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PUBLISHED WORK

The Fruits of Our Labor

2020

  • Achmon Y, Claypool JT, Fernández-Bayo JD, Hernandez K, McCurry D, Harrold DR,  Su J, Simmons B, Singer S, Dahlquist-Willard R, Stapleton JJ, VanderGheynst JS, Simmons CW. 2020. Changes to soil bacterial and fungal microbiota structure during biosolarization and their connections to volatile fatty acid accumulation. Journal of Applied Soil Ecology. 153,103602

  • Fernández-Báyo JD, Stápleton JJ, Achmon Y, VánderGheynst JS and Simmons CW. 2020 The role of organic amendment stability in soil biosolarization efficacy. Acta Hortic. 1270. ISHS 2020. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1270.18

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  • Zhuang M, Achmon Y, Cao Y, Chen L, Siame BA, Leung KY. Resistome and antibiotic resistance genes in the environments – platforms, diversity, and future directions. Microbiome MBIO-D-20-00238 (in review)

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  • Cao Y, Achmon Y, Yaron S, and Leung KA. Metagenomics and germfree soil model unravel the occurrence and evolution of resistome under tetracycline of dynamically changing concentrations. Microbiome (submitted)

2019

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  • Edward S. Spang, Yigal Achmon, Irwin Donis-Gonzalez, Wendi A. Gosliner, Madison P. Jablonski-Sheffield, Md Abdul Momin, Laura C. Moreno, Sara A. Pace, Tom E. Quested, Kiara S. Winans, Thomas P. Tomich.Food Loss and Waste: Measurement, Drivers, and Solutions, Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2019 44:1

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  • Achmon Y, F. Ryan Dowdy, Christopher W. Simmons, Cheinat Zohar-Perez, Zahi Rabinovitz and Amos Nussinovitch. Degradation and bio-availability of dried alginate beads in simulated soil. Applied Polymer Science (10.1002/app.20191192).

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  • Kelley Hestmark, Jesus Fernandez Bayo, Duff Harrold, Tara Randall, Yigal Achmon, James Stapleton, Christopher Simmons, Jean VanderGheynst. Compost induces the accumulation of biopesticidal organic acids during soil biosolarization. Journal of Resources, Conservation & Recycling https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.12.009

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  • Jitendra Keshri, Yulia Krouptiski, Lareen Abu-Fani, Ygal Achmon, Riky Pinto and Shlomo Sela (Saldinger). Dynamics of bacterial communities in alfalfa and mung bean sprouts during home-storage. Journal of Food Microbiology.84 (2019): 103261

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  • Fernandez-Bayo, Jesus; Hestmark, Kelley; Claypool, Joshua; Harrold, Duff; Randall, Tara; Achmon, Yigal; Stapleton, James; VanderGheynst, Jean. The initial soil microbiota impacts the potential for lignocellulose degradation during soil solarization. Journal of Applied Microbiology. doi.org/10.1111/jam.14258.

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  • Jesus D. Fernandez-Bayo, Emily A. Shea, Amy E. Parr, Yigal Achmon, James J. Stapleton, Jean S. VanderGheynst, Amanda K. Hodson, Christopher W. Simmons. Almond processing residues as a source of organic acid biopesticidesduring biosolarization. Waste Management 101 (2020) 74–82

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2018

  • Achmon Y, Moshe Achmon, F. Ryan Dowdy, Orr Spiegel, Joshua T. Claypool, Juliano Toniato, and Christopher W. Simmons. Understanding the Anthropocene through the lens of landfill microbiomes. Journal of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Volume16, Issue 6, August 2018, Pages 354-360.

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  • .D. Fernández-Bayo, T.E. Randall, D.R. Harrold, Y. Achmon, K.V. Hestmark, J. Su1, R.M. Dahlquist-Willard, T.R. Gordon, J.J. Stapleton, J.S. VanderGheynst, and C.W. Simmons. Effect of management of organic wastes on inactivation of Brassica nigra and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae using soil biosolarization. Pest Management Science doi: 10.1002/ps.4891.

