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Plant Pathology Faculty

 

A. Rick Bennett

217A Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-2598
rbennett@uark.edu

Crop Diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation:  Fungal physiology, mycology, biological control of weeds, and plant-fungal interactions

Richard D. Cartwright

Room 14
Cralley/Warren Research Laboratory
2601 N. Young Ave.
(479) 575-3189
rcartwri@uark.edu
rcartwright@uaex.edu

Crop diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, epidemiology and control of rice, wheat and soybean diseases
Burton H. Bluhm


206 Rosen Alternative Pest Control
Center (479) 575 2677
bbluhm@uark.edu

Molecular Plant Pathology
Expertise and Instrumentation: Fungal diseases of crop species, plant-fungal interactions, molecular genetics, functional genomics. metabolomics, mycology 

Clifford M. Coker, Jr.

Southeast Research and Extension Center
P. O. Box 3508
Monticello, AR 71656-3508
(870) 460-1091
coker@uamont.edu

Soybean diseases, cotton diseases, and commercial tomato diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Intensive plant disease identification/disease management

James C. Correll

205 Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-2710
jcorrell@uark.edu

Vegetable crops and rice diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, genetics and molecular biology of fungal pathogens

Terry L. Kirkpatrick

Southwest Research and Extension Center
362 Hwy 174 North
Hope, AR 71801
(870) 777-9702
tkirkpatrick@uaex.edu

Nematology
Expertise and instrumentation: Nematode population dynamics and ecology, nematode extraction and identification, field plot research

Kenneth L. Korth

205 Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center
(479) 575-5191
kkorth@uark.edu

Plant biotechnology
Expertise and Instrumentation: Molecular plant-insect interactions, pathogen and insect resistance pathways, cellular control of enzymes involved in isoprenoid metabolism

Fleet N. Lee

Rice Research and Extension Center
2900 Highway 130E, Stuttgart, AR 72160
(870) 673-2661
fnlee@uark.edu

Rice diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Disease resistance, epidemiology and control of pathogens

Eugene A. Milus

211 Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-2676
gmilus@uark.edu

Wheat and turfgrass diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, epidemiology, disease resistance, disease management

W. Scott Monfort





Rice Research and Extension Center
University of Arkansas
2900 Highway 130 East
Stuttgart, AR 72160
(870) 673-2661
smonfort@uaex.edu

Diseases and nematodes in a multitude of crops, controls of diseases and nematodes
Expertise and Instrumentation: Disease management, remote sensing, GPS, and disease forecasting


Robert T. Robbins

Room 15
Cralley/Warren Research Laboratory
2601 N. Young Ave.
(479) 575-2555
rrobbin@uark.edu

Plant nematodes
Expertise and Instrumentation: Identification, morphology and distribution of plant parasitic nematodes

Craig S. Rothrock

206 Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-6687
rothrock@uark.edu

Soilborne plant diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Ecology and control of soilborne pathogens of cotton, rice and soybeans

John C. Rupe

212 Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-2778
jrupe@uark.edu

Soybean diseases
Expertise and Instrumentation: Epidemiology and control of plant diseases, ecology of soybean pathogens

Ronald J. Sayler

202 Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center
(479) 575-8442
rjsayle@uark.edu

Functional genomic analysis of terpene synthesis in rice and Medicago for improving pest resistance
Expertise and Instrumentation: Molecular biology and biotechnology

J. Ples Spradley

Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
P. O. Box 391
Little Rock, AR 72203
(501) 671-2234
pspradley@uaex.edu

Pesticide Assessment Program
Expertise and Instrumentation: Specialist, statewide Pesticide Applicators Training Program.

David O. TeBeest

210 Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-2678
dtebeest@uark.edu

Molecular ecology and epidemiology of plant diseases, mycoherbicides
Expertise and Instrumentation: Biology, genetics, epidemiology of fungal pathogens of rice, sorghum and corn, mycoherbicides, fungal cell isolation and culture, lineage characterizations, host resistance responses

Ioannis E. Tzanetakis

213 Plant Sciences Building
(479) 575-3180
itzaneta@uark.edu

Virology
Expertise and Instrumentation: Characterization and epidemiology of new viruses.  Reverse genetics of soybean.

Stephen R. Vann

Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
P. O. Box 391
Little Rock, AR 72203
(501) 671-2229
svann@uaex.edu

Vegetable and Urban Plant Pathology
Expertise and Instrumentation: Master Gardener Programs, ornamental, turf, fruit, vegetable, and non-agronomic plants.

Adjunct Faculty

Retired Faculty


 

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