Soil Microbiology and Root Diseases Committee


Mission Statement

The APS Soil Microbiology & Root Disease Committee is a subject area committe operating under the governance of the American Phytopathological Society. The committee is composed of 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 soil microbial ecology and diseases of plants caused by soilborne plant pathogens for the annual APS meetings.

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2009  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

Role of Weeds in Root Disease Management (2005) Cryptic foes: gathering the latest advances on damping off and root and crown rot pathogens (2009)

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

Creating the Right Environment for Biological Control (2002); Impact of Herbicide-Resistant Crops and Altered Herbicide Use on Soil Microbes and Root Disease (2003); Active Management of Soil Microbiology for Root Disease Control (2004)


Committee Officers

Chair

Jianjun Hao
Michigan State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
62 Plant Biology Bldg
East Lansing, MI  48824
Phone:  (517) 432-3360
Email:  jjhao@msu.edu
Website:  http://haolab.plp.msu.edu/
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Carl A. Strausbaugh
USDA ARS NWISRL
3793 North 3600 East
Kimberly, ID  83341-5076
Phone:  (208) 423-6594
FAX:  (208) 423-6555
Email:  carl.strausbaugh@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Gerald E. Weiland
USDA ARS
Horticultural Crops Research Unit
3420 NW Orchard Ave
Corvallis, OR  97330
Phone:  (541) 738-4062
FAX:  (541) 738-4025
Email:  jerry.weiland@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Tharcisse T. Barasubiye
Agric & Agri-Food Canada
KW Neatby Bldg
960 Carling Ave
Ottawa,   
CANADA
Phone:  (613) 759-6828
FAX:  (613) 759-1924
Email:  barasubiyet@agr.gc.ca
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Kirk D. Broders
Univ of Guelph
Environmental Biology, Ontario Ag
Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1
CANADA
Phone:  (519) 824-4120x54458
FAX:  (519) 837-0442
Email:  kbroders@yahoo.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Greg T. Browne
USDA ARS
Plant Pathology Dept
Univ of California
Davis, CA  95616
Phone:  (530) 754-9351
FAX:  (530) 752-5674
Email:  gtbrowne@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Russell Bulluck
USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST
Suite 400
1730 Varsity Dr
Raleigh, NC  27606
Phone:  (919) 855-7646
FAX:  (919) 855-7480
Email:  russ.bulluck@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/04/2005 - 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

David A. Doll
Univ of California
2145 Wardrobe Ave
Merced, CA  95341
Phone:  (530) 902-9480
Email:  dadoll@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


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

Carla D. Garzon, PhD
Oklahoma State Univ
Entomology & Plant Pathology Dept
127 Noble Research Center
Stillwater, OK  73013
Phone:  (405) 744-9947
FAX:  405 744 6039
Email:  carla.garzon@okstate.edu
Website:  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/profiles/garzon.html
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

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:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Linda E. Hanson
USDA ARS
Michigan State Univ
494 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg
East Lansing, MI  48824-1325
Phone:  (517) 353-9262x3
Email:  linda.hanson@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jianjun Hao
Michigan State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
62 Plant Biology Bldg
East Lansing, MI  48824
Phone:  (517) 432-3360
Email:  jjhao@msu.edu
Website:  http://haolab.plp.msu.edu/
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


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

Zahi Kanaan-Atallah
Univ of California
Plant Pathology Dept
1636 East Allisal Street
Salinas, CA  93905
Phone:  (831) 755-2867
Email:  zkatallah@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Maruthachalam Karunakaran, PhD
Univ of California
Plant Pathology Dept
1636 E Alisal Street
Salinas, CA  93905
Phone:  (831) 755-2883
FAX:  (831) 755-2814
Email:  kkmaruthachalam@ucdavis.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


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:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Frank J. Louws
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
PO Box 7616 - Gardner Hall
Raleigh, NC  27695-7616
Phone:  (919) 515-6689
FAX:  (919) 515-7716
Email:  frank_louws@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Samuel M. C. Njoroge
Univ of California
USDA Ag Research Station
1636 E Alisal Street
Salinas, CA  93905
Phone:  (831) 755-2883
Email:  muriu831@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Timothy C. Paulitz
USDA ARS
Root Disease & Biological Control Lab
WSU - 363 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA  99164-6430
Phone:  (509) 335-7077
FAX:  (509) 335-7674
Email:  paulitz@wsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


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:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Leigh Shirley Schmidt
USDA ARS CPGRU
826 Eureka Ave
Davis, CA  95616-0938
Phone:  (530) 752-6745
Email:  lsschmidt@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Amanda Terry
Bayer CropScience
2 TW Alexander Dr
PO Box 12014
Res Triangle Park, NC  27709
Phone:  (919) 549-2722
Email:  amanda.terry@bayercropscience.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Srinivasa R. Uppalapati
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology Division
2510 Sam Noble Pkwy
Ardmore, OK  73401
Phone:  (580) 224-6180
FAX:  (580) 224-6692
Email:  sruppalapati@noble.org
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Leslie A. Wanner
USDA ARS
Bldg 010A, Rm 226, BARC-West
10300 Baltimore Ave
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-5953
FAX:  (301) 504-5062
Email:  leslie.wanner@ars.usda.gov
Website:  www.barc.usda.gov/psi/vl/wanner.htm
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Andreas Westphal
Julius Kuhn-Inst
Federal Res Ctr for Cultivated Plants
Toppheideweg 88
Münster,   D-48161
GERMANY
Phone:  49 251 8710620
Email:  andreas.westphal@jki.bund.de
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Bo M. Wu
Oregon State Univ
Central Oregon Agric Research Ctr
850 NW Dogwood Lane
Madras, OR  97741
Phone:  (541) 475-7107
FAX:  (541) 475-63902814
Email:  bo-ming.wu@oregonstate.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Michael J. Wunsch
Cornell Univ
Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Biology Dept
334 Plant Science Bldg
Ithaca, NY  14853-4203
Phone:  (607) 351-4234
FAX:  (607) 255-4471
Email:  mjw55@cornell.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Xin-Gen Zhou
Texas A&M Univ System
Agrilife Research & Extension Center
1509 Aggie Dr
Beaumont, TX  77713
Phone:  (409) 752-2741x2258
FAX:  (409) 752-5560
Email:  xzhou@aesrg.tamu.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011



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