November 2011 Phytopathology News

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The Growing Impact Factors of APS Journals: What’s Hot, What’s Not Anthony Keinath, Publications Board Chair, tknth@clemson.edu, and George Sundin, Phytopathology Editor-in-Chief Elect, sundin@msu.edu As reported in the August-September 2011 issue of Phytopathology News (45:125), Phytopathology and Plant Disease set new records for impact factors in 2010. The impact factors of 2.482 for Phytopathology and 2.387 for Plant Disease were the highest achieved to date for these two APS journals. In order to understand what articles are being cited the most, citations were examined by article type and topic area for volumes 97 (2007) and 98 (2008) of Phytopathology. These citations were used to calculate the 2009 Impact Factor, Anthony Keinath George Sundin which was 2.223. (Phytopathology was chosen for analysis because articles are grouped by topic area in the table of contents.)

For the 339 research articles, the average citations per article calculated over the two years ranged from 2.94 to 1.17. The articles cited the most were in the topic areas Techniques—a “proven winner” for high citation rates—and Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Both topics had citation rates at or above the mean for the journal. An interesting finding was that Disease Control was the third highest cited topic, with 29 citations per 13 articles. Although disease control is not a category some readers and authors associate with Phytopathology, articles reporting new principles of applied plant pathology were well cited. The next cluster of topics was those that form the traditional foundation of Phytopathology articles, basic research on pathogen groups and their ecology and epidemiology: Bacteriology, Mycology, Virology, Biological Control, Population Biology, and Ecology and Epidemiology (listed in order of citations). Articles in the remaining topic areas were cited an average of 1.6 times or less.

Review articles are highly cited publications. For example, the impact factor for Annual Review of Phytopathology was 11.212 in 2009 and 10.412 in 2010. This high citation rate explains why many journals now publish mini-reviews in addition to research articles. Indeed, the four mini-reviews published in Phytopathology in 2007 and 2008 were cited often, with an average of 3.5 citations per mini-review. Thus, it is easy to see how publishing more mini-reviews increases the overall Impact Factor for a journal. Mini-reviews, however, were not the most frequently cited articles. Six papers from a popular symposium on biocontrol published in 2008 generated an impressive 42 citations!

Even the three Letters to the Editor were cited more often (2.0 times) than some research articles.

Some conclusions: Readers find value in a variety of article types published in Phytopathology.

Articles in a broad range of topic areas, from biochemistry to disease management, are well cited within two years of publication. Mini-reviews are useful for readers, because they concisely summarize current, popular research topics, and for the journal, because they increase the impact factors and the prominence of the journals. n

News Make It Easy—Renew Your Membership Online More and more members of APS are making their renewal easier by renewing online. About a month before your paper renewal invoice is sent, you will receive an e-mail with a link to your personal renewal form. Save time and save paper—use the link in the e-mail to go to APSnet to safely and securely renew your APS membership online. You can also make changes to your address and area of expertise while you renew to ensure the membership directory is up to date.

When you complete your renewal, you will be asked if you would like to renew for one, two, or three years. By renewing for more years, you save yourself time in the future and lock in the 2012 prices for membership and journals for the next two or three years! n

PPB Seeks Subject Matter Expert for EPA The APS Public Policy Board (PPB) is seeking a part-time plant pathology subject matter expert (SME) to be located at EPA offices in Crystal City, VA. The expert will work directly with EPA policymakers, providing advice on issues which affect plant pathology and the ability of U.S. farmers to manage plant diseases. The expert will collaborate with other SMEs who work there on behalf of entomology and weed science. Expected time commitment is up to one week per month for up to one year. Travel and living expenses while in the DC area will be provided. To apply or for additional information, contact Jim Mueller at jpmueller@ dow.com. For a quick overview on PPB activities in this area, reference the recap between PPB and EPA at www.apsnet.org/members/ outreach/ppb/Pages/IndustryIssues.aspx. n

In this Issue Editor’s Corner ........................................ 162 Letter to the Editor ................................. 163 Public Policy Update ............................... 166 OIP News & Views ................................. 168

Division News ......................................... 169 APS Foundation ...................................... 170 People ..................................................... 171

Classifieds ................................................ 173 APS Journal Articles ................................ 175 Calendar of Events .................................. 176

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Editor-in-Chief: Doug Jardine Managing Editor: Michelle Bjerkness Editor: Amanda Aranowski Design: Agnes Walker Advertising Sales: Karen Deuschle Phytopathology News (ISSN 0278-0267) is published eleven times per year by The American Phytopathological Society (APS) at 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121 U.S.A. Phone: +1.651.454.7250, Fax: +1.651.454.0766, E-mail: aps@scisoc.org, Web: www.apsnet.org. Phytopathology News is distributed to all APS members. Subscription price to nonmembers is $69 U.S./$81 Elsewhere. Periodicals paid at St. Paul, MN. CPC Intl Pub Mail #0969249. Postmaster: Send address changes to Phytopathology News, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121 U.S.A. Submission Guidelines Address all editorial correspondence to: Doug Jardine, Department of Plant Pathology, 4024 Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502 U.S.A. Phone: +1.785.532.1386; Fax: +1.785.532.5692; E-mail: PhytoNewsEditor@scisoc.org. In order to ensure timely publication of your news items and announcements, please send in material six weeks prior to the date of publication. Material should be no more than six months old when submitted. Submission of materials as electronic files, via e-mail, will speed processing. For information on submitting electronic images contact Agnes Walker at awalker@scisoc.org. Deadline for submitting items for the December 2011 issue is October 15, 2011.

Editor’s Corner Is It Your Turn?

Doug Jardine, Kansas State University, PhytoNewsEditor@scisoc.org

On page 164 of this month’s Phytopathology News, you will find the article “A field guide to APS elections” by Past President Barb Christ, who is serving as chair of the APS Nominations Committee.

Identifying high-quality candidates to provide the future leadership of APS should be high on the priority list for all of us.

The benefits of APS membership don’t just happen. We all want highquality meetings and high-quality journals. We all want opportunities to network with other plant pathologists, and we all want the interests of our discipline represented in Washington, DC; however, most of us want somebody else to take charge of the planning and carrying out Doug Jardine of these activities. Unfortunately, things don’t quite work that way.

Without leaders to provide the vision and obtain the financial means necessary to make things happen, we wouldn’t have the vibrant society that APS is.