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  • Achmon Y, Sade N, Rubio Wilhelmi MM, Fernández-Bayo JD, Harrold DR, Stapleton JJ, VanderGheynst JS, Blumwald E, and Simmons CW. The effects of soil biosolarization using mature compost and industrial tomato waste amendments on the chemical soil environment and greenhouse tomato growth. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00424.

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  • Oren Shelef, Jesús D Fernández-Bayo, Yonatan Sher, Valeria Ancona, and Yigal Achmon. Chapter - Elucidating the use of local food production to draw principles and challenges of sustainable agriculture. Book - Sustainable food systems         (doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-811935-8.00002-0).

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  • Shea, E., Lopez, E., Bayo, J.F., Parr, A., Milkereit, J., Achmon, Y., Hodson, A., Stapleton, J., VanderGheynst, J. and Simmons, C., 2018, August. Using biosolarization with almond byproduct amendments to disinfest almond orchard soil during pre-plant processing and improve soil quality. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Vol. 256). 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.

2017

  • Achmon Y, Fernández-Bayo JD, Harrold DR, Su J, McCurry DG, Hernandez K, Dahlquist-Willard RM, Stapleton JJ,  VanderGheynst JS, Simmons CW. 2017. Weed seed inactivation in soil mesocosms via biosolarization with mature compost and tomato processing waste amendments. Pest Management Science DOI: 10.1002/ps.4354.

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  • Oldfield T, Achmon, Y, Perano K, Dahlquist-Willard R, VanderGheynst JS, Stapleton J, Simmons C Holden NA. Life cycle assessment of biosolarization as an option for tomato pomace utilization in California. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 141, 10 January 2017, Pages 146-156.

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  • Fernandez-Bayo JD, Achmon Y, Harrold DR,  McCurry DG, Hernandez K, Dahlquist-Willard RM, Stapleton JJ; VanderGheynst JS, Simmons CW. Assessment of two solid anaerobic digestate soil amendments for effects on soil quality and biosolarization efficacy. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b04816.

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  • Fernandez-Bayo JD, Achmon Y, Duff R. Harrold, Joshua T. Claypool, Blake A. Simmons, Steven W. Singer, Ruth M. Dahlquist-Willard, James J. Stapleton, Jean S. VanderGheynst, and Christopher W. Simmons. Comparison of soil biosolarization with mesophilic and thermophilic solid digestates on soil microbial quantity and diversity. Journal of Applied Soil Ecology. 2017  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.06.016.

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  • J.D. Fernández-Bayo, T.E. Randall, Y. Achmon, K.V. Hestmark, D.R. Harrold, J.Su, R.M. Dahlquist-Willard, T.R. Gordon, J.J. Stapleton, J.S. VanderGheynst, and C.W. Simmons. Effect of Partially Stabilized Organic Amendments on Volatile Acids Production and Pest Inactivation using Soil Biosolarization. In: Proceedings, 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting 1700606.(doi:10.13031/aim.201700606)

2016

  • Achmon Y, Harrold DR, Claypool JT, Stapleton JJ, VanderGheynst JS, and Simmons CW. 2016. Assessment of tomato and wine processing solid wastes as soil amendments for biosolarization. Waste Management 48:156-164.

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  • James J. Stapleton Ruth M. Dahlquist-Willard, Yigal Achmon, Megan N. Marshall, Jean S. VanderGheynst, and Christopher W. Simmons Advances in Biosolarization Technology to Improve Soil Health and Organic Control of Soilborne Pests. Organic Agriculture Research Symposium, January 2016

Before 2016

  • Achmon Y, Goldshtein J, Margel S, Fishman A. 2011. Hydrophobic microspheres for in situ removal of 2-phenylethanol from yeast fermentation. Journal of Microencapsulation, 28:628-638

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  • Achmon Y, Ben-Barak Zelas Z, Fishman A. 2014. Cloning Rosa hybrid phenylacetaldehyde synthase for the production of 2-phenylethanol in a whole cell Escherichia coli system. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98:3603-3611

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  • Achmon Y, Fishman A. 2014. The antioxidant hydroxytyrosol: Biotechnological production challenges and opportunities. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99:1119-1130

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