Plant Pathology: Personnel

Lee Burpee

Professor
239 Redding Bldg
Georgia Experiment Station
Griffin, GA 30223
Phone: (770) 412-4010
lburpee@uga.edu

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D. The Penn State University, 1979
M.S. The Penn State University, 1974
B.A. Gettysburg College, 1971

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CURRENT EFFORTS
Biology and control of turfgrass diseases
Appointment: 80% Research, 20% Instruction

COURSES TAUGHT IN 2007
PATH 3500 (Athens) Turfgrass Pest Management, Spring

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES

American Phytopathological Society
American Agronomy Society
Crop Science Society of America
International Turfgrass Research Society
Sigma Xi
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Epsilon Phi
Gamma Sigma Delta

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Nix-Stohr, S., L.L. Burpee, and J.W. Buck. 2007. The influence of exogenous nutrients on the abundance of yeasts on the phylloplane of turfgrass. Micobial Ecol. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-0079246-x.

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

Settle, D., A. D. Martinez-Espinoza and L. L. Burpee. 2006. Anthracnose of Turfgrass. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10. 1094 /PHI-I-2006 www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/anthracnose/default.htm

Martinez A., Burpee L., and Allen, T. 2006. Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides. CES-CAES-UGA Bulletin B1316. 25 Pages.

Allen, T., Martinez, A., and L. Burpee. 2005. Dollar Spot of Turfgrass. The Plant Health Instructor. 2005 DOI: 10. 1094 /PHI-I-2005- 1217-02. www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/dollarspot/default.htm

Burpee, L.L. 2005. Sensitivity of Colletotrichum graminicola to phosphonate fungicides. J. Int. Turf Res. Soc. 10: 163-169.

Martinez A. Burpee L., and Waltz C. 2005. Abiotic Injuries and disorders of turfgrasses in Georgia. CES-CAES-UGA Bulletin B1258.

Tredway, L. P., Stevenson, K. L., and Burpee, L. L. 2005. Genetic structure of Magnaporthe grisea populations associated with St. Augustinegrass and tall fescue in Georgia. Phytopathology 95:463-471.