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"Plant Pathatical" tours are designed to enhance collaborations between OSU Extension Educators and the Department of Plant Pathology.  Jim Chatfield, Extension Specialist, and Erik Draper, Extension Educator in Geauga County, led a Plant Pathatical Extension tour of the department and Columbus campus on April 30.  Joining the group were Zach Rinkes, Extension Educator from Erie County, and Mike Loos, ANR Extension Educator from Cuyahoga County.  The group visited programs, classes, toured the campus, and even ran into President Gordon Gee, who greeted the group warmly and posed for a photo (left to right, Monica Lewandowski, Sarah Ellis, John Koenig, Mike Loos, President Gee, Erik Draper, Mike Boehm, Zack Rinkes and Enrico Bonello).  Not pictured is Jim Chatfield, who is taking the photo.

New Plant Disease Fact Sheets

Mycorrhizae in Urban Landscapes

by N. Kleczewski, D. Lewandowski and P. Bonello

Sudden Oak Death

by N. Kleczewski, D. Lewandowski and P. Bonello

Microbial Biopesticides for Control of Plant Diseases in Organic Farming

by R. Raudales and B. B. McSpadden Gardener

Fifth Annual College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum, April 23, Ohio State.

	Congratulations to Amanda Hayes (left), first place in the Plant Science category, Robert Beaulieu (lower left) and Nick Weidenbenner on their outstanding research projects!

Amanda Hayes, "Greenhouse Sanitation: Efficacy of Disinfectants on Cutting Blades using Tobacco mosaic virus on Petunia as a Model."  Amanda is a Plant Health Management Honors student.  Project advisor: Dr. Dennis Lewandowski.

Robert Beaulieu, "Oxalic acid production by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa: the causal agent of dollar spot."  Robbie is a Comparative Studies Honors student.  Project advisor: Dr. Michael J. Boehm.

Nicholas Weidenbenner, "Effect of methyl jasmonate on white ash (Fraxinus americana) and Manchurian Ash (Fraxinus mandshurica) as it relates to emerald ash borer attack."  Nick is a Plant Health Management Honors student.  Project advisor: Dr. Pierluigi Bonello.

OSU Extension News (April 22, 2008)  Time to Assess Rapidly Developing Wheat - Pierce Paul (paul.661@osu.edu).

WOOSTER, Ohio - Spring is here and that means it's time for Ohio growers to head to the fields to assess their crop in order to make timely management decisions.  More >

OARDC Conference, April 17, Wooster.  Sally A. Miller and Guo-liang Wang were panelists in a session, "Opportunities for Integrated Research through Federal, International and Other Programs."

Graduate Student Posters:

2nd place, PhD students, Nathan Kleczewski, "Potential regulation of ectomycorrhizae by paper birch in response to soil type and fertilization: Linking the growth differentiation balance hypothesis and carbon allocation models."  Advisor: Pierluigi Bonello.

2nd place, MS students, Rosa Raudales, "In vitro screening for biocontrol potential abilities of Ohio bacterial isolates over tomato pathogens."  Advisor: Brian McSpadden Gardener.  This is Rosa's second consecutive 2nd place award in the OARDC Conference poster competition.

Other Plant Pathology student presenters:

Robert Beaulieu, "Oxalic acid production by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa: The causal agent of dollar spot."  Honors thesis advisor: Michael J. Boehm.

Kirk Broders, "Effect of soil properties on incidence of corn and soybean damping-off caused by Pythium spp."  PhD Advisor: Anne Dorrance.

Christian Cruz, "Prevalence of frogeye leaf spot caused by Cercospora sojina in Ohio."  MS advisor: Anne Dorrance.

John Koenig, "Controlling dollar spot: Climactic conditions and the timing of fungicide applications.  MS advisor: Michael J. Boehm.