APS Leadership Council President: Carol A. Ishimaru President-Elect: Michael J. Boehm Vice President: George S. Abawi Immediate Past President: John L. Sherwood Internal Communications Officer: David M. Gadoury Treasurer: Randall C. Rowe Treasurer-Elect: Steven A. Slack Senior Councilor-at-Large: Anne E. Dorrance Intermediate Councilor-at-Large: Walter F. Mahaffee Junior Councilor-at-Large: Jeff B. Jones Divisional Councilor: David G. Schmale III Publications Councilor: Anthony P. Keinath Executive Vice President: Steven C. Nelson Editors-in-Chief APS PRESS: Margery L. Daughtrey MPMI: Gary Stacey Phytopathology: Niklaus J. GrÜnwald Phytopathology News: Doug J. Jardine Plant Disease: R. Mike Davis Plant Disease Management Reports: Frank P. Wong Plant Health Progress: Ned A. Tisserat The Plant Health Instructor: Anton B. Baudoin Board and Office Chairs and Directors APS Foundation Chair: Ray D. Martyn Divisional Forum Chair: Jim E. Adaskaveg PPB Chair: Jan E. Leach Publications Board Chair: Anthony P. Keinath OE Director: Scott E. Gold OEC Director: Seogchan Kang OIP Director: Sally A. Miller OIR Director: Brian D. Olson OPRO Director: Monica L. Elliott AMB Director: Scott T. Adkins AXMB Director: Rick Bennett Division Officers Caribbean Divisional Forum Rep.: Lawrence Datnoff President: Ronald D. French-Monar Vice President: Judith K. Brown Secretary-Treasurer: Aaron Palmateer North Central Divisional Forum Rep.: Tamra Jackson President: Anne Dorrance Vice President: James Stack Secretary-Treasurer: Carl Bradley Northeastern Divisional Forum Rep.: Wade H. Elmer President: Beth K. Gugino Vice President: Christian A. Wyenandt Secretary-Treasurer: David C. Thompson Pacific Divisional Forum Rep.: Jim E. Adaskaveg President: Debra A. Inglis President-Elect: Themis Michailides Secretary-Treasurer: Akif Eskalen Potomac Divisional Forum Rep.: Daniel Roberts President: Boris A. Vinatzer Vice President: Yilmaz Balci Secretary-Treasurer: Bingyu Zhao Southern Divisional Forum Rep.: Timothy B. Brenneman President: David Langston President-Elect: Raymond W. Schneider Vice President: Jason Woodward Secretary-Treasurer: Donald M. Ferrin

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Ask not what your professional society can do for you— ask what you can do for your professional society.

Take time to read Christ’s article. Spend some time reflecting about APS members you know who might provide the vision and leadership that APS needs to keep us ahead of the curve as one of the premier scientific societies, and then take the time to nominate them. On the other hand, maybe that next leader is YOU! Self-nominations are also accepted. To paraphrase John F. Kennedy’s most famous quote, “Ask not what your professional society can do for you—ask what you can do for your professional society.” This is a very polite way to say, “Serve others, instead of being self serving.”

Please! Take the time to nominate yourself or other worthy candidates for vice president and councilor-at-large. n

2010 Art in Phytopathology Submission: The Fungal Con Artist Sara Thomas, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia This mysterious flower imposter is actually a fungus! Carefully excavated from a colonized blueberry fruit is the intact “angel-wing” structure of the mummy berry pathogen, Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. During my many weeks of mummy berry disease assessment (cutting blueberry fruits to look for colonization of the locuels), my mind began to wonder. I found myself trying to imagine what the fungus might look like if I pulled it out of the fruit, intact. So, once, I spent over 15 minutes on one fruit (instead of the normal 30 seconds) and, instead of cutting through the fruit, peeled it to reveal this beautiful flower-like structure! I guess, good often comes out of wasting time. n

Letter to the Editor The Best Advice I’ve Ever Received I, once again, enjoyed your article in the news about field research and the accompanying article by Brooks. It reminded me of the advice that Professor J. J. Christensen gave to the class, Diseases of Field Crops, in my beginning graduate studies. He said, “Don’t just sit in your office looking up at the ceiling dreaming of what you might want to do and what you think is important to the disease you are studying.”

He said that we, the students, should go to the field and let the organisms tell us what is important.

That was probably the best advice I have ever received. The important question is whether the observer is smart enough to know what the observations in the field are telling us.

My mentor for understanding this advice was Professor Irving Watson of New South Wales, Australia, who was a visiting professor at Minnesota when I was a student. If you are a smart observer, one can learn much about both plants and pathogens and their interactions from the field observations, especially if the weather isn’t always constant. The frequent questions relate to how to take advantage of what was learned from the observations. Did you learn more than that the environment affected what disease organisms were favored by the different environmental conditions?

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Plant Health Experts to Discuss Pests and Diseases that Threaten U.S. Agriculture

The National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) will host a conference November 6–9, 2011, focusing on plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and food security. The conference will bring together scientists, researchers, diagnosticians, and regulatory officials from academia, industry, and state and federal agencies from throughout the United States and several other countries. Symposia, workshops, and field trips will focus on new and emerging plant pathogens and pests and will include presentations on state-of-the-art methods for their detection and diagnosis.

The conference program was developed and organized by teams representing the five regions of the NPDN, with the NPDN Western Regional Center at the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) (www.wpdn.org) coordinating local arrangements and overall meeting logistics. The conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Berkeley, CA. Details and registration information can be found at http://ucanr.org/sites/NPDN.

“We have a terrific venue and program. The theme is ‘Next Gen NPDN,’ and the conference will provide a great educational and networking opportunity as we look to the future of the NPDN,” said NPDN Executive Director Richard Bostock, who chairs the NPDN Third National Meeting Planning Committee and is a professor of plant pathology at UC-Davis.

Keynote speakers are:

• Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA • James Stack, GPDN director, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS • Niklaus Grunwald, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR • Paul Jepson, IPPC, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR • Arturo Casadevall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

NPDN focuses on the detection, diagnosis, and rapid communications needed to help mitigate the impact of endemic, emerging, and exotic pathogens and pests that attack agricultural, forest, and landscape plants in the United States. NPDN’s mission is accomplished through a coordinated network of diagnostic laboratories and experts within land grant universities, state departments of agriculture, federal agencies, and industry by developing and deploying regionally and nationally coordinated programs in diagnostics, training and education, and response. NPDN was established in 2002 and receives funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. For more information, visit www.npdn.org. n

COMMITTEE SPOTLIGHT

Industry Jennifer Chaky, Industry Committee Chair, jennifer.chaky@pioneer.com The mission of the APS Industry Committee is to promote close working relationships among the seed, biotechnology, agrochemical, equipment, and other plant-health-related industries.

The committee facilitates discussions of issues and policies of mutual interest to industry and APS. Individuals employed by industries working in the field of plant pathology are uniquely positioned to bring a real-world perspective to many issues affecting plant diseases, including their spread and management.

The committee actively sponsors special session topics at APS Annual Meetings, often in conjunction with other sponsoring committees. These sessions address timely topics and policies affecting industry and APS and also career and professional development. A well-attended session that the Industry Committee sponsors each year is the New Products and Services Session, which highlights new products and technologies available to agriculture.

The Industry Committee is instrumental to the planning, execution, and garnering of financial support for the Industry and Extension Social, a popular annual meeting event that allows for informal interactions among meeting attendees in a relaxed off-site setting. In addition, the committee sponsors the Graduate Student and Industry Lunch at the annual meeting, which provides an opportunity for students to learn about employment opportunities in industry.

The Industry Committee provides a forum for APS members who work in industry to become involved in the society and make a difference. Our committee understands that, when members of industry, extension, research, and teaching work together to address the plant pathology issues facing the world, we accomplish much more than each of us could individually. We welcome all members of APS who share this vision. If you are interested in serving as a member of the Industry Committee, contact Committee Chair Jennifer Chaky (jennifer.chaky@pioneer.com), Vice Chair Courtney Gallup (cagallup@dow.com), or immediate Past Chair Aaron Hert (aaron. hert@syngenta.com). n

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A Field Guide to APS Elections

Rhode Island was home to the U.S.’s first open golf tournament.

How do you think they managed fairy ring in 1895?

Last year, the elections for vice president (VP) and councilor-at-large (CAL) were conducted by the newly formed Nominations Committee chaired by Jim MacDonald. This year, Barb Christ, Penn State University, will be chairing the committee. The committee was composed of individuals who hopefully represent our diverse membership. As MacDonald stated in his article, “A fresh approach to APS elections,” the aim of the Nominations Committee is to ensure that the society’s elected positions are filled by qualified, committed individuals who reflect the diversity within our society.

