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Article Type: Focus Article
"The Barberry or Bread": The Public Campaign to Eradicate Common Barberry in the United States in the Early 20th Century
Authors:
P.D. Peterson
Date Published: Thursday, August 1, 2013 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
1898 -The Beginning of Virology...time marches on.
Authors:
Karen-Beth G. Scholthof
Date Published: Monday, January 1, 2001 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Authors:
Karl Steddom, David Jones, and Charlie Rush
Date Published: Friday, April 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
A Plant-Associated Microbe Genomics Initiative: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
Authors:
Jan E. Leach¹, Scott Gold², Sue A. Tolin³ and Kellye Eversole⁴
Date Published: Monday, July 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
A Short History of Fungicides
Authors:
Vince Morton¹ and Theodor Staub²
Date Published: Saturday, March 1, 2008 | DOI:
Article Type: Focus Article
Agrobacterium: The Natural Genetic Engineer 100 Years Later
Authors:
Eugene Nester
Date Published: Sunday, June 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Alternatives to Methyl Bromide: A Florida Perspective
Authors:
E. N. Rosskopf, D. O. Chellemi, N. Kokalis-Burelle, G. T. Church
Date Published: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Antibiotics for Plant Disease Control: Silver Bullets or Rusty Sabre?
Authors:
Patricia McManus¹, Virginia Stockwell²
Date Published: Thursday, June 1, 2000 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type:
APS Centennial Meeting: History of Excellence, Future of Promise
Authors:

Date Published: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 | DOI:
N/A
Article Type: Focus Article
APS Centennial Timeline
Authors:

Date Published: Monday, September 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Are Fungicides No Longer Just For Fungi? An Analysis of Foliar Fungicide Use in Corn
Authors:
Kiersten Wise¹ and Daren Mueller²
Date Published: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Asian Soybean Rust Development in 2005: A Perspective from the Southeastern United States
Authors:
Dr. Layla E. Sconyers¹, Dr. Robert C. Kemerait², Mr. Jason Brock³, Dr. Daniel V. Phillips⁴, Dr. Philip H. Jost⁵, Dr. Edward J. Sikora⁶, Dr. Arcenio Gutierrez-Estrada⁷, Dr. John D. Mueller⁸, Dr. James J. Marois⁹, Dr. David L. Wright¹⁰, Dr. Carrie L. Harmon¹¹
Date Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Astronauts of the Nematode World: An Aerial View of Foliar Nematode Biology, Epidemiology, and Host Range
Authors:
Lisa M. Kohl
Date Published: Saturday, January 1, 2011 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Bacterial Blight of Anthuriums: Hawaii's Experience with a Global Disease
Authors:
Anne M. Alvarez¹, Peter J. Toves², and Tomie S. Vowell³
Date Published: Wednesday, February 1, 2006 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Bacterial Leaf Scorch of Shade Trees
Authors:
Ann Brooks Gould¹ and James H. Lashomb²
Date Published: Tuesday, November 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Bacterial Wilt
Authors:
R. X. Latin
Date Published: Sunday, October 1, 2000 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Bacteriophage Ecology and Plants
Authors:
Jason Gill¹ and Stephen T. Abedon²
Date Published: Saturday, November 1, 2003 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Beet Curly Top: America’s First Serious Disease of Sugar Beets
Authors:
Robert M. Harveson
Date Published: Sunday, February 1, 2015 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2015-02
Article Type: Focus Article
Black Sigatoka, an Important Disease of Banana
Authors:
Randy Ploetz
Date Published: Monday, January 1, 2001 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0126-02
Article Type: Focus Article
Brown Rot of Dried Plum in California: New Insights on an Old Disease
Authors:
Themis J. Michailides, Yong Luo, Zhonghua Ma, David P. Morgan
Date Published: Thursday, March 1, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094
Article Type: Focus Article
Burkholderia cepacia: Friend or Foe?
