APSnet Features

APSnet Features are timely monthly reviews on important plant diseases and societal issues facing the plant pathology community. See the APSnet home page for the current Feature.

If you are interested in contributing an APSnet Feature in the coming year, please contact Dr. Monica L. Elliott, APSnet Feature Editor. Also, visit the APSnet Features Author Guidelines for more information.

Archive of APSnet Features

July 2008

APS Centennial Meeting: History of Excellence, Future of Promise

June 2008

Agrobacterium: The Natural Genetic Engineer, 100 Years Later

May 2008

Selected Forest and Shade Tree Diseases of Significance in the 20th Century

April 2008

Tobacco Mosaic Virus: The Beginning of Plant Virology

March 2008

A Short History of Fungicides

February 2008

Poisonous Fungi and Mycotoxins:
Excerpts from Fungi in the Ancient World

January 2008

Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass: A Challenge for Researchers and Turfgrass Managers

December 2007

Citrus Huanglongbing: Understanding the Vector-Pathogen Interaction for Disease Management

October-November 2007

Plant Healthcare for Poor Farmers: An Introduction to the Work of the Global Plant Clinic

September 2007

Citrus Huanglongbing: The Pathogen and Its Impact

August 2007

The Fifth I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium

July 2007

Disease Lesion Mimic Mutants of Maize

June 2007

Potato Wart

May 2007

Why are Phytophthora and Other Oomycota not True Fungi?

April 2007

Post-hurricane Analysis of Citrus Canker II: Predictive Model Estimation of Disease Spread and Area Potentially Impacted by Various Eradication Protocols Following Catastrophic Weather Events

March 2007

Brown Rot of Dried Plum in California: New Insights on an Old Disease

February 2007

Cercosporin: A Photoactivated Toxin in Plant Disease

January 2007

The Bemisia tabaci Complex: Genetic and Phenotypic Variability Drives Begomovirus Spread and Virus Diversification

November-December 2006

Viroids: New and Continuing Risks for Agricultural Crops

September-October 2006

Plant Pathogens at Work: Progress and Possibilities for Weed Biocontrol – Part 2: Improving Weed Control Efficacy

August 2006

Plant Pathogens at Work: Progress and Possibilities for Weed Biocontrol – Part 1: Classical vs. Bioherbicidal Approach

June-July 2006

The IR-4 Project: Supplying Pest Management Tools for Specialty Crops for Over 40 Years

May 2006

Plant Disease Diagnosis

March-April 2006

Helen Hart: The First Woman President of The American Phytopathological Society

February 2006

Bacterial Blight of Anthuriums: Hawaii’s Experience with a Global Disease

January 2006

Asian Soybean Rust Development in 2005:
A Perspective from the Southeastern United States

December 2005

Have You Visited the APSnet Education Center Lately?
5th anniversary for the APSnet Education Center

November 2005

Bacterial Leaf Scorch of Shade Trees

October 2005

Panama Disease: An Old Nemesis Rears its Ugly Head
Part 2: The Cavendish Era and Beyond

September 2005

APS Offers Support to Those Impacted by Hurricane Katrina

August 2005

Panama Disease: An Old Nemesis Rears its Ugly Head
Part 1: The Beginnings of the Banana Export Trades

July 2005

Rapid Blight: A New Plant Disease

June 2005

Alternatives to Methyl Bromide: A Florida Perspective

April-May 2005

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

March 2005

Margaret Newton: Pioneering Cereal Rust Researcher

February 2005

The Role of Silicon in Suppressing Rice Diseases

January 2005

Effects of Soil Ecosystem Management on Nematode Pests, Nutrient Cycling, and Plant Health

November-December 2004

Art in Phytopathology

November 2004 (Special Feature)

Plant Pathologists Offer Soybean Rust Identification and Management Tips

August to October 2004

Transgenic Virus-Resistant Papaya: The Hawaiian ‘Rainbow’ was Rapidly Adopted by Farmers and is of Major Importance in Hawaii Today

July and August 2004

Transgenic Virus Resistant Papaya: From Hope to Reality for Controlling Papaya Ringspot Virus in Hawaii

June 2004

Emergence of Greenhouse Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) Transmitted Criniviruses as Threats to Vegetable and Fruit Production in North America

April through May 2004

Phytophthora Blight: A Serious Threat to Cucurbit Industries

March 2004

Diseases and Disorders of Ornamental Palms

February 2004

Quarantines and Ornamental Rusts

January 2004

Panicle and Shoot Blight of Pistachio:
A Major Threat to the California Pistachio Industry

December 2003

Plant Pathology Related Culture Collection Resources

November 2003

Bacteriophage Ecology and Plants

September through October 2003

Much More Than Phylogenies: A Utilitarian View of the Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Fungi

July through August 2003

Stewart’s Wilt of Corn

June 2003

Soybean Rust: Is the U.S. Soybean Crop At Risk?

