Crop Loss Assessment and Risk Evaluation (CARE) Committee

Mission Statement

The Crop Loss and Risk Evaluation Committee (CARE) of APS consists of participants who are active in research, concept evaluation, policy development or assessment of issues addressing crop loss and risk in plant pathology. This committee provides APS members with the most recent information on these issues through meetings, special sessions, workshops and individual interactions. The mission is to improve crop loss evaluations and estimation procedures on the direct yield as well as indirect cost levels incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to assess disease, yield, quality of the crop in the field.

Committee Officers and Members

Chair Sarah J. Pethybridge Botanical Resources Australia Agricultural Services Pty Ltd 44-46 Industrial Dr Ulverstone TAS 7315 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 3 6425 5888 Fax: 61 3 6425 4468 Email: spethybridge@pyrethrum.com.au Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Immediate Past Chair Kira L. Bowen Auburn Univ Entomology & Plant Pathology Dept 209 Life Sciences Bldg Auburn AL 36849-5409 USA Phone: (334) 844-1953 Fax: (334) 844-1947 Email: bowenkl@auburn.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Vice Chair Clive H. Bock USDA ARS SEFTNRL 21 Dunbar Road Byron GA 31008 USA Phone: (478) 956-6409 Email: clive.bock@ars.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Member Alex N. Awurum Univ of Agriculture Plant Health Management PMB 7267 Umuahia, Abia 23488 NIGERIA Phone: 234 80 3744 6891 Email: alx2awurum@yahoo.com Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Tito Caffi Univ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Inst of Plant Pathology Via Emilia Parmense 84 Piacenza I-29122 ITALY Phone: 39 52 359 9252 Email: tito.caffi@unicatt.it Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Paul Esker Univ de Costa Rica Escuela de Agronomía - CIPROC San Pedro Montes de Oca San Jose COSTA RICA Phone: 506 85 531 481 Email: paul.esker@ucr.ac.cr Website: sites.google.com/site/ucrepidemiologia Term: 08/06/2009 - 08/05/2015
Member Andrea Ficke Bioforsk Plantehelse Cereal Pathology Hogskoleveien 7 As 1430 NORWAY Phone: (479) 243-1557 Email: andrea.ficke@bioforsk.no Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Alissa B. Kriss USDA ARS US Horticultural Research Laboratory 2001 South Rock Road Fort Pierce FL 34945-3030 USA Phone: (772) 462-5839 Email: alissa.kriss@ars.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Mizuho Nita Virginia Tech 595 Laurel Grove Rd Winchester VA 22602 USA Phone: (540) 869-2560x33 Email: nita24@vt.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Forrest W. Nutter, Jr. Iowa State Univ Plant Pathology & Microbiology Dept 351 Bessey Hall Ames IA 50011-0001 USA Phone: (515) 294-8737 Fax: (515) 294-9420 Email: fwn@iastate.edu Term: 07/31/2008 - 08/14/2013
Member Shane Parker Syngenta 6338 Highway 20-26 Nampa ID 83687 USA Phone: (208) 465-8533 Email: shane.parker@syngenta.com Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Pierce A. Paul Ohio State Univ OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept 1680 Madison Ave Wooster OH 44691 USA Phone: (330) 263-3842 Fax: (330) 263-3841 Email: paul.661@osu.edu Term: 08/02/2007 - 08/14/2013
Member Serge S. Savary INRA - Centre de Recherches de Toulouse UMR INRA-ENSAT 1248 AGIR Equipe VASCO, Auzeville - BP 52627 Castanet-Tolosan, Cedex 31326 FRANCE Phone: 33 (0)5 6128 5567 Fax: 33(0)5 6176 5537 Email: serge.savary@toulouse.inra.fr Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Carla S. Thomas Univ of California 1 Shields Ave - Plant Pathology Dept 348 Hutchinson Hall Davis CA 95616 USA Phone: (707) 272-1994 Fax: (530) 754-7998 Email: cthomas@ucdavis.edu Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Andreas Westphal Julius Kuhn-Inst Federal Res Ctr for Cultivated Plants Messeweg 11/12 Braunschweig D-38104 GERMANY Phone: 49 531 299 3929 Fax: 49 531 299 3010 Email: andreas.westphal@jki.bund.de Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013