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Divisional Forum Meets with Northeastern Communicate Your Science—2012 APS Division to Discuss Engagement Jim E. Adaskaveg, Divisional Forum Chair, jim.adaskaveg@ucr.edu The APS Divisional Forum met in conjunction with the Northeastern Division’s annual meeting in New Brunswick, NJ, October 12–14, 2011. Council-approved divisional engagement plans were discussed as goals that the divisions will address in the coming years. With the final divisional (i.e., Pacific Division) ratification of APS governance changes for their constitution at the 2011 Joint Meeting in Hawaii, divisions are now being asked to establish ad hoc committees. The committees will focus on one or more of the engagement plans developed by the Divisional Forum last spring. The engagement plans are for the divisions to target programs in education and extension by 1) increasing their exposure to high school students and teachers; 2) attracting promising undergraduate students to the field of plant pathology; and 3) increasing Jim E. Adaskaveg their awareness to private and public sectors of extension. For example, the North Central Division has already approved a half-day Plant Pathology in Focus session for high school students and undergraduates at their next divisional meeting at The Ohio State University in June 2012 to increase awareness of careers in plant pathology.

Another goal of the Divisional Forum was to participate in the annual extension round table discussions of the Northeastern Division. Major disease outbreaks over the last year were discussed for each state in the division. Not all of the divisions have such a program and thus the Divisional Forum participated to encourage other divisions to develop extension and outreach awareness amongst membership and possibly public sectors.

Annual Meeting Call for Papers

What do you have to communicate with the plant pathology community? It’s not too early to start thinking about the 2012 APS Annual Meeting, to take place August 4–8, 2012, in Providence, RI, and how you can be a part of it. You are invited to share your latest breakthroughs and research findings with APS at the annual meeting.

This is the premier meeting for plant pathology, featuring high-quality plant disease science. The latest topics and issues in plant pathology will be discussed through posters, special sessions, and technical sessions. By presenting a poster or oral presentation, you have the opportunity to share your research with the top minds in the plant pathology community and receive feedback on your work.

During these meetings it was realized by the forum that not all divisions have early career awards for achievements of young professionals in plant pathology.

Thus, Divisional Forum representatives were encouraged to develop these ideas with their divisional officers to ultimately recognize and publicize achievements and awareness of outstanding contributions in plant pathology at the regional level.

APS Divisional Forum members (left-right) Wade Elmer, Dan An annual APS Graduate Student Roberts, Jim Adaskaveg, David Schmale, Lawrence Datnoff, and Symposium proposal is also being staff member Marci Smith. Not pictured is George Sundin. Other developed by the Divisional Forum. forum members unable to attend include Tim Brenneman and This proposal is to have the winners of Tamra Jackson. the divisional student paper competitions participate in a symposium at the APS Annual Meeting. Monetary travel awards will be established through the divisions. The objective is to showcase award-winning graduate students at the national level and to assist them in launching their careers. n

Be a part of the scientific program by submitting your research. Online submissions for both oral and poster presentations will be accepted February 1 through March 15, 2012.

More information, including guidelines and criteria for acceptance, is available at www. apsnet.org/meet. Make your plans now to join APS as the largest plant pathology society in the world meets in the smallest state in the United States next August! n

In this Issue Editor’s Corner ........................................ 178 APS Foundation ...................................... 180 Public Policy Update ............................... 182

OIP News & Views ................................. 183 People ..................................................... 184 Classified ................................................. 186

APS Journal Articles ................................ 187 Calendar of Events .................................. 188

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Editor-in-Chief: Doug Jardine Managing Editor: Michelle Bjerkness Editor: Amanda Aranowski Design: Agnes Walker Advertising Sales: Cindy Anderson

Editor’s Corner Is There a Tricorder in Your Future?

Doug Jardine, Kansas State University, PhytoNewsEditor@scisoc.org For anyone who was or is a Star Trek fan, you would know that a tricorder was a fictional, multifunction device used for sensor scanning, data analysis, and recording data. Mr. Spock wouldn’t think of exploring a planetary surface without one, and Dr. McCoy was able to make on-the-spot, detailed medical diagnoses by waving his handheld version over the patient. After attending the recent Third National Meeting of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN), I am not so sure that a crude, but functional, tricorder-like device for plant pathology diagnosticians is not all that far off in the future.

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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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The theme of the conference was “Next Gen NPDN.” The opening symposium was “New Technologies in Diagnostics.” Topics included loop-mediated isothermal amplification, next-generation sequencing for identification of plant pathogens, DNA chip arrays for virus identification, and the potential of microfluidic systems for diagnostics in plant pathology. Can you imagine doing PCR in a device about the size of your smart phone? Testing for multiple pathogens in a plant sample at a cost of a few pennies a run? The possibilities are closer than you think!

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One of the most interesting presentations at the conference was by Arturo Casadevall, Einstein College of Medicine, who presented a paper entitled “Emerging fungal pathogens—Past, present, and future.” One of his discussion points was why is it, when there are approximately 1.5 million species of fungi, only about 150 are pathogenic to humans? Hint: It has to do with our body temperature and why we have to eat so much compared to reptiles for instance, that may only eat once a week.

