Biotechnology Committee


Mission Statement

To examine the impact of genetically modified organisms designed for crop protection on society, the environment, and agriculture; To educate the public of the acceptance of products of biotechnology; To transfer ready to use basic knowledge to crop protection.

Annual Reports

2002   2005  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

Assessing the social, economical, and environmental impact of Biotechnology” was proposed for the 2006 APS meeting. Potential speakers include Dr. Dennis Gonsalves on transgenic papaya for virus resistance, another speaker on social and economical impacts of commercial production of genetically modified field crops (corn, cotton, or others), one speaker from IRRI on transgenic rice in developing countries, as well as APHIS biotech program on permits and regulations.

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

Symposium at the 2005 APS Meeting "Contributions of Plant Pathology to Biotechnology” Organized by Yulin Jia. Symposium at the 2002 APS Meetings in Milwaukee, WI "Plant Pathology Milestones that Helped Shape the Biotechnology Revolution" Organized by David Sands Workshop at the 2001 APS Meetings in Salt Lake City, UT "Presenting Biotechnology to the Public" Organized by Robert Martin Symposium at the 2000 APS Meetings in New Orleans, LA "Impact of Biotechnology on Plant Pathology" Organized by Jay Norelli and Brion Duffy


Committee Officers

Chair

Yinong Yang
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
210 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802
Phone:  (814) 867-0324
FAX:  (814) 863-7217
Email:  yuy3@psu.edu
Website:  http://www.ppath.cas.psu.edu/FACULTY/Yang.htm
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

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:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Srinivasa Rao Chaluvadi
Univ of Georgia
Genetics Dept
C424 Life Sciences Bldg
Athens, GA  30602
Phone:  (706) 542-9729
Email:  srini.chaluvadi@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Alan Chambers
Cornell Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
336 Plant Science
Ithaca, NY  14850
Phone:  (607) 255-6733
Email:  achambers3@gmail.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Xianming Chen
USDA ARS
361 Johnson Hall, Washington State Unive
P. O. Box 646430
Pullman, WA  99164-6430
Phone:  (509) 335-8086
FAX:  (509) 335-9581
Email:  xianming@wsu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Valdir R. Correa
The Ohio State Univ
1823 Apple Orchard Dr
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 202-3555x2837
Email:  correa.9@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Carola Maria De La Torre Cuba
Ohio State Univ
Apt# 6
669 Stinchcomb Dr
Ohio, OH  43202
Phone:  (917) 282-7390
Email:  de-la-torre-cuba.1@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Srinivasan Durairaj
Michigan State Univ
Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
115, Farrall Hall
East Lansing, MI  48824
Phone:  (517) 432-8672
Email:  sriniv36@msu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jose Francisco Figueiredo
Univ of Florida
Plant Pathology Dept
PO Box 110680
Gainesville, FL  32611-0680
Phone:  (352) 392-3631
Email:  jlf79@ufl.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Dennis A. Halterman
USDA/ARS
USDA ARS - Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (608) 265-2144
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Email:  dennis.halterman@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/10/2011


Member

Stephen F. Hanson
New Mexico State Univ
EPPWS Dept
945 College Ave
Las Cruces, NM  88003
Phone:  (505) 646-5073
FAX:  (505) 646-8087
Email:  shanson@nmsu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Aimee Sheer Hyten
APHIS
4700 River Road
Unit 147
Riverdale, MD  20715
Phone:  (301) 734-0808
FAX:  (301) 734-8669
Email:  aimee.m.hyten@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Steven J. Klosterman
USDA ARS
1636 E Alisal Street
Salinas, CA  93905
Phone:  (831) 755-2845
FAX:  (831) 755-2814
Email:  sklosterman@pw.ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jean-Philippe Marelli
Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
1391 Sandford Street
London, ON  N5V4T3
CANADA
Phone:  (519) 457-1470
FAX:  (519) 457-3997
Email:  Jean-Philippe.Marelli@agr.gc.ca
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Robert R. Martin
USDA ARS
3420 NW Orchard Ave
Corvallis, OR  97330-5014
Phone:  (541) 738-4041
FAX:  (541) 738-4025
Email:  Bob.Martin@ars.usda.gov
Website:  http://iapreview.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=3602
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Peter Moffett
Univ de Sherbrooke
Biology Dept
2500 Blvd de L'Univ
Sherbrooke, QC  J1K 2R1
CANADA
Phone:  (819) 821-8000x61057
FAX:  (819) 821-8049
Email:  peter.moffett@usherbrooke.ca
Website:  http://bti.cornell.edu/PeterMoffett.php
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/10/2011


Member

Abigail F. Morris
Michigan State Univ
1633 Spartan Village
Apt. I
East Lansing, MI  48823
Phone:  (586) 850-5680
Email:  morri202@msu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Eng Hwa Ng
Univ of Northern Iowa
3017 Ohio Street
Cedar Falls, IA  50613
Phone:  (319) 296-5443
Email:  ng84@uni.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Patricia Oyibo Obilo
Federal Univ of Technology
Federal Univ of Technology, (SAAT)
PMB 1526
Owerri, Imo State,   
NIGERIA
Phone:  234 80 5316 6399
Email:  patobilo@yahoo.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Wahab O. Okunowo
Univ of Lagos
Biochemistry Dept
College of Medicine - Idi-Araba
Lagos State,   23401
NIGERIA
Phone:  234 80 2940 2192
Email:  modelprof@yahoo.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Alireza Pashaee
Univ of Tabriz
Faculty of Agriculture
29 Bahman Blvd
Tabriz,   51 664
IRAN
Phone:  98 21 2209 1699
Email:  pashaee57@yahoo.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Wirat Pipatpongpinyo
Ohio State Univ
1680 Selby Hall
Madison Ave
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 263-3838
Email:  pipatpongpinyo.1@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Maria Mercedes Roca
Zamorano Univ
PO Box 93
Tegucigalpa,   
HONDURAS
Phone:  504 776 6332
FAX:  504 776 6242
Email:  mmroca@zamorano.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Alma Edith Rodriguez Estrada
Univ of Minnesota
100 Ecology Bldg
1987 Upper Buford Circle
St Paul, MN  55108-6097
Phone:  (814) 441-5481
FAX:  (612) 625-9728
Email:  rodri342@umn.edu
Website:  http://www.cbs.umn.edu/eeb/researchassociates/RodriguezAlma/index.shtml
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Gautam Shirsekar
The Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
2021 Coffey Road, 201 Kottman Hall
Columbus, OH  43210
Phone:  (614) 292-8231
Email:  shirsekar.1@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Pattavipha Songkumarn
The Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Coffey Road
Columbus, OH  43210
Phone:  (614) 292-8231
Email:  songkumarn.1@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


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

Natalia A. Weinsetel, PhD
USDA APHIS
4700 River Road Unit 147
Riverdale, MD  20737
Phone:  (301) 734-0809
FAX:  (301) 734-8669
Email:  natalia.a.weinsetel@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/10/2011



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