Also, the committee hopes to promote volunteerism and see that appointed positions are filled by those who are committed and interested in a specific board/committee.

It is time again to undertake the important task of identifying candidates for VP and CAL positions.

The timeline and sequence of events are outlined below.

Nominations Now Open. People may either self-nominate or they may be nominated by others.

For the positions of VP and CAL, we are seeking individuals who are respected in the field of plant pathology; possess leadership experiences in APS and a record of follow through and results in various APS activities; have a vision for the society; and are good mentors of others. Please consider these attributes in making nominations. International members, industry members, or members in any other demographic segment of APS will be seriously considered along with other nominations.

Watch for your unique nomination e-mail, which will be sent the week of November 7, for submitting your nominations. Nominations need to be received by December 6, 2011.

Applications. Nominees who meet the basic nomination criteria (above) will be approached to submit an application. Previously, nominees were contacted to determine if they would be willing to stand for election. If they accepted, then they ultimately were asked to submit a biography and vision statement for publication in Phytopathology News. We’re just turning the process around a little bit, asking for the bio earlier in the process to save some time to build a talent pool for the future. The CVs and vision statements of nominees will need to be received by January 20, 2012.

2012 APS Annual Meeting

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. August 4–8 There’s always something to learn, whether about historic moments in sports or plant pathology.

What do you do now? Nominate individuals who would make good leaders for APS. The Nominations Committee will be providing additional information about the responsibilities of the VP and CAL and more on the election process over the coming weeks. The committee will use a variety of outlets to communicate with members and to build a strong slate of candidates. The committee needs your help to make sure the slate of nominees will truly represent and advance the vision and priorities of APS. n

Member Expertise and Enthusiasm Needed This is your opportunity to nominate colleagues or indicate your own interest in service to APS as vice president or councilor-at-large. Watch for an e-mail with a unique nominations link in November to submit your nominations. Nominations are due December 6, 2011, and applications are due January 20, 2012. Contact APS Nominations Committee members with questions (www.apsnet.org/members/apsleadership/comm/Pages/nom. aspx). As you consider potential nominees, select individuals with demonstrated leadership abilities who have a reputation for getting things done, work well with others, and have a vision for the future of APS. An ideal nominee would have a sound record of professional accomplishments and service, while representing the geographic, professional, and disciplinary diversity of our society.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Communicate your science with fellow plant pathologists!

Abstract submissions will be accepted online, February 1–March 15, 2012.

IMPORTANT APS DATES TO REMEMBER

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November 2011 1 Nominations due for 2012 APS awards

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December 2011 1 Proposals due for 2012 OIP Global Experience Program 5 PDMR Volume 6 submissions due 6 APS vice president and councilor-at-large nominations due for 2012 election 15 John and Ann Niederhauser Endowment (JANE) proposals due

Communicating Science with Each Other and to the World

January 2012 20 APS vice president and councilor-at-large applications due for 2012 election

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Public Policy Update Public Policy Board Welcomes New Early Career Intern Timothy Durham The APS Public Policy Board (PPB) is pleased to welcome Timothy Durham as the new PPB early career intern for 2011–2013. The early career internship will provide an opportunity for Durham to gain hands-on experience in public policy at the national level. By working with PPB, he will learn how scientific societies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), executive branch agencies (e.g., USDA, NSF, EPA), and the legislative branch interact in crafting public policy. He begins his two-year internship, overlapping with the current PPB intern, Mehdi Kabbage, Texas A&M University.

Durham is a lifelong agriculturalist. His family operates Deer Run Farm—a 30-acre “truck” farm on Long Island, NY. Deer Run grows a variety of leafy greens, including spinach, cabbage, and ethnic lettuce, for wholesale in New York City. As one of a handful of farms in the area, it faces unique challenges, especially those associated with urban-edge agriculture. Durham has a keen interest in the interplay between science, sustainability, and policymaking. After graduating from Cornell University in 2001 with a B.S. degree in plant science, he worked in various levels of state and federal government while continuing to work seasonally at the farm. In 2004, he was awarded a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship for agricultural study at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Upon his return, he enrolled in the University of Florida’s (UF’s) Plant Medicine Program, a professional doctorate designed to parallel a D.V.M. or M.D. degree. The Department of Homeland Security awarded Durham a graduate fellowship in 2005. In the summer of 2006, he was a visiting fellow at Los Alamos National Lab, working with tunable diode laser spectroscopy and crop biosecurity. In 2007, he was awarded an NSF-sponsored travel grant to participate in the Rice: Research to Production course at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. He graduated from UF in 2008.

He is currently a sustainability colloquium instructor at Florida Gulf Coast University and visiting assistant professor in agriculture and biology at Nicholls State University. n Timothy Durham

Register Today for the Human Pathogens on Plants Workshop APS, along with the International Association for Food Protection, is proud to sponsor a joint workshop, Human Pathogens on Plants—A Multidisciplinary Strategy for Research, to be held February 13–15, 2012, in Hyattsville, MD. The primary purpose of this meeting is to bring the diverse scientific community together to exchange ideas and build new relationships.

Foodborne pathogen contamination of agricultural crop plants has become the most important source of human illness. Recalls and litigation cost the produce industry millions and impact every industry sector. Fundamental and practical research is needed to identify best management practices and to determine the contamination routes, environmental survival, and interactions between human pathogens and plants.

Keynote presentations will spotlight the policy issues and perspectives of plant pathologists, food scientists, and industry. Several plant pathologists, including Jacque Fletcher (Oklahoma State University), Maria Brandl (USDA-ARS), and Trevor Suslow (University of California-Davis), will discuss research strategies and the environmental factors leading to persistence and prevention and control of human pathogens on plants. Food scientists, including Mike Doyle (University of Georgia) and Leeann Jaykus (North Carolina State University), will focus on research strategies and reveal the importance of foodborne illness viruses in association with plants. These presentations will help the audience understand the concerns of the major players focused on solving the problem of human pathogen contamination of food crops.

Travel awards for students and early career scientists will be available. Applications for travel awards will be accepted October 24 through December 1, 2011, and awards will be announced on December 15, 2011.

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Focus on Corn Produces Webcasts on Common and Southern Rusts Focus on Corn, the Plant Management Network’s (PMN’s) latest webcast resource, has produced a new series of presentations on both the common and southern rusts of corn.

These presentations, authored by Jerald “Snook” Pataky, professor emeritus of plant pathology at the University of Illinois, were developed to help viewers understand and treat these economically significant diseases of corn.

The first presentation describes methods to differentiate common and southern rusts in the field and is ideal for those in regions where both common and southern rust outbreaks can occur at the same time. The second presentation focuses specifically on common rust. In this presentation, the basic life cycle and epidemiology of common rust are described.

Factors that cause the disease to become problematic and effective methods of control also are discussed. The third presentation discusses southern rust of corn, which is found most frequently in the southern United States, where weather conditions are more similar to tropical environments that favor its development. This presentation describes southern rust’s basic life cycle and epidemiology.

It also discusses factors that cause this rust to spread, as well as effective methods of control.

View the “Differentiating Common Rust of Corn and Southern Rust” and “Common Rust of Corn” and “Southern Rust of Corn” presentations at www. plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/ seminars/corn/commonrust.

Focus on Corn is a publication of PMN, a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops.

