Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection Committee


Mission Statement

Promote good science and keep APS membership up to date in the area of plant pathogen and disease detection.

Annual Reports

2002   2003   2004   2006  

Proposed Sessions for APS Annual Meeting



Discussion for 2006: "Optimization and Validation of Protocols for Detection of Plant Pathogens"

Current and Past APS Annual Sessions



2004 Discussion: "Sampling for Pathogen Detection to Meet Quarantine and Certification Requirements"

2003 Discussion: "Detection of Plant Pathogens for Biosecurity"

2002 Discussion: "Application of Quality Assurance and ISO Certification to Plant Pathology".

2001 Symposium: "The Use of Conserved Sequences for the Detection of Plant Pathogens.

2000 Colloquium: "Impact of Other Disciplines on Detection of Plant Pathogens".

1999 Symposium: "Moving Plant Disease Detection and Identification from the Ivory Towers to the Real World".

1997 Discussion: "One Year of Karnal Bunt in Retrospect".


Committee Officers

Chair

Mark K. Nakhla
USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST
CPHST
Bldg-580, Powder Mill Rd, BARC-East
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-7100
FAX:  (301) 504-8539
Email:  mark.k.nakhla@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Immediate Past Chair

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 - 08/11/2010


Vice Chair

Clarissa J. Maroon-Lango
USDA APHIS PPQ PHP PGQP
Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program
Bldg 580 BARC-East
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-6567
FAX:  (301) 504-6124
Email:  clarissa.j.maroon-lango@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/11/2010


Member

Jorge A. Abad
USDA APHIS PPQ PGQP
Bldg 580 BARC-East
Powder Mill Road
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-8630
FAX:  (301) 504-6124
Email:  jorge.a.abad@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Renuka N. Attanayake
Washington State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
PO Box 6464 - 303 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA  99164-6430
Phone:  (509) 335-4008
Email:  rekunil@yahoo.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Narceo B. Bajet
Eurofins STA Laboratories
1821 Vista View Dr
Longmont, CO  80504
Phone:  (408) 846-9964
FAX:  (303) 651-6417
Email:  narceobajet@eurofinsus.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Aleksandra Bulajic
Belgrade Univ
Faculty of Agriculture
Nemanjina 6
Belgrade, Zemun,    11080
SERBIA
Phone:  38 16 341 4161
Email:  aleksandrabulajic@yahoo.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Timothy P. Denny
Univ of Georgia
Plant Pathology Dept
2105 Miller Plant Science Bldg
Athens, GA  30602-7274
Phone:  (706) 542-1282
FAX:  (706) 542-1262
Email:  tdenny@uga.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Srinivasan Durairaj
Michigan State Univ
Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
115, Farrall Hall
East Lansing, MI  48824
Phone:  (517) 432-8672
Email:  sriniv36@msu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/10/2011


Member

Hanafy M. Fouly, PhD
Clemson Univ
Dept of Ent, Soils and Plant Sci
Pee Dee REC, 2200 Pocket Road
Florence, SC  29506
Phone:  (843)662-3526 ext. 233
FAX:  (843)661-5676
Email:  hfouly@clemson.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Ruth K. Genger
Univ of Wisconsin
Plant Pathology Dept
1630 Linden Dr
Madison, WI  53703
Phone:  (608) 265-3056
FAX:  (608) 263-2626
Email:  rkg@plantpath.wisc.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Linda E. Hanson
USDA ARS
Michigan State Univ
494 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg
East Lansing, MI  48824-1325
Phone:  (517) 353-9262x3
Email:  linda.hanson@ars.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Donna R. Henderson
Univ of California
668 Dulles Ct W
Imperial, CA  92251
Phone:  (208) 596-2379
Email:  dhenderson@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

