James W. Moyer

Department Head

Professor of Plant Pathology

• B.S. (Agronomy), Washington State University
• M.S. (Plant Pathology), Pennsylvania State University
• Ph.D. (Plant Pathology), Pennsylvania State University

Contact Information

Dr. James W. Moyer, Head
North Carolina State University
Department of Plant Pathology
2518 Thomas Hall
Box 7616
Tel: (919) 515-2730
FAX: (919) 515-7716
Email: james_moyer@ncsu.edu

Publications

Parks, E.J. and Moyer, J.W. 2004. Evaluation of AFLP in Poinsettia: Polymorphism selection, analysis, and cultivar identification. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 129:863-869.

M. Tsompana, J. Abad, M. Purugganan and J. W. Moyer. 2005 The molecular population genetics of the Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) genome. Molecular Ecology  14:53-66.

Abad, J.A., J.W. Moyer, G.G. Kennedy and M.A. Cubeta. 2005. An epidemic of tomato spotted wilt virus on potato in eastern North Carolina. Amer. J. Potato Res. 82:255-261

*Sin, Sang-Hoon, McNulty, B. C., Kennedy, G. G. and Moyer, J. W. 2005. Viral genetic determinants for thrips transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus. Proc Nat Acad Sci: 102: 5168-5173. 

• *This paper selected for commentary article. Thrips and tospoviruses come of age: Mapping determinants of insect transmission.  Diane E. Ullman, Anna E. Whitfield, and Thomas L. German. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 April 5; 102(14): 4931–4932.

 Parks EJ, Moyer JW, Lyerly JH. 2006. Identification of fluorescent AFLP and SSR markers for differentiation and analysis of New Guinea impatiens. J AMER SOC HORT SCIENCE 131 (5): 622-631.

Abad, J. A.,Parks, E. J., New, S. L., Fuentes, S., Jester, W., and Moyer, J. W. 2007.  First Report of Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus, a Component of Sweetpotato Virus Disease, in North Carolina Plant Disease 91:327.

Tsompana M and Moyer J W. 2008. Tospovirus. Encyclopedia of Virology, 5 vols. (B.W.J. Mahy and M.H.V. Van Regenmortel, Editors), pp. 157-163 Oxford:
Elsevier.

Patents:  

U. S. Patent application No. 09/912,072  to be issued Jan/Feb 2010.  Identification of Poinsettia Cultivars. The patent describes a method using specific fragments and their sequences identified by extensive RFLP analysis that allows the development of a database of poinsettia cultivar-specific fingerprints that can be used to demonstrate novelty of new cultivars, enforce licensing agreements and to reduce the time needed to develop novel new cultivars. It has also been used to associate cultivars with specific breeding programs and to provide an additional level of transparency to the development of Poinsettia cultivars.