Genetics Committee


Mission Statement

The Genetics Committee strives to promote research and education in a broad array of plant pathology subdisciplines involving genetics. The inclusive nature of the committee's efforts are indicated by our membership with expertise in population genetics, breeding applications, molecular genetics and genomics.

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting

2004: Suppression of Host Defense Responses by Pathogens, Organized by Sophien Kamoun

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions

2002 Meeting: How Many Genes Does it Take to Make a Plant Pathogen. Anthony Glenn, Organizer Genomic Approaches for Studying the Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions, Seogchan Kang, Organizer. 2003: Animal and Plant Pathogens Shared Strategies; Xianming Chen and Scott Gold, organizers


Committee Officers

Chair

Shaobin Zhong, PhD
North Dakota State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
NDSU Dept 7660 - PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND  58105-6050
Phone:  (701) 231-7427
FAX:  (701) 231-7851
Email:  shaobin.zhong@ndsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

Paola Veronese, PhD
North Carolina State Univ
Campus Box 7244
Campus Box 7251
Raleigh, NC  27695-7251
Phone:  (919) 513-8219
FAX:  (919) 513-0024
Email:  paola_veronese@ncsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Erica M. Goss
USDA ARS
Horticultural Crops Research Lab
3420 NW Orchard Ave
Corvallis, OR  97330
Phone:  (540) 738-4072
FAX:  (541) 738-4025
Email:  gosse@science.oregonstate.edu
Website:  http://people.oregonstate.edu/~gosse/home.html
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Tika B. Adhikari
North Dakota State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
NDSU Dept 7600 - PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND  58108-6050
Phone:  (701) 231-7079
FAX:  (701) 231-7851
Email:  tika.adhikari@ndsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Stefan Amyotte
Univ of Western Ontario
664 Talbot St
London, ON  N6A 2T9
CANADA
Phone:  (519) 200-3344
Email:  stefan.amyotte@gmail.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Ravindra G. Bhat
Univ of California
Plant Pathology Dept
1 Shields Ave - 370A Hutchison Hall
Davis, CA  95616
Phone:  (530) 752-8679
FAX:  (530) 752-5674
Email:  rgbhat@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Maria Luisa Burgos
Penn State
933 W Aaron Dr
State College, PA  16803
Phone:  (814) 865-3562
Email:  mlb483@psu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Xianming Chen
USDA ARS
361 Johnson Hall, Washington State Unive
P. O. Box 646430
Pullman, WA  99164-6430
Phone:  (509) 335-8086
FAX:  (509) 335-9581
Email:  xianming@wsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Weidong Chen
USDA ARS
Washington State Univ
303 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA  99164-6430
Phone:  (509) 335-9178
FAX:  (509) 335-7692
Email:  w-chen@wsu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Katherine F. Dobinson
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
1391 Sandford Street
London, ON  N5V4T3
CANADA
Phone:  (519) 457-1470x276
FAX:  (519) 457-3997
Email:  dobinsonk@agr.gc.ca
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Timothy L. Friesen
USDA ARS
Northern Crop Science Laboratory
1307 N 18th Street
Fargo, ND  58105-5677
Phone:  (701) 239-1337
FAX:  (701) 239-1369
Email:  timothy.friesen@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Silvina L. Giammaria
Est Exp Agroindustrial "Obispo Colombres"
Balcarce 375 - 5ยบ C
Tucuman,   
ARGENTINA
Phone:  54 381 427 6561x153
Email:  sgiammaria@eeaoc.org.ar
Website:  www.eeaoc.org.ar
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Niklaus Grunwald
USDA ARS
Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory
3420 NW Orchard Ave
Corvallis, OR  97330
Phone:  (541) 738-4049
FAX:  (541) 738-4025
Email:  grunwaln@science.oregonstate.edu
Website:  web.science.oregonstate.edu/bpp/labs/grunwald/
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Baozhu Guo
USDA ARS CPMRU
Coastal Experiment Station
PO Box 748
Tifton, GA  31793-0748
Phone:  (229) 387-2334
FAX:  (229) 387-2321
Email:  baozhu.guo@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Rufina Hernandez-Martinez, PhD
CICESE
Microbiology Dept
PO Box 430222
San Ysidro, CA  92143-0222
Phone:  (646) 175-0590
FAX:  (646) 175-0500
Email:  ruhernan@cicese.mx
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Harold Corby Kistler
Univ of Minnesota
USDA ARS - Cereal Disease Lab
1551 Lindig Street
St Paul, MN  55108
Phone:  (612) 626-7269
FAX:  (651) 649-5054
Email:  hckist@umn.edu
Website:  http://plpa.cfans.umn.edu/H_Corby_Kistler.html
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Shuxian Li
USDA ARS CGPRU
141 Experiment Station Road
Stoneville, MS  38776
Phone:  (662) 686-3131
FAX:  (662) 686-3757
Email:  shuxian.li@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Li-Jun Ma
Broad Inst
7 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA  02141
Phone:  (617) 258-5091
Email:  lijun@broad.mit.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Jin-Rong Xu
Purdue Univ
Botany & Plant Pathology Dept
1155 Lilly Hall
West Lafayette, IN  47907-1155
Phone:  (765) 496-6918
FAX:  (765) 494-0363
Email:  jinrong@purdue.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Kurt A. Zeller
USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST
Plant Germplasm Quar and Biotech Lab
Building 580
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-7100x236
Email:  kurt.a.zeller@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Lili Zhang
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
207 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802-4507
Phone:  (814) 206-6027
Email:  luz112@psu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012



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