Randy Rowe was appointed in 1974 to the OARDC Wooster campus, where his work focused on research and extension in management of vegetable crop diseases, soil-borne fungal diseases and development of improved disease management practices, particularly in potatoes.  Randy Rowe served as Department Chair from 1996 until his retirement in 2006.  He is a past president of the American Phytopathological Society (1992-1993), and currently serves as Treasurer.  In his retirement, he enjoys traveling, spending time with family, and his hobbies such as birding.  He still maintains involvement in various plant pathology projects.

Selected Publications

• Botseas, D.D. and R.C. Rowe. 1994. Development of potato early dying in response to infection by two pathotypes of dahliae and co-infection by Pratylenchus penetrans. Phytopathology 84:275-282.

• Bowers, J.H., Nameth, S.T., Riedel, R.M. and Rowe, R.C. 1996. Infection and colonization of potato roots by Verticillium dahliae as affected by Pratylenchus penetrans and P. crenatus. Phytopathology 86: 614-621.

• Powelson, M.L. and R.C. Rowe. 1993. Biology and management of early dying of potatoes. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 321:111-126.

• Rowe, R.C. (ed) 1993. Potato Health Management. APS Press. St. Paul, MN 178 pp.

• Rowe, R.C. 1995. Recent Progress in understanding relationships between Verticillium species and subspecific groups. Phytoparasitica 23(1):31-38

• Omer, M.A., Johnson, D.A. and Rowe, R.C. 2000. Recovery of Verticillium dahliae from North American certified seed potatoes and characterization of strains by vegetative compatibility and aggressiveness. Am. J. of Potato Research. 77: 325-331.

• Tjamos, E.C., Rowe, R.C., Heale, J.B., and Fravel, D.R. (eds). 2000. Advances in Verticillium Research and Disease Management. APS Press. St. Paul, MN. 357 pp.

• Dobinson, K. F., Harrington, M. A., Omer, M. and Rowe, R. C. 2000 Molecular characterization of vegetative compatibility group 4A and 4B isolates of Verticillium dahliae associated with potato early dying.

Contact Information

Randall C. Rowe, Professor Emeritus
Department of Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University, OARDC
104 Selby Hall
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691-4096

Email: rowe.4@osu.edu