Dr. Laurence V. Madden, Professor and Associate Chair, will be honored as 2008 recipient of the Jakob Eriksson Prize for Plant Pathology.  Dr. Madden will be presented with a gold medal at the 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology in Torino, Italy on Aug. 29.

The honor, only awarded every five years, was established in memory of Jakob Eriksson, a prominent Swedish mycologist and plant pathologist.

Dr. Madden was also named the 2008 Fisher Lecturer at the Rothamsted Research, a world leading center on arable crops located in Harpenden, United Kingdom.  Madden delivered his presentation, "Contemporary Approaches to Plant Disease Forecasting: A Case Study of Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat," on March 31.

Congratulations - Amanda Hayes, Plant Health Management Honors student, was awarded a scholarship from the Garden Club of Ohio, Inc.  Plant Health Management major Kate Gearhart was awarded an internship with Monsanto.

Dr. Thomas Mitchell was selected to be a presenter in a special session, "Faces of the Future in Mycology - A Look to the Future," at the American Phytopathological Society Centennial Meeting on July 27 in Minneapolis.  The session was designed to acknowledge "up and comers" in plant pathology.  We congratulate Dr. Mitchell on this special honor!

April 11-12 - Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium

"Clocks and Development"

Ohio State Museum of Biological Diversity, Columbus

Schedule and information

OSU Extension News (April 8, 2008) Managing Soybean Seed Supply When Quality Comes Into Question  (Anne Dorrance, dorrance.1@osu.edu)

WOOSTER, Ohio - Ohio soybean growers, their sight set on increasing soybean acreage this year, may face crop production challenges due to less than optimum seed quality.  More

Winter 2008 Dean's List, Plant Health Management majors

Congratulations!

Laura Bruner, Honors Program

Kate Gearhart

Amanda Hayes, Honors Program

Bridget Meiring

Bryan Reeb

Kara Riggs

Jessica Schafer

April 1-2 - North Central Plant Diagnostic Network Regional Meeting, Ohio State, Columbus Agenda (pdf) Left: Dave Shetlar speaking to the group.

OSU Extension News (March 17, 2008)

Southern Ohio Corn May Be At Risk for Stewart's Wilt

WOOSTER, Ohio - Southern Ohio's corn crop may face a high risk of Stewart's bacterial wilt and leaf blight this growing season. The disease is caused by a bacterium carried and spread by adult flea beetles.  More

March 2008 - Dr. Pierce A. Paul, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, will receive the William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award at the APS Centennial Meeting, July 26-30, in Minneapolis.  This award recognizes a scientist within five years of their PhD degree who has made an outstanding, innovative contribution directed toward the control of plant disease.

Dr. Michael J. Boehm, Professor and Department Chair, will also be honored at the APS Centennial Meeting as a recipient of the APS Excellence in Teaching Award, in recognition of his outstanding teaching in plant pathology.  The Department of Plant Pathology proudly congratulates to Dr. Paul and Dr. Boehm!

Dr. Anne Dorrance, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, received a Special Meritorious Award from the American Soybean Association.  Dorrance was nominated by the Ohio Soybean Association in recognition of her research expertise and dedicated service to Ohio's soybean industry.

Dorrance's major accomplishments include the discovery of the Phytophthora resistance locus, Rps8, a breakthrough for breeding disease resistance in soybeans.   She was also lauded for her leadership in the soybean rust program.  Dorrance's Extension work includes disease management programs for field crops in Ohio with emphasis on soybeans, wheat and corn.

View Ohio Soybean Association Press Release (March 17, 2008)

Miguel Vega Sanchez, doctoral candidate in Plant Pathology (Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology) was awarded a travel grant to attend the Joint Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquimica, June 26 - July 1, Merida, Mexico.

March 14 - Plant Pathology hosted nine middle school and high school girls for Women in Science Day on the Ohio State Columbus campus.  Graduate student Sarah Ellis and Academic Program Coordinator Monica Lewandowski set up demonstrations and led the students through a plant virus detection activity (material provided by Dr. Dennis Lewandowski).