It achieves this mission through its applied, science-based resources. PMN is jointly managed by APS, the American Society of Agronomy, and the Crop Science Society of America. To take advantage of PMN’s full line of resources, please sign up for the free online PMN Update newsletter at www. plantmanagementnetwork.org/update/default. cfm. n

New Storage Disease Management Webcast Published in Focus on Potato Focus on Potato, an applied webcast training resource for applied researchers, consultants, and growers specializing in potato crops, recently produced a webcast entitled “Integrated Management of Storage Diseases.” This presentation was developed to help users understand the management of various potato diseases that occur during storage.

Understanding the potato pathogens’ biology, how they infect, and how they can be managed are particularly critical to reducing storage losses. This presentation, authored by Barry Jacobsen, professor and plant pathologist at Montana State University, covers each of these aspects.

Workshop on Preventing the Spread of Phytophthora ramorum via Water Held at Washington State University

Preventing the spread of Phytophthora ramorum via water was the focus of a two-and-a-half day workshop, June 28–30, 2011, at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA. The meeting was organized by Gary Chastagner, professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU), and Susan Frankel, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, and was sponsored by WSU and the California Oak Mortality Task Force. Attended by more than 50 regulators, researchers, and industry representatives from the western and southeastern United States and Washington, D.C., the workshop’s mission was to coalesce research, management, and regulations to develop effective, economical, and environmentally acceptable ways of limiting P. ramorum spread via contaminated nursery run-off. The group visited a Gig Harbor retail nursery site, where P. ramorum had leaked out of the nursery and infected riparian salal plants, to review treatments and mitigations. Formal talks covered the incidence and location of P. ramorum recovery from waterways, water baiting techniques, risks and impacts for Washington, and treatments to reduce the risk of spreading inoculum in water. Research and education/outreach needs identification, group exercises, and discussion concentrated on nursery treatments and water management, monitoring, and notification of downstream users of contaminated water. For more information, visit www.puyallup.wsu.edu/ppo/sod/extension/workshops/Pr_water_jun_2011/index.html.

Preharvest, harvest, and postharvest disease management practices are also discussed. View this presentation at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/ seminars/potato/IntegratedManagementof StorageDiseases. Other presentations are also available on the Focus on Potato website, located at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/ fop.

Focus on Potato is a publication of the Plant Management Network (PMN) (www. plantmanagementnetwork.org). PMN is also a partner of the Potato Association of America, as well as nearly 80 other organizations. n

2011 Field Crops Rust Symposium December 14-16, 2011 San Antonio, Texas

More than 50 attendees participated in the Preventing the Spread of Phytophthora ramorum via Water: Research and Coordination Workshop and Best Management Practices Meeting.

PDMR Accepting Submissions for Volume 6 (2012) Registration & Housing Are Open Go to

www.apsnet.org/fcrs to register now!

As in the past, Plant Disease Management Reports (PDMR) will be published in two installments, allowing authors to submit reports twice a year. Submissions to the first installment are due to the editor-in-chief for assignment by December 5, 2011. Publication charges are $40 per report and are payable with submission of the final approved report by February 20, 2012. The submission date for the second installment will be in late spring or early summer 2012. The exact date will be announced on the submission instructions webpage and in Phytopathology News. The submission form will be available October 31, 2011. Instructions for submission preparation and procedure can be found at www.scientificsocieties.org/aps/pdmr/guidelines. n

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OIP News & Views A Truly Global Experience In 2011, two different OIP Global Experience awards were given to deserving efforts. One award was provided to Charles W. Barnes, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, for a “Tropical Forest Pathology Course: Fungal Diseases in the Yasuní Rainforest.” The other award was provided to Paul Vincelli, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, for a workshop entitled “Nucleic Acid-Based Detection of Plant Pathogens.” Below are summaries of these exciting Global Experience programs.

Nucleic Acid-Based Detection of Plant Pathogens A five-day, hands-on workshop on nucleic acid-based detection of plant pathogens was presented in Spanish in Managua, Nicaragua.

The workshop was copresented by Vincelli, as well as Delfia Mercenaro and Claudia Rivera, both of the National Institute for Agricultural Technology’s National Center for Agricultural and Biotechnological Research (CNIAB-INTA).

The workshop was coordinated by Yanet Gutierrez Gaitán and Carolina María López, both of the National Agrarian University (UNA). A total of 12 scientists and technicians attended, including representatives from UNA, INTA, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Health.

The workshop included numerous handson laboratory exercises, including proper micropipetting techniques, basic laboratory calculations, PCR and RFLP reactions, gel electrophoresis, extracting and measuring DNA, and a variety of computer-based exercises relating to primer design, evaluating sequence quality, editing sequence data, and searching molecular databases. Numerous presentations

and discussions were held relating to the theory behind the activities conducted. The overall emphasis of the workshop was on techniques appropriate for laboratories with limited funding, such as conventional PCR, RFLPs, SCAR markers, and isothermal Students and instructors of the Tropical Forest Pathology Course: Fungal Diseases in the amplification, etc.

Yasuní Rainforest.

However, several the United Nations Educational, Scientific and more advanced techniques (e.g., real-time Cultural Organization as a World Biosphere PCR) were presented and discussed, laying the Reserve. groundwork for future growth of DNA-based pathogen detection efforts.

The diversity and abundance of fungi in Yasuní was breathtaking, making collecting of forest As a result of this OIP-funded project, fungi for the laboratory exercises a fantastic additional collaborations are being developed adventure. The students were very enthusiastic between the principal investigator and about the course, and some were drawn to workshop participants. particular types of fungi, so much so that two proposals have already been submitted Tropical Forest Pathology Course: Fungal for continued research with thesis projects on Diseases in the Yasuní Rainforest Ganoderma root rot and Cordyceps.

Studies of tropical forest pathology in Ecuador The course was a great success are greatly underdeveloped. Therefore, a and demonstrated that collaborative effort was made to offer a the diversity of parasitic forest pathology course to undergraduate and saprophytic fungi Ecuadorian biologists and perhaps to future is as great or likely even plant pathologists and mycologists. Robert greater than found Blanchette, University of Minnesota, came to Ecuador to offer this class with Maria Ordóñez, in trees, other plants, and Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, and animals in the reserve. n Charles Barnes.

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The course was held at the Universidad Católica’s research station in The Yasuní National Park, located in Ecuador’s Amazon region. Yasuní is considered one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, with apparent world richness records for amphibians, reptiles, bats, and trees (Bass et al. 2010.

Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park.

PLoS ONE). The park has been designated by

The Office of International Programs’ (OIP) Global Experience is aimed at helping APS plant pathologists work with scientists and extension personnel in developing countries in training and outreach efforts. Applications for the 2012 program are due December 1, 2011. Additional information, including how to apply, an application form, and past awardees’ experiences, is available at www.apsnet.org/members/outreach/oip/ Pages/GlobalExperience.aspx.

R. James Cook, Wolf Prize Recipient, Felicitated

by Washington State University R. James Cook, former dean of the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) and emeritus professor in the Departments of Plant Pathology and Crop and Soil Sciences at Washington State University (WSU), was felicitated for his selection to receive the 2011 Wolf Prize in Agriculture.

During the special ceremony at the Knesset, Cook along with corecipient Harris Lewis of University of CaliforniaDavis received the prize personally on May 29 from the president of the State of Israel, Sharom Peres.

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To celebrate and congratulate this momentous achievement, WSU held a reception to honor Cook. More than 100 people from the university and community attended the event. WSU president, Elson Floyd; vice president for research and dean of the graduate school, Howard Grimes; dean of CAHNRS, Dan Bernardo; and Thomas Mick from the Washington Grain Commission spoke at the event. Cook’s contributions to the field of plant pathology, the wheat industry, and agriculture more broadly were highlighted and lauded by the speakers.

