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Faculty
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Plant
Pathology &
Microbiology
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A.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Arnold Assistant Professor, 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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Judith
K. Brown Professor, Ph. D., University of Arizona ~ Whitefly-transmitted
geminiviruses and virus/vector/hostcomplexes. |
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Peter
Cotty Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Biology,
physiology, and management of agriculturally important fungi. |
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Bentley
A. Fane, Professor, Ph.D., Massachussets Institue of
Technology ~ Molecular mechanism of virus morphogenesis. |
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Martha
Hawes Professor, 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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Scott
Kroken Assistant Professor, 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, 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, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
~ Nematode biology, ultrastructure, host-parasite interactions, and
control. |
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Mary
Olsen Specialist, Ph.D., University of Arizona ~ Plant disease
diagnosis and prevention/control. |
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Marc
Orbach Associate Professor, 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, 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, Associate Director, 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, 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 Joint Associate Professor,
& Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology, 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, 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, Ph.D., University of Florida ~
Molecular biology of several small RNA and DNA viruses and their interaction
with plants. |
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