If you weren’t one of the nearly 200 plant pathologists in attendance, you are in luck as many of the presentations were videotaped and will be made available on the NPDN website at www.NPDN. org. To sum up the conference, I turn to one of Mr. Spock’s most frequently repeated quotes, “Fascinating!” n

Submissions Due Soon for PDMR Volume 6 (2012) 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. Instructions for submission preparation and procedure and an online submission form are available at www.scientificsocieties.org/aps/pdmr/guidelines. n

2010 Art in Phytopathology Submission: Mike’s Nose Robin Choudhury, University of California-Davis I took this photo in Blacksburg, VA, where an annual Halloween carving party occurs each year.

The owner of the property, Mike, has several acres of land, and this locust tree was near the entrance. He had jokingly added the eyes and mouth to the conch, making it look like a face. I was an undergraduate at University of Maryland at the time, and my former plant pathology teacher (Yilmaz Balci) identified the fungus as Phellinus robiniae. n

Impressive, Dedicated APS Community Continues to Grow

Thank You

COMMITTEE SPOTLIGHT

Volunteers are at the heart of APS’s success; we simply could not produce the exceptional experiences, vibrant community, and essential tools that we all value without the contributions of members’ time, talent, and expertise.

Special thanks to the more than 900 members who shared their skills, passion, and diverse perspectives this past year. Together, we are accomplishing significant goals for APS and furthering the plant pathology profession.

According to the 2011 APS Membership Survey, members are eager to volunteer and the percentage of members who volunteer is growing. In addition, the amount of time members give is on the rise, and those indicating interest in participating in the future is also increasing, with early career professionals, along with student/post-doc members and those in developing countries, showing the most interest.

What an impressive, dedicated community! Opportunities exist at various levels of engagement and across the full spectrum of the society. Make sure to share your talents with APS in the year ahead and continue to impact the future of plant pathology! n

Actively Engage in APS and Expand Your Leadership Experiences Looking for an opportunity to actively engage in APS? Interested in a leadership experience that will provide the unique opportunity to impact the future of plant pathology? Or perhaps you have a colleague who has the skill set and interest in an advanced service-learning opportunity?

Now is your chance, as a member of APS, to nominate your colleagues or indicate your own interest in service to APS for vice president or councilor-at-large on APS Council.

On November 8, an e-mail requesting participation was sent to all APS members. To submit your nominations, simply use the web form at http://surveys.qualtrics.com/ SE/?SID=SV_1NQoHHT25jeqHWY. (Paper nomination ballots were only sent to those members without an e-mail address on file at APS Headquarters.) All nominations must be received on or before Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Members may either self-nominate or they may be nominated by others. Keep in mind that for your nominations to be considered for the 2012 APS Council election, nominees will also need to complete an application form by January 20, 2012. Additional details are available at www.apsnet.org/members/apsleadership/Pages/APSCouncilNominations.aspx.

Your involvement in this process is important, submit your nominations today! n

Food Safety Starts with Healthy Plants!

2012 Human Pathogens on Plants Workshop

The mission of the Collections and Germplasm Committee is to promote and foster the collection, preservation, improvement, and utilization of U.S. and international resources of microbial and higher-plant germplasm; identify issues relevant to germplasm resources; advocate judicious improvements in collection and germplasm systems; and constructively influence policies and procedures through APS Council by such means as committee proposals, APS publications and discussion sessions, and communications with other scientific societies, governmental agencies, institutions, and industry.

Collections of plant pathogens have played important roles in the advancement of plant pathology and related fields. They provide critical links between past and present disease epidemics, facilitate identification of emerging diseases, and are useful in developing control strategies for plant diseases. However, the collection of plant pathogens in the nation lacks a coordinated national system to protect, preserve, and enhance these valuable resources. Currently, the key issue our committee is focusing on is support for the establishment of a national plant microbial germplasm system (NPMGS) to protect endangered collections and teach good collection practices.

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Shuxian Li, Collections and Germplasm Committee Chair, shuxian.li@ars.usda.gov, and Rick Bennett, Collections and Germplasm Committee vice chair, rbennett@uark.edu

Members of the committee sponsor symposia and workshops at APS meetings that address issues related to culture collections and germplasm and sponsored a hands-on workshop entitled “Microbial Collections: Practice and Management” on August 5, 2011, at the APS-IPPC Joint Meeting in Honolulu, HI. n

Share strategies, perspectives, and expertise while shaping the future of research for human pathogens on plants.

February 13–15, 2012 Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S.A.

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Call for Applications for 2012 StorkanHanes-McCaslin Foundation Awards The Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Foundation Awards are named in honor of Richard C. Storkan, Gerald L. Hanes, and Robert L. McCaslin. Each had a long history of cooperation with the scientific community, and were pioneers in developing effective soil fumigation through experimental research.

