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Faculty Working in this Area
- Department Head, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
- Professor of Plant Pathology and Systematic Bacteriology
- Director, Penn State Microbiome Center
ctb14@psu.edu
814-865-7448
Areas of Expertise
- Phytobacteriology
- Translational Taxonomy
- Systematic Bacteriology
- Biological Control
- Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
- Professor Emeritus
- Department Head 2005-2008
Areas of Expertise
- Plant Pathology
- Fungal Genetics
- Plant Breeding
- Associate Research Professor
- Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center
aac18@psu.edu
717-653-4728
Areas of Expertise
- Corn Disease
- Soybean Disease
- Wheat Disease
- Hemp Production
- Field Crops Disease Management
- Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Field Crop Pathology
pde6@psu.edu
814-865-0680
Areas of Expertise
- Integrated management of field crop diseases
- Plant disease epidemiology
- Statistical methods for the agricultural sciences
- Professor of Mycology
- Director, Fusarium Research Center
dmg17@psu.edu
814-865-9773
Areas of Expertise
- Fusarium and Aspergillus
- Fungal genetics
- Fungal systematics and evolution
- Fungal plant and animal pathogens
- Professor of Vegetable Pathology
- Director of Graduate Studies
bkgugino@psu.edu
814-865-7328
Areas of Expertise
- Integrated vegetable disease management
- Plant pathogen diagnosis
- Disease monitoring and forecasting
- Sustainable crop production
- Professor
sai10@psu.edu
814-865-6290
Areas of Expertise
- Aerobiology
- Food security
- Integrated Pest Management
- Associate Professor
- Coordinator and Adviser of the Minor in Plant Pathology
jimenez-gasco@psu.edu
814-863-2355
Areas of Expertise
- Population biology
- Ecology of plant-associated microorganisms
- Fusarium and Verticillium wilts
- Associate Research Professor, Tree Fruit Pathology
kap22@psu.edu
717-677-6116
Areas of Expertise
- Apple and pear diseases
- Peach, cherry, other stone fruit diseases
- Integrated tree fruit disease management
- Professor
wxu2@psu.edu
814-777-4498
Areas of Expertise
- Epidemiology and management of turfgrass diseases
- Population biology of turfgrass pathogens
- Host defense response in turfgrass pathosystem
- Chemical control of turfgrass diseases
- Professor
yuy3@psu.edu
814-867-0324
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular plant-microbe interactions
- Disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance
- Functional genomics and biotechnology
- Genome editing and engineering
- Rice and mushroom precision breeding
- Gene-edited and genetically modified organisms