Lance Cadle-Davidson
Adjunct Assistant Professor

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E-Mail: led8@cornell.edu

2003 PhD, Plant Pathology, Cornell University

Division of Effort
Research - 100%, Genomics and pathogenesis of fungal diseases of grapevine.

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My research program addresses pathogenesis of economically important fungal pathogens of grapevine.  The main pathosystems we focus on involve Botrytis cinerea and Erysiphe necator (powdery mildew), the necrotrophic rotter and the stealthy biotroph, respectively.  Our goal is to use genetic, genomic, proteomic, and epidemiological approaches to decipher the molecular requirements for compatibility.  We are aided in this pursuit by temporal incompatibility in the fruit for both pathogens: Botrytis infects early but waits quiescently while the immature fruit develops until a certain point late in fruit development when it is finally able to flex its pathogenic muscles and destroy the fruit; Erysiphe infects early, causes symptoms early, and then at a very specific time in fruit development is neither able to colonize the host any further nor initiate new infections.

Professional Societies
American Phytopathological Society