The foundation was established in 1987 to support graduate student research. To date, more than $366,000 has been awarded to 63 promising scientists. In addition to unrestricted cash awards (which range from $5,000 to $10,000 and can be used for any purpose that will benefit the education of the student, including personal expenses), new awardees will also receive round-trip fares to the APS Annual Meeting and are presented their awards at a luncheon attended by their research advisors, previous awardees, and members of the Foundation Committee. The research for which the award is given is expected to be performed by the applicant during the academic year 2012– 2013 and a one-page progress report is due one year from the date of the award. It would be appreciated if the foundation were acknowledged in research publications stemming from this award.

A major aim of the foundation is to encourage research by offering financial assistance to graduate students who are working on soilborne diseases of plants. The research must be done in the United States. Foundation policy is to contribute to the education of the student. Grants are made on a yearly basis and may be renewed upon review by the committee.

Applications must be received before May 1, 2012, for funding to begin September 1, 2012.

Please submit six copies each of a short, two- to three-page research proposal containing a concise statement of the objectives, methods and materials, and projected impact of the proposed research; a one-page resume (i.e., a brief education and research background, including a telephone number and e-mail address); and a letter from the applicant’s major professor or research director. A budget is not required. Preference will be given to those proposals containing innovative, creative, and/or novel research approaches to the stated objective(s) and to the overall quality (organization, correct grammar, and spelling) of the written proposal. Send applications to A. Paulus, Chair Selection Committee, Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Foundation, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0122. If further details are desired, Paulus can be reached by e-mail at albert.paulus@ucr.edu or by phone at +1.951.827.3431. n 180 Phytopathology News

APS Foundation Introduce Undergrads to Plant Pathology Research with a Frank L. Howard Fellowship Do you have undergraduate students working in your laboratory who could benefit from the support of the Frank L. Howard Undergraduate Fellowship? If so, we encourage you to notify them about this opportunity. The application process is not complicated and it provides an excellent opportunity to introduce an undergraduate to the exciting world of plant pathology research.

The fellowship will be awarded for summer 2012 or the 2012–2013 academic school term. One award of $1,000 will be made to support undergraduate research and may be used for stipend and research budget expenses. The sponsor or student should plan to present the results of their research at a regional or national APS meeting following completion of the research.

Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply immediately. Six copies of the application package are due January 24, 2012. Applications and instructions can be found at www.apsnet.org/ members/foundation/apply/Pages/UndergradFellowship.aspx.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mani Skaria, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Citrus Center, by phone +1.956.447.3368 or via e-mail at mani.skaria@tamuk.edu. n

Graduate Student Funding Opportunities Mark your calendars and plan to submit your applications for the Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship and/or the I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium. These APS Foundation awards provide unique opportunities for student plant pathologists to support their research and increase their participation in APS activities.

The Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship can be used as a stipend for research expenses, books, research or scientific meeting travel, summer internships, and/or equipment. Applications are being accepted through January 13, 2012. One award of $1,500 is available; view full details at www. apsnet.org/members/foundation/apply/Pages/RaymondTarleton.aspx.

The 2012 I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium this year is focused on host plant resistance and disease management and will feature four graduate student presentations with travel awards for each presenter of $500 for the 2012 APS Annual Meeting. Applications are being accepted through January 9, 2012. View full details at www.apsnet.org/members/ foundation/apply/Pages/IEMelhusGradStudentSymposium.aspx.

Submit your applications and gain new opportunities and experiences through the support of the APS Foundation! n

Creating Possibilities for Plant Pathology You can make an immediate and direct impact. With a donation to the APS Foundation, 97% of what you give goes to the cause you care about most— sustaining the profession and science of plant pathology.

More than 1,500 contributors have already shown their support, making it possible to give more than 50 awards for a total of $36,000 of funding in 2011. Thank you donors! (Visit www.apsnet.org/ members/foundation/contributors for a cumulative listing.)

You can create possibilities for plant pathology too, make a donation today at www.apsnet.org/give.

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Public Policy Update PPB Attends Plant Science Research Summit Jan Leach, PPB Chair, jan.leach@colostate.edu What research in plant science is needed in the next 10 years to improve global food supplies using sustainable approaches and increase our understanding of plant biology? To develop a united plan to address this question, a Plant Science Research Summit (Chevy Chase, MD; September 22–23, 2011), organized by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), brought together 75 plant scientists as well as representatives of federal agencies, professional societies, grower organizations, and other stakeholders of plant science. APS was represented at the summit by Jan Leach, Public Policy Board (PPB) chair; Kellye Eversole (Eversole Associates); and Angela Records (Eversole Associates), public policy fellow.

While the summit participants readily agreed that plant science is critical to solving the global food needs, the discussions of “how” and “what is needed” were broad. One key, as summarized in the Science Insider (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/09/decadal-plan-for-plant-science. html), is that “Progress will require new model systems, intensively studied species that provide insights useful both in basic and applied research.” The importance of including crop species as models and the tools and information needed to accelerate characterization of the fundamental biological processes important to agriculture were discussed. The need to understand plant genetic diversity and plant-microbe interactions (beneficial and pathogenic) for improvement of economically useful plants was also discussed.