“This is truly an outstanding and well-deserved honor. Jim Cook is, without question, one of the finest scientists in the history of our University, and this honor shows once again that he is held in equally high esteem by his peers around the world,” said Floyd.

Cook, accompanied by his wife of 53 years, Bev, reminisced his more than 40-year career with USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and WSU. The Department of Plant Pathology held a congratulatory reception for Cook that was attended by faculty, staff, and students. Cook’s former colleagues in USDA-ARS, David Weller and Bob Allan, spoke about the exciting discoveries that Cook made that helped shape disease management in wheat.

Hanu Pappu, chair of the department, presented the departmental T-shirt to Cook. Cook shared his experiences and perspectives and advice to grad students and post-docs.

During his very productive Cook with some of the plant pathology faculty at WSU professional life, Cook has conducted research on biological and ecological approaches to manage root diseases of Pacific Northwest wheat, 33 of those years with the USDA-ARS. From 1998 to 2003, he served as the R. J. Cook endowed chair in wheat research at WSU, a position endowed with a $1.5 million gift from the Washington Wheat Commission. He then served as interim dean of CAHNRS from 2003 until his retirement in 2005.

In addition to some 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters, Cook has coauthored two books on biological control of plant pathogens and one on wheat health management, all published or reprinted by APS. Cook was elected a fellow of APS and also received the society’s highest award, the Award of Distinction, and the Ruth Allen Award. Cook has been named fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, the American Society of Agronomy, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The USDA has bestowed upon him the Superior Service Award and the Distinguished Service Award and named him the ARS Distinguished Scientist of the Year and to the ARS Science Hall of Fame.

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Cook was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1993. He currently serves as one of seven citizen trustees on the Board Authority of the State’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund and is president of the Washington State Academy of Sciences. Cook holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from North Dakota State University and a doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley. n

Division News Submit Your Abstract for the Southern Division Meeting The APS Southern Division has announced its call for abstracts for the 89th Annual Southern Division Meeting to be held February 5–6, 2012, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, AL. For more information about submitting an abstract or attending the meeting, visit www.apsnet.org/members/ divisions/south. n

OARDC Unveils New PAAR Facility

The Ohio State University’s (OSU’s) Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) unveiled a new $22.2 million Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research (PAAR) facility on September 16, 2011, in Wooster. The facility will comply with biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) and BSL-3 ag lab regulations. PAAR will be one of only two nationally with capacity for both plant and animal research at BSL-3 levels and will be OSU’s first BSL-3 ag lab with capacity for work with livestock. “Agriculture is crucial for economic growth and development, so this facility is priceless because of the things that it helps protect,” OARDC Director Steve Slack said at the dedication ceremony. “We have a lot of hitchhikers in our global trade, such as emerald ash borer and soybean rust, which can negatively impact our agricultural assets and food supply. We always need to be vigilant and proactive about them. At OARDC we have the science and the scientists to conduct this crucial work; now we also have the facilities to do it.”

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APS Foundation Apply Today for the 12th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium—Host Plant Resistance and Disease Management: Current Status and Future Outlook The APS Host Resistance Committee, in conjunction with financial support from the APS Foundation, is sponsoring the 12th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium, which will take place during the 2012 APS Annual Meeting. The symposium, entitled “Host Plant Resistance and Disease Management: Current Status and Future Outlook,” will feature four graduate student presentations, with travel awards for each presenter of $500, highlighting research that leads to a better understanding of host plant resistance, resistance breeding, and disease management.

The field of host resistance is at the core of the plant pathology profession. Host resistance is a key component of most integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. The increased understanding and basic knowledge of the mechanisms contributing to host resistance have and will continue to result in better disease management strategies yielding healthier crops and increasing global food production. The Host Resistance Committee’s primary mission is to foster awareness and disseminate information related to identifying mechanisms of resistance and IPM strategies that improve the host’s ability to defend itself against pathogen attack.

Applications will be sought to cover a diverse array of basic and applied issues on host resistance and disease management. All APS student members with thesis research projects related to host resistance and disease management are encouraged to submit applications. To attract the best pool of applications from all APS student members (and potential student members), we are defining eligible research topics in the broadest possible sense. Topics may include (but are not limited to): basic and applied research on host resistance, breeding for resistance, genetics of host-pathogen interactions related to host resistance, and epidemiological studies that include host resistance and disease development. Student presentations will be 30 minutes. Participants will be selected competitively, based on research significance and potential impact in the field of host plant resistance and disease management.

The deadline for applications is Monday, January 9, 2012. Applications and letters of recommendation should be submitted to C. S. Kousik via e-mail (shaker.kousik@ARS.USDA. GOV) or via snail mail (U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS, 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29414 U.S.A.). If sending materials via e-mail, please contact Kousik if your application is not acknowledged within seven days. Applicants must be currently enrolled as a graduate student or have completed their graduate program within 12 months of the 2012 APS Annual Meeting. Applicants must also be members of APS at the time of the 2012 APS Annual Meeting in Providence, RI. More information is available at www.apsnet.org/members/foundation/apply/Pages/ IEMelhusGradStudentSymposium.aspx.

Irving E. Melhus, a plant disease epidemiologist, was a renowned teacher, innovative researcher, and outstanding administrator at Iowa State College. Melhus served as president of APS in 1926 and was elected a fellow of APS in 1965. n

Applications Now Being Accepted for the Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship The 2012 application process for the Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship is now open! The Tarleton Fellowship is awarded to a deserving graduate student majoring in plant pathology at a university in the United States. The purpose of the award is to support graduate education in plant pathology, and it can be used as a stipend for research expenses, books, research or scientific meeting travel, summer internships (industry, other research labs, etc.), and/or for equipment necessary to the recipient’s thesis research.

The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time, degree-seeking student with a plant pathology major and recognized as an APS student member at the time of receipt of the award. The student should plan on presenting results from the research at a regional or national APS meeting and provide a brief article for publication in Phytopathology News about the value of the fellowship.

Applications will be evaluated by a member review team composed of APS Foundation Representative R. James Cook, Washington State University, as chair and an additional two members. Application materials must be submitted via e-mail to Cook (rjcook@wsu.edu)

by January 13, 2012. Applicants will be notified of the award decision by February 17, 2012.

One award of $1,500 will be given in 2012; the award can be made for either one or two years. Detailed information on the application process and guidelines are available at www.apsnet.org/members/ foundation/apply/Pages/ RaymondTarleton.aspx.

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First Field Crops Rust Symposium Coming Soon!

APS has created the first Field Crops Rust Symposium to be held December 14–16, 2011, in San Antonio, TX. Make time for this important event—registration and housing are now open.

“Several field crop rusts have taken center stage in recent years and pose a significant threat to global food security,” said Don Hershman, University of Kentucky. “The 2011 Field Crops Rust Symposium represents an important venue where scientists working on different field crop rusts can gather together and hear and discuss current research findings and their implications.

A hope of the organizers of the Field Crops Rust Symposium is that, as scientists interact, novel avenues of research will be considered that will lead to new and improved ways of managing field crop rusts.”

The symposium Program Committee, chaired

by Erick DeWolf, Kansas State University, has developed a program that will encourage cross pollination of ideas and discussion among the field crops rust scientific community.

The keynote will be given by Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota, concerning “Rust diseases within the larger context of food security.” The lecture will help the audience understand the fundamental issues related to food security and the hazards impacting global food production.

