Faculty engage in collaborative research efforts with other departments, institutes, colleges, universities, and nations and provide leadership in interdisciplinary research and education through intercollegiate programs.
Faculty Labs
Faculty engage in collaborative research efforts with other departments, institutes, colleges, universities, and nations and provide leadership in interdisciplinary research and education through intercollegiate programs.
The focus of our research is Translational Taxonomy of Bacterial Plant Pathogens. We use taxonomic inquiry to develop management strategies for bacterial diseases of plants and cultivated mushrooms. Management strategies include biological control, host plant resistance, inoculum detection and management, and changes crop production practices (e.g., crop rotation).
We study the most effective delivery methods to help our learners understand plant pathology, environmental microbiology, and mushroom taxonomy and production while applying these understandings to yield better crop outcomes
Our goal is to understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of plant pathogens and pests that reduce productivity of agricultural systems. We strive to achieve this goal through teaching, research and extension activities.
Our research focuses on understanding soilborne plant disease dynamics in managed (agricultural) and natural systems (forests, dunes). We investigate the functional mechanisms that shape root and soil microbiomes in response to disease and environmental stress at different spatial and temporal scales.
Welcome to the Plant Disease Epidemiology and Field Crop Plant Pathology Program at Penn State University!
The Gorgo Applied Research and Extension Lab works closely with research faculty, graduate students, extension specialists and county-based educators to develop outreach programs, design and publish extensive grower education materials for several agricultural industries on pest management information, IPM solutions, as well as pesticide and farm safety education in both urban and agricultural settings.
The goal of our adaptive research and extension program is to develop integrated management strategies for important and emerging diseases of the major vegetable crops grown in Pennsylvania.
My research program focuses on how organismal and molecular interactions affect the ecology and evolution of plant-associated microorganisms. I utilize bacteriocin-mediated interactions within the important plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae as my model system.
In my program we study the population-level processes that lead to the evolution of plant pathogenicity, virulence, and the emergence of fungicide and antibiotic resistance in microbial populations. We use molecular tools to study these processes within a population biology approach that connects population genetics and epidemiology.
The goal of the Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Lab is to apply an integrated approach to the identification and classification of plant-parasitic nematodes of importance to Pennsylvania crops.
The Kuldau lab merges lab, chamber, and field studies using observational, molecular, and chromatographic methods to research mycotoxin problems in food and forage.
Roman-Reyna lab develops and uses next-generation approaches to Plant Health in the context of Climate Change. The lab focuses on using modern technologies to understand the adaptation of plant diseases in the context of changing environments.
The Roossinck lab has long been fascinated by the evolution and ecology of RNA viruses. Using Cucumber mosaic virus as a model system for experimental evolution, we have studied various aspects of virus evolution including population structures, bottlenecks during systemic infection and transmission, and recombination frequencies. We have also studied the biodiversity of viruses in wild plants, and this research led to the realization that although almost all of the well-characterized plant viruses have an acute lifestyle, persistent viruses are more common and found in many plants, including many crop plants.
Our research investigates the complex interactions of plants with plant viruses and other microbes, insect vectors, and environmental conditions in agricultural and natural ecosystems.
Computational Epidemiology & Aerobiology Lab
Our goal is to understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of plant pathogens and pests that reduce productivity of agricultural systems. We strive to achieve this goal through teaching, research and extension activities.
Includes Laboratories, Farm Operations (Outdoors), and GIS. Scientific Data mining and Animation and Video production.
Our goal is to understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of plant pathogens and pests that reduce productivity of agricultural systems. We strive to achieve this goal through teaching, research and extension activities
Kuldau Lab - Mycotoxins: Biosecurity and Food Safety
The Kuldau lab merges lab, chamber, and field studies using observational, molecular, and chromatographic methods to research mycotoxin problems in food and forage.
The Kuldau lab merges lab, chamber, and field studies using observational, molecular, and chromatographic methods to research mycotoxin problems in food and forage.
Fusarium Head Scab research on wheat is conducted at the Plant Pathology research farm at Rock Springs. Small replicated plots using several cultivars are planted and inoculated with Fusarium. Samples taken throughout the season, help us to learn when and under what conditions mycotoxins develop in the developing grain.
Roossinck Lab
The Roossinck lab has long been fascinated by the evolution and ecology of RNA viruses. Using Cucumber mosaic virus as a model system for experimental evolution, we have studied various aspects of virus evolution including population structures, bottlenecks during systemic infection and transmission, and recombination frequencies. We have also studied the biodiversity of viruses in wild plants, and this research led to the realization that although almost all of the well-characterized plant viruses have an acute lifestyle, persistent viruses are more common and found in many plants, including many crop plants.
Interviews with prominent scientists conducted as PPEM 454 Virus Ecology class projects.
Dr. Marilyn Roossinck was involved with making this YouTube video from the American Society for Microbiology.
Bull Lab
The focus of our research is Translational Taxonomy of Bacterial Plant Pathogens. We use taxonomic inquiry to develop management strategies for bacterial diseases of plants and cultivated mushrooms. Management strategies include biological control, host plant resistance, inoculum detection and management, and changes crop production practices (e.g., crop rotation).
Research in our lab focuses on Translational Taxonomy. Understanding the taxonomy of bacterial pathogens and the breadth of their diversity on plants allows us to target specific populations for disease control.
Hot Off The Presses! Check out the publications resulting from research in the Bull Lab.
After 20 years of research with the USDA/ARS in Salinas, California, the Translational Taxonomy Laboratory moved to Penn State in August 2015. Our collaborators are among our most valuable resources
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Gugino Vegetable Pathology Lab
The goal of our adaptive research and extension program is to develop integrated management strategies for important and emerging diseases of the major vegetable crops grown in Pennsylvania.
Call Teaching Lab
We study the most effective delivery methods to help our learners understand plant pathology, environmental microbiology, and mushroom taxonomy and production while applying these understandings to yield better crop outcomes
We study the most effective delivery methods to help our learners understand plant pathology, environmental microbiology, and mushroom taxonomy and production while applying these understandings to yield better crop outcomes
Gorgo Applied Research and Extension Lab
The Gorgo Applied Research and Extension Lab works closely with research faculty, graduate students, extension specialists and county-based educators to develop outreach programs, design and publish extensive grower education materials for several agricultural industries on pest management information, IPM solutions, as well as pesticide and farm safety education in both urban and agricultural settings.
Kantor Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Lab
The goal of the Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Lab is to apply an integrated approach to the identification and classification of plant-parasitic nematodes of importance to Pennsylvania crops.
Roman-Reyna Lab
Roman-Reyna lab develops and uses next-generation approaches to Plant Health in the context of Climate Change. The lab focuses on using modern technologies to understand the adaptation of plant diseases in the context of changing environments.
Roman-Reyna lab develops and uses next-generation approaches to Plant Health in the context of Climate Change. The lab focuses on using modern technologies to understand the adaptation of plant diseases in the context of changing environments.