Authors:
Jennifer L. Parke
Date Published: Saturday, January 1, 2000 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2000-0926-01
Article Type: Focus Article
Cassava Mosaic Disease: A Curse to Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors:
Olufemi J. Alabi¹, P. Lava Kumar², Rayapati A. Naidu³
Date Published: Saturday, January 1, 2011 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2011-0701
Article Type: Focus Article
Cercosporin: A Photoactivated Toxin in Plant Disease
Authors:
Margaret E. Daub¹, Kuang-Ren Chung²
Date Published: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature/2007-0207
Article Type: Focus Article
Citrus Huanglongbing: Understanding the Vector-Pathogen Interaction for Disease Management
Authors:
R. H. Brlansky and M. E. Rogers
Date Published: Saturday, December 1, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2007-1207
Article Type: Focus Article
Continuing Consideration of Co-infection and Multiple Pests
Authors:
Daniel J. Anco
Date Published: Sunday, April 1, 2018 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2018-4
Article Type: Focus Article
Crop Biosecurity and Countering Agricultural Bioterrorism: Responses of The American Phytopathological Society
Authors:
Date Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2002-10
Article Type: Focus Article
Disease Lesion Mimic Mutants of Maize
Authors:
Gurmukh S. Johal
Date Published: Sunday, July 1, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeatures-2007-0707
Article Type: Focus Article
Diseases and Disorders of Ornamental Palms
Authors:
M. L. Elliott¹ and J.Y. Uchida²

Date Published: Monday, March 1, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2004-0304
Article Type: Focus Article
Effects of Soil Ecosystem Management on Nematode Pests, Nutrient Cycling, and Plant Health
Authors:
Koon-Hui Wang and Robert McSorley
Date Published: Saturday, January 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeatures/2005-0105
Article Type: Career Development
Effie A. Southworth, First Woman Plant Pathologist Hired at USDA
Authors:
Jean Ristaino and Paul Peterson
Date Published: Thursday, March 1, 2001 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2002-0201-01
Article Type: Focus Article
Emergence of Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) Transmitted Criniviruses as Threats to Vegetable and Fruit Production in North America
Authors:
William M. Wintermantel, Ph.D.
Date Published: Tuesday, June 1, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2004-0604
Article Type: Focus Article
Extension Plant Pathology: Bringing Our Science to the Public, A Century of Service
Authors:
Barry J. Jacobsen¹, Mary E. Burrows² and Kevin L. Ong³
Date Published: Monday, December 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2008-0508
Article Type: Focus Article
Flora W. Patterson: The First Woman Mycologist at the USDA
Authors:
Amy Y. Rossman
Date Published: Monday, April 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2002-0815-01
Article Type: Focus Article
George Washington Carver and the Fungal Plant Disease Survey
Authors:
Daniel J. Collins¹, Lafayette Frederick², Herman Warren³, Amy Rossman⁴ and Shannon Dominick⁵
Date Published: Saturday, February 1, 2014 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2014-02
Article Type: Focus Article
Golden Mosaic of Common Beans in Brazil: Management with a Transgenic Approach
Authors:
Josias Correa de Faria¹, Francisco J. L. Aragão², Thiago L. P. O. Souza³, Eliane Dias Quintela⁴, Elliot W. Kitajima⁵, Simone da Graça Ribeiro⁶
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 2016 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2016-10
Article Type: Focus Article
Helen Hart: The First Woman President of The American Phytopathological Society
Authors:
Kurt Gegenhuber
Date Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2006-0306
Article Type: Outreach
ICPP98 Event: Plant Pathogens, Biodiversity, and Conservation
Authors:

Date Published: Thursday, January 1, 1998 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-1998-07a
Article Type: Focus Article
Impactos del Código Internacional de Nomenclatura para Algas, Hongos y Plantas (Código Melbourne) en los Nombres Científicos de Hongos Fitopatógenos
Authors:
Ning Zhang¹, Amy Rossman², Keith Seifert³, Joan W. Bennett⁴, Guohong Cai⁵, Bradley Hillman⁶, Kevin D. Hyde⁷, Jing Luo⁸, William Meyer⁹, Thomas Molnar¹⁰, Mariusz Tadych¹¹, James White Jr.¹², Lei Cai¹³, Dimuthu Manamgoda¹⁴, Conrad Schoch¹⁵
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 2021 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2021-05
Article Type: Focus Article
Impacts of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code) on the Scientific Names of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
Authors:
Ning Zhang¹, Amy Rossman², Keith Seifert³, Joan W. Bennett⁴, Guohong Cai⁵, Bradley Hillman⁶, Kevin D. Hyde⁷, Jing Luo⁸, William Meyer⁹, Thomas Molnar¹⁰, Mariusz Tadych¹¹, James White Jr.¹², Lei Cai¹³, Dimuthu Manamgoda¹⁴, Conrad Schoch¹⁵
Date Published: Saturday, June 1, 2013 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2013-06
Article Type: Focus Article
Implications of sequencing the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans genome for plant nematology