Registration is now open! Find more information and the full program schedule online at www.apsnet.org/fcrs. The Field Crops Rust Symposium is targeted at the scientific community, but commodity leaders, crop consultants, and others will also benefit from attending. Be a part of this symposium, be a part of the solution. n

Erratum In the article, “2011 APS Pacific Division,” published in the October 2011 issue of Phytopathology News, the affiliation for Stephanie Heckert was listed as Ohio State University; she is in fact with Oregon State University. n

People Appointment Lindsey du Toit, associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU), located at the WSU Northwest Research and Extension Center (NWREC) at Mount Vernon, WA, has been Lindsey du Toit reappointed with the Alfred Christianson Endowed Professorship for another four-year term. The four-year endowment will provide funding to support du Toit’s vegetable seed pathology research program. The endowment was established by the family of Alfred Christianson, founder of the Alf Christianson Seed Company, to “attract and retain a world-renowned scholar and practitioner with special expertise in vegetable seed science.” The Alf Christianson Seed Company was founded in 1926 in Mount Vernon, initially producing and selling cabbage seed and expanding over the years into the production of spinach, carrot, radish, turnip, and other vegetable and herb seed. Washington is one of the world’s leading areas for vegetable seed production.

Awards Lori Carris, associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University (WSU), was recognized by the Mycological Society of America with the William H. Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Lori Carris award was presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America held in Anchorage, AL (August 1–6). The award is given annually to an outstanding teacher of mycology at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels.

The award was established in 1979 in honor of W. H. Weston (1890–1978), a beloved Harvard mycologist who was widely recognized as having a profound impact on the field of experimental mycology through his humorous and inspired teaching. At WSU, Carris has research and teaching responsibilities in systematic mycology.

Her research focuses on smut fungi with an emphasis on the genus Tilletia. She teaches graduate-level courses in mycology and fungal biology, a popularized mycology class for undergraduate students, and a course in global

issues in the sciences for the WSU Honors College. Carris has been active in promoting inquiry-based learning strategies at WSU and has sponsored or facilitated workshops on using case studies in the classroom. Five Ph.D. and three M.S. students have completed degrees under her supervision. Carris is also an avid mushroomer, leads spring and fall forays for the Palouse Mycological Association, and has taught short courses on mushroom identification in the community for the past 15 years.

Dennis A. Johnson, professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the APS Pacific Division during the division’s annual meeting Dennis Johnson held August 6–11, 2011, in Honolulu, HI. The Lifetime Achievement Award was first awarded in 1990 to recognize senior Pacific Division members who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to plant pathology and service to the division. For the past 31 years, Johnson has served some of the most important irrigated agricultural industries in the Columbia Basin of Washington. He made key contributions to understanding the epidemiology and management of late blight, black dot, white mold, and silver scurf of potato and of Verticillium wilt. Important scientific contributions have been made in the areas of disease forecasting, quantitative characterization of spatial patterns of disease plants, characterization of partial resistance, and in the etiology of Phytophthora infestans of latently infected potato seed tubers. He has also contributed to understanding and managing plant diseases of other irrigated crops, including downy mildew on hop, Verticillium wilt in mint, Kluyveromyces marxianus (a yeast) in onion, and rusts of asparagus and mint. During his career, Johnson has authored or coauthored 106 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 250 disease control bulletins and articles for growers. In recognition of his contributions to the industry, Johnson is an honorary life member of the Potato Association of America and a recipient of the Friend of the Mint Industry Award, presented by the Washington Mint Commission. He was also elected a Fellow of APS in 2011.

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David Weller, research leader and supervisory plant pathologist, USDA-ARS Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit, and adjunct professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU), and Kathleen Parker, ARS program assistant, have been selected to receive the USDA Secretary’s Honor Award in the Diversity Category for the STEM outreach program “Pumping-Up the Math and Science Pipeline: Grade School to College.” Weller’s group is being recognized “for developing innovative outreach programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to enhance the education of and provide research training for underserved youth from reservation and other rural communities.”

For the last five years, Weller and Parker have recruited teams of scientists, faculty, staff, and students from WSU, USDA-ARS, and Bellevue College, as well as local health professionals, to volunteer countless hours to activities of the “Pipeline Program.” As recipients of this award, Weller and Parker were formally recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture as well as the leadership of the REE Mission Area and ARS agency on September 14, 2011.

professor/deputy director general, IPP, in Beijing, and also included Tianrun Zhong, senior agronomist/deputy director general, NATESC in Beijing; Shichang Xu, professor/wheat breeder, IPP; Jing Li, senior agronomist/deputy director, Plant Protection Station, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, China; and Yilin Zhou, professor/plant pathologist, IPP. The delegation was hosted by Xianming Chen, research plant pathologist in the USDAARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology, and Disease Research Unit and adjunct professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, WSU. The delegation had a meeting with Hanu Pappu, professor and chair of the Department of Plant Pathology, and exchanged research progress and shared experience of extension and service in plant protection with Xianming Chen’s group.

They also visited experimental fields and research facilities and discussed possible collaboration on research and control of wheat stripe rust.

Xianming Chen, Hanu Pappu, Wenquan Chen, Tianrun Zhong, Shichang Xu, Yilin Zhou, and Jing Li

(Top) David Weller is giving a lecture to students and (bottom) Kathleen Parker (third from left) is showing students how to do an experiment.

Collaboration A delegation from the Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and National Agro-Tech Extension & Service Center (NATESC), China Ministry of Agriculture, visited the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU) at Pullman, WA, on August 18.

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A delegation from Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, visited Washington State University (WSU) on August 15, 2011. The delegation was led by Xi Hou, professor/vice president, and also included Man Zhao, director of the president office; Baojun Zhang, professor, College of Agronomy; Xinzhong Hu, associate professor, College of Food Science and Engineering; and Wenjun Qiao, deputy director, Office of International Cooperation and Exchange.

The delegation was hosted by Xianming Chen, research plant pathologist, USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology, and Disease Research Unit and adjunct professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, WSU. The delegation had meetings with Scot Hulbert, professor of the Department of Plant Pathology, and Daniel Skinner, research leader of the ARS unit, as well as administrators of the International Programs, Graduate School, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, and International Research and Development of WSU. The visit was to strengthen the cooperation between Northwest A&F University and WSU. The delegation also visited the University of Idaho on August 16.

Wenjun Qiao, Baojun Zhang, Xianming Chen, Xi Hou, Scot Hulbert, Daniel Skinner, Xinzhong Hu, and Man Zhao

Mucella Tekeoglu of Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, has completed a three-month visit in the laboratory of Weidong Chen, USDA ARS and Washington State University.

Tekeoglu’s visit Mucella Tekeoglu focused on identification of species and races of the Fusarium wilt pathogens of chickpea and on characterizing populations of Ascochyta blight pathogen of chickpea from Turkey. Her visit was sponsored by the Council of Higher Education, Republic of Turkey.

New Position Terry L. Niblack was appointed chair of the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University in August, where she will administratively lead the department’s programs in research, teaching, extension, and international Terry Niblack development in Columbus and Wooster. Niblack has extensive research, teaching, and extension experience in nematology and soilborne pathogens of soybeans and field crops, including soybean cyst nematode. She began her professional career on the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of MissouriColumbia, and from 2001 to 2011 was a professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Niblack holds many awards, including the 2011 Excellence in Soybean Research Award from the Illinois Soybean Association and is a past president of the Society of Nematologists.