Not surprisingly, no common path for plant science emerged from this two-day summit. However, Organizer Gary Stacey (ASPB) indicated that this summit was just the beginning. Over the next several months, a committee will work to capture the ideas from the summit and combine them with input submitted from the broad community to prepare a report that will provide a unified path for plant science and emphasize the critical role plant science plays in the nation’s future. The product, according to Stacey, will be a strong, single message that can guide future funding for plant sciences.

We encourage you to participate in the process. You can follow progress at www.aspb.org/ plantsummit and submit ideas there, or you can send suggestions to Leach (jan.leach@colostate. edu), Eversole (eversole@eversoleassociates.com), or Records (angela.records@gmail.com). n

PPB Position Open with Regulatory Focus APS announces the availability of a position on the APS Public Policy Board (PPB) for a plant pathologist to focus on regulatory issues of interest to plant pathologists. For this position, PPB is particularly interested in plant pathologists with knowledge of regulatory issues at the EPA and APHIS. PPB seeks a person to continue productive initiatives related to regulatory issues, including the • establishment of an APS-APHIS partnership for risk-based regulations and e-Permitting to facilitate the movement of pathogens/pests intrastate and internationally; • identification of possible improvements in the risk-based permitting process for APS and associated societies; • efforts to provide the EPA with objective, science-based information for risk assessment on crop protection materials and biotechnology products for combating plant disease; and • submission of comments to USDA and the EPA on proposed regulations or guidances related to genetically engineered crops.

Some newer areas of regulatory policy of interest to APS and PPB include • input on plant pathogens proposed for the Select Agent list; and • plant-pathology-relevant regulations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on synthetic biology.

Interested individuals should review full details available at www.apsnet.org/ members/apsleadership/Pages/VolunteerOpenings.aspx.

PPB requests submission by December 20 of a short statement of interest and background (short CV) from members interested in serving APS as a PPB board member. Please send to PPB Chair Jan Leach at jan.leach@colostate. edu. Questions? E-mail or call Leach at +1.970.491.2924. n 182 Phytopathology News

Field Crops Rust Symposium This Month!

The American Phytopathological Society 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.

“The FCRS is unique in its focus; it’s intended to provide presentations of cutting-edge research on the rust diseases, but should also facilitate the exchange of ideas beyond the typical crop specific discussions,” said Erick DeWolf, Kansas State University.

“In recent years, new races of rust have emerged that are causing serious problems in wheat, corn, and soybeans. These diseases are causing yield losses valued at more than $100 million annually, and aggravate global shortages of grain. It’s essential that the scientific community comes together to address these disease problems— nothing less than global food supply is at stake,” he added.

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 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

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Learn Best OIP News & Views Management Practices for Dealing with Deadlines Approaching for JANE and Common Scab International Travel Awards Proposals for the John and Ann Niederhauser Endowment (JANE) are due December 15, 2011. One award of up to $5,000 for a project to take place during the 2012 calendar year will be provided. JANE was created to facilitate international cooperation related to research on and management of plant diseases, with particular emphasis on those caused by Phytophthora spp. To increase the award’s impact, the scope of projects to be considered has been expanded to include any international program in plant pathology that involves cooperation between a person or institution in the United States and a person or institution outside the United States. Full details are available online at www.apsnet.org/members/foundation/apply/Pages/JANEEndowment.aspx.

Common scab is a disease that can persist indefinitely in some soils and affects all varieties of potatoes. This unsightly disease causes lesions on tubers, which lowers marketability and increases the costs of production and processing. The latest Focus on Potato webcast

by Thomas Zitter, professor of plant pathology at Cornell University, addresses common scab and best management practices to deal with the disease. This presentation will help users get a broad overview of common scab and understand its associated symptoms; become aware of the difference between common scab and powdery scab; know the characteristics of organisms involved and specific in-field features of the disease; and learn best management practices for dealing with the disease. The presentation is available online at www.plantmanagementnetwork. org/edcenter/seminars/potato/CommonScab.

Other presentations are available on the Focus on Potato website at www. plantmanagementnetwork.org/fop.

Focus on Potato is a publication of the Plant Management Network (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 applied, science-based resources. PMN is jointly managed by APS, American Society of Agronomy, and Crop Science Society of America. To take advantage of PMN’s full line of resources, please sign up for its free online newsletter at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/update/ default.cfm. n

Applications for the International Travel Fund must be submitted by January 6, 2012.

One award of $1,500 will be provided to support travel costs to the annual meeting for early- to mid-career APS members native to and working in developing countries who otherwise would not be able to participate in the 2012 APS Annual Meeting. This award, provided by OIP and the APS Foundation, is intended to support scientists holding post-graduate positions in their respective country; graduate students and post-doctoral fellows will not be funded. Full details are available online at www.apsnet.org/members/foundation/apply/ Pages/InternationalTravelFund.aspx. n

Looking Back at the History of UC-Berkeley’s Plant Pathology Department A copy of History of the Plant Pathology Department, University of California, Berkeley, 1903–1994, is now available in The Iowa State University Library Special Collections Department, home to the historical records of APS. This text includes the early history of agriculture in California and the role of the Experiment Station.