May 2003

Chile Pepper and The Threat of Wilt Diseases

April 2003

Bay Laurel and Native Plants other than Oaks are the Main Hosts for the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen, P. ramorum, in California

March 2003

Pink Disease of Pineapple

January through February 2003

Recent Trends in Microbiological Safety of Fruits and Vegetables

December 2002

What Does Mistletoe Have To Do With Christmas?

November 2002

U.S. National Organic Program Standards: Implications for Researchers

October 2002

Crop Biosecurity and Countering Agricultural Bioterrorism: Responses of the American Phytopathological Society

August through September 2002

Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact

July 2002

A Plant-Associated Microbe Genomics Initiative: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?

May through June 2002

Biological Control of Plant Pathogens: Research, Commercialization, and Application in the USA

April 2002

Flora W. Patterson: The First Woman Mycologist at the USDA

March 2002

Snow Mold-Plant-Antagonist Interactions: Survival of the Fittest under the Snow

February 2002

Diseases and Abiotic Disorders of Outdoor Roses

December 2001 through January 2002

Poinsettia: The Christmas Flower

November 2001

Stachybotrys chartarum: The Toxic Indoor Mold

October 2001

What are the Nonindigenous Plant Pathogens that Threaten U.S. Crops and Forests?

September 2001

Can Risk Analysis “Colorize” the Black and White of Transgenic Crops?

Mid-August through late August 2001

Mycotoxins: The Cost of Achieving Food Security and Food Quality

Mid-July through mid-August 2001

Working with Resource-Poor Farmers to Manage Plant Diseases

Mid-May through mid-July 2001

The Economically Important Diseases of Asparagus in the United States

Mid-April through mid-May 2001

Forecasting Long-Range Transport of Downy Mildew Spores and Plant Disease Epidemics

March through mid-April 24 2001

Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology, Part I: 
Effie A. Southworth, First Woman Plant Pathologist Hired at USDA

February 2001

The Impact of Plant Diseases on World Chocolate Production

January 2001

Non-Infectious Diseases of Common Houseplants

December 2000

Revitalization of the Majestic Chestnut: 
Chestnut Blight Disease

November 2000

Cranberries: The Most Intriguing 
Native North American Fruit

October 2000

Scary Diseases Haunt Pumpkins
and Other Cucurbits

September 2000

APS Launches Major Initiatives
in Electronic Communication

August 2000

Genomics of Plant-Associated Bacteria:
A Glimpse of the Future That Has Become Reality.

July 2000

Plant Population Genetics
and Breeding for Disease Resistance.

June 2000

Antibiotics for Plant Disease Control:
Silver Bullets or Rusty Sabre?

May 2000

Biotechnology: A New Era for Plant Pathology
and Plant Protection.

April 2000

The Future World Food Situation and the Role of Plant Diseases.

March 2000

Plum Pox Potyvirus Disease of Stone Fruits

January 19 through February 29 2000

From Y1K to Y2K: Millennial Milestones in Plant Pathology

December 1999

The Christmas Tree: Traditions, Production, and Disease

November 1999

Genetically modified, insect resistant corn: Implications for disease management.

Crop Biosecurity

August through September 15, 1999

New and Emerging Plant Viruses

July 1999

World Food Crisis: Meeting the demands of a growing population

June 1999

Implications of sequencing the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans genome for plant nematology

May 1999

Return of an Old Problem: Fusarium Head Blight of Small Grains

April 1999

An Update on Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Related Tospoviruses

March 1999

Black Sigatoka, an Important Disease of Banana

January 1999

Control of powdery mildew using the UC Davis Powdery Mildew Risk Index

December 1998

Phytoplasma casts a magic spell that turns the fair poinsettia into a Christmas showpiece.

November 1998

Beyond Jurassic Park: Real science with ancient DNA

October 1998

Burkholderia cepacia: Friend or Foe?

September 1998

Transgenic virus resistant papaya: New hope for controlling
papaya ringspot virus in Hawaii

August 1998

Bunts and Smuts Revisited:Has the air been cleared?

July 1998 (APSnet double feature)

The Discovery of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus in 1898 Marks the100th Anniversary of the Birth of Virology.

ICPP98 Event: Plant Pathogens, Biodiversity, and Conservation

June 1998

Sorghum Ergot Goes Global in Less Than Three Years

May 1998

Gray Leaf Spot: A Global Threat to Corn Production

Mid-March through April 1998

Potato Late Blight: Live! On the Internet

Mid-February through mid-March 1998

Phaseout of Methyl Bromide Accelerated