Biological Control Committee


Mission Statement

The APS Biological Control Committee is a subject area committe operating under the governance of the American Phytopathological Society. The committee is composed of up to nineteen members of the American Phytopathological Society elected to serve for three year terms. We are charged with the responsibility of organizing symposia and discussion sessions related to the biological control of plant pathogens for the annual APS meetings.

Committee Active Web Page

http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/apsbcc/

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004   2007   2009  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting



Symposium 2008 Meeting: "Biocontrol: Past, Present - Future" Organizer: Barry Jacobsen Montana State University. Potential speakers: Jim Cook, Harry Hoitink, Barry Jacobsen, Brian McSpadden Gardner.

Symposium 2008 Meeting: "Balancing natural and augmentative biocontrol in organic cropping systems" Organizer: Brian McSpadden Gardner Ohio Sate University OARDC

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

2006 APS Quebec City, CA

Research, Development, and Adoption of Biopesticides in the 21st Century. Brian McSpadden Gardener, presiding

Exploiting microbial diversity for new agents to biologically control plant diseases: Myxobacteria and Lysobacter spp. Organizer Carolee Bull, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA. Moderator: Kendall Martin, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ.

2004 APS Anaheim, CA.

The nature and application of biocontrol microbes II: Trichoderma

2003 APS Charlotte, NC.

Symposium, "Comparative Genomics: Insights into the Biology of Plant-Associated Bacteria" Aug. 11. Joyce Loper and Linda Thomashow presiding. Co-sponsored with Bacteriology.

Symposium, "Nature and Application of Biocontrol Microbes I: Bacillus spp." Aug 12. B. McSpadden Gardener presiding. Co-sponsored with Soil Microbiology Root Diseases and Phyllosphere Microbiology committees.

2002 APS Milwaukee, WI.

Symposium, "Commercial Biopesticides: Practice and Experience". William Stoneman presiding.

Symposium, "Creating the right environment for biological control of soilborne diseases." Brion Duffy presiding. Co-sponsored with Soil Microbiology and Root Diseases committee.

Symposium, "Chestnut Blight: A 10-year study of disease management using hypoviruses." Jane Cummings presiding. Co-sponsored by Forest Pathology and Epidemeology committees.

Discussion session, "Genomic sequencing of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5". Linda Thomashow presiding. Co-sponsored with Bacteriology committee.

2001 APS-MSA-SON, Salt Lake City, UT.

Symposium, "Enhancing microbial biocontrol of postharvest fruit diseases", Aug. 27. W.J. Janisiewicz presided.


Committee Officers

Chair

Xixuan Jin
USDA ARS MSA
Biological Control of Pests Res Unit
PO Box 67 - 59 Lee Road
Stoneville, MS  38776
Phone:  (662) 686-3720
FAX:  (662) 686-5281
Email:  xixuan.jin@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Samuel S. Gnanamanickam
Texas AgriLife Research Center
Turf Breeding & Molecular Genetics
17360 Coit Road - Texas A&M Univ
Dallas, TX  75252
Phone:  (972) 231-5362
FAX:  (972) 952-9216
Email:  sgnanama@tamu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Mark A. Weaver
USDA ARS
Southern Weed Science Research Unit
59 Lee Road - Box 67
Stoneville, MS  38776
Phone:  (662) 686-5236
FAX:  (662) 686-5422
Email:  mweaver@ars.usda.gov
Website:  http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=22708
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Hamed K. Abbas
USDA ARS CG&PRU
141 Exp Station Rd - PO Box 350
County Roads 265 and 272
Stoneville, MS  38776-0350
Phone:  (662) 686-5313
FAX:  (662) 686-5218
Email:  hamed.abbas@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Nagi Abou-Zeid
Plant Pathology Research Inst
Agric Research Center
Ahmed Orabi
Giza,   12619
EGYPT
Phone:  20 23 569 8200
FAX:  20 23 572 1810
Email:  nagiabouzeid@link.net
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Matthew G. Bakker
Univ of Minnesota
495 Borlaug Hall - Plant Path Dept
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St Paul, MN  55108-0010
Phone:  (612) 624-2253
FAX:  (612) 625-9728
Email:  bakke183@umn.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Maria Luisa Burgos
Penn State
933 W Aaron Dr
State College, PA  16803
Phone:  (814) 865-3562
Email:  mlb483@psu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

