Cornell University InsigniaCornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

 

   Plant Pathology Faculty

Abawi, George
Aldwinckle, Herb
Burr, Thomas
Cox, Kerik
Dillard, Helene

Fuchs, Marc
Gadoury, David

Hoch, Harvey
Köller, Wolfram
Rosenberger, David

Seem, Robert

Smart, Christine
Wilcox, Wayne
   Adjunct professors and Joint Appointments

Cadle-Davidson, Lance
Carroll, Juliet
Dry, Ian

 
   Emeritus Faculty

Gonsalves, Dennis
Hunter, James
Provvidenti, Rosario

 

George Abawi

George S. Abawi
Professor of Plant Pathology & International Agriculture

Research on vegetable pathology, biology and ecology of soilborne pathogens, integrated disease management, soil health, international agriculture.
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Herb Aldwinckle

Herb S. Aldwinckle
Professor of Plant Pathology

Research on resistance and genetic engineering of fruit crops, apple germplasm exploration and evaluation, and coffee biotechnology.
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Tom Burr

Thomas J. Burr
Professor, Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Director of Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva

Diseases of fruit crops with emphasis on bacterial diseases, including biology and control of grape crown gall.
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Julie Carroll

Juliet Carroll
Senior Extension associate in the New York State IPM Program, with joint appointment to the Department of Plant Pathology

Development and delivery of IPM programs for tree fruit, grape, and berry growers.
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Lance Cadle-Davidson

Lance Cadle-Davidson
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Address pathogenesis of economically important fungal pathogens of grapevine.
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Kerik Cox

Kerik Cox
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology & International Agriculture Department of Plant Pathology

Tree fruit and berry crop research and extension. Pathogen biology, ecology, and epidemiology of diseases of pome fruit, stone fruit and berry crops.
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Helene Dillard

Helene R. Dillard
Professor of Plant Pathology and Director of Cooperative Extension

Research on fungal and bacterial diseases of vegetable crops.
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Ian Dry

Ian B. Dry
Adjunct Professor

Involved in developing molecular strategies to improve the genetic resistance of horticultural crops to fungal pathogens.
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Marc Fuchs

Marc Fuchs
Assistant Professor

Research and extension on virus diseases of fruit and vegetable crops, their biology and management. Virus-host and virus-vector interactions.
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David Gadoury

David M. Gadoury
Senior Research Associate

Pathogen biology, ecology, and epidemiology. Powdery and downy mildews of grapevine, and scab of apples.
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Dennis Gonsalves

Dennis Gonsalves
Emeritus Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor

Major emphasis was on the development of virus resistant transgenic plants through the concept of parasite-derived resistance. 
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Harvey Hoch

Harvey C. Hoch
Professor and Chair of Plant Pathology

Fungal cell biology, Host-pathogen interactions, and Nanobiotechnology.
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Jim Hunter

James Hunter
Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology

Biology and epidemiology of bacterial and fungal diseases of vegetable crops.
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Wolfram Koller

Wolfram Köller
Professor of Plant Pathology

Fungicide resistance, ecology of adaptive population responses. Management of resistance to site-specific antifungal agents.
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Rosario Provvidenti

Rosario Provvidenti
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Pathology, Emeritus

The identification of viruses occurring in vegetable crops and their biological control with an emphasis toward the search for natural sources of resistance.
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David Rosenberger


David A Rosenberger

Professor of Plant Pathology & Superintendent of the Hudson Valley Fruit Research Laboratory

Applied research on diseases of tree fruits and postharvest fruit diseases.
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Robert Seem

Robert C. Seem
Professor of Plant Pathology

Epidemiology of fruit and vegetable diseases, disease forecasts, and applications of high-resolution weather forecasts in diseases management
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Chris Smart

Christine D. Smart
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

Management of vegetable diseases. Molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions.
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Wayne Wilcox

Wayne F. Wilcox
Professor of Plant Pathology

Biology and integrated management of diseases of grapevine.
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