Specialties / Focus

• Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Genomics

Degrees

• 1974 BS Biology California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• 1976 MS Plant Pathology University of California, Berkeley
• 1978 PhD Plant Pathology University of California, Berkeley

Publications

Kong, P., Rubio, L., Polek, M., and Falk, B. W.. 2000. Population structure and genetic diversity within California citrus tristeza virus (CTV) isolates. Virus Genes 21: 139 - 145.. Virus Genes. 21:139 - 145

Tian T, L Rubio, H-HYeh, B Crawford, and BW Falk. 1999. Lettuce infectious yellows virus: in vitro acquisition analysis using partially purified virions and the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.. Journal of Gen Virology. 80:1111-1117

H.-H, Tian, T., Rubio, L., Crawford, B., and Falk, B. W. . 2000. Asynchronous accumulation of Lettuce infectious yellows virus (LIYV) RNAs 1 and 2, and identification of a RNA 1 trans enhancer of RNA 2 accumulation. . Journal of Virology. 74:5762 - 5768