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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On behalf of Dr. Chieri Kubota:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>**Please contact Chieri or Georgina Lambert for scheduling.**<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>-----<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all Plant Sciences faculty members:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I still have a few 30-45-min time slots available for you to meet on Tuesday Dec 6th. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>Please let me know, <span class=apple-style-span>at your earliest convenience, if you are interested in seeing Frank. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Frank's project areas at NC State include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>a) Microbial ecology:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>b) Farming Systems Research and Extension:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>c) Training Programs:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Mission: To train agents and other stakeholders (trainers) with applied information to manage diseases and enhance plant health/production consistent with a sustainable agriculture; <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>d) Strawberry Disease Management:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Mission: To develop fundamental knowledge and implement applied recommendations to enable commercial growers to successfully manage diseases of strawberry; <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>e) Methyl Bromide Alternatives Research and Extension:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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; <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>f) Tomato Disease Management:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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);</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>e) Pepper Disease Management:</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Chieri Kubota</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:ckubota@ag.arizona.edu">ckubota@ag.arizona.edu</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>