Benham E. L. Lockhart
Virus Diseases; Diagnostic Technology
My research involves the identification, characterization, and epidemiology of plant viruses and virus diseases, including those of tropical subtropical crops. Research activities include serology, electron microscopy, and insect transmission of plant viruses of cereals, legumes, vegetables and ornamentals, and characterization and molecular biology of badnaviruses.
Selected Publications:
Ndowora, n., Dahal, g., laFleur, D., Harper, G., Hull, R., Olszewski, N.E., and Lockhart, B. 1999. Evidence that badnavirus infection in Musa can originate from integrated pararetroviral sequences. Virology 225:214-220.
Tzafrir, I., Ayala-Navarrete, L., Lockhart, B.E.L, and Olszewski, N.E. 1997. The N-terminal portion of the 216 Kda polyprotein of Commelina yellow mottle virus is required for virus movement but not for replication. Virology 232:359-368.
Ahlawat, Y.S., Pant, R.P., Lockhar, B.E.L., Srivastava, M., Chakraborty, N.K., and Varma, A. 1996. Association of a badnavirus with citrus mosaic disease in India. Plant Dis. 80:590-592.
Lockhart, B.E., Morelli, G., and Websterdorp, j. 1995. Occurrence of tobravirus infections in Peperomia, Hosta and Phlox in the Midwestern U. S. Plant Dis. 79:1249.
Lockhart, B.E., and Olszewski, N.E. 1994. Badnavirus Group. in: Encyclopedia of Virology. R. G. Webster and A. Granoff, eds. Academic Press, New York. 516 pp.
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