Diagnosis, Forecasting and Disease Management

Research in the department on Diagnosis, Forecasting and Disease Management integrates strategies such as cultural and biological controls, chemical control, host plant resistance, disease-free planting stock programs, and others to improve farming systems. A major accomplishment of this research has been the development of a high quality diagnostic facility with state-of-the-art database systems for tracking and reporting diagnoses.

• Dr. Charles W. Averre – Diagnosis; forecasting; disease management

• Dr. D. Michael Benson – Surveys and pathogen detection methods for ornamental crops, integration of suppressive soils, biocontrol agents and fungicides, cultural practices and host resistance

• Dr. Robert I. Bruck – Disease management

• Mr. William O. Cline – Diagnosis of small fruit diseases; chemical, cultural and biological controls; resistance screening of small fruit germplasm and cultivars.

• Dr. Christina Cowger - Management strategies for field crops including host genotype diversity and resistance

• Dr. Tom Creswell – Diagnosis; Director, Plant Disease and Insect Clinic

• Dr. Marc Cubeta – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Eric L. Davis – Development of management options for nematode-induced plant disease

• Dr. Larry F. Grand – Identification of mushrooms and related fungi and plant pathogenic fungi; diagnosis and identification of wood decay fungi and diagnosis of tree diseases

• Dr. Gerald J. Holmes – Diagnosis; forecasting; disease management

• Dr. Kelly L. Ivors – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Stephen R. Koenning – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Steven A. Lommel – Diagnosis

• Dr. Frank Louws – field and molecular diagnosis and management of strawberry and pepper diseases; management of bacterial spot, speck and canker of tomato; methyl bromide alternatives research; disease management in sustainable and organic farming systems

• Dr. Charles E. Main – Forecasting

• Dr. Thomas A. Melton – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Thomas Mitchell – Diagnosis

• Dr. James W. Moyer – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Gary A. Payne – Disease management of Tospoviruses

• Dr. Zvezdana Pesic-VanEsbroeck – Diagnosis; disease management; Director, Micropropagation Unit

• Dr. Jean Beagle Ristaino – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. David F. Ritchie – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Barbara B. Shew – Diagnosis; forecasting; disease management

• Dr. H. David Shew – Diagnosis; disease management

• Dr. Turner B. Sutton – Diagnosis; forecasting; disease management

• Dr. Lane Tredway – Diagnosis; forecasting; disease management

• Dr. R. Gregory Upchurch – Diagnosis

• Dr. Colleen Y. Warfield – Diagnosis; disease management

updated 10/10/2006 JMcI