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Plant Pathology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8751
Department Business Office:
354 Hutchison Hall
FAX: (530) 752-5674

Bostock, Richard M.

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Professor of Plant Pathology
Director, Western Plant Diagnostic Network
Executive Director, National Plant Diagnostic Network
Office Phone: 530-752-0308
FAX: 530-752-5674
E-Mail: rmbostock@ucdavis.edu

The Bostock Lab:
http://ucanr.org/sites/Bostock_lab/

Biography
B.S. Rhodes College 1974 Biology
Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1981 Plant Pathology

Area of Specialization
Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions; diseases of orchard crops.
Research
General areas of emphasis in my research program are the biochemistry and molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions and diseases of orchard crops. Current projects focus on abiotic stress predisposition to diseases caused by Phytophthora species, using model (tomato and Arabidopsis) and non-model (nursery ornamentals) systems. We are interested in the interaction of phytohormones and other signals that compromise resistance or prime the plant for susceptibility. Our applied research investigates fungal diseases of stone fruit species (Prunus), with an emphasis on canker complexes, brown rot, and selected post-harvest diseases.
Selected Publications:
1. Bostock, RM. 2005. Signal crosstalk and induced resistance: straddling the line between cost and benefit. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 43:545-80

2. Stack J, Cardwell K, Hammerschmidt R, Byrne J, Loria R, Snover-Clift K, Baldwin W, Wisler G, Beck H, Bostock R, Thomas C, Luke E. 2006. The National Plant Diagnostic Network. Plant Disease 90:128-136.

3. Weyman PD, Pan Z, Feng Q, Gilchrist DG, and Bostock RM. 2006. A circadian rhythm-regulated tomato gene is induced by arachidonic acid and Phythophthora infestans infection. Plant Physiology 140:235-248.

4. Lee M-H and Bostock RM. 2006. Agrobacterium T-DNA-mediated integration and gene replacement in the brown rot pathogen Monilinia fructicola. Current Genetics 49:309-322.

5. Lee M-H and Bostock RM. 2006. Induction, regulation, and role in pathogenesis of appressoria in Monilinia fructicola. Phytopathology 96:1072-1080.

6. Weyman PD, Pan Z, Feng Q, Gilchrist DG, and Bostock RM. 2006. DEA1, a circadian- and cold-regulated tomato gene, protects yeast cells from freezing death. Plant Molecular Biology 62:547-559

7. Lee, M-H., and Bostock, R.M. 2007. Fruit exocarp phenols in relation to quiescence and development of Monilinia fructicola infections in Prunus: a role for cellular redox? Phytopathology 97:269-277.

8. Roubtsova, T. V., and Bostock, R. M. 2009. Episodic abiotic stress as a potential contributing factor to onset and severity of disease caused by Phytophthora ramorum in Rhododendron and Viburnum. Plant Disease 93:912-918.

9. DiLeo MV, Bostock RM, and Rizzo DM. 2009. Phytophthora ramorum does not cause physiologically significant systemic injury to California bay laurel, its primary reservoir host. Phytopathology 99:1307-1311.

10. Su SYW, Beck HW, Xiao X, DePree J, Degwekar S, Zhou C, Lee M, Thomas C, Coggeshall A, and Bostock R. 2010. ETKnet: A Distributed Network System for Sharing Event Data and Multi-faceted Knowledge in a Collaboration Federation. In Yang, C.C., M.C.-L Chau, J. -H Wang, and H. Chen (eds.) Security Informatics. VII, pp. 135-154.

11. Lee M-H, Chiu C-M, Roubtsova T, Chou C-M, and Bostock RM. 2010. Overexpression of a redox-regulated cutinase gene MfCUT1 increases virulence of the brown rot pathogen Monilinia fructicola on Prunus spp. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 23:176-186.

12. DiLeo MV, Pye MF, Roubtsova TV, Duniway JM, MacDonald JD, Rizzo DM, and Bostock RM. 2010. Abscisic acid in salt stress predisposition to Phytophthora root and crown rot in tomato and chrysanthemum. Phytopathology 100:871-879

13. Savchenko T, Walley JW, Chehab EW, Xiao Y, Kaspi R, Pye MF, Mohamed ME, Lazarus CM, Bostock RM, and Dehesh K. 2010. Arachidonic acid: an evolutionarily conserved signaling molecule modulates plant stress signaling networks. Plant Cell www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.110.073858

14. Inderbitzin P, Bostock RM, Trouillas FP, Michailides TJ. 2010. A six locus phylogeny reveals high species diversity in Botryosphaeriaceae from California almond. Mycologia 102(6):1350-68

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