Reprints of Scientific Journal Articles in Chronological Order

Biggs, A. R., D. D. Davis, and W. Merrill. 1983. Cutting Development and Restriction of Wound-associated Infection in Populus. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 5:269-272. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., D. D. Davis, and W. Merrill. 1983. Histology of cankers on Populus caused by Cytospora chrysosperma. Can. J. Bot. 61:563-574. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., W. Merrill, and D. D. Davis. 1984. Response of bark tissues to injury and infection. Can. J. For. Res. 14:351-356 (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1984. Intracellular suberin: occurrence and detection in tree bark. Int. Assoc. Wood Anat. Bull. n.s. 5:243-248. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R.1984. Boundary zone formation in peach bark in response to wounds and Cytospora leucostoma infection. Can. J. Bot. 62:2814-2821. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1985. Detection of impervious tissue in tree bark with selective histochemistry and fluorescence microscopy. Stain Technol. 60:299-304. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and N. W. Miles. 1985. Suberin deposition as a measure of wound response in peach bark. HortScience 20:902-905. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Northover. 1985. Sources of brown rot inoculum in Ontario peach orchards. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 7:302-307. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1985. Suberized boundary zones and the chronology of wound response in tree bark. Phytopathology 75:1191-1195. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Northover. 1985. Formation of the primary protective layer and phellogen following leaf abscission in peach. Can. J. Bot. 63:1547-1550. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1985. First report of Nectria galligena causing European canker of apple in Ontario. Plant Disease 69:1007 (Note). (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and R. A. Cline. 1986. Influence of irrigation on wound response in peach bark. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 8:405-408. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1986. Phellogen regeneration in injured peach tree bark. Annals of Botany 57: 463-470. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1986. Prediction of lignin and suberin deposition in boundary zone tissue of wounded tree bark using accumulated degree days. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 111: 757-760. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R.1986. Comparative anatomy and host response of two peach cultivars inoculated with Leucostoma cincta and L. persoonii. Phytopathology 76: 905-912. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and L. W. Stobbs. 1986. Fine structure of the suberized cell walls in the boundary zone and necrophylactic periderm in wounded peach bark. Can. J. Bot. 64: 1606-1610. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1986. Wound age and infection of peach bark by Cytospora leucostoma. Can. J. Bot. 64: 2319-2321. (Journal article pdf).     

Biggs, A. R. 1987. Occurrence and location of suberin in wound reaction zones in xylem of seventeen tree species. Phytopathology 77:718-725. (Journal article pdf).

Rittinger, P. A., A. R. Biggs, and D. R. Peirson. 1987. Histochemistry of lignin and suberin deposition in boundary layers formed after wounding in various plant species and organs. Can. J. Bot. 65:1886-1982. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Warner. 1987. Control of primary and secondary apple scab infections with sterol-inhibiting fungicides. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 9:41-48. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and E. A. C. Hagley. 1988. Effects of two sterol-inhibiting fungicides on populations of pest and beneficial arthropods on apple. Agriculture, Ecosystem, and Environment 20:235-244. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and N. W. Miles. 1988. Association of suberin formation in noninoculated wounds with susceptibility to Leucostoma cincta and L. persoonii in various peach cultivars. Phytopathology 78:1070-1074. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Northover. 1988. Early and late season susceptibility of peach fruits to Monilinia fructicola. Plant Disease 72:1070-1074. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and K. O. Britton. 1988. Presymptom histopathology of peach trees inoculated with Botryosphaeria obtusa and Botryosphaeria dothidea. Phytopathology 78:1109-1118. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Northover. 1988. Influence of temperature and wetness duration on infection of peach and cherry fruit by Monilinia fructicola. Phytopathology 78:1352-1356. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Northover. 1989. Association of epidermal characters with resistance to brown rot in sweet cherry. HortScience 24:126-127. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1989. Temporal changes in the infection court following wounding of peach bark are associated with cultivar variation in infection by Leucostoma persoonii. Phytopathology 79:627-630. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1989. Pruning technique affects Leucostoma infection and wound closure in peach trees. Plant Disease 73:771-773. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1989. Integrated control of Leucostoma canker of peach in Ontario. Plant Disease 73:869-874.  (Journal article pdf).

