Plant Pathology: Personnel
Charles W. Mims
Professor
4303 Miller Plant Sci. Bldg
Athens, GA 30602-7274
(706) 542-1291
cwmims@uga.edu
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D. in Botany (Mycology), University of Texas, 1969
B.S. in Botany, McNeese State University, 1966
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CURRENT EFFORTS
Work in my laboratory focuses upon the biology of plant pathogenic fungi and their interactions with susceptible and resistant hosts. Specifically, I am interested in 1) morphological features of fungal spores and the significance of these features in pathogenesis, 2) cytological and nuclear events associated with spore germination and development of germ tubes on host and artificial surfaces, 3) mechanisms of adhesion of germ tubes to surfaces, 4) appressorium differentiation and subsequent direct or indirect penetration of epidermal surfaces and 5) intracellular or intercellular growth of pathogens including the formation of haustoria. The nature of these studies requires extensive use of light and electron microscopic techniques. Additionally, various cytochemical procedures including the use of gold-labeled lectins, enzymes and antibodies are utilized. Because I am interested in characterizing the diversity of interactions between different types of plant pathogenic fungi and their hosts, my students and I have studied a wide range of fungal pathogens. However, virtually all pathogens studied in my lab attack hosts of economic significance in Georgia.
Appointment: 79% Research, 21% Instruction
COURSES TAUGHT IN 2007
PATH/PBIO/ANTH 3010 (Fungi: friends and foes) - Spring
PATH/PBIO 4200/6200 (Introductory Mycology) – Fall
ACADEMIC ADVISING
On Student's Committee:
Charles Cowart, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Spring 2008
Jason Watkins, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Fall 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Mims, C. W., R. T. Hanlin and E. A. Richardson. 2007. Light and electron microscopic observations of Cladosporium sp. growing on basidia of Exobasidium camilliae var. gracilis. Canadian Journal of Botany 85:76-82.
Mims, C. W., and E. A. Richardson. 2007. Light and electron microscopy of the infection of Camellia sasanqua by the fungus Exobasidium camelliae var. gracilis. Canadian Journal of Botany 85:175-183.
Mims, C. W., R .T. Hanlin and E. A. Richardson. 2006. Ultrastructure of the fungus Ophiodothella vaccinium in infected leaves of Vaccinium arboretum. Canadian Journal of Botany 84:1186-1195.
Mims, C.W., and E. A. Richardson. 2005. Light and electron microscopy of teliospores and teliospore germination in the rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae. Canadian Journal of Botany 83:451-458.
Mims, C.W., and E. A. Richardson. 2005. Ultrastructure of urediniospore development in Coleosporium ipomoeae as revealed by high-pressure freezing followed by freeze substitution. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166:219-225.
Mims, C.W., and E. A. Richardson. 2005. Ultrastructure of sporodochium development and conidium in the anamorphic fungus Epicoccum nigrum. Canadian Journal of Botany 83:1354-1363.