Melissa B. Riley Professor, Plant Pathology Director, Multi-User Analytical Lab OFFICE: 205 Long Hall ADDRESS: Dept. of Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences, 120 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0315 TELEPHONE: 864-656-0580 FAX: 864-656-0274 E-MAIL: mbriley@clemson.edu

Qualifications

B.S., M.S., Microbiology, Clemson University

Ph.D., 1990, Plant Physiology, Clemson University

Director, Multi-User Analytical Laboratory

1. Organization, maintenance and operation of analytical instrumentation associated with Multi-User Analytical laboratory, 2
2. Develop procedures for sample analysis from various research projects throughout the university,
3. Teach technicians graduate and undergraduate students use and operation of analytical equipment,
4. Develop research projects dealing with use of analytical equipment.

Research Interests

Detection and analysis of pesticide residues in water and investigation of ways to reduce the movement of pesticides into water sources. Chemical characterization, isolation, and analysis of various compounds produced in plants and microorganisms including alkaloids, plant growth regulators, and toxins especially related to plant pathogen:plant interactions.

Teaching

Teach PL PA 809 analytical techniques in agricultural and biological sciences to non-chemistry majors and PLPA 310 an undergraduate/graduate Introductory Plant Pathology course.

Selected Publications

Gray, S. B. Lackey, P. Tate, M. B. Riley, and N. Camper. 2004. Mycotoxins in root extracts of American and Asian ginseng bind estrogen receptors alpa and beta. Experimental Biology & Medicine 229(6):560-568.

Jameson, G. L., J. A. Briggs, T. Whitwell, R. T. Fernandez, and M. B. Riley. 2004. Influence of pinebark and gravel on degradation of isoxaben in retention basins. Weed Science 52:158-165.

Story, S. P., E. L. Kline, T. A. Hughes, M. B. Riley, and S. S. Hayasaka. 2004. Degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons by Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505. Archive's Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (In Press).

Benson, E. P., P. A. Zungoli, and M. B. Riley. 2003. Effect of contaminants on bait acceptance by Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 96:94-97.

Briggs, J. A., T. Whitwell, and M. B. Riley. 2003. Effect of delayed irrigation on isoxaben and oryzalin runoff from a container nursery. Weed Science 51:463-470.

Drakeford, C. E., N. D. Camper, and M. B. Riley. 2003. Fate of isoxaben in a containerized plant rhizosphere system. Chemosphere 50:1243-1247.

Riley, M. B. 2003. Basic miscroscopy - An important skill for plant pathologists. The Plant Health Instructor DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2003-0130-02.

Riley, M. B. 2003. Herbicide losses in runoff of containerized-plant-production nurseries. HortTechnology 13:16-20.

Senseman, S. A., T. C. Mueller, M. B. Riley, R. D. Wauchope, C. Clegg, R. W. Young, L. M. Southwick, H. A. Moye, J. A. Dumas, W. Mersie, J. D. Mattice, and R. B. Leidy. 2003. Interlaboratory comparison of extraction efficiency of pesticides from surface and laboratory water using solid phase extraction disks. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 51:3748-3752.

Briggs, J., T. Whitwell, R. T. Fernandez and M. B. Riley. 2002. Effect of integrated pest management strategies on chlorothalonil, metalaxyl and thiophanate-methyl runoff at a container nursery. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 127:1018-1024.

Briggs, J. A., T. Whitwell, R. Thomas Fernandez, and M. B. Riley. 2002. Formulation effects on isoxaben and trifluralin in runoff water from container plant nurseries. Weed Science 50:536-541.

Mersie, W., C. Clegg, R. D. Wauchope, J. A. Dumas, R. B. Leidy, M. B. Riley, R. W. Young, J. Mattice, T. C. Mueller, and S. A. Senseman. 2002. Interlaboratory comparison of pesticide recovery from water using solid phase extraction disk and gas chromatography. Journal AOAC International 85:1324-1330.

Mosley, E. E., G. L. Powell, M. B. Riley, and T. C. Jenkins. 2002. Microbial biohydrogenation of oleic acid to trans isomers in vitro. Journal of Lipid Research 43:290-296.

Riley, M. B., M. M. R. Williamson, and O. Maloy. 2002. Plant disease diagnosis. The Plant Health Instructor DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2002-1021-01.

Briggs, J., T. Whitwell, M. B. Riley, R. Smith and G Legnani. 2001. Preemergent bittercress control on a gravel groundcover. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 19:104-108.

Camper, N. D., J. H. Kim, and M. B. Riley. 2001. Degradation of isoxaben in soils and an aqueous system. Journal of Environmental Science and Health B 36:729-739.

Pai, S. B., M. B. Riley, and N. D. Camper. 2001. Microbial degradation of mefenoxam in rhizosphere of Zinnia augustifolia. Chemosphere 44:577-582.

Riley, M. B. 2001. War of the Roses: A case study in plant pathology. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm.

Story, S. P., S. H. Parker, S. S. Hayasaka, M. B. Riley and E. L. Kline. 2001. Convergent and divergent points in catabolic pathways involved in utilization of fluoranthene, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene by Sphingomonas paucimobilis var. EPA505. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 26:369-382.