Simon Scott Professor, Fruit Virology OFFICE: B10C Long Hall ADDRESS: Dept. of Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences, 120 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0315 TELEPHONE: 864-656-5741 FAX: 864-656-0274 E-MAIL: sscott@clemson.edu

Qualifications

B.S. Hatfield Polytechnic College, Herts, Great Britain

Ph.D. (1974) University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Great Britain

Research Interests

Viruses and viral diseases of fruit trees, including systems for sensitive, reliable, unambiguous detection of viruses, certification programs for control of viral diseases, and understanding of peach stunt disease at the molecular level. Molecular taxonomy of the genus Ilarvirus. Viruses and viral diseases of ornamental species.

Selected Publications

Jones, A.T. Mcgavin, W.J., Gepp, V, Scott, S.W. and Zimmerman, M.T. 2006. Purification and properties of Blackberry chlorotic ringspot, a new virus species in Subgroup 1 of the genus Ilarvirus found naturally infecting blackberry in the UK. Annals of Applied Biology: 149 125 - 135

Scott, S.W., Zimmerman, M.T. Rankin D. 2006. Complete sequence of the RNA 1 and RNA 2 of Parietaria mottle virus. Archives of Virology 151: 1895 - 1898. DOI 10.1007/s00705-006-0803-2

Scott, S.W., Zimmerman, M.T. 2006. The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of Humulus japonicus latent virus. Archives of Virology 151: 1683 - 1687. DOI 10.1007/s00705-006-0771-6

Hughes, P.L., Lawrence, J.E., and Scott, S.W. 2005. The complete nucleotide sequence of Hydrangea ringspot virus. Archives of Virology 150: 2339 - 2345 DOI 10.1007/s00705-005-0594-x

Hughes, P.L., Harper, F., Zimmerman, M.T., and Scott, S.W. 2005. Nandina mosaic virus is an isolate of Plantago asiatica mosaic virus. European Journal of Plant Pathology 113: 309 - 313. DOI 10.1007/s10658-005-0624-2

Fry, C., Zimmerman, M.T., and Scott, S.W. 2004. Occurrence of Colombian datura virus in the terrestrial orchid Spiranthes cernua. Journal of Phytopathology 152: 200 203. DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2004.00827.

Scott, S.W., Zimmerman, M.T., and Ge, X., 2003. Viruses in subgroup 2 of the genus Ilarvirus share both serological relationships and characteristics at the molecular level. Archives of Virology 148: 2063 2075. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-003-0148-z.

Rao, S., Carner, G.R., Scott, S.W., Omura, T., and Hagiwara, K., 2003. Comparison of the amino acid sequences of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of cypoviruses in the family Reoviridae. Archives of Virology 148: 209-219.

Rong, R., Rao, S., Scott, S. W., Carner, G. R., and Tainter, F. H. 2002. Complete sequence of two dsRNA viruses from Discula destructiva. Virus Research 90:217-224.

Hagiwara, K. Rao, S., Scott, S. W., and Carner, G. R. 2002. Nucleotide sequence of segments 1, 3 and 4 of the genome of Bombyx mori cypovirus 1 encoding putative capsid proteins V1, V2 and V3, respectively. Journal of General Virology 83:1477-1482.

Rong, R., Rao, S., Scott, S. W., and Tainter, F. H. 2001. Common multiple dsRNAs are present in populations of the fungus Discula destructiva originating from widely separated geographic locations. Current Micobiology 42:144-148.

Di, Terlizzi, B., Skreczkowski, L. J., Mink, G. I., Scott, S. W., and Zimmerman, M. T. 2001. The RNA 5 of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus is a biologically inactive copy of the 3'-UTR of the genomic RNA 3. Archives of Virology 146:825-833.

Scott, S. W., Zimmerman, M. T., Jones, A. T., and Le Gall, O. 2000. Differences between the coat protein amino acid sequences of English and Scottish serotypes of Raspberry ringspot virus exposed on the surface of virus particles. Virus Research 68:119-126.