Authors:
Joseph Esnard
Date Published: Tuesday, June 1, 1999 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0328-01
Article Type: Focus Article
Integrating Geospatial Technologies and Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the Grower’s Disease Management Toolbox
Authors:
Chakradhar Mattupalli, Michael R. Komp, and Carolyn A. Young
Date Published: Saturday, July 1, 2017 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2017-7
Article Type: Focus Article
Legume ipmPIPE: The Next Evolution of Web-based Interactive Tools for Disease Management and Extension Outreach
Authors:
Howard F. Schwartz¹, Marie A. C. Langham², Julie Golod³, Sue A. Tolin⁴, Joseph LaForest⁵, Kitty F. Cardwell⁶
Date Published: Friday, May 1, 2009 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2009-0509
Article Type: Focus Article
Margaret Newton: Pioneering Cereal Rust Researcher
Authors:
James A. Kolmer
Date Published: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2005-0305
Article Type: Focus Article
Much More Than Phylogenies: A Utilitarian View of the Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
Authors:
Dean A. Glawe
Date Published: Sunday, September 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2002-0902
Article Type: Focus Article
New and Emerging Plant Viruses
Authors:
Vern D. Damsteegt
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 1999 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-1999-0999
Article Type: Focus Article
Norman Borlaug
Authors:
Richard Zeyen¹, Carol Ishimaru², Marty Dickman³, Christine Richardson⁴
Date Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2009-12
Article Type: Focus Article
Panicle and Shoot Blight of Pistachio: A Major Threat to the California Pistachio Industry
Authors:
Themis J. Michailides and David P. Morgan
Date Published: Thursday, January 1, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2004-0104
Article Type: Focus Article
Phaseout of Methyl Bromide Accelerated
Authors:
Jean B. Ristaino

Date Published: Sunday, February 1, 1998 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-1998-0298
Article Type: Focus Article
Pink Disease of Pineapple
Authors:
Clarence I. Kado
Date Published: Saturday, March 1, 2003 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2003-0303
Article Type: Focus Article
Plant Healthcare for Poor Farmers: An Introduction to the Work of the Global Clinic
Authors:
Eric Boa
Date Published: Monday, October 1, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeatures-2007-1007
Article Type: Focus Article
Plant Nematological Contributions to Phytopathology
Authors:
K.-H. Wang¹, B.S. Sipes², D.P. Schmitt³, A.E. MacGuidwin⁴, M. McKenry⁵, T. Bliss⁶, B.R. Kerry⁷, S. Costa⁸
Date Published: Saturday, November 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2008-1108
Article Type: Focus Article
Plant Pathologists Offer Soybean Rust Identification and Management Tips
Authors:
Date Published: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2004-11
Article Type: Plant Disease Profiles
Plum Pox Potyvirus Diseases of Stone Fruits
Authors:
Laurene Levy¹, Vern Damsteegt,² Ralph Scorza³, Maria Kölber⁴
Date Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2000 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2000-0300
Article Type: Focus Article
Poisonous Fungi and Mycotoxins
Authors:
Frank Matthews Dugan
Date Published: Friday, February 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2008-0208
Article Type: Focus Article
Potato Wart
Authors:
Gary D. Franc
Date Published: Friday, June 1, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2007-0607
Article Type: Focus Article
Potato Zebra Chip Disease Associated with a New Psyllid-borne Bacterium
Authors:
James M. Crosslin¹, Joseph E. Munyaneza², Judith K. Brown³, Lia W. Liefting⁴
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2010-0110
Article Type: Focus Article
Quarantines and Ornamental Rusts
Authors:
K. A. Wise¹, D. S. Mueller², J. W. Buck³
Date Published: Sunday, February 1, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2004-0204
Article Type: Focus Article
Rapid Blight: A New Plant Disease
Authors:
L. J. Stowell¹, S. B. Martin², M. Olsen³, D. Bigelow⁴, M. Kohout⁵, P. D. Peterson⁶, J. Camberato⁷, W. D. Gelernter⁸
Date Published: Friday, July 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature/2005-0705
Article Type: Focus Article
Sir Bent Skovmand: Champion for Plant Genetic Resource Preservation
Authors:
Richard J. Zeyen and James V. Groth
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2010-0600
Article Type: Focus Article
Snow Mold-Plant-Antagnonist Interactions: Survival of the Fittest under the Snow
Authors:
Jenifer Huang McBeath
Date Published: Friday, March 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2002-1010-01
Article Type: Focus Article
Sorghum Ergot Goes Global in Less Than Three Years
Authors:
G. Odvody¹, R. Bandyopadhyay², R. A. Frederiksen³, T. Isakeit⁴, D. Frederickson⁵, H. Kaufman⁶, J. Dahlberg⁷, R. Velasquez⁸, H. Torres⁹
Date Published: Monday, June 1, 1998 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-1998-06
Article Type: Focus Article
Soybean Rust: Is the U.S. Soybean Crop At Risk?
