Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

Marine algae

• Physiological-ecology of marine algae, biogeochemcial cycles, remote sensing of the biosphere, novel optical approaches to understanding algal ecology/physiology, biochemistry and biophysics of photosynthesis, physiological responses of plants to environmental...

Microbial genomics;Pathogens; Mutualists; Next generation sequencing; Functional genomics

• The interactions between bacteria and their host plants are highly complex. Bacteria, whether beneficial or pathogenic, can be recognized by plants and elicit a defense response. Bacteria...

Molecular epidemiology, population biology, disease modeling, and integrated disease management

• Research conducted in the plant pathology lab at the Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension...

Ecology and epidemiology of plant disease, insect vectored plant pathogens, ecological modeling, disease diagnostics, and integrated pest management

• The research conducted in the plant pathology...

Biology, ecology and pathology of nematodes in natural and agroecosystems; nematode management in potato, peppermint and fruit crops.

• Nematodes which live in soil may be plant parasites, insect parasites or feed on microbial or faunal organisms in the soil. My research involves...

Plant pathology with emphasis on disease ecology, pathogen detection and integrated management strategies.

Tree fruit and wine grape pathology.

• Develop a progressive applied research and educational outreach program that will address emerging diseases in horticultural crops (tree fruits and wine grapes) in Southern Oregon. The plant pathology research program at SOREC is focused on...

Leiboff Lab

The Leiboff Lab uses quantitative techniques to understand plant development. We are interested in understanding the way the plant assembles its leaves and flowers and the dynamic changes in shape and molecular activity that happen on the way.

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Transcription Factors, microRNAs, machine learning, Arabidopsis

• The overall scientific goal of my lab is to understand how small RNAs and Transcription Factors work together in living cells. Our current research focus is on the analysis of over-represented microRNA-...

Research and Extension Area: Diagnosis and disease management in vegetable and field crops.

• Primary interests include pathogen biology and disease management. Research emphasis is on the integration of cultural and chemical practices with alternative strategies, such as...

Research and Extension Area: Diagnosis of diseases and disorders of plants submitted to the OSU Plant Clinic; chemical and non-chemical control recommendations.

• Diagnostic techniques, etiology of new diseases. Since 2002 we have had...

• Systems biology of infectious disease
• Comparative and functional genomics of oomycete plant pathogens
• Molecular analysis of oomycete virulence proteins, especially effectors
• Functional genomics of...

Phytoplankton ecology and physiology, bacteria-phytoplankton interactions, developing and improving methods for investigating marine phytoplankton from the cellular to global scale.

• My research interests range from cellular to global scale processes related to phytoplankton...

Application of cellular-scale molecular and biochemical studies of microalgae, bacteria and corals to environmental questions about ecosystem function and global change.

• Mechanistic-level knowledge of the oceanic ecosystem gives oceanographers the ability to predict and hind-...

• Phytophthora diseases of woody plants
• Management of Phytophthora diseases in horticultural nurseries and native plant nurseries
• Soil solarization for management of soilborne plant pathogens and weeds
• Oomycete communities in water...

Herbarium

Our priceless and irreplaceable collection of plants, fungi, lichens, and algae provides data to allow us to see where species were historically, how that has changed, and how species have evolved. Join us, and contribute to our knowledge of the plants around you.