Biological Control Committee

Mission Statement

Serves as an active forum for APS members to discuss and address issues, develop ideas, and foster professional collaboration related to research, registration, commercial development, and use of biological control technologies; Promote the use of biopesticides and other biological control strategies where appropriate for safe, sustainable and effective management of plant diseases and improvement of plant health; Provide accurate information about the science, practice, benefits, and realities of biologically based management of plant diseases and nematode pests to the public, policy makers, growers, practitioners, companies, and the scientific community.

Annual Reports

Type

Name

BIOCHEM_AnnualReport_2002

Committee Officers and Members

Chair Matthew S. Krause BioWorks Suite 205 100 Rawson Road Victor NY 14564 USA Phone: (585) 924-4362 Email: mkrause@bioworksinc.com Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Immediate Past Chair Yong Huang Walt Disney World PO Box 10000 - Agricultural Sciences Lake Buena Vista FL 32830-1000 USA Phone: (407) 560-6778 Fax: (407) 560-6793 Email: yong.huang@disney.com Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Vice Chair Shouan Zhang TREC - Univ of Florida 18905 SW 280 Street Homestead FL 33031-3314 USA Phone: (305) 246-7001x213 Fax: (305) 246-7003 Email: szhang0007@ufl.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Member Paul A. Backman Penn State Univ Plant Pathology Dept 221 Buckhout Laboratory University Park PA 16802 USA Phone: (814) 865-6687 Fax: (814) 863-7217 Email: pbackman@psu.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Ananda Y. Bandara Kansas State Univ Plant Pathology Dept 4024 Throckmorton Plant Scie Center Manhattan KS 66506 USA Phone: (785) 260-0047 Email: anandayb@ksu.edu Term: 01/11/2013 - 08/05/2015
Member Fulya Baysal-Gurel The Ohio State Univ Plant Pathology Dept 1680 Madison Ave Wooster OH 44691 USA Phone: (330) 234-2658 Email: fulyabaysal@hotmail.com Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Nana Bitsadze 13 Km. David Aghmashenebeli Alley Tbilisi 131 GEORGIA Phone: 995 32 37 26 Email: n.bitsadze@agruni.edu.ge Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Mark W. Bredehoeft Southern Minnesota Sugar PO Box 500 East Hwy 212 Renville MN 56284-0500 USA Phone: (612) 329-8305 Fax: (612) 329-3252 Email: mark_bredehoeft@smbsc.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member William L. Bruckart, III USDA ARS FDWSRU 1301 Ditto Ave Fort Detrick MD 21702-5023 USA Phone: (301) 619-2846 Fax: (301) 619-2880 Email: william.bruckart@ars.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Maria Luisa Burgos-garay Penn State 310 Buckhout Lab University Park PA 16802 USA Phone: (814) 865-3562 Email: mlb483@psu.edu Term: 08/02/2007 - 08/13/2014
Member Maria Mercedes Diaz-Arias, PhD Monsanto Monsanto Chesterfield Village 700 Chesterfield Parkway West Saint Louis MO 63017 USA Phone: (636) 737-3115 Email: maria.mercedes.diaz.arias@monsanto.com Term: 03/22/2013 - 08/05/2015
Member Xixuan Jin USDA ARS MSA Biological Control of Pests Res Unit PO Box 67 - 59 Lee Road Stoneville MS 38776 USA Phone: (662) 686-3720 Fax: (662) 686-5281 Email: xixuan.jin@ars.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Roger P. Kaiser Valent BioSciences Corp 870 Technology Way Libertyville IL 60048 USA Phone: (847) 968-4744 Fax: (925) 817-5120 Email: roger.kaiser@valent.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Dilip K. Lakshman USDA ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab 10300 Baltimore Ave, Bldg 001 Beltsville MD 20705 USA Phone: (301) 504-6413 Fax: (301) 504-5096 Email: dilip.lakshman@ars.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Robert P. Larkin USDA ARS New England Plant Soil & Water Lab Univ of Maine Orono ME 04469 USA Phone: (207) 581-3367 Fax: (207) 866-0464 Email: larkin@maine.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Xiangqian Li Monsanto Co 700 Chesterfield Pkwy W Chesterfield MO 63017 USA Phone: (636) 737-9841 Email: xiangqian.li@monsanto.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Ping Ma Inst of Plant Protection Academy of Agric & Forestry Sciences Baoding, Hebei 071 000 PRC PEOPLES REP OF CHINA Phone: 86 312 591 5678 Fax: 86 312 506 5870 Email: pingma88@126.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Brian B. McSpadden Gardener Ohio State Univ OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept 1680 Madison Ave Wooster OH 44691-4096 USA Phone: (330) 202-3565 Fax: (330) 263-3841 Email: mcspadden-garden.1@osu.edu Website: http://plantpath.osu.edu/mcspadden-gardener-lab/ Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Xiaodan Mo Univ of Florida Plant Pathology Dept 18905 SW 280th Street Homestead FL 33031 USA Phone: (352) 226-2118 Email: luckymo1982@ufl.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Ernesto A. Moya Univ de Concepcion Dept Produccion Vegetal Av. Vicente Mendez 595 Chillán 3812120 CHILE Phone: 56 42 208 987 Fax: 56 42 275 309 Email: emoya@udec.cl Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Issa S. Qandah Monsanto Co 2240 Wild Pigeon Dr Ofallon MO 63368 USA Phone: (515) 783-4871 Email: issa.s.qandah@monsanto.com Term: 03/22/2013 - 08/05/2015
Member Xiaoqing Rong The Ohio State University - OARDC OARDC - Plant Pathology 1680 Madison Ave, Selby 216 Wooster OH 44691 USA Phone: (330) 202-3555 x2863 Email: rong.7@osu.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Daljit Singh Monsanto Co 221 Calico Creek Dr Garner NC 27529 USA Phone: (662) 402-7232 Email: daljit75@gmail.com Term: 04/16/2013 - 08/05/2015
Member William F. Stoneman Biopesticide Industry Alliance PO Box 465 Mc Farland WI 53558 USA Phone: (202) 536-4602 Fax: (202) 536-4602 Email: bstoneman@biopesticideindustryalliance.org Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Carly F. Summers Apt 1 379 S Main St Geneva NY 14456-2633 USA Phone: (607) 793-0421 Email: cfs82@cornell.edu Website: http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/plpath/directory/summers-c.cfm Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Mark A. Weaver USDA ARS Southern Weed Science Research Unit 59 Lee Road - Box 67 Stoneville MS 38776 USA Phone: (662) 686-5236 Fax: (662) 686-5422 Email: mark.weaver@ars.usda.gov Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=22708 Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member David M. Weller Washington State Univ USDA ARS - Plant Path Dept PO Box 646430 Pullman WA 99164-6430 USA Phone: (509) 335-6210 Fax: (509) 335-7674 Email: wellerd@mail.wsu.edu Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Afiniki Zarafi Ahmadu Bello Univ Crop Protection Dept - Faculty of Agric Inst for Agric Res - PMB 1044 Zaria NIGERIA Phone: 234 69 703 931 7676 Email: afinikiz@yahoo.com Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015