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Donald
L. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Professor of Plant
Pathology
A mission-oriented plant
pathology research program in both fruit and vegetable
crops that includes the development of control measures
for important diseases of cucurbits and grapes with major
emphasis on problems of a bacterial or fungal nature.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Use of molecular methods and host
range to identify and characterize pathotypes of Xylella
fastidiosa causing disease on various host
plants, including urban shade trees and shrubs.
- Cross-protection with benign strains
of X. fastidiosa as a control method.
- Role of seed transmission by
cucurbits in the epidemiology of bacterial fruit
blotch of watermelon.
- Efficacy of the plant disease
activator, Actiguard, for bacterial fruit blotch and
gummy stem blight of watermelon in the transplant
house and field.
- Evaluation of nonpathogenic Fusarium
oxysporum isolates for the biological control of
Fusarium wilt in the field.
- Efficacy testing of new fungicides
and bactericides for cucurbits.
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