According to Milt Schroth, many early documents were written by the chair and other faculty during the early days when diseases were rampant and the governor and legislature realized the importance of research and solving problems. Ralph Smith’s memoirs are also included in the book and are an interesting read. In fact, Smith started the first department of plant pathology in the country. To read more about this book or to purchase it online, visit www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2442774.

APS works to maintain extensive historical resources through its historical archives on APSnet at www.apsnet.org/about/history. If you have information or materials that you would like added, please contact APS Historian Paul Peterson (ppeters@clemson.edu or +1.843.662.3526 ext. 133). n

IMPORTANT APS DATES TO REMEMBER 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 20 Letters of interest for the PPB regulatory position due January 2012 6 International Travel Fund applications due 9 Applications for the I. E. Melhus Symposium due 13 Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship applications due 20 APS vice president and councilor-at-large applications due for 2012 election 24 Frank L. Howard Fellowship applications due Phytopathology News 183

People Student Degrees and Awards Marin Talbot Brewer completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in 2011. Her research was supervised by Michael Milgroom, with a focus on the population genetics and phylogeography Marin Talbot Brewer of the grape powdery mildew pathogen, Erysiphe necator. Using multilocus sequencing, Brewer demonstrated that E. necator populations in the eastern North America are highly diverse and are the likely center of origin for E. necator populations in Europe, Australia, and the Pacific Coast of the United States. She also identified mating-type genes in E. necator and several other powdery mildew species, including Blumeria graminis, Podosphaera spp., and Microsphaera syringae. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia, Athens.

More about her research and opportunities for graduate, postgraduate, and visiting scholars can be seen at www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/plpath.

Amara R. Dunn was the 2011 recipient of the Robert Gilmer Graduate Student Award. The award is named in honor of Robert M. Gilmer, a member of Cornell University’s (CU’s) Department of Plant Pathology at the Geneva Experiment Station from 1950 to 1975. Gilmer is remembered as an outstanding plant pathologist, colleague, and mentor, internationally respected for his contributions to our knowledge of virus diseases of fruit crops. His generous gift created the endowment that bears his name. Dunn received the award in recognition of her excellence in academics, research, and service to the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology. Her M.S. research on Phytophthora blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora capsici was conducted at CU’s Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology under the direction of Christine Smart. More about Dunn’s work can be seen at www.cals.cornell. edu/cals/plpath/directory/camp-a.cfm.

Amara R. Dunn receiving her award from Wayne F. Wilcox 184 Phytopathology News

Santiago Mideros completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in 2011. His research on resistance to aflatoxin accumulation in maize was supervised

by Rebecca Nelson.

He was a former Santiago Mideros manager in charge of integrated pest and disease management at a fresh flower production company in Ecuador and a research assistant at the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru. Mideros is currently a post-doctoral scientist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico. More about his research and opportunities for graduate, postgraduate, and visiting scholars can be seen at www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/plpath.

Ji-Hyun Park received her Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota (UMN) in September 2011.

Her research was on the etiology of crown decline and dieback in bitternut hickory in the North Central Ji-Hyun Park and Northeastern United States and was conducted under the direction of Jennifer Juzwik. Park grew up in Seoul, Republic of Korea, where she earned B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in forest resources from Seoul National University. She is currently working as a post-doctoral scientist with the Korea Forest Research Institute.

Jonathan E. Oliver completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in 2011. His research, supervised by Marc Fuchs, focused on the genetic variability of Grapevine fanleaf virus and the design Jonathan E. Oliver and testing of constructs for resistance. Oliver demonstrated that recombination and purifying selection are important evolutionary mechanisms in the genetic diversification of the virus and, using an agroinfiltration transient expression assay and stable transformants, identified varied

concatenate constructs designed in conserved genomic regions that confer resistance to virus infection. He is currently a post-doctoral associate with Leonardo de la Fuente at Auburn University. More about his research and opportunities for graduate, postgraduate, and visiting scholars can be seen at www.cals. cornell.edu/cals/plpath.

James Popko recently completed an M.S. degree from the Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences at the University of MassachusettsAmherst (UMass) under the direction of Geunhwa Jung.

His research project, James Popko entitled “Association between in vitro propiconazole sensitivity and propiconazole field efficacy of five New England Sclerotinia homoeocarpa populations” was accepted for publication in Plant Disease. He was awarded second place in the CO5 Division Industry student competition for a presentation he gave on his research at the 2010 ASA-CSSASSSA meeting. Popko is currently working as a research associate conducting field trials and other research for the Turf Pathology/Breeding Lab in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences at UMass.

A. Paola Zuluaga completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in July 2011. She studied host and pathogen gene expression during the transition from biotrophy to necrotrophy A. Paola Zuluaga in a compatible interaction (tomato and Phytophthora infestans) with Bill Fry. She found significant evidence for alternative splicing in tomato and detected the expression of 90,000 genes in tomato (about fourfold more than predicted from analysis of the genome). She detected 9,000 genes in P. infestans. She also found evidence for new R genes in the host and new effectors in the pathogen. Zuluaga is currently investigating post-doctoral opportunities in Spain. More about her research and opportunities for graduate, postgraduate, and visiting scholars can be seen at www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/plpath.

