Mycotoxicology Committee


Mission Statement

The mission of the Mycotoxicology Committee is to enhance communication and promote research collaboration among scientists working with toxigenic fungi. The committee also is committed to synthesizing and disseminating information on issues related to toxigenic fungi to the APS membership and the public.

Committee Active Web Page

http://www.apsnet.org/members/com/Cmtes_detail.cfm?Code=MYCOT

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004   2006   2007   2008  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

For 2009 the committee proposes a symposium on fungal cell biology and development in planta and toxin production.

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

Aflatoxins, the Toxins that Redefined Plant Disease (2008); Emerging Technologies for the Detection and Regulation of Mycotoxin Contamination (2007); Diverse Strategies for Managing Mycotoxins (2006); Gene Clustering as a Mechanism for Microbial Innovation (2006); Current insights into the genetics, toxicology, and plant pathology of Fusarium verticillioides (2004); 4th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Novel approaches to minimizing the global impact of toxigenic fungi (2003); Risks and impacts of emerging mycotoxin problems in agricultural products (2003); Airborne mycotoxigenic fungi in plant and human disease (2002); Mycotoxins: achieving food security and food quality (2001); Significance of mycotoxins to pathogens (2000); The aflatoxin elimination program: a model for directed research (2000).


Committee Officers

Chair

Anthony E. Glenn
USDA ARS
Russell Research Ctr, Toxicology
950 College Station Road
Athens, GA  30605
Phone:  (706) 546-3119
FAX:  (706) 546-3116
Email:  anthony.glenn@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Ahmad M. Fakhoury
Southern Illinois Univ
Plant, Soil and General Agriculture Dept
1205 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL  62901-4415
Phone:  (618) 453-1782
FAX:  (618) 453-7457
Email:  amfakhou@siu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

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 - 08/11/2010


Member

Charles W. Bacon
USDA ARS
Russell Research Center
PO Box 5677
Athens, GA  30604-5677
Phone:  (706) 546-3142
FAX:  (706) 546-3116
Email:  charles.bacon@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Burton H. Bluhm
Univ of Arkansas
Plant Pathology Dept
217 Plant Science Bldg
Fayetteville, AR  72701
Phone:  (479) 575-2677
FAX:  (479) 575-4158
Email:  bbluhm@uark.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Robert L. Brown
USDA ARS SRRC
PO Box 19687
1100 Robert E Lee Blvd
New Orleans, LA  70124-4305
Phone:  504-286-4359
FAX:  (504) 286-4419
Email:  robert.brown@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

LaShawnda Chambliss-Bush
USDA ARS
950 College Station Road
PO Box 5677
Athens, GA  30605
Phone:  (706) 546-3007
Email:  sherre.chambliss@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Zhi-Yuan Chen
Louisiana State Univ
Plant Path & Crop Physiology
302 Life Sciences Bldg
Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Phone:  (225) 578-7850
FAX:  (225) 578-1415
Email:  zchen@agcenter.lsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Peter J. Cotty
USDA ARS
303 Forbes Bldg - School of Plant Sci
1140 East S Campus Dr
Tucson, AZ  85721
Phone:  (520) 626-5049
FAX:  (520) 626-5944
Email:  pjcotty@email.arizona.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Anne E. Desjardins
USDA ARS MWA NCAUR
1815 N University Street
Peoria, IL  61604-3902
Phone:  (309) 681-6378
FAX:  (309) 681-6665
Email:  anne.desjardins@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Ruth Dill-Macky
Univ of Minnesota
495 Borlaug Hall - Plant Path Dept
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St Paul, MN  55108-0010
Phone:  (612) 625-2227
FAX:  (612) 625-9728
Email:  ruthdm@umn.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Andrea Dolezal
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
3419 Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC  27695
Phone:  (919) 515-6995
FAX:  (919) 515-7716
Email:  aldoleza@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Ahmad M. Fakhoury
Southern Illinois Univ
Plant, Soil and General Agriculture Dept
1205 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL  62901-4415
Phone:  (618) 453-1782
FAX:  (618) 453-7457
Email:  amfakhou@siu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Nicholas P. Garber
Univ of Arizona
Plant Sciences, Div. of Plant Pathology
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721
Phone:  (520) 626-8932
FAX:  (520) 626-5944
Email:  npgarber@email.arizona.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Li Guo
Apt J
903 West Aaron Drive
State College, PA  16803
Phone:  (814) 865-6986
Email:  lug126@psu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Baozhu Guo
USDA ARS CPMRU
Coastal Experiment Station
PO Box 748
Tifton, GA  31793-0748
Phone:  (229) 387-2334
FAX:  (229) 387-2321
Email:  baozhu.guo@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Sonia Herrero
North Carolina State Univ
Botany Dept
Campus Box 7612
Raleigh, NC  27695
Phone:  (919) 515-6987
FAX:  (919) 515-6987
Email:  sonia_herrero@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Dorothy M. Hinton
USDA ARS TMRU
Richard Russell Research Center
950 College Station Road - PO Box 5677
Athens, GA  30613
Phone:  (706) 546-3195
FAX:  (706) 546-3116
Email:  dorothy.hinton@ars.usda.gov
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:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Michael V. Kolomiets
Texas A&M Univ
Plant Pathology & Microbiology Dept
2132 L F Peterson Bldg Rm 120
College Station, TX  77843-2132
Phone:  (979) 458-4624
FAX:  (979) 845-6483
Email:  kolomiets@tamu.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Gretchen Kuldau
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
321 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802
Phone:  (814) 863-7232
FAX:  (814) 863-7217
Email:  kuldau@psu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Saara Mansouri
Southern Illinois Univ
Microbiology
1205 Lincoln Dr - Agric Bldg
Carbondale, IL  62901-4415
Phone:  (618) 453-2606
Email:  mansourisaa@gmail.com
Term:  08/03/2006 - 08/08/2012