Niblack holds a B.S. degree in ornamental horticulture/landscape design and agricultural education from the University of Tennessee, an M.S. degree in entomology and plant pathology from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Georgia.

Student Degrees/Awards Christie Almeyda, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU), has been selected to receive the Karen DePauw Leadership Award.

This prestigious award is offered to women in graduate studies who exemplify outstanding leadership skills and who are directly involved with WSU. Almeyda has been conducting her doctoral research on understanding the genetic control mechanisms in plant-pararetrovirus

interactions in Hanu Pappu’s lab since 2008. Using dahlia mosaic-associated caulimoviruses as a model system, she is to dissect the genetic elements involved in virus pathogenicity, transmission, gene expression, and regulation. Almeyda Christie Almeyda is a native of Lima, Peru, where she obtained her B.S. degree in biology from the National Agrarian UniversityLa Molina. Her undergraduate research was done at the International Potato Center, where she studied the molecular detection of a sweet potato virus. She obtained her M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Her M.S. thesis research was on the characterization and identification of two previously undescribed viruses occurring in greenhouse tomato and ornamental flowering maple.

Jeremiah Dung, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU), won the first place in APS Pacific Division’s recent graduate student paper competition held during the 2011 Jeremiah Dung APS-IPPC Joint Meeting in Honolulu. Dung joined the lab of Dennis Johnson, professor of plant pathology, in the spring of 2007 and completed his M.S. degree in 2009. His research was focused on the epidemiology of Verticillium wilt in potato seed tubers and resistance to the disease in cultivated and noncultivated mint. Dung then decided to continue his education under the supervision of Johnson, where his current Ph.D. work is focused on using DNA-based markers to determine the genetic diversity and spread of the fungus causing Verticillium wilt in potato and mint. Dung is also investigating the epidemiology of bacterial stem rot with his M.S. and Ph.D. coadvisor, Brenda Schroeder, assistant professor in the department. Dung has won several awards including first (2010),

second (2009), and third (2008) places in the APS Pacific Division’s student paper competitions and three competitive APS Travel Awards. In 2008, he was the recipient of the F. D. Heald Scholarship from the department and the J. De Weerd Memorial Fellowship for Excellence in Potato Research from WSU. Recently, Dung has received the WSU Graduate School Doctoral Scholarship. Dung was born in Berkeley, CA, and grew up in Spokane, WA. He received his B.S. degree in biology in 2006 from Eastern Washington University (Cheney, WA), where his undergraduate studies focused on botany and mycology.

In Memory Oren W. Spilker, of Reynoldsburg, OH, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2011. He was born in Cleveland, OH, on August 21, 1924, to the late C. Howard and Rosa Wolf Spilker, and was preceded in death by one brother Oren W. Spilker Wendell Spilker.

He was a graduate of the 1942 class of J. F. Rhodes High School (Cleveland) and the Ohio State University (OSU) (B.S. and M.S. degrees). Spilker worked for 40 years for the Ohio Department of Agriculture as a plant pathologist and pesticide specialist involved with state pesticide regulation and in the certification and training of pesticide applicators. He was always proud to be a plant pathologist. A devoted husband and father, he is survived by his wife, Marjorie (Lautermilch) Spilker of 64 years; sons, Wayne (Christine), grandchildren, Brittany and Hannah, Crystal Beach, FL; Douglas (Cathy), grandchildren, Nathaniel and Maria, Blue Springs, MO; and sister-in-law, Olga Spilker, Terry, Christopher, and Wendy, Cleveland. Member of Sigma Xi, past president of the American Association of Pesticide Control Officials, and three times past president of Reynoldsburg Kiwanis Club.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a member of the Ohio Agriculture Council and APS, a life member of the OSU Alumni Association, past elder of Parkview Presbyterian Church, and a life member of VFW Post 9473. n

Classifieds AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships—Post-Doc For more than 35 years, the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships have provided scientists and engineers with a unique opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to national and international issues in the federal policy realm, while learning first hand about establishing and implementing policy. Fellows select assignments in federal agencies or Congressional offices. This year-long opportunity begins September 1, 2012, and ends August 31, 2013. AAAS seeks candidates from a broad array of backgrounds and a diversity of geographic, disciplinary, gender, and ethnic perspectives. Fellows receive a stipend (approximately $74,000 to $97,000 [depending on years of experience and previous salary]); relocation allowance (up to $4,000 for firstyear fellows with stipends via AAAS if move is greater than 50 miles outside Washington, DC); health insurance; and travel/training (minimum of $4,000 for fellows receiving a stipend via AAAS). To be considered for a fellowship, all successful applicants must hold a doctoral-level degree in any of the following: social/behavioral sciences; medical/health disciplines; biological, physical, or geosciences. Applicants with an M.S. degree in engineering and three or more years of post-degree professional experience also qualify. All degree requirements must be completed by the application deadline.

Applicants must have solid scientific and technical credentials and the endorsement of three references; show a commitment to serve society; exhibit good communication skills to decision makers and nonscientific audiences; demonstrate integrity, problem-solving ability, good judgment, flexibility, and leadership qualities; and hold U.S. citizenship. Federal employees are not eligible. The deadline is December 5, 2011. Full details are available at www.fellowships.aaas.org.

Phytopathologist—Melon and Watermelon Nunhems, a subsidiary of Bayer CropScience, is offering a phytopathologist, melon and watermelon field scientist, lab scientist position.

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and undergraduate students. Candidates with expertise in diseases of crop plants, including those who want to translate discoveries made in model systems to agronomic crops, are encouraged to apply. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, soilborne diseases, hostpathogen interactions, epidemiology, etiology of new and emerging diseases, and disease transmission. Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology or a closely related discipline. Applications should include a statement of research and teaching interests, CV, and contact information for three persons of reference. These materials should be sent electronically to botany.and.plant.pathology. jobs@purdue.edu. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. A background check will be required for employment in this position. The salary will be competitive and commensurate with professional experience.

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breeders to develop varieties with the necessary resistances; support and render services to the breeding teams and their programs on several worldwide locations; give phytopathological input for the development of the breeding programs; develop a clear phytopathological vision of the breeding programs. For more information about Nunhems and to apply for this position, please visit www.nunhems.com.

This position is open until filled.

Faculty Position in Plant Pathology—Purdue University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University seeks applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in plant pathology at the assistant or associate professor level. The successful candidate will be expected to have or develop an internationally recognized research program, obtain extramural funding, and contribute to teaching and advising of graduate

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APS Journal Articles Phytopathology November 2011, Volume 101, Number 11 Translocation of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solana­cearum’, the Zebra Chip Pathogen, in Potato and Tomato.

A New Selective Medium for Isolation of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis from Tomato Plants and Seed.

Stability and Fitness of Pyraclostrobin- and BoscalidResistant Phenotypes in Field Isolates of Botrytis cinerea from Apple.

Estimation of Leaf Wetness Duration Requirements of Foliar Fungal Pathogens with Uncertain Data—An Application to Mycosphaerella nawae.

New Quantitative Trait Loci in Wheat for Flag Leaf Resistance to Stagonospora nodorum Blotch.

Association Mapping of Quantitative Resistance to Phaeosphaeria nodorum in Spring Wheat Landraces from the USDA National Small Grains Collection.

Association Study of Resistance to Soilborne wheat mosaic virus in U.S. Winter Wheat.

Characterization and Mycotoxigenic Potential of Fu­sarium Species in Freshly Harvested and Stored Sugar Beet in Europe.

