Tree fruit and wine grape pathology.

• Develop a progressive applied research and educational outreach program that address emerging diseases in horticultural crops (tree fruits and wine grapes). The plant pathology research program at SOREC is focused on developing integrated disease management of commercially important crops including tree fruits and wine grapes in southern Oregon. The research areas include basic and applied plant pathology such as isolation and culture of microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, and viruses; identification of pathogenic microorganisms by using basic morphological and/or advanced molecular techniques; research on the management of identified plant diseases using chemical, biological, and/or cultural control practices; epidemiology of disease development including disease progress over time, environmental factors affecting disease epidemics, disease spread patterns and dynamics; understanding the population biology of pathogenic microorganisms etc.