The Education Center of the American Phytopathological Society

Education Center - K-12 Plant Path-Ways to Science

Mentors

The following plant pathologists are willing to provide materials, advice, or classroom visits to K-12 teachers. These busy people have limited time, so please read carefully what each individual is able to offer from the following list:

support for classroom exercises
plant materials
microorganisms
microbiological media and/or supplies
information about plant pathology
classroom visits

If you would like to be an APS Mentor or have comments or changes to make on your listing as a Mentor, contact Betsy Randall-Schadel at betsy.randall-schadel@aphis.usda.gov.

Gwyn A. Beattie
Iowa State University
Department of Microbiology
207 Science I
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-5571
gbeattie@iastate.edu

Any restrictions? The microorganisms I can supply are bacteria only. I have a nice protocol for teaching Koch's postulates using carrot disks.

Beth Carroll
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
P. O. Box 18300
Greensboro, NC 27419-8300
(336) 632-7178
beth.carroll@cp.syngenta.com

Any restrictions? No, but I often travel on business so I need lots of lead time.

Juliet E. Carroll
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell University
Dept of Plant Pathology
A102 Barton Laboratory, Geneva, NY 14456-0462
315-787-2481
jec3@cornell.edu

Any restrictions? No

Thomas A. Evans
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19717
Phone: 302-831-1066
tomevans@udel.edu

Any restrictions? We can do this for any classroom in the State of Delaware. Provide assistance for 1-6 (all). Best in Winter and Spring but Fall is OK, as well.

John R. French
Sipcam Agro USA, Inc.
70 Mansell Court, #230
Roswell, GA 30076
770-587-1032
frenchjrfry@email.msn.com

Any restrictions? I have no restrictions on geography, but am located in the Atlanta, Georgia area. I travel frequently to many different parts of the U.S.A. and Canada, so it would not be difficult for me to make myself available wherever I am needed.

William E. Fry
Department of Plant Pathology
334 Plant Science Bldg.
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607 255 7863 (office)
607 255 3188 (lab)
607 255 3105 (Ms. Mary Brodie, secretary)
wef1@cornell.edu
http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/fry/index.htm

Any restrictions? I could help with any of the categories if the needs are modest.

Linda E. Hanson
USDA-ARS, Sugar Beet Research Unit
Crops Research Laboratory
1701 Centre Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80526
970-498-4214
lehanson@lamar.colostate.edu

Any restrictions? Most of the microorganisms I can supply would be fungi, I can only supply small amounts of media or supplies at a time. Classroom visits would be in a limited area. I would need some prior notification, especially in the spring and late summer or early fall.

Robert M. Harveson
University of Nebraska
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Ave. I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
(308) 632-1239
rharveso@unlnotes.unl.edu

Any restrictions? No

Cathy Heidenreich
New York State Agricultural Expt. Station
Cornell University
Dept. Plant Pathology, Barton Lab
Geneva, NY 14456
315-787-2433
mcm4@cornell.edu

Any restrictions? Please make requests for plant materials, media, supplies, and microorganisms 14 days prior to date needed. Not available for assistance between April 1 and June 15.

Lisa E. Hoffman
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Department of Plant Pathology
Cornell University
28A Barton Lab
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 787-2406
lre2@cornell.edu

Any restrictions? No

Douglas J. Jardine
Department of Plant Pathology
K-State Research and Extension
4602 Throckmorton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-5502
785-532-1386
jardine@plantpath.ksu.edu
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/path-ext/

Any restrictions? No

David W. Kalb
Department of Plant Pathology
334 Plant Science Bldg.
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-5908
(607) 255-7862
dk22@cornell.edu

Any restrictions? Very limited time in late August and September, other months are OK.

Konrad Kmetz
Agricultural Products
E. I. DuPont
Walkers Mill 2-110, Barley Mill Plaza
Wilmington, Delaware 19898
(302) 992-6019
konrad.t.kmetz@usa.dupont.com

Any restrictions? No

Margaret T. McGrath
Department of Plant Pathology
Cornell University
Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center
3059 Sound Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11901-1098
(631) 727-3595
mtm3@cornell.edu
http://www.plantpath.cornell.edu/Directory/Faculty_Info/McGrath.html

Any restrictions? Can supply only limited support for classroom exercises, plant materials, microorganisms, and microbiological media and/or supplies.

Brantlee Spakes Richter
BBC Laboratories
1217 N. Stadem Dr.
Tempe, Arizona 85281-1870
480-967-5931
brantlee@earthlink.net

Any restrictions? 2, 3, and 4 on a case-by-case basis.

Jennifer Riggs
Gustafson Research Development Center
15012 County Road 22
McKinney, TX 75070
972-985-5874
800-413-9927
jriggs@gustafson.com

Any restrictions? At least one week notice.

Frederick Roth
Horticulture, Plant and Soil Sciences Department
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA 91768-2557
909-869-2172
froth@csupomona.edu

Gail E. Ruhl
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
1155 LSPS
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1155
Phone: 765-494-4641
ruhl@btny.purdue.edu

Any restrictions? No

James R. Steadman
Professor and Acting Head
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0722
402-472-3163
jsteadman1@unl.edu

Any restrictions? I can handle requests directly and forward inquiries to interested faculty within my department.

Paul Vincelli
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Kentucky
S-305 Ag Science North
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
859/257-5675
pvincell@ca.uky.edu
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agcollege/
plantpathology/ppaexten/ppaext.html

Any restrictions? My own teaching schedule is very hectic from August until the first week of December. My schedule is quite variable other times of the year, but teachers can contact me because I am always willing to provide support and classroom visits, if my schedule permits.
Can only provide instruction for growing plant materials.
I have a limited culture collection of microorganisms, but am willing to provide selections from what I have with advance notice.
Only limited numbers of simple media, with advance notice. Not in the summer.

Paul Williams
Wisconsin Fast Plants
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dept. of Plant Pathology
1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
800-462-7417
608-263-2634
wfp@fastplants.cals.wisc.edu
http://www.fastplants.org

Any restrictions? I and the Wisconsin Fast Plants Program would be pleased to be listed and/or linked to the APS education initiative.
We are continually in contact with teachers and students at all levels. We are also developing new inquiry-based instructional materials centered on Fast Plants, but with a low-cost, high-access flavor in the genre of Bottle Biology. I have developed protocols for diseased plant studies for a range of Fast Plant pathogens and can supply seed (genetic stocks), cultures, and WFP information documents.

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