Plant Pathology: Personnel

James Buck

Associate Professor & REI Coordinator
243 Redding Bldg
Georgia Experiment Station
Griffin, GA 30223
Phone: 770-412-4098
jwbuck@uga.edu

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Plant Pathology, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
M.S. Plant Sciences, Univ. Western Ontario, 1992
B.S. Botany, Brandon Univ., 1990

CURRENT EFFORT & RESEARCH INTERESTS

Management and ecology of fungal diseases of ornamental plants. Biological control of foliar plant pathogens using basidiomycetous yeasts.
Appointment: 85% Research, 10% Instruction, 5% Extension

COURSES TAUGHT YEARLY

Integrated Pest Management (ENTO CRSS PATH 4740/6740)
Spring semester with B. Vencill (Ento) and J. All (CRSS)

GRADUATE STUDENTS CURRENTLY ADVISING
Erika Scocco, PhD student (co-advise with R. Walcott)
Kamalpreet Kaur, PhD student (co-advise with J. Noe)

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES

American Phytopathological Society (APS)
Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS)
Mycological Society of America (MSA)
Sigma Xi

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Stohr, S.N., Burpee, L.L., and Buck, J.W. 2007. The influence of exogenous nutrients on the abundance of yeasts on the phylloplane of turfgrass. Microbial Ecology. DOI:10.1007/s00248-007-9246-x

Buck, J.W. 2007. Potential risk of commercial geranium to infection by Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis. Plant Health Progress (online) doi:10.1094/PHP-2007-1031-02-RS.

Allen, T.W., Burpee, L.L, and Buck, J.W. 2006. Variable adhesion and diurnal population patterns of epiphytic yeasts on creeping bentgrass. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 52:404-410.

Mueller, D. S., Jeffers, S. N., and Buck, J. W. 2005. Toxicity of fungicides to urediniospores of six rust fungi that occur on ornamental crops. Plant Disease 89:255-261.

Allen, T.W., Burpee, L.L., and Buck, J.W. 2004. In vitro attachment of phylloplane yeasts to Botrytis cinerea, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Can. J. Microbiol. 50:1041-1048.