Awards Mary-Dell Chilton, Brent Godshalk, and Palle Pedersen have been recognized by the Crop Science Society of America for outstanding contributions to crop science research. Chilton, a distinguished science fellow at Syngenta, will receive the CSSA Presidential Award. Syngenta’s head of parent traits, Godshalk, was inducted into the CSSA’s 2011 Class of Fellows. CSSA is also recognizing Pedersen, a seed care technology asset lead at Syngenta, with the 2011 Young Crop Scientist Award.

The CSSA awards were presented at the society’s 2011 Awards Ceremony during its annual meeting held Mary-Dell Chilton in October.

Brent Godshalk

Palle Pedersen

Martin Dickman, director, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, received the 2011 E. C. Stakman Award from the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, in May 2011. The Martin Dickman award is granted to individuals of any country and nationality for outstanding achievements in plant pathology.

Dickman has made numerous fundamental contributions to our understanding of fungalplant interactions. Early in his career, he recognized the potential of molecular and genetic approaches to address fundamental questions in host-pathogen interactions. His studies on the role of cyclic AMP and calcium in fungal development and the participation of signal transduction pathways involving various classes of protein kinases and phosphatases in pathogenesis are among the most thorough and significant contributions in this area of plant pathology. In his more current research, Dickman is beginning to elucidate mechanisms that regulate programmed cell death with the

goal of generating transgenic plants with novel mechanisms of pathogen resistance. His interest in potentially common mechanisms of infection by pathogens and common mechanisms of resistance led to his key participation in establishing the first national program in comparative microbiology, now a graduate program at the University of Nebraska. He truly embodies the qualities and spirit of the E. C. Stakman Award.

Amy Y. Rossman, research leader, USDA-ARS, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, was honored as the 2011 Distinguished Mycologist by the Mycological Society of America at their Amy Y. Rossman annual meeting in Fairbanks, AK. This award is given for her lifetime contributions to increased knowledge of the systematics of fungi, especially those of importance to agriculture and her contributions to the development of the U.S. National Fungus Collections and associated databases.

South Dakota State University’s (SDSU’s) Soil Judging Team placed fourth overall, qualifying for the 2012 National American Society of Agronomy Soil Judging Contest at the Region 5 Collegiate Soil Judging Contest held in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area September 25–30, 2011. SDSU and the South Dakota Natural Resources Conservation Service hosted the event. Soil judging provides students with practical experience evaluating the physical and chemical properties of soils, important in making land-use decisions. Soil forming factors, which include site characteristics, soil classification, land-use interpretations, and soil morphology, are key parts of the judging process.

New Positions Lindsey du Toit, associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University (WSU) and located at the Northwest Research and Extension Center, Mount Vernon, WA, has been appointed as associate professorLindsey du Toit extraordinary in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa, for a period of three years beginning October 1, 2011. The University of Stellenbosch created this category of appointment to give recognition to individuals for their proven specialized expertise, and/or their eminence in their profession and field of study, and to involve them in academic programs of the relevant department. du Toit holds the Alfred Christianson Endowed professorship in vegetable seed science at WSU. The endowment was also established by the family of Alfred Christianson, founder of the Alf Christianson Seed Company, to “attract and retain a worldrenowned scholar and practitioner with special expertise in vegetable seed science.” du Toit was the recipient of the Early Career Award from the Pacific Division of The American Phytopathological Society (APS).

Collaborations Tamotsu Hoshino, leader of the Genomic Resources and Environmental Adaptation Research Group in the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Sapporo, Japan, visited the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University, Pullman, September 14–16. He was hosted

by Jack Rogers, professor of plant pathology.

Hoshino visited the Mycological Herbarium in the department to examine specimens of the snow mold fungus, genus Typhula. He is using DNA and other technologies to understand certain species of the genus on a worldwide basis.

Members of South Dakota State University’s soil judging team Dustin Voss, Matt Mehlhaf, Colin Tobin, Angela Kutzbach, Laura Schwengel, Emily Helms, Kerry Kelly, Tyann Slepikas, Doug Malo, Bri Wegner, and Shaina Sabel (Jesse Cameron not pictured) Mike Adams, Tamotsu Hoshino, and Jack Rogers

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Malcolm Manners, the John and Ruth Tyndall professor of citrus science at Florida Southern College, has taken his agricultural expertise to Angola, Africa, where he has worked for two years to establish a sustainable tropical fruit and citrus nursery program. From July 7 to August 2, he worked in Angola as part of the USAID’s Farmer to Farmer Program; the trip was coordinated by Citizen’s Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA). Last year, several Angolan cooperatives identified a need to plant and grow fruit trees and asked Manners to assist them. The Coopecunha cooperative successfully implemented the recommendations Manners made during his first visit. In addition to his work with the Coopecunha group, Manners taught the members of another cooperative a better process for growing citrus, mango, avocado, papaya, and passion fruit.

