D. HSING-YEH LIU

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Dr. Hsing-Yeh Liu

Research Plant Pathologist

USDA-ARS,

1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, California 93905, USA

Tel: (831)-755-2826, Fax: (831)-755-2814

E-mail: hliu@pw.ars.usda.gov / hyliuus@yahoo.com

 

 

 

EDUCATION

   

1981 University of California, Riverside, California, Plant Pathology, Ph.D.

1973 National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Plant Pathology, M.S.

1969 National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Plant Pathology, B.S.

 

 

EXPERIENCE 

   

1974-1976 Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, Taiwan Tobacco Research Institute.

1977-1981 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California,

Riverside.

1981-1984 Postdoctoral Associate, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Salinas, California.

1984-present Plant Pathologist, USDA- Agricultural Research Service, Salinas, California.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

   

  Current research interests include whitefly-transmitted and soil-borne viruses of vegetables and sugar beet, with a special emphasis on biological, serological, and molecular characterization of viruses, virusvector relationships, epidemiology, and the development of management strategies.

Discovered and characterized a numerous new virus diseases affecting sugar beet and vegetables including aphid transmitted: Beet chlorosis virus and Subterranean clover red leaf virus; whiteflytransmitted: Abutilon yellows virus, Beet pseudo-yellows virus, Lettuce chlorosis virus, Lettuce infectious yellows virus. Squash leaf curl virus, Tomato chlorosis virus, Tomato infectious chlorosis virus, and Tomato necrotic dwarf virus; and soil-borne: Beet necrotic yellow vein virus in U.S., Beet distortion mosaic virus, Beet oak-leaf virus, and Lettuce necrotic stunt virus.

First to identify Calibrachoa mottle virus affecting Calibrachoa plants. Calibrachoa is becoming an important new horticultural plant in Europe and U.S.. This disease has occurred in the nursery industries for sometime, but the causal agent was unknown.

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

   

American Phytopathological Society.

American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists.

International Society of Horticultural Science Vegetable Virus Working Group.

International Working Group on Plant Viruses with Fungal Vectors.

International Institute for Sugar Beet Research.