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Faculty
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Plant
Pathology &
Microbiology
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A.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Arnold Assistant Professor,
Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Ph. D., University of
Arizona ~ Evolution of plant-fungus symbioses; fungal ecology and
biodiversity; fungal systematics; molecular and community ecology;
tropical biology. |
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Lindy
Brigham Research Assistant Professor, Division of Plant
Pathology and Microbiology Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Plants
communicate with the other organisms. |
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Judith
K. Brown Professor,
Department of Plant Sciences, Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Whitefly-transmitted
geminiviruses and virus/vector/hostcomplexes.
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Peter
Cotty Adjunct Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology, Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Biology, physiology,
and management of agriculturally important fungi. |
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Martha
Hawes Professor, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Ph.D., University of Kentucky ~ Mechanisms by which eucaryotic cells
sort endogenous and environmental signals to 'choose' between cell
division and differentiation using the root cap of higher plants as
a model |
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Christina
Kennedy Professor, Emerita Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., Massachussetts Institute of Technology ~ Genes
involved in regulation of nitrogenase biosynthesis and ammonium signal
transduction in Azotobacter vinelandii. |
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Scott
Kroken Assistant Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., University of California, Berkely ~ Evolution
and population dynamics of pathogens and their hosts in natural and
agricultural settings. |
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Mike
Matheron Research Scientist, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., University of California, Davis ~ The ecology
and management of fungal diseases of citrus and vegetable crops. |
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Michael
A. McClure Professor, Division of Plant Pathology and
Microbiology Ph.D., University of California, Davis ~ Nematode biology,
ultrastructure, host-parasite interactions, and control. |
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Mary
Olsen Specialist, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Plant disease diagnosis and prevention/control. |
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Marc
Orbach Associate Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., Stanford University ~ Molecular genetics of
fungal cultivar specificity genes in Magnaporthe grisea. |
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Elizabeth
(Betsy) A. Pierson, Associate Research Professor, Division
of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Ph.D, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA ~ Microbial and Terrestrial ecology. Microbe-microbe and
microbe-plant interactions. The ecology of native desert plants/impacts
of non-native plants. |
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LeLand
Pierson III Professor & Division Chair, Division
of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Ph.D., Washington State University
~ Microbial gene regulation; microbial community interactions; biofilms,
biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens. |
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Barry
Pryor Associate Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., University of California, Davis ~ Biological
and cultural control of disease in field, tree, and vegetable crops,
phylogenetic analysis and species concepts in fungi, secondary fungal
metabolites, and environmental mycology. |
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S.
Patricia Stock Assistant Research Professor, Division
of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Ph.D., University of La Plata,
Argentina ~ Nematology, Entomology and Plant Pathology encompassing
classical and molecular based systematics, ecology, biodiversity and
evolution, and the development of biological control strategies using
nematodes to control economically important pests. |
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Hans
D. VanEtten Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., Cornell University ~ Molecular and genetic
basis of plant pathogenesis and commensalism by fungi; horizontal
gene transfer; and synthesis of plant antibiotics. |
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Zhongguo
Xiong Associate Professor, Division of Plant Pathology
and Microbiology Ph.D., University of Florida ~ Molecular biology
of several small RNA and DNA viruses and their interaction with plants.
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Deborah
J. Young
Extension Specialist, Plant Path and Associate Director, Cooperative
Extension, Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Ph.D., University
of Arizona ~ Outreach and Extension, translational science related
to grassland, chaparral and forest ecosystems. |
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