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Present for the signing: (Seated) Dr. Mark Parrish (Director of Herbicide, Trait, and PGR Development, Bayer CropScience); (From left to right) Dr. David Monks (Interim Associate Dean and Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, NCSU); Dr. Eric Davis (Williams Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and Director of Graduate Programs - Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU); Dr. James Moyer (Department Head and Professor of Plant Pathology - NCSU); Dr. Richard Linton (Dean of CALS, NCSU); Dr

Department of Plant Pathology Partnership with Bayer CropScience for Graduate Students

The Department of Plant Pathology entered into a new partnership in graduate education with Bayer CropScience by creating the Bayer CropScience Fellowship for Graduate students. We welcome applicants for the fellowship.

From left to right: Dr. Steven Shafer (Director of the Agricultural Research Service - Midwest Area, USDA); Dr. Jim Moyer (Department Head and Professor of Plant Pathology, NCSU).

Dr. Steven Shafer receives CALS Outstanding Alumnus Award

Dr. Steven R. Shafer was recently named the College of Agriculture and Life Science 2012 Outstanding Alumnus from the Department of Plant Pathology. Shafer is a native of Ohio and received his B. S. and M. S. from the Ohio State University before obtaining his PhD degree in Plant Pathology from North Carolina State University.

From left to right: Dr. Lars Haikola (University Chancellor and Head of the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education), Dr. Marc A. Cubeta (Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Soil Mycology and Disease Ecology, N.C. State University), and H.E. Mark Brzezinski (U.S. ambassador to Sweden).

Dr. Marc Cubeta returns from Fulbright in Uppsala, Sweden

Marc A. Cubeta, Professor at North Carolina State University, spent the past academic year as a Fulbright Scholar teaching and conducting research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges LantbruksUniversitet, SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden.

Dr. Ristaino named Jefferson Science Fellow

Dr. Jean Beagle Ristaino a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University has been named a 2012 Jefferson Science Fellow . Dr. Ristaino will spend the next year in Washington DC working as a science advisor at the U.S. Department of State.

About Us
The Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University is composed of nearly thirty faculty that direct a diverse portfolio of programs More

People
The strengths of the Plant Pathology faculty members serve our clientele, science, and provide a rich environment for graduate education. More

Seminars
Seminars are held each Monday at 4:00 p.m. by current and visiting scientists. In spring the seminars are held in the Toxicology auditorium More

Clinic
The Plant Disease and Insect Clinic diagnoses plant diseases and identifies insects to help farmers, growers, landscapers, . . . More

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Interns learn valuable life lessons while studying tropical plant pathology in Costa Rica

Mary Lewis spent six weeks in the summer of 2012 traveling around Costa Rica working on research designed to shed light on one of the most important diseases affecting bananas. While her focus was the fungal disease black sigatoka, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student says the experience taught her just as much – or more – about what it takes to work in a foreign country and to interact with people from other cultures...

Congratulations to Xiaomei Shu, Miranda Ganci, Joseph Roberts, and Matt Bertucci

Congratulations to Xiaomei Shu, Miranda Ganci, Joseph Roberts, and Matt Bertucci who represented NCSU Plant Pathology extremely well yesterday with their posters presented at the annual NCSU Graduate Research Symposium. A special congratulations to Joseph who was awarded first place in the Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources section!!! Joseph Roberts - 1st Place (Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources) Matthew...

Governing Council of the American Phytopathological Society visits the Plant Pathology Department at NCSU

The governing council of the American Phytopathological Society met in the Research Triangle Park, NC February 11 to 13. During their meeting they met with representatives from various Agriculturally oriented companies headquartered in RTP exploring novel ways to strengthen relationships between the Society and its members with industry. In addition, they visited the department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University...

Interns learn valuable life lessons while studying tropical plant pathology in Costa Rica

Faculty Fight Asian Soybean Rust

Two College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members were involved in award-winning efforts to protect soybean growers from Asian soybean rust, a new disease that threatened the United States soybean crop beginning in 2004. Steve Koenning, research associate professor in plant pathology, and Jim Dunphy, professor of crop science, led efforts in North Carolina to protect growers from the disease. Those efforts were honored...

Tobacco Day 2012

Please see the following link concerning 2012 Tobacco Day sponsored by Bayer CropScience, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Services, NC State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Annual Tobacco Review. Tobacco Day 2012

N.C. State Scientists Work to Stop the Spread of Boxwood Blight

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/news-center/perspectives/n-c-state-scientists-work-to-stop-the-spread-of-boxwood-blight/

Meeting with Dean Linton - Department of Plant Pathology - Overview

The Plant Pathology faculty, students, and staff met with Dean Linton Wednesday, October 31st to discuss the department's current state and future strategic initiatives.

Congratulations Drs. Shuijin Hu & Dave Shew

Congratulating to Shuijin, Dave, Lei Cheng, their former Graduate Student, and colleagues in crop science on their paper in this weeks issue of Science. A synopsis appears on the NCSU web site under news http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/mkhusoil/. The paper entitled, Aruscular mycorrhizal fungi increase organic carbon decomposition under elevated CO2, challenges long held assumptions regarding the role of AMF in protecting soil...

Welcome New Students

(L-R) Miranda Ganci, Jessica Brown, Mary Lewis, Alyssa Koehler, Al-Sayed Mashaheet Link to larger version of image

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