Hagley, E. A. C., and A. R. Biggs. 1989. Effects of three fungicides on populations of a phytophagous and several predacious mites (Acarina) on apple. Experimental and Applied Acarology 6:253-256. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and J. Warner. 1990. Full-season and post-harvest applications of sterol-inhibiting fungicides reduce ascospore formation in Venturia inaequalis. Phytoprotection 71:9-15. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1990. Reduction in transpiration and return bloom in apples by two sterol-inhibiting fungicides. HortScience 25:1403-1405. (Journal article pdf).

Northover, J. and A. R. Biggs. 1990. Susceptibility of immature and mature sweet and sour cherries to Monilinia fructicola. Plant Disease 74:280-284. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and C. A. Peterson. 1990. Effects of chemicals applied to peach bark wounds on accumulation of lignin and suberin and susceptibility to Leucostoma persoonii. Phytopathology 80:861-865. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1990. Managing wound-associated diseases by understanding wound healing in the bark of woody plants. J. Arboric. 16:108-112. (Journal article pdf).

Svircev, A. M., A. R. Biggs, and N. W. Miles. 1991. Isolation, purification, and characterization of a phytotoxin from liquid cultures of Leucostoma cincta and L. persoonii. Can. J. Bot. 69:1998-2003. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1991. Leaf abscission kinetics of peach cultivars and clones in relation to peach canker disease. Can. J. Bot. 69:2020-2025. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., N. W. Miles, and R. L. Bell. 1992. Heritability of suberin accumulation in wounded peach bark. Phytopathology 82:83-86. (Journal article html) or Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and G. Alm. 1992. Response of peach bark tissues to inoculation with epiphytic fungi alone and combination with Leucostoma cincta. Can. J. Bot. 70:186-191. (Journal article pdf).

Schneider, K. E., D. Speranzini, and A. R. Biggs. 1992. Ontogeny of shoot regenerants on excised immature peach embryos. Can. J. Plant Sci. 72:497-506. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1992. Anatomical and physiological responses of bark tissues to mechanical injury. In: Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plants Against Fungi. Blanchette, R.A. and A.R. Biggs, Eds. Springer-Verlag (Berlin) pp. 13-40. (Journal article html).

Biggs, A. R. 1992. Responses of angiosperm bark tissues to canker and canker rot fungi. In: Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plants Against Fungi. Blanchette, R.A. and A.R. Biggs, Eds. Springer-Verlag (Berlin) pp. 41-61. (Journal article html).

Svircev, A. M., A. R. Biggs, and N. W. Miles. 1993. Peach regeneration from callus derived from embryos of selected cultivars. Fruit Var. J. 47:13-18. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1993. Water relations of various peach cultivars in relation to peach canker disease. HortScience 28:939-941. (Journal article pdf).

Hagley, E. A. C., A. R. Biggs, G. E. Timbers, and J. Cotu-Sundy. 1993. Effect of the age of the puparium of the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera:Tephritidae), on parasitism by Phygadeuon Wiesmanni Sachtl. (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae). Can. Ent. 125:721-724. (Abstract) (Journal article - pdf format).

Biggs, A. R., L. M. Ingle, and W. D. Solihati. 1993. Control of Alternaria rot of Nittany apple fruit with calcium chloride and fungicides. Plant Disease 77:976-980. (Journal article pdf).

Goodin, M. M., A. R. Biggs, and A. M. Castle. 1993. Changes in levels and isozymes of peroxidase in wounded peach bark. Fruit Var. J. 47:185-192. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1994. Mycelial growth, sporulation, and virulence to apple fruit of Alternaria alternata strains resistant to iprodione. Plant Disease 78:732-735. (Journal article pdf).

van der Zwet, T., A. R. Biggs, R. Heflebower, and G. W. Lightner,. 1994. Evaluation of the MARYBLYT computer model for predicting blossom blight on apple in West Virginia and Maryland. Plant Disease 78:225-230. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1994. Characteristics of fire blight cankers following shoot inoculations of three apple cultivars. HortScience 29:795-797. (Journal article pdf).

Hogmire, H. W. and A. R. Biggs. 1994. A reduced pesticide program for peaches based on tree phenology. Crop Protection 13:277-280. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., J. B.Kotcon, T. A. Baugher, A. R. Collins, D. M. Glenn, H. W. Hogmire, R. E. Byers, A. J. Sexstone, and G. W. Lightner. 1994. Comparison of corn and fescue rotations on pathogenic nematodes, nematode biocontrol agents, and soil structure and fertility on an apple replant site. J. Sustain. Agric. 4:39-56. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., M. El-Kholi, and S. El-Neshawy. 1994. Effect of calcium salts on growth, pectic enzyme activity, and colonization of peach twigs by Leucostoma persoonii. Plant Disease 78:886-890. (Journal article pdf).

