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PHOTOS from our trip to the APS Annual Meeting, Portland, 2009

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World Class University Program Links U.S., South Korea programs in biocontrol  > More

Adipala Ekwamu (PhD Plant Pathology, 1992), Kampala, Uganda, has been named recipient of a 2010 CFAES International Alumni Award.  The award recognizes Dr. Ekwamu's extensive role in agricultural development in East Africa and the transofrmation of Sub-Saharan African agricultural research through plant disease control, plant health management programs, and collaborative relationships among universities.  Dr. Ekwamu and 15 other award recipients will be honored on March 6, 2010, Fawcett Center of Tomorrow, Ohio State campus, Columbus.  More > Plant Pathology Alumni Awards

11/20/2009 - Ohio Growers Face Development Risks on Late Planted Wheat, OSU Extension News > More

11/19/2009 - Worried About Moldy Corn? Test Grain To Be Certain of Mycotoxins, OSU Extension News > More 

The Field and Woodland Fungi class (PLNTPTH 300) found a lot more than mushrooms on their trip to the Heritage Garden at the Governor's Mansion in Columbus (above).  Photo by Jim Chatfield, course instructor.

10/26/2009 - Pumpkins on Porches May Have Roots to OSU (article references Lanny Rhodes and his research on white speck disease resistance) > Columbus Dispatch Plant Pathology Carves Pumpkins > Photos

10/16/2009 - Know Your Ear Rots Before Feeding Grain to Livestock, OSU Extension News > More

10/15/2009 - Soybean Harvest Complete? Don't Forget to Test Soil for SCN, OSU Extension News > More

10/09/2009 - Phomopsis Seed Rot Showing Up in Soybeans, OSU Extension News > More

09/29/2009 -  MS Exit Seminar, Maria Andrea Ortega - Towards the Fine Mapping and Cloning of the Rps8 Locus in Soybeans.  Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Dr. Dorrance).  Fisher 121 (Wooster) and Kottman Hall 244 (Columbus) videolink, 4 - 5 pm.

09/25/2009 - Farm Science Review Draws Big Crowd, OSU Extension News > More

Autumn 2009 Courses > More Welcome Sept. 23 - First day of autumn quarter Left photo - new graduate students Chunxue Cao (left) and Andika Gunadi (back) with librarian Florian Diekmann (far right) on a tour of the newly renovated Thompson Library.  The Department of Plant Pathology welcomed new graduate students during orientations on Sept. 16 and 18.

 09/12/2009 - Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Laureate and distinguished plant scientist, dies at age 95 > More

09/09/2009 - Spotlight on . . . Department of Plant Pathology, OSU Today > More

Former Ohio State - OARDC plant pathologists part of team to sequence genome of Irish potato famine pathogen

09/17/2009 - Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.  Nature 461: 393-398.

Brian J. Haas, Sophien Kamoun*, Michael C. Zody, Rays H. Y. Jiang, Robert E. Handsaker, Liliana M. Cano, Manfred Grabherr, Chinnappa D. Kodira, Sylvain Raffaele, Trudy Torto-Alalibo*, Tolga O. Bozkurt, Audrey M. V. Ah-Fong, Lucia Alvarado, Vicky L. Anderson, Miles R. Armstrong, Anna Avrova, Laura Baxter, Jim Beynon, Petra C. Boevink, Stephanie R. Bollmann, Jorunn I. B. Bos*, Vincent Bulone, Guohong Cai, Cahid Cakir*, James C. Carrington, Megan Chawner, Lucio Conti, Stefano Costanzo, Richard Ewan, Noah Fahlgren, Michael A. Fischbach, Johanna Fugelstad, Eleanor M. Gilroy, Sante Gnerre, Pamela J. Green, Laura J. Grenville-Briggs, John Griffith, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Karolyn Horn, Neil R. Horner, Chia-Hui Hu, Edgar Huitema*, Dong-Hoon Jeong, Alexandra M. E. Jones, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Richard W. Jones, Elinor K. Karlsson, Sridhara G. Kunjeti, Kurt Lamour, Zhenyu Liu*, LiJun Ma, Daniel MacLean, Marcus C. Chibucos, Hayes McDonald, Jessica McWalters, Harold J. G. Meijer, William Morgan, Paul F. Morris, Carol A. Munro, Keith O'Neill, Manuel Ospina-Giraldo, Andrés Pinzón, Leighton Pritchard, Bernard Ramsahoye, Qinghu Ren, Silvia Restrepo, Sourav Roy, Ari Sadanandom, Alon Savidor, Sebastian Schornack, David C. Schwartz, Ulrike D. Schumann, Ben Schwessinger, Lauren Seyer, Ted Sharpe, Cristina Silvar, Jing Song*, David J. Studholme, Sean Sykes, Marco Thines, Peter J. I. van de Vondervoort, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Stephan Wawra, Rob Weide, Joe Win, Carolyn Young*, Shiguo Zhou, William Fry, Blake C. Meyers, Pieter van West, Jean Ristaino, Francine Govers, Paul R. J. Birch, Stephen C. Whisson, Howard S. Judelson & Chad Nusbaum.

*Previously at The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

Suspect you have plant pest and disease problems?  Plant samples can be submitted to the C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic for a nominal fee > ppdc.osu.edu

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Midwest Home Fruit Production Guide A new OSU Extension publication with information on growing fruits such as grapes, apples, pears, peaches, raspberries, strawberries and more in the Midwest. > More

"Viruses, Bacteria, and Fungi, Oh My!"  by Sarah D. Ellis and Michael J. Boehm - part of the 4-H Project Idea Starters series.  If you're curious about plant diseases, this bulletin includes fun science projects and other ways to start exploring.

New Plant Disease Fact Sheet Series - excellent resources for educators, students, Extension professionals, homeowners and field professionals > More