2026

Cothron, C. P., Devihalli, A., Kohlway, W. H., Chiang, A., Saville, A., Mainello, A., Ristaino, J. B., Nichols, E. G., and Whitehill, J. G. A. Distribution, diversity, and pathogenicity of Oomycete root pathogens affecting Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) Christmas tree production in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Plant Disease. Accepted.

Manz, D., Oten, K. L. F., Sorenson, C. E., Whitehill, J. G. A., Jetton, R. M. 2026. Phenology of the elongate hemlock scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Fraser fir Christmas trees in western North Carolina. Journal of Economic Entomology. 119:2009–2018.

Blumenfeld, S., S. Ghezehei, J. G. A. Whitehill, E. Nichols. 2026. Financial Analysis Tool (CT-FT) for Western North Carolina Christmas Tree Growers. The Journal of Extension. 64:16–18.

2025

Manz, D., Oten, K., Sorenson, C., Whitehill, J.G.A., and Jetton, R. 2025. Evaluating the post-harvest survival and emergence of Elongate Hemlock Scale from Fraser Fir Christmas Trees. Journal of Economic Entomology. 118:2394-2403.

W. H. Kohlway, C. P. Cothron, S. Ghezehei, A. Chiang, E. G. Nichols, J. Whitehill. 2025. Potential for Elite Veneer Poplar on Marginal Phytophthora spp.–Infected Christmas Tree Lands. Plant Disease. PDIS-07-24-1558-RE. *Selected as the Editor’s Pick for the October 2025 issue of Plant Disease*

Baldwin, W., Chiang, A., G. Wyatt, K. Nau, G. Chastagner, C. Landgren, J. Kowalski, C. Sims, P. Zerbe, & J. G. A. Whitehill. 2025. Distinct terpene metabolite blends serve as core drivers of consumer aroma preferences in for Christmas tree species. Scientific Reports. 15, 18500.

Manz, D., Oten, K., Sorenson, C., Whitehill, J.G.A., and Jetton, R. 2025. Evaluating the Post-Harvest Survival and Emergence of Elongate Hemlock Scale from Fraser Fir Christmas Trees. Journal of Economic Entomology.

Manz, D., Oten, K., Sorenson, C., Whitehill, J.G.A., and Jetton, R. 2025. Phenology of the Elongate Hemlock Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Fraser Fir Christmas Trees in Western North Carolina. Journal of Economic Entomology.

B. M. Marques, D. B. Sulis, B. Suarez, C. Yang, C. Cofre-Vega, R. D. Thomas, J. G. A. Whitehill, R. W. Whetten, R. Barrangou, J. P. Wang. 2025. A Protoplast System for CRISPR-Cas Ribonucleoprotein Delivery in Pinus taeda and Abies fraseri. Plants.

Kohlway, W., Cothron C. P., Ghezehei G., E. Nichols, & Whitehill J. G. A. 2025. Suitability of veneer poplar hybrids on Phytophthora infested sites in western NC. Plant Disease.

2024

Blumenfeld, S., S. Ghezehei, J. G. A. Whitehill, E. Nichols. 2024. Financial Analysis Tool (CT-FT) for Western North Carolina Christmas Tree Growers. The Journal of Extension.

2023

Johnson, T. & J. G. A. Whitehill. 2023. A phoenix glimmers within the ashes – cross-resistance suggests hope for genus Fraxinus. New Phytologist. 240: 1219 – 1232.

Kohlway, W., S.P. Rajarapu, L. Rivera-Vega, & J. G. A. Whitehill. 2023. “Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)” Guidebook for Selecting Tree and Shrub Species for Agroforestry in the U.S. Edited by Anne Marsh. USFS.

Whitehill J. G. A., M. M. S. Yuen, A. Chiang, C. Ritland, and J. Bohlmann. 2023. Transcriptome features of stone cell development in weevil-resistant and susceptible Sitka spruce. New Phytologist. Featured Journal Cover Article in an upcoming edition of New Phytologist. 239: 2138 – 2152.

2021

Gagalova K. K., Warren R. L., Coombe L., Wong J., Ming Nip K., Yuen M. M. S., J. G. A. Whitehill, Celedon J. M., Ritland C., Taylor G. A., Cheng D., Plettner P., Hammond S. A., Zhao Y., Moore R. A., Mungall A. J., Boyle B., Laroche J., Cottrell J., Mackay J. J., Lamothe M., Isabel N., Pavy N., Jones S. J. M., Bohlmann J., Bousquet J., & Birol I. 2021.
Spruce giga-genomes: physically similar yet rapidly evolving apart.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 111(5), 1469–1485.

Whitehill J. G. A., J. Bohlmann, & P. Krokene.
“Chapter 9 – Forest Insect-Plant Interactions.”
Forest Entomology and Pathology – Volume 1.
Edited by J. Allison, T. D. Paine, M. J. Wingfield, B. Slippers. Springer-Nature. Accepted. In press.

2020

Celedon J. M., J. G. A. Whitehill, L. L. Madilao, and J. Bohlmann. 2020.
Gymnosperm glandular trichomes: expanded dimensions of the conifer terpenoid defense system.
Scientific Reports. 10:12464.