Tropical Plant Pathology Committee


Mission Statement

The tropical plant pathology committee seeks to increase awareness and promote research of plant pathogens affecting tropical crops.

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

2005:"How plant disease epidemics affect people" Historical and contemporary perspective of plant disease epidemics. What happen when an epidemic occurs from diagnosis, to responses and consequences on trading and people.

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

2004:"Rice as a model crop for advances in plant pathology" Co-sponsor with OIP "International Programs on Crop Protection in Developing Countries; Opportunities for Strategic Alliances" 2002 : Co-sponsor Symposium with OIP ; "Plant Diseases Impacting Resource-Poor Farmers in Developing Countries: Can They be Successfyllu Controlled?" 2001 : Sponsor Symposium ; "Promises and Pitfalls of Genetically Modified Crops in the Tropics"


Committee Officers

Chair

Richard F. Lee
USDA ARS
Nat Clonal Repository for Citrus, Dates
1060 Martin Luther King Blvd
Riverside, CA  92507
Phone:  (951) 827-4399
FAX:  (951) 827-4398
Email:  richard.lee@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Karen A. Garrett
Kansas State Univ
Plant Science Ctr - Plant Path Dept
4024 Throckmorton
Manhattan, KS  66506-5502
Phone:  (785) 532-1370
FAX:  (785) 532-5692
Email:  kgarrett@ksu.edu
Website:  www.ksu.edu/pdecology
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Kristina J. Owens
USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST
BARC-East, Bldg 580
Powder Mill Road
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-7100x269
FAX:  (301) 504-8539
Email:  kristina.j.owens@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Olufemi J. Alabi
Washington State Univ
IAREC
24106 N Bunn Road
Prosser, WA  99350-9687
Phone:  (509) 335-6855
FAX:  (509) 786-9370
Email:  olufemi_alabi@wsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


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

Ronald H. Brlansky
Univ of Florida
Citrus Research and Education Center
700 Experiment Station
Lake Alfred, FL  33850-2243
Phone:  (863) 956-1151
FAX:  (863) 956-4631
Email:  rhby@crec.ifas.ufl.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


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

Joshua Cobb
Brigham Young Univ
Plant and Animal Sciences
269 WIDB
Provo, UT  84604
Phone:  (801) 422-9043
Email:  jcobb@byu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Rosalee A. Coelho Netto
INPA CPCA
Caixa Postal 478
Manaus Amazonas,   
BRAZIL
Phone:  55 92 3643 1876
Email:  rosaleecoelho@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Christian D. Cruz
Kansas State University
Apt 8
2051 Kerr Dr.
Manhattan, KS  66502
Phone:  (785) 532-1368
Email:  ccruz@k-state.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Vernon D. Damsteegt
USDA ARS NAA FDWSRU
1301 Ditto Ave
Fort Detrick, MD  21702
Phone:  (301) 619-7307
FAX:  (301) 619-2880
Email:  vern.damsteegt@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Silvina L. Giammaria
Est Exp Agroindustrial "Obispo Colombres"
Balcarce 375 - 5º C
Tucuman,   
ARGENTINA
Phone:  54 381 427 6561x153
Email:  sgiammaria@eeaoc.org.ar
Website:  www.eeaoc.org.ar
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Caroline M. Herron
IITA - Tanzania
C/O Lambourn Ltd
Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall Road
Croyden,   
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone:  255 22 270 0092
FAX:  255 22 270 0092
Email:  c.herron@cgiar.org
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jonathan M. Jacobs
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (608) 265-2060
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Email:  jmjacobs2@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Courtney E. Jahn
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr - Russell Labs
Madison, WI  53706-1598
Phone:  (608) 265-3056
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Lisa M. Keith
USDA ARS
PO Box 4459
Hilo, HI  96720
Phone:  (808) 959-4357
FAX:  (808) 959-5470
Email:  lisa.keith@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Dan Myhaver
EnviroLogix Inc
500 Riverside Industrial Pkwy
Portland, ME  04103
Phone:  (207) 797-0300x427
Email:  dan.myhaver@envirologix.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Rosa Emilia Raudales Banegas
Ohio State Univ
OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept
1680 Madison Ave
Wooster, OH  44691
Phone:  (330) 263-2719
Email:  raudales.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

Maria Soledad Benitez
Escuela Politécnica del Ejercito - ESPE
Marco Aguirre N47-177
Quito,   
ECUADOR
Phone:  593 9 5348486
Email:  msbenitezponce@gmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Jessica L. Williams
Texas A&M Univ
Plant Pathology & Microbiology
2132 TAMU
College Station, TX  77845
Phone:  (979) 458-0638
Email:  jlwilliams@ag.tamu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010



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