March 2008 - Dr. Feng Qu has accepted a position in the Department of Plant Pathology as Assistant Professor and will begin his appointment in October 2008.  Dr. Qu, whose area of expertise is molecular plant virology, is currently at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  His laboratory will be located in Wooster.  We welcome Dr. Qu and his family to Ohio State!

March 2008 - Amanda Hayes, Plant Health Management major (Honors Program), will be honored as one of Ohio State's top undergraduates in the President's Salute to Undergraduate Academic Achievement.  Hayes and her Honors thesis advisor, Dr. Dennis Lewandowski, will attend an awards dinner on April 29 at the Fawcett Center.  Congratulations!

The Ohio Soybean Council Foundation is pleased to announce new scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at Ohio colleges and universities who are pursuing degrees related to the application of science and technology to agriculture.  Applications are due April 1.

Feb. 29, 2008 - Professor James Starr, Texas A&M University, recipient of a 2008 Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award.  Seminar, "Nematode resistance in cotton and peanut: One success story and one not yet complete," 11-12 pm, Kottman Hall 333C - Selby 203 videolink.  Dr. Starr and other 2008 award recipients were honored on March 1 at the CFAES Alumni Society Awards Program, Fawcett Center of Tomorrow, Ohio State, Columbus.

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OSU Extension News (Feb. 26, 2008)

OSU Extension Bulletins Focus on Managing Field Crop Diseases

Source: Dennis Mills, OARDC - mills.255@osu.edu; tel. (330) 202-3566
WOOSTER, Ohio -- Diseases are the No. 1 limiting factor in field crop performance and yields in Ohio. Ohio State University Extension has several plant pathology bulletins available to aid farmers in effectively managing diseases that impact corn, soybeans and wheat.  More

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Amanda Hayes, Plant Health Management (Honors) major at The Ohio State University, was awarded research grant in the Ohio Agriculture and Research Development Center (OARDC) Director's Undergraduate Research Competition.  Her proposal, "Greenhouse Sanitation: Efficacy of Disinfectants on Cutting Blades using Tobacco mosaic virus on Petunia as a Model," is part of her Honors thesis project with Dr. Dennis Lewandowski.  Hayes is evaluating sanitation methods for propagation of Petunia.  Her project goal is to develop safe and effective protocols to minimize spread of Tobacco mosaic virus and other pathogens in nursery operations.

Feb 21, 2008 -  Nick Weidenbenner, Department of Plant Pathology, Plant Health Management undergraduate major, Honors Program.  Seminar, 1:00-1:30 pm, Kottman Hall 201C and videolinked to Selby 203.  Nick will present a presentation about his honors thesis research with Dr. Enrico Bonello.  He is studying plant-pathogen-pest interactions as it pertains to Emerald Ash Borer.  The informal presentation will last about 20-30 minutes.  All are invited join us and learn more about the great work in our undergraduate program!

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Check this out! Plant Health Management major Kara Riggs is featured on the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences website:
cfaes.osu.edu/current-students/get-involved/meet-our-students/kara-rigggs/

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OSU Extension News (Feb. 11, 2008)

Take an IPM Approach to Wheat Diseases

Sources: Pierce A. Paul - paul.661@osu.edu; tel. (330) 263-3842);

Ron Hammond - hammond.5@osu.edu; tel. (330) 263-3727

WOOSTER, Ohio -- As spring approaches, along with the subsequent "green-up" of Ohio's wheat crop, growers are looking to prevent the development and spread of barley yellow dwarf virus.  More

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Dec. 2007 edition of the CFAES Senior Update Newsletter

cfaes.osu.edu/future-students/pdf/december-senior-update.pdf

Dr. Anne Dorrance and Dr. Michael Boehm are part of the "Inside CFAES" profile on p. 2

Plant Pathology - Departmental Update on p. 2

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