915-923. Peever, T.L. and M.G. Milgroom. 1994. Lack of correlation between fitness and resistance to sterol biosynthesis inhibiting fungicides in Pyrenophora teres. Phytopathology 84: 515-519. Peever, T.L., A. Brants, G.C. Bergstrom and M.G. Milgroom. 1994. Selection for decreased sensitivity to propiconazole in experimental field populations of Stagonospora nodorum (syn. Septoria nodorum). Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 16:109-117. Peever, T.L. and M.G. Milgroom. 1993. Genetic correlations in resistance to sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting fungicides in Pyrenophora teres. Phytopathology 83: 1076-1082. Peever, T.L. and M.G. Milgroom. 1992. Inheritance of triadimenol resistance in Pyrenophora teres. Phytopathology 82: 821-828. Peever, T.L. and V.J. Higgins. 1989. The induction of lipoxygenase, electrolyte leakage and lipid peroxidation in tomato tissue treated with specific and non-specific elicitors of Cladosporium fulvum. Plant Physiology 90: 867-875. Peever, T.L. and V.J. Higgins. 1989. Suppression of non-specific elicitor-induced effects in the Cladosporium fulvum/tomato interaction by intercellular fluids. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 34: 471-482.