Northover, J. and A. R. Biggs. 1995. Effect of conidial concentration of Monilinia fructicola on brown rot development in cherries. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 17:205-214. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1995. Detecting latent infections in apple fruit with paraquat. Plant Disease 79:1062-1067. (Journal article pdf).

Baugher, T. A., Hogmire, H. W., Biggs, A. R., Lightner, G. W., Walter, S. I., Leach, D. W., and Winfield, T. 1996. Packout audits of apples from five orchard management systems. Hort Technology 6:34-41. (Journal article - pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1997. Genetic and temporal variation in abscission zone formation in peach leaves in relation to peach canker disease. Can J. Bot. 75:717-722. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., M. El-Kholi, S. El-Neshawy, and R. Nickerson. 1997. Effect of calcium salts on growth, polygalacturonase activity, and colonization of peach fruit by Monilinia fructicola. Plant Disease 81:399-403. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., T. A. Baugher, J. B. Kotcon, D. M. Glenn, A. R. Collins, A. J. Sexstone, H. W. Hogmire, R. E. Byers and G. W. Lightner. 1997. Growth, establishment and nitrogen utilization of four apple cultivars following rotation with corn or killed sod. Amer. J. Alt. Agric. 12:162-172. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R., and R. Scorza. 1997. Increased suberin accumulation in peach x almond hybrids. HortScience 32:717-718. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and G. G. Grove. 1998. Role of the World Wide Web in Extension plant pathology: Case studies in tree fruits and grapes. Plant Disease 82:153-165. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. 1999. Effects of calcium salts on apple bitter rot caused by two Colletotrichum spp. Plant Disease 83:1001-1005. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. , H. W. Hogmire, and A. R. Collins.  2000. Assessment of an alternative IPM program for the production of apples for processing. Plant Disease 84:1140-1146. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A. R. and S. S. Miller.  2001.  Relative susceptibility of selected apple cultivars to Colletotrichum acutatum. Plant Disease 85:657-660. (Journal article pdf)

Biggs, A. R. and S. S. Miller.  2003.  Relative susceptibility of selected apple cultivars to Botryosphaeria dothidea. HortScience 38:400-403.(Journal article pdf-)

Biggs, A. R. 2004. Effect of inoculum concentration and calcium salts on infection of apple fruit by Botryosphaeria dothidea. Plant Disease 88:147-151.(Journal article pdf)

Biggs, A. R. and S. S. Miller.  2004.  Relative susceptibility of selected apple cultivars to Botryosphaeria obtusa. HortScience 39:303-306.(Journal article - pdf format)

Biggs, A. R. and S. S. Miller. 2005. Relative susceptibility of NE-183 apple cultivars to fruit rot pathogens in West Virginia. Journal of the American Pomological Society. 59: 72-77.(Journal article pdf)

Biggs, A. R and N. W. Miles. 2005. Variation in wound healing and resistance to Leucostoma persoonii in peach derived from embryo culture. HortScience 40:1585-1586. (Journal article pdf)

Biggs, A. R. and Grove, G. G. 2005. Leucostoma canker of stone fruits. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2005-1220-01.

Grove, G. G. and Biggs, A. R. 2006. Production and dispersal of conidia of Leucostoma cinctum in peach and cherry orchards under irrigation in Eastern Washington. Plant Disease 90: 587-591. (Journal article pdf).

Dewdney, M. M., Biggs, A. R., and Turechek W. W. 2007. A statistical comparison of the blossom blight forecasts of MARYBLYT and Cougarblight with receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Phytopathology 97:1164-1176. (Journal article pdf).

Biggs, A.R., Turechek, W. W., and Gottwald, T. R. 2008. Analysis of fire blight shoot infection epidemics on four apple cultivars. Plant Disease 92:1349-1356. (Journal article pdf).

Sugimoto, T., K. Watanabe, S. Yoshida, M. Aino, K. Irie, and Biggs, A. R. 2008. Select calcium compounds reduce Phytophthora stem rot disease of soybean. Plant Disease 92:1559-1565. (Journal article pdf).