Karl-Heinz Kogel, professor at the Institute for Phytopathology and Applied Zoology (IPAZ), Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, visited the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, on October 10–11. Kogel’s research interests are in the areas of biological mechanisms of disease resistance in cereals, biological plant protection, and plant biotechnology. He gave a seminar, “Broad spectrum suppression of innate immunity is required for colonization of Arabidopsis thaliana roots by the fungus Piriformospora indica.” His seminar was jointly sponsored by the Departments of Plant Pathology and Crops and Soil Sciences. Kogel visited with plant pathology faculty and held discussions.

Diter von Wettstein, Karl-Heinz Kogel, and Tim Paulitz

Presentation Kevin McCluskey attended the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) 2011 Congress in Sapporo, Japan, as an official delegate of the United States.

The IUMS meeting included a session commemorating the Kevin McCluskey 60th anniversary of the Japanese Society of Culture Collections where McCluskey presented a talk on “Characterization of classical mutant strains of Neurospora from the Fungal Genetics Stock Center collection using gene and whole genome sequence analysis.” McCluskey was appointed as a delegate of the United States by the U.S. National Academy and as such participated and voted in the IUMS General Assembly.

McCluskey also participated in the IUMS Mycology Council meeting. The IUMS 2011 Congress culminated with a ceremony and reception for His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Japan, who is a noted gobi fish taxonomist. n

Malcolm Manners (left) checking budwood source trees in Angola.

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extensive experience with diseases of economic importance; demonstrated ability to conduct and publish research results; and excellent interpersonal/communication skills. Preferred qualifications: post-doctoral experience; demonstrated experience in field-based research; teaching experience; expertise to teach fungal biology, bacteriology, or nematology at the graduate level; and demonstrated experience with commodity groups and successful experience obtaining extramural funding.

Pay scale negotiable. Review of applications begins January 9, 2012. NDSU policy requires applications be completed online at http:// jobs.ndsu.edu/postings/1312. Documents to submit include an application letter that describes research and teaching interests and how the minimum and preferred qualifications are met; CV; and Ph.D. transcripts. Additionally, applicants should have three letters of reference mailed directly to Mohamed Khan, professor and Search Committee chair, Department of Plant Pathology, P.O. Box 6050, Dept. 7660, Fargo, ND 58108-6050. n

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APS Journal Articles Phytopathology December 2011, Volume 101, Number 12 Comments Regarding the Binary Power Law for Heterogeneity of Disease Incidence.

Exponential and Power-Law Contact Distributions Represent Different Atmospheric Conditions.

Characteristics of the Spread of Apple Proliferation by Its Vector Cacopsylla picta.

Biological Control of Take-All by Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. from Chinese Wheat Fields.

Effect of Temperature on Cortical Infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae and Clubroot Severity.

A Test System to Quantify Inoculum in Runoff from Phytophthora ramorum-Infected Plant Roots.

Modeling Cold Curing of Pierce’s Disease in Vitis vinifera ‘Pinot Noir’ and ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ Grapevines in California.

Genetics of Resistance to Race TTKSK of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in Triticum monococcum.

Sequence and Simple-Sequence Repeat Analyses of the Fungal Pathogen Seiridium cardinale Indicate California Is the Most Likely Source of the Cypress Canker Epidemic for the Mediterranean Region.

Botrytis pseudocinerea, a New Cryptic Species Causing Gray Mold in French Vineyards in Sympatry with Botrytis cinerea.

Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 Occurs as Genetically Diverse Populations.

Plant Disease December 2011, Volume 95, Number 12 Observations from a Quarter Century of Evaluating Reactions of Sweet Corn Hybrids in Disease Nurseries.

Quantification of the Components of Resistance to Rice Sheath Blight Using a Detached Tiller Test Under Controlled Conditions.

Triticum mosaic virus Isolates in the Southern Great Plains.

Evaluation of Lisianthus as an Indicator Host for Iris yellow spot virus.

Virulence in Oat Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) in the United States from 2006 through 2009.

Wild Type Sensitivity and Mutation Analysis for Resistance Risk to Fluopicolide in Phytophthora capsici.

Development of Primers for Improved PCR Detection of the Potato Zebra Chip Pathogen, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’.

Molecular Analysis of Turfgrass Rusts Reveals the Widespread Distribution of Puccinia coronata as a Pathogen of Kentucky Bluegrass in the United States.

A Two-Step Molecular Detection Method for Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Isolates Insensitive to QoI Fungicides.

Apical Necrosis and Premature Drop of Persian (English) Walnut Fruit Caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. juglandis.

Detection of Multiple Verticillium Species in Soil Using Density Flotation and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction.

First Report of Group 16SrXII Phytoplasma Associated with Papaya Yellows in Taiwan.

First Report of Enterobacter Bulb Decay of Onions Caused by Enterobacter cloacae in New York.

First Report of Ratoon Stunt of Sugarcane Caused by Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli in Pakistan.

First Report of a Natural Infection of Stevia rebaudiana by a Group 16SrXXIV Phytoplasma in India.

A New Leaf Blight of Rice Caused by Pantoea ananatis in India.

First Report of Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in Spain.

First Report of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Erwinia tracheiphila on Pumpkin and Watermelon in New Mexico.