Member

Megan McDonald
Univ of Arizona
Dept of Plant Science
Forbes Bldg Room 303
Tucson, AZ  85721
Phone:  (520) 626-6775
Email:  mcm5091@email.arizona.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Themis J. Michailides
Univ of California
Kearney Agricultural Center
9240 S Riverbend Ave
Parlier, CA  93648-9757
Phone:  (559) 646-6546
FAX:  (559) 646-6593
Email:  themis@uckac.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Geromy G. Moore
North Carolina State Univ
1610 Amber Ridge Lane - J
Raleigh, NC  27607
Phone:  (919) 513-4867
FAX:  (919) 515-7716
Email:  ggmoore@ncsu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Mala Mukherjee
Texas A&M Univ
Plant Pathology & Microbiology Dept
120 LF Peterson Bldg
College Station, TX  77843-2132
Phone:  (979) 458-2201
FAX:  (979) 845-6483
Email:  malamukherjee1@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Alejandro Ortega-Beltran
Univ of Arizona
PO Box 210036
Forbes 303
Tucson, AZ  85721
Phone:  (520) 248-2449
FAX:  (520) 626-5944
Email:  aortegab@email.arizona.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Edwin R. Palencia
USDA
950 College Station Road
Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit
Athens, GA  30605
Phone:  (706) 546-3021
FAX:  (706) 542-1262
Email:  edpalen@uga.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jeffrey Palumbo
USDA ARS WRRC
800 Buchanan Street
Albany, CA  94710-1105
Phone:  (510) 559-5876
FAX:  (510) 559-5777
Email:  jeffrey.palumbo@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Gary A. Payne
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Box 7567
Raleigh, NC  27695-7567
Phone:  (919) 515-6994
FAX:  (919) 513-0024
Email:  gary_payne@ncsu.edu
Website:  www.ncsu.edu/paynelab/
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Javier F. Plasencia
Natl Univ of Mexico
UNAM - Biochemistry Dept
Fac De Quimica, Conjunto "E"
Mexico City DF,   04510
MEXICO
Phone:  52 55 5622 5275
FAX:  52 55 5622 5329
Email:  javierp@servidor.unam.mx
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Claudia Probst
Univ of Arizona
Dept. Plant Sciences, Div. Plant Patholo
P.O. Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85719
Phone:  (520) 626-8932
Email:  cprobst@email.arizona.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Robert H. Proctor
USDA ARS MWA NCAUR
1815 N University Street
Peoria, IL  61604-3902
Phone:  (309) 681-6380
FAX:  (309) 681-6686
Email:  proctorh@ncaur.usda.gov
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Arthur Schaafsma
Univ of Guelph
Ridgetown Campus
120 Main St E
Ridgetown, ON  N0P 2C0
CANADA
Phone:  (519) 674-1624
FAX:  (519) 674-1555
Email:  aschaafs@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Won-Bo Shim
Texas A&M Univ
Plant Pathology and Microbiology Dept
2132 TAMU
College Station, TX  77843-2132
Phone:  (979) 458-2190
FAX:  (979) 845-6483
Email:  wbshim@tamu.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Charles P. Woloshuk
Purdue Univ
Botany and Plant Pathology Dept
915 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN  47907-2054
Phone:  (765) 494-3450
FAX:  (765) 494-0363
Email:  woloshuk@purdue.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Ida E. Yates
USDA ARS RRC
950 College Station Road
PO Box 5677
Athens, GA  30604-5677
Phone:  (706) 546-3523
FAX:  (706) 546-3116
Email:  ida.yates@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Nicholas C. Zitomer
USDA-ARS
#1608
930 Barnett Shoals Road
Athens, GA  30605
Phone:  (706) 227-6063
Email:  nik.zitomer@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011



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