Jamie Spychalla

Ph.D. Student
Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall

211 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA 16802

Email jps7132@psu.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sour rot disease ecology
Plant disease management

Education

B.S., Molecular Biology and Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Leadership

Plant Pathology Association Secretary 2021-2022; 2023-2024

Grants and Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2022-2025

American Society for Enology and Viticulture Traditional Scholarship 2021

Publications

Crandall, S.G., Spychalla, J.P., Crouch, U., Acevedo, F., Naegele, R., and T.D. Miles. (2022). Rotting grapes don't improve with age: cluster rot disease complexes, management, and future prospects, Special Feature, Plant Disease.

Strickland, D., Spychalla, J., van Zoeren, J., Basedow, M., Donahue, D., Cox, K. (2023). Assessment of fungicide resistance via molecular assay in populations of Podospaera leucotricha, causal agent of apple powdery mildew in New York. Plant Disease