First Report of Xanthomonas gardneri Causing Bacterial Spot of Tomato in Ohio and Michigan.

First Report on Association of Colletotrichum coccodes with Chili Anthracnose in India.

First Reports of Brown Fruit Rot on Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium) and Plum (P. domestica) and Shoot Blight on Apricot (P. armeniaca), Kwanzan Cherry (P. serrulata), and Sweet Cherry (P. avium) Caused

by Monilinia laxa in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

First Report of Dollar Spot Caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa on Switchgrass in the United States.

First Report of Root Rot Caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on Daucus carota var. sativa in Southern Korea.

First Report of Cochliobolus sativus Causing Leaf Spot on Paper Mulberry in China.

Leaf Anthracnose, a New Disease of Swallow-Worts Caused by Colletotrichum lineola from Russia.

Outbreak of Cucurbit Powdery Mildew on Watermelon Fruit Caused by Podosphaera xanthii in Southwest Florida.

Outbreaks of Smut Caused by Tilletia maclaganii on Switchgrass in New York and Pennsylvania.

First Report of Walnut Canker Caused by Fusarium incarnatum from India.

First Report of Gray Mold Caused by Botrytis cinerea on Yellow Cosmos (Bidens sulphurea) in Brazil.

First Report of Laurel Wilt Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Pondspice in Florida.

First Report of Damping-Off on Strawberry Tree Caused by Colletotrichum acutatum and C. simmondsii in Italy.

First Report of White Pine Blister Rust Caused by Cronartium ribicola on Immune Black Currant Ribes nigrum Cv. Titania in Preston, Connecticut.

Laurel Wilt, Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, is Confirmed in Miami-Dade County, Center of Florida’s Commercial Avocado Production.

First Report of Phoma herbarum on Field Pea (Pisum sativum) in Australia.

First Report of Powdery Mildew Caused by Golovinomyces biocellatus on Monarda didyma in Korea.

First Report of Twig Blight Disease of Citrus Caused by Haematonectria haematococca in the Philippines.

First Report of Wilt on Alfalfa in China Caused by Verticillium nigrescens.

First Report of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Races with Virulence to Wheat Stem Rust Resistance Genes Sr31 and Sr24 in Eritrea.

First Report of Cylindrocarpon macrodidymum on Acer palmatum in Virginia.

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

First Report of Tomato chlorosis virus Infecting Tomato in Sudan.

MPMI December 2011, Volume 24, Number 12 EBR1, a Novel Zn2Cys6 Transcription Factor, Affects Virulence and Apical Dominance of the Hyphal Tip in Fusarium graminearum.

Variable Expression of the Stagonospora nodorum Effector SnToxA Among Isolates Is Correlated with Levels of Disease in Wheat.

Barley Leaf Transcriptome and Metabolite Analysis Reveals New Aspects of Compatibility and Piriformospora indica–Mediated Systemic Induced Resistance to Powdery Mildew.

Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Sp. Strain ORS285 Synthesizes 2-O-Methylfucosylated Lipochitooligosac­charides for nod Gene–Dependent Interaction with Aeschynomene Plants.

Exopolysaccharide Production Is Required for Biofilm Formation and Plant Colonization by the NitrogenFixing Endophyte Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus.

Role of the 4-Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase of Trichoderma virens in Secondary Metabolism and Induction of Plant Defense Responses.

Whole-Genome Expression Profiling of Bradyrhi­zobium japonicum in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide.

Characterization of the Gene Encoding Pisatin Demethylase (FoPDA1) in Fusarium oxysporum.

Large-Scale Data Integration Reveals Colocalization of Gene Functional Groups with Meta-QTL for Multiple Disease Resistance in Barley.

Phytoplasma-Induced Floral Abnormalities in Catharanthus roseus Are Associated with Phytoplasma Accumulation and Transcript Repression of Floral Organ Identity Genes.

Synthesis of the Flavonoid-Induced Lipopolysaccha­ ride of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234 Requires Rhamnosyl Transferases Encoded by Genes rgpF and wbgA. Elevated Activity of Dolichyl Phosphate Mannose Synthase Enhances Biocontrol Abilities of Trichoderma atroviride.

Digital Gene Expression Profiling of the Phytophthora sojae Transcriptome.

The Iturin-like Lipopeptides Are Essential Components in the Biological Control Arsenal of Bacillus subtilis Against Bacterial Diseases of Cucurbits.

A Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Rhizobium etli Bacteroids: Specific Gene Expression During Symbiotic Nongrowth.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Limits Foliar Transcriptional Responses to Viral Infection and Favors Long-Term Virus Accumulation.

EMSY-Like Genes Are Required for Full RPP7Mediated Race-Specific Immunity and Basal Defense in Arabidopsis.

The Arabidopsis thaliana DNA-Binding Protein AHL19 Mediates Verticillium Wilt Resistance.

Plant Management Network www.plantmanagementnetwork.org Plant Health Progress Foliar Nematodes: A Summary of Biology and Control with a Compilation of Host Range.

A Diagnostic Guide for Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon. n

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