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Rebecca Lyon

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CONTACT

Phone: (309) 681-6177

Fax: 309-681-6693

Room: 3101B

 

USDA ARS NCAUR

1815 N University

Peoria, IL 61604

EDUCATION

PhD, Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, 2021

MS, Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2015

BS, Crop Science, The Ohio State University, 2012

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests are primarily in pathogen-host interaction to illuminate possible control measures. Currently we are working with Phytophthora spp., specifically pathogens on vegetable crops, to identify small RNA molecules and possible carriers that will inhibit pathogen growth when sprayed onto the host plant.

LAB MEMBERS:

Currently working in the laboratory of Dr. Eric Johnson

Mark Doehring, MS (Biological Science Laboratory Technician)

INVITED CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

  • Lyon, R., Wu, G., Saunders, D., Broders, K.
    The effector diversity and population structure of a United States population of
    Puccinia striiformis  sp. tritici. Plant Health 2019 (APS Annual National Meeting). August 3–7, 2019. Cleveland, OH [poster presentation]
  • Becky Lyon: The population structure and effector diversity of a United States population of
    Puccinia striiformis  sptritici. APS Pacific Division Meeting. June 25–27, 2019. Fort Collins, CO
    [oral presentation]
  • Becky Lyon: The population structure and effector diversity within the U.S. population of
    Puccinia striiformis  sp. tritici. Fungal Genetics Conference. March 12–17, 2019. Pacific Grove, CA [oral and poster presentations]
  • Becky Lyon: Forecasting diseases of wheat and corn in Colorado. Colorado Agricultural Aviation Association. November 14, 2018. Loveland, CO [oral presentation]
  • Lyon, B., Wu, G., Broders, K. Transcriptomic sequencing of the pathogen Puccinia striiformis  sp. tritici from infected wheat across the United States reveals key effectors. International Conference Plant Pathologists. July 29–August 3, 2018. Boston, MA [poster presentation]
  • Lyon, B., Correll, J., Feng, C., and Lamour, K. Population Structure of Downy Mildew on Spinach.
    Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Conference. March 14–17, 2015. Asilomar, CA
    [oral presentation]
  • Lyon, R.Fine-scale population dynamics of Phytophthora capsici on Long Island, New York.
    Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network Conference. March 10–12, 2013. Asilomar, CA
    [poster presentation] 

 

Publications Indexed by Google Scholar

Click here to view Google Scholar entries for Rebecca (Becky) Lyon.

(The Google Scholar results may not reflect a complete or accurate listing for this scientist).

    • Lyon, B., Broders, K. (2017, October 2). Impact of climate change and race evolution on the epidemiology and ecology of stripe rust in central and eastern USA and Canada. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2017.1368713
    • Lyon, R., Correll, J., Feng, C., Bluhm, B., Shrestha, S., Shi, A., and Lamour, K. (2016). Population Structure of Peronospora effusain the Southwestern United States. PLOS ONE, 11(2), e0148385. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148385
    • Castro-Rocha, A., Shrestha, S., Lyon, B., Grimaldo-Pantoja, G. L., Flores-Marges, J. P., Valero-Galván, J., … Lamour, K. (2016). An initial assessment of genetic diversity for Phytophthora capsiciin northern and central Mexico. Mycological Progress, 15(2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-016-1157-0
    • Hu, J., Lyon, R., Zhou, Y., and Lamour, K. (2014). PCR amplification of SNP loci from crude DNA for large-scale genotyping of oomycetes. Mycologia, 106(3), 607–609. https://doi.org/10.3852/13-218