Current Projects

• Identification, etiology, and control of viruses affecting cherry production. Special emphasis is placed on the viruses associated with Little cherry disease and with those viruses that belong to the virus family Flexiviridae
• Fruit Tree Clean Plant Network activities at WSU-Prosser IAREC
• Etiology of fruit-deforming viruses affecting apples
• Managing virus and viroid diseases that affect hop production

Collecting green crinkle samples while dodging sprinkers in the test orchard.

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Recent Publications

Eastwell KC, Dutoit LJ, Druffel KL.  2009.  Helleborus net necrosis virus: a new Carlavirus associated with ‘black death’ of Helleborus spp.  Plant Disease 93:332-338

Eastwell KC, Glass JR, Druffel KL.  2008. First report of infection of poison hemlock and celery by Apium virus Y in Washington State. Plant Disease 92:1710.

Segwagwe AT, Putnam ML, Druffel KL, Pappu HR, Eastwell KC.  2008.  Molecular characterization of a new tymovirus from Diascia ornamental plants. Archives of Virology 153:1495-1503.

Pethybridge SJ, Hay FS, Barbara DJ, Eastwell KC, Wilson CR.  2008.  Viruses and Viroids Infecting Hop: Significance, Epidemiology and Management. Plant Disease 92:324-338.

Bajet NB, Unruh TR, Druffel KL, Eastwell KC  2008.  Occurrence of two little cherry viruses in sweet cherries in Washington State.  Plant Disease 92:234-238

Eastwell KC, Nelson ME.  2007. Occurrence of viroids in commercial hop (Humulus lupulus L.) production areas of Washington State. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2007-1127-01-RS