Faculty
Name |
Location |
Discipline |
| Lori M. Carris | Pullman | Mycology; biology and systematics of smut fungi, esp. Tilletiales |
| Gary A. Chastagner | Puyallup | Diseases of ornamental bulb crops and Christmas trees |
| Weidong Chen | Pullman | Fungal diseases of grain legumes, ecology and epidemiology of grain legume diseases, genetics of host-pathogen interactions |
| Xianming Chen | Pullman | Rusts of cereal crops, epidemiology and control of rusts, disease resistance, and host-pathogen interactions |
| Lindsey du Toit | Mount Vernon | Etiology, epidemiology, and management of diseases of small-seeded vegetable seed crops in the Pacific Northwest |
| Frank Dugan | Pullman | Ascomycetes and associated anamorphs; fungi endophytic in higher plants |
| Ken C. Eastwell | Prosser | Management and detection of virus diseases, especially of perennial crops such as fruit trees and hops |
| Dean Glawe | Seattle (University of Washington) | Mycology; biology and taxonomy of Erysiphales, Pyrenomycetes, and Deuteromycetes; and taxonomic databases |
| Gary G. Grove | Prosser | Epidemiology and forecasting of fungal diseases of cherries, peaches/nectarines, and grapes: epidemiology of powdery mildews; and electronic information transfer |
| Lee A. Hadwiger | Pullman | Genetic engineering of disease resistance in plants; gene activation in fungi and plants; signaling in host- parasite interactions |
| Scot H. Hulbert | Pullman | Genetics of disease resistance in cereals and virulence in cereal pathogens; disease management in conservation-oriented cropping systems |
| Debra A. Inglis | Mount Vernon | Diseases of vegetable crops and their control |
| Dennis A. Johnson | Pullman | Epidemiology and disease management of potato diseases, mint diseases, and extension plant pathology |
| Mee-Sook Kim | Moscow | Armillaria root rot disease, forest pathology and genetics of forest fungal pathogens and their hosts |
| Ned Klopfenstein | Moscow | Molecular diagnostics of forest pathogens and microbes, genetic structure of host and pathogen populations across forest landscapes and environments |
| Richard Larsen | Prosser | Virology of common bean and cool season legumes, and resistance in alfalfa to soil-borne pathogens |
| Mark Mazzola | Wenatchee | Soilborne diseases of fruit trees, microbial ecology, molecular biology |
| Geral McDonald | Evolution, ecology, and ecological genetics of forest pathogens | |
| Timothy D. Murray | Pullman | Small grain diseases (foot and root rots of wheat), ecology and epidemiology of soilborne pathogens, genetics of disease resistance, and chemical control |
| Roy Navarre | Prosser | The molecular basis of disease resistance mechanisms and inducible defenses, such as systemic acquired resistance, in potato |
| Patricia Okubara | Pullman | Host genes governing plant-microbe interactions; molecular basis of disease resistance and biological control of cereal root pathogens |
| Hanu Pappu | Pullman | Plant Virology. Virus diagnostics; characterization and control of viral diseases of ornamentals, vegetables, and small grains; biotechnological approaches for disease management |
| Timothy Paulitz | Pullman | Soilborne pathogens of cereals; mycology |
| Tobin L. Peever | Pullman | Molecular, population and evolutionary genetics of plant pathogenic fungi, fungal mating systems, molecular systematics of fungi, fungal ecology and epidemiology, legume diseases |
| Naidu Rayapati | Prosser | Plant virology, genomics and proteomics of plant viruses, virus-vector interactions, virus diagnostics and management strategies, virus diseases of grapes and vegetables |
| Ekaterini Riga | Prosser | Physiology, ecology and diagnostics of nematodes; chemical, biological, and natural plant products to control plant parasitic nematodes |
| Jack D. Rogers | Pullman | Mycology, forest pathology, cytogenetics |
| Brenda K. Schroeder | Pullman | Microbiology, molecular biology and genomics of bacteria associated with plant diseases |
| Linda Thomashow | Pullman | Wheat root diseases, molecular biology and microbiology |
| David M. Weller | Pullman | Biological control, influence of bacteria on take-all of wheat, cereal diseases, bacteriology |
| Chang Lin Xiao | Wenatchee | Fungal and bacterial diseases of tree fruits, postharvest pathology, and disease epidemiology |
Johnson
Hall 329 (office) &
328 (lab)
Tel.: (509)335-3733
Fax: (509)335-9581
E-mail: carris@mail.wsu.edu
Teaching:
General Mycology PlP 421/521-offered every fall semester (PLP521 Online)
Advanced Fungal Biology PlP 526 -offered alternate spring semesters
Molds, Mildews and Mushrooms: The Fifth Kingdom PlP150 -offered every spring semester
Other Teaching Activities:
"Hunting Fall Mushrooms," Community Enrichment Program, University of Idaho
Mushroom forays for Palouse Mycological Association.
Professional Activities:
Liaison, WSU Association for Faculty Women (2005-present)
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