SCRI Project Updates

Onion ipmPIPE & Diagnostic Tools

 

“ipmPIPE & Innovative Disease Diagnostic Tools for Onion Growers”

 

Researchers, Collaborators & Advisors:

 

 

Project Co-Directors:

 Howard F. Schwartz, Professor of Plant Pathology and Extension Specialist, Colorado State University, C205 Plant Sci. Bldg. – BSPM, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177,  howard.schwartz@colostate.edu

 

 James VanKirk, Director, Southern Region IPM Center. North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 110. Raleigh, NC 27606-2194, jim@sripmc.org

 

Project Principal Investigators:

 Brenda K. Schroeder, Asst. Professor, Washington State University, 355 Johnson Hall, Department of Plant Pathology, Pullman, WA  99164-6430, bschroeder@wsu.edu

 Jed Lafferty, Managing Director – Life Sciences, Planalytics, Inc., 920 Cassatt Road – Suite 300, Berwyn, PA 19312, jlafferty@planalytics.com

 G. Keith Douce, Professor, Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health, The University of Georgia, P. O. Box 748 Tifton, GA 31793, kdouce@uga.edu

 George Jibilian, President, Multigrain International, LLC. 314 Peterson Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524, george@multigrain.com

 George W. Norton, Professor, Virginia Tech, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 205-B Hutcheson Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, gnorton@vt.edu

 

Project Collaborators:

 Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University

 

 Ned Tisserat, Colorado State University

 

 S. Krishna Mohan, University of Idaho

 

 Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University

 

 Chris Cramer, New Mexico State University

 

 Mark Uchanski, New Mexico State University

 

 Brian Nault, Cornell University

 

 Dan Drost, Utah State University

 

 Diane Alston, Utah State University

 

 Lindsey du Toit, Washington State University

 

 Tim Waters, Washington State University

 

 Carrie Wohleb, Washington State University

 

 Richard Alldredge, Washington State University

 

 Hanu Pappu, Washington State University

 

 Ron Gitaitis, University of Georgia

 

 Joe LaForest, Univerity of Georgia

 

 Chris Parmeter, Virginia Tech

 

  Other onion-producing states and personnel are welcome to participate !!

 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

 Wayne Mininger, Executive Secretary of the National Onion Association;

 

 Robert Sakata, Onion Grower and President of the Colorado Onion Association;

 

 Bill Dean, Board Member with Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association;

 

 Paul Ruszkiewicz, Chairman, New York State Onion Industry Council;

 

 Morgan Reeder, President, Utah Onion Association.