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Forest Pathology and Mycology
M.S., M.P.S. & Ph.D.
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Forest pathology and mycology trains students to understand tree diseases and fungi from the perspective of basic biology and ecology as well as that of societal needs. This requires global understanding of the positive and negative ecological roles of diseases in the forest environment. It requires a broad knowledge of fungi, viruses, bacteria and abiotic environmental factors affecting forest systems. It also requires sophisticated application of molecular biology, physiology and genetics to host pathogen systems. Areas of interest include environmental, fungal and viral tree diseases; mycorrhizae; wood decay; monitoring and impact assessment of disease in forest and urban tree systems; epidemiology of tree diseases and the genetics of resistance to tree diseases and pathogen variability; molecular biology and physiology of fungus infection and invasion; and taxonomy and ecology of fungi.
Participating Faculty
- Lawrence P. Abrahamson; labrahamson@esf.edu
entomology, pathology, pesticides, vegetation management, forest insects - John D. Castello; jdcastello@esf.edu
plant virology, viruses and mycoplasma in urban and forest tree decline, forest pathology, microbiology, insect vectors - Danilo D. Fernando; fernando@esf.edu
plant reproductive biology, plant structure and development, in vitro fertilization in conifers, pollen transformation, genomics and proteomics of pollen tube development, willow flowering and genomics, genetic diversity, rare and endangered plants, plant reproductive biology, plant development, plant diversity - Thomas R. Horton; trhorton@esf.edu
mycorrhizal plant ecology, molecular ecology, ecology, fungal communities, mycology, fire ecology - William A. Powell; wapowell@esf.edu
forest biotechnology, molecular plant-microbe interactions, genetic engineering in plant conservation, antimicrobial peptide design, plant gene design, plant pathology, molecular biology - Alexander Weir; alexw@esf.edu
conservation mycology, fungal biodiversity and conservation, fungal-arthropod interactions, biology of parasites and symbionts, systematics and evolutionary biology of fungi, fungi and humans, biology of parasites and symbionts
Current Graduate Students in Forest Pathology and Mycology
Current Students
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| Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Castello |
Undergraduate Institute: Paul Smiths College (Biology) Graduate Research Topic |
| Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Weir |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY ESF (EFB) |
| Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Powell |
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| Forest Pathology & Mycology Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Castello |
Graduate Research Topic |
Jonathan Cale