German P. Hoyos
EnviroLogix
500 Riverside Ind Pkwy
Portland, ME  04103-1486
Phone:  (207) 797-0300
FAX:  (207) 797-7533
Email:  german.hoyos@envirologix.com
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Maruthachalam Karunakaran, PhD
Univ of California
Plant Pathology Dept
1636 E Alisal Street
Salinas, CA  93905
Phone:  (831) 755-2883
FAX:  (831) 755-2814
Email:  kkmaruthachalam@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Ryo Kubota
Univ of Hawaii At Manoa
MBBE
1955 East West Rd - Room 218
Honolulu, HI  96822
Phone:  (808) 956-9917
FAX:  (808) 956-3542
Email:  ryokubot@hawaii.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Zhaowei Liu
1653 Nordic Hill Cir
Silver Spring, MD  20906
Phone:  (301) 504-7100
FAX:  (301) 504-8539
Email:  zhaowei.liu@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Sam Livingston
Univ of California
Plant Pathology, Rm # 253
Davis, CA  95616
Phone:  (530) 752-3831
Email:  slivingston@ucdavis.edu
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Steven K. Marquardt
Potato Certification
PO Box 339
Alliance, NE  69301
Phone:  (308) 762-1674
FAX:  (308) 762-1674
Email:  skmarquardt@earthlink.net
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Robert R. Martin
USDA ARS
3420 NW Orchard Ave
Corvallis, OR  97330-5014
Phone:  (541) 738-4041
FAX:  (541) 738-4025
Email:  Bob.Martin@ars.usda.gov
Website:  http://iapreview.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=3602
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Vessela A. Mavrodieva
USDA APHIS PPQ
Bldg 580, BARC-East
Powder Mill Rd
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-7100x233
FAX:  (301) 504-8539
Email:  vessela.a.mavrodieva@usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Sara R. May
Penn State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
210 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA  16802-4507
Phone:  (814) 863-7061
Email:  srm183@psu.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Orly Mor
Zeraim Gedera Seed Growers Co Ltd
PO Box 103
Gedera,   70750
ISRAEL
Phone:  972 8 859 4605
FAX:  972 8 859 4376
Email:  orly.mor@zeraim.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Salvatore Moricca
Univ of Firenze
Piazzale Delle Cascine 28
Firenze,   50144
ITALY
Phone:  39 055 328 8349
FAX:  39 055 328 8273
Email:  salvatore.moricca@unifi.it
Website:  http://www.unifi.it/dpbiag/CMpro-v-p-121.html
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Sarika Negi
USDA/APHIS
CPHST/NPGBL
BARC-East, Bldg-580, Powder Mill Road
Beltsville, MD  20705
Phone:  (301) 504-7100 Ext 275
Email:  Sarika.s.negi@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Hanumantha R. Pappu
Washington State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
PO Box 646430 - 345 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA  99164-6430
Phone:  (509) 335-3752
FAX:  (509) 335-9581
Email:  hrp@wsu.edu
Website:  http://www.plantpath.wsu.edu/
Term:  08/04/2005 - 08/10/2011


Member

Kerry F. Pedley
USDA ARS FDWSRU
1301 Ditto Ave
Ft. Detrick, MD  21702
Phone:  (301) 619-1668
FAX:  (301) 619-2880
Email:  kerry.pedley@ars.usda.gov
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Deric D. Picton
USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST
Beltsville Lab (NPGBL)
4401 Silverbrook Lane B301
Owings Mills, MD  21117
Phone:  (301) 313-9214
Email:  deric.d.picton@aphis.usda.gov
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Diego Fernando Quito Avila
Oregon State Univ
Apt 19
141NW 15th Street
Corvallis, OR  97330
Phone:  (541) 908-6380
Email:  diegotoqui70@hotmail.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Ramaiah K. Sampangi
Univ of Idaho
29603 Univ of Idaho Lane
Parma, ID  83660
Phone:  (208) 722-6701
Email:  sampangi@uidaho.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Barbara B. Shew
North Carolina State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
Box 7903
Raleigh, NC  27695-7903
Phone:  (919) 515-6984
FAX:  (919) 513-1279
Email:  barbara_shew@ncsu.edu
Website:  http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/people/faculty/shew-b/
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Mysore R. Sudarshana
USDA ARS
Plant Pathology Dept
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA  95616
Phone:  (530) 752-3621
FAX:  (530) 754-7195
Email:  mrsudarshana@ucdavis.edu
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012


Member

Padma Sudarshana
Monsanto Vegetable Seeds
37437 State Hwy 16
Woodland, CA  95695
Phone:  (530) 669-6287
Email:  padma.sudarshana@monsanto.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Michael G. Tiffany
Agdia Inc
30380 County Road 6
Elkhart, IN  46514-9514
Phone:  (574) 264-2615
FAX:  (574) 206-9360
Email:  miket@agdia.com
Term:  07/31/2008 - 08/10/2011


Member

Aimin Wen
North Dakota State Univ
Plant Pathology Dept
NDSU Dept 7660 - PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND  58108-6050
Phone:  (701) 231-7869
FAX:  (701) 231-7851
Email:  a.wen@ndsu.edu
Term:  08/02/2007 - 08/11/2010


Member

Jun Xia
AC Diagnostics Inc
1131 W Cato Springs Road
Fayetteville, AR  72751
Phone:  (479) 595-0320
FAX:  (479) 251-1791
Email:  jxia@acdiainc.com
Term:  08/06/2009 - 08/08/2012



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