Extension Committee


Mission Statement

Objective 1: Facilitate communication among extension plant pathologists.

Objective 2: Develop and participate in plant pathology extension outreach activities that promote plant pathology.

Objective 3: Be a resource for APS leadership on extension-related subjects or programs.

Objective 4: Serve as a primary resource for APS press for development, review, and revision of extension-related materials.

Objective 5: Assist with professional development of extension plant pathologists and the education of our non-extension colleagues as to the mission and importance of extension plant pathology.

Objective 6: Encourage support, promotion and continuation of regional extension education activities.

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004   2007   2008  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

2009 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Expanding plant pathology with diverse tools.

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

OUTREACH program:
Meet the plant doctors: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.


PAST SYMPOSIA/SESSIONS:
2007-Integrating Diverse Disciplines: Assessing Social & Economic Impact of Our Research & Outreach Programs.
2004-Challenges at the Ag/Urban Interface
2002 - Teaching and Extension at a Distance
2001 - Extension.edu: Using technology effectively in Extension programming
2000 - Extension Diagnostics in the New Millennium
1999 - Extension Programs in International Agriculture


Committee Officers

Chair

Kenneth W. Seebold, Jr.
Univ of Kentucky
Plant Pathology Dept
1405 Veterans Dr - 205 Plant Sci Bldg
Lexington, KY  40546
Phone:  (859) 257-7445
FAX:  (859) 323-1961
Email:  kwseebold@uky.edu
Website:  www.uky.edu/Ag/kpn/kyblue/kyblue.htm
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Kevin Ong
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab
1500 Research Parkway, Ste 130A
College Station, TX  77845
Phone:  979-845-8032
FAX:  (979) 845-6499
Email:  kevo@tamu.edu
Website:  plantclinic.tamu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Beth K. Gugino
The Pennsylvania State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
219 Buckhout Laboratory
University Park, PA  16802
Phone:  (814) 865-7328
Email:  bkgugino@psu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Brenna J. Aegerter
Univ of California Cooperative Extension
2101 East Earhart Ave Ste 200
Stockton, CA  95206-3924
Phone:  (209) 953-6114
Email:  bjaegerter@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Thomas W. Allen, Jr.
Mississippi State Univ
Delta Research & Extension Ctr
82 Stoneville Rd, PO Box 197
Stoneville, MS  38776
Phone:  (662) 686-3272
FAX:  (662) 686-7336
Email:  tallen@drec.msstate.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Clarissa J. Balbalian
Mississippi State Univ
Ext Plant Pathology/Nematology Lab
190 Bost-North
Mississippi State, MS  39762-9612
Phone:  (662) 325-2146
FAX:  (662) 325-8336
Email:  cbalbali@ext.msstate.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Carl A. Bradley
Univ of Illinois
Crop Sciences Dept
1102 S Goodwin Ave, N-533B Turner Hall
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone:  (217) 244-7415
FAX:  (217) 333-5299
Email:  carlbrad@illinois.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Anne DeMarsay
The Fruit Doctor (tm)
14001-C Saint Germain Dr
Box 810
Centreville, VA  20121-2338
Phone:  (703) 638-5188
FAX:  (703) 222-9843
Email:  fruitdr@cox.net
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Megan M. Dewdney
Univ of Florida
700 Experiment Station Rd
CREC
Lake Alfred, FL  33850-2299
Phone:  (863) 956-1151
FAX:  (863) 956-4631
Email:  mmdewdney@crec.ifas.ufl.edu
Website:  http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/faculty/dewdney/dewdney_megan.htm
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Helene R. Dillard
Cornell Univ
114 Barton Lab - Plant Path Dept
NYSAES - 630 West North Street
Geneva, NY  14456-0462
Phone:  (607) 255-2237
FAX:  (607) 255-0788
Email:  hrd1@cornell.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Anne E. Dorrance
Ohio State Univ
OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept
1680 Madison Ave
Wooster, OH  44691-4096
Phone:  (330) 202-3560
FAX:  (330) 263-3841
Email:  dorrance.1@osu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Jessica S. Engle
APHIS PPQ CPHST PERAL
PERAL - Suite 300
1730 Varsity Dr
Raleigh, NC  27606
Phone:  (919) 855-7649
Email:  jsengle@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Paul Esker
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (608) 890-1999
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Email:  pde@plantpath.wisc.edu
Website:  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/croppathology
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Kathryne L. Everts
Univ of Maryland College Park
Lesrec Salisbury
27664 Nanticoke Road
Salisbury, MD  21801-1648
Phone:  (410) 742-8789
FAX:  (410) 742-1922
Email:  keverts@umd.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Donald M. Ferrin
Louisiana State Univ Agricultural Center
Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology
302 Life Sciences Bldg
Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Phone:  (225) 578-8537
FAX:  (225) 578-1415
Email:  dferrin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Loren J. Giesler
Univ of Nebraska
Plant Pathology Dept
448 Plant Sciences Hall
Lincoln, NE  68583
Phone:  (402) 472-2559
FAX:  (402) 472-2853
Email:  lgiesler1@unl.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Michelle A. Grabowski
Univ of Minnesota
550 Bunker Lake Blvd NW - Suite L-1
Andover, MN  55304-4199
Phone:  (763) 767-3876
FAX:  (763) 767-3885
Email:  magrabow@umn.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Robert M. Harveson
Univ of Nebraska
Panhandle Res and Ext Center
4502 Ave I
Scottsbluff, NE  69361-4907
Phone:  (308) 632-1239
FAX:  (308) 632-1365
Email:  rharveso@unlnotes.unl.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Amanda Coleen Hodges, PhD
Univ of Florida
Entomology and Nematology Dept
Natural Area Dr - PO Box 110620
Gainesville, FL  32611
Phone:  (352) 273-3957
FAX:  (352) 392-0190
Email:  achodges@ufl.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Robert M. Hunger
Oklahoma State Univ
Entomology and Plant Pathology Dept
127 Noble Research Center
Stillwater, OK  74078-3032
Phone:  (405) 744-9958
FAX:  (405) 744-6039
Email:  bob.hunger@okstate.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Tamra A. Jackson
Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dept. of Plant Pathology
448 Plant Science Hall
Lincoln, NE  68583-0722
Phone:  (402) 472-2559
FAX:  (402) 472-2853
Email:  tjackson3@unl.edu
Website:  http://pdc.unl.edu/
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Young-Ki Jo
Texas A&M Univ
120 Peterson Bldg
2132 TAMU
College Station, TX  77843-2132
Phone:  (979) 862-1758
FAX:  (979) 845-6483
Email:  ykjo@ag.tamu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Mohamed F. R. Khan
North Dakota State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
NDSU Dept 7660 - PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND  58105-6050
Phone:  (701) 231-8596
FAX:  (701) 231-6186
Email:  mohamed.khan@ndsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

