University Catalog 2026-2027

Plant Pathology (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Core Curriculum12
Biology of Plant Pathogens
Plant Disease: Methods & Diagnosis
Epidemiology and Plant Disease Control
Plant Microbe Interactions
Introduction to Research Ethics (or equivalent research ethics course)
Addtional Requirements60
Doctoral Supervised Teaching (minimum 2 semesters teaching)
Select a minimum 12 credit hours graduate-level Plant Pathology courses
Select a minimum 6-12 credit hours 700-level or above Plant Pathology courses
Seminar In Plant Pathology (2 credit hours seminar)
Total Hours72

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Peter J. Balint-Kurti
  • Ignazio Carbone
  • Christina Cowger
  • Marc A. Cubeta
  • Timothy Joseph Kelliher
  • Jim Kerns
  • Frank John Louws
  • Peter Ojiambo
  • Lina Quesada
  • David F. Ritchie
  • Dorith Rotenberg
  • Anna Elizabeth Whitfield
  • Carolyn Young

Associate Professors

  • Adrienne Gorny
  • David Rasmussen

Assistant Professors

  • Michael James Bradshaw
  • Daisy Ahumada Hernandez
  • LeAnn Lux
  • Shova Mishra
  • Alejandra Itzel Huerta Vazquez
  • Sara Michelle Villani

Practice/Research/Teaching Professor

  • Jennie R. Fagen

Adjunct Faculty

  • Christie Vanessa Almeyda-Becerra
  • Tim Sit

Emeritus Faculty

  • Kenneth Barker
  • Durward F. Bateman
  • David M. Benson
  • Marvin K. Beute
  • David Bird
  • Ellis B. Cowling
  • Margaret E. Daub
  • Rick Davis
  • Ralph Dean
  • Shuijin Hu
  • Jeng Sheng Huang
  • Ronald K Jones
  • Stephen Robert Koenning
  • Leon T Lucas
  • Thomas A. Melton III
  • Robert D. Milholland
  • James W. Moyer
  • Charlie Opperman
  • Gary A. Payne
  • Jean Ristaino
  • Rebeca C. Rufty
  • David Shew
  • Barbara Shew
  • Paul B. Shoemaker
  • Harvey Wesley Spurr
  • Turner Bond Sutton
  • Robert G. Upchurch