[Plsfaculty] Meeting Frank Louws on Dec 6th

[Gabriel Rodriguez]

On behalf of Dr. Chieri Kubota:

 

**Please contact Chieri or Georgina Lambert for scheduling.**

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Dear all Plant Sciences faculty members:

 

Greetings.  I am hosting Dr. Frank Louws (Professor, Extension Plant
Pathologist, Director of NSF Center for IPM, North Carolina State
University) as our Tuesday seminar speaker on December 6th. 

I still have a few 30-45-min time slots available for you to meet on Tuesday
Dec 6th.  Please let me know, at your earliest convenience, if you are
interested in seeing Frank.  

 

Frank's project areas at NC State include the following:

a) Microbial ecology:

Mission: To assess the population structure and dynamics of targeted soil
microbial communities and their impact on disease incidence or beneficial
plant health effects within the context of an ecologically-based
agriculture.  

b) Farming Systems Research and Extension:

Mission: To implement diverse farming systems and generate discovery
knowledge of polyphasic impacts/indicators (biological, physical,
economical) and generate practical information to enhance sustainable
viability of NC farms. 

c) Training Programs:

Mission: To train agents and other stakeholders (trainers) with applied
information to manage diseases and enhance plant health/production
consistent with a sustainable agriculture; 

d) Strawberry Disease Management:

Mission: To develop fundamental knowledge and implement applied
recommendations to enable commercial growers to successfully manage diseases
of strawberry; 

e) Methyl Bromide Alternatives Research and Extension:

Mission: To conduct discovery and applied research (biologically based
knowledge) and to implement applied recommendations to enable commercial
strawberry and vegetable growers to successfully transition from methyl
bromide to alternative fumigants or alternative farming systems; 

f) Tomato Disease Management:

Mission: To develop fundamental knowledge and implement applied
recommendations to enable commercial growers to successfully manage diseases
of tomato with emphasis on bacterial diseases, TSWV, and Grafting/soilborne
disease management);

e) Pepper Disease Management:

Mission: To develop disease management tactics and implement applied
recommendations to enable commercial growers to successfully manage diseases
of pepper with emphasis on Phytophthora and TSWV; 

 

Also Frank is giving a seminar entitled "Integrated disease management: From
Practice to Science and Back Again".  I hope that you can attend the seminar
too.  

 

Chieri Kubota

Email: ckubota at ag.arizona.edu

 

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