Plant Pathology: Personnel

Bob Kemerait

Associate Professor
Horticulture Bldg
4604 Research Way
Tifton GA 31793
Phone: (229) 386-7495
kemerait@uga.edu

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

PhD in plant pathology, Univ of Florida, 2000
BS in chemistry, Univ of Florida, 1989
BS in biology, Davidson College (NC), 1987

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CURRENT EFFORTS

The objectives of my extension program are to provide education and support to county agents and growers in Georgia in the areas of cotton and peanut pathology. These objectives are achieved by my participation in educational programs, production of publications and web pages on diseases of cotton and peanuts, and conducting research trials that address current needs of the growers in Georgia. I am particularly interested in fungicide resistance management, plant disease diagnosis, and the development of disease control tactics that integrate new fungicides with traditional cultural practices. In my program, I work closely with research counterparts to determine the most cost effective and up-to-date means to manage diseases of cotton and peanuts.
Appointment: 100% Extension

ACADEMIC ADVISING

   Pamela Lu, M.S. (2009), Major Professor
   Sara Gremillion, Ph.D. (2007), Committee Member

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES:

American Phytopathological Society (APS)
Southern Division of the American Phytopathological Society (SDAPS)
American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES)
Philippine Phytopathological society (PPS)
Nematode and Disease Committee of the National Cotton Council
Georgia Association of Plant Pathologists (GAPP)
Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents (GACAA)
National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Beard, G.H., S.N. Brown, R. Kemerait, and P. Roberts. 2007. A study of stinkbug control in cotton and the transient movement from peanuts.  Proceedings of the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans, LA, pp. 302-304.

Kemerait, R.C., et al.  2007. Efficacy of seed-treatments for management of nematodes on cotton in Georgia.  Proceedings of the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans, LA, pp. 1378-1384.

Cantonwine, E. G.,Culbreath, A. K., Stevenson, K. L., Kemerait Jr., R. C., Brenneman, T. B., Smith, N. B., and Mullinix, B. G. 2006. Integrated management of leaf spot and spotted wilt of peanut. Plant Dis. 90: 493-500.

Culbreath, A. K., R. C. Kemerait Jr., and T. B. Brenneman. 2006. Management of early leaf spot of peanut as affected by fungicide and date of spray program initiation. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-0214-01-RS.

Sconyers, L. E, Kemerait, Jr., R. C., Brock, J. H., Gitaitis, R. D., Sanders, F. H., Phillips, D. V., and Jost, P. H. 2006. First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of Asian soybean rust, on Florida beggarweed in the United States. Plant Dis. 90:972.

Woodward, J. E., T.B. Brenneman, R. C. Kemerait Jr., A. K. Culbreath, and J. R. Clark. 2006. Sclerotinia blight in Georgia and evidence for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in runner peanuts. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2006- 0531-01-RS.

Woodward, J. E., Brenneman, T. B., Kemerait, R. C., Culbreath, A. K., and Clark, J. R. 2006. First report of Sclerotinia blight of peanut in the southeastern production region of the United States. Plant Dis. 90:111.

Culbreath, A. K., Brenneman, T. B., Kemerait, R. C., and Stevenson, K. L. 2005. Relative performance of tebuconazole and chlorothalonil for control of peanut leaf spot from 1994 through 2004. Proceedings of the American Peanut Research and Education Society.

Sconyers, L.E., Kemerait, R.C., Brock, J., Phillips, D.V., Jost, P.H., Sikora, E.J., Gutierrez-Estrada, A., Mueller, J.D., Marois, J.J., Wright, D.L., and Harmon, C.L. 2006. Asian Soybean Rust Development in 2005: A perspective from the southeastern United States. APSnet Feature Story. Online publication: http://apsnet.org/online/feature/sbr/

Seebold, Jr., K. W., Langston, D. B., Jr., Kemerait, Jr., R. C., and Hudgins, J. E.. 2005. First report of a leaf spot and stem canker caused by Myrothecium roridum on watermelon in the United States. Plant Dis. 89:342; published on-line as DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-0342A.

Woodward, J. E., T. B. Brenneman, R. C. Kemerait, Jr., A. K. Culbreath, and J. R. Clark. 2005. First report of Botrytis blight of peanut caused by Botrytis cinerea in Georgia. Plant Dis. 89:910. (Disease Note)

Woodward, J.E., T.B. Brenneman, R.C. Kemerait Jr., A.K. Culbreath, and J.R. Clark. 2005. First report of Sclerotinia blight caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on peanut in Georgia. Plant Dis. 89:111. (Disease Note)

Woodward, J. E., Langston, D. B., Brock, J. H., Kemerait, R. C., Brenneman, T. B., and Beard, G. H. 2005. First demonstration of Koch’s postulates for Lasiodiplodia theobromae fruit spot on eggplant (Solanum melongena). Plant Dis. 89:687.