Plant Assistant

CURRICULUM VITAE

Qingchun Liu

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Yakima, WA98901

Phone: 509-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***,

EDUCATION

August 2002 - May 2007

Ph.D. Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University,

Pullman, WA.

Dissertation: Biology, epidemiology, and population structure of

Potebniamyces pyri, the causal agent of Phacidiopycnis rot of d'Anjou

pears in the Pacific Northwest.

Advisor: Dr. Chang-Lin Xiao

September 1999 - March 2002

M.S. Department of Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Research: Effects of growth promotion on tomato seedlings of plant

growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and their inhibitory effect on

Sclerotium rolfsii under greenhouse conditions.

Advisor: Dr. Kloepper

September 1996 - July 1999

M.S. Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University,

Beijing, China.

Research: Histological study on wheat cultivars of different resistant

levels to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis).

Advisor: Prof. Meiqi Zhao

September 1988 - July 1992.

B.S. Department of Plant Protection, Beijing Agricultural University,

Beijing, China.

MEMBERSHIP

American Phytopathological Society

EMPLOYMENT

August 2008 - July 2013

Postdoctoral Research Associate. Supervisor: Dr. Gary Grove, Professor

of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture

Research and Extension Center, 24106, N Bunn Rd, Prosser, WA99350.

May 2007 - July 2008

Postdoctoral Research Associate. Supervisor: Dr. Chang-Lin Xiao,

Associate Plant Pathologist, Washington State University, Tree Fruit

Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee, WA98801.

April - August, 2002

Internship. Supervisor: Dr. Chang-Lin Xiao, Assistant Plant

Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University,

Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee, WA98801.

July, 1992 - July, 1996

Research Assistant, Institute of Plant Protection, Academy of

Agricultural Science, Shandong Province, China.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

Liu, Q., and Xiao, C. L. 2009. Infection of 'd'Anjou' pear fruit by

Potebniamyces pyri in the orchard in relation to Phacidiopycnis rot

during storage. Plant Dis. 93:1059-1064.

Liu, Q., Peever, T. L., and Xiao, C. L. 2009. Population structure of

Potebniamyces pyri in the U. S. Pacific Northwest and evidence of

outcross inferred with SCAR markers. Phytopathology 99:532-539.

Liu, Q., and Xiao, C. L. 2005. Influence of nutrient and environmental

factors on conidial germination of Potebniamyces pyri. Phytopathology

95:572-580.

Xiao, C. L., Rogers, J. D., Kim, Y. K., and Liu, Q. 2005. Phacidiopycnis

washingtonensis - a new species associated with pome fruits from

Washington State. Mycologia 97(2):464-473.

Liu, Q., Nelson, M. E., Grove, G. G., and Gent, D. H. 20XX. Development

of quantitative PCR assays for Podosphaera macularis and Podosphaera

clandestina, the causal agents of hop and cherry powdery mildew. Plant

Dis. XX:0000-0000 (out for review).

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

Liu, Q., Yan, H., Nelson, M. E., and Grove, G. G. 2012. Early disease

development of cherry powdery mildew and population dynamics of

Podosphaera clandestina in the orchard air in eastern Washington.

Phytopathology 102:S4.72.

Liu, Q., Nelson, M. E., and Grove, G. G. 2011. Air sampling of three

powdery mildew populations using a Burkard cyclone sampler in eastern

Washington. Phytopathology 101:S106

Yan, H., Liu, Q., Nelson, M. E., and Grove, G. G. 2011. The time lagged

effects on the relationship between weather variables and airborne spore

concentration of Erysiphe necator. Phytopathology 101:S197

Zhang, J., Liu, Q., Nelson, M. E., and Grove, G. G. 2011 Development and

dispersal of chasmothecia of Erysiphe necator and Podosphaera

clandestina, causal agents of powdery mildews of wine grape and cherry.

Phytopathology 101:S203

Liu, Q., Nelson, M. E. and Grove, G. G. 2010. Molecular characterization

of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in Podosphaera clandestina, the

causal agent of powdery mildew on sweet cherry. Phytopathology 100:S73.

Liu, Q., Harbertson, E., Nelson, M. E., Grove, G. G., Chilvers, M. I.,

and Gent, D. H. 2009. Development of quantitative PCR assays for

Podosphaera macularis and Podosphaera clandestina, the causal agents of

hop and cherry powdery mildew. Phytopathology 99:S75.

Liu, Q., and Xiao, C. L. 2009. Conventional and real-time PCR-based

assays for diagnosis of Phacidiopycnis rot, Sphaeropsis rot, and gray

mold in stored d'Anjou pear fruit. Phytopathology 99:S75.

Liu, Q., Peever, T. L., and Xiao, C. L. 2007. Population structure of

Potebniamyces pyri in the U. S. Pacific Northwest and evidence of

outcross inferred with SCAR markers. Phytopathology 97:S65.

Liu, Q. and Xiao, C. L. 2007. Mode and timing of infection of d'Anjou

pear fruit by Potebniamyces pyri in the orchard in relation to

Phacidiopycnis rot in storage. Phytopathology 97:S65.

Liu, Q., and Xiao, C. L. 2004. Influence of nutrient and environmental

factors on conidial germination of Potebniamyces pyri. Phytopathology

94:S62.

PRESENTATION

Oral presentation, July 31- August 4, 2004. APS Annual Meeting, Anaheim,

CA.

Title: Influence of nutrient and environmental factors on conidial

germination of Potebniamyces pyri.

Poster presentation, August 4-8, 2012. APS Annual Meeting, Providence,

RI. Title: Early disease development of cherry powdery mildew and

population dynamics of Podosphaera clandestina in the orchard air in

eastern Washington.

Poster presentation, August 6-10, 2011. APS Annual Meeting, Honolulu,

HI. Title: Air sampling of three powdery mildew populations using a

Burkard cyclone sampler in eastern Washington.

Poster presentation, August 7-11, 2010. APS Annual Meeting, Charlotte,

NC. Title:

Molecular characterization of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in

Podosphaera clandestina, the causal agent of powdery mildew on sweet

cherry.

Poster presentation, August 1-5, 2009. APS Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Title: Development of quantitative PCR assays for Podosphaera macularis

and Podosphaera clandestina, the causal agents of hop and cherry powdery

mildew.

Poster presentation, August 1-5, 2009. APS Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Title: Conventional and real-time PCR-based assays for diagnosis of

Phacidiopycnis rot, Sphaeropsis rot, and gray mold in stored d'Anjou

pear fruit.

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