John J. Cascino
Sylvan Research
198 Nolte Dr
Kittanning, PA  16201
Phone:  (724) 543-3948
Email:  jcascino@sylvaninc.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Senyu Chen
Univ of Minnesota
Southern Research and Outreach Center
35838 -120th Street
Waseca, MN  56093-4521
Phone:  (507) 837-5621
FAX:  (507) 835-3622
Email:  chenx099@umn.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Steven A. Conaway
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
207 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802-4507
Phone:  (603) 953-3699
FAX:  (814) 863-7217
Email:  sac327@psu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Deborah R. Fravel
USDA ARS
Vegetable Laboratory
Bldg 010A, Rm 240 BARC-West
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-5080
FAX:  (301) 504-5062
Email:  deb.fravel@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Ermita Hernandez
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
206A Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802-4507
Phone:  (814) 863-6733
Email:  exh922@psu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Barry J. Jacobsen
Montana State Univ
Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology Dept
205 Plant BioSciences Bldg
Bozeman, MT  59717-3150
Phone:  (406) 994-5161
FAX:  (406) 994-7600
Email:  uplbj@montana.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Ramon Jaime-Garcia
Univ of Arizona
Plant Sciences Dept
Forbes Bldg - Room 303
Tucson, AZ  85721
Phone:  (520) 626-7855
FAX:  (520) 626-5944
Email:  rjaime@email.arizona.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Pingsheng Ji
Univ of Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
171 Plant Science Bldg
Tifton, GA  31793
Phone:  (229) 386-3160
FAX:  (229) 386-7285
Email:  pji@uga.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Daniel A. Kluepfel
USDA ARS
1 Shields Ave - Plant Pathology Dept
284 Hutchinson Hall
Davis, CA  95616
Phone:  (530) 752-1137
FAX:  (530) 754-7195
Email:  dakluepfel@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Dilip Kumar Lakshman
USDA ARS
Floral & Nursery Plants Research Unit
10300 Baltimore Ave, Bldg 010A
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-6413
FAX:  (301) 504-5096
Email:  dilip.lakshman@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Robert G. Linderman
Plant Health LLC
5480 NW Belhaven Dr
Corvallis, OR  97330
Phone:  (541) 745-7668
FAX:  (541) 745-7668
Email:  lindermr@science.oregonstate.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Shien Lu
Mississippi State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
32 Creelman St
Mississippi State, MS  39762
Phone:  (662) 325-3511
FAX:  (662) 325-8955
Email:  slu@plantpath.msstate.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Rachel L. Melnick
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
207 Buckhout Laboratory
University Park, PA  16802
Phone:  (814) 404-5090
Email:  rlm302@psu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Margaret T. Mmbaga
Tennessee State Univ
Otis Floyd Nursery Research Center
472 Cadillac Lane
McMinnville, TN  37110-1367
Phone:  (931) 815-5143
FAX:  (615) 668-3134
Email:  mmmbaga@tnstate.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Oliver T. Neher
Univ of Idaho
Twin Falls Res & Ext Ctr, 315 Falls Ave
CSI Campus - Evergreen Bldg
Twin Falls, ID  83303–1827
Phone:  (208) 736 3633
FAX:  (208) 736 0843
Email:  o.t.neher@gmail.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Anissa M. Poleatewich
Penn State Univ
39 Barfarm Dr
Port Matilda, PA  16870
Phone:  (814) 863-6733
Email:  amd306@psu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Barry M. Pryor
Univ of Arizona
Plant Sciences Dept
303 Forbes Bldg - PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036
Phone:  (520) 626-5312
FAX:  (520) 621-7186
Email:  bmpryor@u.arizona.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Brantlee Spakes Richter
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Campus Box 7629
Raleigh, NC  27695-7629
Phone:  919-515-3962
Email:  brantlee_richter@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

David C. Sands
Montana State Univ
Plant Sciences & Pathology Dept
Bozeman, MT  59717-3150
Phone:  (406) 994-5151
FAX:  (406) 994-7600
Email:  uplds@yahoo.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

David A. Schisler
USDA ARS MWA NCAUR
1815 N University Street
Peoria, IL  61604-3902
Phone:  (309) 681-6284
FAX:  (309) 681-6693
Email:  David.Schisler@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

F. Davis 'Tad' Smith
AgraQuest Inc
1540 Drew Ave
Davis, CA  95618-5320
Phone:  (530) 750-0150x122
FAX:  (530) 750-0153
Email:  tsmith@agraquest.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Abdel Mohsen Tohamy, PhD
91 Kahera Street, Tohamy Villa
Sidi Bisher Station
Alexandria,   
EGYPT
Phone:  20 2 572 4893
FAX:  20 2 572 3146
Email:  tohamy12@hotmail.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Gail S. Tomimatsu
US EPA
PO Box 1310
Vienna, VA  22183-1310
Phone:  (703) 308-8543
FAX:  (703) 308-7026
Email:  tomimatsu.gail@epa.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

W. Patrick Wechter
US Vegetable Laboratory
2700 Savannah Highway
Charleston, SC  29414
Phone:  (843) 402-5318
FAX:  (843) 573-4715
Email:  pat.wechter@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jiujiang Yu
USDA ARS
Southern Regional
1100 Robert E Lee Blvd
New Orleans, LA  70124
Phone:  (504) 286-4405
FAX:  (504) 286-4419
Email:  jiujiang.yu@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Gary Y. Yuen
Univ of Nebraska
Plant Pathology Dept
406 Plant Science
Lincoln, NE  68583-0722
Phone:  (402) 472-3125
FAX:  (402) 472-2853
Email:  gyuen1@unl.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Shouan Zhang
TREC - Univ of Florida
18905 SW 280 Street
Homestead, FL  33031-3314
Phone:  (305) 246-7001x213
FAX:  (305) 246-7003
Email:  szhang0007@ufl.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011



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