Cropping Systems and Disease Management

Specialists

• Jeremy Brawner - Forest Health Genetic Resources, Quantitative genetics and genomics of disease resistance.
• Megan Dewdney - Detection, epidemiology, and management of citrus pathogens.
• Nicholas Dufault - Biology and management of fungal pathogens of row crops, including watermelon and peanut. Fungicide resistance.
• Mathews Paret - Antibacterial Nanomaterials, Field Diagnostics, Integrated Pest Management, International Agriculture
• Natalia Peres - Disease etiology and management of strawberries, citrus, and ornamental crops. Crop advisory systems for disease management.
• Richard Raid - Disease etiology and management on vegetable crops, herbs, and sugarcane. Barn owls for agricultural rodent control and STEM education.
• Pamela Roberts - Diagnosis, epidemiology, and integrated management of vegetable diseases. Plant disease diagnosis.
• Ian Small - Plant disease epidemiology and smart ag crop protection. Digital evaluation of plant phenotypes in relation to genetic selection and management practices.
• Brantlee Spakes-Richter - Teaching & curriculum, diseases of experimental crops and native/naturalized plants
• Gary Vallad - Etiology and management of bacterial and fungal vegetable diseases. Development and implementation of bio-based disease management strategies.
• Shouan Zhang - Detection, biology, epidemiology, and integrated management of vegetable and tropical fruit diseases.