Authors:
Monte R. Miles¹, Reid D. Frederick², Glen L. Hartman³
Date Published: Sunday, June 1, 2003 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2003-0603
Article Type: Focus Article
Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass: A Challenge for Researchers and Turfgrass Managers
Authors:
Lane P. Tredway¹, Nathan R. Walker², Maria Tomaso-Peterson³ and Hunter Perry⁴
Date Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2008-0108
Article Type: Focus Article
Stewart's Wilt of Corn
Authors:
Jerald K. Pataky
Date Published: Tuesday, July 1, 2003 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2003-0703
Article Type: Focus Article
Sugar Beet Seedling Rust: An Uncommon Disease with a Surprisingly Long History
Authors:
Robert M. Harveson
Date Published: Thursday, March 1, 2012 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2012-03
Article Type: Focus Article
The 100-Year History of APS
Authors:
R. James Cook
Date Published: Friday, August 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2008-08
Article Type: Focus Article
The Bemisia tabaci Complex: Genetic and Phenotypic Variability Drives Begomovirus Spread and Virus Diversification
Authors:
Judith K. Brown
Date Published: Monday, January 1, 2007 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2007-0107
Article Type: Focus Article
The False Root-Knot Nematode: A Unique Plant Pathogen Native to the Western Hemisphere
Authors:
Robert M. Harveson
Date Published: Sunday, June 1, 2014 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2014-06
Article Type: Focus Article
The Future World Food Situation and the Role of Plant Diseases
Authors:
Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen ²
Date Published: Sunday, April 1, 2001 | DOI:
10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0425-01
Article Type: Focus Article
The Gordian Knot of Small Fruit Virology: Emerging Diseases and Their Control
Authors:
Ioannis E. Tzanetakis
Date Published: Sunday, January 1, 2012 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2012-01
Article Type:
The IR-4 Project: Supplying Pest Management Tools for Specialty Crops for Over 40 Years
Authors:
David Thompson¹, Michael Braverman², Sherrilynn Novack³, Cristi Palmer⁴
Date Published: Thursday, June 1, 2006 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2006-0606
Article Type: Focus Article
The Multicolored Bacterium
Authors:
Robert M. Harveson
Date Published: Friday, November 1, 2013 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2013-11
Article Type: Focus Article
The Plant Diagnostic Lab Experience
Authors:
Linnea G. Skoglund¹and Tamla Blunt²
Date Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2012-05
Article Type: Focus Article
The Role of Silicon in Suppressing Rice Diseases
Authors:
Lawrence E. Datnoff¹ and Fabrício Á. Rodrigues²
Date Published: Tuesday, February 1, 2005 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2005-0205
Article Type: Focus Article
The Terracotta Fungi of Francesco Valenti Serini (1795-1872)
Authors:
Claudia Perini¹, Carla Barluzzi², Gianmaria Bonari³ and Thomas Evans⁴
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 2016 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2016-05
Article Type: Focus Article
The Threat of Pierce’s Disease to Midwest Wine and Table Grapes
Authors:
L. C. Galvez¹, K. Korus², J. Fernandez³, J. L. Behn⁴ and N. Banjara⁵
Date Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2010-1015
Article Type: Focus Article
Tobacco Mosaic Virus: The Beginning of Plant Virology
Authors:
Karen-Beth G. Scholthof
Date Published: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeatures-2008-0408
Article Type: Focus Article
Transgenic Virus Resistant Papaya: From Hope to Reality for Controlling Papaya Ringspot Virus in Hawaii
Authors:
Dennis Gonsalves¹, Carol Gonsalves², Steve Ferreira³, Karen Pitz⁴, Maureen Fitch⁵, Richard Manshardt⁶, Jerry Slightom⁷
Date Published: Thursday, July 1, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2004-0704
Article Type: Focus Article
Transgenic Virus-Resistant Papaya: The Hawaiian 'Rainbow' was Rapidly Adopted by Farmers and is of Major Importance in Hawaii Today
Authors:
Carol Gonsalves¹, David R. Lee², Dennis Gonsalves³
Date Published: Sunday, August 1, 2004 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2004-0804
Article Type: Focus Article
U.S. National Organic Program Standards: Implications for Researchers
Authors:
Rosalie L. Koenig¹, Brian Baker²
Date Published: Friday, November 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2002-1102
Article Type: Focus Article
Viroids: New and Continuing Risks for Horticultural and Agricultural Crops
Authors:
Rosemarie W. Hammond and Robert A. Owens
Date Published: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2006-1106
Article Type: Focus Article
Waikaviruses: Studied But Not Understood
Authors:
Lucy R. Stewart
Date Published: Saturday, January 1, 2011 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2011-11
Article Type: Focus Article
What Does Mistletoe Have To Do With Christmas?
Authors:
Frank H. Tainter
Date Published: Sunday, December 1, 2002 | DOI:
10.1094/APSnetFeature-2002-1202
Article Type: Focus Article
Yaqui Valley Farmers Provide Eternal Resting Place for Their Friend and Our Colleague, Norman Borlaug
Authors:
Richard Zeyen
Date Published: Saturday, May 1, 2010 | DOI:
10.1094/APSFeature-2010-05

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