Office: 383A Briggs Hall Lab: 383 Briggs Hall Phone: (530) 752-3799 Email: deullman@ucdavis.edu Fax: (530) 752-1537

Diane Ullman, Ph.D.    Professor of Entomology Prof. Ullman's Lab Research Education: B.S. Horticulture, University of Arizona, Tucson Ph.D. Entomology, University of California, Davis Appointment: 20% Instruction and Research 80% Organized Research Teaches: Insect/virus/plant interactions, insects and human affairs, seminars in insect/pathogen interactions. Research Interests: Insect vectors of plant pathogens: vector/pathogen interactions with an emphasis on virus pathogenesis in insect cells, vector biology and management of insect-transmitted pathogens in agricultural and ornamental ecosystems. Also, I maintain a page on hosts of thrips and tospviruses with Leslie Campbell at Kansas State University. Please visit our site at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/tospovirus/

Selected Publications:

1. Zhou, C.L.E, Ammar, E.D., Sheta, H., Kelley, S., Polek, M., Ullman, D.E.. 2002. Citrus tristeza virus ultrastructure, inclusion bodies and associated cytopathology in Citrus sinensis and C. aurantifolia Canadian Journal of Botany 80:512-525.
2. Thaler, J.S., Karban, R., Ullman, D.E., Boege, K., Bostock, R.M.. 2001. Cross-talk between jasmonate and salicylate plant defense pathways: effects on several plant parasites Oecologia 131:227-235.
3. Borth, W.B., Jones, V.P., Ullman, D.E. and J.S. Hu. 2001. Effects of cecropin analogs on in vitro growth of Acholeplasma laidlawii Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 45:1894-1895.
4. Ghanim, M., Rosell, R.C., Campbell, L.R., Czosnek, H., Brown, J.K. and D.E. Ullman. 2001. Microscopic analysis of the digestive, salivary, and reproductive organs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) B types Journal of Morphology 248:22-40.
5. Goggin, F.L., Williamson, V.M. and D.E. Ullman. 2001. Variability in the response of Macrosiphum euphorbiae and Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to the tomato resistance gene Mi Environmental Entomology 30:101-106.
6. Yoo, B., Aoki, K., Xiang, Y, Campbell, L.R., Hull, R.J., Xoconostle-Cazares, B., Monzer, J., Lee, J., Ullman, D.E., and W.J. Lucas. 2000. Characterization of Cucurbita maxima phloem serpin-1 (CmPS-1): a developmentally regulated elastase inhibitor Journal of Biological Chemistry 275:35122-35128.
7. Kaloshian, I., Kinsey, M.K., Williamson, V.M. and D.E. Ullman. 2000. Mi-Mediated resistance against the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) limits sieve element ingestion Environmental Entomology 29:690-695.