The Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic freqently draws on the expertise of the following researchers in the Departments of Plant Pathology and in other departments at Cornell University
Faculty at the Main Campus in Ithaca, NY

P.A. ARNESON

Tropical plant pathology, software for teaching plant pathology.

GARY C. BERGSTROM

Epidemiology, and management of field crop diseases.

B. B. BRODIE

Biology, Ecology, and management of Nematode diseases of potatoes.

MARGERY L. DAUGHTREY

Diagnosis and Management of Diseases of Floral and Nursery Crops.

JOSEPH ESNARD

Nematology, biological control, plant and soil health.

W. E. FRY

Epidemiology and management of plant diseases.

S. M. GRAY

Biology and epidemiology of barley yellow dwarf virus.

G. W. HUDLER

Diseases of woody ornamentals and Christmas trees.

R. P. KORF

Taxonomy of fungi, especially Discomycetes.

J.W.LORBEER

Diseases of vegetable crops, chemical and biological control of plant diseases.

R. LORIA

Potato disease management, host-pathogen interactions.

M.T. MCGRATH

Diseases of vegetable crops, Integrated Pest Management, fungicide resistance.

E. B. NELSON

Biocontrol, rhizosphere ecology, diseases of turfgrass.

W. A. SINCLAIR

Pathology of treesand shrubs, phytoplasmal diseases.

S. A. SLACK

Biology and epidemiology of potatoviruses and bacteria.

H. D. THURSTON

International agriculture.

T. A. ZITTER

Vegetable disease etiology, epidemiology, and control.

Researchers at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY

GEORGE S. ABAWI

Ecology and biology of fungal and nematodal soilborne pathogens.

HELENE R. DILLARD

Epidemiology and control of fungal and bacterial diseases of vegetable crops.

DAVID M. GADOURY

Development of management programs for multiple pests of fruit crops.

DENNIS GONSALVES

Plant virology research with the goal of controlling virus diseases of fruits and vegetables.

ROSARIO PROVVIDENTI

The identification of viruses occurring in vegetable crops and their biological control.

DAVID A. ROSENBERGER

Solving immediate problems related to controlling plant diseases on tree fruits.

WAYNE F. WILCOX

Fungal diseases of fruit crops.


Researchers in Other Cornell University Departments Whose Expertise Helps Us With Disease Diagnosis.
Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture

Gerard W. Ferrentino

Joann Gruttadaurio

George L. Good

Charlie P. Mazza

A. Martin Petrovic

Frank S. Rossi

Thomas C. Weiler

Leslie A. Weston

Nina Bassuk

William Miller

Robert Langhans

Carol Bader ( Hortorium)


Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science

H. Chris Wien

Robin R. Bellinder

LeRoy A. Ellerbrock

Donald E. Halseth

Ian A.Merwin

Marvin P.Pritts

Anusuya Rangarajan

Chris B. Watkins

Other Departments

Paul Curtis (Natural Resources)
Kristi Sullivan (Natural Resources)
Jana Lamboy (IPM)


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