Pathogenicity, Symptom Development, and Mycotoxin Formation in Wheat by Fusarium Species Frequently Isolated from Sugar Beet.

Multiplex PCR for the Simultaneous Identification and Detection of Meloidogyne incognita, M. enterolobii, and M. javanica Using DNA Extracted Directly from Individual Galls.

Phylogenetic History of Phytophthora cryptogea and P. drechsleri Isolates from Floriculture Crops in North Carolina Greenhouses.

Resistance of Malus domestica Fruit to Botrytis cinerea Depends on Endogenous Ethylene Biosynthesis.

Robust RNAi-Based Resistance to Mixed Infection of Three Viruses in Soybean Plants Expressing Separate Short Hairpins from a Single Transgene.

Distribution of Potato virus Y in Potato Plant Organs, Tissues, and Cells.

Yellowing Disease in Zucchini Squash Produced

by Mixed Infections of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus and Cucumber vein yellowing virus.

Plant Disease November 2011, Volume 95, Number 11 Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, a Seedborne Tomato Pathogen: Healthy Seeds Are Still the Goal.

Host Status of False Brome Grass to the Leaf Rust Fungus Puccinia brachypodii and the Stripe Rust Fungus P. striiformis.

Predicting Soybean Rust Incursions into the North American Continental Interior Using Crop Monitoring, Spore Trapping, and Aerobiological Modeling.

Temporal Genetic Structure of Phytophthora capsici Populations from a Creek Used for Irrigation in Michigan.

Variation in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Bean Isolates from Multisite Resistance Screening Locations.

Identification and Characterization of Botryosphaeria spp. Causing Gummosis of Peach Trees in Hubei Province, Central China.

Detection and Classification of SPLCV Isolates in the U.S. Sweetpotato Germplasm Collection via a RealTime PCR Assay and Phylogenetic Analysis.

Dynamics of Pseudoperonospora cubensis Sporangia in Commercial Cucurbit Fields in Michigan.

Effect of Location, Cultivar, and Diseases on Grain Yield of Soft Red Winter Wheat in Wisconsin.

Application of a Rank-Based Method for Improved Cultivar Selection in Soft Red Winter Wheat.

Sensitivity of Isolates of Phytophthora capsici from the Eastern United States to Fluopicolide.

A New TaqMan Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Quantification of Fusarium virguliforme in Soil.

Effects of Dew Removal and Mowing Frequency on Fungicide Performance for Dollar Spot Control.

Mowing Frequency and Plant Growth Regulator Effects on Dollar Spot Severity and on Duration of Dollar Spot Control by Fungicides.

Variability for Resistance to Phytophthora nicotianae Within a Collection of Nicotiana rustica Accessions.

Grain Harvesting Strategies to Minimize Grain Quality Losses Due to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat.

The Spread of a Released Clone of Gibberella zeae from Different Amounts of Infested Corn Residue.

Botryosphaeriaceae Species Associated with Avocado Branch Cankers in California.

First Report of Soft Rot Caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum on Cucumber in Malaysia.

First Report of Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae Causing Bacterial Leaf Stripe of Strelitzia nicolai.

First Report of the Walnut Witches’-Broom Phytoplasma on Japanese and Black Walnut in Iowa.

First Report of a 16SrIV-D Phytoplasma Associated with Texas Phoenix Palm Decline on Pigmy Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii) in Florida.

First Report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ Associated with Oilseed Rape Phyllody in Poland.

First Report of Leaf Blight of Basella alba Caused by Alternaria alternata in India.

First Report of Fusarium solani Causing Root Rot of Olive in Southeastern Argentina.

First Report of Internal Fruit Rot of Sweet Pepper in Korea Caused by Fusarium lactis.

First Report of Macrophomina phaseolina Causing Strawberry Crown and Root Rot in Northwestern Argentina.

First Report of Calonectria Leaf Spot Caused by Calonectria colhounii (Anamorph Cylindrocladium colhounii) on Rhododendron in Belgium.

First Report of Fusarium Wilt Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae on Passion Fruit in North America.

First Report of Root Rot Caused by Fusarium proliferatum on Blueberry in Argentina.

First Report of Boeremia Blight Caused by Boeremia exigua var. exigua on Pyrethrum in Australia.

First Report of Laurel Wilt Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras in Mississippi.

First Report of Cercospora coffeicola Causing Cercospora Leaf Spot of Castor Beans in Brazil.

First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Golovinomyces ambrosiae on Ambrosia trifida in Korea.

First Report of Peanut Foot Rot Caused by Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. africana in Jiangxi Province, China.

First Report of Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum fragariae on Cyclamen in North Carolina.

First Report of Iprodione Resistance in Botrytis cinerea on Blackberry from South Carolina.

First Report of Sclerotinia Blight Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Fan Columbine (Aquilegia flabellata) in Italy.

First Report of Rust on Osmorhiza longistylis Caused by Puccinia pimpinellae in India.

First Report of Gray Mold of Strawberry Caused by Botrytis cinerea in South Carolina.

First Report of Tomato chlorosis virus Infecting Sweet Pepper in Costa Rica.

First Report of Potato mop-top virus on Potatoes in Washington State.

First Report of Plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus in Stone Fruit Trees in China.

Molecular Identification and Characterization of Tomato zonate spot virus in Tobacco in Guangxi, China.

First Report of a Carlavirus in Fuchsia spp. in New Zealand.

First Report of Little cherry virus 2 in Flowering and Sweet Cherry Trees in China.

First Report of Moroccan pepper virus on Lisianthus in Iran and Worldwide.

First Report of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus Infecting Cucumber in Central Java, Indonesia.

MPMI November 2011, Volume 24, Number 11 Legume-Nodulating Betaproteobacteria: Diversity, Host Range, and Future Prospects.

Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Origins of Nodulation.

Phosphate Import at the Arbuscule: Just a Nutrient?

Bacteroid Development in Legume Nodules: Evolution of Mutual Benefit or of Sacrificial Victims?

The Biology of Frankia sp. Strains in the Post-Genome Era. Transformed Hairy Roots of Discaria trinervis: A Valuable Tool for Studying Actinorhizal Symbiosis in the Context of Intercellular Infection.

Exploring the Function of Alcohol Dehydrogenases During the Endophytic Life of Azoarcus Sp. Strain BH72.

IPD3 Controls the Formation of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosomes in Pea and Medicago Spp. Medicago truncatula IPD3 Is a Member of the Common Symbiotic Signaling Pathway Required for Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Symbioses.

Nodulation of Aeschynomene afraspera and A. indica by Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Sp. Strain ORS285: The Nod-Dependent Versus the Nod-Independent Symbiotic Interaction.

Pseudonodule Formation by Wild-Type and Symbiotic Mutant Medicago truncatula in Response to Auxin Transport Inhibitors.

Cytokinin Induction of Root Nodule Primordia in Lotus japonicus Is Regulated by a Mechanism Operating in the Root Cortex.

Natural Variation in Host-Specific Nodulation of Pea Is Associated with a Haplotype of the SYM37 LysMType Receptor-Like Kinase.

Plant Management Network www.plantmanagementnetwork.org Plant Health Progress Genotype and Approved Fungicide Evaluation for Reducing Leaf Spot Diseases in OrganicallyManaged Peanut.

The Potato Corky Ringspot Pathogen, Tobacco rattle virus, Occurs in Native Habitats in Minnesota.

Leaf Spot of Pinto Bean Caused by a Long-beaked Alternaria In Southeastern Arizona.

A New Report for Downy Mildew of Camelina Crantz in the High Plains of the United States. n

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