John L. Koenig
Ohio State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
2021 Coffy Road
Columbus, OH  43210
Phone:  (419) 969-0994
Email:  koenig.254@osu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Dean K. Malvick
Univ of Minnesota
495 Borlaug Hall - Plant Path Dept
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St Paul, MN  55108-0010
Phone:  (612) 625-5282
FAX:  (612) 625-9728
Email:  dmalvick@umn.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Samuel G. Markell
North Dakota State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
NDSU Dept 7660 - PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND  58108-6050
Phone:  (701) 231-7056
FAX:  (701) 231-7851
Email:  samuel.markell@ndsu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Margaret T. McGrath
Cornell Univ
Long Island Hort Res & Ext Ctr
3059 Sound Ave
Riverhead, NY  11901-1098
Phone:  (631) 727-3595
FAX:  (631) 727-3611
Email:  mtm3@cornell.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Karen A. McGuire
EnviroLogix Inc
500 Riverside Industrial Pkwy
Portland, ME  04103
Phone:  (207) 797-0300
FAX:  (207) 797-7533
Email:  karen.mcguire@envirologix.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

James C. Mertely
Univ of Florida-GCREC
14625 County Road 672
Wimauma, FL  33598-6101
Phone:  (813) 633-4131
FAX:  (813) 634-0001
Email:  jcmert@ufl.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


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

Scot C. Nelson
Univ of Hawaii At Manoa
Cooperative Extension Service
875 Komohana Street
Hilo, HI  96720
Phone:  (808) 981-5199
FAX:  (808) 981-5211
Email:  snelson@hawaii.edu
Website:  http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nelsons
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Lawrence E. Osborne
South Dakota State Univ
Plant Science Dept
117 Plant Science Bldg - Box 2108
Brookings, SD  57007
Phone:  (605) 688-5543
FAX:  (605) 688-4024
Email:  lawrence.osborne@sdstate.edu
Website:  plantsci.sdstate.edu/planthealth
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Alison E. Robertson
Iowa State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
351 Bessey Hall
Ames, IA  50011-1020
Phone:  (515) 294-6708
FAX:  (515) 294-9420
Email:  alisonr@iastate.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Brad E. Ruden
Bayer CropScience
307 First St
PO Box 425
Bruce, SD  57220
Phone:  (605) 627-5840
FAX:  (605) 627-9154
Email:  brad.ruden@bayercropscience.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Gail E. Ruhl
Purdue Univ
Botany & Plant Pathology Dept
915 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN  47907-2054
Phone:  (765) 494-4641
FAX:  (765) 494-3958
Email:  ruhlg@purdue.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Albert U. Tenuta
Ontario Ministry of Agric & Food
PO Box 400
120 Main St E
Ridgetown, ON  N0P 2C0
CANADA
Phone:  (519) 674-1617
FAX:  (519) 674-1564
Email:  albert.tenuta@ontario.ca
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Stephen J. Vasquez
Univ of California Coop Ext
Fresno County
1720 S Maple Ave
Fresno, CA  93702-4516
Phone:  (559) 456-7285
FAX:  (559) 456-7575
Email:  sjvasquez@ucdavis.edu
Website:  http://cefresno.ucdavis.edu/Viticulture/
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Kiersten A. Wise
Purdue Univ
Botany & Plant Pathology Dept
1155 Lilly Hall
West Lafayette, IN  47907-1155
Phone:  (765) 496-2170
FAX:  (765) 494-0363
Email:  kawise@purdue.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jason E. Woodward
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
1102 E Fm 1294
Lubbock, TX  79403-6653
Phone:  (806) 6320762
FAX:  (806) 746-4057
Email:  jewoodward@ag.tamu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Christian A. Wyenandt
Rutgers Univ
Cooperative Research & Extension
121 Northville Road
Bridgeton, NJ  08302
Phone:  (856) 455-3100x4144
FAX:  (856) 455-3133
Email:  wyenandt@aesop.rutgers.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Amy D. Ziems
Univ of Nebraska
Plant Pathology Dept
448 Plant Sciences Hall
Lincoln, NE  68583-0722
Phone:  (402) 472-2559
FAX:  (402) 472-2853
Email:  aziems2@unl.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010



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